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this is the modern dumbphone, a system to make your phone work for you and not against you. this is an updated version with some new features!
apps mentioned:
iOS (no subscriptions)
- homescreen: dumbify [$6.99]
- extension(s): socialfocus or untrap for TH-cam [$3.99]
- app blocker: screenzen or burnout buddy [free]
Android (all free)
- homescreen: olauncher [free] alt: unlauncher [sideload]
- extension(s): socialfocus or untrap for TH-cam [free]
- app blocker: screenzen [free]
written guide: reysu.io/dumbphone
📺 some of my other vids :
I made my smartphone into a dumbphone: • I made my smartphone i...
A notebook to save you from infinite scrolling: • A notebook to save you...
7 Purchases under $100 to quickly improve your life:
Outline:
0:00 what is the modern dumbphone?
0:32 feature + setup walkthrough
1:10 why do this / results after doing this for over a year
2:42 how apps try to addict you
4:20 iOS + android setup guide
4:36 #1 delete apps
4:57 #2 turn off notifications
5:15 #3 optimize the browser
6:15 #4 homescreen customization
7:35 #5 create a social media schedule
9:39 additional tips / phone recommendation - บันเทิง
if you've seen my previous video on this, this is an updated version with no subscription fees + some new features. hope you enjoy, thanks for watching
You are so right about app design. I have a smart phone from ~ 2013 that I opened recently. Snapchat was chat and friends list, thats it. No news, no stories, no scroll. Iphone apps especially are now 99% bloat with 2% functionality.
any favorite apps that aren't 99% bloat?
@@reysu Anki hahaha. I think LingQ does a good job not bloating its app with anything that isnt language learning material. You open it up and theres your library, vocab trainer, and settings, thats all.
101% app?
@@reysu Anki Lol. I'd say LingQ is good at what it does. The only pages are, reader, vocab review, and settings. I think Anki is perfect. Literally 0 nonsense, it does what it says it does. I'm glad I spent 25$ on it.
@@reysu Big fan of Anki, haha.
Found this in a TH-cam rabbit hole
rabbit holes are good sometimes
I kid you not when I say it took me years to set up a system that you've just improved by a mile!! Thanks so much! So much value in one video!!
glad it was helpful!!
first time in ages that I watch a whole long form video without speeding up. Nice work
!! thats a great compliment haha, thanks for watching
ten minutes is hardly long form
true
@@thatdberad it is for tiktok kids apparently lmao
You're a baller for making this video. I've tried and failed a bunch of different methods, and this by far offers the most flexibility and benefit.
thank you!! hop you find it useful
Wow Reysu, thank you so much for this. I had watched your previous video and ran into those subscription fees.. it started not to be useful to me. Now, you come back with an updated version and more features! That speaks to your dedication to this topic and your viewers. I appreciate content creators like you a lot, thank you Reysu.
you got it!!
Your videos found me at the perfect time, thank you so much for the updated version!
glad it's helpful!!
Great work, Reysu.
I believe you do a great service to this community. And the production quality is great as well.
Respect.
Honestly one of the most useful and informative TH-cam video I have watch for a while. Thanks
appreciate you saying that!
ok why do i have the feeling this is going to change a lot for my life ( in a very good way) thank you a lot. It was really easy to setup and so fast. I also added the extensions to my arcade browser so also on desktop im not getting distracted. Thank you a lot for this video man. i have a really good feeling about that.
you got this bro!!
You are doing a great job! It really helps with efficiency. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
glad it was helpful
thank you for this updated video!
np!!
Thank you for this guide. After doing this for less than a week, I can sit for multiple hours at a time and not check my phone. I feel more present, focussed on learning and comfortable with not being constantly stimulated.
This is awesome and will definitely try this!
I have used RSS feeds for personal media consumption recently, and its pretty analogous to the benefits listed here, except its mainly for PC. (rss feeds are an aggregator for all of ones internet feeds for things like youtube, twitter, news, blogs)
What I've noticed is that when scrolling isn't the "fun" part of your screen time, its easier to assess whether the content or tool is valuable or not. Especially if you use social media without their original GUI or any GUI at all, it completely changes the experience of it.
that's a good idea, what do you use to browse your rss feeds?
@@reysu I use "newsboat" which is text-based and through the terminal, but also have used "Feedbro" the browser extension
@@reysu newsboat for terminal text based, but I used to use feed bro which is through browser and shows pictures
@@reysu (alt acc lol) usually newsboat for text based terminal app, but if im on browser feedbro
Just in time for Summer, thanks for saving mine!!
hope you have a great summer!!
Fire idea bro
thanks!!
Wsg kodak
Incredible knowledge value. Thank you a lot !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Needed this, tysm bro
Hey reysu I did this months ago when you do this similar video and it’s helped so much. Thank you!
glad you're still doing it !! 🤝
the safari extensions were the thing i was looking for years.. thank you so much
glad I could help
Genius. Thank you good Sir! You're a treasure in this world!
thanks for the kind words
Just what I needed today!
glad it was helpful!
loved the apps and how easy the setup on iOS was. just set this up and it looks great so far.
awesome!!
With all these recommendations, I won’t be able to watch your next videos :( love your stuff man 💚
hahah you can block the feed but browse from the subscription box
Omg just needed this!
thanks for watching :)
Hey man, don't know if you will see this, but I've been here since (I think it was Film Booth) recommended your channel when you were at 300 subs. I just saw this video on my home page and it brought me back to this channel again. It's so cool to see how far you've come and I hope you never lose motivation to continue making videos.
yoo thats crazy!! learned so much about making videos and got so much better over the past year. glad I made it back to your home page and thanks for supporting :)
do you know where he mentioned my channel?
@@reysu I believe it was a community post but it's been over a year so I can't exactly remember haha
thanks a lot for sharing, this was super helpful
glad it was helpful!!
That's actually brilliant. So practical for people of our generation.
thanks for watching!
Online addiction is definitely one of those area's that needs more attention. Loved the point about the current state of App design.
thank you for watching!
In the past I used to spend an unhealthy amount of time on social media (mainly facebook), there were periods that I would average 4-5 hours just scrolling. Realized that I need to stop this so I've been doing the same for about 2 years now and I can guarantee that it worked. By doing that, I have more free time to do productive things, not to mention better mental health and positivity.
btw, I'm also using immersion and your korekara podcasts help a lot.
that's great to hear man and I'm glad you're using your time productively with immersing and learning a new language :)
I really enjoyed both videos. thank you for this system so far it's been really helpful for me. is your iPad formatted the same way?
yep, my iPad doesn't have a browser or any social media, it's purely for reading/note taking. I mostly use it as a second monitor
thank you so much! this is so helpful
thank you!!
Thanks for all the insights. I have been addicted particularly to TH-cam for 5 years now. I'm trying to end it. Once in a while I would stop watching yt ( max was for 1 week) but ultimately find my way back to endless binge watching videos that adds no value to my life.
I will implement your mentioned changes.
thank you for watching
im seeing this stable audio feature, and its pretty neat how it levels out the highs and lows, however it takes away from the uniqueness of your voice? that the og audio has idk how to explain it
dang interesting I didn't know that feature existed
thanks bro, great work
glad it was helpful!
I also found it helpful to turn on grayscale mode in settings. It can be done on IOS or Android. Having a black and white screen really takes a lot of dopamine out using your phone. Also I have found that reducing animations helps too.
yes!! that's what I do, I mention it briefly towards the end
screenzen is great! it's technique where it has a timer before opening an app and the next you open the app the timer goes +1 sek. Brilliant!
I tried that but I think the schedule worked the best for me!
thank you so much! you help me a lot bro.
glad it was helpful
I’m bored of both unneccesary apps and their logos, and too many homepages with many icons, so this works for me too🤞🏽
hard to go back
Great video!
thank you!
Thankyou so much for this stuff ... i was really so much into the matrix . now i'm focused and out 🔥
you got this bro
@@reysu dude that's so cool of you 🔥🔥
0:52 "disable TH-cam recommendations so as not to be distracted"... hehe, the climax, I discovered your video with an interesting topic from the recommendations.
It's funny to have find you as a recommendation video ahahah
why is that
@@reysubecause the video is about turning it off
Thank you for this video
you got it
Great tips I’ll try a few of these
hope it helps out
Thank you! You are the best
any recommendations if I have to post frequently to grow my following on instagram? Should I just use that non blocked scheduled "1 hour" to do all that at once?
Yea I would suggest planning out when you're going to make posts and having it unblock during that time. Unless you're posting dozens of stories a day, then I'm not sure this works better than having a second work phone
Very usefull content. Thanks
glad you think so!
Great video! It sesumes pretty much all the things and why toy should still use a smarthpone but conciosly. You should make another video like this for PCs
i made a video walking through some of the apps I use on PC a few months back that you can check out but essentially
use cold turkey to block apps/websites (match your phone)
then also consider using untrap for youtube and social focus to make them less sticky (available on chrome, safari, firefox, arc etc)
Thank you
great video , thank you so much
glad you found it valuable
Great video! Do you know of a way to add a schedule for websites/social media on computer desktop?
I use Cold Turkey on desktop. Freedom also works well
Great ideas
thank you!
bro these apps are awesome thanks
🤝
Amazing concepts! In the reviews they say the booting of apps is much longer. What’s your experience with that? (I’m hesitant to buy/try)
its a bit longer because it does it with a shortcut, but its only by 1 second. make sure to turn on reduce motion!
The TH-cam algorithm found me this video at the right time. I guess I won't know if I get a reply from you. I have turned off the notification now. Cheers mate.
hope you don't see this!! thanks for watching
Great video, I have a few questions. Do you keep the mail app on your phone? I can’t seem to get rid of the light gray bar at the bottom of the home screen, I watched the old video too. Any tips?
I don't use the mail app on my phone, I removed it in the screen time settings.
As for the light gray bar, just make your phone dark mode.
Dose makes the poison - well said
I might want to make the home screen layout a bit more aesthetically pleasing instead of just a list of off-centre text, but otherwise this is very compelling to me - how customisable is the home screen layout? I probably still want text only but maybe change the font to something I prefer, maybe centre the text etc...
Yea, you can customize the alignment, font, you can add emojis, or use a different app entirely
Thanks for the recommandations ! There are like 5 apps now to make your home screen minimal : minimal launcher flow, on point, minimal phone launcher lab, dumbify, blank spaces. Could you compare them maybe in a video (price, fluidity, ease of use) ? I’m confused on which one to get… 😩 also how does it look on iPad ?
Dumbify is by far the best out of the options. The onboarding experience, UX, and price point is top notch.
dumbify is one time payment and works well, easy to set up, would suggest that one.
Looks a bit sparse on iPad but works
is the app library still accessible? i feel like i would naturally swipe left to access the apps.
HEYO! :) Question! How did you disable shorts on TH-cam?? I have the extension enabled, and have most settings enabled, but cant figure out how to get rid of shorts and how to get rid of thumbnails! (IOS w/ UnTrap and SocialFocus) Thanks for the updated video, your initial one helped me a ton, and I’m trying this improved version. Cheers!
Figured it out! If anyone is wondering, when in the extension menu for UnTrap (while in safari), there is a drop down menu (default set to home page), from here you can access all the different pages in TH-cam, and set your settings appropriately! For shorts there is a section dedicated to it, and you can also block them from showing up in your subscriptions page!!
Truthfully, I’d go subpage by subpage and turn off all the features you don’t want!!
glad you found it!
Do you still use your habit trackers on your phone? Or do you only use them in your large bullet journal? I have the app on the phone and I enjoy the way that looks, what are some alternatives you've found for the boxes you have on the right side of the monthly part of your journal?
i stopped using habit trackers on my phone, they were always just an intermediary way before I logged them on my journal
i use a heatmap to track deep work sessions and run sessions though called lifeofdiscipline
A more detailled Video/Guide about the Setup would be great! Otherwise very nice Video 👍🏻
check out the blogpost !
This is awesome, definitely grabbing that app ❤ need to figure out how to unlink my work MacBook from my iPhone so it stops doing the shared screen time stats 😢😅 iPhone 13 mini club 👊🏻
iphone mini users are a rare breed. also in screentime settings there is a toggle for share across devices!
Yeah I turned that off on both the MacBook and the phone but still seem to get 6+ h on the widget on the phone 😅😢
Love the video though, all for phone minimalism. I bought that app too, thanks 😂👋
Can't agree more with most of your perspectives, for iOS I would choose the iPhone mini for Android I would choose those like the S24
why the s24 specifically?
In your experience, how easy is it to get back to a regular phone for a short period and set up the dumbphone again? For instance there are tons of apps that I only use when I travel (an app I use for my itinerary, app to connect to my camera, photo edititing app, airline app , etc.). These are not apps I use everyday, but I don't want to have to delete and reinstall them every time.
Thank you so much for your video, very informative!
imo it's a bit tedious to go back to a regular phone for a short period and then there's some friction to set it all up again. I would recommend just having those apps on your phone so you don't have to change anything when you have a trip
@@reysu thanks for your reply, I appreciate it!
Got a new Sub !
thank you!
I will try this
love to see it
Hey Reysu, video idea: whoop review.
Lately, I have been considering buying the Whoop. Unfortunately, there are a lot of (sponsored) reviews on TH-cam and not many sincere ones. Would love to hear your opinion on the Whoop :)
thanks for the idea! I was planning on making one :)
I really need to do this to lower my phone screen time. I say on my 3rd hour of TH-cam browsing.
epic, giving this a go
lemme know if you find any improvements!
12 mini with matt screen protector and low brightness really makes it look like a device like kindle.
yepp I also do reduce white point which makes the black darker on the home screen
Actually erasing the youtube app is a struggle, been hyping myself up to do it since last week but I think I'm ready
You can use TH-cam on your pc just delete it on your phone
yea would recommend just removing it off your phone
I'd love to see a vid on restricting your computer scrolling
i made a vid on that previously! I have made a few improvements like this one but concept remains similar
Do you have a video about your nano and where you got it? Music is the biggest thing between me and productivity, like I have to have music but when I go to change my music I always get distracted by other notifications and stuff
ok i might make a quick video on it in the next 1-2 weeks!
@@reysu sweet! Thank you. I’ve been keeping tabs on “dumb phones” and simplifying tech in my life since Covid and I’m delving back into things again and you def earned a new sub!
I’d love to see an iPad mini version of this
i think you should be able to set up all the same apps
How did you add a date widget to your homescreen as well as the lock screen widgets?
you need to find a date widget app, i don't use one currently
Is there any app besides social focus that alters the feed within the apps themselves?
you can't alter the feed within the apps themselves on iOS. The best way I've found is to use Safari and alter the feed there. On Android you can sideload some apps like distraction free instagram or newpipe
Any idea how to make the transitions for custom apps (ones that dumbify doesn't have listed) seamless?
if there's no app url, I think you can just submit to the dev
Willpower and workarounds
this makes it so you don't have to use willpower
I work in Marketing, so I have to use a lot of social apps often to upload/interact, any tips?
would suggest blocking those apps outside of the hours you would like to be working
Hey, is there a possible solution to get rid of that app summary when you swipe to the right on IOS? Because when I set up my iphone to a dumpIphone, then this just looks stupid.
Please help !
unfortunately nothing you can do about that except
- making it grayscale (makes it less distracting)
- adding some blank pages in between
iOS sells the two extensions together for $4.99 which is $1 less than separate. Thanks!
It looks like Dumbify is not $4.99 too.
awesome!! highly recommend, works on safari on desktop too
Love this. What was the name of the macro app?
macrofactor!
@@reysu Thanks! Another question. Do you use something to prevent downloading apps? Screenzen (and the like) can prevent the App Store, but I find you can still download apps through the search function built into iOS
in screentime, turn on content restrictions and you can disable downloading apps. the app store then is removed and you won't see any stuff in the search. i also turned off siri spotlight recommendations.
if you find yourself turning it back on you can have someone set a screentime password
You might need to renew this video again with ios18 because of all the new customization features.
for some reason it looks so bloated, gonna try ios18 on a different phone first
do you know a app like blank spaces for android which works as a widget?? because i also want some other widgets and options for the phone. is there an blank spaces alternative for android, not a launcher but an app which lets you have the widget
i believe olauncher has a paid version called prolauncher where you can place widgets
very useful thanks from a fellow japanese
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Just use screen time and have someone add a passcode.
works as well
hey I am in high school and going to buy a new phone. i am preferring to buy a refurbished samsung flip 5. is it a good choice?
think it looks great
cool! is this dumbify app opening every time you unlock your phone? can you go somewhere else but it?
what do you mean? do you mean it redirects to the dumbify app? if that happens turn on reduce motion in settings
@@reysu no, sorry, probably i said somehow not as i wanted (english is not my native lang). i would like to know a bit more about this app! how it works. so you unlock your phone and see this screen? please, let me know because it is tough to find any info about this app anywhere but your channel
yea you unlock your phone and u see this screen
What happened to the KoreKara Podcast?
it ended
On Apple platforms I'm always in Do Not Disturb mode and I set up people that are excluded from Do Not Disturb.
that's a great way to use it
how did you remove the dock on the home screen?...
I can't seem to find a solution anywhere!
dark mode on ios
is there a simillar thing for laptops/desktops?
I use an app called cold turkey which allows me to also block social media on a schedule here.
the two extensions I mentioned are also available on desktop for free, but personally I have the feed unlocked on desktop since I'm more intentional about my usage on my computer
my issue is that i havent had any social apps on my iphone, so i use safari instead... it's been like that for a long time and i can literally always find loopholes no matter how much i extend the path to SM or youtube..
to stop loopholes
first set a password on social focus (have someone else set a password)
then disable uninstalling apps through screentime (have someone else set a password)
Off-topic, but u have really nice glasses!
thank you!!
I just flip my phone to black and white, does the trick for me. Helpful video tho
i do that too
Set this up and my screentime literally went down by 50% instantly!
that's awesome! 🤝
W video
thanks!