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Skriven 2014-11-29 21:29:00 av Janet Wilder
Ärende: Re: OT: Black Friday nonsense
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On 11/29/2014 6:48 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 11/29/2014 2:06 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 11/29/2014 5:39 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On 11/29/2014 12:15 PM, sf wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 16:38:44 -0500, S Viemeister
>>>> <firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/29/2014 4:31 PM, sf wrote:
>>>>>> <firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> It isn't particularly obvious, but you _can_ turn off notifications!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Open your email app.
>>>>>>> Tap the menu button -
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is no menu button or even bars or dots to tap.
>>>>>>
>>>>> It doesn't really look like a menu button - it should be near the
>>>>> _main_
>>>>> 'home' and 'back' buttons.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I found it!  It was more complicated than that.  I had to open the
>>>> email program first and then press the icon to the left of the home
>>>> button below the Home Page.   When I did that, it brought up a whole
>>>> new set of options I hadn't seen before and one of them was "more".  I
>>>> finally found Account Settings there and I was able to uncheck email
>>>> notifications.  Thanks for sticking with me!  Thanks to Ed too.   :)I
>>>>
>>>> Crossing fingers that I won't be seeing email notifications anymore.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Wait until you get a load of the latest version of Android. It's really
>>> different from any previous version. It's gonna throw people for a loop.
>>> The notifications are front and center on the lock screen. You can
>>> unlock the phone by double tapping on a notification item. It's taken me
>>> a while to warm up to it.
>>
>>
>> I think I have the latest version.  It's not that much different.  Maybe
>> I don't have that problem because the only notifications I get are calls
>> and texts.  I do have local weather alerts but I still swipe my screen
>> the same as usual.
>>
>> Are you sure that version works the same on all makes of phones?
>>
>
> The version I have is 5.0. It probably won't work the same on all makes
> of phones because each manufacturer likes to monkey around with the
> Android OS to suit their branding. Unlike Apple, which has control over
> it's hardware and software, the Android phone makers have control over
> neither. It's quite a mess and compatibility problems are rampant.
>
> I have a Nexus 5 phone and Nexus 7 tablet. Nexus is an initiative by
> Google to repair the splintering of Android OS and these devices run on
> pure versions of the official Android OS. As it goes, the Nexus
> initiative is pretty much a bust and Android is on a path that some
> people call "a dead end."
>
>

I have a Samsung S5 and I just love it.  Very easy to use. I got it in
late June and it has already done an OS update, so perhaps it's your
Nexus that has the problems.

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