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That's cool, thank you! Although it's a lot thicker than the one I found, I'd pretty wide and thin over thick for a keychain. I might end up doing that, I found adhesive keychain things on Amazon as well.

Title. Does it exist? I found this, but it doesn't appear to be a keychain and I'm not sure if I'm comfortable drilling into the casing to add a chain/string to make it one. Does anyone make such a thing? Compact, fold out US/CA pins for standard AC outlets, with a USB out? I'd love to find something small enough to carry daily so the next time I'm at the hospital like today, +8 hours now... I have a way to charge! Big thanks for any and all advice!

Current version of WSA: http://tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/c7e4a2d1-eec9-41f7-9c20-04394821d8da?P1=1709828734&P2=404&P3=2&P4=cNfw1ZPI3fNsWL8dS%2bqSnR8Y29u%2fK36m5FkvSAUrSDrFkYbXEBjZlckSX%2fTah00cLmpnBgM7ejop55s1Dpwb9A%3d%3d

That would not work.

I have the package for the most recent update of WSA downloaded locally, I can "side load" it from that package without use of the Microsoft store or an internet connection. I also have an app from the Windows store, though presumably standalone .exe versions may exist as well, which bypass the usual process of using Android ADB to directly side load .apk files to my WSA system. I also have an app on my phone to extract .apk files so I can download apps from the Play Store on my phone and not mess with sketchy .apk hosting sites. Presumably with all of these things I should be safe to keep using the feature for the life of Windows 11 on my current and any future PCs. The only limiting factor should be the internal android version of WSA, which for the niche apps I use now that won't matter for many years, they work now on versions as old as Marshmallow, I doubt they'll break any time soon on WSA. Also, talking in the official Microsoft Devs Discord server several people are actively working on porting WSA to W10, updating WSA to Android 15 when that releases... so it sounds like the feature should be getting community support for some time. My real fear is Microsoft somehow disabling or removing current installs of WSA. They've done this before, removing working windows features with forced system updates. I don't want to lose my WSA, but I don't care if it doesn't get updated past its current state.

Hello, my supervisor at work is sending screenshots of our appointment schedule as images pasted into an email, using the snipping tool in Windows 10 to send the images via the current Office 365 version of Outlook. Some recipients are receiving the image as intended, but some are getting this: There doesn't appear to be any commonality between those receiving the email as text, as in, they aren't all gmail users, or mobile users, etc. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Ahhhh! Riley is a meanie, I'm not nobody, I use WSA and I use it heavily for my current workflow. WSA works really well with sideloaded .APK files, the notifications, file system access, and windowed apps all work flawlessly for me, and no other solutions I've tried like Blue Stacks or the official Android emulator are even remotely as integrated or easy to use. I already have the feature installed on several PCs. Logically all the files are there or it wouldn't work. What can I do to preserve the feature for future installs? And, do I need to do anything to keep the current installs? Will an end of support in a year actually remove the feature from my systems, or will the feature simply stop receiving updates? If it's just a stop to development I can live with that. All the apps I currently use on my PC through WSA are already older apps, they can take advantage of features in the newer Android versions but none of them require it, and they should keep working for years to come without further updates. But... if Microsoft can somehow remove the feature entirely I need some way to lock it down or restore the files. I can't lose this feature. Thanks in advance for your help!

Alrighty, that's what I'll do. Thank you!

Yeah I could, but am I any worse off with an older gigabit switch like this one?

I could, but I will need another anyways when I do get my PCs hard wired, figured this would be the cheapest with the least hardware.

Hi! I currently have 7 devices connected to an ethernet switch in my bedroom, however I want to add more so I will need another switch. My plan is to take the current 8 port switch I have now and use it at my PC desk in the future when I get around to hardwiring my PCs. Right now all are 5G/4G and/or WiFi. Then, I would buy this off eBay, or something similar if it sells before I snag it, to use where the current switch is. Here's what I'd be connecting to the new (used) eBay switch: Samsung Smart TV Series 6 Chromecast Ultra 4K Xbox X Series X 4K X ex X Nintendo Switch Nintendo Wii Epson ET-8500 Epson ET-8500 Epson TM-T88V Some new gigabit NAS I'm gonna set up These bold ones are the new things, everything until now has been fairly low bandwidth, honestly a 10/100 switch from decades ago would do fine, I only got the 8 port gigabit off Amazon because it was like $18 so, why not? But now that I need a 16 port I'm finding they go for $60 or more on Amazon, this used one on eBay is about what I paid for that 8 port switch, my only concern is it being so old, will it make an impact to my NAS? My modem/router is an Arcadyan kvd21 which has gigabit ports anyways, so it's not like a 2.5 gigabit or 10 gigabit would allow the NAS to connect any faster to my PCs whenever I get around to hardwiring them anyhow... so I think this will all work fine, right? Thanks in advance for any and all comments!

I don't think it's as rare as you think it is, it's fairly common in rural America... I love Visible as a second service. The unlimited 5 Mbps hotspot can be really handy. But I would not be so sold on it as my primary service, as a heavy data user it can be slow.

I have T-Mobile for my primary plan, postpaid Go5G Plus 11 voice lines for $112/mo taxes and fees included. ...T-Mobile is faster than Verizon or AT&T in town and at home for me. T-Mobile has 0 coverage at my work inside and outside, I need service from Verizon or AT&T at work. So I use the second SIM on VIsible. It's $25/mo taxes/fees included, doesn't include free phones like T-Mobile does, or any real perks beyond unlimited data on a different network, but it does what I need at work. And once in a while, I also use it on the go or at home when T-Mobile is really slow, it's the fastest most of the time, but not 100% of the time.

Summary A glitch in T-Mobile's unlock services for recent Samsung phones including the S22, S23 and S24 family allow users to easily unlock their devices permanently even if they are still under contract or "EIP" arrangements, allowing users to use the dual-SIM feature with a second provider such as Verizon or AT&T without paying off the device early. Quotes My thoughts While I understand why carriers lock phones under "free phone" contract deals or active financing, and I am aware it helps reduce fraud with people selling their "free" phones, at the end of the day paying +$1000 to buy your "free" phone just to unlock a feature like the dual SIM is absurd. Waiting 2 years for the contract to end is also absurd. As long as one of your two SIMs is on the T-Mobile line under contract you should be free to use the other space however you want. Sources https://tmo.report/2024/02/a-weird-glitch-is-letting-some-t-mobile-customers-network-unlock-their-samsung-phones-early/ https://reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/1aqkuyh/bug_allows_early_unlock_of_your_tmobile_samsung/

Oh this is cool! I like how you formatted this, I'm stealing it. I'm often using my laptop on cellular away from a phone. Like at the park, I typically leave my phone in the car, it's distracting and I want to get work done. When I use my laptop at home it's on cellular. I move all around the house, use it in the yard, garage, living room, kitchen. My phone could be anywhere charging. We do have home internet, but the cellular is usually faster and it's unlimited so... I just use that. Many plans in the US have unlimited data on the phone with no or limited hotspot. Expensive plans can offer good hotspot data buckets but very few plans offered now come with unlimited hotspot at good speeds. It's a bit complicated. Beyond the fact that most users would need to pay more than $15/mo for a better cell plan with good hotspot, when $15 gets you an unlimited plan for the laptop, the phone plans also tend to favor the phone's own data use in terms of speeds and latency, with hotspot data typically being slower. The experience you get with an unlimited plan in a laptop is like night vs day compared to a phone hotspot. Speeds are faster, data limits don't exist, latency is better, you don't need to carry a second thing with you and worry about it's battery, it's just better in every way. The cost is only an issue if you already have a very expensive cell plan with a lot of hotspot data, for most people they already have to pay more to get that data since their current plan doesn't offer hotspot or offers very limited hotspot, this route of an unlimited plan for the laptop will often cost less or the same while offering a better time. Mmm I see. That's disappointing... thank you for warning me!

It depends, T-Mobile/MetroPCS are not very picky. AT&T can be. That plan is a 2GB plan. Technically it has "unlimited" data after the 2GB at 128 Kbps but for all intents and purposes it's a 2GB plan. No one is doing anything with that 128 Kbps unless they are really creative with their use.

Tablet plans work in laptops just fine. Why would you pay more for a laptop plan with only 2GB data? That's not 2GB premium data. It is a 2GB mobile internet plan you can use in just about anything, laptops included, with a hard cap after the limit is reached. Unlimited plans are not offered for every kind of device. Those 2GB plans are great for hotspots, mobile embedded routers, GPS trackers, and other odd one-off things. But the unlimited tablet plans work in laptops just fine, with unlimited data for a lot less money. Yes, hotspot plans with 40GB or 50GB, or more, are a thing. If you already need the plan for other features it would not make much sense to get a $20/mo tablet plan too. But at $10 for me, or $15 for you on T-Mobile/MetroPCS now, it makes sense. My laptop gets its own 50GB priority data + unlimited deprioritized data. VS the phone hotspot might also be 50GB but then after that it's a hard cap at super slow speeds. The laptop has unlimited data, even if it's lower QCI after 50GB when the hotspot is effectively limited to 40GB or 50GB.

Admittedly, the plan I have now is grandfathered. However, it's currently on sale for $15 which is close enough, and it has gone down to $10 twice since I got it, they seem to put it on sale near the end of their fiscal quarters to boost numbers for shareholders. Here are some links to discussions/news of the plan I have now: link link link link Discussions/news of current $15 version: link link link Yes those need a business account, that's easy. Literally just sign up with your SSN and say you run a business. No harder than making a normal consumer account, they don't ask for any proof you are a business. But apparently MetroPCS also offers a $15 plan + taxes/fees? link link That's a consumer plan, if you're like... some Ned Flanders type and you can't possible lie to a business about running your own business to get a business plan. Business. I think I need to say business more. BUSINESSSSSS. As for the plan going back to $10 every so often, I'm not seeing discussions about it right now, it's been discussed before in the T-Mobile Discord server. link If you look around on Reddit you can find more general discussions, not about this specific tablet plan, but more broadly about T-Mobile tending to give out more discounts or even free lines around the end of their fiscal quarters. link link Maybe T-Mobile doesn't work for you. AT&T offers a $20 unlimited tablet plan, +taxes and fees, that's no longer a killer deal but it could still make sense if you want, say, your laptop one one network, your phone on another, since all these tablet plans can be had without other lines of service... here's a $20 standalone AT&T tablet plan. link link link Dish network, for those 1% of the US population living where they have service, also offers an unlimited plan for tablets and laptops for $20/mo +taxes/fees. link I hope this helps!

That's such a terrible solution. I understand this is what most people do but I can't stand it. Your phone battery dies faster. Maybe you go plug it in but then you can't take your laptop very far from your phone. It's not like home Wi-Fi that can go through many different rooms. Data plans don't offer substantial hotspot data unless you're paying a ton of money. Why would I pay $20 or $30 or $40 per month more than a plan that already does everything I need just to get good hotspot allowances when I can pay $10 per month for an unlimited plan that'll work in the laptop, without any compromises on battery life or distance. As for the quality of the product, I don't know. I've never used a framework you could be right about that.

TL;DR: Just off my own experience there are many options on the market, and I've owned or used half a dozen options just in the last few years. I personally own a HP Folio something or other, it's a real leather laptop with X86 processor, I used it on a $15/mo Sprint tablet plan for a few years before moving it to a $10/mo taxes and fees included T-Mobile plan. It's not very powerful, running a Y series Intel CPU, but it's full Windows 10 with cellular built in. HP later released an ARM version in the same body with a vegan leather. 5G enabled. I've used it borrowing from a friend for my own T-Mobile plan testing but I don't own one. I have two Lenovo business laptops, a ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8 and a ThinkPad P1 Gen 5. The former has the optional 4G feature while the latter has the optional 5G feature. The P1 is a workstation replacement style laptop which I use docked at home as my desktop PC specifically because my mobile carrier blesses that laptop being used on the super cheap $10/mo "tablet" unlimited plan. VS desktops with aftermarket 5G chips or dongles which only work on expensive per GB data plans. I also own a Surface Pro X with SP1 which has 4G by default, although they did later release a WiFi only model for some $100 or $50 less iirc. My Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 is a proper tablet, a Surface style competitor. It has optional 5G which I added. X86 based processor unlike the Surface X. I bought a second one which I sent to an artist because they don't have home internet at all, that had a hardware fault and Dell offered to replace it with a 2x MSRP XPS laptop which had optional 5G enabled. Because they didn't have any more of the tablet model in stock to replace it with under warranty. Thanks Dell! That was super cool of them.

I did check their website before posting here but Linus mentions in his review video that they have open source this and community built that so it's not unreasonable to wonder if maybe something has been made or is in the works. I don't appreciate you assuming that I would post here with zero research. But thanks for answering at least. I don't know what the demand might be like but considering HP, Dell, Lenovo, Samsung, Microsoft all offer laptops or 2-in-1's with 4G or 5G clearly the market is there even if it's not the most consumers.