On Dec 8, 10:30 am, William Estrada <mrumun...@popdial.com> wrote: > Can you trust the Android OS that comes from a Chinese Manufactures? > > Strange question you ask?
No not at all. In fact, earlier this year, I tested an LBS app that I developed for a client, on a Motorola Milestone that was sourced by the client from a no name Internet retailer. Apparently the device was lifted of off a China-bound lot of Milestones. It included Chinese language leaflets (as far as I could tell), a foreign format charger, and the package also included a power plug adapter so the device could be charged in North America. That piece must have been tossed in by the retailer, as it was also off color. There was no intent by the client to get a device that was intended for China, it just happened so. So I went ahead testing stuffs, not suspecting anything, until at one point, over a period of time, one of the location providers started firing off a location in Bejing. It wasn't GPS, but one of the network providers. wohooo, good morning! I got pretty spooked. Having tested LBS apps intensively before, on the G1, Ion, Nexus One and the Motorola Droid, I had never seen this effect before. This, combined with the location being in China, led me to believe the device must have had a custom build. Who knows what else was part of the customization? (Indirect answer to your question: if this goes out to China like this, what do you think do you get in return) So I did the following: 1. I sent a note to the client recommending to stop sourcing devices through Internet outlets 2. I sent back the Milestone 3. That also put the nail in the coffin of me using Android as a personal device. At long last, I went back to Symbian (I continue to develop on Android, of course). Don't get me wrong, I like Android, and Gingerbread looks really good, but I just can't seem to be able to get over certain things related to Android and Google, in particular the eagerness to wanting to "share my location"... Call me paranoid, but I just like things certain ways. JP -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
