I was inspired by our helpful community members from a previous thread to write a blog post about turning a smartphone into a feature phone. I’ve never has an Apple phone, so don’t know how to go about ‘dumbing down” an Apple. Let me know if I missed anything & I will add it to the blog!
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Today my app Quiet is 5 years old and time for a big update. So here is Quiet 3.0 
Quiet is a content blocker for Safari on iPhone and iPad and a system-wide content blocker on Mac.
Remove all social media apps from your iOS device and start using their website instead. With Quiet you can block those websites when you want to be free of distractions and unblock them when you want to socialise online.
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In case it isn’t, there are native ways on both iOS and Android to do things like setting up time limits, blocking apps and managing notifications / screen time. You can find out more in here: https://www.macworld.com/article/231723/android-digital-wellbeing-vs-ios-screen-time.html
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@urszula, to prepare for when I get the Mudita Pure – November, right?! – I disabled auto-retrieval of MMS messages on my Android-7 phone.
- Open Messaging.
- Tap the three-dots icon in the upper-right corner.
- Tap “Settings”.
- Tap “More”.
- Tap “Multimedia messages”.
- Disable “Auto-retrieve”.
A new MMS message on my Android-7 smartphone now reaches the Messaging app as only a notification:
Message size: ???KB
New multimedia message. Receive?
(Expire date: Mon dd HH:MM)
[Download]
If I do not tap [Download], then I never get the MMS message.
I now respond to anyone who sends an MMS message to me with a “Can you email that to …, please? Thank you!” SMS message (which I added to the “Quick reply” collection in my Messaging app’s Settings).
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@kirkmahoneyphd Perhaps sooner 
Thanks for the tips. I’m not a fan of MMS messages- those things can always get emailed
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I use a NOKIA 6230i on the weekends because I need my smartphone for work- It’s provided by my employer. Thanks for the tips on making it more bearable.
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somehow I came across that I could not convert android to ios and then I came across this article, which I left in my notes convert android app to ios
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Here is my current iPhone minimalist setup. I am planning to downgrade do a dumbphone in the near future, but this is cutting down on my iPhone usage for now.
I have Grayscale accessibility color filter turned on to reduce the psychological appeal of bright colors.
I am also using the dock hiding wallpaper found here: https://heyeased.weebly.com/hide-dock-wallpapers.html
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I discovered this site when surfing. Aged male in Australia. I do a lot on Win10 but only need phone and text on my smartphone. Google is annoying me. Thought I would try a spare feature phone but could not operate it, think it is faulty. So this blog may be just what I am looking for! I have it bookmarked, can I access it here?
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@itforsenior Hi there! Welcome to the Mudita Community! We love our members from “down under” 
I’m glad you enjoyed the article.
I think this forum could also prove useful on your journey to mindful tech use 
G’day! I’m in Sunny Coast, Queensland and have a Mudita Pure and LOVE IT! My ‘smart’ phone sits quietly enjoying it’s retirement - it’s only use now will be to create internet connection to my Macbook so I can update Mudita Centre and Pure software every now and then.
Enjoy your mindful tech journey 
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You are in Sunny Coast Qld. I do not wish to hear that! Only kidding, I am in 9" Macedon Ranges VIC. Mudita Pure looks neat, a bit beyond my budget, working on keeping my smart phone simple. It has 42 apps and that may be light, but Google does not like deleting pre loaded apps.
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