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Re: Finding Things in Android

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On 2026-09-11, Frank Slootweg wrote:

> Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote:
>> On 11/09/2026 in message <1181k4b.848.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> 
>> Frank Slootweg wrote:
> [...]
>> >  First tell us which brand and model you have, then we might be able to
>> >help.
>> 
>> Sorry, TABWEE T60 12 Inch Android 16 with LTE. Supposed to have 8 GB RAM + 
>> 16 GB virtual but only seems to have 6 GB so thinking about that :-(
>
>   OK. Can't help with that one. A bit out of the ordinary. Perhaps
> someone else can help.
>
>> >  What you're asking is probably brand/model dependent, because most
>> >(all?) what you're asking is no problem on my Samsung Galaxy A56 (also
>> >with Android 16).
>> 
>> It is supposed to be vanilla Android without anything like MUI sitting on 
>> top of it.
>
>   As far as the 'launcher' ('MUI' in your case?) and (general)
> 'Settings' are concerned, there is no such thing as "vanilla
> Android".

I suppose Jeff may have meant MIUI, one of the few systems referred to
with a different name (not sure how different from AOSP it is),
although, yes, it's quite common for manufacturers to have modified
builds, sometimes more heavily modified, and this is not just about
bundled apps, but parts of the system interface itself, like settings
(although that technically is likely a bundled app too...)

>   Samsung phones are different from Motorola phones which are different
> from (Google) Pixel phones, etc., ad infinitum.
>
>   So for all configuration/settings/UI/etc. questions, you always need
> to mention the brand and model (and Android version, which you did
> mention).
>
>> >>Getting rid of the "Google" box on the home screen, sometimes you can turn
>> >>it off in settings, sometimes you can drag it to a delete icon, in 16 I
>> >>just can't see how to get rid of it.
>> >
>> >  Which "Google' box? The search one (wide ellips form box) or the
>> >news one (which has 'news' items you can doomscroll) or yet another?
>> >Remember, 'Google' is many different things.
>> 
>> It's the search box, no idea why it has pride of place
>
>   On my phone, I can just long-press the icon and then get (amongst
> others) 'Remove'.
>
> [...]

Yeah, but this is indeed launcher-dependent, so you'd need to at least
find out which launcher it is to look up how to configure it.

I suppose some may also have an option to prevent changing the home
screens accidentally.

-- 
Nuno Silva

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Finding Things in Android "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-09-11 16:56 +0000
  Re: Finding Things in Android Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-11 18:04 +0100
    Re: Finding Things in Android "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-09-11 17:36 +0000
      Re: Finding Things in Android Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-09-11 12:18 -0600
  Re: Finding Things in Android Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-09-11 17:17 +0000
    Re: Finding Things in Android "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-09-11 17:32 +0000
      Re: Finding Things in Android Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-09-11 18:05 +0000
        Re: Finding Things in Android Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-09-11 12:47 -0600
        Re: Finding Things in Android Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-09-12 00:39 +0100
          Re: Finding Things in Android "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-09-12 07:51 +0000
            Re: Finding Things in Android Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-09-13 00:01 +0545
      Re: Finding Things in Android "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-09-12 09:18 +0000
        Re: Finding Things in Android Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-09-12 11:43 +0100
          Re: Finding Things in Android "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-09-12 11:04 +0000
        Re: Finding Things in Android "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-09-17 20:59 +0000
    Re: Finding Things in Android Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-09-11 17:48 +0000

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