this was on the back burner for so long , very glad to see someone get it done. the amount of e waste caused by dropping 2g and 3g is insane.
Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)
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Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)
#32> While the Memes generally refer to the 3210 or the 3310, the classic 5110 is no less a condender for most robust general use mobile phone available. The reason for that (I think) is not that the 5110 is less robust, but that the 3210 and 3310 were much more widespread - they came onto the market when mobile phones really started to become widespread, while the 5110 (their predecessor), with its stub antenna and bul…
Totally! When I got my Nokia 5146 (still basically a 5110) - you had to pay I think £50 for the phone, plus the contract of £15 a month.
A month or two later you could get the 3210 for free, plus a better contract from orange, that took advantage of the MMS options - plus had the programmable ringtones which was soooooo much cooler than the 5110.
I was lucky to jump from the 5110 to the 8210, and then to a 8250 which I adored and used on an off through to 2007 - when I moved to the E61 then e71 - which both still hold a very special place in my heart!
Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)
#33I'm not too well-versed in hardware - is it really that easy to swap out a 2G modem with a 4G modem and have it "just work" without touching the drivers? Even if the baseband/modem chips miraculously do conform perfectly to some I/O protocol at the hardware level despite being multiple generations apart, wouldn't the difference in timings break whatever firmware the Nokia 5110 has, which was expecting only a single v…
I think the idea here is to basically create a new phone, but use the original case, buttons and display.
Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)
#34I was hoping to find a part 2, but since part 1 was written over 2 years ago I guess there's not much chance of that...
Yup. This is nothing more than "Hmm, this Nokia has its physical UI on a separate board... maybe I could use that somehow".
Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)
#35Pro tip: don't buy the new versions "Nokia 3210 2024" and similar models.
I did, two times, with slightly different models, and they are of exceptionally poor quality: dead after one year, very buggy firmware. The customer support is an AI with no real answer. They recommended to install an app "from the Google Play app store" which is nonsense for a dumbphone.
They are very cheap noname phones, branded with the name Nokia, but I am sure no Nokia R&D team was involved in these products.
Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)
#36The 5110 was also my first phone and still probably my favourite ever. I racked up a £300 bill on month 1 and had to essentially do my paper round for free to pay it off. Good times!
Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)
#37Pro tip: don't buy the new versions "Nokia 3210 2024" and similar models. I did, two times, with slightly different models, and they are of exceptionally poor quality: dead after one year, very buggy firmware. The customer support is an AI with no real answer. They recommended to install an app "from the Google Play app store" which is nonsense for a dumbphone. They are very cheap noname phones, branded with the name…
Yeah I bought a Nokia 2660.
After probably a month or so the hinge brackets broke from normal use.
Nokia refused to refund / repair it saying that only a drop could have caused it.
I replaced it with an AGM M8 which is a great dumbphone.
Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)
#38lol so he made this part 1 Nov 28 2022 and then disappeared
Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)
#39> While the Memes generally refer to the 3210 or the 3310, the classic 5110 is no less a condender for most robust general use mobile phone available. The reason for that (I think) is not that the 5110 is less robust, but that the 3210 and 3310 were much more widespread - they came onto the market when mobile phones really started to become widespread, while the 5110 (their predecessor), with its stub antenna and bul…
3230
Was a joy to use the joystick hehe
Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)
#40It's such an odd problem from my perspective as someone who doesn't live in a western country! We still have 2G on all carriers and seemingly no plans to shut it down. So, if you want to use an old (GSM) phone, it's a non-issue, you just pop your modern SIM card into it and it just works :)
My country (Australia) in the past month shut down 3G and 2G was shut down in 2017.
The 3G shutdown was ...problematic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIJavqEzEIw