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This article strikes close to home as I'm still using my 16GB iPhone 6. A lot of apps have stopped supporting iOS 12, forcing me to to reluctantly replacing them with webpage shortcuts where possible (even then it is not a particulary enjoyable experience). Seeing as how most apps follow a minimalist design language, it bothers me that I need an increasingly powerful phone for apps that are simpler than before (at least visually).


Dude I have a Huawei (amazing otherwise) and I cant even install most american apps, while they'd work perfectly...

But I have to admit the sheer force of the Google detox made me stop a lot of their products, use throwaway gmail accounts everywhere, no cross device sync and all that stuff and I feel... free and light. Ironic isn't it ?


was there a large difference between the iPhone 6 and the 6s Plus? i have a 6s Plus as my only iPhone, and it is running 15.7.2 (with an update scheduled for tonight i just saw). why is your 6 stuck on iOS 12?


The 6S had twice as much RAM (2GB vs 1GB) and the processor was not only a good bit faster but throttled less, too.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/09/a-3d-touch-above-the...


Some apps still work on my 6S but it's getting to the point where we've long since been cast adrift.


I highly recommend you upgrade to the Trinamic drivers! I modded my 3D printer that used the whiny A4988s with TMC2208s and the results are amazingly silent. https://www.reddit.com/r/MPSelectMiniOwners/comments/gsiai0/...


I actually did (half) do this since that post.

I bought one Watterott TMC2208 board and found that it was an easy drop-in replacement, compatible with my microstepping configuration, except the motor connectors needed flipping round else they ran backwards (if you're making a drop-in replacement for another product, and you have the option of making the motors move the same way as the other one, or the opposite way, why would you not just make them move the same way? the mind boggles).

Satisfied with this result, I tried to buy another one for the other axis but could not find another Watterott item on eBay, so ended up buying a no-name one, and it looks basically the same except something is weird about the microstepping modes, and I haven't been able to select a microstepping mode that is suitable, so I've given up on that for now. But at least I've got one quiet axis now, and if I come across a Watterott TMC2208 board, I'll know what to do with it :).


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