Finally upgraded my phone - no, that doesn't mean a new one. No need to spend hundreds just for some extra storage, or to give up my data to some dodgy cloud where I have no control over it

3 years ago by WhoRoger to c/righttorepair

Honestly, if we could upgrade the RAM in phones, I'd probably be fine with this one for a decade. (Or until they start making phones with qwerty keypads again.)

http404 4 points 3 years ago

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squip 2 points 3 years ago

Mountain Dew is for me and you!

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WhoRoger 1 point 3 years ago

We ain't that far already.

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moozogew 3 points 3 years ago

There's a lot of fake SD cards on the market, worth checking it before putting anything important on it. I find that if you can put more than eight gig of data on it without it getting corrupted then it's probably real

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WhoRoger 4 points 3 years ago

This one is from a reliable source, but I will test it either way.

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macrocephalic 2 points 3 years ago

There's an Windows executable your can use to check, it does the writing and read checking for you. H2 something iirc.

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Martineski 2 points 3 years ago

Congrats! And holy shit, having a way of upgrading RAM in a phone is something that never crossed my mind! This would extend life of phones by so much.

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WhoRoger 1 point 3 years ago

There's no reason why at least the motherboard couldn't be a replaceable module if one is happy with cameras and display, or the other way around. Not saying it has to be super simple like plugging in a Lego module, but it's definitely doable. Most peripherals are borderline off the shelf anyway and their functionality and support is mostly in software.

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Martineski 3 points 3 years ago

We need a company for phones that's like framework for laptops.

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Aggravationstation 2 points 3 years ago

A fewhavextried but sadly failed. If they just made the phones less difficult to modify people could still at least have local technicians change components

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macrocephalic 1 point 3 years ago

https://m.aliexpress.com/.... Here you go.

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WhoRoger 1 point 3 years ago

I had a bunch of these these crappy keypads. I mean one that's in the phone, that I can use in lieu of the touch keyboard, while holding it in its normal position. If I'd want to put my device on a table and type while sitting in a chair, I'd rather use a small laptop.

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