Ultimate Dumbphone: Bringing a 2G Y2K Phone to Life in 2024 - I'M FREE!
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📵 In this video, I take on the challenge of bringing a classic 2001 2G Ericsson R520m phone online today! Watch as I attempt to enable iMessage, set up email, and browse the full internet on this retro device. Can a phone from the early 2000s keep up with today's technology? Join me for this tech adventure and find out! 🧑🏭 Thanks to http://PCBWay.com for great PCBs from $5! 📺 7-day free trial: Ad-free early access to our videos + double the content 👉 / perifractic 🚀 Your support helps us keep the channel & nostalgia alive 📼
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RECIPE INGREDIENTS:
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Buy and configure a phone:
• Ericsson R520m Mobile Phone: https://ebay.us/bkwClq
• IMEI Renumbering Service (match it to your newer phone’s IMEI): [email protected]
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These are the only settings you should need to change:
• GPRS APNs – RedPocket: ERESELLER | EE/O2/Vodafone/etc: https://second-handphones.com/knowled....
• WAP IP Address aka Gateway: 128.140.122.249 or https://nbpfan.bs0dd.net/index.php?la...
• WAP homepage: http://frogfind.com
• SMS Info Service - text +18556514636 to start
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MUSIC CRUDITES:
• Feels Like Heaven by Fiction Factory (Karaoke ver)
• Knight Rider music by Stu Phillips & Don Peake remixed by: / @enzomusic_de
• Eyes Without A Face by Billy Idol remixed by: / @metalsonic19891
• What's On Your Mind by Information Factory (Karaoke ver)
• More Than This by Roxy Music (Karaoke ver)
• I Ran (So Far Away) by A Flock Of Seagulls (Karaoke ver)
• Everywhere by Fleetwood Mac (Karaoke ver)
• Space Age Love Song by A Flock Of Seagulls
• Other music by Perifractic: http://retrorecip.es/music
OTHER SAUCES & CHEERS:
• / @actionretro
• / @bs0dd
• / @vintagephonesarchive
• / @josebriones
• u/MCDiamond9
• The Reddit dumbphone and digital minimalism communities
• Assistant Editor: Sami Häyrynen
• All other credits shown on screen
• Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons
• The Internet Archive
• Gardenside Prods., Clue Detectives & Paradise Radio
• Special thanks to Ladyfractic & Junifractic!
• All other media featured is marked as public domain on Google Images or used with written permission or shown under fair use law.
MENU:
0:00 Teaser & Intro
1:06 Will it work?
1:39 Meet Ericsson R520m
3:03 My Flipphone update
3:22 Camera
4:17 Smartphone Dumbbrain
5:56 Gen Z Anemoia
7:13 Smartphones are boring
8:06 New Dumbphones today
9:31 The state of 2G Today
11:27 Connect retro phones to 2G
14:09 Ericsson R520m Tour
18:42 Calls/Divert/Voicemail
19:32 SMS
19:58 GPRS Internet Connection
20:31 Email
21:55 WAP/Web
24:36 Google Maps/Weather
25:17 Fax
25:27 Apple iMessage on 2G Phone
28:18 Conclusion & Supporter Cred
THANK YOU MODERATORS:
• Conrad Vogel
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• James Langridge
• Lee Volante
• Mauricio Tonnera
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• http://MattGrandis.net - designer of https://perifractic.com site
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• http://PaulKitching3d.com - some 3D models
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