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Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Post by amyames »

apetresc wrote: post #23

I'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…

No. This phones keypad , controller, and screen are on a separate board.

This would be like plugging your monitor and keyboard into a new computer.

There are some lorawan handheld communicatiors using surplus blackberry cases and keyboards from blackberries that never were, that they got for pennies.

Except this dude wants to drop in a roll-your-own cellphone board with a basic os, instead of a lorawan radio and basic os. Same idea. But he will have to design this.

Whereas You can get schematics to build a lorawan communicator with blackberry parts, and there are community supported roms for that

Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Post by palata »

What I learned with this article is the English idiom:

"Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched."

Which in my language translates to:

"You should not sell the bear’s skin before killing it."

Not that it appears in the article, but rather because the author wrote the blog post before doing the thing. Which results in a blog post essentially saying "here is the cool thing I plan to do", which was apparently never done.

Anyway, I'm happy to know about counting chickens now :-).

Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Post by grishka »

palata wrote: post #62

What I learned with this article is the English idiom: "Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched." Which in my language translates to: "You should not sell the bear’s skin before killing it." Not that it appears in the article, but rather because the author wrote the blog post before doing the thing. Which results in a blog post essentially saying "here is the cool thing I plan to do", which was apparently ne…

Which language is it? In mine it's almost the same, "don't divide the skin of a non-killed bear".

Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Post by 0_____0 »

palata wrote: post #62

What I learned with this article is the English idiom: "Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched." Which in my language translates to: "You should not sell the bear’s skin before killing it." Not that it appears in the article, but rather because the author wrote the blog post before doing the thing. Which results in a blog post essentially saying "here is the cool thing I plan to do", which was apparently ne…

It's possible the author didn't expect to have a few thousand Hacker Nerds looking at their blog post already, with all the critique and pressure that entails.

Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Post by shreddit »

0_____0 wrote: post #64
palata wrote: post #62

What I learned with this article is the English idiom: "Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched." Which in my language translates to: "You should not sell the bear’s skin before killing it." Not that it appears in the article, but rather because the author wrote the blog post before doing the thing. Which results in a blog post essentially saying "here is the cool thing I plan to do", which was apparently ne…

It's possible the author didn't expect to have a few thousand Hacker Nerds looking at their blog post already, with all the critique and pressure that entails.

Already? This blog post is from 2 years ago...

Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Post by anonu »

grishka wrote: post #63
palata wrote: post #62

What I learned with this article is the English idiom: "Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched." Which in my language translates to: "You should not sell the bear’s skin before killing it." Not that it appears in the article, but rather because the author wrote the blog post before doing the thing. Which results in a blog post essentially saying "here is the cool thing I plan to do", which was apparently ne…

Which language is it? In mine it's almost the same, "don't divide the skin of a non-killed bear".

I am going to guess Russian.

Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Post by juanramos »

grishka wrote: post #63
palata wrote: post #62

What I learned with this article is the English idiom: "Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched." Which in my language translates to: "You should not sell the bear’s skin before killing it." Not that it appears in the article, but rather because the author wrote the blog post before doing the thing. Which results in a blog post essentially saying "here is the cool thing I plan to do", which was apparently ne…

Which language is it? In mine it's almost the same, "don't divide the skin of a non-killed bear".

Spanish I'd say

Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Post by habaryu »

grishka wrote: post #63
palata wrote: post #62

What I learned with this article is the English idiom: "Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched." Which in my language translates to: "You should not sell the bear’s skin before killing it." Not that it appears in the article, but rather because the author wrote the blog post before doing the thing. Which results in a blog post essentially saying "here is the cool thing I plan to do", which was apparently ne…

Which language is it? In mine it's almost the same, "don't divide the skin of a non-killed bear".

It's in French. Not sure if it's exclusive to French but it's commonly used.

Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Post by unosama »

amyames wrote: post #61
apetresc wrote: post #23

I'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…

No. This phones keypad , controller, and screen are on a separate board. This would be like plugging your monitor and keyboard into a new computer. There are some lorawan handheld communicatiors using surplus blackberry cases and keyboards from blackberries that never were, that they got for pennies. Except this dude wants to drop in a roll-your-own cellphone board with a basic os, instead of a lorawan radio and basi…

Your reply is less insightful than the original commenter.

Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

#70

Post by p0w3n3d »

palata wrote: post #62

What I learned with this article is the English idiom: "Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched." Which in my language translates to: "You should not sell the bear’s skin before killing it." Not that it appears in the article, but rather because the author wrote the blog post before doing the thing. Which results in a blog post essentially saying "here is the cool thing I plan to do", which was apparently ne…

We have the same in Polish as well
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