[ale] AAAARRRRG! #@$%#$%$%^$% Don't upgrade K9 Mail!

[JD]

Thanks for that heads up. K9 user here too.

I don't auto-update anything on Android.  I was burned 1 day before a long
international trip last year.  Many programs available in the US store aren't
overseas. Being left with a non-working key program and know way to install from
a backup when on travel sucks.

Plus, with ADB, backups for the entire OS (except texts) is possible on 4.x+
Android. The container is even encrypted. It is possible to backup all APKs on a
system separately using a different ADB option.

Could the change be only for the tablet version? I'm hopeful.

Half a day? That seems excessive. I'd believe 30 min, but I suppose that depends
on your APK backup method.

Anyway, good luck.


On 07/08/2013 01:10 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
> Warning, if you like the OLD one line per message format for K9 Mail for
> android, DON'T UPGRADE.
> 
> Yet another program dev team REDESIGNS a WORKING user interface and MAKES IT
> WORSE without giving the user a choice.
> 
> That makes 5 products now that have betrayed me, 7 if you count Windows 8 and
> Ubuntu.
> 
> Now I have to spend half a day retrograding the program and set it to never
> update again, if that's even possible!
> 
> You've been warned, but it may not be soon enough.
>