Malicious apps infect 25M Android devices with 'Agent Smith' malware

Post by metildaa » Fri, Jul 12, 2019, 5:16 PM UTC

scarface74 wrote: post #185

metildaa wrote: post #184

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The battery is a user changeable part on most mid-range and low end phones. The point of this predatory pricing tactic is to force owners of phones with sub-$200 in value to upgrade, rather than potentially waste half (or more) of the phone's value on replacing the battery.

Which carrier sold Android phones - where most users by their phones - have user replaceable batteries? The Moto G is usually cited as one of the best mid range phone and it doesn’t have user replaceable batteries. I don’t think most of the cheap Walmart phones have user replaceable batteries.

The Samsung Galaxy J7 and Moto E5 Play (both free under 24 month commitment on T-Mobile) have removable batteries.

Post by dredmorbius » Fri, Jul 12, 2019, 7:29 PM UTC

mr_toad wrote: post #195

dan-0 wrote: post #77

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This seems to be getting a lot of attention, so as an Android Engineer with some security and framework experience let me try to explain. This is a side effect of Android's initial approach to it's open nature. Android allows a manufacturer to modify its framework for their own use case. Then the manufacturer can allow a specific carrier to input their own system applications and firmware on to the devices well (your…

If Google put their foot down the manufacturers and carriers would tow the line. Trying to sell a (non-Apple) smartphone without Android in 2019 would be like trying to sell a PC without Windows. Your market share could be counted on one hand.

NB: "toe"

https://grammarist.com/usage/toe-the-line/

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