For those out of the loop: GameNative is an open source app to play PC games on Android, it supports Steam, Epic, GOG and Amazon. https://gamenative.app/ Get 0.9.0 here: https://downloads.gamenative.app/releases/0.9.0/gamenative-v0.9.0.apk Or on Github here: https://github.com/utkarshdalal/GameNative/releases/download/v0.9.0/gamenative-v0.9.0.apk Includes exciting changes like initial Pixel 10 support, Steam Workshop support, Steam branch support. Full changelog in thread 🧵 Changelog: # What's Changed # Fixes since prerelease: Fix touchpad right-click by @Nightwalker743 in #1071 fix: remove 30s brightness blackout from ambient download overlay by @xXJSONDeruloXx in #1086 add OpenAL Soft Audio support, added presets for WINEDLLOVERRIDES for Quick Audio fixing by @Catpotatos in #1102 BCN emulation was hidden from Proton x86_x64 by @Catpotatos in #1109 Fix old installs for storage mgr by @xXJSONDeruloXx in #1111 Handle store-specific best configs by @utkarshdalal in #1115 Reduce GC pressure in CaseInsensitiveFileSystem by @jeremybernstein in #1120 Fix crash on game start on Meta Quest by @lvonasek in #1105 Don't show logged out steam splash when offline by @utkarshdalal in #1138 Hide local saves only setting by @utkarshdalal in #1139 # Fixes from 0.9.0-prerelease: Updated Wrapper - initial PowerVR (Pixel 10) GPU support - thanks to @sharpy66 and @Pipetto-crypto Added "use known config" and automatic best configs for Epic, GOG and Amazon by @unbelievableflavour in #892 Added Steam workshop implementation by @Nightwalker743 in #977 Added support for Steam game versions/branches by @morganwalkup in #870 Added "compatibility" filter by @unbelievableflavour in #813 Added downloads & storage manager by @xXJSONDeruloXx and @eredisg in #878 Added carousel layout by @xXJSONDeruloXx in #797 Fixes for launching from frontends by @jeremybernstein Fix Steam cloud saves for games like Cult of the Lamb and Blue Revolver - apply UFS rootoverrides for Windows save paths by @kiequoo in #839 Screensaver for download screen OLED protection by @ObfuscatedVoid in #1017 fix for games with Steam Input by @kiequoo in #1026 Samsung DeX support by @AndreVto in #793 Upload achievements in real-time & custom achievement pop-up placements by @phobos665 in #975 Fix display of game playtime by @kiequoo in #957 Preserve settings on Steam logout by @xXJSONDeruloXx in #903 Winlator ludashi effects by @xXJSONDeruloXx in #803 Improve boot splash tip readability on dark displays by @nacl-dev in #823 Launch games in the correct workingDir, fix some cloud saves and no launches by @kiequoo in #775 Reduces boot time on external storage by @giovannygb in #747 Fix CursorWindow crash on large Steam libraries by @jeremybernstein in #961 add battery temperature metric to performance HUD by @xXJSONDeruloXx in #991 Nicer amazon images by @unbelievableflavour in #1021 Nicer images for in GOG detail screens by @unbelievableflavour in #998 Reduce buggy game calculation size (eg in RE4) by @jeremybernstein in #929 Adjust color scheme of the External Display Input (on Thor-type devices) by @MayRedBeWithYou in #838

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/45553251 > https://github.com/TrebleDroid/treble_experimentations/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions-%28FAQ%29

Are there any apps to block trackers etc.. For apps? For example the "I don't care about cookies" extension or Ghostery for Firefox and Chrome. I use mullvad DNS but is there anything like those above for apps that can reject all cookies automatically, or block them? The amount of cookies to deny in just the app in the video alone is crazy ([video attached](https://streamain.com/Dprvo3c7JFTAhj0/watch)).

If I toggle it on and off it'll actually stay off for a day or two but it always comes back. I'm on a Galaxy S20 Android 13 I believe.

Hi everyone! I'm happy to share my app, Octopi Launcher, which I've worked on for quite a while now. Octopi Launcher is a launcher for Android, built with the latest trends in mind, which includes visual and haptic effects, and support for foldables. **Features:** - App drawer, dock and homescreen - Different homescreen for different screen layout/ orientation/ size/ foldable position - Widgets and (autoscrolling) widget stacks - Home screen folders - Fine/ free positioning of home screen apps and widgets - Big home screen icons - Swipe actions for icons - Display drawer items as icons or tiles (or single list); sort by installed date or updated date - App search + instant launch - Icon pack support - Wallpaper blur when opening app drawer (on supported devices) - Work profile support - Fun animations, reflections and haptic effects **Screenshot album:** https://photos.app.goo.gl/8xiXqSABV7Rhad139 Firstly, join the Google Group to gain access: https://groups.google.com/g/octopi-launcher-alpha-testers Then, use this link to download the closed beta: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.otp.octopilauncher I'd love to hear your feedback below, and have a nice day!

I'm looking for an upgrade on my CDMA carrier in the US and it really seems like my only options are Samsung, Pixle, Motorola, or IOS. Am I missing something or do companies just not support this technology? I got excited about the zenphone 10, but it looks like it is GSM only.

I recently bought a USB-C to headphone adapter so I could use my phone with the Aux input in the car. It's going great except the phone mic doesn't work when it's plugged in. I semi-frequently use voice messages while driving to avoid looking at my phone and this isn't an option now without unplugging the USB and replugging it which is distracting so defeats the purpose. Is there a way to force the phone mic through settings or similar? Lesser AudioSwitch sounds like it would do the trick but doesn't seem compatible with my device

I am looking for a cheap android phone with better processing power, good camera and battery life.

upcoming OnePlus device, rumored to have a massive 7800mAh battery (per Wccftech). and it would absolutely smoke the 5,000 and 4,685mAH batteries in the Galaxy S25 Ultra and iPhone 16 Pro Max. Instead, Apple and Samsung seem to be prioritizing thinness at all costs, **for reasons that aren't entirely clear beyond aesthetics and bragging rights**. It's been years since I've heard anyone complain about how thick a phone is, if not a decade or more. Complaints have trended in the opposite direction, I'd say -- without a case, some phones can be so thin and slippery that they're hard to grip securely. Even my wife's OnePlus 9 5G has that issue. A few foldables, like Google's Pixel 9 Pro Fold , are so thin when open that they feel like they might bend or snap.

While not seemingly relevant at first glance, turns out they are using Android under the hood Specifically, BlissOS 15 which is Android 12L.

I've been looking for something like the old app making 3D wallpapers from GCam lens blur photos, but found nothing. This is not the same, but it is quite good nonetheless.

Hey! I would like to hear from you if you have a successful method to block the various cookie banners like: * small banners * full page banners with complicated structure * full page banners which say 'pay or accept' * bonus points for newsletter popups I do use uBlock and PiHole. But when I used extensive lists which handled cookies, my experience was that most websites broke some kind or another. So please share your successful ways with me :)

I connected to airport's Wi-Fi and this symbol popped up on the corner of the Wi-Fi symbol?

Does anyone happen to know the reset network connections script or command that runs when I hit the network reset button? Or how I can achieve a similar result?

> Code analysis of Google Photos app version 6.87 reveals a potential upcoming feature called "Undo backup for this device."

I still use an unsupported 2018 Asus ZenFone Max (M1) ZB555KL X00PD with a broken screen. I’d like to change the screen. Measures of the device: 156 x 77.5 x 10.6 mm (6.14 x 3.05 x 0.42 in). Now, I don’t know if these are standard measurements for a certain set of smartphones (the ones that can be held and used with just one hand) or if any company can choose what size it uses for their devices, making finding a screen that fits incredibly more difficult. The other question is, how difficult would it be to do it myself?

Hello! Share good casual libre android games if you know any

I'm working with limited battery duration but Launchy would be immensely useful for my home screens. I don't want to use it, though, if it is heavy on the battery.

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You can sideload the xbox fire tv app on a android/google tv. However you are unable to sign in as it boots you to the wrong page. On a fire tv its supposed to have you do some steps. On a side note you can sideload the new xbox app to an unsupported fire stick and sign in like normal.

The phone I want is only available as GSM/Global and says it specifically won't work with Verizon. Is that information up to date? I thought CDMA was abandoned a while ago. This phone works on LTE and shares some 4g and 5g bands with Verizon. Can I use it?

Following this thread: https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-app-root-disable-block-ipv6-on-android-prevent-ipv6-leak-on-vpn.3298659/page-2 I discovered that `echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6` indeed works on my Samsung Galaxy S23 (One UI 7.0). However, a reboot undoes this, because it reloads system configs from a prepackaged image. One could decompress the image, make the relevant tweaks, recompress the image and have Bob be your uncle that way, according to a quick search on the World Wide Web. However, for those of you that use Magisk - and *maybe* are rooted through Magisk, I am unsure (my S23 *is* rooted with Magisk) -, there are some directories that I suppose Magisk sets up to be used for custom boot up scripts: https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/blob/master/docs/guides.md#boot-scripts Taking inspiration from these two guides: https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-how-to-run-a-script-at-every-boot-using-magisk.4454493/ https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-how-to-change-any-file-or-directory-using-magisk.4543103/ I decided to put my script for disabling ipv6 into `/data/adb/service.d` While this did disable ipv6 for some of the interfaces among the - pardon my French - messed up array that is the Android network stack (since I don't understand it, that is...), some interfaces either remain ipv6-enabled or get reconfigured during or after boot. Thus, I tried giving the script some waiting time, which worked. Now, after each boot, all of my relevant interfaces are ipv6-disabled: ``` #!/system/bin/sh sleep 60 ; echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6 ``` This did *not* prolong the boot process 60 seconds. Edit: while the configuration does "survive", or rather, come into effect at boot, it resets at WiFi disconnect. Maybe it has to do with MAC address randomization being turned on. I'm not putting more time and effort into this. Edit2: I guess the takeaway is, that you could run a great variety of scripts this way.

 >"I didn't do anything to deserve this. The phone sat on my desk while I wrote about it, and I would occasionally stop to poke the screen, take a screenshot, or open and close it. It was never dropped or exposed to a significant amount of grit, nor had it gone through the years of normal wear and tear that phones are expected to survive. This was the lightest possible usage of a phone, and it still broke." This can happen to any phone of course — there are numerous threads on reddit of faulty S23 phones that are only days old, and of course the first Galaxy fold phones were problematic — but still. Rough start!

Previously on Lemmy: [Emulators](https://lemmy.world/post/6225605) Past Discussions: - [iPhones](https://lemmy.world/post/3666684) - [Repairability/Build Quality](https://lemmy.world/post/3213947) - [Google Pixel](https://lemmy.world/post/2826903) - [Foldables](https://lemmy.world/post/2436246) - [Samsung](https://lemmy.world/post/2075289) - [Sony](https://lemmy.world/post/910303) - [OnePlus](https://lemmy.world/post/706987) - [Motorola](https://lemmy.world/post/214784) For the last couple of weeks, it was all fun and games. This week, we are going for a more generalized topic on how you use your Android devices for work. I'm boring in regards to work apps, so I very much favor using Microsoft apps over Google apps for work, as overall I feel Google apps work better on iPhones than on Android (to my great frustration). Office and Teams work exactly how I expect them to, while their desktop version are a bit bloated, on Android they work super well, and there really is no replacement that's as good as Microsoft Lens for scanning printed documents into PDFs. But, I understand my use for Android for productivity is fairly limited, so, I'm interested to see if we can put our head together and find some interesting ways to use your Android devices to help us all be more productive.

When I'm driving with the phone is a dashboard mount, everything else on the phone is super slow and laggy. To the point where if something doesn't work via voice control, I'm afraid to do it manually like when stopped at a red light, in case I can't switch back to navigation before I need to make a turn. Google Maps on OnePlus 9 w sd888. Is there in existence yet a phone that's fast enough for task switching while navigating? Is it just Google maps being a resource hog? Is there a better app?

> Storage gradually becomes less valuable as apps and software on devices seem to get bigger. To combat this, Google now...

My first one was a Samsung Galaxy S1 that I got in 2013 and it was a great little device that was easy to open up and repair. It had only 512MB of RAM but that was plenty for basic phone needs, web browsing and running some Android apps like AnkiDroid at the time.

Hi, I want to pay with online prepaid visa in person. I could add it to Google Pay, but Google Pay doesn't support NFC payments on GrapheneOS. Do you know any other app that lrts you do that?

Also citing the [release notes](https://developer.android.com/about/versions/14/release-notes) directly, here are the bug fixes that this update introduces: >- Fixed an issue that caused the system to stop detecting a SIM card if Fixed Dialing Number (FDN) features were enabled. > >- Fixed an issue that caused connectivity interruptions for devices with carriers using 5G standalone (SA) mode. > >- Fixed an issue for some devices where a blank home screen displayed after unlocking the device. > >- Fixed a performance issue by temporarily disabling feather-styled live wallpaper on Pixel Fold. The live wallpaper version will be re-enabled after the other underlying issues are fixed.

I currently have a Redmi note 10 5G. It has 4gb + 3gb of RAM (RAM extension feature) which is not even that bad. But still for some reason my system just feels bad in general. Apps just stop working when in background which is really annoying when I need to multitask. I have seen phones with the same ram as mine (less if you the 3gb from memory extension) which just work so much better. And I am begging to think it must be something about MIUI. Will that get any better once Hyper OS comes around? Or do you think I should just install a custom ROM? If the second option is the best, what should I install now that custom roms are not so popular? Also os there any way to install other OSs? I for example like how Huawei's Harmony OS looks, is it even possible?

So like the title says,I have my S23 on cell data and Firefox and Chrome say I'm in Florida when I'm actually I'm NY. I turned on location data, turned off ad block (I really don't want to do that) and some other extentions amd did a restart. Any idea where I go next? Edit/small update- I was in Connecticut yesterday and tried it again on cell data, it had me in Pittsburgh, so it's something on AT&Ts end. I'd like to thank everyone for commenting, I appreciate it.

In our kitchen, we have had the Pixel Stand (2nd gen) and it generally worked for our "divided household" charging both a Pixel and iPhone 13 these past few years. That is until recently when my wife updated to an iPhone 16 Pro. Now the Pixel Stand only serves me, I'm assuming it has to do with the iPhone 16 being Qi 2 and her case having the magnetic circle that makes the Pixel Stand not happy to charge it. So my question is looking for recommendations on a wireless charger that will happily charge both a Pixel 9 Pro and a iPhone 16 Pro, specifically from the community (as opposed to that other community that shall not be named) Thanks, fam!

I am using an FOSS app called [Automation](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.jens.automation2/) [Git repo](https://git.server47.de/jens/Automation), it doesn't allow me to directly open Android Apps except if I use scripts. I don't know what scripts it's talking about, but I am trying to learn. Just like there are bash shell scripts, are there `android scripts` or something of the sort? Also, Is it possible to open an Android Application (KDE Connect) using Termux cli on Android? I don't want to do `pkg install kdeconnect` I think it works. But, is it possible to run applications such as `kde connect` android, `syncthing` android using termux?

One UI 6.0 and Android version 14. Whenever I go to upload a photo this weird sub menu pops up instead of taking me directly to my gallery or my files. What is this, and how do I disable it? Edit: Thanks for all the replies everyone! Appears to be a native android photo picker and it cannot be disabled as far as I've seen and been made aware from this thread.

> Google Wallet could soon get new features like a search bar and an account switcher, as discovered in the latest Google Wallet v24.52 update.