[ale] AARG! Warning - backup up android apps weekly

[Charles Shapiro]

How did you get apps on your phone "which I didn't install and which you
cannot uninstall"?  Surely you have S-OFF on your own phone?

-- CHS



On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <
atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Yet another one of my app developers for android has chosen to butcher and
> dumb down their UI, ruining the app for me.  I promptly turned off auto
> update for that app and installed the previous version from a backup that I
> just made, coincidentally, yesterday.  Now I have the app I like back.  It
> was the PocketCasts podcast downloader.  Unfortunately, I'll never get bug
> fixes or updates now.
>
> Astro file manager (older version) has an application backup feature that
> backs up all the APK files.  I like to use that weekly.
>
> Let's think like a developer:  I have an app that lots of people like and
> depend on.  It's useful, functional, and gives them lots of information and
> control.  I have lots of positive reviews.  I think I'll screw up the UI,
> make it harder to use, remove information from the screen, give the user
> less control, OH and remove the widget!
>
> AARG!  Nothing like wasting half an hour of your life undoing someone
> else's screw up of an app you bought from them.
>
> I now have auto updates turned off for Astro File Manager, PocketCasts,
> and WeatherBug Elite.
>
> By the way, is there a way to selectively turn off auto updates for
> individual apps on Mint / Ubuntu?  That would be cool.
>
> Another maintenance tip.  Select settings, apps, all.  Scroll through that
> list and force stop then disable any apps that don't need to be running.  I
> think I have 21 of them disabled which I didn't install and you cannot
> uninstall.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
>
> --
>
> Sent from my Android Acer A500 tablet with bluetooth keyboard and K-9 Mail.
> Please excuse my potential brevity if I'm typing on the touch screen.
>
> (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to
> call on the phone.  I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy
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> quickly.)
>
> Ron Frazier
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