• LiveLM@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    Some have found that when the “Lock Glimpse” app is fully removed from the device, Nothing OS tries to restart it every 3 seconds, leading to unnecessary battery drain. The reason some users want to remove the app is, as a detailed Reddit post on the matter proves, it sends data requests to that sketchy clickbait farm within every 24 hours, even if the feature is fully turned off.

    Ridiculous.
    I’ve always been skeptical of Nothing, but I didn’t think they’d step into basically malware territory.
    This is behavior I’d expect from a cheap AD supported Amazon Fire Tablet, not a proper OEM.

  • xia@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 days ago

    Weird, i thought Norhing was one of the few “freely unlockable bootloader” companies, which seems disharmonious with this (and lock screen ads to begin with). I wonder where i picked that info up…

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    4 days ago

    Somebody decided to scrutinize nothing that’s the reason we know.I bet its similar on other phones when you debloat their ROMs.

    We need more such information for other phones too so we know better.

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      12 hours ago
      • samsung budget workphone: battery usage doesnt change much, but the phone itself is a lot more responsive and lot faster
      • motorola after debloat becomes faster, but some gesture features and customisation craps itself overtime
      • xiaomi phone debloat is the best so far. faster, better battery usage, no ads.

      as for nothing, i wouldnt trust them since they have an ai social media ai button specificly, and the ceo makes horrible comparison videos on youtube. the xda forum wont have a preferred brand, they love their poco x3 just as the newest pixel. i dont think they would specificly shit on nothing.

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        3 days ago

        Didn’t say it wasn’t. Just said others should be scrutinized too. Not everyone buys a nothing phone.

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    3 days ago

    If these ever make it down to my Phone2 which I still enjoy, Lineage OS is going on there straight away.