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Hello folks,

i am having a problem the massive reset/reload of continuous frequent cell phone data connection

I quite like my launcher, but unfortunately it's closed sourced and employs some unsavoury features, despite being paid, it's limited in how many devices it can be installed on and it nags users for staying on old versions.

So, recently I read an article stating that apps can still access installed apps on your phone as long as they list the apps in their manifest or use intent based hacks. Unfortunately, the app I use to restrict permissions (App OPS) does not have any measure against this.

Device: Ulefone Armor 24 (cheap-ish Chinese brand)

I am looking for a smartphone that is a music player at the same time, I want the device to have physical buttons for play/stop next/previous song. I can find android devices that are music players with physical buttons but are not smartphones.

I downloaded and successfully setup buzzkill. Then a day or two later found FilterBox. It was created at the same time as buzzkill but has AI spam filtering – I'm guessing a traditional algorithm for spam filtering used in emails and not an an actual LLM.

The sync developer has been MIA for a long time (1 year or longer) and I fear it will stop working sooner or later when Lemmy instances start updating to v1.0 in future.

My uncle just belled me to say that the define option has disappeared from his phone when selecting words and it's only happening since switching to his S25+. The option is always there on my Pixel, any idea how to restore it?

Title. The app is incredibly slow to respond to inputs and periodically freezes. Not sure why.

So, an ac​quain​tance of mine has a malware which shows an ad every once a while especially when you install apps.

Hello,

Ever since we've gone to hybrid working, I've been having to deactivate work notifications and enable game notifications back and forth and it's driving me nuts.

Hey y'all,

What the title says. When it reboots, the screen just turns black without any warning or pop up windows. (Though I think I have seen a very dim flash of a red warning strip across the screen one time when using it in the dark.)

Hello, everyone!

I am interested in installing a de-googled android on my phone, but I would like to try it out a little bit first. Is there some way to emulate a phone on my PC, or is there anything like dual booting on phones?

Looking for a clean way to display newest article on RSS feed.

It's fine via Termux, but I don't seem to be able to do it at all via the new Android 15 Terminal that's running Debian.

I’m new to android. (Default android 13, not looking to install custom ROMs because I need this to be very functional and dont have time to deal with bugs).

Like the Meebok M7 which runs Android 11. I know most apps support Android 9 as minimum, but how future proof will Android 11 be for these coming 5 years for example? I know it went EOL like last year. I could go for the Meebook M8 with Android 14, but it's much more expensive..

I have stuff I've prepared to help my family with what is coming, info, steps to take, articles and other sources and evidence, etc. Its in multiple formats. What's the best and/or easiest way to move it to SNote or another E2EE app?

As the title asks, why do so many email apps go on to add calendars? What's wrong with keeping them as separate apps?

I’m thinking of buying one of the two models, not to read but because I have a disability that basically makes it impossible for me to use normal phones due to visual overload. I have a couple questions:

So I haven't run a custom ROM for a long time and I'm thinking of trying out GrapheneOS. Before I do, is there a modern way to take a full disk image of a stock Pixel 8? The intent would be to factory restore to where I am in this moment if need be.

Silent notifications are annoying me, they put up icons by the clock and make me think I have something to notice but it's just a service.

Does anyone know where I could find comparisons of the various Lemmy clients available? I'd like to see something contrasting things like app maturity, features available, update release frequency, and etc?

I don't want to use a USB, what's a quick and secure way to get data from a phone to a computer? They can be on the same WiFi network

I recently switched from a pixel 6 to a fairphone 5. There was stuff like a smart screenshot (which worked half the time) and the ability to select text most of the time. The fairphone doesnt have that, and i wonder if its a first party google feature, or if theres a different rom i should use.

So I have a debate in my head right now about how I should handle devices stored unattended in vehicles. The criteria:

Hello! Does anyone has any recommendations for a to-do list app? I would like one that had a widget for the home screen, that shows my tasks or reminders, so I can see them every time. Not to be confused with a widget to write a note. It doesn't needs to be open-source, but that would be very appreciated. Thanks for the help.

If the court ended up forcing Google to sell Android, shouldn't we worry that its license as an open source project could be removed and then it become proprietary?

I currently use Joplin but I find it's a bit too over-engineered with many features I don't use. For me the best note taking app would:

so instead of placing my google accounts on my android phone, can i just use them directly from the browsers i use?? i know i wouldn't be able to use google play but i mean i have aurora store. would this be usable in the long-term?? a good way of using an android phone?

i know some parts of it are proprietary and you need google services for it to work properly but if you don't need any of that and only rely on say fdroid apps and just use it without a google account and all of those things could android still be considered that?? i like android so much and i think it's an amazing fully american operating system, great!! so technically it is? and i know about grapheneos and other roms but what about stock android? stock android is still mostly open source and free (well gratis), and linux

I wanted to install a few PWAs in my private space but the option for installation or shortcut creation isn't there on the same websites where it appears in the normal installation of the browser app. Is this a limitation strictly related to the private space?

Have searched about it on the net and have seen that WPA2/WPA3 is recommended, in the case of older devices n IoT. I normally use the hotspot to share internet to other devices. They're not too old and I don't use IoT devices.

EDIT 4 - FINAL EDIT - Dec 3: I'm marking this issue Resolved now that it's been about a week since I've last had this issue. Thanks to all who chimed in in the comments.

My phone is not that good for running games, if I'm at full ultra graphics or the bare minimum it's always at the same frame rate, but when I receive notifications every game I'm playing gets 60+fps it doesn't matter the graphics or the game

Hey lemmy people,

Hey folks

Background:

I went to install gsam battery monitor on a new phone and it looks like it has been delisted recently.

I followed the recommended processes for adding images to my app, and it is being displayed correctly on the layout preview, but not at all on the app. I have vector assets, webp, png images, but none are being displayed.

I bought a refurbished pixel 7 in europe. I assumed it was the european version (GVU6C).

I am currently using an S9 with /e/OS, and I'm thinking about upgrading next year, since the battery is starting to act up.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21145878

Hackers Keyboard has that via ctrl+z, but only in horizontal mode. For this only i had my Galaxy S3 in horizontal per default. But can't do that with modern phones' aspect ratio and i'm missing undo since then.