Topic: How I quit my smartphone addiction and really started living - page 3. (Read 4303 times)

the first : don't connect your smartphone to internet if you always chat with your friends

the second : if the first step doesn't work, then deactivate your smartphone when you don't really need it and activate it when it's emergency only

if those steps don't work, then sell your smartphone and buy nokia phone that was famous in 2002.

I've had a similar experience when I made changes considering my facebook account, not deleting it but unfriending everyone and keeping 5-6 people that I'm really close to. I decreased the usage of fb to a few seconds at all... I rarely use my smart phone for anything hat phone calls or fb now, don't use it to look at the internet or smthn like that.

The simplest way to do it is to get a flip phone.

I think this generation has become more dependent on mobile and smart devices that they tend to oversee the little things that make us truly alive. Like being able to interact with people around you, or appreciating nature and feeling thankful for another day. Technology definitely has its downside also

Great post I'm one of those mobile phone zombies getting into BTC made it worse for me and also trading has got me addicted.

don't forget to turn off your smart phones so you don't hear any tones from your phones. keep your smart phones into box and lock it for a day, and try to out of the house to do other activities.

Try do buy the new case that can really locked smart phones you cant use it for whole day i dont know what is the exact name of that device but i will let you know once i have it and if you really want too quit addicting using smart phones try to find another hobby that you can give your hourz

I use mine to check the weather and then go out riding a bike for regular exercise.
When i leave the door i disable WIFI / AND phone calls then turn on my MUSIC then i tuck it into my belt clip phone holder and when i come back home i power it off and put it away until i go out again.

I also started using "Battery Saver" mode on Android Marshmallow last month or so too..
It works great.. my Motorola phone battery is a year old *not* using battery saver mode ever once
and a full charge lasts me FOREVER !!!!
I always end up seeing people say they have to plug their phone in every night before bed.
I go weeks before thinking uhh well it's 40% i might as well..

When it comes to APP's i have checked out many but have little interest.
My phone is not quite good enough for large games like GTA and smaller games are lame.
Why play GTA with bad controls on a 4 inch screen and who wants to play Pokeman or angry birds ?
I sure as hell don't.

Most app's i have are for rooting or modding my phone etc.

I also avoid social media.. i don't want to hear about it.
If i want to see that bullshit i will load the web page on my desktop browser.

I got a Moto E 2015 just after it came out for $150 can. (paid in full)
It was a contract version phone and i signed up for a monthly cheap service contract.
Then cancelled it after a few months..
Now i seen it around town for under $80.. to buy it outright.

The Moto E 2015 is a cheap phone with no camera flash and the front camera has a BAD res.
But other than that for a $100 phone it has a shitload of awesome features.
It also is slim and compact and has slots for sim or scdard etc (got a 16gb for music / app's)
My phone is about half the width of all these "cool" people walking around with giant iPhone brick's.
Those iPhones with a case vs my phone with no case is laughable.. they literally look like bricks !

I keep it all trimmed down with nothing running so it's fast & snappy when i need it.
Right now i have a couple shortcuts for custom app's..
- Poweramp - I use this the most.
- 4G Switcher - This can toggle the Radio (phone calls) function On or Off.
- Google Keep Notes - For my grocery / todo list.
- Weather network  - So i can check for rain when i go riding my Mountain Bike.
- RootExplorer - in case i need to fiddle with things on my rooted phone.
- Swiftkey Custom Keyboard.

I put the FM radio on the other day on my home screen because of a planned power outage.
I was out of power for 8 hours and had an idea..
I took a speaker from my stereo then wired it up to my phone and ran the radio for about 6 hours.
It used less than 20% of my battery power !

It's obviously about what you use it for.
I had a Sansa Mp3 player before that i retired and now use the phone instead.
And your age to some extent.. more younger people need to text up a storm etc.
Teens are insecure and need to be surrounded by people and attention.
Being alone for an hour or two is enough for them to have a nervous breakdown.
So phones are usually tools to pet & stroke the ego of insecure kids.
Sorry but it's the truth..

So people who do not have a newer smart phone.. take my case as an example.
You can find all kinds of uses for them.. it's up to you !
You don't have to jerk off to social media bullshit.. i ignore and avoid that lame crap.

Brats these days are spoiled.
When i was a kid i had black & white TV's often to play 8bit Nintendo etc (or worse) Coleco etc
And i had a long wired cable on the giant TV remote which was premium deluxe tech back then.
A Microwave ? LOL puuuhlease i don't think so this wasn't Start Trek kids. LOL

My first PC game i played in grade 5 was a TRS-80 from Radio Shack that had the optional Tandy cassette deck that played video game tapes.. space invaders etc.

Kids.. fuck you.. you spoiled little shits LOL  

Yesterday I stepped out of my house to go play basketball, and I forgot to put my phone in my pocket. It felt so uncomfortable, and I thought that I should go back and get it. I didn't, but that uncomfortable feeling was pretty interesting. Something that was not there 15 years ago.

The world is developing and there is no turning back. Early and there was no Internet, so give up?

Busy can help you to quit the smart phone addiction. When life gets hectic, I don't have time to play with my mobile phone. Maybe you can cultivate a hobby, or a movie. Of course, the best is that you have to learn to control yourself.

Throw it out the window. After a couple of days to wean from this dependence

Every single morning, I rush into the school because of my phone addiction. What really helped me is catching myself being stuck watching YouTube videos every night. The moment that I notice I'm starting to consume a lot of time watching videos that aren't actually helpful, I just stop using my phone. The problem with this is after a couple of minutes, you get the urge to use your phone again.

Quitting my phone addiction would be really efficient for me especially in terms of my time usage. Thanks for this article, OP.

I was so damn addicted with my phone..playing games and finally when it started screwing with my life I had decided to remove the games in my phone and now I am better of. It wasn't easy but the truth is I found bitcoin and this forum. Now, spend more time reading articles, take part in signature campaign and bounty hunting. They can at least bring me some income than wasting my time playing games. I do have some games, but I have better control over me at the moment

Take the power of will and throw it simple. All the problems in your head. Turn to something useful. Grow avocado)

That's kind of a drastic thing to do for the average person.

I think it's not normal anymore for you to be addicted in smartphone. It's like a disease that must be cure in time because it might get seriously bad if you're just going to ignore it. It may lead to a serious mental illness like mental disorder or something bad. The radiation that you receive every time you use your smartphone or other gadgets is the one that causes you this kind of response whenever someone is bothering you when you're using your smartphone. The brain activity function gets low whenever you're receiving radiation which is normal if we are using gadgets that are causing radiation to us in the right way. My advice to you is that focus on something that you want other than using smartphone all day. Like doing your hobbies and other helpful stuffs, you can also read some books to cure your boredom.

What worked for me was to move to a place with no cell phone coverage.  After a year of not even remembering to bring my trac-phone when I went to town, I let the sim go broke and have not renewed it.

Actually, I worked for a company who developed cell phone software once and didn't own one because it was not very interesting to me, so I was apparently never very prone to be attracted to them I guess.  Back in the day the pager was much more useful to me.  The killer-app for me with smart-phones are driving directions but I can live without that most of the time.  I also considered them to be Orwell's 1984 'telescreen' on steroids from very early on which never had much appeal to me, but wasn't the primary reason I avoided them.

Ironically I have a pretty good stack of pretty nice phones since one of my companies used to give them out like candy.  I also bought one of the early Android phones to play around with custom software since it could be compiled (well...some of it.)  I still carry one of my phones since it has a nice cam, tells time, and the GPS is quite accurate which is handy when inventorying my holdings.  It's almost always in airplane mode.

That's not the point. If she had the cellphone on airplane mode, it would only be a matter of time before she turns it off to look something up. And no it's not as easy as saying she doesn't have any will power. She also doesn't want to be bothered ever, so no point in having a phone on airplane mode.

I tried to do this. Was very exited about it, back in January 2014, but a month earlier I discovered Bitcoin and started mining alt coins. But yeah, I miss time before the internet.