I'm having trouble finding a good WiFi or Bluetooth walkie app. Both of them on f droid are too old to run on android 16

It claims to be compatible with most Android apps under the sun though I still assume VR headsets are a solution in search of a problem (though of course you are free to disagree).

I use dev mode to switch the sensors off. Recently I noticed that after a few days, maybe a week or so, I wasn´t a dev anymore and had to restart dev mode. Does this happen to anybody else? And can I make dev mode permanent again?

If relevant, I´m on a Fairphone 4 using Android 15.

cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/44940960

https://www.poweredbymediatek.com/device?search=Clicks

If true this is great. It will have more than enough power for 99% of tasks and will be able to do it all smoothly.

The Clicks Communicator, if you haven't heard of it, is an upcoming Android phone with a physical keyboard.

It currently has pre-orders open however a working prototype hasn't been shown yet, with one coming Q2 according to the company. Release is expected Q4 this year. They have successfully released keyboard cases for other phones in the past.

Hello, I have two phones, a Note 11 Pro and a Sony Xperia 1 J9110. The first phone is sold in my country, but the second one was never sold here. I bought it secondhand very cheaply. My question is, which phone is better? Which one is better in terms of daily performance and up-to-date features? I will be playing Minecraft and Rainbow Six Mobile.

Out of the blue, my google speech to text has become absolutely terrible at recognition and has completely stopped adding punctuation marks comma typing them out instead period

Anyone else getting this?

Retrained it, updated, deleted, updated again, nothing works, my Google stt is largely useless now.

Is there an alternative anyone is using?

What does it mean when an Motorola Android's Hardware Version is "pvt"? I read that it's "product validation test". Demo unit? Has the firmware been tampered with? The phone seems to work fine.

The bootloader is locked but unlockable.

Following this thread:

https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-app-root-disable-block-ipv6-on-android-prevent-ipv6-leak-on-vpn.3298659/page-2

I discovered that echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6 indeed works on my Samsung Galaxy S23 (One UI 7.0). However, a reboot undoes this, because it reloads system configs from a prepackaged image.

One could decompress the image, make the relevant tweaks, recompress the image and have Bob be your uncle that way, according to a quick search on the World Wide Web. However, for those of you that use Magisk - and maybe are rooted through Magisk, I am unsure (my S23 is rooted with Magisk) -, there are some directories that I suppose Magisk sets up to be used for custom boot up scripts:

https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/blob/master/docs/guides.md#boot-scripts

Taking inspiration from these two guides:

https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-how-to-run-a-script-at-every-boot-using-magisk.4454493/ https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-how-to-change-any-file-or-directory-using-magisk.4543103/

I decided to put my script for disabling ipv6 into /data/adb/service.d

While this did disable ipv6 for some of the interfaces among the - pardon my French - messed up array that is the Android network stack (since I don't understand it, that is...), some interfaces either remain ipv6-enabled or get reconfigured during or after boot. Thus, I tried giving the script some waiting time, which worked. Now, after each boot, all of my relevant interfaces are ipv6-disabled:

#!/system/bin/sh
sleep 60 ; echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6

This did not prolong the boot process 60 seconds.

Edit: while the configuration does "survive", or rather, come into effect at boot, it resets at WiFi disconnect. Maybe it has to do with MAC address randomization being turned on. I'm not putting more time and effort into this.

Edit2: I guess the takeaway is, that you could run a great variety of scripts this way.

Doesn't require root, installed on top of Android, launches like an app.

Best, lowest risk way to get familiar with the capabilities without requiring a new device with specific distro support. I'm a huge believer in having things you can actually experience in your hands.

• Andronix
• UserLAnd
• Termux (install distro via command line)

Mobile distros:

• Mobian (aims to mainline into Debian)
• Droidian
• Maemo Leste
• Postmarket (based on Alpine)
• Manjaro (based on Arch)
• Ubuntu Touch
• Pocket Blue (Fedora-based)
• Others

Mobile desktop environments options to try on your distro:

• Phosh (Gnome-based)
• Plasma Mobile
• Lomiri
• GNOME (mobile) Shell

You could even try installing Waydroid in it for Xzibit-style Android-ception

People should be able to write software for Android, and distribute it outside Google's Play store, without having to:

• pay Google
• give government ID to Google
• agree to Google terms and conditions

People should be able to install the software they want on their phone, from sources other than Google's Play store, without having to jump through Google-imposed hoops.

e.g. via F-Droid.

We've got until September this year to stop Google squeezing the open Android ecosystem.

https://keepandroidopen.org/

https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/116087210269757672

This will be great for secure communication with people who have yet to switch to Android

So I just got a Moto Razr and am going to start setting it up. I've been outside of the android ecosystem for a long time. Can I get some recommendations for anything and everything? I recently read the Nova launcher has gotten much worse since I last used it. I'm also not sure if I should do a launcher or just use the base OS. I know that there are loads of articles out there, but I'm getting really tired of wading through AI gen articles and would love your personal experience.

Thanks in advance!

TLDR:

New silicon-carbon smartphone batteries offer huge capacities in thinner phones (0:25). While many companies like Xiaomi are using them, major players like Apple, Samsung, and Google are holding back (0:55). The main reason appears to be concerns about battery swelling and longevity due to silicon expanding significantly during charging (3:09). These companies are waiting for more real-world data and improved reliability before adopting the technology on a large scale (6:44), especially given their massive production volumes (6:31) and the potentially severe consequences of battery failure (5:21). The US market's focus on software and ecosystem lock-in also means less pressure on hardware innovation (7:11).

I updated my Pixel 10 Pro with the latest Pixel software (BP4A.260105.004.E1) and noticed that notifications for things like Signal, news alerts, discord, etc. even though the notifications are there when I pull down the notification bar.

I initially thought it was the new notification "groups" but turned that off.

I don't have "Do Not Disturb" set since my phone is perpetually turned on silent.

The odd thing is that they selectively show up throughout the day. Some conversations show while others don't.

This seems like a setting something I need to change so that I see the icons. Does else have this problem?

The phone gets 0 major Android upgrades though Moto isn't the only OEM to indulge in these shenanigans. I had personally a phone from little known Techno (popular in South East Asia). Decent hardware for the price but it never went above the Android 12 it shipped with.

I recently bought a pixel tablet that I installed lineageOS with Gapps and I'm looking for a launcher that has home screen like Lawnchair so I can add weather widgets, but have the app list/drawer be similar to Niagara launcher. I looked through fdroid, but couldn't find one I liked and launchers on the play store tend to pester you to purchase their subscription or a bunch of ads.

On my phone I personally use OLauncherCF, but it just doesn't work well on a large screen in my opinion. So does anyone know of any good ones?