NEWS: 5 ways iPhone users get ripped off
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From: John Navas on 5 Jul 2010 09:55 On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:22:42 -0600, in <kKkYn.9496$3%3.6405(a)newsfe23.iad>, Todd Allcock <elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote: >At 04 Jul 2010 23:31:09 -0700 John Navas wrote: >> On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:47:54 -0600, in >> <NReYn.6064$Zi.5702(a)newsfe14.iad>, Todd Allcock >> <elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote: >> >> >At 04 Jul 2010 07:41:23 -0700 John Navas wrote: >> >> Android normally won't install a non-Market app unless a setting is >> >> changed. Is your friend sure that setting has been disabled? Or does >> >> your friend not know about the setting? >> > >> >Thanks, I'll ask her. Do you have a specific setting in mind or should I >> >just Google it? >> >> Menu > Settings > Applications > Unknown sources > >Thanks, I'll pass it along! From the user guide for my device: To allow installing applications from the web or email By default, your phone is configured to prevent you from installing applications you download from the web or receive in an email. Warning! Applications downloaded from the web can be from unknown sources. To protect your phone and personal data, download applications only from trusted sources such as Android Market. 1 Press HOME > MENU, and then touch Settings > Applications. 2 Check Unknown sources. 3 Touch OK in the confirmation dialog. -- John "There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." -Will Rogers
From: Todd Allcock on 5 Jul 2010 22:10 "John Navas" <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote in message news:ivu2369pcbhbvgb4tkljpjsg0cdo16dn8f(a)4ax.com... >>> >> i don't doubt that at&t is crippling their android offerings while >>> >> having an exclusive on the iphone. >>> > >>> >According to a friend of mine with one, AT&T limits Android app >>> >installation to Market apps only. This arguably could be to prevent >>> >awkward comparisons to the iPhone... ;) >>> >>> Android normally won't install a non-Market app unless a setting is >>> changed. Is your friend sure that setting has been disabled? Or does >>> your friend not know about the setting? >> >>Thanks, I'll ask her. Do you have a specific setting in mind or should I >>just Google it? > > Menu > Settings > Applications > Unknown sources Upon checking, that option is missing on the AT&T/Motorola Backflip. Apparently there's a hack to enable that option that involves downloading the Android SDK and messing around a bit. Thanks anyway!
From: John Navas on 6 Jul 2010 09:59
On Mon, 5 Jul 2010 20:10:18 -0600, in <ggwYn.6255$cO.155(a)newsfe09.iad>, "Todd Allcock" <elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote: > >"John Navas" <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote in message >news:ivu2369pcbhbvgb4tkljpjsg0cdo16dn8f(a)4ax.com... > >>>> >> i don't doubt that at&t is crippling their android offerings while >>>> >> having an exclusive on the iphone. >>>> > >>>> >According to a friend of mine with one, AT&T limits Android app >>>> >installation to Market apps only. This arguably could be to prevent >>>> >awkward comparisons to the iPhone... ;) >>>> >>>> Android normally won't install a non-Market app unless a setting is >>>> changed. Is your friend sure that setting has been disabled? Or does >>>> your friend not know about the setting? >>> >>>Thanks, I'll ask her. Do you have a specific setting in mind or should I >>>just Google it? >> >> Menu > Settings > Applications > Unknown sources > >Upon checking, that option is missing on the AT&T/Motorola Backflip. Thanks for the feedback. -- John "Assumption is the mother of all screw ups." [Wethern�s Law of Suspended Judgement] |