Yeah I think my next attempt is gonna be to get a keyboard connected and mess around. But wouldn’t the computer LED turn on too even if it just boots to bios? Or does the power on LED typically only turn on when the OS is properly rubbing?
I haven’t tried to check for display yet, I don’t have any mini HDMI cables on hand. I’ll try to get it connected to a display.
I was hoping to do the whole setup process “headless” but I guess I’ll find a cable and keyboard.
After checking out some reviews on this one in particular I think it’s a pretty nice value. Good to know there’s still affordable phones out there. I do have some extra budget lying around so I think I’ll look into something a bit fancier this time.
That’s not a bad strategy lol. However from my experience with buying tech from China (a paper screen tablet for handwritten note taking and stuff) is somewhat troublesome and import taxes and other shipping costs, do add a non negligible amount to the final cost.
I don’t see myself doing this anytime soon, but maybe it will give someone else an idea, thanks :)
I remember a while ago I looked into this kind of phone and it did look pretty attractive to me. I might look for some more info on their performance thought.
Thanks for the suggestion :)
That’s great to know! Thanks
That’s true about “fun”, it’s very subjective but I’d say that bloat in my case strictly refers to software and not extra hardware, something like the difference between a ringtone store app and a couple of extra LEDs on the back.
On another note, I’ve seen a few reviews mentioning Pixels developing problems over time but nothing major AFAIK. Do you still use your Pixel? If not, what made you change it?
There’s a total of 3 LED on mine, I’m probably seeing an extra one cause I don’t have an enclosure on it. I checked the manual and the only one that’s on is the “standby” LED that’s supposed to show that there’s power going through the board.
The disk usage and normal “power on/off” LED are off. And I haven’t managed to get them to do anything so far.