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inexpensive GrapheneOS daily driver: Pixel 6a or Pixel 7
So, like it says on the tin: I want to try GrapheneOS on my next new-to-me phone, which practically limits me to the Pixel series. And my price point will likely limit me further. Anybody got thoughts on the Pixel 6a vs Pixel 7, those exact models (e.g. not Pixel 7 Pro etc)? I currently have an old phone with Snapdragon 845 and 6GB of RAM which still performs well enough under LineageOS with microG to keep me happy. Fears: that I'll miss the microSD slot; that the 6a's battery life might suck even on GrapheneOS; that the battery on a Pixel might be hard to replace. Nice-to-haves: a camera that works well in low light. Thoughts?
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[APPS] [FOSS] My list of open-source apps for Android
Hello! This is my list of my preferred open-source apps for Android. Tell me in the comments what are yours and I will add them. - 10 000 sentences : Learn new vocabulary in many languages - Alarmio : A alternative alarm clock - AnkiDroid : Virtual flash cards to learn faster your courses - Audio Recorder : A simple audio recorder - Aurora Store : Get access to play store apps without the official app - Briar : Send messages in peer to peer way, using bluetooth, current network or remotly. - Camera : From the simple app list. A simple and easy to use camera - CameraRoll : Alternative gallery app with a beautiful UI as a camera roll. - Chubby Click : Metronome - Counter : Explicit name, just counting stuff - DiskUsage : Scan your disk to find the biggest folders and apps in a advanced way - F-Droid : A app store with only open-source apps - GitNex : A Gitea client for Android - Goodtime : A pomodoro app - JitSi meet : Alternative to Skype or Zoom - KISS : A cool simple launcher with only a search bar and a history - Lightning : A fast and lightweight web browser - Loop Habit Tracker : A very cool and handy habit tracker with statistics - LTE Cleaner : Like CCleaner, but easier - MAPS.ME : OSM client that I think is better than OSMand - MasterPassword : A sync-less password manager - MoneyWallet : A budget manager - NewPipe : My most used app so far, you can download, listen in background, popup or fullscreen for MediaCCC, Peertube, SoundCloud or YouTube. - Open Note Scanner : Detect papers to scan them using your phone, unfortunatly there is no export to PDF so see the next app. - PDF Converter : Convert images to pdf - OpenFoodFacts : Scan codebar of food products to get simple and easy to read nutrition facts. - OpenRecipes : Add your own recipes - Markor : A simple note taking app - Red Moon : A blue light filter - ScreenCam : Record your screen (no root required) - Shattered Pixel Dungeon : A dungeon RPG - Signal : Alternative to whatsapp but you can also use it as SMS **Not available on F-Droid** - Slide : Reddit client (oopsie) - Tasks : The best todo app I found - TrebleShot : Transfer files to other devices through the same network. - Tusky : Mastodon client - Vectorify da home! : Create your own wallpapers using simple SVG - Vinyl : Music player - Yaaic : IRC client - AnySoftKeyboard : A simple and powerful keyboard - AfWall+ : ip tables based firewall **Require root privileges** - Otter : front-end music player to Funkwhale instances - Aurora Droid : Alternative F-Droid client - Firefox Preview : Future version of Fennec on Android, support 6 privacy-related extensions and has been re-written with Firefox's new GeckoView - Mattermost : Beta client for Mattermost - FOSS Browser : Simple browser based on Android's WebView. The intention is to provide a simple and light weight but powerful browser with a nice looking user interface. - Rocket Chat : Rocket Chat client - Delta Chat : ??? - Mumla : Voice chat on Mumble servers - RadioDroid : Browse internet radios - Conversations : Encrypted, userfriendly XMPP instant messaging client for mobile - Exodus Privacy : Exodus Privacy helps you to know which trackers and permissions are embedded in apps installed on your device.
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Watch6 - Graphite and Cream €319.99 €369.99 (LTE) Watch6 Classic - Graphite and Silver €349.99 €399.99 (LTE)
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How do you discover new apps ?
Ive been trying to find some new interesting apps on the playstore but the problem is that I cant find anything that wasnt paid to show up first on the lists. I know already about F-droid.
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Anyway to set termux theme to match system theme?
Is there any solution to configure termux to use system default theme instead of what i setup using termux styling app? Even a basic option to set different themes for different modes will help l, so that i can configure it to switch to zenburn when system is in Dark mode and Google light when in light mode.
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Anyone preordered the Chipolo Card Point or One Point?
I am looking for an alternative to Airtags and really want to invest into the Android ecosystem. I am not really fond on the pre-ordering thing of it until I get some real reviews. Any thoughts on the subject? It would be really useful to put one on my bike. TIA 😊
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Why don’t more phones have symmetric bezels?
Asymmetric bezels low key bug me. Are there technical reasons why they're hard?
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Thunder v0.2.1+13 third pre-release
https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder/releases/tag/v0.2.1-alpha.3%2B13
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Is it even possible to control Android from PC/other device in the same network through webui like accessing 4g mifi control panel
I know it's very specific, lol. But my Samsung S8 is basically just a portabel 4G modem for me now. Since the screen is cracked and I don't want to spend money on that old phone. I usually access the phone to scrcpy, it works but since the screen is unuseable, I can no longer give adb access to another devices. So I just want to know whether is it posible to give it some short of webui that I can access to do basic stuff like turning hotspot on or off, etc.
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Looking to get into android development
I want to start learning android dev and I understand that I’ll need the android sdk and cli tools. I want to try it in a kvm because even though it is open source, I would like to keep it separate from my main system. Which distro and vm settings do you suggest I use? Any other tips or your experience with android development on linux would be helpful as well.
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I was hoping for Google to change the ugly new dropdown quick settings toggle buttons so they look more like the old ones, but no changes to that :(
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are qr codes and pkpass files the same? what other formats do transportation authorities use?
qr code is the squares code that, if used with a qr code scanner redirects me automatically to a website or to download a pkpass file, right? after downloading said pkpass file to my android, any wallet application like fosswallet should recognize it and add it to the local library (on my android device), right? what other formats do transportation authorities use? To those residing in Germany, is pkpass use widespread there? What are common formats used there?
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Custom ROM communities
Hi there, do you know about any Custom ROM communities here apart from LineageOS? I do really miss iodé OS for example. I am also curious: Would you like to have a general Custom ROM community or special custom ROM communities?
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From [here](https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share#monthly-200901-202202).
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Want to clean & root old Galaxy A3 (SMA300-FU) but not sure how to do it
I have an older Samsung Galaxy A3 with an already unlocked bootloader (it comes pre-unlocked) that I want to clean & root. I have a few apps like firefox, some games, DraStic, notesnook, etc. as well as my music. I want to keep all of this of course bug remove all the other bloat i dont need. I dont want a custom ROM or anything. The samsung ROM is good enough (android 6.0.1) I am very unaure on the process though & I dont want my old phone to get bricked so I'd appreciage it if somebody helped me out here, thanks.
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Can you change default browser used for different “Modes” on Samsung devices?
I am trying out the "Modes" on my Galaxy Tab S8+ and curious if default browser can be changed depending on the "Mode"? I know that I can have apps be allowed to run, and that the wallpaper can be set to different images for each "Mode". Just not sure if it can switch to a different set of defaults. Thanks in advance to any information.
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geteilt von: https://feddit.de/post/1591834 > It's all free (if you make it yourself) and open source. > > https://github.com/Dakkaron/Fairberry
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Accrescent in GrapheneOS App Store
Today I opened the App Store on my GrapheneOS to see, that Accrescent is now mirrored in it. I know, that GrapheneOS devs have addressed F-droid very negatively it the past ([and they still do that](https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/14452-how-to-explain-why-accrescent-over-f-droid/19)), but imo, including Accrescent as a part of official GOS App Store is very harmful for FLOSS movement, as Accrescent [does not support any third-party repos](https://accrescent.app/faq#other-repos), claiming that they are "breaking the Android security model", and also [allows submitting closed-source apps to the repo](https://accrescent.app/faq#open-source). This unlikely to be the reason for me to change OS, as GrapheneOS is still amazing, but devs rhetoric and actions become more and more concerning for me.
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FYI Signal might not be sending messages
Theres a few issue raised today on github. For linux and android. I friend also can't send from Molly. One of the commanders suggests it might be due to AWS issue. https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status Not sure if thats the case but FYI incase anyone Looks here.
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Keyboard phones
I recently discovered F(x)tec Pro1 X, Cosmo Communicator and the upcoming Astro Slide. Anyone having these devices? Wondering how it performs, how battery life, how the keyboard. I know about supply issues, but I saw a few options on e-Bay. Also looks like only F(x)tec Pro1 X supported by LineageOS.
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I miss when Network Access was an authorisation you could restrict to some apps.
Yes you can monitor which app eats what, and probably circumvent this with a vpn layer, but sometimes I just wish I would be able to pause an app's access to the net
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Tested and it works well so far.
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What are some good image editor apps for Android?
The problem with most smartphone image editors is that they are meant for quick edits to photos. Usually they are limited to cropping, adding filters and drawing. I'm looking for something a little more capable, something more akin to a traditional desktop editor like GIMP. Open source is a plus.
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6a bugs crowd source solutions
6a latest updates including security patches. I’ve experienced a few really frustrating bugs and would like the communities help to figure out possible causes or solutions. 1. Google assistant crashes after the trigger phrase is said. Solution: google app clear cache and data 2. Alarms quick tile is not showing the next alarm, but is showing the next due date/time associated with a task in Microsoft to-do. Clicking the tile opens Microsoft todo to the task. This occurs even though the next alarm is before this tasks due date/time. Why isn’t the tile opening the clock/alarm app?!?!?!? Solution: ?? Help ?? 3. Poor modem reception for lte/5g networks. Sitting in the car, Girlfriends iPhone had strong 5g, pixel kept dropping network and not operating voice or data. Restarts didn’t work. Solution: ?? Help ??
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Changing the wallpaper on a Samsung without Samsung Gallery app
I deleted a Gallery app from my Samsung tablet and found out I cannot change the DeX wallpaper anymore (the Settings app says "The required app not found"). Other gallery apps don't help, and the official one is available neither in Google Play nor in Galaxy Store. Is there any other way to change the wallpaper without the Samsung Gallery app? And please don't tell me about doing a factory reset. Thanks an advance.
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android automatically creates albums, how do I disable this feature
I have >350 albums automatically generated. Nearly all of albums comes from a folder managed by Obsidian. I'm having trouble to understand why the system create an album for every folder on my device. If I only need photos and screenshots album, How do I remove access of album creation for a specific folder? One reason I'm asking is because I'm having trouble locating the photo album i want to backup with immich, it is really hard to locate an album in randomly ordered list of hundreds of albums thanks a lot in advance
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Is Termux still the best terminal emulator for Android?
I've seen a few other terminal emulators floating around different app stores - has anyone tried these, and found that they were actually better than Termux? Would love to check out any recommendations!
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If GSM arena lists a certain band frequency as supported by a phone but says - USA at the end of the list, does that mean the same phone won’t work in another country operating towers on that band?
I'm trying to make sure that if I import a phone to my country, it will likely work pretty much wherever I may go here. Most phones I'm looking at support every 4G band operated here, but I've noticed that on the GSM arena website, they will often give a list of supported bands for a given phone followed by a dash and a region name like 'Asia' or 'international' or 'USA'. One of the supported bands I'm looking at is operated in my country, but seems to be pretty rare, if I use that as a criterion the list of devices shrinks considerably as does the number of brands to choose from. One particular phone I looked at only lists support for the specific band I'm looking at in it's "-USA" list of supported bands. I'm confused by what this means for me, if that band is used in my country and I import a phone that only lists the band as supported in the US does that mean the phone wouldn't work here if I'm in an area where the only available tower operated on such a frequency? Why not? It sounds like it's physically capable. The other question is, how do you assess the likelihood of this being a problem? The relative rarity of support for this band and the fact that it's only *officially* supported here, but seems only to have recently been licensed for people to build infrastructure operating on that band makes me think that there are likely very few towers actually using it here, but presumably more will eventually start to do so. My current phone has lasted me 6 years, almost 7 so I'll want to future-proof in this regard. In the time since I bought my last phone, carriers have abandoned any non VoLTE support so if the phone I bough then, hadn't had this compatibility it would have become a brick well ahead of its time so I'm weary of something like that happening. EDIT: Something has occurred to me that didn't before and might answer my question, but then I guess it'd be good if anyone knew because this is only a guess on my part. Maybe the dash followed by region name is referring to model variants, as in, if you buy the US variant of the phone, then it supports these bands, and if you buy the international variant, it supports these bands etc etc. In that case, it would presumably mean that if I bought a variant model of a phone that lists support for a particular frequency band it should work anywhere in the world where those frequency bands are used not just the region mentioned after the list. I guess the trouble is that usually the sites I can find selling these phones to consumers in my market don't go in to anywhere near that level of detail so I'd have no way of knowing which model variant it was other than simply the manufacturer's marketing terms for their product lineup.
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Camera filter app for children
Does anyone know of a free privacy friendly camera app with funny filters and/or vignettes I can give my children to play around with? Preferably open source but I've already looked through F-Droid and couldn't find anything.
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