I can post instructions later for anyone who wants to know how, but I figured out how to use the #AuroraStore to revert the #GoogleCamera / #PixelCamera app to the version before the horrendously dumb UI redesign.
It's wonderful to have my old camera app back. So much more convenient.
Our team from @calyxos will be at @fossasia next week! If you are in the area, please drop by our booth to chat with us about #CalyxOS or projects we support for the FOSS community such as #LineageOS, #AuroraStore, #FDroid, and more.
The Play Store has started notifying app updates for apps installed with F-Droid, and as expected, they cannot be updated. However, the Play Store still shows those failed updates. Does anyone know why this might be happening? #android#fdroid#playstore#update
@amadeus Für die wenigen Apps, die ich nicht über F-Droid bekomme sondern nur über Google, nutze ich den Aurora Store. Hier kann ich selbst entscheiden welche Apps ich updaten möchte. Den Google Playstore habe nicht auf meinem Smartphone installiert. https://f-droid.org/packages/com.aurora.store/
The EU forces Apple to allow 3rd party app stores and browsers. Apple comes with a schema that costs more money to maintain 3rd party app stores than the older official app store version. I think Tim Cook is an absolute madman for Malicious compliance. 😂
Kilka dni temu zamęczyłem @m0bi13 pytaniami o weryfikację pobieranych poza oficjalnymi sklepami plików APK. Dialog zakończyliśmy bez konkluzji, bo prawdopodobnie nie potrafiłem wytłumaczyć, o co dokładnie mi chodzi. Tymczasem kilka minut grzebania w internetach i parę komend w terminalu i już wiem co i jak. cdn
Zapomniałbym dodać a chciałbym żeby było w dyskusji:
istnieje projekt Aurora Store, który jest projektem open-source "zastępującym" sklep Google Play, może posługiwać się anonimowymi kontami do "wyłuskania" plików apk z katalogu apek Google Play.
Des internautes arrêtés par les forces de police pour avoir cherché certains mots sur Google.
Ça devient complètement dingue et dystopique.
(Et c'est donc aussi une très bonne raison pour utiliser d'autres moteurs de recherche que Google.) https://sebsauvage.net/links/?MaaBFw
How to find out why an #Android app is not compatible?
A banking app on my Android 11 phone started saying after June it would stop working.
After that I uninstalled to try and fix the issue but since then #GooglePlay says the app is not compatible, even though the bank's website says it works with v5 and above.
I've since looked at two other banking apps and Google Play says neither is compatible with my #Alcatel 1 phone.
There's no way to find out why or if a different phone will work.
@jkeyne that's a useful tip. It hasn't worked but I've learned a bit.
I can download but the install fails saying it can't find compatible ABIs. But my phone reports an MT6739 processor, which is Armv8 and I can see the app apk's in #AuroraStore include v8a.
The apps claim to be targeting SDK 33 (Android v13) which means they should work with my v11 (SDK 30).
Several apps are like this, I suspect all updated to SDK33 because recent Play deadline but now won't work on this v11 #Armv8 phone 🤷♂️
@publicvoit@kernpanik Ich kenne #calyxos nicht, finde #grapheneos aber Oberhaupt nicht restriktiv. Bei mir habe ich keine Einschränkungen, #fdroid und #aurorastore drauf. Auf mribem alten S7 von Samsung habe ich /e/OS drauf. Mag ich auch.
Es gibt Aussagen, dass das #Pixel4a weiter von GrapheneOs unterstützt und auf #android14 gehoben werden soll. Das wäre klasse, ich hoffe, dass es so kommt.
Proposal for an open source/FOSS edition of ChromeOS:
-Fdroid and Aurora Store as the app stores
-Vivaldi as the default browser (specially made for ChromeOS)
-Google integration replaced with Nextcloud
-Search replaced with DuckDuckGo, Qwant, or a pre-customized SearXNG
-Play Services replaced with microG
-WINE integration (if possible)
Don't know what else to add actually but I would like some more ideas if possible! Also, this is just a concept
#Android ⚠️ #ATTENTION
Si vous utilisez AuroraStore:
Il semblerait que Google fasse la chasse aux magasins alternatifs et supprime des comptes Google s'ils sont utilisés avec Aurora Store.
Si vous utilisez le compte anonyme par défaut vous ne craigniez rien (à part que ça ne marche plus), mais si vous avez entré votre compte Google, vous risquez de le perdre.
Faites attention.
It looks like Google is going after alternative stores and deleting Google accounts if they're used with #Aurora Store.
If you're using the default anonymous account you're safe (except that it won't work anymore), but if you've entered your Google account, you may lose it.
#Security#Nerds and #Experts of #Mastodon, I have a #Question for you.
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I am attempting to de-#Google my digital life (as much as is possible at the moment). I got myself an #Android#MobilePhone that does not have Google services installed on it, and I am using #FDroid, #AuroraStore, #APKPure, etc. to get the apps, and using the #AppBrain#AdDetector and #DuckDuckGo's #App#Tracking#Protection (#Beta built into their mobile browser).
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I am doing my best to use #minimal apps, and only getting ones that are not security focused when necessary. I am not logging into Google, or any other #BigSocial/ #BigData services except when necessary.
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My question is, are there any #SMS / #Texting apps that allow you to login on the #Web and #sync messages to your phone (even if only on the same network), and a #keyboard that has #VoiceToText that does not use Google or #Microsoft? I am currently using #SwiftKey, but only until I figure out the #T9 app I am using with the KB (HYBRID phone running Android 11).