I am beginning to really hate android

@Asylum (47893)

Manchester, England

January 12, 2018 8:55am CST

About 4 pr 5 years ago I bought a Nexus 7 tablet running android. The tablet is easy to operate, but I have no in depth understanding of android. Yesterday my lack of android knowledge became a major problem. The Nexus 7 tablet refused to boot and kept stopping at a page displaying the android robot with the message “No command”. Eventually I checked online for any advice or solution available. Many sites gave the same advice about performing a factory reset, so I followed the instructions and reset it. Despite repeatedly telling me that the reset was successful, the device would still not boot. At this point I decided to install Ubuntu onto the tablet and went online for instructions. I installed the required protocols onto my laptop and connected the tablet via USB. When I entered the relevant commands into a terminal on my laptop the system could not find the tablet. It seems that the device has to have USB debugging enabled in order to be seen by my computer. I spent hours online searching for a solution, but every site suggested setting USB debugging via the tablet settings, which was impossible since the tablet would not boot. Even sites offering instructions of how to install Ubuntu onto a device that will not boot still suggested enabling USB debugging on the tablet first. After hours of repeatedly running the factory reset it finally began to boot, but remained at that state for a couple of hours. I left the device booting and went to bed, but it was still attempting to boot when I awoke today. For some unknown reason it did eventually boot up this morning, so I have now set USB debugging and will install Ubuntu later.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

12 Jan 18

I also dislike Android, I am not interested in knowing better the system and I think I am going to do the same with my tablet, before it refuses to boot.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 18

It was fortunate for me that it finally booted. I cannot understand why it refused to boot for so long then finally succeeded

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

12 Jan 18

@Asylum Android is a mystery for me, I understand nothing of that system.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 18

@LadyDuck I am still having difficulty trying to access the device from my laptop.

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@JudyEv (325755)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Jan 18

I'm afraid most of this is double dutch to me but I wanted to say hello and say I hope you're doing well.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 18

Sadly a lot of it was confusing to me at first, but I persevered and continued. As for me health, I appear to be fine at the moment thank you.

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@topffer (42156)

• France

12 Jan 18

I installed Linux on many PDAs/phones/tablets with a preference for Angström GPE, but a major problem is the power consumption needed, 2 or 3 times more than for Android, limiting seriously the interest. Any Linux console software can be compiled for Android, and many Linux software have been adapted, it is the choice I have made now : I use console versions of FFMPEG, SOX, etc on Android. The last tablet where I installed linux was an Android 2.2 tablet, I would not do it again.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Jan 18

@topffer Yes, from the terminal on my laptop. I now think that the reason is that it is not longer supported, so my laptop cannot locate a file to send to the tablet.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 18

It is beginning to look as though the system is no longer supported for Nexus 7. I have repeatedly had the same error message via the terminal claiming "channel not found".

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@topffer (42156)

• France

13 Jan 18

@Asylum You get this message when you try to install Linux ?

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@rebelann (111164)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Jan 18

I've never wanted a tablet and now I know why ..... my phone is an android and for what I need it works fine but I don't use it to access online sites other than the weather.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 18

Android is fine for basic use, but when it comes to solving configuration issues I am n alien territory.

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@rebelann (111164)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Jan 18

Basic is all I want it for anyway @Asylum for any real work on the sites I love, like mylot, I use only my PC.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (45002)

• Preston, England

14 Jan 18

hope it has sorted itself out - if not a refund might be in order @Asylum

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

14 Jan 18

I have managed to restore android and boot up the device, but so far cannot install Ubuntu.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

15 Jan 18

@arthurchappell This is probably because you have never considered changing the operating system.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (45002)

• Preston, England

15 Jan 18

@Asylum sounds really frustrating - not a problem I ever faced mercifully

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@RasmaSandra (73408)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

12 Jan 18

Never had anything to do with this. I rely on my steady desktop PC.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 18

The tablet will still not accept Ubuntu so I ,at have to give up.

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Proud Dad of Twins :)

@primeaque86 (8105)

• Philippines

31 Jan 18

I stick with Android because that's affordable than iOS. I am not sure, but I think that any gadget, especially Android has a lifespan, anyone is lucky to have it working for 4 to 5 years. Most of them would need a replacement.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

31 Jan 18

You may be right, but at the prices you would expect a higher lifespan.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)

• China

26 Jan 18

Sounds like setting USB debugging really takes some doing.I just know my smartphone runs android.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

26 Jan 18

Setting USB debugging is fairly straightforward, but I need to do so via the settings. Since the device would not boot up it became a problem, but it has now been set.

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@BelleStarr (61047)

• United States

13 Jan 18

I have an iPad and an iPhone so am totally unfamiliar with Android technology.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Jan 18

@BelleStarr All operating systems are once you are familiar with them. Since I have an excellent knowledge of Windows and a decent comprehension of Linux it is not worthwhile for me to learn another platform.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Jan 18

Apple is another operating system that do not use.

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@BelleStarr (61047)

• United States

13 Jan 18

@Asylum I am used to Apple and I find it user friendly

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@FourWalls (62120)

• United States

12 Jan 18

I miss Android like I'd miss a kidney stone. I'm quite happy with my Apple products.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 18

Apple is another system that I am not very familiar with.

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@FourWalls (62120)

• United States

12 Jan 18

@Asylum — the words “force close” disappear from your lexicon rather quickly. I know the iPhone is more expensive, but worth every penny for the stability it offers.

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

13 Jan 18

As an operating system it’s crap but I like the money making apps on android

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Jan 18

I was not aware that there were any such apps, although they would not interest me anyway.

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

13 Jan 18

@Asylum it’s the only reason I’m still with android phones

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@rakski (112925)

• Philippines

4 Feb 18

I am using both android and ios. But I am used to using android first so I did not see any problems but when i started using apple, oh my what a relief it was kind of weird at first but it is much easier to use

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

4 Feb 18

I have not used iOS, but have used Android, Linux and Windows.

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@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

26 Jan 18

Good Morning - I hope your Android or other other space USB stuffies is working - How are you feeling?

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

26 Jan 18

I seem to be having alternating good and bad days, but at least they are not all bad days.

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@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

27 Jan 18

@Asylum well its good to see that you take the comfort of knowing some are good days

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

27 Jan 18

@Inlemay Appreciating the good days is the logical approach.

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Khagendra Bohara

@khagendra1994 (1226)

• Kathmandu, Nepal

13 Jan 18

Iam not android user so I don't face such problems.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Jan 18

I am trying to stop being an Android user by installing Linux, but without any success so far

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Khagendra Bohara

@khagendra1994 (1226)

• Kathmandu, Nepal

13 Jan 18

@Asylum hope you can make it successful

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@allknowing (130066)

• India

13 Jan 18

Just one question. When you reset it did you not lose all your contacts and other stuff?

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Jan 18

It does remove all personal data, but I did not lose anything because I have such data archived.

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@yugocean (9965)

• India

13 Jan 18

We are out of choice, even android changes in few years, my last was lolipop version, however it is still doing fine. Now I also want to use linux, and there are many problem with even windows.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Jan 18

I like Windows and currently have Windows 10 on my desktop. However, I also like Linux so I often use both on different machines.

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@Letranknight2015 (51513)

• Philippines

12 Jan 18

What do you recommended? should I buy something that is a second hand or just the previous Android.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 18

This is always a matter of personal choice. In my case I shall avoid android in the future.

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@thelme55 (76476)

• Germany

12 Jan 18

I think my Samsung Tablet is android. I have no idea of this system. For me, as long as it function, it is okay.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Jan 18

Yes Samsung will be an android device. With either Microsoft or Linux I could solve whatever issues occurred, but not with Android.

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@tzwrites (4835)

• Romania

13 Jan 18

Maybe the problem is with the tablet itself not the software, although I agree that Android is annoying

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Jan 18

It would appear that the process has been discontinued for Nexus 7, so the computer was looking for a file that no longer exists.

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@Gita17112016 (3611)

• Trinidad And Tobago

24 Jan 18

Wow you have a lot of patience. I would have 'booted' that tablet so long. My attention span to anything electronic is about 5 minutes max. Than i go to sleep to recover from the experience. I am just not electronic compatible

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

24 Jan 18

I usually get more determined as time passes because I hate being beaten.

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