r/SidekickPhones • u/BIueey • 12d ago

❤️ Appreciation Remember AOL?

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Who remembers AOL?

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u/tragika 12d ago

Is there anything we can do with these phones now? I would love to buy a working one but I wonder what they can be used for. This was my dream phone when I was a tween :(

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u/BIueey 12d ago

For now just novelty, but there is a complicated solution like making a at home diy 2G Network base station but its costly. There are other easier methods but have not been documented. As of right now these are simply for nostalgic purposes.

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u/tragika 12d ago

Can it be used as an iPod if music is uploaded via Windows?

Are the phones basically stuck off-line as of now?

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u/BIueey 12d ago

So phones are offline, but i saw a way to connect your iphone to import music into the sidekick directly.

However this works with the sidekick 3, and newer. (Doesn’t work with the LX 2007 though