Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhere to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphonewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1250arrow-down11cross-posted to: linuxphones@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1249arrow-down1external-linkWhere to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphonewww.theregister.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square60fedilinkcross-posted to: linuxphones@lemmy.ca
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoPretty much all laptops come pre-installed with Windows, but it’s best practice to wipe and reinstall the OS immediately after you buy it Same applies to cell phones.
minus-squareYerbouti@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoDefinitely not as simple to wipe out a phone as it is for a computer, and anyway most phones like Samsung are hard locked. I’m probably more geek than 95% of the population but never could do it.
Pretty much all laptops come pre-installed with Windows, but it’s best practice to wipe and reinstall the OS immediately after you buy it
Same applies to cell phones.
Definitely not as simple to wipe out a phone as it is for a computer, and anyway most phones like Samsung are hard locked. I’m probably more geek than 95% of the population but never could do it.