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I run rooted just so I can backup/restore apps, using NeoBackup. It backs up to a local folder.
That folder, along with pretty much every folder on my phone is synced to a server at home using Syncthing-Fork. This way new data (photos, downloaded files, etc) are always replicated, and I can effectively manage the phone file system by moving files around at home. Any changes I make will sync back to the phone.
Get the Universal Android Debloat Utility, it’s pretty good at letting you know what can be disabled.
Because they’re different than a laptop, desktop, phone, with different capabilities and limitations.
Why are you using Lemmy when reddit works better?
(By “better”, I’m sure someone could make arguments why reddit works better for them, that would make as much sense as OP’s opinion on “better” regarding these devices).
Or more simply, your opinion is just that - your opinion.
Their lawyers wrote, reviewed, and approved the contract.
This is what most people, who’ve never worked for a large business, never seem to get.
As an employee I can never say anything about my company unless I want to be fired. For people farther up the chain who have responsibility for making public statements, everything is first vetted by the legal team.
Hell, at times we peons are given stock responses to give to certain questions.
Monolithic OS. Plus being Immutable.
Immutable makes sense for a mobile device where you need a guaranteed way to ensure it functions as designed.
The rest is because phone manufacturers and Google (and Microsoft, et al) forsee a future where you don’t control your OS, so they then control everything.
I’ve used Picsay for probably 10 years. My phone says it’s the pro version, guess I paid for it at some point, and I must just copy it from phone to phone.
Can’t seem to find it on Play, but it’s on ApkPure
I’m pretty sure the free version didn’t have ads.
My experience: most of my apps work fine without Google services. Even more advanced apps - sometimes they just can’t verify licensing, so may complain occasionally. Even now, Macrodroid can’t verify licensing through microG, but the dev has a process for licensing with a serial key based on your Google account.
Graphene is technically more secure than Lineage, because you can re-lock the bootloader.
But wait, the latest versions of Lineage you can re-lock the bootloader on Pixel devices (or is it with DivestOS, a Lineage fork, on Pixels? I forget). Either way, both can be re-locked on Pixel (I know, I’ve done it).
At that point there’s little difference in my opinion, if you aren’t using any kind of Google services.
Once you go to use Google services (either sandboxed on Graphene, or microG on Lineage), it can be argued that Graphene is more secure. Though Lineage and Divest install microG as user apps, so you could install them to a second profile and isolate it there.
But if you’re going to run some form of Google services, you’re kind of negating the advantages of Graphene at that point (though some would argue it’s still more secure, again, depending on your threat model - if a state actor is after you, don’t go putting Google stuff on your phone).
Really it all comes down to your threat model. I’m currently running DivestOS on a Pixel with microG, because there were a few apps I still needed. My next reset (in about 3 months) that will be gone, and I’ll no longer need anything Google. But I’ll probably stick with DivestOS, as there’s no clear advantage for me to switch to Graphene.
I wonder how phone size, battery placement, and materials play into this.
Being able to dissipate more heat while charging will help significantly too.
I’ve had a phone with a ceramic back that would die in minutes in cold weather if I didn’t keep it in my internal coat pocket. It charged much faster than another phone that had a plastic back with a similar battery size and charging capability, even using “slow” charging (using a lower power charger). I can only assume the heat dissipation made a difference as the ceramic one never got even very warm while the plastic one did.
So maybe a combination of everything mentioned here - charge control in the phone, how the controller manages cells, location of battery in phone/heat dissipation, power optimizing while charging (do all of these phones support pass-through? That would influence charge time), etc.
I hadn’t read the regs before. Interesting.
And while I very much agree with the intent (and will be glad to see it being much easier to replace a battery), I wonder what manufacturers will do to mitigate the impacts.
Like for the 7 years of parts thing, will they manufacture/sell a phone for just 3 months, to minimize that window?
I really like the OS support for 5 years. Again though, will they do things like charge for that support, tie the update package to a specific device, etc? (Guess we’ll see).
I’m not saying this isn’t a great improvement over the non-existent rules - it truly is! I’m just cynical, so I’m concerned to see how manufacturers will attempt to minimize the impact to them.
Took me several reads of the headline to start with.
Then connecting it to the article contents, at least this is “accurate clickbait” (if there is such a thing). It actually describes what’s going on, we just interpret it differently initially because of current circumstance (which I suppose you could say is the fldefinition of clickbait).
Still clickbait, but at least it’s not an outright lie like so many, just worded to make us want to click!
I’m a bit chagrined to have been taken in by the extreme interpretation of the headline, when the milder interpretation (in a different climate) would be inoffensive.
Ffs, how far have we come when I’m showing appreciation for a clickbait headline’s milder interpretation is accurate enough to not be a lie, but just attention-grabbing?
Have you checked with Lineage? That’s the most likely source.
Samsung phones are complex - if it can be unlocked depends on the exact model number (not just A15, there are often separate versions of each model).
Generally, US versions aren’t unlockable or flashable. Generally.
I gave up on Samsung several years ago because I got tired of fighting to do anything. Even the unlock and flash procedures were a pain.
Disabling something on your phone will have no impact on your account.
Without knowing the phone, and the exact package name, we have no idea what this is.
Get the Universal Android Debloat Utility, it’s pretty good at letting you know what can be disabled.
It’s really frustrating there’s no proper backup/restore without root - that’s my primary reason for having root.
Yea, Syncthing-Fork is still maintained, though there hasn’t been an update for a while. The company that makes Möbius Sync for iOS is a big supporter of Syncthing, hopefully they’ll help in some way. Alternatively there’s Resilio Sync, but it’s hard on phone ram - I’d have to manage it a lot more often. Though it has Selective Sync - I can browse a shared folder from my phone and tell it to sync specific files. This is great for my media server - I can grab any movie/music anytime.
I like Syncthing-Fork better because it moves sync conditions to within each folder. So my DCIM folder syncs on any network or battery condition (so I don’t lose photos), but NeoBackup folder only syncs on wifi and while charging.
Pretty much all folders now sync 2-way, and I export the Syncthing config on the phone whenever I change something. That export folder is also synced, so when I switch phones I just install ST, import that config, and after a couple hours the new phone has all the same stuff as the old phone. Then I launch NeoBackup and start restoring.