I'm looking for a file manager or gallery app that will let me browse to particular directories easily (prefer a file manager interface for this), look at images I find in them, and (this seems to be the really hard part) easily rename them _while I'm looking at them._ I don't want a conventional gallery app that just presents one huge list of all the folders it found anywhere on my device, as there can be several with the same name, and it's tedious to figure out what directory each one is under. I need to be able to go to a particular directory, look at the images within, and rename them while looking at them - the quicker & easier the better. Help?

cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/45174889 > Reddit post by Jeff Gadway: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClicksPhone/comments/1rg082s/clicks_communicator_coming_in_azerty_qwertz/

cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/45175566

Hi all, I'm looking for a GUI way to utilize a VPN over TLS. I can host whatever backend VPN is needed to tunnel through, Wireguard, OpenVPN, SSH, anything. My goal is to have the VPN travel over port 443 as TLS traffic and still be able to use the native android blocks for when the VPN is not active. I currently use Wireguard, but need to convert to a TLS solution. So far the most promising and up-to-date I've found is WSTunnel: https://github.com/erebe/wstunnel with this guide from Hetzner: https://community.hetzner.com/tutorials/obfuscating-wireguard-using-wstunnel, however this requires me to run a command line app in Termux and then the WG client on top of that, vs having a full GUI option. I'll go down this path if I need to, but want to make sure I'm not missing something. Thanks!

I have created a tech content platform with thousands of tech feeds from individual bloggers, open source projects and enterprises. The content is organised into spaces. In the Android space, you can find the latest Android related articles. In each space you can control the filtering with a threshold parameter. There is also an RSS feed that you can subscribe to:  https://insidestack.it/spaces/android/rss

I'm having trouble finding a good WiFi or Bluetooth walkie app. Both of them on f droid are too old to run on android 16

It claims to be compatible with most Android apps under the sun though I still assume VR headsets are a solution in search of a problem (though of course you are free to disagree).

cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/44940960 > https://www.poweredbymediatek.com/device?search=Clicks > > If true this is great. It will have more than enough power for 99% of tasks and will be able to do it all smoothly. The Clicks Communicator, if you haven't heard of it, is an upcoming Android phone with a physical keyboard.  It currently has pre-orders open however a working prototype hasn't been shown yet, with one coming Q2 according to the company. Release is expected Q4 this year. They have successfully released keyboard cases for other phones in the past.

What does it mean when an Motorola Android's Hardware Version is "pvt"? I read that it's "product validation test". Demo unit? Has the firmware been tampered with? The phone seems to work fine. The bootloader is locked but unlockable.

People should be able to write software for Android, and distribute it outside Google's Play store, without having to: * pay Google * give government ID to Google * agree to Google terms and conditions People should be able to install the software they want on their phone, from sources other than Google's Play store, without having to jump through Google-imposed hoops. e.g. via F-Droid. We've got until September this year to stop Google squeezing the open Android ecosystem. https://keepandroidopen.org/ https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/116087210269757672

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 use dev mode to switch the sensors off. Recently I noticed that after a few days, maybe a week or so, I wasn´t a dev anymore and had to restart dev mode. Does this happen to anybody else? And can I make dev mode permanent again? If relevant, I´m on a Fairphone 4 using Android 15.

Out of the blue, my google speech to text has become absolutely terrible at recognition and has completely stopped adding punctuation marks comma typing them out instead period Anyone else getting this? Retrained it, updated, deleted, updated again, nothing works, my Google stt is largely useless now. Is there an alternative anyone is using?

> Google Drive is adding support for automatically generated captions to videos you upload.  >Google is leveraging “speech recognition technology to transcribe the audio.” This feature is available for personal Google Accounts, but users “must request automatic captions after uploading a video to Drive.”

From their newsletter: >📸 Premium 50MP Triple Camera System > >The Fairphone 5 comes with a 50MP selfie camera, a 50MP main camera with a finely tuned Sony lens, and a 50MP ultrawide camera for that perfect, cinematic shot. > > >⚙️ 8 Years of Software Updates > >Packing a unique, long-life Qualcomm Octa-core chipset, the Fairphone 5 comes with clean Android 13, zero bloatware and at least five major software updates. That’s future-proof! > > >🎯 5 Years Warranty > >The Fairphone 5’s modular design makes it super easy to repair by yourself. Add to that a five year warranty that’s twice the industry standard. The Fairphone 5 is definitely built to last. > >  >♻️ Made fairer than ever > >The Fairphone 5 is made with 70% fair and recycled materials in fair factories under fair working conditions and is a 100% electronic waste neutral. That’s fair!

Still have this device somewhere and 2 HTC Diamonds ( Windows CE ) - lol

Would be nice to see what Android apps you use for self-help 😁

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32136527 > Need Android Launcher Recommendation > > Is there a Android Launcher that supports > - organize app icons in bulk > - automatically add newly installed app icon to homescreen > - an option to add all already installed app that aren't on home screen to home screen > - easy to organize app icon on home screen into folders > - easy to organize app icon on app drawer into folders (may not be necessary) > > appreciate any helP >

> After debuting in beta earlier this month, Google is now rolling out the Android Auto 13.8 update to users, but...

> In the past week, Google Messages users have noticed that RCS read receipts are missing and not working properly.

 We're almost the bois, synchronization working for multiple accounts, background services and notifications set Also, I updated the readme if you want to checkout We have a logo! Project link github.com/gusVLZ/lemmy_handshake

> In addition to announcing sound search and AI-generated conversation radio today, YouTube Music is rolling out "Mark as played" for podcasts.

I really liked this SSH client, but I can't find it on the play store and I can't find any recent news. Does anyone know why it was taken down? Edit: it's back up now, sorry for not checking. But it was down earlier this week when I was trying to install it. Would still like to know what happened, if it wasn't a random Google problem.

I updated my device to Lineahe OS based on Android 15 after I have been using Lineage OS based on Android 14 for a while. I don't know if this is a common issue with Android 15 or it's only with Lineage OS or my installation is sonewhat crippled (I did clean flash and I already reinstalled once), but the OS is very aggressively killing apps compared to Android 14 to the point it is annoying. **Example** In Android 14 if I started a download in the browser, the browser would display a permanent notification that it's downloading and if I swiped away the browser from recents the download would continue. In Android 15 the downloading stops immidiately after I swipe the browser from recents. And that's not the only problem. Background services like my companion watch app don't work properly because it seems they get killed in the background and messaging or e-mail apps sometimes seem to have the same problem. I tried disabling battery optimizations for these apps, but it doesn't seem to help at all. Does anyone else experience similar issues with Android 15?

Saw Louis Rossmans original video on the app and figured (and it may well have been) it would be buggy and awful at that point. Decided to gike it a try, the app has all the options I could want for watching youtube, it's multiplatform to a much greater degree than Newpipe and it's forks. The reason I don't ever expect to go back to Newpipe or Libretube is the plugins update through the app, meaning I can get bypasses to YouTubes bullshit as fast as they're developed. Newpipe is usually updated quickly, but in my experience forks like Tubular that include sponsorblocks often delay me from getting that update. Overall, very good experience so far!

I first installed this app to watch one cricket match on my TV that was only available in the U.S. on one sketchy website. Now it's one of the most used apps on my #Samsunh #galaxy A51 #Android Phone Checkout this app for watching videos on your TV, it is called Web Video Caster https://www.webvideocaster.com/ RT [@[email protected]](https://gnusocial.jp/notice/3338101)

I have about 5 different apps installed right now, and while I plan to test them all out, curious what people's conclusions are thus far.

I can access my employer’s local network if I authenticate with a 2fa. They suggest proprietary software, but aegis authenticator (found in fdroid) works fine. The thing is, the phone’s screen is too small and it’s very cumbersome to navigate the screen and to click, it’s so bad I don’t want to use it, because fonts are so small you cannot read anything. It’s like they didn’t even try to optimize the local network for devices. However, if I could emulate this app on an ubuntu based computer, I’d use it. Can it be done?

> Android 15 QPR1 automatically stops screen sharing when the device is locked. In previous versions, apps could keep seeing the screen.

If I set an alarm for two hours from now, it will go off. I've tested this a few times. But my morning alarms, at 6:07 and 6:13 am, just don't go off. I've been testing this for like a week now and I cant figure it out. Later in the day, maybe 3 or 4 hours later, the phone will alert me that I missed the alarm, even when my body clock wakes me up before the alarm and I lay awake watching my phone tick past the alarm time without it ever twitching or doing anything. So far, I've tried: - Deleting all alarms and recreating them - Clearing the app cache and data, then rebooting - Removing Duraspeed system app which I suspected of causing problems - Toggling every setting and widget related to alarms and DND I can find Here's my alarm setup:  Clock app settings:   Android sound settings:  Now, I suspected it was some battery thing killing the app, or DND preventing it from going off, but these settings all look correct to me:    And just now, its warned me about the missed alarm that I laid awake watching not go off:  Any ideas about what else to investigate, or what else to do? Should I just download and rely on a different alarm app or something?

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