First off, I loathe at&t. Never use them. Verizon was far superior. Anyway, I'm now having an issue where if I send any web links they get blocked over SMS, especially to iPhone users. Very very annoying. Not to mention group SMS/MMS being garbage now. I am not sure if it has to do with me using an esim for at&t or what. They wanted to force me into a new phone and I said no because I'll be going with a pixel and graphene after this contract is up. Anyone else have these issues? Also their WiFi calling is garbage, not that I need it anyway.

If this can happen, is it possible that once mandatory developer verification comes into effect, all 3rd party apps will be uninstalled at first and require a re-install? Concerning this specific case, [NFCGate](https://github.com/nfcgate/nfcgate) is a tool on which [malware (family) titled NGate by ESET is based](https://www.eset.com/us/about/newsroom/research/eset-research-discovers-ngate-android-malware-which-relays-nfc-traffic-to-steal-victims-cash-from-atms-1/), thus likely causing a false positive. Oh, and no bypass is available anymore (aside from disabling play protect): 

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/48972893 > Please share any knowledge or experience that you have on packet inspection using smartphones. I would like to sniff at my switch, which is switching between my (two LANs)^[I put "two LANs" within parentheses to denote that the two LANs are *not* being switched between.] and my ISP. For this, I have mirrored all ports that are in use to a port that is currently not in use. Can I simply buy one of those USB-C to Ethernet dongles and use `tcpdump` in Termux? Will Android recognize the dongle as a sniffable network interface? The phone is rooted.

The alternative app store Aptoide filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google in the USA over alleged monopolization. Aptoide, provider of an alternative Android app store, accuses Google of excluding competing app stores from the market by monopolizing app distribution and billing, thus violating US antitrust law.

I had a time-related work issue tonight and am seeking a way to guarantee it never recurs. Thanks in advance for any ideas! I have MacroDroid but I'm not sure of how to go about setting this up (namely the DND-overriding)...

I'm using GrapheneOS, the default Vanadium browser works great but it doesnt block ads. I want to install a 2nd browser just for youtube and my specific Google account for youtube. I also tried Newpipe and similar apps, but they cant use my Google's playlist and comments. I need them, that is why I think to use a 2nd browser. Is there a way to set Youtube links (youtube.com, m.youtube.com...etc) to be opened in a non default browser, say Brave or Firefox?

I'm looking for an Android app that strips EXIF from photos before I upload them somewhere. I really care mostly about removing geolocation. I searched on F-Droid, I didn't find much. Has anybody used [Scrambled Exif](https://f-droid.org/pl/packages/com.jarsilio.android.scrambledeggsif/) ?

Is there an explanation as to why exatcly update downloads are so slow from the game client in pretty much every game on Android i ever played that had such a thing. Screenshot is from magic arena but i also had this happen in fantasy war tactics and some other games ( cant really remember the games as they were more try and forget they ever existed type of thing ) By comparison the downloads from play store ale blazingly fast . Is that some Android limitation or was i just unlucky and those particular games had shitty servers. Also why are they not keeping the whole game in play store and doing this weird in game updates ( Probably it costs more but i would love confirmation ). 

Still rocking my Galaxy Watch 4 and don't see a need to upgrade yet. Battery life isn't great but I've grown used to taking it off in the evening and letting it charge overnight. Who's eyeing the new Galaxy Watch 6?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21069631 > Once upon a time you could get a small android device with good specs. > https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_xz1_compact-8610.php > > It's still my favourite phone, even though it's been retired and is only used as an MP3 player with AUX in the garage nowadays. > I realize that for most people the phone is now a device to consume media through and that the larger screens are helpful there, but having a smart phone that is fully usable with one hand is still something I miss. Often. > > Considering that modern androids have about 85% to 90% of their size as display size then a phone with the size of the xz1 compact should get a screen size of ~5 inches instead of the old 4.6 inches. > > With the SoC advancements I don't even feel that the phone would require a flagship SoC to interest me. Put a Snapdragon 6, as much battery as you can fit and an AUX input in it and I'm game. > > What would make you guys interested in a smaller phone today?

I found a few old phones from my family. II cleaned them, installed LineageOS and rooted most of them. On one I installed postmarketOS, one is still stock Android and one is lets say bricked (after installing lineagesos it stay on boot logo for ever, before that I installed lineageos and nethunter on it). One one disk encryption doesnt work for some reason. Phones (all samsung galaxy): - S4 - A5 - A5 (bricked) - A5 (postmarketOS) - J3 - J4+ (no encryption) - A31 (stock) What can I do with them? Something like Monero node or Tor relay, but I'm already running that on old pc. For something that needs speed I have rpis (like a website). Camera security system? Tracking device? Is it possible to run (and autorun) cli apps and/or services that can access interent, bluetooth, gps, sensors, camera, files, etc. just like on linux? I'm a programmer and I don't like making normal android apps for a simple project.

This page contains info about customization of color themes with ADB. No third party apps needed.

In order to get an Android-only app working on a desktop computer I installed Weston and Waydroid which worked, but as I (and the target machine) run Mint 21 it's not as simple as just running Waydroid and having it work, plus there is no way to close out Waydroid from within itself. In order to make it easier to start and stop I made this little script, run it once to start and again to stop. Edit as needed obviously but this should work as-is. *Edit: the `&` is not correct, lemmy is doing that, edit it to remove the amp; parts* ``` #!/bin/bash PID=$(pgrep "weston") if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]; then waydroid session stop kill $PID exit fi weston --width=1920 --height=1080 --socket=wayland-1 &>/dev/null & sleep 5 WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-1 XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland waydroid show-full-ui ```

IMHO, the title is pretty spot on as an owner of a ZF4 myself.

Vivo membuat bingung dengan dua smartphone unggulan di seri V-nya, yaitu Vivo V40 5G dan Vivo V30 5G. Kedua ponsel ini hadir dengan harga yang sama, sekitar Rp 6.999.000, tetapi memiliki beberapa perbedaan mencolok yang membuat masing-masing ponsel unggul di sektor yang berbeda. Dalam artikel ini, kita akan membahas spesifikasi dan perbedaan utama antara kedua smartphone tersebut. Baik Vivo V40 5G maupun Vivo V30 5G sama-sama menggunakan layar AMOLED berukuran 6,78 inci dengan resolusi 12260 x 2800 piksel dan refresh rate 120 Hz. Namun, [perbedaan smartphone](https://www.koranmandala.com/tekno/) tersebut terletak pada ketahanan layar. Vivo V40 5G belum dilengkapi pelindung layar tetapi memiliki sertifikasi IP68, yang membuatnya tahan air hingga kedalaman 1 meter selama 30 menit serta tahan debu. Sebaliknya, Vivo V30 5G sudah dilengkapi pelindung layar Scot Alpha dan memiliki sertifikasi IP54, yang membuatnya tahan terhadap cipratan air dan debu.

First off, im not new to Lemmy, im behind my Alt account. But I was to make this post because if an android app me and my boyfriend are currently working on, or soon to be working on. We value are privacy and security very much, and we take this much to ensure we are protected as much as we can. We know we can’t do 100%, but we can achieve 99.97%. Anyways… So, my boyfriend is in the process of making an Android app that lets users sign into their online accounts in one app. He said he wants to make this Twitter UI like app, with the ability to login with his accounts, with privacy and maintaining a healthy security. However, he has a problem due to us being in a situation where we ~~can’t~~ don’t want to pay for API’s for such services we have accounts for. The main point, is it possible to make it to where; once the user opens the app, taps the button to sign in with Facebook let’s say, it opens Facebook in webview and when the user is done authenticating, the app then closes webview and shows content, within the custom UI in the app. > Same goes with other platforms like, Twitter, YouTube and what not. Again, I’m not even sure if this is possible, but consuming that I have an android phone, and I play Fortnite at time to time, whenever I go to sign into my epic games account. The game opens webview and when I’m done signing in, it closes and continues with my account shown. It’s basically a privacy security focused browser, but with an added features like viewing and managing your online accounts.

I saw a while ago Google was planning an airtag alternative, but it seems to have been delayed. Anyone know when it's finally coming out?

I have a new Phone Plan starting in a couple of days. I have the option to choose a Physical Sim or eSim, both are similarly easy to get going. What are some +/- of both, what should I use? Or does it even matter at all? One thing I think of but have no conclusion to yet is when my Phone gets stolen, is that a concern then?

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.

As of last month, the Pixel 4a is no longer getting software updates, and will be missing out on Android 14. It was a really great phone, mine still runs very well. It has a smooth, stock Android install, a headphone jack, and a perfectly positioned fingerprint scanner. My battery is still at 2/3 capacity compared to when I bought it 3 years ago. Really wanted to try a custom ROM like Lineage, but it seems that Google Apps are a must for me. So, what should I replace my 4a with? Currently leaning towards the Pixel 8 or 7a, especially with the rumor that Pixel 8 will have 7 years of software updates. Still, I will miss my headphone jack. But at least I'll have quick software updates and call screening. Edit: Pixel 4a did NOT receive the September 2023 security update, so it seems updates are definitely over. Edit: I specifically need Google Pay since my university uses it instead of physical ID cards. Unfortunately, it has spotty support on custom ROMs, Id rather just get a new phone.

I loved this podcast for Android news. RIP All About Android

> The Google Pixel 9 is the first Google phone in the US to support call recording, thanks to the new Call Notes feature.

Hi! My friend is looking for an Android tablet that has an unlockable bootloader and also has a custom ROM. I've checked a lot and every one of them is problematic. Usual brands here are Samsung, Lenovo, Huawei, Honor, TCL, Xiaomi. Apparently Huawei and Honor is out of question since they don't allow unlocking bootloader. TCL is new so no ROMs. Xiaomi seems possible but unlocking a Xiaomi device recently became even more pain. Do you know a decent model from these brands? Preferably 10-12 inch screen.

I use private browsing a lot for the automatic site data clearing. Several browsers restrict taking screenshots in private windows, which is only an inconvenience to me. I hope more browsers will allow the user to decide if screenshots are allowed on their own device.

As you can see in the screenshot, inside the [Photo Picker](https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage/shared/photopicker) in the Albums view only "Screenshots" is shown while in Photos view all the pictures are available in chronological order. By looking it up, I [found](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77280010/pickvisualmedia-contract-not-showing-all-albums) [people](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76912615/jetpack-photo-picker-missing-folder-in-album) [complaining](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76557577/pickvisualmediarequest-does-not-show-3rd-party-app-folders) [the](https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/9098-new-media-picker-doesnt-show-all-folders-and-updates-very-slowly) [same](https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/9369-photo-picker-issue) [issue](https://old.reddit.com/r/AndroidQuestions/comments/15hxt1n/this_app_can_only_access_the_photos_you_select/) and one suggesting adding them with Google Photos (which I don't have and I don't want to install). Just wanted to know if someone else here got the same issue or if there is a workaround/fix for this. (I'm on GrapheneOS) Thanks

Any recommendations for an sport/activity tracking app? FOSS would be super but I'm open to all suggestions! I've been walking more and wondering just how far I've been going and at what pace. Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone, I have an old galaxy note 8 that I would like to flash and get a Linux based OS on it. I recently put lineage OS on my galaxy tab s6 and it's working great, but it looks like lineage doesn't support the note 8. I heard about cyanogenMod but it seems like thats discontinued. I just have some games I want to play from the Google play store, so my needs are basic, so just having a simple OS for games that the devs are keeping up to date would be great. Thanks!

What is a free and preferably open-source way to automatically move files from one folder to another on android? My case: Basically my Camera app doesn't allow for me to set where to store the captured photos, so I have to move them each time. How can I automate this? I want to make all files that appear in one folder, (/DCIM/Photography_Pro/) moved to (/DCIM/Camera/). Solved by suggested app in comments; Media Merger on fdroid!

So just now in my phone, the system UI, modem service, and other applications stopped working and after that my phone rebooted automatically. What happened there? It's running Android 12.

Hi there, im conducting research on a wast amount of different VPN applications, and doing so I would like to gather some statistics on how many applications there are based om my criteria. Is there any good way of doing this nowadays? I found one app called App Finder, which has a bit more freedom that the Play Store, but doesn't quite hit the mark. I want to be able to for example see, how many apps there are based on a certain term like, "VPN". Any pin pointers towards this are greatly appreciated :)

Has anyone ever seen this? I'm using the default Google calendar app and this is happening on my Pixel 5a and I just got a new Pixel 6a and it is still happening. I look at Month View on my calendar and there are no appointments on January 28th through Feb 3rd. Even if I click on those dates, there are no appointments. If I use the desktop website version of Google Calendar, I still have appointments on those dates. This happens the last week of most months but only if they have 31 days. Has anyone seen this? Can it be fixed? Thanks. Edit: Since you'll probably ask, I've already tried clearing the app data, re-syncing, re-starting, re-installing, and everything else I can think of. Sometimes clearing the data and re-syncing works but then the problem comes back either right away or a few days later.

I'm at a point in life I get a phone, set it up and live my life. Everytime I get updates for my Samsung phone my menu is wack and I gotta click through thousand new commands and options that I will never use in my life. Please just give me updates for my security and no more features.

> Gemini on Android is now a much better phone assistant. The latest update lets you access Gemini Extensions from the Android lockscreen.

> Google is preparing to roll out a new shortcut for launching Google Wallet, and it could arrive in this year's Android 16 update.

I was looking at this chart in AccuBattery and this dip looks rather strange. It does not look like normal battery wear. Did we get nerfed by the July update like the a-series with bad batteries? What's your graph look like, if you use AccuBattery or equivalent?