Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source capacity over the last decade.

Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source nature over the last decade.

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    • Lovable SidekickEnglish
      11•5 days ago

      In Settings you select Power as the function of the Power Button instead of Digital Assistant. Then the power button works like it should.

        • @[email protected]English
          4•5 days ago

          On my P7Pro, pressing power and volume up simultaneously brings up the shutdown/restart/lock prompt

        • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘English
          3•4 days ago

          It’s designed as an always on device. They expected you to leave it always on. Wankers

        • @[email protected]English
          3•5 days ago

          On android the off button is on the quick settings, and on iphone you hold the power button and one of the volume buttons

        • Lovable SidekickEnglish
          2•5 days ago

          No idea. Presumably they expected me to figure out the settings and change it like I did. Or maybe I could have told the Digital Assistant to restart the phone, I dunno.