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Review on Sudroid Android Definition Phones Unlocked by Kyle Gresham

Revainrating 5 out of 5

My use case is unique

EDIT August 2021: I've found the battery gauge to be extremely inaccurate. The phone is fully discharged even though it is reflecting 50% or more. This happened several times even though it was fully charged. It still works in airplane mode for several days, but this inaccuracy makes it unreliable. PROBLEM Every website and many other services now require an MFA, a 6-digit code in addition to your login password. I don't like how many people do this and I don't like cluttering up my email with them and I don't want that junk on my phone. I don't send text messages. So what I needed was basically a "thing" to create an authenticator for all services in an interface that didn't require connection to anything else, but was portable enough to carry around. Invoice. I will point out some problems. To use Google Play you need to add an account. I was hesitant because it's coded to be somewhere in India and I wasn't sure if it was about privacy or security. So I downloaded the APK separately for Google Authenticator (which doesn't require a Google account). Since it has a camera, you can scan the QR code of such a service and add it to the list. pleasure works. Instead of playing around for up to a minute to get a code, it's a few seconds at most. That's exactly what I wanted. The browser on it is some kind of junk - it just wants to open all sorts of privacy-violating permissions, so like everyone else, it's patchy. I suggest if you want to use this on a real phone/device, don't use the built-in browser, download and use Edge, Chrome or Firefox Mobile, then disable the built-in browser. In my case, I don't even need WiFi, let alone a cellular signal (I can always use it as a backup with my Google Voice account if needed, but I already have plenty of devices for it), so with data off, battery life is great and lasts even days with the screen on. My main complaint is about the touchscreen. It's a little underresponsive, not responding to movement or pressure as I expected. It could be a protective film, I'm not sure. Currently I don't feel comfortable removing it. If that changes I'll update the review, but it should work regardless of the screen protector.

Pros
  • New to my collection
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