Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Your Name Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Additions to the iOS/Android Features Document Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 14:25:56 +1200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 89 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 04:25:57 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2d93634d6c93aee5a4504b60f0e86eec"; logging-data="1411685"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+5ewwDKhkZErCraJcRwVCtT1rxWJAfI6I=" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:U4k6SFRrABoFkYpuJf6+aVL8EZc= Bytes: 5331 On 2024-05-16 02:03:40 +0000, Jan K. said: > W Wed, 15 May 2024 17:10:24 -0700, sms napisal: > >> Quite a few updates to the document recently. >> >> iOS Features >> ------------ >> 54i eSIM Transfer Between iPhones 55i Convert physical SIM to eSIM >> 56i Satellite SOS on iPhone 14 and 15 models. >> Android Features >> ---------------- >> 226a. Ability to disable the use of cell towers, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi >> when determining location. 227a. Change the "Wake" Word for Google >> Assistant 228a. Migrating Apps to a New Device 229a. Ability to >> Generate a List of All Apps on Device 230a. Data Measurement, Data >> Warnings, and Data Stops 231a. PDANet Support for Hotspot on Plans >> with No Hotspot 232a. MMS (Photos & Group Text) Support on AT&T MVNOs >> 56 iOS & iPhone Features Which [many] Android Users Wish they Had & >> 232 Android & Android Phone Features Which [many] iOS Users Wish they Had >> >> 123 Pages of Extensively Referenced Information with Hundreds of Citations > > That's a well researched list of differences between the platforms. > > The ability to list the apps to a file is useful because most of the APK > organizers ask you if you want to create a URL out of that list, so you can > send it to other people (or use it yourself) by just clicking on the Google > Play Store links to each app on your system. > It's very convenient & efficient for archiving your apps and for migration. > > Migrating the apps is a big feature of Android, as the original APK is > stored on the device for every app installed, even default system apps. > > This is useful when the app is no longer on the Google Play Store (which > happens) or if the version you like is no longer on the Google Play Store > (which happens even more often). You'll never lose your app APK this way. > > Unfortunately, iOS can't do any of that, and it's all automated on Android. > > So you always have the original APK and it always works on another phone. > The only problem is the APK for every app is named "base.apk" but the app > extractors take care of the renaming base.apk to the original app names. > > The app extractors copy & rename that APK which you can then use on any > Android phone. With iOS, the IPA isn't saved on the device so you have to > manually save it using iTunes and even then it won't work on any phone. > > You can also migrate the exact placement of each folder and app icons > (shortcuts) with Android, such as how Nova will save your entire homescreen > to a file which can be read into any other phone for the exact placement. > > If the app isn't yet installed, there are no worries. the launcher takes > care of that by graying out the icon which when you tap on it, it goes and > gets the correct app off the Google Play Store (or whatever store you want > to get it from). > On the new phone, you don't do anything but load the homescreen saved file > & tap on the grayed out icons, and soon, you've duplicated the phone setup. > > In addition, for organizing, if you want, Android can have any app shortcut > in multiple locations on your homescreen, which can't be done on iOS. You > can also hide the app shortuct if you want, and you can rename any app > shortcut, which also can't be done on iOS (for example, you can rename > system apps that have similar names such as phone to samsungphone or > whatever you want). None of that organization is possible with iOS. > > You can also lock the screen location of all folders and app icons. > I don't know if iOS can do that though. > > Some people don't like docks, where with Android launchers, you can remove > the dock, but with iOS, you have to have a dock even if nothing is in it. > > I didn't check if all of that is in your document. Is it? > If you need to ask questions, let me know as I've done everything above. [iPhone newsgroup creosspost removed] If you want to use an iPhone, use an iPhone. If you want to use an Android phone, use an Android phone. If a personal choice. Idiot trolls continually whining on about what the iPhone *supposedly* can't do are not wanted in the iPhone newsgroup. Take your pointless crap elsewhere. Another moronic troll joins the killfile. :-\