Hi,

Which decent phone that will last me for some time and wont break easily is the best to buy that lets you fully unlock the bootloader so I can flash custom ROM on it and root it if I wanted to by for example using Magisk by flashing patched boot.img and (optionally if specific model allows) installing custom recovery?

I have a Samsung that I could unlock bootloader on, however Samsung decided to block the option to unlock OEM starting in One UI 8.0 on all regions, and I was unlucky enough to update my phone (because I didnt know) so I cant root/flash custom ROM on it.

My guess would be some Google Pixel model,? but which one should I buy that has support for most ROMs and TWRP?

Google is also soon introducing mandatory ID verification for developers that want to publish their apps on Play Store on all Andro id verified devices, whch is another reason I want a phone that I can flash custom ROM on and root.

Also where should I buy new phone from? I think I should avoid buying from carrier and instead buying it online or from local electronics store?

I have a Pixel 3A with LineageOS.

You can squeeze the Pixel 3 to activate a shortcut which google called Active Edge. Lineage provides an reverse engineered implementation of that where you can set the action to one of the one shown in the image. I would like to set it to open a specific app (FossWallet) however that is not an option.

But as I do not have any Assistant App yet, I have some hopes now that there is some kind of app that acts as an "Assistant" which you can configure to your liking. eg. launching an App or some Automation. Does anybody know of an app like that? Preferable available on Fdroid.

I use a password manager personally, but my work uses a different application. Both common names in this space.

Android lets me set one password filler, but I don't see how to go about having two active, if that's even possible.

Ideally, I'd like to keep the application/web credentials for work in the work password manager, and everything else in my personal one, and get recommendations/autofill from only the one with a matching app ID or URL saved.

Any tips?

I have both installed, but opening the work password manager every time I need it is annoying.

Hello all,

I have a Pixel 3a with Lineage OS.
I also have wired EarPods from Apple (3.5mm jack not the USB-C one) however it seems like the volume controls on there do not work (only play/pause). This is apparently nothing new as Apple and Google implemented inline controls differently.

I saw a couple of apps on fdroid improving AirPod support however I was not able to find the same for wired EarPods.
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.dosse.airpods/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.kavishdevar.librepods
https://f-droid.org/packages/eu.darken.capod/

Does anybody know if there is a way to fix EarPods on Android?

I understand it's a very stupid question, but l really need to master the skill of cleaning of my device very frequently, as this is the only one l have to do all of my work. Here's the current available space :

Can't find the option anywhere.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/android/p/2040603/does-aurora-store-automatically-install-google-services-microg

Hello all,
just got my Android Phone with LineageOS installed. (Pixel 3a (LineageOS 22))

Have a question now regarding Apps needing Google Services. When Installing LineageOS i have opted out of installing any Google Apps, at least I really do think so.

However, I just installed Aurora Store to install a banking app I need. I did not do anything else and only installed Aurora Store and the Banking App without microG or other replacement. It says under compatibility that it would work with limited features if Google Play Services are not installed so I thought I give it a try and see how far I get.

Surprisingly far as it turns out. Everything works except for notifications, but that was to be expected. But now I notice two updates in the Aurora Store:

• Android System Intelligence
• Private Compute Services
  Am I correct to assume that these are integral to the AOSP/LineageOS? or does Aurora Store install Google Services when missing? I kinda expected that those components would be updated through the normal LineageOS update flow and not through Aurora Store.

Hope somebody can clear those questions up.

PS: Android is so incredibly delightful btw. happy to have switched back.

When I'm logged into my home wifi there's frequently a media player window showing me being connected/playing media from a xiaomi tv box (possibly a roommate's) that to my memory I never connected to. What is it doing there? Did the tv box possibly get hacked and is doing uncool stuff now? How do I disconnect from it/block it? I can't really find anything useful in the settings.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/36195475

i seek all the help o can get

Bit of back story, I started with Android (2010-2014) but have used iPhone since. I have an Android phone (Galaxy S10) I use for some things. My wife is an Android user since 2010 but is not very technical.

Right to my question: how do you manage your images/gallery on Android? I know that the Android OS defaults to sorting by folder. I used to use QuickPic; my current gallery of choice is Google Gallery, for its simplicity (and being free). So you have your camera pics, your saved images, images from various apps tend to be in folders for those apps.

Is that organisation good enough for you? Or do you do more?

Jumping over to the Apple side, every image, saved or taken with the camera, goes into the "Camera Roll" gallery. It's all one monolithic thing. You can create albums within it, but unless you did that from the start, it's a monolithic task. Fortunately I found an app that makes it easy. It shows me an image, I tap the album I want to put it in. After a few hours, I had it sorted. Now I have a wallpaper album, an album of pictures of my wife, an album for holidays, an album for friends, one for cars, one for food... and so on. Every week or so I go back to this app to get the unsorted ones.

Yesterday I was looking at my wife's phone, and something bothered me. It occurred to me that, she's had this phone for 3 years and has never changed the lock screen. She said she tried to do it once and couldn't figure it out, so she left it alone. (It's a Galaxy S22, if you're curious.) I had a minute, so I dived in. Found it pretty quick. Asked her what she wanted. She said there was a wallpaper from this anime I sent her once... This is when I found an issue with Android's image organisation. It was hard to navigate and completely unsorted. (Likely, partially user error, which is why I'm asking here!) I solved the problem by going to my iPhone, going into my wallpaper album, finding the wallpaper in question, sending it over to her, and then picking it as the most recent image. I got the clock set up with her favourite colour, and now she's super happy with her lock screen. It's no longer "just there," now it reflects its owner better. Win/win. (Of course, if you looked at my S10, you'd never know it was managed by an "Apple guy." Nova Prime, everything customised to specification... honestly still an awesome phone, and does a few things better than my five-years-newer 16 Pro Max.)

So, TL;DR: are you happy with the folder-based (source-based) gallery system in Android? If so, how do you make it work for you? How can a user with something like 2500 saved images best make it work for them?

When I'm using Android Auto, my phone will intermittently lose cell signal. It doesn't happen all the time. Sometimes I'll go weeks or months without it happening, then other times it will happen several times in a single trip.

There have been a couple times when the phone seemed to be acting up before it completely lost the signal. The only way to recover is to restart the phone.

It has never happened when not using Android Auto.

It happens in my current car, a 2022 Honda Ridgeline with wired android auto support. I recently bought a wireless adapter for the car, and it happens with that as well. It also happens when my phone is plugged into our 2020 Honda Civic.

It happened with my previous phones when I was using Android Auto in my 2011 Honda Ridgeline which only had an aftermarket Bluetooth adapter.

Current phone is a Samsung Galaxy S10. Previous phone was an LG Nexus 5x.

It seems that the only common issue is Android Auto.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Hours ago i freed up ~600 mb of space.

It is now gone and i have downloaded less than 10mb of items.

Android ate all the remaining space and now will not stop nagging me to delete my files.

Android should delete whatever it decided to do that ate up 500+mb.

It happens all the goddamn time.

I feel violated by the operating system.

I’m looking for recommendations for a new-ish tablet that can do light gaming and video streaming, that can run on custom ROMs like Lineageos or equivalent Google-free Android.

Hello,

Are there any recommendations for web extensions to download images from pages you're visiting?

I don't normally use an extension; instead filtering through by using the Dev Tools, but these aren't available on mobile iirc?

Thank you for your time and I really appreciate any suggestions or direction you may be able to provide!

Have a great New Year!

What can I do? It's really annoying if you have a lot of apps and you have to confirm every installation manually... I'm using the newest LineageOS

I can't seem to locate one anywhere that isn't a 3-10 year old untouched repo on GitHub.

Hey.

I need a wireless connection to use it, right?

And I can't use a selfhosted hotspot, right? It must be a second device, like an external hotspot or a modem.

And I authorize that device to adb level, right?

So if my modem is untrustworthy, it could install malware on my phone?

Thank you for clarification.

I'm looking for something like Librewolf which I'm using daily on my desktop but for Android.

Hello,

I've been looking for a while for a free day planner. While there are a lot of proprietary ones, there seem to be no good free option apart from traditional calendar apps.

I'm looking for something like Structured, and I find it difficulted to believe that there are millions of users of proprietary day planners and still seem to be no good alternative. Unfortunately I am no developer.

Do you know or use any good free day planner app ?

I've seen NFC Taginfo used a lot, but it appears to be proprietary. MIFARE Classic Tool is FOSS, but it's for more specific hardware than TagInfo.

Anyone have any suggestions?

I need an android tablet, the budget is around 270€. It doesn't need to be really powerful, just something my family could use to play online chess, watch videos etc.

Reparability would also be nice, in the style of fairphone, though I can do without it. It would also be nice if the tablet had an unlockable bootloader and open source ROMs available for it.

Lots of features in it, but I don't trust random teams distributing apps on Telegram channels.