Re: Unusable Android J5(6)

AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:

On 5/19/2025 7:36 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:

On 5/18/2025 2:18 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:

[...]

BTW Frank I fell off the wagon and got a new Windows 11 LT
toy. Just couldn't stay away. Pray for me...

>
You sinner! In short order, the Usenet Court will decide what
your penance should be. Be prepared that it will be *very*
severe!

>
>
Thanks Father Frank (of the Usenet Universal Android Church) for
your needed blessings. This is my first post on the new W11 toy. I
pray that it works...

 

Yes, it worked! Well, insofar Thunderbird can 'work'! :-)

 
I still had my old favorite TB version 45 tucked away in Google Drive.
Somehow I just never got around to erasing it. Kind of like a reformed
off the sauce (Windows) alcoholic keeping an old bottle around just in
case...

  Yes, we also use some old bottles (60.9.0 and 68.5.0) and have spare
ones, in case the in-use one(s) break.

  Which is probably a good thing, because there used to be a FTP site
with all the old bottles which were ever made, but that FTP site is gone
and - with a quick look - I can't see a replacement.

  But, after a bit of Googling:

<https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/>

(Don't be fooled by the bad sorting.)

[...]

Apparently coming in Android 16:
>
<https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/android-16-could-make-stolen-phones-useless/ar-AA1EN9bV?>

 
 > Thanks for that. It would be interesting to know what the user has to

do before giving the phone to a non-thief. Do a factory reset and
then do what?

 

But that's Android 16. My current phone is stuck on 13 (after 10, 11
 and 12), so I'll see when (if?) I ever get there.

 
You're in the modern world. My Galaxy S10+ is at Android 12. It was last
updated 6-1-24. But it says "you're all set" with a neat check mark in a
green circle continuing: "Your phone has been updated to the latest
software version" so I guess I that's supposed to put me at ease...
Time to remove my bank apps yet??

  My Galaxy A51 just says "Your software is up to date.". As it's a
lower end model, there's no fancy check mark in a green circle. I guess
that was extra! :-)