@Cerberus Cerb, you have to admit that an app which tries to subvert the operating system design to the degree that that one does is likely to fail on upgrades to a new OS. Whether that subversion is useful to you or not, it is bound to be fragile. So if you're installing things like that that require a rooted phone, yes, you're right to be wary to wait for new installs. But really anything could go wrong and tip that app over and make it hose your phone.
My point is that an app that can potentially cause your phone to be completely unusable should at least have the good sense to detect that it's running on an unsupported OS and disable itself.
@Cerberus It is their job to foresee that they can't foresee everything and handle things accordingly. It is a complete failure if a top-of-the-line phone with the latest supported OS from the flagship hardware line cannot boot because one shitty app is installed
@Cerberus yes, exactly, or else trap errors and shut down the app.
I do expect an app like that to have "incompatibility" in the "the app doesn't work anymore" sense. I don't expect it to have "incompatibility" in the "I installed the app and it bricked my phone" sense.
But most other applications should not behave that way, otherwise you would have more damage from failing applications than from failing phones (which can of course be recovered without too much trouble btw.).
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I agree. In any case, if I switch to JB, this great program won't work properly (it can be set up to block internet access as usual, but not its other functions). So it's not a good idea to just upgrade without thinking.
I can't know that all applications that I have installed will work properly on JB.
I will have to go by the experiences of others before me.
@Cerberus Well, if you've rooted your phone so that you can install apps that require root, then yes, you've voided the software guarantees and need to tread carefully.
Can the preposition at in the following sentence be replaced by with ?
I'm mad at you.
In my mother-tongue language we say that we are mad with someone not at.
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Not exactly. First, if you just uninstall all programs that need root access, you can research each of them on an individual basis and reinstall it on JB once you're sure it will work. Secondly, you can update, but that doesn't mean several of your programs that don't need root won't stop working.
For many programs, updates will come eventually. But you may be unable to use a favourite for a few weeks or longer. And some programs may have been abandoned, even.
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Okay, sure, by then you will be a late adopter, so most programs will have been updates. Exactly my point: delaying an upgrade has serious advantages.
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Paranoid!
Who says non-abandonded programs get security fixes?
> Update: According to a post on Facebook, the Android 4.0 update for the Desire HD is still on track and is expected in July-August. Only the handsets on Telus' networks won't be getting the update.
@Cerberus it does have some perks, but I didn't think they were worth flashing. Also, there is some benefit to me to have an official os release because I test software on this phone.
@MattЭллен HTC Desire is the official name for it I think
I can't find any decent security application that is confirmed to work on JB.
Not for the time being.
I'd rather have all my applications working than some minor speed increase and better notifications.
Google Now seems the same useless crap as what most "social" and "personalised" websites and applications try to foist upon you these days, i.e. little practical use, won't work properly outside the US, and the opposite of privacy.
On top of that, it is reported to use a lot of battery.
Only by turning it off can you achieve the same battery drain as ICS.
Besides, why would I want to have to open a web page to get a weather "card" if I can already have a better weather widget on my home screen?
Well, I swipe, but I've grouped the apps by their function, so when I'm on a particular home screen I am usually doing lots of similar things on that screen
eg all my language tools are on one screen, all my games on another, etc
becasuse if you "play" the game each day you are awarded a daily prize, and every 5 days that prize is a kind of in-game currency which can be used to buy stuff in the game (it is shared among all the games). So I have lots of games I don't play, just so that they can generate free tokens for me to spend in the one or two games I do play
that way I don't have to spend real money to buy fake tokens
It says "Use the pronoun I, along with other subjective pronouns such as we, he, she, you, and they, when the pronoun is the subject of a verb:" and wondered whether "are" was being used as a verb in that sentence/
The predicate is basically everything but the subject of a clause. When you're looking for the relevant "verb" in this context, it's probably best to consider all the verbs of the clause together as one.
In practice, if it is about the subject, you can look at the finite verb, which is in this case am.
When should I use one or the other?
Is this correct:
I found a new place that impressed (to) me?
Can Which one is correct? "Explain me" or "Explain to me"? be used as the rule for this case?
@FrankScience In that case, to + inf. doesn't modify the noun: it depends on the main verb regret. Note that sometimes you can use regret with to, but in this sentence it sounds wrong to me.
when I read "yet another human being", it seems wrong.
"yet another a human being" feels correct.
Which way is correct ?
Can the preposition at in the following sentence be replaced by with ?
I'm mad at you.
In my mother-tongue language we say that we are mad with someone not at.
Which is the most appropriate/correct usage?
Are you angry on me?
Are you angry with me?
Are you angry at me?
When should I use one or the other?
Is this correct:
I found a new place that impressed (to) me?
Can Which one is correct? "Explain me" or "Explain to me"? be used as the rule for this case?
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…