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[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 85 points 6 days ago

XDA was not always this sensationalist. With that said, I always welcome performance improvements.

[-] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 122 points 6 days ago

My old ass remembers when XDA was a place where you learned how to put Android on your windows phone

[-] db2@lemmy.world 62 points 6 days ago

Or hacked up your own android rom because even knowing jack and shit you could.

[-] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 19 points 6 days ago

Yeah I remember getting the G1 weeks before it came out because the local TMobile store was just sick or me asking every fucking day. I remember rooting it, loving it, then moving to the n900 and thinking "I want this forever" only for fucking Microsoft to buy Nokia and tank Meego

[-] fonix232@fedia.io 6 points 6 days ago

I'm still hunting for leftover stocks of the N950... would love that phone.

Imagine if we got a refresh of that - tilt screen, full QWERTY, modern, large, high resolution display, modern hardware and battery tech, bundled with open bootloader and pick your poison OS...

[-] Dojan@pawb.social 2 points 6 days ago

This would be lovely. I loved the Nokia phones, it’s such a shame it was all ruined by Microsoft.

[-] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

It's my dream phone honestly. I really should have grabbed one years ago.

As much as I HATED the way the company put out this phone, you're describing the FXTEC pro 1

[-] kopasz7@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 days ago

That was the XDA forums, I never found their site very usefuly, but maybe that's just me.

[-] kalpol@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

Yeah the forums are a treasure for old phone hacking

[-] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago

Oh I know, but for a long time that was the only reason to visit the site.

[-] kieron115@startrek.website 8 points 6 days ago

seriously. their stuff now is borderline clickbait! so. many. listicles.

[-] fonix232@fedia.io 12 points 6 days ago

Not borderline, they're literally a clickbait farm now. There's an almost daily release of the exact same articles rehashed (e.g. "these are the main Docker containers I run on every server" title changed up a little and it's literally always the same 4-5 containers).

[-] kieron115@startrek.website 3 points 6 days ago

i mean this article about wine 11 and ntsync is at least relevant and somewhat technical, not just "i tried out 5 different self-hosted ai butthole identifiers on proxmox - number 4 will surprise you!"

[-] JayGray91@piefed.social 5 points 6 days ago

putting Android on the HTC HD2. Man college me wanted that phone so badly. And a lot of HTC's phones tbh

[-] FunStuffIsFun@eviltoast.org 2 points 5 days ago

The HD2 was a game changer.

[-] washbasin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

HTC Incredible was my first. XDA was my place shortly thereafter.

[-] network_switch@lemmy.ml 19 points 6 days ago

XDA will write articles these days like:

  • How this wallpaper has proven how I’ve been using computers wrong for 30 years
  • These gloves improved my typing speed 300%
  • I painted my NAS red and you won’t believe the improvements
[-] JayGray91@piefed.social 8 points 6 days ago

I painted my NAS red and you won’t believe the improvements

Orks approve

[-] Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

We were using the flying toasters screensaver before you were even born

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I painted my NAS red and you won’t believe the improvements

Okay this just unlocked a random memory. Back when I worked at a call center, on a slow day a lady called about a product that we no longer directly supported, and she went on a huge tangent about how everything she buys is bright red to remind her of the fires of hell. Bright red purse, bright red clothing, bright red phone, bright red computer, etc. she also told me quite a bit about a children's book series she wrote about a Christian dog

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