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From: AJL <noemail@none.com>
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Subject: Re: Unusable Android J5(6)
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 08:21:04 -0700
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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:
>>>> On 5/15/25 7:56 AM, AJL wrote:
>>>>> On 5/15/25 5:32 AM, Frank Slootweg 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...

>>>>>> If you indeed use that procedure, that would negate Jörg's
>>>>>> comment that after a 'Hard reset' the device would not be
>>>>>> usable for *another* user (than the previous owner/user).
>>
>> 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??