Re: Google is preparing to replace RCS with MLS

On 7/29/24 8:48 AM, AJL wrote:

On 7/29/2024 7:07 AM, The Real Bev wrote:

On 7/28/24 10:01 PM, AJL wrote:

On 7/28/2024 7:34 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
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My Lenovo tablet, otherwise in fine shape, is useless because the
little plastic actuator that actually pushes the switch no longer
reaches the switch.  I can only assume wear.

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One of my earlier Android tablets woke up when it was picked up (moved).
So no need to use its switch in everyday use.

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That means leaving it on when I'm not using it, which I don't like to do
-- especially since I use it only once in a couple of months.

 If your switch broke while only using the tablet once every couple of
months it was likely a manufacturing defect. Probably won't happen
again. FWIW I've had several Lenovo tablets (both Android and Chrome)
over the years and nary a problem.

That does seem likely, but 'wear' seems like a reasonable mechanism.  It worked for over a year and then started not working occasionally and ended up not working at all.  I added a thin plastic shim which made it work a few more times.  I just don't feel like taking it apart again to see what happened.  I can easily push the actual switch when the back is off, and "too short" really seems like the problem -- and it seems kind of irrational that this tiny plastic part could be made of cheesier plastic than the rest of the device.

I don't want to replace my phone because of something stupid like
that.

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My current Android phone (Galaxy S10+) wakes up with a double tap to the
screen. Again no need to use (and wear out?) the switch.
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This of course won't help you currently, but I suggest for your future
device purchases that you get one with this capability. It should help
with your switch paranoia...  ;)

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I chose the Pixel2 because of the camera quality (and the price, of
course), which is what I mostly use it for.  Nonetheless, I will take
your counsel under advisement.

 This video on the Pixel 2 shows the fingerprint sensor waking/sleeping
the phone just like my Galaxy S10+ does with the double screen tap. So
you apparently do have the capability of not having to use the switch.

Possibly, but I really don't want to trust something where failure causes total inoperability when I don't have to.
Shit happens a lot more frequently than it ought to.
Case in point:  I bought a data SIM for the Pixel and was setting up google voice to work with it.  As I held the phone to my ear it let out a loud shriek that bothered someone sitting across the room from me.  I immediately lost roughly half the hearing in that ear and it hasn't come back nearly a year later.  When they tell you not to listen to loud music they're giving you good advice -- but nobody ever said that a single blast would do permanent damage.  I didn't think it was possible for the phone to make that loud a noise -- music is pitiful and phone conversations in 'speaker' mode are just adequate.
Shit happens.

My Galaxy S10+ also has this capability of waking/sleeping using a
fingerprint. But mine works poorly and I find the double tap + pin
actually quicker (and much less frustrating). Perhaps your fingerprint
lock is frustrating as well?

Unwilling to even test it!

<https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_2-8733.php>

I like gsmarena.  I wish there were more sites like that for different electronic products which are essentially black boxes.  Trying to chose a fitness/smartwatch is an exercise in pain.
--
Cheers, Bev
    "No matter how cynical I get, it's just never enough to keep up."
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