- Nov 16, 2013
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Just today, on another forum, a member there asked "I want to get my wife a tablet for Christmas. What should I get her?" I remarked "Well, I use Android. Not because I love it, but because it's the least objectionable of the alternatives." Then, as luck would have it, and example of why I put it that way reared its ugly head.
I just tried to send my wife an email (shared from a calendar event notification). For some reason the handset got "stuck" trying to send it. I'm on WiFi (my own network) and run my own mailserver (thus I can tell exactly what's going on). The handset wasn't even attempting to actually connect to the mailserver. Reboot the handset. Still stuck. Deleted the email from K9 Mail's "Outgoing" folder. Still sitting there trying to send. Reboot the handset again. Finally the problem was cleared. (Screw it. I'll just remember to tell her, personally.)
Couldn't let it stay that way, w/o clearing it, because that would've killed my battery. This is at least the second time this particular flaw has bit me. Last time it was at work, trying to send something to myself, via my work email server. (Which I also administer.)
This kind of thing is typical of Android. My handset's application launcher occasionally crashes and reboots. Occasionally, Google Services or Google Play Services goes wonky and sucks down the battery. When Google Play Services goes wonky, sometimes it's because it's trashed a Contacts record (again), so the Contacts have to be wiped and re-synced from scratch, which then invalidates all the "desktop" shortcuts to direct (phone) dialing, so they have to all be redone.
These are examples of why some people call Android "The New Windows."
The only reason my tablet doesn't give me much trouble, any more, is because I replaced Samsung's crap firmware with CM. Don't dare try that on my handset, because it's too-easily brickable. Plus I'd lose WiFi calling.
I just tried to send my wife an email (shared from a calendar event notification). For some reason the handset got "stuck" trying to send it. I'm on WiFi (my own network) and run my own mailserver (thus I can tell exactly what's going on). The handset wasn't even attempting to actually connect to the mailserver. Reboot the handset. Still stuck. Deleted the email from K9 Mail's "Outgoing" folder. Still sitting there trying to send. Reboot the handset again. Finally the problem was cleared. (Screw it. I'll just remember to tell her, personally.)
Couldn't let it stay that way, w/o clearing it, because that would've killed my battery. This is at least the second time this particular flaw has bit me. Last time it was at work, trying to send something to myself, via my work email server. (Which I also administer.)
This kind of thing is typical of Android. My handset's application launcher occasionally crashes and reboots. Occasionally, Google Services or Google Play Services goes wonky and sucks down the battery. When Google Play Services goes wonky, sometimes it's because it's trashed a Contacts record (again), so the Contacts have to be wiped and re-synced from scratch, which then invalidates all the "desktop" shortcuts to direct (phone) dialing, so they have to all be redone.
These are examples of why some people call Android "The New Windows."

The only reason my tablet doesn't give me much trouble, any more, is because I replaced Samsung's crap firmware with CM. Don't dare try that on my handset, because it's too-easily brickable. Plus I'd lose WiFi calling.