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 😊

My device, Xiaomi 11 Lite NE 5G, is currently running on Android 14 (PixelOS). There's unlimited Google Photos backup. I have turned on device folder backups. While Google Photos app provides an option to delete all the photos in default camera folder which have been uploaded, there's no such option for device folders like WhatsApp images, WhatsApp videos, etc. I have to go to each photo within Google photos' WhatsApp folder and check if it's uploaded or not and then delete them. Is there any easier way?

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.

Asymmetric bezels low key bug me. Are there technical reasons why they're hard?

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?

Currently using htop on termux but would ideally like something similar to the system monitor on KDE, that can show a graph of individual core usage as well as memory usage. Does anything like that exist that's open source?

Watch6 - Graphite and Cream €319.99 €369.99 (LTE) Watch6 Classic - Graphite and Silver €349.99 €399.99 (LTE)

...so that the browser will open the desktop version of that particular site? If there is a way of doing this in some other browser, I'd also be interested.

For anyone interested, here's a new Lemmy community for sharing Android apps that go on sale in the Google Play Store: [https://lemmy.ca/c/playstoredeals](https://lemmy.ca/c/playstoredeals)

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.

Russia is the most sanctioned country in the world. Youtube is blocked in Russia. Moscow court fines Google in $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. Google allows MAX, a Russian state surveillance app, on the Play Store. Irony? [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.oneme.app&hl=en-US](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.oneme.app&hl=en-US)

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.

I'm using NewPipe but some functionalities are lacking. Looked at revanced but unsure about it's reputation. Also, will I get banned by using a modded YT client? Thanks.

Tested and it works well so far.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21145878 > Basically one day all of a sudden I lost all mobile network, can't receive SMS, calls, etc, can't use mobile data, nothing. > > I own a > Xiaomi Redmi 12 > OS version 1.0.7.0.UMXMIXM > Android version 14 UP1A.231005.007 > > I've tried going into the setting mobile network and disabling automatic connection and trying to connect manually but it doesn't let me connect

https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder/releases/tag/v0.2.1-alpha.3%2B13

June update released for Google pixel phones!

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.

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.

cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/803336 > cross-posted from [[email protected]](https://lemdro.id/c/eternityapp) > > > Hello everyone! > > > > I've just released the first version of Eternity (after changing the name from Infinity for Lemmy). It's been long overdue, but I wanted to finish a few features before this update. This release includes various fixes and new features, such as: > > > > - Blocking users/communities > > > > - List blocked users/communities > > > > - Separate up/down votes (can be disabled in the settings) > > > > - Private messages > > > > - Content reporting > > > > - New themes (including a new default one!) > > > > - Fixed various crashes. > > > > And a huge thank you to everyone who provided feedback, translated the app, or contributed in any form during the testing phases of this release. > > Your insights and suggestions were invaluable in making Eternity better for all users. I'll continue to gather feedback and make improvements in the coming updates, so please don't hesitate to reach out with any further thoughts or issues you might encounter. > > Your support and engagement mean the world to me! Happy browsing!

**scrcpy v3.0** Changes since v2.7: - Add virtual display feature (#5370, #5506, #1887, #4528, #5137) - Launch Android app on start (#5370) - Add OpenGL filters (#5455) - Add --capture-orientation to replace --lock-video-orientation (which was broken on Android 14) (#4011, #4426, #5455) - Fix --crop on Android 14 (#4162, #5387, #5455) - Handle virtual display rotation (#5428, #5455) - Add --angle to apply a custom rotation (#4135, #4345, #4658, #5455) - Add --screen-off-timeout (#5447) - Adapt "turn screen off" for Android 15 (#3927, #5418) - Add shortcut Ctrl+Shift+click-and-move for horizontal tilt (#5317) - Add shortcut MOD+Shift+r to reset video capture/encoding (#5432) - Forward Alt and Super with SDK Keyboard (#5318, #5322) - Add more details to --list-encoders output (#5416) - Add option to disable virtual display system decorations (#5494) - Fix --time-limit overflow on Windows (#5355) - Fix "does not match caller's uid 2000" error (#4639, #5476) - Accept filenames containing ':' when recording (#5487, #5499) - Disable mouse by default if no video playback (#5410) - Rename --display-buffer to --video-buffer (#5403, #5420) - Listen to display changed events (#5415, #161, #1918, #4152, #5362) - Adapt server debugging for Android >= 11 (#5346, #5466) - Upgrade FFmpeg to 7.1 (#5332) - Upgrade SDL to 2.30.9 - Upgrade platform-tools (adb) to 35.0.2 - Build releases via GitHub Actions (#5306, #4490) - Release static builds for Linux and macOS (#5515, #1733, #3235, #4489, #5327) - Various technical fixes --- # Highlights ## Virtual display By default, scrcpy mirrors the device screen. With this new feature (#5370), it is now possible to mirror a new virtual display, with a custom size: ```bash scrcpy --new-display=1920x1080 scrcpy --new-display=1920x1080/420 # force 420 dpi scrcpy --new-display # use the main display size and density scrcpy --new-display=/240 # use the main display size and 240 dpi ``` On some devices, a launcher is available in the virtual display. When no launcher is available, the virtual display is empty. In that case, you must [start an Android app][start-app]. [start-app]: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/doc/device.md#start-android-app For example: ```bash scrcpy --new-display=1920x1080 --start-app=org.videolan.vlc ``` To list the Android apps installed on the device: ```bash scrcpy --list-apps ``` For convenience, you can also select an app by its name using a `?` prefix: ```bash scrcpy --start-app=?firefox ``` However, retrieving app names may take some time (sometimes several seconds), so passing the package name is recommended. ## On-device OpenGL filters Scrcpy can now transform the captured video stream before encoding by applying OpenGL filters directly on the device. This has made it possible to fix several issues and implement new features, as described below (more details in #5455). ### Crop The `--crop` option was broken for devices running Android >= 14 (#4162). It has been reimplemented using OpenGL filters internally. Its usage remains the same: ```bash scrcpy --crop=800:600:100:100 ``` It now also works for camera and virtual displays. ### Capture orientation The `--lock-video-orientation` option was broken for devices running Android >= 14 (#4011). It has been replaced by a more general option `--capture-orientation`, implemented using OpenGL filters: ```bash scrcpy --capture-orientation=0 scrcpy --capture-orientation=90 # 90° clockwise scrcpy --capture-orientation=180 # 180° scrcpy --capture-orientation=270 # 270° clockwise scrcpy --capture-orientation=flip0 # hflip scrcpy --capture-orientation=flip90 # hflip + 90° clockwise scrcpy --capture-orientation=flip180 # hflip + 180° scrcpy --capture-orientation=flip270 # hflip + 270° clockwise ``` The capture orientation can be locked by using a `@` prefix, so that a physical device rotation does not change the captured video orientation: ``` scrcpy --capture-orientation=@ # locked to the initial orientation scrcpy --capture-orientation=@0 # locked to 0° scrcpy --capture-orientation=@90 # locked to 90° clockwise scrcpy --capture-orientation=@180 # locked to 180° scrcpy --capture-orientation=@270 # locked to 270° clockwise scrcpy --capture-orientation=@flip0 # locked to hflip scrcpy --capture-orientation=@flip90 # locked to hflip + 90° clockwise scrcpy --capture-orientation=@flip180 # locked to hflip + 180° scrcpy --capture-orientation=@flip270 # locked to hflip + 270° clockwise ``` Now, it also works for camera (fixing #4426) and virtual displays. ### Custom rotation A new option `--angle` allows to rotate the content by a custom angle. Combined with `--crop`, this is especially useful for mirroring the Meta Quest 3 (#4135, #4345, #4658). ### Virtual display rotation The new virtual display feature initially could not rotate. The rotation has been implemented using OpenGL filters. (That is what triggered the development of OpenGL filters.) Like previously, the current app can be rotated by <kbd>MOD</kbd>+<kbd>r</kbd> ([shortcuts](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/doc/shortcuts.md)). ## Screen off timeout The existing option [`--stay-awake`](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/doc/device.md#stay-awake) only keeps the device awake **while it is plugged in*, meaning it typically does not work over TCP/IP. A new option, [`--screen-off-timeout`](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/dev/doc/device.md#screen-off-timeout), modifies the screen-off timeout setting while scrcpy is running and restores it on exit: ```bash scrcpy --screen-off-timeout=300 # 300 seconds (5 minutes) ``` ## Static builds For convenience, static builds are now provided for [Linux](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/doc/linux.md) and [macOS](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/doc/macos.md) (#5515). More targets might be added in the future. This is still experimental for now, so if you encounter problems, please report them. ## Features you might have missed If you haven't tried scrcpy in a while, here are some features introduced in the 2.x versions that you might have missed (check the release notes to each version for more details): - [scrcpy 2.7](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/releases/tag/v2.7): gamepad support - [scrcpy 2.6](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/releases/tag/v2.6): audio duplication - [scrcpy 2.5](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/releases/tag/v2.5): control-only & mouse improvements - [scrcpy 2.4](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/releases/tag/v2.4): UHID keyboard and mouse - [scrcpy 2.3](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/releases/tag/v2.3): camera support improvements - [scrcpy 2.2](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/releases/tag/v2.2): camera capture - [scrcpy 2.1](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/releases/tag/v2.1): microphone capture - [scrcpy 2.0](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/releases/tag/v2.0): audio forwarding --- - BlueSky: [`@scrcpy.bsky.social`](https://bsky.app/profile/scrcpy.bsky.social) - Twitter: [`@scrcpy_app`](https://twitter.com/scrcpy_app) - Reddit: [`r/scrcpy`](https://www.reddit.com/r/scrcpy)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26048405 > Because, we have here something called "Swiss Qr Bill" (standardized e-bill with Qr code) and some shops send you the bill via email. Would be nice, if i could just tap the qr-image and open with app.

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.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/52720355 I am using neo backup often I run into storage issues so I am wondering if there is a possibility of backing data with git, root, Termux, Tasker .

*(cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20476024)* After more than two years FlorisBoard (an open-source keyboard which respects your privacy) 0.4.0 is finally released with many new features including MDY support, addons store, incognito mode, major smartbar rework and many other bugfixes and improvements. Regarding the spell checking (from GitHub release notes): > Word suggestions/spell checking are not included in the current releases and are a major goal for the v0.5 milestone.

Murena offer a degoogled /e/os version of the fairphone 5. I’m wondering if there are any catches… eg - have google privacy issues been replaced with murena ones? - would we still expect the 8-10 years of updates? - would there be any driver issues eg worse camera/face unlock/fingerprint experience? Also if anyone has had one (murena or stock) since launch, how is it working out?

Hi, I'm wanting to set up app locking on my Pixel 4a with only a physical device to unlock them. Preferably something keychain-able. Here are some options I've looked into and considering: - Bluetooth device with... - separate Android profile + Smart Lock - [AppLock - Fingerprint app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sp.protector.free&amp;hl=en) - this is the only app of this type I found that supports Bluetooth - NFC tag with... - some app locker app, though I haven't been able to find one that supports NFC - Tasker ([related how-to](https://archive.ph/bNM5U)) Here are some options I've looked into and not considering: - USB-C security key - would prefer a wireless option to not wear out the phone's port - [Unpluq](https://www.unpluq.com/product/unpluq-tag-premium/) - I don't like subscriptions - Smart Lock doesn't support NFC anymore ([request to bring it back](https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/67187451)) Notes: - I actually have an old Google Bluetooth Titan Security Key, but it doesn't seem to work with Smart Lock. It doesn't let me add it as a trusted device despite being successfully paired. I think it might operate on Bluetooth Low Energy. - Seems like NFC might be better than Bluetooth for my purposes since I wouldn't have to worry about battery life. - I don't know what Bluetooth device might work best for this purpose. I believe products like Tile also work on Bluetooth Low Energy. - Any recommendations on NFC tags? Seems like Etsy might be good to get something somewhat customizable and better looking than the blank chips I've seen listed online. Happy to hear anything you have to share on this topic!