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[–] 71 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Fairphone is nice. Flashed /e/os on it, now its even without 99% google shit :D

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    [–] 45 points 6 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

    Highjacking your comment to ask generally: Is there an easy way in lawnchair to put my apps into folders in the dock drawer? Going through settings is kind of tedious and the automatic caddy thing puts half of them into some catch-all category because it can't identify their purpose.

    That's so far the only thing that I find annoying about lawnchair. Nova spoilt me because it made that part so easy.

    I've also not found a way to arrange my widgets without padding between them. That's a bit unfortunate because it means my todo list doesn't fit next to my calendar anymore but I can deal with that.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Do you mean dock or drawer? edit:

    • Dock can be done by just dragging app untop of other app.
    • Drawer can be done in settings:app drawer:folders
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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    Digging it so far

    Enshittification - Migration

    appears to be a perpetual cycle. Stop giving Joe Rogan your $12 each month and your email provider announces it's agenda to gargle MAGA balls... Now, all we need is an open source alternative to US healthcare..

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  • [–] 45 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I wish they were sold in the States at a more reasonable price. Murena's prices are ridiculous.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago*

    Yeah it's pricey. I'm on a fairphone 4 and that was easily over $700. I have at the same time had a very easy time replacing the screen when it broke, and have just stashed several of the more breakable components, which it's nice that I can do that super simply.

    I don't think fairphones are much cheaper from fairphone directly, though I might be wrong. Overall, I don't game on my phone, and the fairphone 4 has been able to tackle all my needs pretty well without issue. Most of my gripes come from minor glitches or certain features lacked in lineageOS, but tbf, it's still a very solid OS despite those minor issues.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago (1 child)
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    [–] 15 points 6 months ago

    Based.

    posted from my Fairphone 5

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago*

    I wish they'd get their security in order.

    It would be the perfect Graphene phone if they did.

    To answer OP, Niagara Launcher.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

    I just got a new phone and I'm trying Kvaesitso to move away from Nova, but I just can't get used to it.

    I think I just really like the paradigm of having a 'desktop' where I can freely arrange my most used apps in a specific layout, and Kvaesitso - by intentional design choice - doesn't allow it.

    It's a shame for me because I love the ethos, I love the open-source approach, and I love that it's a wholly original launcher - rather than a fork of the stock or anything else.

    For some it's the perfectl launcher I'm sure, but to me it's like even after I unlock the device I'm still stuck in something that feels like a lock screen to me, and I feel weirdly trapped and claustrophobic.

    Not sure why it makes me feel that way, but it does!

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

    I use Pie Launcher on mine, but then again i am a bit strange at times.

    Here is how it looks like for me.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)
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    [–] 9 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    Use this table and try a few. Find one you like. You can check the privacy report for trackers etc on the Exodus site.

    I tried a whole bunch of launchers and settled on Pear launcher. I keep KISS launcher solely for the search (launch KISS search on double tapping the home button). Neo launcher was on its way to greatness, but then development was abandoned.... So if anyone has the skills/time/interest in forking that, that would be great.

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    [–] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Faiphone is being frog marched out of Australia. Each telco is shutting it down and blocking IMEIs. Sucks for the people that imported them.

    Cant even use it as data only. So unless you use it as puerly on WiFi it's going to landfill. 🙃.

    Also. Lawnchair nightly/beta.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

    Try out Niagara. It only takes about 5 minutes to set up.

    If you're like me, you'll think it's too simplistic, you think you want all that nova launcher shit. But do yourself a favor and give it a try. Pick a background, pick an icon pack, select a few favorites and that's all you need to try it out.

    After that if you want to really dig in there isn't much (some of these things are pro features, I can't remember which because I decided to get it so soon after trying it out), it's like 45 minutes at the most to customize your clock, do the custom widget (multiple widgets can share space, you just swipe through), decide if you want music controls on the home screen, and set up pop-ups (like a folder but more, can be in your favorites or your app list), and hide apps from the list (either because they're in a pop-up or you just never use it). And then...that's it, there's nothing else to do.

    I tried it out a while ago when the original developer for nova quit the company that bought nova. Did a quick setup, played around for 30 minutes and bought pro right away. I was very surprised at how much I liked a simplistic launcher.

    You've got nothing to lose but 30 minutes, check it out.

    Edited for clarity about the nova developer quitting.

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    [+] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
    [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    I'm personally using Kvaesitso, but it isn't necessarily for everyone. Otherwise Lawnchair is quite good and stable (for a beta). It's not on fdroid but it is on izzyondroid

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    The correct one, Niagara Launcher

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    bring back USB3.0/DP out on the FP7 and I'll bite. The FP6 going to USB2.0 screwed the pooch for me.

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    [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Kvaesitso is really nice ! And it's open source

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Really hard to beat the Fossify launcher. Very similar to vanilla android, available on F-Droid... Far superior to /e/os having icons scattered everywhere.

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    [–] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Dragon Launcher. You'd be surprised of how well Radial menus actually work with touchscreens. It's great, you don't want to go back afterwards.

    Edit: radial

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago
    [–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I couldn't be happier than with my Fairphone. Of course, I ditched the original firmware and went for something more lean and privacy-focused.

    It has lots of storage which I also extended with micro SD. Now I have my whole music collection for offline-listening.

    I can even turn the phone completely off by pulling the battery.

    If you complain about your FP, you may wanna try flashing /e/OS or CalyxOS (once they are back) or GrapheneOS (They will port it, soon for the device).

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    I still cry myself to sleep after the premature death of Windows Mobile, so I use Launcher10, which brings the Tiles back to life.

    I started experimenting with a super minimalist Folder Launcher, but it doesn't seem ready for release yet, a couple of crucial (IMO) features (like default settings, bulk edits, proper apps list) are still missing.

    There's also Fossify Launcher Beta, which is an open source launcher. It's fairly basic, but gets the job done. A super cool feature of the Fossify apps (since two releases ago) is the option to set your own fonts from a file, so I'm running their Calendar, Phone, Contacts, Calculator, etc., all with the Nothing Phone's dot font.

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