Ooohhh! You know what, I learned something new today! Thank you so much for taking the time to explain it in a way that made sense to me.

What I’m saying is those medical device companies just need to upgrade hardware. Not the user.

That is a valid perspective, but it doesn’t take into account the burden on end users. Would you still feel that same way if you were the user, and the “update” required literal surgery on your body - not because the device failed, or expired, but simply because network standards have changed?

Because it’s the cellphone equivalent of creating a pirate radio station, to put it in terms better understood.

Why not use the analogy of a Wi-Fi repeater or extender that can handle multiple Wi-Fi standards simultaneously?

For that matter, it should be rather simple to limit it to only “listen” for connections from known medical devices (though it’s not like there are a bunch of 2G phones running around these days).

I’m listening, but so far, I haven’t seen anything that explains why this would actually be a bad idea, or how it could cause any harm.

…you don’t see the advantage in avoiding open heart surgery to replace an embedded medical device?

While I agree with you in principle, that’s a hard sell to somebody with an embedded 2G medical device.

You don’t want random companies making cell signal transceivers.

Setting “companies” aside, I don’t see why it couldn’t be some sort of DIY project. Like, a small computer with a both a 2G and 5G modem, a set of antennas for each, and some middleware…

In fact, there are some phones that support both networks… So why couldn’t a spare phone be used? They technically already have all the hardware to make it work.

It sounds like there’s a really big market opportunity for somebody to make a portable transceiver that converts 2G and 3G signals into 5G…

From what I read, you can set it up using Bluetooth, and then even use it for other devices like earbud cases, preprogrammed to know when to cut it off. I actually just got one, and just haven’t used it yet. I’ll give it a try and report back.

Chargie can probably solve that problem, since it’s an external hardware limiter. And for those running GrapheneOS, it’s probably the only option available until they get around to adding that 80% charging feature.

It’s imperative I get it in their original unedited sound file form and in MP3 as .wav is too big and .ogg could crash certain programs like Vegas Pro.

I always hate it when somebody asks for help on a site like StackOverflow, and some smartass pipes up with “Why are you even trying that, why don’t you try ___ instead?”

I don’t want to be that guy. But I am very, very curious about why it is so imperative that you obtain the actual original audio files. Why would similar sounds not suffice?

For context, I am an audio editor / producer / sound designer / Foley artist, and I’ve run into that same problem, of old sound libraries not existing anymore, and have had to find, or create, my own alternatives. So I do know the struggle, but I don’t know your particular situation.