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Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package

From Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.os.linux
Subject Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package
Date 2025-06-20 00:49 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <1032b7b$7r17$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 22:23:46 -0000 (UTC), Marion wrote:

> Turns out my carrier sneaked it on there unbeknownst to me.
> So I deleted the carrier's app (which deleted the activity).

I take it you bought your phone from your carrier? And that it is also 
locked to your carrier?

In much of the world, we are able to buy a phone, and then decide which 
carrier to use it with. Switching carriers is as easy as switching a SIM.

> I just wrote this off the cuff, so if you have improvements, let us
> know.

It’s a testament to Android, isn’t it, that you have this much control 
over what your phone does. Imagine trying to do that on any other 
platform.

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Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-06-19 22:23 +0000
  Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-20 00:49 +0000
    Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-06-20 06:49 +0000
      Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2025-06-20 10:39 +0100
        Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-06-20 18:57 +0000
    Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-06-20 11:34 +0200
      Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-06-20 11:06 +0000
        Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-06-20 18:58 +0200
      Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-06-20 11:09 +0000
        Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Ivano Rossi <Ivano.Rossi@nospam.tin.it> - 2025-06-20 20:53 +0200
          Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Jan K." <janicekoziol@nie.ma.spamu.prosze.com> - 2025-06-20 19:00 +0000
            Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-06-20 21:39 +0200
              Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Jan K." <janicekoziol@nie.ma.spamu.prosze.com> - 2025-06-20 20:34 +0000
                Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-06-21 00:43 +0200
                Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Jan K." <janicekoziol@nie.ma.spamu.prosze.com> - 2025-06-21 02:20 +0000
            Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-06-21 14:23 +0100
              Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Jan K." <janicekoziol@nie.ma.spamu.prosze.com> - 2025-06-22 14:00 +0000
                Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Victor <victorheyne@notreal.org> - 2025-06-22 09:07 -0500
                Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-06-22 20:50 +0100
                Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Victor <victorheyne@notreal.org> - 2025-06-23 10:39 -0500
                Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-06-23 23:26 +0100
                Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Victor <victorheyne@notreal.org> - 2025-06-23 21:50 -0500
                Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-06-22 19:41 +0200
                Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Jan K." <janicekoziol@nie.ma.spamu.prosze.com> - 2025-06-23 16:08 +0000
  Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-20 23:46 +0000
    Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-06-21 10:49 +0100

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