successfully hemmed and hawwed on a cyber monday phone purchase until it went safely out of stock
+1 for team kinda-need-a-new-phone-but-this-2013-piece-of-crap-still-technically-works-so-let's-see-how-much-longer-we-can-ride-this-thing-into-the-ground
@alyx Same. I've got a Moto G (1st gen). I just put LineageOS on it to get tethering working and security updates, and it gave it new life in terms of both features and performance... but also broke sending SMS. So...
@gcupc that's what i have!
due to rooting/technical issues (and android just being awful) i can no longer flash it to fix/renew its ailing stock OS. so it gets worse and worse.
this model has always had a major RAM problem, performing worse (constant redraws / data loss upon app switching) than even its modest 1GB would suggest
@gcupc i'm with republic wireless so custom roms were never an option. won't make that mistake again :) they did save me a lot of money tho. can't argue with $10-15 phone bills
agree, the camera is Real Bad. on the bright side it can obscure skin blemishes?
@alyx Heck! I'm on Ting, so...if I were willing/able to keep my data usage down, I could have a cheap phone bill. They won't provide any support if you install a custom ROM, but whatever.
@gcupc that's who i'm switching to! they seem very reasonable.
@alyx Yeah, I had that experience with RAM on it. It's a lot better under LineageOS, but some of the basic "be a phone and work with my carrier" stuff is a lot worse.
I do think I'll get whatever the latest Moto G version is when this one fully dies. I've been pleased with everything about it except the RAM and the camera.