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[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 88 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I used to have so much fun back when cell phones had IR blasters. Changing channels and messing with people before it was common knowledge that you could do that on a cell. I wish phones still had that.

[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 71 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Back in the day when they were actually focused on putting features into phones instead of stripping them out...

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 52 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

used to have a FM tuner on the modem. International models do still carry modems with FM tuners on them. And the antenna was you headphone cord. Which is why it doesnt and won't work with Bluetooth..... And for all likely hood it won't work with USB c headphones either

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

Swappable batteries was the big one for me

[–] almost1337@lemm.ee 24 points 2 years ago

Oh man my LG V20 was great for this

[–] lucario_owo@yiffit.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Redmi line still has ir transmitters afaik

[–] Dfy@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

I confirm. The kid in me made me buy it

[–] Chev@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

There are still ways to do that. A friend of mine loves to mess woth Telas. He can open their charging door with a device.

[–] thehatfox@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Long before smartphones, Casio used to make an IR blaster watch. Nobody ever suspected the person checking the time was messing with the TV.

[–] CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

When the teacher took your watch at the beginning of class it was either test time or tv cart time.

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[–] noisypine 62 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I loved it when my phone had IR. I really hate it when restaurants have tvs on in the dining room. I would turn the volume down or even turn it off. I really miss being able to do that.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My Galaxy S5 was great when people insisted on watching Fox or Nancy Grace at full volume on the lunch room TV.

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[–] SapphironZA@lemmings.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Most Chinese brand phones like oppo and Xiaomi still has it as standard.

I use it to control my air conditioning all the time.

[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

what is a good phone that has it?

[–] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In the US, OnePlus Open is a recent phone I can think of with an IR blaster, but that's a $1700 phone.

[–] SapphironZA@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years ago

My Xiaomi 13 has it.

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

i still have redmi note 4 with one
fully controllable with an api too

[–] Rambi@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I had that phone for like 4 months and loved it! Unfortunately the police stole it when the house I was living in was raided... it was a good phone, I spent quite lot of hours researching which to get and decided that would be the best.

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[–] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago

I miss using my LG v20

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well that was the behavior of a jerk.

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[–] butter@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did that in my high school. Turned on Thomas the Train.

I was a rebel. They unplugged the TV after that

[–] r0bi 3 points 2 years ago

I just brought a universal remote to class, admittedly causing the TV to get unplugged as well.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wonder if an IR dongle is a thing that's available and would function well...

[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

look irplus wave if you have a headphone jack

[–] r0bi 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

if you have a headphone jack

about that... :(

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[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 61 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So you're the reason I find my TV turned on in the morning.

I'm going to find you. I will bill you for the power, and I will additionally calculate the cost of screen burn mileage on my TV. You will pay.

[–] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Connect your TV power cable to an outlet or splitter with a switch, turn the switch off every time you won't watch tv for long. Enjoy 90% defense against remotejackers and 1% higher calorie burn bonus.

[–] pafu@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Don't do that if you have an OLED, though. AFAIK, they need to turn themselves on from time to time to do some panel refresh stuff to prevent burn in.

[–] asbestos@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pretty sure that's incorrect. They do, however, shift pixels from time to time to prevent burn in, but that's while they're on.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Depends on your model. Most run a pixel refresher and quite a few do it only after being off for a few hours.

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[–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I used to have a Samsung Galaxy S4, and its main gimmick was the IR blaster that also made the phone a universal remote. Great way to mess with people when I was in college at parties muting the TV or slowly making it louder over the course of a long time.

My roomie and I also had the same exact TV, which made it fun to point the remote in her room and turn it off from time to time.

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

S4 was peak Samsung. IR blaster, removable battery, SD card, water resistant, amoled screen that phone just had it all

[–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (6 children)

It was not water resistant, actually. I'd know. Mine was broken when I got pushed into a swimming pool. :(

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[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I still use my s4 with LineageOS. It's on it's third battery but still going strong.

[–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

All I want from my next phone is a headphone jack, an OLED screen, and expandable memory. User-replaceable battery would be nice.

So anyway, this is a route I might seriously consider.

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[–] r0bi 2 points 2 years ago

Great ROM support too, going to stock 4.4 KitKat when it was new was a great upgrade from TouchWiz. Can go to up Android 11 at least iirc as well.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 31 points 2 years ago

It'd be crueler to open the VUDU app.

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] lefaucet@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 years ago

Came here to post this. There's a great diy post I always wanted to make that integrated one into a hat

Such a brilliant product!

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wouldn’t this only work with a remote that’s already paired to the Roku, though?

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The Roku TV remotes don't operate via Wi-Fi like remotes for the dedicated Roku boxes, instead they suck. The Roku TV ones are simple IR remotes.

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[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

My parents have a rough powered device

This isn't how they work

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

When I was in high school in the 90s, someone started selling little keychain universal remotes and kids would occasionally bring them to school to fuck with the TV while the teacher was trying to show a video.

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