Screen is probably broken. You might be able to replace it by buying a replacement screen and following a guide by ifixit. Usually pretty straightforward.

I like Axios because it’s short form but has extended versions of I find it interesting enough to learn more.

This is true. You only have to deal once with a device that doesn’t have a light or something to realize just how essential indicators are. I have sworn to the electronics gods to never to make a device without at least a power led.

Less biased than some other media sources I’ve seen and makes it more likely that I’ll read it. Since the opinions are clearly marked it’s possible to skip them as well and just read the facts as presented. I just keep it in mind as I read and it works for me.

I recently found out about Axios which does short bullet point coverage of just the interesting/most important parts of stories. It seems to be a bit biased liberal overall, but being able to get the highlights without wasting time reading all the fluff is pretty convenient.

I just use a cheapo Bluetooth ELM327 clone from Amazon. I got the second cheapest one that reviews said worked and after a bit of fiddling to get it paired, it seems to work alright for the occasional issue.

It’s the best one that I’ve found since the old ES File Explorer sold out and became adware

AndrOBD for connecting to my car OBD2 Bluetooth adapter. It lets you read any diagnostic codes and let’s you reset warning lights.

Aegis for managing 2FA tokens. Weawow for weather. MiXplorer for file management.

I don’t think so. It might have been delisted as I don’t see it either. Regardless, it’s OSS so you can get it from the GitHub repo. https://github.com/hidroh/materialistic

I use Materialistic currently.