The size of 6.5” makes it unusable with the Google Cardbox .
Thethering, WLAN hotspot.
Security ( but not “WPA1” ):
WPA3 - Personal.
WPA2/WPA3 - Personal.
WPA2 - Personal.
None.
AP Band: 2.4 Ghz, 5 Ghz.
To switch of the device, press at the same time the “Power” button and the “Volume up” button. A menu is displayed which offers to shutdown the device.
Samsung "What is a Dual or Hybrid SIM?" - “A Dual SIM card tray has two dedicated SIM card slots, whereas a Hybrid SIM card tray has one dedicated SIM card slot and a hybrid slot.A hybrid slot can hold either a second SIM card or a micro SD card for expandable memory. This gives you the choice between using a second SIM card or when you need extra storage, you can simply remove the second SIM from the hybrid SIM tray and put a microSD card in its place”.
The BQ support wrote me about the purpose of the small metallic pin supplied with the smartphone: “Der metallische Pin, der dem Aquaris beigefügt wird, wenn es rechteckig ist und mit einem Stengel daran, dann dient das dazu, die Fächer für die Mikro-SD-Karte sowie für das SIM-Karten-Slot zu öffnen. Stecken Sie den Stengel kurz in das kleine Loch über dem SIM-Karten-Slot oder über dem SD-Karten-Slot und drücken Sie es kurz rein, dann springt das entsprechende Slot auf, damit Sie die entsprechende Karte hineinlegen oder entfernen können. Diese befinden sichan der seitlichen Kante des Gerätes. Aber Achtung: diesen Stengel nicht am oberen oder unteren Rand in ein Loch hineinstecken, sonst können Sie etwas kaputtpieksen!”.
“Auf NFC oder gar LTE-Konnektivität muss man hingegen verzichten” .
“Mit Android 4.2.1 in einer ziemlich unmodifizierten Variante erfindet das Alcatel One Touch Scribe HD zwar das Rad nicht neu” → My device is shipped with Android 4.2.1 indeed.
The smartphone OS doesn't support external USB keyboards, but just an external USB mouse. At “Setting / Language & input”, there is no configuration for “External Keyboard” .
The smartphone does not support the playing of “ringtones”, i.e. in case of an incoming telephone call, the telephone can´t be configured to play a user-defined audiofile.
The device has the dual-SIMcard feature: The SIM1 slot is named “3G/2G”, the SIM2 slot is named “2G”.
The people of GreatChina may not use Google-Play appstore, instead they use local Chinese appstores.
Some Chinese smartphone users don´t realize, that they are using a fork of Android operating system, e.g. “ColorOS”. They don´t know the name of their operating system, but name it “Oppo” ( the name of the hardware smartphone manufacturer ). By this, they think that they are using an “incompatible third standard”, so a non-Apple, and non-Android operating system, and that they can´t install native Android apps.
The most important Chinese hardware manufacturers for Android-alike smartphones are:
emporia telecom "emporiaSMART.5" - “Serienmäßig ausgeliefert wird das emporiaSMART.5 mit dem patentierten, interaktiven Smartcover. Dieses erlaubt die Bedienung wichtiger Funktionen (z.B. Anrufe abnehmen und auflegen, Kamera und Taschenlampe) bei geschlossenem Zustand. So schnell war ein geschütztes Smartphone noch nie bereit”.
As of 2024-03, all such Android tablets just have 1 USB-C port for power suppy, but no other extra ports. So you need a working OTG splitter cable, which may transfer power and data. It is not proofed, that this is a working solution!
Many Android tablets provide a wirless mouse , but quite few Android tablets also provide a touch screen stylus pen .
Some Android 13 tablets are advertised to have virtual memory, e.g. “14(6+8) GB RAM” .
“Google Flex” is free for download and personal and even business use . However the business model is, that the administration of a set of Chromebooks by “Google Admin Console” is chargeable . This is the “Chrome Enterprise” subscription.
Experts told me in 2023-04:
Chromebooks are powered by Intel CPUs: You may execute standard Android apps available by Google Play Store, but just if the developer checked ”[x] for Chromebooks too”.
Apps installed via Google Play Store, don't install on the Google Chromebook ( with Intel CPU ) but are installed and executed in an Android sandbox ( with ARM CPU ) in the cloud. There are no fees to use these cloud services
Each tab in the Google Chrome browser of Chromebook is executed in it's own sandbox.
There is a local file system for storage on the Chromebook.
Suggestion for software development targeting Google Chromebook: Don't develop Android apps ( run on the server ), but develop “Progressive Web Apps” ( PWA ) made of HTML5, which run on the Chromebook, i.e. within the Chrome browser of the Chromebook. With PWAs, if you are offline, in best case the data modified by the PWAs is stored in cache, and is transfered automatically to the Cloud if you are online next time.
The Chromebook app “Microsoft Outlook” is claimed to be such a PWA. The apps of “Microsoft365” are not yet PWAs but it is expected that this might happen in the future.
“ChromeOS Flex” is a special “ChromeOS” edition, just for Win10 computers.
All Android smartphones have a USB OTG port ( a USB port which works in OTG mode, by default ), to be able to connect to Android Studio .
“NXP Pico i.MX7D” - It is equipped with a USB OTG port. The big basic board is just for IO, the intelligence and resources are fit on the “module” ( CPU, RAM, Flash ROM, WIFI,..). This shall enable rapid prototyping, i.e. integration of the module in own hardware projects.
“Raspberry Pi 3 Model B” - The small USB jack just provides power, but it doesn´t work as OTG port. . The Raspberry connects to Android Studio by Ethernet, which is more complex to configure ( e.g. for an introductory 3-hours workshop ).
If you execute “System / Factory Data Reset”, you also cause a new Device code - e.g. “98C0” -, with the option for “Pairing” with an Android smartphone running the Google Play "Android Things Toolkit". The “Pairing” enables a comfortable setup of the device.
“Get Started With i.MX 6SoloLite EVK... This collection of resources will help you get started with the EVK based on i.MX 6SoloLite running Google Android OS”.
The OS ( Android Go 10, Android Go 11, Android Go 12... ) is intended for smartphones with 2 GB of RAM or less, i.e. the hardware with RAM sufficient for “Android 7” OS.
Power bank “N-m 475”, 10.000 mAh = 37Wh( “Intel” ). There are 4 blue LEDs.
Charging of the power bank akku, by 230V grid, via power adapter:
From right to left: The completeness of charging ist visualized by 4 blue lighting LEDs. The more blue LEDs are steady lighting, the more the charging is complete. Always the left blue LED might blink.
Complete charging, i.e. until the right blue LED is stable lighting, may take up to 24h.
Power bank “5303”, 5200 mAH = 19.24 Wh ( “msg DAVID” ).
Power bank “TOP-charger 3 in 1”, 5.000 mAh ( “baramundi” ) - USB input, Micro-USB input, Micro USB output - Defect as delivered, from start: Loads power, but does not provide power .
“Der Ladeanschluss funktioniert NICHT für Mac-Books. Passt nicht auf Fire TV Stick, funktioniert nicht mit Kindle Fire,... Funktioniert nicht mit LG G6 Telefon, Moto G Stylus”.
“The USB-C female port can only charge, does not support data transmission, and supports up to 60W fast charging”.
“Mobiltelefone mit 3,5-Kopfhörerbuchse unterstützen OTG und Laden nicht gleichzeitig” .
” Keine Unterstützung für Samsung Table,S8/S10+, Funktioniert nicht mit Fire HD 10 Version. Passt nicht auf Feuer-TV-Stick. Funktioniert nicht mit LG G6 Telefon. Ich habe nicht PD auf moto g Stylus gemacht”.
“Transform your Android phone into a satellite smartphone”.
“SatSleeve+ comes with a universal adaptor in the package that allows you to switch between various Android and iPhone phone models between 58 and 85mm in width”.
“Simply connect your smartphone via Wi-Fi to the satellite unit and stay connected”.
“Samsung Ce0168” - My first classical legacy mobile phone, legacy WAP enabled , not the legacy tablet.
The “PIN” is the login password. Please remember it, you have just 3 tries to enter.
If you want to reset the phone to factory settings or delete the phonebook, you are asked for a “Password”, which is not the “PIN”. You were never forced to setup, so probably it is still the default 8-digit password “00000000” ( = 8 times zero ).
Criteria: 5G, 5 GHz WiFi, 6 GHz WiFi ( “WiFi 6E” ), BLE, NFC, gyro ( for interactive Cardboard VRML Apps ), display resolution, RAM, internal/external memory, accu can be removed, operating system version and promise to deliver the next version for free in some time.
Extra criteria, can just be confirmed by access to the physical device: May the camera photoshot function be mapped on the loundness key, to use “Selfie Sticks” / “Monopads” for taking photos?
Extraordinary criteria of 2019-2023: Wireless Charching option?