I’m using the stick pixel os (rooted) and keep my bootloader locked with this https://github.com/chenxiaolong/avbroot
My April fools prank you on my friends was a fake news article. It would’ve worked if any of them actually read past the headline.
In the same regards, it’s a toggle if you want it to come back automatically. You can still turn off Bluetooth and leave it off. The feature is there so you don’t turn off Bluetooth and lose your device & the only way to track it
Edit: fixed typo
https://github.com/siavash79/PixelXpert
Used to be AOSP mods, should still mostly work on builds that remain close to AOSP on other devices too
Spite mostly. I have small QoL improvements, but mostly because Google says I can’t do what I want with my device.
Specific reasons:
No longer working:
+1 for dbrand. Both times I’ve contacted support they’ve immediately sent another but also have tried to fix the issue (first one was a bubble that showed up under the skin on my grip case, they sent a replacement skin and also asked me to try hitting it with a hair dryer. Second one they sent me a 7 pro case instead of an 8 pro. They sent me a replacement and told me I could keep the other)
Waiting on my ghost to come in, the grip for the 7 was a nice high quality case. Would recommend them.
I got a bubble under the skin after a few days and contacted support for a remedy, they suggested a hot air dryer but also sent a new skin without my asking free of charge. Like they literally just sent it to the order address and said “btw you’ve got another one in the mail”. So A+ customer support in my books.
I use:
Material Files - Root file explorer FOSS and no ads
Termux - Terminal emulator
GAppsMod - enable call recording in United States
ReVanced Manager - Spiritual successor of YouTube vanced, works for more than just YouTube
Substratum - theme engine, needs to be combined with a theme pack and most are not free
Swift Backup - backs up app data, calls, messages, etc to cloud. Can set it to use WebDAV, SMB, SFTP, S3, etc. Can also back up locally
XPosed / LSPosed
Dark eyes tricks - general system mods, mostly use it for “Power key to toggle torch”
Snap Enhance - if you need Snapchat to communicate with half of you friends you can nuke most ads, get download options, screenshot without sending a message, view chats without marking them as read, enable dark mode, and others I don’t use
XPosed Edge Pro - let’s you bind actions to triggers. I use it to get a Samsung like app drawer from the side of my screen, but you can bind keys, gestures, schedules, app states, just overall useful
Magisk Modules
AOSP Mods -let’s you configure a bunch of stuff in near vanilla roms
Universal SafetyNet Fix - V2.4.0-MOD_1.2, allows banking and Google pay to work, as well as any app that blocks root. Add to magisk deny list
I just moved mine to namecheap & am using cloudflare dns instead of Google cloud dns. Had to setup my email forwarding and my ssl certificate renewal again but otherwise rather painless.
Namecheap’s website loads pretty slow but their support is top notch. The chat button on the page will immediately connect you to somebody that actually knows the product which is nice.
No problem! Google’s naming gets confusing