On my old phone I had an issue with the proximity sensor and front facing camera. This led me to holding my phone backwards to take photos and being unable to hang up phone calls.

I think I put up with this for a year and a half.

I did end up figuring out the issue with the proximity sensor but opening up my phone to reconnect the camera module was too much effort for me.

  • PlexSheep@feddit.de
    23·
    9 months ago

    This is pretty horrible to hear as someone working in security. Just because it works does not mean you should do it.

    I imagine her data gets lost multiple times per year.

    • mozz@mbin.grits.dev
      71·
      9 months ago

      I don’t disagree - I should make clear; I’m not saying this as an example of a good thing you should do (hence why I posted it in this thread), more as a data point about how happy Apple is to break their stuff for old hardware holders and to give some perspective on how they use software updates to encourage hardware purchases.