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Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by ossyla(m): 9:10am On Aug 26, 2019
you are not first to comment grin grin grin grin
Emceesaka:
Thank God first to comment
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by cuvox(m): 9:12am On Aug 26, 2019
TechCapon:
KaiOS? I know of Fuchsia and even at that no one knows if it will work out but I've not heard of KaiOS?

kaiOs makes feature phones work like Smartphones on just 512mb. If they can release a version for touchscreen and phase out Go versions of Android, it will be awesome. Google invested over $2.2bn in KiaOs to get it functional in India. As usual, Nigeria with it's population can't even benefit because it's like we hate new systems
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by cuvox(m): 9:16am On Aug 26, 2019
TechCapon:
I use LG so I can attest that the updates are not making any difference. I don't know of others.

LG is good but nowadays I fancy companies willing to test innovation. So far so good, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo are leading. Xiaomi most especially releases something new with major updates.
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by FLYFIRE(m): 9:18am On Aug 26, 2019
Ennyhorlar:
True!

I used over 1.4gb to update my phone last week and I was expecting some new features after the update.

Walahi.. nothing changed! The only thing that changed was my DATA balance.

I've another update hanging already and olorun mo wipe mi o update any shii
You are funny bro. It depends on the phone na. One of my phones, Samsung, updated in June & BANG....ALL CHANGED including camera. There are phones that NEVER updates not the android
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by cuvox(m): 9:20am On Aug 26, 2019
ornicus:


Thank you for this.

Unless op has a Google or Nokia or other android one device, it is unlikely he actually has update fatigue.

The first question is has he actually read up on the new features of each android build?

Every year, Google and apple make some paid apps or rooting requirements obsolete.

https://developer.android.com/preview

Just a quick glance through there. Google is already taking proactive steps to make android q foldable ready.

This just comes across as a huawei hatchet job.


I get what op is saying. Just that except you are tech savvy, updates are somehow useless in Nigeria.
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by Psoul(m): 9:24am On Aug 26, 2019
Josnac:
Exactly my thoughts on these updates..I'm like, should I really care??
Except the Lord keeps the city, the watchmen, they watch in vain.

No matter the security updates released, the bad ones will still find some loopholes through it, the safest is to pray not to be remembered.

This is life, if you like build your fence as high as a story building, when criminals remember you, you'll marvel at human ingenuity and survivalist tendencies.

Why waste data on updates, when I can use it to follow up on a nice Hollywood series at my spare time


Forget about any security nonsense they will preach. Most of these updated tend to make the users more vulnerable than they were. They use the updates to collect every information u have in ur phone for their business gain. On daily basis, u keep getting new advert and unsolicited messages on ur phone. That is the outcome of the updates.

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Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by TechCapon(m): 9:34am On Aug 26, 2019
cuvox:


kaiOs makes feature phones work like Smartphones on just 512mb. If they can release a version for touchscreen and phase out Go versions of Android, it will be awesome. Google invested over $2.2bn in KiaOs to get it functional in India. As usual, Nigeria with it's population can't even benefit because it's like we hate new systems
okay I now remember reading it somewhere. All these small phones using whatsapp run on kaiOS. Nice

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Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by TechCapon(m): 9:36am On Aug 26, 2019
cuvox:


LG is good but nowadays I fancy companies willing to test innovation. So far so good, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo are leading. Xiaomi most especially releases something new with major updates.
yeah those Chinese guys like taking risks. Samsung is even afraid of taking the kind of risks those Chinese companies take in the name of innovation..
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by xcelentattitude(m): 9:38am On Aug 26, 2019
I bought Tecno Pouvoir 2 LA7 this August. It seems to me as if the update has been hanging since January.

Suddenly, updates request started popping up......
The first one had January on it.... I updated since I wanted a new feature which I got (the battery icon changed)
The following day that of February came
The next day...March, April, May, June, July each costing about 150MB
I wouldn't mind the data if the update hadn't been useless...

Now that of August has arrived for the past 2 days, but as far as me, I and myself is concerned, I am not updating shit...

This is just Tecno teaming up with Airtel to suck life out of my MB.

Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by cuvox(m): 9:40am On Aug 26, 2019
TechCapon:
yeah those Chinese guys like taking risks. Samsung is even afraid of taking the kind of risks those Chinese companies take in the name of innovation..

Pop up camera, sliding pop up, under display fingerprint, dual notch, under display camera, foldable devices. Uncle Sammy just sits back and watch them do it. If it successful, he copies and charge an arm and leg.

Maybe na cause I dey write tech too na why I dey see these things. Lemme spy your website small. Might Learn a thing or two.

Edit: your SSL dey throw exceptions. If it's wp, install force HTTPS everywhere plugin and activate.
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by cuvox(m): 9:42am On Aug 26, 2019
xcelentattitude:
I bought Tecno Pouvoir 2 LA7 this August. It seems to me as if the update has been hanging since January.

Suddenly, updates request started popping up......
The first one had January on it.... I updated since I wanted a new feature which I got (the battery icon changed)
The following day that of February came
The next day...March, April, May, June, July each costing about 150MB
I wouldn't mind the data if the update hadn't been useless...

Now that of August has arrived for the past 2 days, but as far as me, I and myself is concerned, I am not updating shit...

This is just Tecno teaming up with Airtel to suck life out of my MB.

Is the device running on Android One? Cause e dey weird to see Tecno do monthly updates
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by TechCapon(m): 10:00am On Aug 26, 2019
cuvox:


Pop up camera, sliding pop up, under display fingerprint, dual notch, under display camera, foldable devices. Uncle Sammy just sits back and watch them do it. If it successful, he copies and charge an arm and leg.

Maybe na cause I dey write tech too na why I dey see these things. Lemme spy your website small. Might Learn a thing or two.

Edit: your SSL dey throw exceptions. If it's wp, install force HTTPS everywhere plugin and activate.
maybe it's because Samsung has more to loose if it doesn't work out. Look at the disaster that happened with it's foldable phone. As for my SSL, it has expired. It's to buy another one
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by stieyven(m): 10:02am On Aug 26, 2019
Ennyhorlar:
True!

I used over 1.4gb to update my phone last week and I was expecting some new features after the update.

Walahi.. nothing changed! The only thing that changed was my DATA balance.

I've another update hanging already and olorun mo wipe mi o update any shii
DO NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD IN VAIN. The Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. EXODUS 20 :7
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by Nobody: 10:05am On Aug 26, 2019
stieyven:

DO NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD IN VAIN. The Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. EXODUS 20 :7

I should swear in the name of Satan?
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by olumbateey(m): 10:07am On Aug 26, 2019
2kurupt:


Oga, is it not too early in the morning to start trying to deceive people? And it was still you that made the comment in the screenshot just 2 months ago undecided
Chai! Monitoring spirit shocked
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by Nobody: 10:09am On Aug 26, 2019
Very very useless

my phone will bring update.

after d update it will went off and stop updating.
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by stchinedu: 10:09am On Aug 26, 2019
Ennyhorlar:
True!

I used over 1.4gb to update my phone last week and I was expecting some new features after the update.

Walahi.. nothing changed! The only thing that changed was my DATA balance.

I've another update hanging already and olorun mo wipe mi o update any shii


At least you saw a change in your Data....it grew lean and malnourished cheesy cheesy

The 'pie' in the upgrade must have been bitter grin
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by Nobody: 10:12am On Aug 26, 2019
stchinedu:



At least you saw a change in your Data....it grew lean and malnourished cheesy cheesy

The 'pie' in the upgrade must have been bitter grin
You get am.

Not even the slightest change with the phone

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Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by Nobody: 11:01am On Aug 26, 2019
AgreatMan:


MKT is the processing chip and any company can choose whichever one they prefer but of course Qualcomm is the best and they supply both the snapdragons and Apple's chips disguised as A13 Bionic of whatever nonsense name they choose to call it
Yes they can but most of these Chinese companies are to sell devices with form and not support them with features but tecno and inifnix dey try too ,
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by godquality: 11:08am On Aug 26, 2019
I stopped reading after a few paragraphs. This was written by a tech expect? Like seriously?
Android is now so much better than when it first came out that people are not too eager to update. The OS was very buggy in its early years that people either root their phone to make it better or they wait for the next update. But now the OS is very matured that most people don't even bother to root their phones anymore. And "if it's not broken don't fix it". This is the attitude of the average phone user that's why most don't even bother to update anymore.

In terms of the naming of Android Q as 10, google already explain why and it's for simplicity sake because not all countries understand what Nougat or Marshmellow is. Do your home work properly b4 giving out personal opinion as fact.

Dropped mic

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Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by JeffreyLiaison(m): 12:59pm On Aug 26, 2019
Actually what you said was absolutely wrong, only correct in some places.
Android has not run out of things to update, their base operating system is theirs, except you are using a Google device(like the pixel) any update you are getting is from your phones manufacturer.
Android 7,8 and 9 are totally different in their functions.
Android 9 is Android's first artificial intelligence based operating system, manufacturer's add what they want to add to the os since they have paid for a license.
Google sends only security patches as ota updates, they also send updates to manufacturer's who may send the update and if the manufacturer has a new update for their custom os(like Tecno hios).
The only time Android's base os looks changes is when there is an update from let's say from Android 8.0 to 8.1
Thank you
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by stieyven(m): 2:20pm On Aug 26, 2019
Ennyhorlar:


I should swear in the name of Satan?
Matthew 5:36 has the answers to your question.
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by Ifeanyimike123: 9:13pm On Aug 26, 2019
Google is working on a new os called fusia
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by MeshachMARTINS(m): 7:08am On Aug 27, 2019
texazzpete:


The dark mode example the OP gives is misleading, since a dark mode theme on older phones is nothing compared to a complete system wide dark mode, complete with battery saving schemes and useful templates for app developers to follow.

the lg dark mode isn't a theme, its system wide
...I used it on a g5
..
and when used on a v30, it also helps save battery because of its oled screen
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by texazzpete(m): 9:44am On Aug 27, 2019
TechCapon:
system wide dark mode has been in existence for a long time now especially in LG phones.

Barely anyone uses LG phones outside South Korea cheesy

So nobody really cares if it was in LG's skin. Now it's in stock Android and thus available to everyone. Plus now that Google is driving it, app developers are only now moving enmasse to provide dark mode updates for Android apps.
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by MeshachMARTINS(m): 12:10pm On Aug 27, 2019
texazzpete:


Barely anyone uses LG phones outside South Korea cheesy

Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by Reeberry: 12:30pm On Aug 27, 2019
TGM2015:
Never underestimate the importance of security updates. Anti-virus are updated almost every 12 hours, will you ever see any major change? In terms of System Upgrades, it suppose to be every 2 years but they need to respond to trending technology demands of their consumers based on their survey. So, releasing every year is understandable. But to say, no noticeable change in upgrading operating systems is far from being true. Battery and apps optimization, support for new apps, and security are always better in every OS upgrades.
The only updates I found useless are the apps updates from Google store. Most frequently used apps release updated like every week with no major useful changes and experience.
Like Instagram. Very annoying updates. Sometimes, you get update 3 times a week without any tangible difference.

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Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by Reeberry: 12:35pm On Aug 27, 2019
xcelentattitude:
I bought Tecno Pouvoir 2 LA7 this August. It seems to me as if the update has been hanging since January.

Suddenly, updates request started popping up......
The first one had January on it.... I updated since I wanted a new feature which I got (the battery icon changed)
The following day that of February came
The next day...March, April, May, June, July each costing about 150MB
I wouldn't mind the data if the update hadn't been useless...

Now that of August has arrived for the past 2 days, but as far as me, I and myself is concerned, I am not updating shit...

This is just Tecno teaming up with Airtel to suck life out of my MB.
Seems so. grin
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by Reeberry: 12:38pm On Aug 27, 2019
Psoul:



Forget about any security nonsense they will preach. Most of these updated tend to make the users more vulnerable than they were. They use the updates to collect every information u have in ur phone for their business gain. On daily basis, u keep getting new advert and unsolicited messages on ur phone. That is the outcome of the updates.
Exactly.
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by texazzpete(m): 9:41pm On Aug 27, 2019
[quote author=MeshachMARTINS post=81656199][/quote]

LG Mobile hasn’t made a profit since 2014. And LG smartphone unit sales dropped 21% year on year between Q2 2019 and Q2 2018.
Re: Have Android Updates Become Useless? by Nobody: 7:26am On Aug 28, 2019
texazzpete:


LG Mobile hasn’t made a profit since 2014. And LG smartphone unit sales dropped 21% year on year between Q2 2019 and Q2 2018.

Heh. The only good thing that came out of lg mobile is WebOS

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