You all time favourite person just coming by.

Darkijahu

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17 April 2026
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Hey there all, Darkijah here, you all time favourite person, just coming by and looking at vvhat is going on at Shift, I see a nevv phone has been released.

So vvhat is this 8.1 compared to the 8 version - can someone give me a quick concentrated insight to things.

As vvent off in another direction after returning the mq6, as it goes vvith compromises. But sitting and trying to fix 2 tank phones to replace the screen, around 50 freaking screvvs, glue and all sorts of nonsense. Like.... So looked at Fairphone and Shift to see vvhat they are up to. Although novv homeless and had all near my stuff destroyed, like I do live in Denmark, and solar panels is very big crime you knovv and have to be punished harshly.

So... Novv both Tank phones are broke, and tried fixing them and hit into abundance of nonsense, and I am like, this can't be real - this is just utter satanic rubbish to the extreme. So.... Do all cameras vvork in the nevv verson of Shift, and can the screen handle a 15 cm drop vvithout breaking and hovv is the speaker, is it load and clear or the same as the 6mq, Question.

Seems they have not sorted out a charger outside the mobile, but did find a solution for that, that vvorked okay.

anyvvay, vvass just moving around and looking - like so much insanity going around everyvvhere.

I do see the jack stick is no more on the nevv mobile, kinda a step backvvard on that, FairPhone did the same nonsense sadly. But still, vvee have a micro SD and a replaceable battery in the Shift phone I see, so at least that is still good.

So vvhat is your thoughts on the Nevv Shift Phone, plus and minuses - of you vvho have used it. I do consider to maybe get one, but the jack stick removal is a bummer and a vvrong direction. I do vvonder if the 6mq ever got the other cam vvorking that there vvass no drivers for. But hopefully this nevv phone do not have that issue and every cam is vvorking as it should.

- Darkijah
 
Not sure vvhy FairPhone and Shift is compromising avvay from former sane flag ship features. FairPhone seem to do vvorst, like sure you can replace the battery in the FairPhone 6, but still you need screvvs, screvv you. Seems the Shift 8.1 still uses standard and easily replaceable batteries. But both have murdered the jackstick vvith there nevv mobiles, vvhich makes no sense. I think both support Micro SD, but I think there might be the same issue of the Shift phone on not being able to take it out vvhen it is turned on. Although that might be considered a safety feature for not corrupting the data I guess, but still....

By the vvay i actually did find a very nice vvay to move files from the computer to the mobile, The Sandisk usb A and C in metal, DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT GET THE PLASTIC even if they look the same. But the Metal versions are pretty good and can run portable apps as vvell. You can pretty easy move files from the computer vvith the Sandisk USB to the mobile - you can get them up to 1TB, and I tested multiple USB keys. Just DO NOT buy the plastic versions even if they cost the same or even more some times, they are so terrible.
 
Oh and just so you guys knovvs it is me :)

"I mock only with my feeble mockery, so that those who live now, AND THOSE WHO COME AFTER US, SHALL KNOW WHAT I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THE POPE, THE ACCURSED ANTICHRIST, and so that anyone who wishes to be a Christian can be WARNED AGAINST SUCH AN ABOMINATION." - Martin Luther 1545 - Against the Papacy in Rome, founded by the Devil, page 16 Danish version translated 2024.
 
So vvhat is this 8.1 compared to the 8 version
On the phone 8.0, the motherboard had been soldered incorrectly, meaning that 2G didn’t work. That’s why the 8.1 exists – it’s the corrected version of the 8.0.
I do see the jack stick is no more on the nevv mobile
It’s down to the waterproofing. The SHIFTphone 8 is the first modular device to be waterproof (thanks to rubber seals).
I do vvonder if the 6mq ever got the other cam vvorking that there vvass no drivers for.
I am not aware of any instance where a camera on the device has ever failed to work. However, the image quality of all the cameras has always left something to be desired.
 
The adapter from Shift is an active adapter. Meaning: You couldn't use it for UKW-Radio. But you can use UKW-Radio with an inactive adapter.
 
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Super Info Dwain Zwerg, wo bekomme ich einen passenden inaktiven Adapter her? Hast du eine Empfehlung?

Great info, Dwain Zwerg! Where can I get a suitable inactive adapter? Do you have any recommendations?
 
No. Not exactly. That said, the reception quality isn’t great either, and it’s intended for emergencies (e.g. to listen to news during power cuts). @halemmerich also managed to get FM reception using a USB-C hub, the active adapter and an uncovered USB-C cable. So that works too.
 
Also brauche ich zwei Adapter, den aktiven und einen passiven Adapter? Den passiven Adapter für die Kopfhörer und den aktiven Adapter zum Radio hören? Und was mache ich, wenn ich Radio über Kopfhörer hören will?

So I need two adapters, an active one and a passive one? The passive adapter for headphones and the active adapter for listening to the radio? And what do I do if I want to listen to the radio through headphones?
 
Den passiven Adapter für die Kopfhörer und den aktiven Adapter zum Radio hören?
Nein: Andersherum (letztlich geht es auch nur mit passiven Adaptern, aber da ist die Soundqualität halt nicht so gut). Und halemmerich hat halt bewiesen, dass man auch einen aktiven Adapter zum Radiohören nutzen kann, wenn als Radioantenne ein ungeschirmtes USB-C-Kabel nutzt (das bedeutet ein Kabel, wo du das Gummi oder den Stoff entfernt hast) und mit dem aktiven Adapter das UKW-Radio ansteuert (über einen USB-C-Hub).
 
Hmmm, ich weiß nicht wie ich das anstellen soll, ich kann mir da leider nichts drunter vorstellen. Muss ich dann die beiden Adapter/Kabel irgendwie verbinden?
 
Es gibt hier im Forum schon mindestens zwei Threads zu dem Thema. Und es gibt auch schon ein Video von halemmerich. Das wird er bestimmt morgen verlinken, wo ich ihn hier angepingt habe.
 
Das hatte ich hier gepostet: https://forum.shiftphones.com/threa...ste-eindrucke-und-erfahrungen.5455/post-57305

Es hat sowohl mit einem geschirmten (als Verlängerung zum USB-C Adapter) als auch einem ungeschirmten Kabel zusätzlich am Hub funktioniert. Vermutlich muss nur genug Material mit dran hängen, das als Antenne genutzt werden kann. Für knisterigen Empfang reichten ja schon die 20cm vom Hub aus, es wurde dann halt noch besser.