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I hate you, sidekick.
Jan. 16th, 2011 04:22 amIn an incredibly special (dee dee dee, special) series of events I manged to permanently disable all 3rd party software use on my Nokia 6263. Ironically the actions which caused this are the exact actions which fixed this issue initially. It now appears to be entirely unREfixable.
So after a few hours of research which only led me to the exact same information as the first time around, years ago, and that there never emerged a reliable way to unbrand the thing, it is with great sadness that I must abandon my beloved Nokia.
Yes the Nokia has a proprietary browser, but it is slow and simple and I might as well just entirely reinvent the Internet while I wait for it to do anything. I had been using the wonderful Opera mini, which gave me pretty much full browsing use, with the exception of any flash support. So without being able to use Opera mini I'm left with only a texting and calling device. Which is entirely a FWP, but it effectively removes half of what I used the damn thing for.
So I have moved my sim card and, tediously by hand, all information to the brand new, unused, Sidekick Slide that was available to me here in our house. Won't be able to enable data service on it until we've paid our current bill so it still only does what the Nokia would be doing, but either way I'm stuck with an internetless phone, so I might as well get used to the one I'll be using from now on until I eventually get an Andriod phone.
I HATE the Sidekick's interface, sofuckingmuch. I don't think it could get more clunky and counterintuitive if it tried, seriously. ugh. It is kinda nifty to have a qwerty keyboard and a phone that LOOKS shiny and new. But the Nokia was a superior phone, despite its size, this sidekick isn't even 3g. Cripes.
THIS ENTRY IS FULL OF HORRIBLE WHINING ABOUT FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS BECAUSE MY THUMBS ARE TIRED OF TYPING IN MY ENTIRE CONTACT LIST BECAUSE THE SIDEKICK IS TOO DUMB TO READ ALL THAT INFO ALREADY SITTING ON MY SIM CARD FOR IT, STUPID PHONE.
So after a few hours of research which only led me to the exact same information as the first time around, years ago, and that there never emerged a reliable way to unbrand the thing, it is with great sadness that I must abandon my beloved Nokia.
Yes the Nokia has a proprietary browser, but it is slow and simple and I might as well just entirely reinvent the Internet while I wait for it to do anything. I had been using the wonderful Opera mini, which gave me pretty much full browsing use, with the exception of any flash support. So without being able to use Opera mini I'm left with only a texting and calling device. Which is entirely a FWP, but it effectively removes half of what I used the damn thing for.
So I have moved my sim card and, tediously by hand, all information to the brand new, unused, Sidekick Slide that was available to me here in our house. Won't be able to enable data service on it until we've paid our current bill so it still only does what the Nokia would be doing, but either way I'm stuck with an internetless phone, so I might as well get used to the one I'll be using from now on until I eventually get an Andriod phone.
I HATE the Sidekick's interface, sofuckingmuch. I don't think it could get more clunky and counterintuitive if it tried, seriously. ugh. It is kinda nifty to have a qwerty keyboard and a phone that LOOKS shiny and new. But the Nokia was a superior phone, despite its size, this sidekick isn't even 3g. Cripes.
THIS ENTRY IS FULL OF HORRIBLE WHINING ABOUT FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS BECAUSE MY THUMBS ARE TIRED OF TYPING IN MY ENTIRE CONTACT LIST BECAUSE THE SIDEKICK IS TOO DUMB TO READ ALL THAT INFO ALREADY SITTING ON MY SIM CARD FOR IT, STUPID PHONE.
