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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: Unusable Android J5(6)
Date: 19 May 2025 14:36:01 GMT
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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'! :-)

> >>>>  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?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=a53323f126a5438598a1dd823a3430e5&ei=181>

  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.