Re: Shortcut to Bluetooth Tethering?

Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote:

Frank Slootweg, 2025-01-02 16:05:
 

s|b <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 23:06:47 +0100, Arno Welzel wrote:
>

It provides vanilla Android and not Android mixed with a manufacturer UI
and modified functions.

>
AKA It's not filled with crap from Samsung.

 
  *Every* manufacturer fills their devices with "crap", not just
Samsung.
 
  Only for Google phones, 'we' do not call it "crap", but "vanilla",
"standard", "stock", etc..

 
Because Android on Pixel devices *is* as Google developed it and not
modified by Samsung or any other manufacturer.

  AFAIC, for Samsung phones, Android is not modified, but that depends
on what you do (not) consider to be "Android". More on this later.

Of course Google installs
their own apps on it. But most of these apps can be removed or at least
disabled.

  Same for Samsung (Google, Samsung and some third-party apps).

The point is, that any feature provided by Android itself is not modifed
as it is usually the case on devices by Samsung, Motorla, Xiaomi etc. -
because those manufacturers want to provide a "unique" user experience
by adding their own UI and their own *system* modifications to Android.

  Well, AFAICT/AFAIAC, for Samsung, the only 'modifications' are: Their
own 'launcher' ('One UI'), which is not all that special/great and
replacements/alternatives for some basic apps like Phone, Messages, My
Files, of course Camera (like for Pixels) and probably simple stuff like
Calendar, Calculator, Notes, etc..

  But, except for the launcher, I don't consider those modifications to
*Android* (the 'OS'), but just different *apps*.

  That's what I meant: Samsung's et al Android versions are not all that
special and neither are the Pixel versions.

  But they are *different* and therefor, as I mentioned, - when talking
about their problems/questions - people should mention brand, model and
Android version.

  Now do the same exercise for Windows and Chrome!

 
What execercise? There is no Windows 10 or 11 which is modified by the
manufacturer in the same way as Android on Smartphones. You only get a
bunch of apps pre-installed in Windows - but things like Windows
Explorer, Windows settings etc. will always look the same, the no matter
what device you purchase with Windows. Also with Windows comes Edge as
default browser, which is not the case for Android devices where you
either get Chrome or Samsung Internet or Xiaomi Browser or whatever the
manufacturer decided to provide.

  Well, that mainly *confirms* my point, because, at least for Samsung,
it's exactly the same, with the exceptions of File Explorer (N.B. not
"Windows Explorer", that's only the legacy process name) and Settings.
Samsung indeed has a different 'file manager' than Google's [1], but it
supplies Samsung Internet *and* (Google) Chrome.

  But indeed the differences in (Android) Settings are an annoying
aspect, because in this group, it's often about detailed Settings
settings. However, because the often huge differences in features,
functionality, etc, etc., it probably is not practical to come up with a
single Settings UI. And look at the settings mess in Windows, do we
really such a 'standard' on Android!? :-)

[1] At least on my 4+ year old phone. At the time, Google's wasn't all
that red hot. No idea what's on new(er) Samsung phones.