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No one is stopping you from using a Treo 650.
by akerr 2y ago
No one is stopping you from using a Treo 650.
- miles 2y agoSadly, Verizon is: CDMA Network Update https://www.verizon.com/prepaid/cdma-network-update/ https://www.verizon.com/prepaid/cdma-network-update/ > Starting Dec 31,2022 we no longer support 3G/4G Non-VoLTE. To keep your service active, upgrade your phone.
- tshaddox 2y agoThe same way that McDonald’s or H&R Block are preventing you from using a Treo 650. Those companies also do not provide cellular service compatible with that phone.
- miles 2y agoThe main difference being that Verizon sold me the phone and supported it on their network until they didn't. So yes, the Treo 650 still turns on and can be used without voice or data service, but claiming that Verizon is no more preventing me from using it than McDonald's or H&R Block in this case seems disingenuous.
- 015a 2y agoNot just Verizon; the literal FCC, who licenses and restricts what bandwidth can be used for what purpose.
- miles 2y agoThe FCC did not mandate the transition: Why are 3G networks being phased out? https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/plan-ahead-phase-out-3g-cellular-networks-and-service https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/plan-ahead-phase-out-3g... > As mobile carriers seek to upgrade their networks to use the latest technologies, they periodically shut down older services, such as 3G, to free up spectrum and infrastructure to support new services, such as 5G. Similar transitions have happened before. For example, some mobile carriers shut down their 2G networks when they upgraded their networks to support 4G services. Mobile carriers have the flexibility to choose the types of technologies and services they deploy, including when they decommission older services in favor of newer services to meet consumer demands.
- renewiltord 2y agoYou can get a combo 5G hotspot plus power bank and tape it to the back of your device. Then you can keep using your device on WiFi alone.
- labcomputer 2y agoBetter to use rubber bands. You don’t want to have to remove that Apple-like adhesive tape when hot-swapping batteries like a quick-draw gun slinger.
- m463 2y agoI remember dropping my treo 650 while hiking. The back cover came off, the battery went flying and worst of all - my memory card was dislodged and disappeared in the woods.
- Brian_K_White 2y agoWas there a point to this story? I have a pixel 5a with a dead screen that runs but can't be used because the dead part is part of the motherboard not the screen. It's a known problem with this model. So it still runs, but I can't recover any pics or texts from dead people from it because I can't respond to the screen prompts to allow the USB connection. I don't see how I'm any better off.
- 2muchcoffeeman 2y agoNothing solves for data loss except a half decent backup strategy.
- simonh 2y agoCommenter was pointing out a design problem. Your phone has a different design problem. Are you arguing that a device being able to fail in one way makes it ok for it to also be able to fail in other ways?
- throwaway48540 2y agoUse USB-C to connect a hub with display and mouse, copy data over internet.
- m463 2y agoCould usb-c also connect an ethernet port and/or a flash drive?
- narvalotech 2y agoI managed to use scrcpy's awesome KVM feature to do just this: it simulates a keyboard and mouse, so fumbling through hitting tab multiple times and enter, the phone showed up as MTP device and I could download the pictures. Phone had dead display+touchscreen like yours. Couldn't manage to enable usb debugging so no backups of texts though :/