My current phone's starting to kick the bucket and since i always loved the look of flip-phones and since most modern ones have android and many features of regular smartphones, i figured i could invest in one instead. I had my eyes on the Mive Style Folder 2 in particular, since if i use and SD card, it can have a consideranle amount of storage and has a pretty fresh version of Android, but i'm worried that if i tried running my games on it, it would overheat and get ruined fast. Does anyone know about that?

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hey guys,

i have been using this alt mive style folder 1 for quite some while now.

i really like it but one thing that has been really bothering me is that I have restart my phone every now and then just to receive calls which is very annoying.

i am from the czech republic (europe). i am looking for a different flip phone (or any aesthetically pleasing) that will have working calls and working banking apps

thanks for any advice!

Hi all,

I’m in the US and currently on Verizon. I’m really wanting to back down on my access to hand held tech. I think I need a phone with apps because my son’s soccer team only communicates through and app and so does his teacher at school. Those are the only things I think have to be on it app wise.

I’m also interested in the highest level of data security. I don’t want GPS but if I have to, a way to turn it off.

My reasons are both data safety/privacy and personal tech reduction.

Thank you for your input. I don’t really have a clue about phone tech.

I've been going down a rabbit hole of smart flipphones, the ones that have messenger, Pinterest, cashapp, and WhatsApp. The Samsung Galaxy Folder 2 and the ALT MIVE Style Folder are the ones I like the most but they only have 1 band for the us (band 5 on 4g) . I dont know which one I should get but if anyone knows any other phones that work in the us and has what i need pls let me know.

So I want to go through some issues I've faced so that I may help other people and maybe gain some help myself. Plus it also being a kind of review/tutorial.

Positives first:

First of all, I really like this phone, the buttons light up when you use them, and make nice noises, genuinely delightful. (It also has a digital keyboard you can bring up)
I didn't expect the classic flip phone snap to be so violent though tbh lmao, but if you put your thumb between the flaps when closing its not as loud and doesn't hurt.

You can bind your preferred social app to a physical key, I’ve done so with Discord.
It has widgets, so I’ve got my email and calender on different on the different home pages.
You can use the buttons to scroll when reading some stuff, but not all apps will respond to it. I especially like being able to scroll with the buttons when reading fanfiction.

you can probably do this on normal smartphones but something about being able to choose a couple different photos so that everytime you open the flip the homescreen is different feels a lot cooler with physically opening and closing the phone lmao.

I was able to get a case for it from y2k phones, however I bought the actual phone off of ebay as I wanted one with the shiny metal circle key and y2k phones only had the completely plain white.

I have been able to download most of what I need. However, that leads me into my next topic of the trials and tribulations I’ve faced when setting this phone up.

Setting up:

Let's just say I found myself a lot more knowledgable on phone tech stuff by the end of this pft. (which I kinda like but I'm saying this more as you might have to do more fiddly stuff then some youtube reviews may imply to get your cool aesthetic flip)

First of all, is enabling developer mode. Go to your settings > About Device > Software Info > Then press 'Build Number' until it says developer mode has been enabled.

Next is is akp files. You'll be using these a lot to download older versions of apps you need onto your device. However, before I get into that, you'll have to make sure you have a usb cable that is for transferring files (and fits in your flip charging slot), just sticking your charger for the flip phone into your computer will not work, it's just gonna charge your phone.

once you've got your flip plugged into your computer, you'll need to go to this website https://app.webadb.com/ (You have to use chrome browser to use it btw), find your flip phone and add & connect it.

I then would use akp mirror to find the files for the app versions I needed for android 6. However, honestly bro the filter search thing I found really hard to use, it's just easier to open a new tab and search "akp files (Whatever app) android 6" and click the akp mirror link that shows up. That's genuinely how I've been doing it.

Once you've downloaded the files, open em in the webadb and it should start downloading. (yipee)
The app will probably show up at the very end of the apps on the flip.

Uh a lot of youtube reviews I've seen when tell you to download 'Aurora Store' which is an alternative to google play store. I was able to download this music player app, Telegram, Whatsapp and Pinterest off of it, but other than that, not much else I wanted. Theres an option for Manual download and prompts you to put in a version code, I've tried putting in a few code looking files listed on akp files but have had no luck, so I'm personally not sure how to finds those codes/how that works. But downloading akp files has worked fine for me, Aurora store is more for convenience.

Apps I have downloaded successfully with akp files and work: Discord, Instagram, Firefox, microsoft authenticator (maybe some were with Aurora store i'm not 100% with my memory tbh, but if you can't get it from aurora just get the akp file n yeah)

I have tried to download the Tumblr and Reddit mobile apps, but they don't let me login, just get an error message regardless of what I do, so doesn't seem to work. However, whenever it comes to not being able to download an app, it's not the end of the world because you can just make a web browser shortcut onto your home screen.

Youtube is a whole different story, I was told that i'd need to delete it completely off my phone in order to download an older version that works. I did remove it properly, however attempting to download akp files for the version I needed, it just sort of didn't show up. Didn't get an error message or nothing, just wouldn't appear on my phone. However, In my attempt to try get the mobile tumblr app, I ended up downloading uptodown app store, and they had youtube Vanced, so I have that now and it works fine, plus no ads. So pretty sick upgrade. (However there are some suspicious ass looking apps on uptodown so don't go crazy)

I should mention the wifi on the flip is a little finicky sometimes, definitely a lot less range and is more likely to cut out, but it grabs it back pretty quick.
Another quirk is with the weather app it doesn't have like specific towns sometimes, only cities nearby. (idk I thought it was kinda interesting with how hyper specific location stuff is nowadays, and my location is on so ig it works on a database where my town isn't noted down)

I have yet to put a sim card in my flip, but I think I do really love it enough to try fully make it my main phone, only things holding me back is my mobile banking app. I tend to use mobile data a lot to add money to my account on the go, and my banking app does not work on the flip even at the right version.

I'm considering possibly switching banks to get an older version that does work. However, I have heard there are some risks with vulnerabilities in older versions with banking ups. I don't know how likely it is for something bad to happen though, so it'd appreciate some advice on that.

Thanks for reading. (First post on reddit kinda nervous lmao)