All about Android

benhaube,
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I got my Faithful mug in the mail yesterday! The t-shirt shipped separately, so I should get it tomorrow. Thanks for the sale! I am happy I could support the podcast while enjoying my morning coffee.

@jasonhowell @ronxo @queencodemonkey @MishaalRahman

MishaalRahman,
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albertcardona,
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Turns out all the "unremovable" Samsung apps from the android Galaxy A14 can be uninstalled after all. It's convoluted, but worth it: far snappier – far more responsive, less memory usage.

  1. Enable developer options.
  2. Under developer options, enable USB debugging.
  3. connect to a laptop via USB.
  4. Install "adb" (Android Debug Bridge) in the laptop, a command like tool. In Ubuntu 22.04, do "sudo apt install adb". There are packages online for other operating systems.
  5. Discover which apps to remove. Not trivial, but there are various lists of Samsung "bloatware" online.
  6. Then, use adb to discover which packages to remove. For example:

$ adb shell pm list packages | grep facebook

.. and then remove them:

$ adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.facebook.services
$ adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.facebook.system
$ adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.facebook.appmanager

Likewise for Microsoft cruft.

  1. If no apps match the search, then use the "App List" (installable via F-Droid store) to list all user apps or system apps (from a toggle on the top-right menu), which lists all apps by name and with the package name under it.

An app that I removed that indeed drops some possibly valuable services but which greatly improve UI responsiveness:

$ adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.sec.android.daemonapp

The above removes the built-in weather app and various widgets. But suddenly the phone doesn't stall randomly and the UI is snappier than ever.

  1. If you regret uninstalling a package, it can be reinstalled with adb.

BTW don't forget to re-enable using only 1 background thread every time the OneUI is updated. Samsung overwrites that setting.

dn_mason,
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@albertcardona If you're going through that anyway, have you considered just installing eg. @LineageOS or similar?

albertcardona,
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@dn_mason @LineageOS

Neither LineageOS not /e/OS list the Samsung Galaxy A14 as supported.

accessibleandroid,
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New app added to the Accessible Android apps directory: FUTO Voice Input Accessible https://accessibleandroid.com/app/futo-voice-input/ #Android #App

zersiax,
@zersiax@cupoftea.social avatar

@accessibleandroid @salihkn let's try that again :) Ok but what does it actually ...y'know ...do? it integrates with apps and keyboards ...then what?

soheb,
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Since I bought an Android phone, I bought myself an Android watch. A TicWatch Enduro.

I got it on Saturday lunchtime, and it's now Tuesday morning with 16% battery life (with the ability to go all the way down to 5%).

As someone who used an Apple Watch for about 2/3 years, I'm absolutely blown away at this thing!

#android #apple #wearos #applewatch #androidwear #ticwatch

pcublogue,
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@soheb @Tattooed_Mummy Looks great! The battery is life is something I wish Apple would resolve some day. :(

soheb,
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@pcublogue @Tattooed_Mummy as long as they keep putting design over function every single time, the battery issues will never be addressed imho.

brume, French
@brume@piaille.fr avatar

via @techbot

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protonprivacy,
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The new app is now available for everyone!

💬 Easily follow email threads with the new conversation mode
🛠️ Enjoy major stability and performance improvements

Download the app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.protonmail.android

This provides a solid foundation for delivering new features faster in the future.

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protonprivacy,
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@Cambion At the moment, not natively, but some of our community has suggested using Obtainium to do this: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1d1o3qw/comment/l5wa83c/

Bear in mind that this method has not been officially tested nor is it endorsed by us, so if you do decide to try it, use it at your own risk.

F-droid availability is planned, but we don't have a specific timeline to confirm at the moment.

Drekken,
@Drekken@mastodon.social avatar

@protonprivacy mobile snooze when? 😢

pseudonym,
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New #android Device. The "copy all my apps and data files over" is getting much better than it used to be, by why in the name of dog, can they not copy over notification preferences, or add a global default option to be "silent notifications"?

I have to go and manually re-mute almost all the apps.

There are a very few apps I want dinging my phone, ever. Go ahead and give me the dot, and even the one line silent notification at the top, but annoy me once with a ding I didn't need, and muted.

jnv,
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Is there an android tablet the size of iPad Mini?

SETIEric,
@SETIEric@qoto.org avatar

@jnv Only if you're willing to spend 1/5th as much on it.

holgerschurig,
gnulinux, German
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Datensparsames Android mit der Android Debug Bridge. Teil 3: Weitere Geräte und Plattformen

Die an einem Samsung Stock-ROM beschriebenen Methoden aus den ersten beiden Teilen werden auf Google Pixel und Xiaomi Smartphones, Android TV und einen Tolino Ebook-Reader angewandt, teils mit mehr, teils mit weniger Erfolg.

#Android #AndroidDebugBridge #AndroidTV #EBookReader #Tolino #NVIDIA #Debloat #Privacy #Datenschutz #FDroid #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/datensparsames-android-mit-der-android-debug-bridge-teil-3-weitere-geraete-und-plattformen

fdroidorg,
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@gnulinux

F-Droid auf Android TV? Wir haben selten Personen, die darüber berichten, und würden uns über mehr Feedback freuen. V.a. dazu, wie sich unser Client selbst verhält.

Gerne auch mit der aktuellen 1.20 😉

MatthiasK,

@fdroidorg @gnulinux
Der Artikel in gnulinux ist von mir. F-Droid war ziemlich die erste App, die ich auf meine Nvidia Shield aufgespielt hatte, per Sideloading, APK per USB-Stick in den Speicher und installiert.
Die Bedienung der Shield erfolgt über einen Game-Controller. Damit lässt sich in F-Droid gut von Menü zu Menü springen und Knöpfe drücken. Nur mit einer Fernbedienung wäre das wohl hackliger. Eine Tastatur mit Touch habe ich auch noch. Insgesamt so gut zu bedienen, wie per Touch 😀

joseruizaviles, Spanish
@joseruizaviles@mstdn.mx avatar

Después de defender el iPad ahora vengo desde mi Android a comentar lo suave que es bajar música desde los 7 mares sin encender la compu. P.D. bajar torrent desde iOS legalmente no se puede o no he podido. Soy super bipolar. #android #ipad

categulario,
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@joseruizaviles cómo es tu flujo de buscar musica y bajarla?

joseruizaviles,
@joseruizaviles@mstdn.mx avatar

@categulario En Android es sencillo: Busco en piratebay, descargo con Flud y copio a la carpeta de música en el dispositivo y a un disco duro de respaldo. Todo desde el mismo cel

mkwadee,
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After lunch yesterday, we went to the in . It’s not very big but contains some really fascinating exhibits. It is right next to the and well worth a visit.

Here are wooden models of the .

mkwadee,
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To this day, trainee pilots have to master the in order to do calculations for various tasks. Before flying was ever developed, such were in common use.

mkwadee,
@mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk avatar

This is another fine example of hand-made instruments. The craft and skill of whoever made it is a marvel.

whynothugo,
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I can connect this phone to my living room display and VLC plays videos on the external display just fine.

But how the hell do I even mount a remote filesystem to actually access video files?

ssh-keygen and sshfs might not be super newbie friendly, but at least they work. I can't find anything remotely equivalent on Android.

DenJohn,
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@whynothugo
It's usually something to do with links, etc. It's a mess and I don't have enough knowledge to confirm for sure.
I however do know that vlc has sftp support built in. You can see this under browse, three dots, add favorite. And I believe you can open a direct sftp url to a file under more, streams, add stream. I never used this so I wish you best of luck. I don't have much experience with streaming video from a non local server over a protocol like that.

whynothugo,
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@DenJohn Oh, nice, sftp support was just hidden away. This is superb, thanks!

MarSolRivas, French
@MarSolRivas@mastodon.online avatar

Utiliser un tel #Android sans compte #Google c'est possible. A l'activation, au lieu de renseigner un compte, on choisit "ignorer". Conséquence, pas de Play Store, aucune importance : on installe F-Droid (magasin d'applis alternatif) et si on veut installer (ou mettre à jour) des applis qui viennent du Play Store on installe Aurora Store (la connexion au Play Store est alors anonyme) 😊 Pas de root nécessaire.

https://f-droid.org/fr/

https://f-droid.org/fr/packages/com.aurora.store/

#Hack #Tech

BM_Bourguignon,
@BM_Bourguignon@mastodon.social avatar

@MarSolRivas
Tiens, merci du tuyau pour Aurora store (j'utilise déjà F-Droid).
@uichelorraine

MarSolRivas,
@MarSolRivas@mastodon.online avatar

@BM_Bourguignon @uichelorraine Une appli un peu lente, faut pas brusquer 😅 (mais ça marche, et la lenteur n'est peut-être pas de leur fait mais du côté du Play Store)

gbraad,
@gbraad@mastodon.social avatar

If you like Final Fight and Streets of Rage (Bare Knuckle), you should get Streets of Rage 4. I played the version on on the Anbernic RG556 (and RG5405M, note9 + Gamesir X2 Pro) and it is a blast!

Oregon_Pacifist,
@Oregon_Pacifist@retro-gaiden.com avatar

@gbraad SoR4 is just amazing. Beautiful art, great gameplay. Easily one of the best beat 'em ups ever made.

gbraad,
@gbraad@mastodon.social avatar

@Oregon_Pacifist mu son: "That is almost 3D" ;-)

luckily it is not. they kept close to the original assets in a very nice way

lamp,
@lamp@kitty.haus avatar

what is best app for accessing share?

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