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I've been reluctant to say what phone it is because so often some people
online will chime in that the poster made a mistake, bougth the wrong
thing. It's one thing to give advice in advance, but another to rain on someone's parade when he just bought something. We'll see if anyone
here is nasty like that.

It's a Motorola Moto G Stylus 2025. Reconditioned or whatever Amazon
calls it. A year old or so so the battery could be a year old.
Accubattery offers to rate it, but you have to run the battery down to
10% first and I hate doin that. I think the battery was at 35% when it
came out of the plain white box they had it in

8GB Ram, 128GB, which is less than the last phone but everything has
been copied in and it only used 40%. I can go another 10 years before I
use another 40%. To get it with 256GB would have been another $200!

gsmarena.com actually had links to Amazon, but that's good. I don't
want the page to go out of business like seatguru.com did (airplane seat information).

Stylus in the name isn't there just for fun. It means it actually
includss a dumb stylus, but there is little reference to it. I'd almost
made up my mind before I saw any reference to it. Who knows? I might
like it. Some reviews said they had no inteerest in it, but ended up
using it a lot


So the "new" phone arrived and it all works, and the phone looks in
pristine condition, not a scratch on it, but setting up is still a
nightmare. Gosh I wish the new battery had fixed the old one.

The good news is that loads of my data got saved and reloaded, even the
notes from MyPhoneExplorer-notepad, or whatever it's called. Also my
chats. Strangely, the photos got reloaded only to a year ago, even
though I'm paying $2/month for extra storage, but I still have all my
photos on the laptop and 2 backups of that, so I will copy any to the
phone that I feel I need to have.

Also good that they have a user guide for my very model online, 116
pages. I couldn't find or didn't feel the need for one for the previous
phones but this one is confusing. It even has what I think is a strange
way to turn the phone off, Vol up and Power at the same time. Will take
two hands. ;-( That's what the user guide says to do but there is also
a power button symbol at the bottom of the windowshade. That requires 4
steps instead of what I'm used to, two

In settings it says
Flip or DND Flip the phone over to enable Do Not Disturb

But it doesn't say if the setting is on or off. You have to tap to see.
Prior phones had two ways of phrasing things like this, one that meant
on and one that meant off
Smame probllem for Pick up to Silence.
They were both Off and that's fine, but you have to tap to see and if it
gets changed by a gremlin or your 10-year old, it doesn't change what it
shows. --- Not all settings are mysterious like these two. So many to
check, three hours in and have barely gotten started.

I thought I had Maestro on my old phone, or maybe I just read about it,
but I had it on this oone and it announced it was installing 12 apps. I couldnt' figure out hwo to stop it. I wrote down the names of 10 and
found 9 of them. 7 or 8 were games, plus job hunter, and it won't kill
me to have 3 more apps I never use, but it's annoying. I disable
Maestro so it won't do this again.

Changed launcher and new one has distracting advertising

It does have an SD slot, a sim slot,and e-sim, as Frank told me. It has wireless charging, which I might not use. I bought a case with a door
over the lenses. I never damaged the earlier phones' lenses but I do
put it in my pocket. May slow me down when i want to take a fleeting
shot.

Keeps saying it's an AT&T phone but the Amazon ad warned about that.

Only 128GB storage. Cost USD $182.50. If I'd waited 3 days, the price
went down 2 dollars.

Anyhow, I used to have about 215 apps, and now it says I have 320. How
did that happen. I don't want that.

More later maybe.
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On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:06:36 -0400, micky wrote:

8< snip >8

Reconditioned or whatever Amazon calls it.

'refurbished' (-;
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micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
[...]

Enjoy your new-to-you Motorola Moto G Stylus 2025 phone!
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On 2026-08-14 17:06, micky wrote:

I've been reluctant to say what phone it is because so often some people online will chime in that the poster made a mistake, bougth the wrong
thing. It's one thing to give advice in advance, but another to rain on someone's parade when he just bought something. We'll see if anyone
here is nasty like that.

Nono. I don't criticise people for their choices :-)

It's a Motorola Moto G Stylus 2025. Reconditioned or whatever Amazon
calls it. A year old or so so the battery could be a year old.
Accubattery offers to rate it, but you have to run the battery down to
10% first and I hate doin that. I think the battery was at 35% when it
came out of the plain white box they had it in

Refurbished. It is 300re4 new, here.
I have bought refurbished things here, I'm happy. A printer, a computer display... just not tried Amazon for this.

8GB Ram, 128GB, which is less than the last phone but everything has
been copied in and it only used 40%. I can go another 10 years before I
use another 40%. To get it with 256GB would have been another $200!

...

Also good that they have a user guide for my very model online, 116
pages. I couldn't find or didn't feel the need for one for the previous phones but this one is confusing. It even has what I think is a strange
way to turn the phone off, Vol up and Power at the same time. Will take
two hands. ;-( That's what the user guide says to do but there is also
a power button symbol at the bottom of the windowshade. That requires 4 steps instead of what I'm used to, two

I think it can be adjusted. In mine, the power button displays a quick
menu with 4 options: emergency, lock, power down, reboot.

In settings it says
Flip or DND Flip the phone over to enable Do Not Disturb

But it doesn't say if the setting is on or off. You have to tap to see. Prior phones had two ways of phrasing things like this, one that meant
on and one that meant off

If you activate the feature, when you put the phone face down on a table
it goes to DND mode.

If you have a folding case, it does not detect the table. Instead, put
the phone flat on the table, open, then close by folding the phone side
over the cover.

I think it can be made to beep or vibrate when activating DND.

Smame probllem for Pick up to Silence.
They were both Off and that's fine, but you have to tap to see and if it
gets changed by a gremlin or your 10-year old, it doesn't change what it shows. --- Not all settings are mysterious like these two. So many to
check, three hours in and have barely gotten started.

I thought I had Maestro on my old phone, or maybe I just read about it,
but I had it on this oone and it announced it was installing 12 apps. I couldnt' figure out hwo to stop it. I wrote down the names of 10 and
found 9 of them. 7 or 8 were games, plus job hunter, and it won't kill
me to have 3 more apps I never use, but it's annoying. I disable
Maestro so it won't do this again.

There is an app in new Motorolas that, based on your profile, installs
apps that it thinks you may like. You have to be careful with the
wording, be careful to just read the offering and not install anything
you really do not want. I don't really know the name of the tool.

Changed launcher and new one has distracting advertising

It does have an SD slot, a sim slot,and e-sim, as Frank told me. It has wireless charging, which I might not use. I bought a case with a door
over the lenses. I never damaged the earlier phones' lenses but I do
put it in my pocket. May slow me down when i want to take a fleeting
shot.

Keeps saying it's an AT&T phone but the Amazon ad warned about that.

Only 128GB storage. Cost USD $182.50. If I'd waited 3 days, the price
went down 2 dollars.

Anyhow, I used to have about 215 apps, and now it says I have 320. How
did that happen. I don't want that.

Maybe internal apps?

More later maybe.

--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
ESEfc-Efc+, EUEfc-Efc|;
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In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:59:00 +0200, "Carlos E.
R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-08-14 17:06, micky wrote:

I've been reluctant to say what phone it is because so often some people
online will chime in that the poster made a mistake, bougth the wrong
thing. It's one thing to give advice in advance, but another to rain on
someone's parade when he just bought something. We'll see if anyone
here is nasty like that.

Nono. I don't criticise people for their choices :-)

I wasn't thinking of you. People in the past.

It's a Motorola Moto G Stylus 2025. Reconditioned or whatever Amazon
calls it. A year old or so so the battery could be a year old.
Accubattery offers to rate it, but you have to run the battery down to
10% first and I hate doin that. I think the battery was at 35% when it
came out of the plain white box they had it in

Refurbished. It is 300C new, here.
I have bought refurbished things here, I'm happy. A printer, a computer >display... just not tried Amazon for this.

I bought my last laptop from them. They have a big selection.

8GB Ram, 128GB, which is less than the last phone but everything has
been copied in and it only used 40%. I can go another 10 years before I
use another 40%. To get it with 256GB would have been another $200!

...

Also good that they have a user guide for my very model online, 116
pages. I couldn't find or didn't feel the need for one for the previous
phones but this one is confusing. It even has what I think is a strange
way to turn the phone off, Vol up and Power at the same time. Will take
two hands. ;-( That's what the user guide says to do but there is also
a power button symbol at the bottom of the windowshade. That requires 4
steps instead of what I'm used to, two

I think it can be adjusted. In mine, the power button displays a quick
menu with 4 options: emergency, lock, power down, reboot.

Do you have a Motorola? Pressing my power button alone does almost
nothing when the screen is on and only brings up the lock screen when
the screen is off. The user guide says Powr and Vol up and that does
bring up Emergency, Off, or Restart. -- The previou sphone had 4
choices and I can't remember what the 4th one was.

So it works as intended but takes two hands this way. Good thing I'm
not riding a bicycle when i do this.

In settings it says
Flip or DND Flip the phone over to enable Do Not Disturb

But it doesn't say if the setting is on or off. You have to tap to see.
Prior phones had two ways of phrasing things like this, one that meant
on and one that meant off

If you activate the feature, when you put the phone face down on a table
it goes to DND mode.

If you have a folding case, it does not detect the table. Instead, put
the phone flat on the table, open, then close by folding the phone side
over the cover.

I think it can be made to beep or vibrate when activating DND.

Thanks.

Smame probllem for Pick up to Silence.
They were both Off and that's fine, but you have to tap to see and if it
gets changed by a gremlin or your 10-year old, it doesn't change what it
shows. --- Not all settings are mysterious like these two. So many to
check, three hours in and have barely gotten started.

I thought I had Maestro on my old phone, or maybe I just read about it,
but I had it on this oone and it announced it was installing 12 apps. I
couldnt' figure out hwo to stop it. I wrote down the names of 10 and
found 9 of them. 7 or 8 were games, plus job hunter, and it won't kill
me to have 3 more apps I never use, but it's annoying. I disable
Maestro so it won't do this again.

There is an app in new Motorolas that, based on your profile, installs
apps that it thinks you may like. You have to be careful with the
wording, be careful to just read the offering and not install anything
you really do not want. I don't really know the name of the tool.

I didn't say yes to anything when Maestro started downloading, and it
was proud of itself and gave its name.

Changed launcher and new one has distracting advertising

It does have an SD slot, a sim slot,and e-sim, as Frank told me. It has
wireless charging, which I might not use. I bought a case with a door
over the lenses. I never damaged the earlier phones' lenses but I do
put it in my pocket. May slow me down when i want to take a fleeting
shot.

Keeps saying it's an AT&T phone but the Amazon ad warned about that.

Only 128GB storage. Cost USD $182.50. If I'd waited 3 days, the price
went down 2 dollars.

Anyhow, I used to have about 215 apps, and now it says I have 320. How
did that happen. I don't want that.

Maybe internal apps?

That would be more understandable and acceptable, but almost 100 of
them!

More later maybe.

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On 2026-08-14 20:18, micky wrote:

In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:59:00 +0200, "Carlos E.
R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-08-14 17:06, micky wrote:

I've been reluctant to say what phone it is because so often some people >>> online will chime in that the poster made a mistake, bougth the wrong
thing. It's one thing to give advice in advance, but another to rain on >>> someone's parade when he just bought something. We'll see if anyone
here is nasty like that.

Nono. I don't criticise people for their choices :-)

I wasn't thinking of you. People in the past.

Yep, this is Usenet, there are all kinds.

It's a Motorola Moto G Stylus 2025. Reconditioned or whatever Amazon
calls it. A year old or so so the battery could be a year old.
Accubattery offers to rate it, but you have to run the battery down to
10% first and I hate doin that. I think the battery was at 35% when it >>> came out of the plain white box they had it in

Refurbished. It is 300re4 new, here.
I have bought refurbished things here, I'm happy. A printer, a computer
display... just not tried Amazon for this.

I bought my last laptop from them. They have a big selection.

8GB Ram, 128GB, which is less than the last phone but everything has
been copied in and it only used 40%. I can go another 10 years before I
use another 40%. To get it with 256GB would have been another $200!

...

Also good that they have a user guide for my very model online, 116
pages. I couldn't find or didn't feel the need for one for the previous >>> phones but this one is confusing. It even has what I think is a strange
way to turn the phone off, Vol up and Power at the same time. Will take >>> two hands. ;-( That's what the user guide says to do but there is also >>> a power button symbol at the bottom of the windowshade. That requires 4 >>> steps instead of what I'm used to, two

I think it can be adjusted. In mine, the power button displays a quick
menu with 4 options: emergency, lock, power down, reboot.

Do you have a Motorola? Pressing my power button alone does almost
nothing when the screen is on and only brings up the lock screen when
the screen is off. The user guide says Powr and Vol up and that does
bring up Emergency, Off, or Restart. -- The previou sphone had 4
choices and I can't remember what the 4th one was.

It takes a long press in mine. It also has the fingerprint sensor, which
is handy.

So it works as intended but takes two hands this way. Good thing I'm
not riding a bicycle when i do this.

In settings it says
Flip or DND Flip the phone over to enable Do Not Disturb

But it doesn't say if the setting is on or off. You have to tap to see. >>> Prior phones had two ways of phrasing things like this, one that meant
on and one that meant off

If you activate the feature, when you put the phone face down on a table
it goes to DND mode.

If you have a folding case, it does not detect the table. Instead, put
the phone flat on the table, open, then close by folding the phone side
over the cover.

I think it can be made to beep or vibrate when activating DND.

Thanks.

Smame probllem for Pick up to Silence.
They were both Off and that's fine, but you have to tap to see and if it >>> gets changed by a gremlin or your 10-year old, it doesn't change what it >>> shows. --- Not all settings are mysterious like these two. So many to
check, three hours in and have barely gotten started.

I thought I had Maestro on my old phone, or maybe I just read about it,
but I had it on this oone and it announced it was installing 12 apps. I
couldnt' figure out hwo to stop it. I wrote down the names of 10 and
found 9 of them. 7 or 8 were games, plus job hunter, and it won't kill
me to have 3 more apps I never use, but it's annoying. I disable
Maestro so it won't do this again.

There is an app in new Motorolas that, based on your profile, installs
apps that it thinks you may like. You have to be careful with the
wording, be careful to just read the offering and not install anything
you really do not want. I don't really know the name of the tool.

I didn't say yes to anything when Maestro started downloading, and it
was proud of itself and gave its name.

Changed launcher and new one has distracting advertising

It does have an SD slot, a sim slot,and e-sim, as Frank told me. It has >>> wireless charging, which I might not use. I bought a case with a door
over the lenses. I never damaged the earlier phones' lenses but I do
put it in my pocket. May slow me down when i want to take a fleeting
shot.

Keeps saying it's an AT&T phone but the Amazon ad warned about that.

Only 128GB storage. Cost USD $182.50. If I'd waited 3 days, the price
went down 2 dollars.

Anyhow, I used to have about 215 apps, and now it says I have 320. How
did that happen. I don't want that.

Maybe internal apps?

That would be more understandable and acceptable, but almost 100 of
them!

Maybe they distributed how they do things in more apps. Dunno.

More later maybe.

--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
ESEfc-Efc+, EUEfc-Efc|;
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On 8/14/26 10:59 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

I have bought refurbished things here, I'm happy. A printer, a computer >display...

I wouldn't be worried about your refurbs but how about toys that use
batteries? Unless the seller advises a new battery has been installed I
would avoid it.

just not tried Amazon for this.

And most Amazon refurbs I see listed online don't say one way or the
other...


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W dniu 14.08.2026 o-a20:33, Carlos E. R. pisze:

Cheers,
-a-a-a-a-a-a Carlos E.R.
-a-a-a-a-a-a ESEfc-Efc+, EUEfc-Efc|;

Today, ChatGPT (OpenAI, model GPT-5.6 Luna) in answer to my questions
(in Polish):

W tej sygnaturce jest b+e-ad:
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Cheers,
-a-a-a-a-a-a Carlos E.R.
-a-a-a-a-a-a ESEfc-Efc+, EUEfc-Efc|;

Polega on na umieszczeniu +crednika na ko+acu, podczas gdy powinna by-c kropka. Bo +crednik powinien ko+aczy-c wyliczenie, poza ostatnim wpisem kt||ry powinien si-O ko+aczy-c kropk-a. Czy mo++esz napisa-c takie upomnienie w j. ang.?

and:

A teraz jeszcze dodaj ++e to wygenerowa+e ChatGPT model 5.6 z OpenAI.

, generated (partial):

There is a small punctuation error in your signature:

`ESEfc-Efc+, EUEfc-Efc|;`

The semicolon should be replaced with a full stop. A semicolon is appropriate between items in a list, but the final item should be followed by a full stop.

So it should read:

`ESEfc-Efc+, EUEfc-Efc|.`

Just a minor point, but I thought you might want to correct it.

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On 2026-08-14 21:05, Efc|Efc#Jacek Marcin JaworskiEfc|Efc# wrote:

W dniu 14.08.2026 o-a20:33, Carlos E. R. pisze:

Cheers,
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a Carlos E.R.
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a ESEfc-Efc+, EUEfc-Efc|;

Today, ChatGPT (OpenAI, model GPT-5.6 Luna) in answer to my questions
(in Polish):

AIs usually give better answers when asked in English. Most of the
training and development happens in English.

There is a small punctuation error in your signature:

`ESEfc-Efc+, EUEfc-Efc|;`

The semicolon should be replaced with a full stop. A semicolon is
appropriate between items in a list, but the final item should be
followed by a full stop.

So it should read:

`ESEfc-Efc+, EUEfc-Efc|.`

Just a minor point, but I thought you might want to correct it.

Done :-)
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Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
ESEfc-Efc+, EUEfc-Efc|.
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On 2026-08-14 20:59, AJL wrote:

On 8/14/26 10:59 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

I have bought refurbished things here, I'm happy. A printer, a
computer display...

I wouldn't be worried about your refurbs but how about toys that use batteries? Unless the seller advises a new battery has been installed I
would avoid it.

The refurbs I buy from a local shop here are often minor damages to the
box or the device, like a scratch. They classify the kind of damage.
They are not used stuff. True, the battery will be older.

just not tried Amazon for this.

And most Amazon refurbs I see listed online don't say one way or the
other...

--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
ESEfc-Efc+, EUEfc-Efc|.
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In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:59:00 -0000 (UTC), AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:

On 8/14/26 10:59 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

I have bought refurbished things here, I'm happy. A printer, a computer >>display...

I wouldn't be worried about your refurbs but how about toys that use
batteries? Unless the seller advises a new battery has been installed I
would avoid it.

just not tried Amazon for this.

And most Amazon refurbs I see listed online don't say one way or the
other...

I don't think they replace the battery in phones or laptops.

The desktop I bought just had a CR2032, so I think I"m okay with that.

The laptop I bought was 4 years old, but of course I don't know how much
it was used. It has a slot for a smart card so I think it was sold to a corporation that uses smart cards. I think there is a lot of waste in corporations, and they might have bought 20 and assigned 14 full time
and a couple part of the time, and then traded them all in when they got
older than they wanted. Maybe I got lucky, maybe I didnt. But I keep
the thing plugged in 99% of the time, so maybe it doesn't matter.

The phone was avaiable April 17, 2025, so the battery is only 16 months
old. I've got 6 years before it swells and bursts.
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In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:06:36 -0400, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

It even has what I think is a strange
way to turn the phone off, Vol up and Power at the same time. Will take
two hands. ;-(

From the user guide, "Google Gemini: Press and hold the Power button to
launch the Google Gemini, then speak a command or ask a question. For
more about this feature, see Google Gemini."

So ASI is screwing up something as simple as turning off the phone.

Good thing I'm not riding a bicycle.

That's what the user guide says to do but there is also
a power button symbol at the bottom of the windowshade. That requires 4 >steps instead of what I'm used to, two

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On 8/14/26 6:26 PM, micky wrote:

AJL<noemail@none.com> wrote:

I wouldn't be worried about your refurbs but how about toys that use
batteries? Unless the seller advises a new battery has been installed I
would avoid it.

The phone was avaiable April 17, 2025, so the battery is only 16 months
old. I've got 6 years before it swells and bursts.

Trouble is battery age is also measured in the amount of discharge/recharge
cycles. So if the previous owner was a heavy user the battery could be worn
out much faster...


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On 2026-08-14, micky wrote:

I thought I had Maestro on my old phone, or maybe I just read about it,
but I had it on this oone and it announced it was installing 12 apps. I couldnt' figure out hwo to stop it. I wrote down the names of 10 and
found 9 of them. 7 or 8 were games, plus job hunter, and it won't kill
me to have 3 more apps I never use, but it's annoying. I disable
Maestro so it won't do this again.

Changed launcher and new one has distracting advertising

I don't know what Maestro is, but Motorola does sadly ship an
application that automagically installs others, I think it's com.motorola.installer "Motorola Installer".

Disable also com.motorola.ccc.notification, "Motorola Notifications", if present, as this is used for SPAM.

In both cases, the question is what guarantees there are no scams or
malware.

In fact, once I learned of these two, I ended up proactively disabling a
few others from Motorola. I see I also have dsiabled com.dti.motorola, "Motorola App Manager".

Also, keep monitoring applications like the SMS one if you don't use the pre-chosen one, as Motorola has decided "smart" battery saving is a
thing, at that screws up at least Fossify Messages, getting into a state
where you won't get messages, until you exempt it from one (or all...)
of the N "battery saving" options... (No idea if it's the feature or
Fossify Messages that is to blame, it's quite possible the second should
be doing something differently too?)

I guess the most sensible approach here would be to see if this can be
rooted, wiped and replaced with a non-Motorola build. It's sad to see
the state of Android devices is on-par with OEM-installed Windows on
desktop and laptop computers that bundle it...

I also have to do what Maria has mentioned some times since I subscribed
to this group: disable and remove more bundled apps via adb.
--
Nuno Silva
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On 2026-08-14, micky wrote:

In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:59:00 +0200, "Carlos E.
R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-08-14 17:06, micky wrote:

Also good that they have a user guide for my very model online, 116
pages. I couldn't find or didn't feel the need for one for the previous >>> phones but this one is confusing. It even has what I think is a strange
way to turn the phone off, Vol up and Power at the same time. Will take >>> two hands. ;-( That's what the user guide says to do but there is also >>> a power button symbol at the bottom of the windowshade. That requires 4 >>> steps instead of what I'm used to, two

I think it can be adjusted. In mine, the power button displays a quick >>menu with 4 options: emergency, lock, power down, reboot.

Do you have a Motorola? Pressing my power button alone does almost
nothing when the screen is on and only brings up the lock screen when
the screen is off. The user guide says Powr and Vol up and that does
bring up Emergency, Off, or Restart. -- The previou sphone had 4
choices and I can't remember what the 4th one was.

So it works as intended but takes two hands this way. Good thing I'm
not riding a bicycle when i do this.

Mine just vibrates with long press on power. But I guess that's because
I disabled GenAI stuff and got rid of the "Google Assistant".

But check this:

Settings->Gestures->"Press & hold power button"

Sadly it only offers two options (wouldn't it be better to offer more?)
but it does allow switching between "Digital assistant" and "Power
menu". (I myself will probably leave it at the former given I personally
prefer making the power menu less easy to trigger.)

[...]

Anyhow, I used to have about 215 apps, and now it says I have 320. How
did that happen. I don't want that.

Maybe internal apps?

That would be more understandable and acceptable, but almost 100 of
them!

How are you getting the app count?
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On 2026-08-15 03:38, micky wrote:

In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:06:36 -0400, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

It even has what I think is a strange
way to turn the phone off, Vol up and Power at the same time. Will take
two hands. ;-(

From the user guide, "Google Gemini: Press and hold the Power button to launch the Google Gemini, then speak a command or ask a question. For
more about this feature, see Google Gemini."

So ASI is screwing up something as simple as turning off the phone.

I remember disabling some feature that claimed usage of the power
button. The next compromise was the button opening a 4 item fast menu.

Good thing I'm not riding a bicycle.

That's what the user guide says to do but there is also
a power button symbol at the bottom of the windowshade. That requires 4
steps instead of what I'm used to, two

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Carlos E.R.
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On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:38:03 -0400, micky wrote:

From the user guide, "Google Gemini: Press and hold the Power button to launch the Google Gemini, then speak a command or ask a question. For
more about this feature, see Google Gemini."

You should be able to change that function. You could ask Gemini how.
(-;
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s|b
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In comp.mobile.android, on Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:36:55 +0200, "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:38:03 -0400, micky wrote:

From the user guide, "Google Gemini: Press and hold the Power button to
launch the Google Gemini, then speak a command or ask a question. For
more about this feature, see Google Gemini."

You should be able to change that function. You could ask Gemini how.
(-;

Good ideal. That would be ironic, but I guess I will do it. I do use
ASI a lot more recently, and though I take it wth a big grain of salt,
one can often tell if it's worked or not.
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In comp.mobile.android, on Sat, 15 Aug 2026 10:07:25 +0100, Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-08-14, micky wrote:

In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:59:00 +0200, "Carlos E.
R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-08-14 17:06, micky wrote:

Also good that they have a user guide for my very model online, 116
pages. I couldn't find or didn't feel the need for one for the previous >>>> phones but this one is confusing. It even has what I think is a strange >>>> way to turn the phone off, Vol up and Power at the same time. Will take >>>> two hands. ;-( That's what the user guide says to do but there is also >>>> a power button symbol at the bottom of the windowshade. That requires 4 >>>> steps instead of what I'm used to, two

I think it can be adjusted. In mine, the power button displays a quick >>>menu with 4 options: emergency, lock, power down, reboot.

Do you have a Motorola? Pressing my power button alone does almost
nothing when the screen is on and only brings up the lock screen when
the screen is off. The user guide says Powr and Vol up and that does
bring up Emergency, Off, or Restart. -- The previou sphone had 4
choices and I can't remember what the 4th one was.

So it works as intended but takes two hands this way. Good thing I'm
not riding a bicycle when i do this.

Mine just vibrates with long press on power. But I guess that's because
I disabled GenAI stuff and got rid of the "Google Assistant".

But check this:

Settings->Gestures->"Press & hold power button"

That did it. I didn't even think of looking in seetings. Yes, I have to
check out all the settings, icluding those for each app I have not used
before (and those I have used because I don't think my settings got
imported from the previous phone.)

Sadly it only offers two options (wouldn't it be better to offer more?)

Mine offers 3, Digital assistant, Power menu (those 3 choices), and No
action. So that's not much better than your two. Who would choose No
Action.

but it does allow switching between "Digital assistant" and "Power
menu". (I myself will probably leave it at the former given I personally >prefer making the power menu less easy to trigger.)

Gotcha.

[...]

Anyhow, I used to have about 215 apps, and now it says I have 320. How >>>> did that happen. I don't want that.

Maybe internal apps?

That would be more understandable and acceptable, but almost 100 of
them!

How are you getting the app count?

I saw a number some place. If I see it again, I'll write down where I
saw it. Okay, this was easy. Settings .... Apps... See all 324 apps.
I guess it will show a list so I will go through and try to find the 100
new ones. I'll get back to you in a day or two.
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On 2026-08-15, micky wrote:

In comp.mobile.android, on Sat, 15 Aug 2026 10:07:25 +0100, Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-08-14, micky wrote:

In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:59:00 +0200, "Carlos E.
R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-08-14 17:06, micky wrote:

Anyhow, I used to have about 215 apps, and now it says I have 320. How >>>>> did that happen. I don't want that.

Maybe internal apps?

That would be more understandable and acceptable, but almost 100 of
them!

How are you getting the app count?

I saw a number some place. If I see it again, I'll write down where I
saw it. Okay, this was easy. Settings .... Apps... See all 324 apps.
I guess it will show a list so I will go through and try to find the 100
new ones. I'll get back to you in a day or two.

Ah. That shows just 88 here. But I'm technically still halfway with the
move to this phone :-)
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Nuno Silva
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Nuno Silva wrote:

That would be more understandable and acceptable, but almost 100 of
them!

How are you getting the app count?

I saw a number some place. If I see it again, I'll write down where I
saw it. Okay, this was easy. Settings .... Apps... See all 324 apps.
I guess it will show a list so I will go through and try to find the 100
new ones. I'll get back to you in a day or two.

Ah. That shows just 88 here. But I'm technically still halfway with the
move to this phone :-)

I have about a thousand packages on my 64GB phone, where about half of them
I personally installed myself, so be careful wth those numbers.

To me, a phone with "only" 88 or 100 "apps" is likely just the stuff that
comes with the phone, given the distinction between a user or system app.

If you really want to know the number of packages installed, there are
better ways than the Android GUI (which is notoriously inaccurate).
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Nuno Silva wrote:

I also have to do what Maria has mentioned some times since I subscribed
to this group: disable and remove more bundled apps via adb.

Depending on the brand of your phone, there may be established lists of
what to safely delete. There are plenty of lists, for example, for Samsung.
<https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater>

The deletion is trivial, as we only need to know the package name.
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 <package.name>

One "hint" is Muntashirakon App Manager will tell you what is bloatware.
<https://muntashir.dev/AppManager/en/>

If anyone on this ng does not have Muntashirakon installed, they're crazy.
<https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager>

It's one of the most useful tools that anyone could want for Android.
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