I was looking at buying a new android device with either android 12 or 13. and I wasn’t ready to see how all phones shipping with these versions have forced sign-up using a mandatory phone number. the step cannot be skipped , and workarounds are very tedious and sometimes require a PC....
When setting up, you can skip adding a Google account. It’s not mandatory. Neither is a phone number unless you want to actually use the phone as a telephone.
Once or twice per day, I get logged out. No big deal, however, when logging back in, none of the settings I set in the previous session are present (hide thumbnails, endless scroll, media preview, etc). Anyone else experiencing this?
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How on earth is Google allowed to lock android using FRP and force everyone to sign-up using their phone number. Where is the EU ?
I was looking at buying a new android device with either android 12 or 13. and I wasn’t ready to see how all phones shipping with these versions have forced sign-up using a mandatory phone number. the step cannot be skipped , and workarounds are very tedious and sometimes require a PC....
Kbin logging me out and forgetting settings after logging back in (kbin.social)
Once or twice per day, I get logged out. No big deal, however, when logging back in, none of the settings I set in the previous session are present (hide thumbnails, endless scroll, media preview, etc). Anyone else experiencing this?