My phone is two years old. Okay, not too bad huh.


It's fine for what I do, so I haven't asked for a new one at Christmas. And I'm all against that planned obsolescence bullshit, I always try to keep things for as long as possible.

Of course, promptly after that, the phone started showing signs of "buy a new phone you idiot". The power button works at random, sometimes it works normally, sometimes I have to press absurdly hard. Yay.


Doesn't help that there's also that other issue, really annoying. At random, something keeps the CPU busy and drains the battery absurdly fast.

So much for smartphones and their epic power, by the way. 1+GHz CPUs are cool but absolutely pointless if full speed drains your battery in 5 minutes.

I tried to diagnose the issue, even resorting to one of those wakelock monitoring apps. All I can get says the same thing, something in the system itself is at fault.

And this phone hasn't gotten updates in ages. Well, except one. HTC cared to provide an update for the stagefright exploit, but that's all, they have no problem with leaving me with a buggy system that keeps draining the battery. Well of course, it's already obsolete. Maybe the bug is even actually intended...

Solution so far? Reboot every time it happens.

I'm contemplating installing CyanogenMod or something else.



Vendors of household appliances and electronics shit go to such lengths to enforce planned obsolescence. Have you not noticed how your devices never break during their warranty, but break afterwards?

You may even have tried to fix them, only to see them develop other problems later on. The vendors saw it coming. Eventually you run into something that you can't disassemble and/or can't replace because it's a proprietary part specific to your model and not available anymore.

And those devices last what, a few years... 30 years ago, devices were built to last, and it shows. For example we have a microwave that is 30 years old or more, and it still works fine. I challenge you to find a modern microwave that lasts that long.


Don't be a consuming tool. Say no to planned obsolescence. The only thing it's good for is economy. Don't forget that Earth's resources aren't infinite.


Anyway, have you had related stories?

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HTC Desire 601. A nice one for what I do, and looks good too. It's on 4.4.2 iirc.


I also like the HTC interface, something I'd lose if I switched to something else.

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happens with time, the battery inevitably gets less efficient

doesn't help when something hogs the CPU, though (you can go in the power settings to check if it's happening)

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well, smartphones can be handy when they give you internet access, emails, or some games


but they're meant to be consumer toys

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or keep these for 10-20 more years, then they're vintage and you can sell them for big bucks

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