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I know it kinda defeats the purpose of using those clients, but for now I need all account stuff synced, bookmarks, open tabs and passwords.

I'm mainly trying them (mostly Cromite, because it is the most updated one) because they still have this feature within the chrome flags:

#darken-websites-checkbox-in-theme

Google got rid of this in recent updates and I use that feature a lot even when I recently discovered it lol.

I know Firefox has better support for this as it has extensions that would do this job better, I'm currently using Iceraven but I don't think it is a perfect solution as of now (I have faced some lag playing videos for example).

The first one doesn't have a name.
Searching for the second one, TPMS, gave me results on Tyre Pressure Monitoring System. Didn't see any articles on android about it(Might be that I didn't search well enough too).

Is anyone familiar with these apps? What are they for?
Saw these apps on a Tecno Spark 8C, running Android 11.

Thanks in advance.

After updating my Android tablet it completely changed the layout. Now when the tablet starts up and asks for the pin number the numbers are all tiny. Also when trying to access the drop down menu from swiping down from the top the list of options are all pushed to the side of the tablet. Does anyone know how to get the old layout back?

I come from iOS jailbreaking, and there was a tweak called cylinder that would add custom swipe animations when swiping from page to page in the home screen. I was wondering if there was anything similar to that on android. I’m willing to root if it’s required.

Hello! I was looking on https://plexus.techlore.tech for my most used apps to understand what I'd miss if I degoogled my smartphone, and surprising Satispay seems to be completely unusable without play services or microG. It is very counter intuitive for me, as it has nothing to do with google. Any idea?

Which Lemmy App is Stable Like Jerboa but has "Hide Read Post" Feature? (and no not the lemmy built-in setting to hide read posts).

I've tried Infinity and Sync but they're unstable (closes out when posting comments, posts, viewing context, etc.) which rarely happens in Jerboa.

Hi all. I'm in the market for a new Android phone and I was hoping you could help with recommendations.

Thanks to my awesome friend cancer (and its awesome friends at Phillip Morris), I had my larynx removed and can no longer speak. Because of that, I use my phone as my main form of communication, typing out things and showing my phone to people. It's in my hand all the time and it's VERY important to me.

Thanks to some of the side effects of the drugs that are keeping me alive, I am very sensitive to heat. My phone (Oneplus 7T) gets hot when I'm gaming, most phones do, and it can occasionally get too uncomfortable for me to use. It doesn't happen often though. My wife's Pixel Fold, on the other hand, gets too hot just from normal use. I've read this is a thing with the newer Pixel phones.

So the most important criterion right now is that it can't get too hot. Even when charging.

Second most important criterion is weight, since I'm constantly holding it and showing it to people... Or just sitting in bed texting. The Pixel Fold is cool and all, but too damn heavy to be lugging around everywhere.

Third would be size. With the amount I type, a bigger screen means bigger buttons and fewer typos. I know that bigger tends to mean heavier so there's a balance to be struck between this priority and the previous one. One of the reasons I'm looking for help.

Last, I tend to prefer a close-to-stock Android experience. But given the importance of my other priorities, this is lower on the list.

Some other info: I live in the US, I'm on T-Mo currently but I only buy unlocked phones, price is obviously a consideration but not a constraint, don't care about camera, nice screen and high refresh would be nice to have.

Thanks in advance for any help. It's such a pain to try to sift through all the phones every few years. I used to just pick the newest Nexus. Then the newest Oneplus. But Google and Oneplus aren't what they used to be and so I'm open to suggestions now. Thanks!

So I saw this new "app" is wanting to be installed onto my system, and naturally I was curious what it was.

So I read the description and it seems that it's just another case of Google moving a system service onto the Play Store so that they can update it separately from system updates.

I was surprised though at how many users are blaming it for slowdowns, things crashing, and other headaches...

Is this just a case of the uninformed looking for a scapegoat for their problems, or is there a cause for concern?

(Not like I have much of a choice though, as I'm sure it'll install eventually alongside my other app updates anyway)

Edit: for whatever reason, I can only access the link I shared in this post on my Android phone - I can't access it on anything else. Also I'm based in the US, so a regional block might also happen, I'm guessing.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.kde.social/post/77929

Hello! I'm trying to make google maps go work on my android smartphone. Google maps go is basically a wrapper of the website, that should provide navigation feature with another app called "navigator for Google maps". I have both installed, but when I click on "navigate in app", the link "maps.app.goo.gl/somethingverylong" is redirected to the play store website instead of being opened with the navigator app. Both apps have all permissions granted. What am I doing wrong?

Bonus question: do I really need the google maps go app or is it also possible to redirect to the navigator app from the browser?
Bonus question #2: would the navigator app work without google play services, on a degoogled rom?

Thanks in advance!

I recently tried to install an app called chippin (might be a regional app) but the app crashed. Couldn't understand why and got rid of it, later realized that recently working apps like 8ball pool started to crash too. Thought It was a system-wide issue and painfully factory reset my phone. That fixed my issue and my apps started working again, until I tried to reinstall chippin. After chippin crashed again, other normally working apps started to crash too

I use Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 pro Android 13 with flashed MIUI 14 Global 14.0.2.0 Rooted with modules : Shamiko, Universal safetyNet fix, Zygisk and LSPosed modules : Disable flag secure and lucky patcher

If anyone has an idea about why this problem is caused or how can I fi it, It would help a lot. I really don't want to painstakingly factory reset again

Edit: I tested with a different phone and problem seems to be only on my phone. I have no option other than factory reset, not use the problem app and hope for the best I think so I am going to do that for now.

(only recently federated so sorry if this has been asked billions of times)

What's the best RSS reader for android?

My criteria are:

• Material 3 design
• FOSS

mine: for reddit there was fatbird i also considered spyke (i no longer use reddit) for lemmy theres wefwef/voyager and thunder for YouTube there's revanced, newpipe sponsorblock and clipious for instagram i have instander installed but im having trouble figuring out password things

Hello everyone, I recently moved from iPhone to a Samsung Z Fold phone and I have some questions about notifications.

How notifications work^(as most of you know)^ on iPhone is almost the same as Android where both get a swipe down notification menu. Apple calls it a notification centre, while Android has it mixed with quick settings.

When it comes to badge notifications, the small bubble above an App icon with a number. These types of notifications are easily dismissed on iPhone by opening up the app and just looking at what that notification is, whether it was a message on Discord or a YouTube push notification.

This doesn't seem to work on my Android phone, and I can't emulate this behaviour either by going through system settings. These badge notifications do not go away even after opening the app and even when the app itself recognizes it has no more notifications to offer, yet still the phone itself refuses to dismiss the badge notification unless I clear that notification in the swipe down notification centre/menu.

Is this the intended behaviour and is it possible to change it? I've heard there is a degree of freedom on Android, especially on Samsung. So I'm keeping up my hopes.

EDIT: I FIXED IT

This was the problem child--just had to "Clear data" and badge notifications now clear when App is opened!

I know various apps & launchers enable different sorts of long press context menu options, but I was wondering if there's any sort of "universal" context menu that could be used across apps to enable some otherwise absent functionality.

For example, some apps it doesn't necessarily make much sense to have text selection enabled, but you may still want to copy over the text to run a separate search. Others may try to force you to open links via the app's link redirect/browser (or the app's just glitching & won't let you tap the link) or whatever instead of letting you select & copy the link text to open it in your own browser or run it through a link checking tool.

Given those situations, this sort of "universal" context menu could be super useful, but I haven't had luck turning anything up & I'm not sure what search terms may be better for this. Thanks in advance!

I have a Galaxy S20 on Android 13.

I've alrealy played all versions of Space Marshals, Tesla vs Lovecraft, Tesla Force, Jydge, Crimsonland, Grind Infinity, Solomon Keep, PewPew, and Vampire Survivors (although it's not twin stick but close enough).

Are there any new twin stick shooters, preferrably something I can pay for once and without IAP going up to $100?

I was looking into the top communities in https://sub.rehab and I was surprised to see Geometry Dash at the very top.

I remember first hearing about this game in 2013, and I was surprised it still has its community and enthusiasts even after 10 years.

What other mobile games are still relevant in 2023?

Hello, I want to import my plenary .opml file to Read You but it doesn't do anything. The same thing happens to other apps.
I exported a test .opml file from Pluma and it did work though.

I can convert the file from Plenary manually according to the one from Pluma but it'll take some time. Is there any other way?

I'm looking for a plain text editor (not a "notes" app like Notion or Simplenote) that automatically syncs to Google Drive or Dropbox and saves the notes as .txt files. Any suggestions?

I'm looking for a photo viewer thay allows you to view local storage and connect network storage

But I also want to be able to move and copy to and from network storage and local storage

And modify (ie delete, move files, etc) the files in network storage

I have fstop currently, but thay allows only read only access to network storage

Anyone have any recs?

I can set up most network file sharing standards so that's not really a limiting factor

I'm struggling to find good offline, preferably paid or with 1 time in app purchase, games for Android.

All the popular ones just want to milk you on IAP. I prefer to make 1 payment and be done.

I'm looking for something along the lines of Double Dragon but optimistised for modern screens. Some arcade action adventure with a story and progression.

Can't find anything.

I've got a Pixel 7 on Android 13. Once in a while I read about how it's usually good to factory reset your phone after a software update, so I thought I might when I update to Android 14. That said, I refuse to go through the process of setting up my phone like new again, especially with things like fingerprints and tasker profiles being a pain to setup again.

The Google Backup seems purely cosmetic. I can't think of a single thing it restores every single time I use it. Are there any options to actually back my phone up before an update that don't involve root?

Qualcomm announced the SoC back in march and so far the only phone with this chip that has released outside China is Poco F5.

Where are the competitors?

(x-posted from /c/android, sorry didn't realize this community existed)

Pixel 6, Android 13, Messages 20230711_01_RC01

Does anyone else have this issue? When I search for specific text there are just no results if it’s too far back, maybe more than a few months? If I go into a convo and scroll past the text i’m looking for, the in-convo search will work, but that doesn’t make it very useful. I feel like it must be my phone or something because I don’t see how a bug this big could be in their flagship messaging app. Also taking suggestions on other RCS-compatible apps that aren’t dogshit.

or is it like signal where it uptates by it's self