Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source nature over the last decade.

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      14 hours ago

      On my P7Pro, pressing power and volume up simultaneously brings up the shutdown/restart/lock prompt

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      On android the off button is on the quick settings, and on iphone you hold the power button and one of the volume buttons

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      No idea. Presumably they expected me to figure out the settings and change it like I did. Or maybe I could have told the Digital Assistant to restart the phone, I dunno.