[colug-432] Android

[Tom Hanlon]

As for android phones and rooting. 

I had been with ATT for years, wanted an android phone, just bought a google nexus one (htc) off of google. 

This gave me android without all of the layers and controls put on top of it by a provider. 
Cost a fair amount, but the carriers get their $$ sooner or later via a contract. 

Saved me the concern of 
A: having a contract (I had been with ATT since 2006 so they seemed to tolerate me putting my sim card in this device as long as I had a data plan)
B: having to violate that contract by rooting the phone..

This talk about phones and carriers and proprietary this and contract that has made me angry.. .. I assume Electronic Frontier foundation works towards freedom in this area. 

--
Tom

On Dec 29, 2011, at 7:11 PM, Jon Miller wrote:

> Is the linking you're referring to between Google contacts and Facebook accounts? I believe your phone is an HTC, right? I believe that "feature" is what you get with the HTC extras on top of android. Therefore rooting your phone should do the trick.
> 
> - Jon Miller
> 
> On Dec 29, 2011 7:07 PM, "Rick Troth" <rmt at casita.net> wrote:
> Thanks for the replies.
> 
> Travis almost hit it in terms of what I was looking for.  But what I
> want is a bit more specific.  I WANT to synch my contacts with the
> phone.  I just don't want the phone to additionally "link" contacts
> which I have already spent much time organizing on the Google side.
> The limits of  "Settings -> Accounts"  shows the problem.  I do want
> sync, but don't want the aggressive extra too smarts.  Just not a lot
> of control there.
> 
> The rooting options ... I've been thinking about Cyanogenmod.  Could I
> dual boot?  (still have the Verizon image handy ina pinch)  I mean ...
> is Cyanogenmod really full-function w/r/t what the cellular providers
> throw in?
> 
> Can't believe I started this thread without a subject.  *blush*
> 
> -- R; <><
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Travis Hines <mthines at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Settings -> accounts. Select your google account and unselect the contacts
> > for sharing.  I actually like this feature as your contacts are portable to
> > new devices...
> >
> > On Dec 29, 2011 3:49 PM, "Rick Troth" <rmt at casita.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> I have a non-Linux (and non-Unix) question that I thought I should
> >> throw here first.  Well ... it's about my Android phone, so maybe it
> >> *is* Linux sort of.
> >>
> >> Most of this critter works really well.  One thing I do *not* like is
> >> that it links contacts.  This linking is probably a feature in
> >> someone's mind.  I don't object to the feature, but have not found how
> >> to turn it off.  Going through all contacts and manually unlinking is
> >> impractical.  Anyone got any ideas?
> >>
> >> It synchs with Google Contacts, which has very good elimination of
> >> duplicates.  The linking of contacts seems to be a reinvention of that
> >> wheel.  (But with less control.)  To be specific, if I have a contact
> >> entry for Bob Smith and another for Sarah and Bob Smith, the "merge"
> >> function Google itself will let me say if I want the two merged or
> >> not.  But the stoopid phone will "link" them without asking.
> >>
> >> I like the thing, but there are too few knobs to turn, so I'm looking
> >> for better controls.  Recently I was searching Marketplace for a
> >> permissions controller.  Some of these apps get way too much access
> >> and I don't see where to turn some off.  Blackberry was better on that
> >> point.
> >>
> >> If anyone has suggestions, I am open.  The phone has still not been
> >> rooted.  That is overdue.  (And maybe would help with permissions?  At
> >> least put me more in control, I suppose.)
> >>
> >> -- R;   <><
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