Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marion Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: A good thing or a bad thing Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 04:51:55 -0000 (UTC) Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Message-ID: References: <7u5lblxjel.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6rhvblxb0d.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Injection-Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 04:51:55 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="83675"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" User-Agent: Alan Baker insisted this line can not be changed Cancel-Lock: sha1:8GO8tyUQmqvsXGRmtSqBlHKBu70= sha256:yMPde91JDt3xEOytBpWRvEbRypfHLBGJT+XVmZoRunU= sha1:Lasq+/YMmiiMjcPPtomuIn/QBeI= sha256:n5gIAoyUOzkhq8aSnGU14fNgcB8PwyoyK5/XAS3I1+c= Bytes: 4259 Lines: 50 On Sat, 12 Apr 2025 02:20:57 -0000 (UTC), AJL wrote : >>But what's SHOCKING different is the Google Play Store update mechanism is >>shocking deficient. It's so bad I'd assess it at almost totally worthless. > > I'm satisfied with how the Play Store updates this Amazon tablet considering > that Google is a trespasser. When I check every few days (because > auto-update is off) there usually are apps wanting update so it's working, > perhaps not to your standards, but good enough for me (YMMV). And some apps > wanting update in the Play Store were originally installed from the Amazon > Appstore. Apparently Amazon uses older app versions that Google wants to > update which I suppose is logical since the Fire OS is based on an earlier > Android version. If it's working for you, that's all that matters. I don't do Amazon or Samsung stores, but I often have an app that I don't remember if it came from F-Droid, Google Play, GitHub, or what, but the "signatures" get in the way of updating it. I never bothered to figure out a real solution. So I just uninstall it completely. And re-install the update. That always works. >>You'll be shocked at the differences (hundreds of updates are missing!). >>Not to give you too much information, but there are updaters and there are >>updaters, where some updaters actually look at other repositories, while >>other updaters only look at the Google Play Store repository. > > Thanks for the info but I think I'd be pushing things trying to mod this > tablet any more. It works as well as some much higher priced Android > tablets I've had in the past. And it's light and very comfortable to hold. > Amazon still updates the tablet OS from time to time and I do worry that > one day it will kick Google out... 8-O Personally, I think Android has matured, so the version isn't all that important. Same with iOS and Windows. Linux too but I haven't used Ubuntu or CentOS in a long time so I'm out of that arena lately. > BTW, For anyone reading this and thinking of trying the same Amazon/Google > mod there is another benefit. Amazon Fire tablets come with ads on the > lockscreen. For $30US Amazon will remove the ads. But with this Google mod > the lockscreen ads go away, no 30 bucks needed. Take that Amazon... Good for you that you found a way around the ads. I don't think I've seen an ad in a while, although I did see one in the cartoonify apps so about once every few months I see an ad (but only in apps like the cartooning). With over 900 apps on my phone, only 1 or 2 have ads, so that's not too shabby either. We both found a way to remove them - and that's good.