Posts by brighttiger5

Man, they didn't even fix the key. It looks like they just slapped some adhesive on there—I can still see the sticky residue—but two of the tiny clips snapped off, and one broke at the base too. Now I've just got it jammed in place. The glue is only holding one side... it's such a pain to type on because I have to press down so hard, otherwise I end up missing letters mid-sentence.
As for the screen, they had to swap out the entire motherboard, and then it went back in for a second round to have the BIOS reprogrammed. Honestly? It’s been running like a dream for about 15 days now. Can't complain!

I remember how some of those old vBulletin forums used to have reputation badges. It was such a vibe when everyone would team up just to boost each other's scores 🙂
Those mods eventually caught on and pulled the plug. Man, those were the days when these types of forums were actually at their peak.

I know there have always been those people obsessed with "padding" their post counts. For some, the whole point of life was just stacking up numbers. I could never quite wrap my head around that mindset, but hey, I respected it. We all have our little hobbies and things that make us happy, right?
Forums like this have been totally out of style for ages, especially with the younger crowd.
Honestly, I thought I’d messed something up and my posts were being deleted. It never even crossed my mind that this was being done just to keep the forum running smoothly. Usually, you'd see a big banner at the top of the site announcing stuff like that.
Thanks for clearing that up!

Hey everyone.
I’m actually pretty bummed out after checking my post count. I was well over 2,000 before summer even hit, but now it feels like I'm losing about 10 posts every single day. Right now, I'm sitting at 1,607.
Does anyone have any idea where my posts are disappearing to?

Well, here we go again. My laptop is acting up once more.
The screen is giving me massive headaches. I sent it in back in early November because the display was flickering and distorting (though it looked fine in Safe Mode).
That’s when I first asked them to fix the key, too. They supposedly sent it back "repaired," but just four days later, it went totally dead. I tried restarting a million times. It hits the ASUS splash screen, starts an automatic repair loop, and then the fan just goes absolutely wild.
So, I packed it up and sent it back to service. Today they called to say the "issue is resolved."
I mentioned the keyboard problem, but I guess I can't say anything else until it actually arrives.
They haven't even reached out, despite me telling them to send over a quote if the whole keyboard needs replacing.
I don't know, I always get a bad feeling about laptops heading to the repair shop. You're always left wondering—what if this happens again? And honestly, it really has happened before.
Thanks for all the help, everyone. I'm just hoping they finally fixed that key or at least made it usable again.
It’s such a shame. This is a high-end machine, and it lasted a solid two and a half years without a single hiccup.

Thanks so much for the help, regardless of how it turns out!
No way. I’m not sending this to an authorized repair center. I’ll just take it to a local shop to get the key fixed since it's literally falling off right now. Maybe they can actually make it work like it's supposed to.
I honestly don't think an official service center would even bother with something like this.

I just snapped a little metal tab on the hinge. Now I'm stuck, ugh!
Whatever, I'll just drag it to a repair shop and hope they can patch it up enough to work, even if it's just a temporary fix. I really need this laptop, but using it with a broken key like this? It's giving me the creeps 🙂

I’m totally lost on how to upload pictures to this forum. It feels like we’re using some ancient tech for posting photos here.
The key on the inside is just completely smooth and white. I can't see how it stays in place unless it was glued onto that silicone cap. Actually, scratch that—I'm lying. The key has four little tabs, but they're facing the opposite way from the base. Basically, the spacing of the tabs is the reverse of the bottom part (it's tighter at the top than at the bottom). There's definitely a logic to it, but you really have to stay calm and know exactly what you're doing.

So, there are four metal teeth at the base. Two on top that are wider, and two narrower ones underneath.
The plastic "platform" (the rail) is supposed to sit right on them. But looking at all the videos on YouTube, I don't see these four teeth at all—just a metal piece underneath where the platform clips in. It looks like one solid metal frame, so why would anyone even bother making a video about it?
My setup here is a bit more complicated, though.

Hey everyone!
So, a few days ago, my phone actually landed right on the ROG GL 553VE key.
I checked some videos on YouTube, but I couldn't find anything specifically for my exact model.
The key just keeps popping off, which makes typing incredibly frustrating.
It shouldn't be rocket science, right? But I probably need to know how this works.
Any chance someone can help me out?

Setra is just old school now; they’re basically a ghost on this forum.
brighttiger5 and Um are the ones running the show as moderators for all of MTT.

Man, even the search function on this American forum isn't working properly. That’s why I’ve been letting it slide when people don't use [Like This] in the subforum titles—there's really no point if you can't even search for them anyway.

Thanks for bearing with me. I just can't moderate an entire subforum on my own (at least not at a high level).

The mobile telephony section is massive. Honestly, if we could somehow split it off from the rest of the main site, it could easily function as its own standalone forum.
So, the issue is actually a bit bigger than it looks on the surface.

And yeah, the real headache comes from all sorts of users, including potential clones who are intentionally breaking the Rules.

We’re going to need at least two more moderators to get some actual balance and oversight over the MTT subforum.

MTT is a total mess right now. We just don't have enough moderators. I actually suggested a fellow forum member for the role a while back, but my post just got swallowed up in all the chatter over in the Mod section.

The truth is, we really need at least one more moderator since we cover everything from Alcatel to iPhone. On other sites, they have massive teams ranging from supermods to huge moderation crews, but here on this forum, we're dealing with what we've got.

I'm asking for your patience. Please keep reporting issues and doing what you think is right. If anyone reaches out to me via PM, I'll get back to you.

To be honest, I've been struggling lately because my laptop died, leaving me offline for a month and a half, and then I was traveling for the last two weeks. Life just happens, you know?
My apologies to anyone who felt slighted or ignored—that wasn't the intention, but this is just the situation we're in.

The Mod team (if you can even call it that🤣) will do our best on this end, and we ask you to do your part too. I'm hopeful we can find a solution that works for everyone.
Just a heads-up: don't expect things to be as perfectly organized as a site like Cafemobil within the next 24 hours. That's physically impossible. It would take at least two days of non-stop cleaning just to fix one sub-forum.

Best regards!

This Reddit user was just selling ONE phone from an AT&T plan. Listing five different models as options for a buyer doesn't break any rules or ruin the ad's legitimacy.

Selling two or more phones in a single ad is strictly against the rules.

Just got my bloodwork back today.
Everything looks fine, actually—nothing out of the ordinary except for one thing:
-total bilirubin, which came in at 32.7 (the normal range is 3-20).

I actually grabbed a sandwich and some coffee this morning before the draw. I’m not sure why I did that, but could that have messed with the results?

This is my third time getting blood drawn this year, and my bilirubin levels were totally fine and within range every other time. This is the first time it's spiked... is 33 considered a big jump?

Also, the bilirubin in my urine isn't negative.

If you’ve got a grievance, just bring it up right here in the subforum. That's exactly why this thread exists—to get a feel for how everyone's thinking and what you'd change about the place.
Every online community needs rules; without them, things would just descend into total chaos, making it impossible for anyone to actually enjoy the site.

No worries at all, apology accepted! 👍

Justin Gray81 said:(I actually copied this from Reddit since I posted it there first... my bad)

Someone please explain why!
Since the mods won't even say why they closed my threads... I guess they just love playing God, even though they aren't exactly qualified for it, right? ☕
Both threads were about the iPhone 13.

In the first one, I was just asking the "experts" for some advice... and after all that, I find a thread on page 17 about that phone filled with such a STUPID debate that I couldn't learn a single thing about it, and then some genius mod wipes my post... Guess he's just too smart to let me participate in that mess, huh? ☕

Then in the second one, I ask for an opinion comparing the 5130 and the iPhone 13, and they delete me again?!?!
What the hell did I do wrong by saying "gentlemen"???
How am I supposed to word things so your precious asses are happy?

What's even the point of this damn forum if we can't discuss stuff???

Has anyone else asked the exact same thing and ended up in a massive debate, or are you guys seriously just acting like Gods?

And look, if you're gonna ban me, at least have some decency and send me a DM.

Thanks

I get that you're frustrated about your posts being shut down, so I'm going to ignore the hostile tone you've taken here.
There’s really no need for the swearing or the nonsense.
The threads were closed because the titles didn't follow the Code of Conduct, which basically means you didn't bother to read the rules, and it's disrespectful to the moderators.

In every subforum under Mobile Tech, there's a pinned topic in all caps that says USERS, so please watch how you title your threads.
Also, don't forget there's a Code of Conduct.

What is a moderator supposed to do if a user ignores everything?
I'm not going to comment on the "playing God" part because that's not a great way to put it. Moderating is nothing like playing God. Honestly!

Look, here’s my take—that skyscraper should have just collapsed or at least split right where the plane hit. The idea that both towers dropped all the way down to the foundation just doesn't sit right with me. I mean, does an airplane really carry enough fuel in its wings and tanks to bring down a massive, hundred-plus story building straight through its footprint?
I mean, can you believe they even leveled the first ten floors, which were miles away from the actual impact zone?
It’s just so, so weird!

David Price5 said:And how many times in history has a commercial airliner actually struck a building like that?

Back in 1945, a B-52 hit the Empire State Building in a pretty similar way. It was fog, bad luck, and primitive radio tech back then. And hey, the building is still standing.
Staging a crash with passengers on board? That would have been easy. Think about it—the people on those planes knew exactly what was happening in New York City, while most New Yorkers were totally clueless.
Plus, at the site where that plane missed its target, they never even found wreckage—engines, tails, wings... nothing.

Look, don't get me wrong, what happened was absolutely horrific, but the evidence just isn't there. Just facts! The Twin Towers were built with flexible steel designed to sway up to 45 degrees in high winds. They had rock-solid foundations and heavy-duty fireproofing already in place before the planes even hit.
And why was the police and the FBI busy seizing video footage from everyone near the burning buildings right before they collapsed? Then you have the Pentagon footage vanishing just three minutes after that famous Boeing impact... I mean, three minutes! You can't even grab a coffee in that time.

I don't know about you guys, but in this case, the math just doesn't add up.

I just finished watching two documentaries on this—part 1 and part 2—totaling about two hours.
They were so incredibly detailed that they completely flipped my perspective on that tragic day.
We're talking about planes that weren't even commercial jets, but basically flying fuel tanks packed with explosives. Then you have people swearing up and down that not a single United or American plane actually hit a skyscraper, claiming they saw white markings on the tails instead. And that explosion right before the impact? Just wild...

And honestly, those buildings collapsing straight down in a free fall? That’s something we've never seen in architecture before. Plus, there were actual experts who said on that very same day that the towers were brought down by internal demolitions, only to change their tune within 24 hours.

In my opinion, terrorists didn't hit the Twin Towers—at least not Arab terrorists. And because of this, the whole US went into mourning and changed everything! Just look at the absolute nightmare we have to deal with now just to board a plane... when the real threats are almost non-existent! It's just horrific, and may God forgive them. I know I can't!
Ever since then, I've been boycotting pretty much anything American. I'm just done with it all. My biggest regret is that visiting New York City used to be my dream, but now? Not anymore.