HEADPHONE JACK - I scream into the void
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HEADPHONE JACK - I scream into the void
Then buy phones with them. They exist.
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IR transmitters
Miracast (in base open source Android, especially access to the ability to receive)
Scrolling notification text in the notification bar (seriously, that was sooooo much better than the obnoxious new default pop-up notifications)
A bunch of permissions that's been too locked down (stuff used by Tasker, networking tools, etc)
There's an IR blaster on my OnePlus Open and the casual ease of fixing a display TV where the remote wasn't working was divine
I really miss USB Mass Storage mode. Back then you could plug in your phone into your computer and it would just expose the internal storage and SD card as standard usb storage devices. Nowadays you have shitty MTP which works barely if ever, so you're forced to use either internet or ADB for syncing files. Old way was better.
IIRC you can still enable it if you compile your own kernel but I wish more ROMs shipped with this feature by default.
If you can't do that, that's a manufacturer restriction. I've never had a phone that couldn't do that and my current one is only last year's model. I plug it in, it gives me a few options: charge, usb storage, i think something else also, and it works like it always has. I assume the OS files and some app files are protected but everything else is drag and drop as if it was any other storage device like it has been since my first Android in 2010.
Idk what phone you're using but I can do it no problem on my older S21 Ultra and my new Fairphone 6 by just clicking on the notification
This is not USB Mass Storage. This is MTP. If this was USB Mass Storage, then the phone would have a drive letter (or two different drive letter for internal storage/sd card) and wouldn't appear under "This PC".
EDIT here are some screenshots from The Before Times, when some phones actually allowed you to switch between the two modes. First is UMS, second is MTP. source
Ok, I mean if that's MTP then sure, I thought it was something else, but I don't see the problem, I've literally never had issues with reading or writing files using it over multiple devices and I have access to everything I'd have with a file browser app on my phone.
Edit: Reading this article, I don't see why you would ever want to go back, it sounds like it has way more issues than the current solution.
Physical keyboards, easily removable backs and batteries
Being smaller than a phablet in 2010s. Bring back 4 inch phones for fuck's sake. You can price them at the same level as your gigantic six-inchers, I'll happily pay for it as long as the insides of the phone are premium otherwise. I should know that my phone is in my pocket by putting my hands on it, not because it's sticking out or making it impossible to sit down.
A 4" Pixel 9 Micro running GrapheneOS. I'd pay a thousand euros right now if such a thing existed.
But of course they have fucked up the UX of the operating system in such a way that a regular-sized phone like that cannot be practically used anymore. Oh well.
physical home button row.
give me those clickety clicks, i hate accidentally hitting back/home/whatever, whenever I'm typing or scrolling
Ability to automatically turn wifi on and off with screen.
There used to be a one-click root option in older phones (I don't remember which one)
Animated and spanning backgrounds.
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