Eine Frage mal an alle:

Ich hab ein uraltes Samsung Galaxy Tab A 2, was ich gerne als Nachrichten/Uni Reader verwenden möchte. Nur ist das halt schon so alt, dass ich nicht sicher bin, ob ich damit ins Netz möchte.

Habt ihr das vielleicht eine Idee, was man machen kann?

Anderes OS außer Google Android scheint das nicht kompatibel zu sein, das hab ich schon mal nach gecheckt.

Gerne retooten! Danke

#askfedi #android #tablet #linux

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Auch kostenlose werbefreie Spiele wie puzzles Sammlung auf https://f-droid.org/ (fdroid app) sollen durch google unterbunden werden?
Die #demokratie lebt aber von der Freiheit, selbst zu entscheiden was man nutzt.
Auf der Webseite ist folgender Link oben eingeblendet:
https://keepandroidopen.org/de/
"Dein Handy wird bald nicht mehr dir gehören."
#VollaPhone #opensource #linux
#stiftungensocial #mastodon #android #fdroid

Check DU! das mal bitte ...

Just read and fight for Android open ness

https://keepandroidopen.org/

#alphabet #google #android #closed #platform #retroactive #billions #devices #stab #in #back #FIGHT #war

Not hating on venerable /., but whoopty frickin' do!

#FOSS #Android STILL doesn't have #RCS in 2026, and probably never will. 😮‍💨

RE: https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/116686782380808512

This is PPE. PPE for Android devices. This has the same function as your helmet.
You will love 💕 that you've had this protection on your Android when you drop it and it is just a few days old

## Never use your Android without PPE.

#PPE #Android #display #protection #ThreadedRodsForBeginners

Googles Play Integrity API prüft, ob eine App aus dem Play Store stammt und ob das Gerät »genuine and certified« ist - also von Google abgesegnet. Klingt nach Sicherheit, ist aber vor allem eines: Plattformkontrolle.

Immer mehr Apps - ausgerechnet auch Krankenkassen-Apps - schließen Nutzer mit alternativen Android-Systemen wie GrapheneOS aus. Nicht weil das Gerät unsicher wäre, sondern weil es nicht in Googles Zertifizierungsraster passt.

Das ist kein Schutz - das ist Lock-in. Und bei Krankenkassen-Apps eine Unverschämtheit. Öffentliche Dienste müssen auch auf sicheren, freien Systemen funktionieren.

#Google #Android #GrapheneOS

Kein vernünftiger Mensch installiert ein Betriebssystem. #Linux #Windows #MacOS #ChromeOS #Android #iOS

Fecking #android ... anyone know why Android will just stop connecting to WiFi networks and just switch to cellular data? I'm like right near my own home WiFi AP.

Is there some setting buried somewhere having to do with WiFi and location?

The iPhone 17 Pro Max battery life is quite good.
Unplugged at 7, used for some hours, it’s still at 83% (at 22:35)

Impressive. The Pixel 9 Pro XL doesn’t even come close to that.

#iphone #ios #android #pixel

*sigh*

Looks like Android is stripping GPS EXIF from photos whenever they're shared.

Affects QuickShare / Bluetooth - https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/485307531
And the web photo picker - https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/40287342

Basically the only way to get geolocation is using USB transfer.

Like, I get the privacy aspect, but it is so annoying to explain to users of @openbenches that they can't upload via the mobile website any more.

#Android #EXIF #Privacy #Geolocation

Getting rather frustrated that the latest Android strips location EXIF from the web file picker.

Doesn't seem to be any workaround that'll let you pick a photo and have a web browser see the geolocation.

Like, I get the privacy issues, but it is rather frustrating for location-based web apps.

(Before reply-guying, please test if the code you found on a 4 year old StackOverflow post actually works on modern Android, thanks.)

#Android #EXIF

#Android is fucking dead.

If you have an Android device, please wipe it and install #PostmarketOS today while you can still unlock the bootloader.

We all know that #Google wants to kill the “unverified/sideloaded” apps (names carefully selected by Google’s professional gaslighters to give a negative connotation to “apps that are not distributed by Google’s own store”).

We all know that the new “verification process” amounts basically to a ransom where you need to give Google your keys and your money if you want to build apps for Android.

It involves developers handing their signing keys to Google (so they will sign your package for you and will also able to decrypt your secrets) and paying them a $25 fee for each app.

Even if you don’t even use the Play Store to distribute your apps.

This is not a price to pay to get the app distributed through them, nor for using any of their services. It’s a price to pay just because they want to control the whole ecosystem end-to-end, and they know that they can get away with that because you’ll keep using their shitty OS even if you’re outraged at them.

We all know that they got a lot of backlash. And after the backlash they reiterated that they “listened to the community” and would have made a process to still allow people to “sideload apps”.

Well, today that process has been finally unveiled. And it sounds even shittier than I thought.

That’s because Google is currently filled with the best professional enshittificators in the world: the job role of these people is not to build new things, nor to listen to customers and build what they want. No, their job is specifically to find the sweet spot where they can make things as shitty as possible, add as much friction and user frustration as possible to prevent them from doing a certain thing, while still being able to tell regulators “well, it’s not that shitty, you see? We still give users an option - buried under 10 layers of dark patterns”.

In order to install apps external to the Play Store you will have to:

• Activate the developer settings (the usual “tap the build number 7 times to show the hidden menu” thing)

• In the developer settings, enable “Allow Unverified Padckages”

• Confirm that you are not being coerced (seriously, how much malware did they actually see installed by people being coerced or tricked to download and install random APK files?)

• Restart your device

• Wait 24 hours

• Return to the unverified packages settings

• Scroll past 3-4 additional warnings whose sole purpose is to scare you off

• Select either “Allow temporarily“ (7 days) or “Allow indefinitely“ (and I’ve got a hunch that the Allow indefinitely option will probably be gradually phased out)

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/google-details-new-24-hour-process-to-sideload-unverified-android-apps/

Why do these silicone phone cases get so grimy after a year?

I’ve cleaned it every week with a homemade sanitizer spray solution. Lately it feels slimy right after a couple days.

Guess these cases aren’t meant to last long now. I remember years ago they would last forever. Still have some great ones in a drawer from older phones.

#iphone #android 🤷‍♂️

RE: https://techhub.social/@keepandroidopen/116126023448256005

The OpenStreetMap Foundation has signed the open letter to Google to Keep Android Open.

#OpenStreetMap #OSM #OSMF #Android #KeepAndroidOpen #Google

The convenience of synchronisation between devices are the most common argument that I hear from friends why they are so invested in the respective walled gardens. But the same advantages can be obtained with old well-tested and open standards. Example: get an SMS with e-mail, add it to contacts and then have it autocomplete in @thunderbird@mastodon.online connecting to whichever mail provider your heart desires, thanks to the magic of CardDAV and IMAP. No need for Giant Mail :)

However I can highly recommend the FreeOTP+ fork which has some other nice features, but crucially, saves and loads data correctly.