Maybe its just me but I wouldnt want to rely on an OS that has been EOL since 2024
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NFC Alarm Clock is the best. I use it with the NFC Tools Shortcuts to set an alarm in 7h50mins, my perfect nighr of sleep time
What makes it different then the other alarms that youve used?
Its the only one I can press a button and set it to a time IN X mins/hrs. I need a combination of a timer (ring in x minutes) and an alarmclock (wake me up at XX:XX) I want "wake me up in X minutes" This was only possible with NFC Tools Pro and NFC Alarm Clock. I dont use the NFC functionality for either of them, but setting the alarm by touching an NFC Tag where I plug in my phone could be very handy
Do you have a harder time waking up if its only the traditional alarm? (XX:XX) the minute time is for extra security?
In my experience I get grumpy and am not as fresh, if I sleep longer than 8 hours.
For weekends or holidays I use it like that, then the duration of sleep is more important than the waking-up point. I could do rough math in my head and then look at the "Next Alarm in..." but like that its so much easier. One click and its set.
I also have three more alarm shortcuts to set it to the three different trains I take for work.
I remember when i used to get 7hrs of sleep. Im lucky if i can get even 5🤣🤣
Below 7h for a few nights and I am not productive and get angry easily. So its no question for me. I'd change jobs if I had to, my body is important to me
I used to be like that too and then i got used to getting no sleep for a little while. Like getting less than 4 hrs and then going to work in the field or going on my weekend hikes. My sleep schedule was crazy bad for a while until i started feeling that i needed sleep. I need at least 5hrs and im good, anything under im not doing anything and sleeping in.
I am not sure how the body can adjust really. Maybe you get used to it mentally, but I am not sure if the slower reaction time and risks for cancer, dementia and things like that are still fhere or not.
I personally like to have an offline map and translator when I travel.
I got CoMaps on there and thank you for reminding me, i should get a translator as well.
My daily phone. Its getting a little slow now though
Have you tried debloating it or could it be something else?
I think its just old and been through a lot. Its been in -45c to +56c weather multiple times. Rained on, sweat and tons of things removed and added onto it.
I sometimes cant even use maps and music together in my car or it will just restart
Man, well its definietly been on a journey.
Won't you need a map app? CoMaps for instance.
CoMaps is on there, its next to the settings app.
I see the app icon on the bottom row.
Download translator offline.
Does it work with the radio frequencies used in the area you’re traveling to?
Bring back unlocked FM chips!!!
The phone dosent come preinstalled with a radio. You would have to install one, which would be over wifi or data. Since thats the case, I already have a portable emergency radio, if needed.
There are only a very few short wave frequencies that the US picks up to where im traveling too, but im still looking if the reverse is possible.
there is no privacy when traveling into/out of/within US
You can say the same with China, Korea, the middle east as well. The US isnt the only country where you gotta fight for digital privacy.
I mean the cell frequencies.
They’re different from place to place and if your phone doesn’t have a compatible radio (cell data signals are radio waves) then you won’t be able to connect to the towers where you’re going!
Im going to be using Delta chat for my phone calls and texts, which dosent use a phone number and its not tied to a carrier. Im not going to be using a phone number unless its for emergenices. (Ill be getting a temporary number when buying a physical sim card).
The radio and the band compatibility (2G/3G/4G) has nothing to do with each other, they use two completely different sets of frequencies. I have also checked and this phone would 100% work to where im going when getting an international sim card.
... you do know that mobile data uses radio frequencies?
Yes, i know. My tired ass was talking about the radio (the one you listen to music and the news) and mobile data.
I’m really trying to be super nice here so please give me the benefit of the doubt and read this post in the kindliest voice you can:
The generation of data transmission standard supported is separate from the band of radio frequencies which are allowed in a given jurisdiction. You can do 4g lte for example over several different swaths of the spectrum with no problem as long as the devices are all talking on the same frequencies.
Not all phones allow for transmission across all frequencies. This means that a phone could have a radio chipset that’s band limited in such a way that it can’t function in a different country where the electromagnetic spectrum is portioned up differently.
When I say radio here I’m talking about transmission of data in the range of frequencies used by mobile phone wireless carriers.
I’m, again, trying to be kind and helpful here: if you haven’t already, it may behove you to directly contact the company you intend to buy a sim from (or purchase an eSIM from) and verify by checking your device’s imei or serial that it is 100% compatible with the radio spectrum used for cellular data transmission in your destination.
Manufacturers use the same model number with different radio capabilities or even radio chips all the time.
And like i said, in the last sentence, i have already checked. It is compatible.
Because you bought your phone in the USA, and because "international" phones are not sold by USA carriers because that is how manufacturers create separate markets for smartphones and connected devices, you are very unlikely to have a phone that can work at all in Asia, Australia, half of Europe, South America, and Africa. There are even some incompatible bands between Canada and USA.
What people are trying to tell you is that unless you bought an explicitly "international" smartphone, your phone will be locked at the baseband level, meaning it won't connect in the above mentions regions over LTE.
That means you'll be likely restricted to WiFi only in those areas.
US phone users in the US dont have to buy international phones just because someone is visiting outside of the country.
They do work overseas; if you buy the right phone plan. Most of us use the option to buy an international plan from a carrier (Verizon, Tmobile, AT&T).
I can also get a local sim or buy an international esim/sim for data. Wifi would only be for calling. We do have options, we just gotta pay attention to what we pick depending on what we are trying to do outside of the country and what the phone is.
This is annoying, you don't seem to understand what you're being told.
Again, the SIM only grants token access, it has nothing to do with your phone's localization. Your equipment needs to conform to local standards, and your LTE radio is likely locked to certain channels. For example:
These are the LTE bands for North America.
These are the LTE bands used in Asia.
They aren't the same. If your phone is baseband-locked to the USA, you aren't getting on certain LTE networks no matter what esim or SIM you have.
I hope you encounter no problems.