Android Activations Stall at 1.3 Million Per Day

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  1. News Bot iFans.com News

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  2. SilverShip Well-Known Member

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    Well i'm sure Google will be disappointed with that. (But probably more disappointed their stock shares fell by 8%)
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  3. Nburnes Well-Known Member

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    It's only been a month like the source says...doubt their really worried.
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  4. Badd_Blood Well-Known Member

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    That's a lot. But does that include all the people restoring and flashing their phones throughout the day?
    Badd_Blood, Oct 18, 2012
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  5. Zyiros Well-Known Member

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    Ouch...
    Zyiros, Oct 18, 2012
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    I doubt that. An activation involves activating a SIM card usually. The SIM card stays activated when you flash Android ROMS. When you flash a ROM you go through the first time set up again by setting up your email and stuff but I dont think there is anything that makes it count as an activation again.
    vxspartan117xv, Oct 18, 2012
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  7. Nandroid Well-Known Member

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    Even if it did, theres way more people who stay on stock then root their phone and start flashing ROMs.
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  8. SteppingSplash Well-Known Member

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    If I take my SIM card from my Galaxy S and shove it into a brand new Galaxy Nexus, is that considered an "activation"? It's not a SIM card that's being activated to use an Android phone, but it is a brand new Android phone being activated. If that doesn't count, then the number would be a lot higher, I'd assume.
    SteppingSplash, Oct 18, 2012
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    That is literally a lot of phones, I don't understand why this could be a bad thing? That's 36.4 million phones a month.
    iBeans, Oct 18, 2012
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  10. blunden Active Member

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    No, it doesn't. It's unique device activations which has been stated many times before. :)

    No, it is not bound in any way by the SIM card. It is per device, nothing else. It doesn't count as a new activation as the unique identifier for that device is still the same, not because you use the same SIM. :)

    Yes, that counts as a new activation as the device is new.

    You are right that the number would be a lot higher if that wasn't the case since it is very common to re-use your old SIM card when you get a new device.
    blunden, Oct 18, 2012
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