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New comment by onlygoose in "Blurry iPhone Text Picture Problem: Is There an Easy Solution I'm Missing?"

onlygoose — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:31:22 +0000

The author mentions that the issue is present both on 16 Pro Max and 17 Pro Max. When I upgraded to 17 Pro Max from my 14 Pro I noticed it too, even thought I might've gotten a defective camera unit. I think it all boils down to a different lens with a different focal length.

New comment by onlygoose in "Blurry iPhone Text Picture Problem: Is There an Easy Solution I'm Missing?"

onlygoose — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:41:54 +0000

Not any; it only started doing so fairly recently, at iPhone 12 or so.

New comment by onlygoose in "Bruteforcing the phone number of any Google user"

onlygoose — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 05:08:37 +0000

Off topic, it was very interesting to peek into libphonenumbers metadata. I find it curious that we have so many ways to write down an already standardized identifier.

New comment by onlygoose in "Old payphones get new life, thanks to Vermont engineer"

onlygoose — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:40:17 +0000

When traveling, I always try to use local payphones and call friends or just myself. Maybe the name is not quite apt because the phone service is often provided for free.

New comment by onlygoose in "The iPhone 15 Pro’s Depth Maps"

onlygoose — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:10:58 +0000

LIDAR itself has much much lower resolution that the depth maps shown. It has to be synthesized from combined LIDAR and regular camera data.

New comment by onlygoose in "Google has most of my email because it has all of yours (2014)"

onlygoose — Tue, 06 May 2025 11:54:14 +0000

Is SMS federated though? Genuine question. As far as I know it requires manual each-to-each setup on MNO level thus very fragile when we talk about cross-border or even cross-operator messaging. It is nowhere near email in terms of federation.

New comment by onlygoose in "iPhone users can now set WhatsApp as their default calling and texting app"

onlygoose — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:24:13 +0000

Even more, there are convenient Shortcuts for messaging a number on WhatsApp quickly, implemented through the same wa.me OpenURL action.

New comment by onlygoose in "Porkbun partners with Proton"

onlygoose — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 04:42:27 +0000

I got served with an invalid certificate too, just for one hit, then the site loaded normally. Haven’t made a screenshot, but the certificate was issued by crewai dot com.

New comment by onlygoose in "Return of the Nokia 3210: Y2K Nostalgia with modern upgrades"

onlygoose — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:11:53 +0000

Sadly this phone turned out to be barely usable on my VoLTE network: when someone whose number I have in phone contact list calls, the phone displays number only and no name unless I turn off VoLTE, thus degrading voice quality and reception. Also the UX is generally bad. It is nowhere near the good old Nokia days.

New comment by onlygoose in "Microsoft is killing Skype"

onlygoose — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:16:39 +0000

This is the major way roaming is implemented, transferring all data through your home network greatly simplifies things.

New comment by onlygoose in "Microsoft is reportedly killing Skype after 14 years of neglect"

onlygoose — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:13:53 +0000

They can detect your country by IP address. Also AFAIR your cellphone sends CellID and/or location with every wifi calling connection attempt.