it’s mostly fixed now, after convincing fxtec to send me a new USB board, but in the time it took to do that, I’ve moved on to a flippy razr phone. for now, single handed use beats having the keyboard for me

for what it’s worth, the screens are very easy to replace and readily available on AliExpress ( search for elephone u screen replacement )

I loved mine while it worked and it’s quite tragic that we’re unlikely to see another one. f(x)tec, the company, doesn’t have a great record.

what android os/rom are you on? I don’t think I’ve used an android phone in the last decade where although yes, that behavior is possible I would have to go out of my way to configure it that way

I’ve used

adb shell pm list packages

to get a list of installed packages and https://github.com/mvdan/fdroidcl to install the ones available of fdroid.

That said, look into Obtanium, too.

this is what I use. I’m over sorting, I just want to type in the name of the thing I want to launch

do you live in mississippi, virginia, or utah?

For bonus points, you can use fdroidcl to reinstall your fdroid apps from a list when you reset your phone!