The worst crime mobile operating systems have inflicted upon us is establishing endless spinner screens with absolutely no error information when something goes wrong as normal

Brought to you by: My work tablet that's been stuck on an MS Office "Configuring Office" screen since Friday

I could call the helpdesk but all I could tell them is "it doesn't work"

operating systems rant 

people say desktop linux is unusable but will put up with this shit on a phone because it says Google on it

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re: operating systems rant 

@elomatreb I've figured out what an app was missing using its logs before, if you know how to use adb this app could actually help you out play.google.com/store/apps/det

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re: operating systems rant 

@elomatreb that said, if it's a work device adb is probably locked

re: operating systems rant 

@noiob yeah it's really locked down (I can only install approved apps)

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