What do you have? A Samsung note 4? Wasn't that the last phone that had a ir blaster? *In the USA as far as I know. Of course other countries get better devices than here 😦
I've kept my old TCL phone around as a remote at home bc the app worked so well and was easy to use. I just realized it's not available in the Play store, nor apk pure for historical availability. I cannot hold down the icon to share. When I browse the file explorer I see the app but it doesn't give me anything to view to copy... I wish I could share it!!
It's frustrating. My phone is fairly new, but also has the IR emitter. In a perfect world, I would set it up as a "TVbGone" type setup. Unfortunately all the apps have disappeared from the play store. Also, all the GitHub repositories are so old they don't work with modern android.
my phone doesn't have ir or 3.5mm, and when I charge it laying flat at night on my bed side table the cord floats free off the edge so I can see the screen and turn off the alarm in the morning. With the cord on the other side it would be supported, not stressing the port on the motherboard and be closer to where my cable come up from behind the table.
I'm the same way but on my end table or night stand or whatever, I just scoot my phone towards the top enough so several inches of cord are supported.
Charge it before bed or while you get ready in the morning. It's not good to leave it sit on charge all night anyway. My phone down to maybe 20% in the morning, and the hour I get ready and 20 minute commute, I can get to 70-80% NP.
I always feel if the cord goes over the top when you wake up to grab it and pull down you end up pulling the cord out of the phone anyway because the cord has resistance hanging off the end. Though, the cord I use is a heavier duty one I've had for years with a braided sheath to protect it, that might also add weight making it difficult and drag more.
no I mean thought it would rotate through a complete rotation and i can have either side be the bottom. I really hate smartphones though and got it for work which I have not had in almost two years. I use it as a phone but have it off the large majority of the time.
When smartphones were new you used to be able to turn them upside down and the screen would just rotate. Now you have to download an app to do that, and it doesn't always work.
Holy shit I never really noticed I can’t turn my iphone upside down lol. My first gen iPad rotates at any direction, but I’m guessing tablets behave differently. I don’t own a more recent tablet so I don’t know if that’s still the case. But you’re right, I remember my first smartphone could rotate at any direction.
Pixel 8 pro user here, screen auto-rotate is right in the top edge drop-down menu and the phone gives a tappable icon in the corner if you turn the phone when auto-rotate is off. I have definitely never downloaded an app for this.
Obviously not, but when it is plugged into my computer it is annoying (I have an old phone that a micro USB port in the top left, which is far more convenient for that but also considerably slower), same goes for when it's low on charge but I still need to do something.
Years ago I had these little magnetic lugs that you popped into the charge port and the cable just snapped onto the little magnet. Always thought I'd be cool to have a phone case with a track all the way around the phone so that the magnet cable could pop anywhere and the would charge off it. Then it's always where it's most convenient instead of right where you don't want it.
That's a fun idea, though we're more likely to get room distance wireless charging.
Can't wait for my pockets to be microwaved everytime I pass through my living room.
Had a Sony Ericsson (early Xperia, not one of 'em old dumbphones) where the micro-usb would plug into one side and headphones into the other (left and right side, that is). Pretty comfy to use with both a charger and headphones at the same time.
Every single phone after that has been charger at bottom and headphone jack at top or not at all. Massive downgrade IMO.
That is not a standard Android setting. It is only available in certain Android skins like LineageOS. GrapheneOS, for example, does not offer that setting for whatever reason.
If you have an android install Rotation Orientation Manager.
You can have your phone work upside down.
Now that phones are pretty much bezel-less it doesn't make a difference how you hold it
Except for the under display fingerprint reader, the front camera, the back camera, the volume and power button locations, the speakers, shall I go on?
Most phones now days have camera set up so your fingers dont obfuscate the camera lences or smudge them when you hold it on your hand. Same with the front camera. If it it would be on the bottom part the navigation buttons would go over it --> more smudge on thr lense.
With buttons there is the design principle that buttons should work always similarry. Flipping the phone would flip volume settings, buttons and any ports. (Its a minor thing, but i think everyone has somepoint in their life used a software where buttons chance places depending what you are doing and its annoying. This is basically hardware version of that).
No reason here is not really hard to circumvent or even a real problem, but in the end, so small percentage of people need that feature, so why spend time doing it. Especially when it indroduces one new thing that needs to be debugged.
Why? My outlet is lower than my phone in almost every instance, so my voted going down towards the charger makes the most sense.
Besides, my IR Blaster, mic, and 3.5mm jack are at the top 😁
Look at this fancy motherfucker with his fancy motherfucking headphone jack...
Hell yeah 😎
What do you have? A Samsung note 4? Wasn't that the last phone that had a ir blaster? *In the USA as far as I know. Of course other countries get better devices than here 😦
I have a xiaomi 14 which has one, I think the non western brands have them still
I'm jealous lol I miss mine
is samsung considerd a "western brand"? what does this even mean?
I guess they means non-Chinese/Chinese aligned.
Alternatively, they could mean the ones popular in or marketed to the west.
Yeah I basically meant ones that are commonly marketed/sold to the Americas/europe
Yes
My Oneplus 12 has one too.
I've got a ulefone 27T pro. It carries a lot of weird functions, despite being a modern phone.
Mine is above where I tend to charge my phone.
Might just be a me problem
Have you found an app that still works with an IR blaster? My phone has one, but none of the apps work anymore.
I've kept my old TCL phone around as a remote at home bc the app worked so well and was easy to use. I just realized it's not available in the Play store, nor apk pure for historical availability. I cannot hold down the icon to share. When I browse the file explorer I see the app but it doesn't give me anything to view to copy... I wish I could share it!!
It's frustrating. My phone is fairly new, but also has the IR emitter. In a perfect world, I would set it up as a "TVbGone" type setup. Unfortunately all the apps have disappeared from the play store. Also, all the GitHub repositories are so old they don't work with modern android.
Same, it didn't dawn on my flashing LineageOS that my IR may not work. Several F-Droid IR apps are terrible
Edit: https://f-droid.org/packages/us.spotco.ir_remote is about the only semi decent, but for TCL you have to do custom remote which takes some work.
You can also export and import which might save you time
my phone doesn't have ir or 3.5mm, and when I charge it laying flat at night on my bed side table the cord floats free off the edge so I can see the screen and turn off the alarm in the morning. With the cord on the other side it would be supported, not stressing the port on the motherboard and be closer to where my cable come up from behind the table.
2 solutions:
I always feel if the cord goes over the top when you wake up to grab it and pull down you end up pulling the cord out of the phone anyway because the cord has resistance hanging off the end. Though, the cord I use is a heavier duty one I've had for years with a braided sheath to protect it, that might also add weight making it difficult and drag more.
Directly into the back like Apple mice.
/duck
If we also get a battery that lasts 2 months with that, I'd take it.
Middle of the screen, mate.
no, into the front. Otherwise it would still be usable while charging
Or just allow the phone to rotate 180°
Cyanogen mod gang goes "what, you're phone doesn't do that?"
Fuck safety net, I was doing that in 2014 but can't do it anymore.
I kinda thought mine did but maybe im not paying attention.
They mean on its other axis
no I mean thought it would rotate through a complete rotation and i can have either side be the bottom. I really hate smartphones though and got it for work which I have not had in almost two years. I use it as a phone but have it off the large majority of the time.
That's true what I was suggesting was.impossible anyway
oh you mean tit like rotating to the back. if I had gotten it would have been funny but I was to dense.
When smartphones were new you used to be able to turn them upside down and the screen would just rotate. Now you have to download an app to do that, and it doesn't always work.
Holy shit I never really noticed I can’t turn my iphone upside down lol. My first gen iPad rotates at any direction, but I’m guessing tablets behave differently. I don’t own a more recent tablet so I don’t know if that’s still the case. But you’re right, I remember my first smartphone could rotate at any direction.
I can still do this with my FP4 running e/OS. Just had to put a checkmark at 180° in the rotation settings.
It's literally a setting in android OS.
Not standard. I'm running a stock Pixel and it's never been an option. Some third party AOSP forks add it in, though.
Where is that setting? I'm running Pixel 9a
Pixel 8 pro user here, screen auto-rotate is right in the top edge drop-down menu and the phone gives a tappable icon in the corner if you turn the phone when auto-rotate is off. I have definitely never downloaded an app for this.
Pixel 7 here. It doesn't go upside down for me. Yes, I get the tappable rotate icon as well. Still only upside up or sideways.
Just turned on auto-rotate for a sec to check and you are 100% correct. I get regular or either sideways, no upside down.
I don't even like the few phones I had with the headphone jack on the top.
This would be a good post for ![email protected] as long as you expand on why you think that.
I just don't like the cord running on my arm etc when I use the phone while plugged in
Then move the cable away from your arm
Or charge it while you're not using it
It's stuck to a thing that's in your hand. From the bottom.
You hold your phone from the bottom? Like an ice cream cone, or what?
I just hold it by the USB cable like a microphone.
How thick is your usb cable?
Girthy
When it's not plugged in I usually have my pinky across the USB C port at the bottom.
Same way I was holding my phone as I read this
Is it a problem when it's plugged in? Are you using it every moment of every day?
Obviously not, but when it is plugged into my computer it is annoying (I have an old phone that a micro USB port in the top left, which is far more convenient for that but also considerably slower), same goes for when it's low on charge but I still need to do something.
Years ago I had these little magnetic lugs that you popped into the charge port and the cable just snapped onto the little magnet. Always thought I'd be cool to have a phone case with a track all the way around the phone so that the magnet cable could pop anywhere and the would charge off it. Then it's always where it's most convenient instead of right where you don't want it.
That's a fun idea, though we're more likely to get room distance wireless charging.
Can't wait for my pockets to be microwaved everytime I pass through my living room.
Too little too late. I already went through my vasectomy.
Congrats! 👍
Not sure if you were doing hyperbole or not, but room distance wireless charging is never going to happen.
That is a cool idea.
Sounds neat.
Its obviously a conspiracy to buy more cables that get damaged when you inevitably bend it when you use and charge it.
You know what, you might be joking, but this seems legit.
You know they sell usb cables with a 90 degree angle on the plug, right?
Had a Sony Ericsson (early Xperia, not one of 'em old dumbphones) where the micro-usb would plug into one side and headphones into the other (left and right side, that is). Pretty comfy to use with both a charger and headphones at the same time.
Every single phone after that has been charger at bottom and headphone jack at top or not at all. Massive downgrade IMO.
What? No.
If you have an android just turn your phone upside down and the screen flips over 🤷
Depends on your particular device. Mine will go 90° but not 180°.
Check the rotations settings. It's off by default.
That is not a standard Android setting. It is only available in certain Android skins like LineageOS. GrapheneOS, for example, does not offer that setting for whatever reason.
Graphene doesn't have it? Unusable.
Yes. But I'm sure there's also an app for that.
My s24 only goes 180 it seems
180 is what you're talking about though. My S21 Ultra can flip upside down too.
My A25 only goes 90° nowadays, it seems.
They're on the bottom so that they work with docking devices.
I've seen a few phones that have two ports, a bottom and a side port that both with for charging. I've only noticed that on gaming phones, though.
phones should charge wirelessly while they're in my pocket or being held.
Wireless charging is inefficient and ends up generating a bunch of heat
Great, the phone will be charged and my pockets will be warm.
Not happening. Surgically implanted coils would either transfer too little power or overheat. The pocket idea is less far from viable.
If you have an android install Rotation Orientation Manager. You can have your phone work upside down. Now that phones are pretty much bezel-less it doesn't make a difference how you hold it
Except for the under display fingerprint reader, the front camera, the back camera, the volume and power button locations, the speakers, shall I go on?
The cameras and speakers will work fine with the phone upside down. Your pictures will just be at a slightly different perspective.
Everything else mentioned you got a point with.
Agreed, and you should be turning your phone sideways for most photos and videos anyway!
I often then my phone upside down to get shots with the cameras at the bottom, too. Especially cat photos!
It has little more nyance than that.
Most phones now days have camera set up so your fingers dont obfuscate the camera lences or smudge them when you hold it on your hand. Same with the front camera. If it it would be on the bottom part the navigation buttons would go over it --> more smudge on thr lense.
With buttons there is the design principle that buttons should work always similarry. Flipping the phone would flip volume settings, buttons and any ports. (Its a minor thing, but i think everyone has somepoint in their life used a software where buttons chance places depending what you are doing and its annoying. This is basically hardware version of that).
No reason here is not really hard to circumvent or even a real problem, but in the end, so small percentage of people need that feature, so why spend time doing it. Especially when it indroduces one new thing that needs to be debugged.
Except then you get the "jelly screen" effect
Samsung Galaxy s1 had exactly that Even came with a sliding port cover
Old Samsung tablets did that
I agree. I hate it being on the bottom. I can't lie down on my back supporting the phone with my belly while charging.
The first phone I had was a Nokia, it had the charging port on the top, I remember a nuisance about it but that was almost 10 years ago.
Just use an app that force your screen to flip upside down (Android allows this)
Why isn't wireless charging more common?
How do I hold my phone while it's sitting on a wireless charger?
You don't, but I at least rarely use my phone while it's charging anyway.
It’s horribly inefficient. I refuse to use it!