Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Frank Slootweg Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android,uk.telecom Subject: Re: Handling phone loss Date: 6 Sep 2015 20:25:24 GMT Organization: NOYB Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net WrtHgZp1RztrwezdEWz/fgf1cJQ/f5+Ryr0YKR4/GcRDEz2xQY X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:HRshAb+Ce+jXWxK4ljGCYFxD8qA= User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-6.2-WOW64/1.5.22(0.156/4/2) (i686)) Hamster/2.0.2.2 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 150906-0, 09/06/2015), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:22286 uk.telecom:21262 The Real Bev wrote: > On 09/06/2015 05:27 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote: > > Bob Eager wrote: > >> On Sat, 05 Sep 2015 16:04:44 +0000, Frank Slootweg wrote: > >> > >> > Bob Eager wrote: > >> >> On Fri, 04 Sep 2015 19:34:27 +0000, Frank Slootweg wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > Bob Eager wrote: > >> >> > [...] > >> >> >> It's not. I have a Nexus 5 and a Nexus 7 with vanilla Android, and > >> >> >> it has that facility. > >> >> > > >> >> > IME and AFAICT from the posts in this and other groups (and fora), > >> >> > there is no such thing as "vanilla Android". > >> >> > > >> >> > Each manufacturer/supplier has their *own* *stock* (not 'vanilla') > >> >> > Android version. That is one of the biggest - if not the biggest - > >> >> > disadvantage of Android, the lack of any standardization accross > >> >> > brands. > >> >> > > >> >> > "Android, broken-by-(non-)design!" > >> >> > >> >> While I agree in principle, surely a Google phone is less 'messed > >> >> around' than any other one is likely to be? > >> > > >> > I don't know. Don't Google phones have any Google-phone-only apps? > >> > >> Google. Google Play store. Google Drive. That's about it. > > > > No, I meant apps (or other 'enhancements') which are *not* available > > on other brands. > > > > The ones you mention are available on all other brands. The Play Store > > app is even a *required* app. Without it, the phone is basically > > useless. > > What about 1MobileMarket? You can sideload it and get pretty much > whatever you want. Is that just some sort of front end to the play > store? Does it matter? That's hardly an option for Joe/Joanna User. They have to know they need it, where to get it, how to sideload it and then it's still limited to free apps only.