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Thanks for the detailed explanation. I doubt I'll ever need to downgrade it to Oreo so it'll be nice to try out a cuatom rom. I have heard quite a bit of /e/ os and it might be interesting to try it for myself.

The XZ1C has a lot of features I value. The small size, a 3.5mm plug and a camera shutter button. I've since upgraded to the Asus Zenfone8, but I still find it to be too big unfortunately. :(

There's also the option of using Firefox Relay or DuckDuckGo forwarding address.

Have you looked at CoreCTRL? I use it to undervolt and underclock my GPU but you should be able to use it to do the opposite.

Excellent points. As an ex-user of the XZ1C, I like to surprise people when I show them that I don't need a sim card ejector when travelling. The sim card tray is such a neat feature.

Since it is now my spare phone, i'm a little tempted to try one of the many custom roms out there. However the rooting / downgrade procedure has always kept me away.

How do you find the camera quality? I remember reading a long time ago about drm keys being wiped during the rooting process. Is it still the case?

Only 1 way to find out...

Very interesting way of looking at Starfield. I like it.

Wing Commander series.

Also Wing Commander Privateer

Agreed. Thief 1 was awesome. When I got to the second level, I noped out of it pretty quickly. Not a fan of the zombie genre and not all games need that sort of spooky atmosphere.

Don't forget bedbugs.

The federation will be the last one standing when everything has fallen. Live long and prosper. :p

Been using Florisboard for a few months and really liked it. Just a couple of days ago I discovered "Unexpected Keyboard" and I'm giving it shot. Very different.