• eldavi@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    even if you got them; you’re going to encounter some stupid rules:

    i bought at xiaomi phone and i can’t use it on most cell phone carriers in the united states because they’re banned based on their imea to please uncle sam; so it doesn’t matter that it’s capable of working, it’s just not allowed.

    same is true for hearing aids: when i connect them using ordinary bluetooth, they work fine on both my xiaomi and samsung phones; but when i use the recommended software, they only work on the samsung and their tech support told me that they don’t work on “banned” hardware like xiaomi or huawei.

    i bet, in the near future, huawei’s hardware will be banned from connecting to wifi networks based on thier mac address and american smart phones will refuse to share data w then via hotspot for the same reason.

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      3 days ago

      I’ve been running various distros off my Huawei Matebook 14 in the US for years with zero issues. They make really good laptops, TBH.

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        my xiaomi is clearly far superior than the other phones i’ve had at this price point and i want to stick with that brand for as long as i can now that i know what to do to get them to work in this country.

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          i got my xiaomi for free so even I wanted to do the same, but xiaomi and hyperos have alot of limitations

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            2 days ago

            i haven’t noticed any and i learned yesterday that i’m must put a custom rom on it to get it to work in this country; so there’s room for modification if something doesn’t work for you.

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        Couple of years ago I was looking at them and razer for a new laptop. I ended up going with razer simply because I could t find the laptop I wanted without a touchscreen and in my mind touchscreens were less crisp than non-touchscreens. How does your experience hold up?

        It’s about time for me to upgrade laptops again, been like 6 years lol

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          Mine’s the 2020 AMD model, does everything I need it to do and it’s still going strong. Build quality is great and I love the high quality 2160 x 1440 display. Overall, it’s been a far better experience that the Dell XPS I had previously, which started giving me issues after just a couple of years.

          I bought it when I was living in Asia, though. Now I’m in the US, I honestly don’t know what replacement I’d pick up if it died tomorrow.

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            2 days ago

            I was looking at a Tux brand laptop, I don’t really play games on my computer anymore now that I have a steam deck so I just need something lightweight. The problem is I love the aluminum body of my razer

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      banned from connecting to wifi networks based on thier mac address

      MAC addresses are easy to spoof in a Linux PC though. So you should be able to workaround that limitation if it’s ever a problem.

      In fact, in theory you can also spoof the IMEI in a phone via software, it’s just that the software in phones is generally not as open and it would require rooting and some tweaking that not everyone is comfortable doing.