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Let's have a thread about Android customization and ROM shall we. What custom ROM/apps/ icons would you recommend?

If we're having this thread. I'm looking for: 1. Good open source keyboard. So far I only used default one. 2. Good SMS filter. Something that will check every incoming SMS and filter it depending on sender/content. If it's even possible.

Cyanogenmod is dead, long live LineageOS. >>5547 I just use the default Android AOSP keyboard and Google Japanese keyboard. I haven't found an alternative for that yet.

Currently running LineageOS (7.1.2) I've been thinking of upgrading to 8 but I'm not really sure if I should. >>5547 I'm using the default AOSP keyboard. And I think Signal has something like that for sms? I'm not really sure.

>>5547 I use AnySoftKeyboard. Its on f-droid and uses the Apache license.

Which file manager do y'all use? >>5543 >ROM i'm using rooted lineageos and i like it. probably won't be switching to anything else any time soon. >apps Lots of cool soykaf in the fdroid repos. >afwall+ iptables gui (root required) >AdAway blocks ads using the hosts file (root required) >Noise Signal fork with no gapps deps. Fully compatible with the play store version. Not a huge fan of signal, but at least i can connect with my friends that use it without bending over for the botnet. It's in the copperheados repo (you'll have to add manually if you're using lineage/google android). >ConnectBot SSH client. Also a decent replacement for the stock terminal emulator. My phone is mostly for web browsing and texting so I don't have too much installed: icecat browser, conversations xmpp, K-9 mail client, OpenKeychain for PGP. Sideloaded the play store for Maps and some DFA app my work makes me use. >>5547 >keyboard The AOSP keyboard has worked fine for 90% of what i want to do. I recommend grabbing the stupidly named "Hacker's Keyboard" from fdroid too. It emulates a full size keyboard, which is handy if you ever use terminal apps on your phone. >>5555 AnySoftKeyboard is also good, but I haven't needed it.

>>5543 Before my previous phone died I used to use LineageOS with f-droid apps only. The one great app that I can't stop from recommending to people is OSMand. It's way above average in terms of quality when compared to the rest of free software apps. Since my phone died recently I decided to buy an Xperia X and install SailfishOS on it. It's very pretty, though kinda limited feature-wise which is a pain. What I really love about it is that it has a dalvik-like VM which enables it to run android apps, it's a godsend. I don't know if I'd use Sailfish if it wasn't able to run Firefox and OSMand.

I have a Samsung S5 phone with the default ROM. Should I install another ROM? I haven't used an android phone in a while and I'm not sure how to do it. The official documentation of LineageOS doesn't say anything related to root the phone. The main reason why I want to install it is because Samsung has a lot of garbage I can't delete and it makes the phone slow.

>>5556 >Noise It's no longer needed as Signal can run without Play Services https://signal.org/android/apk/

>>5556 For file manager I use Amaze, it's available on F-Droid.

>>5559 XDA is the place where most devs for android congregrate. Usually you can just google something like "s5 root xda" and you'll find a thread with info on rooting.

>>5559 >Should I install another ROM? Of course you should >I'm not sure how to do it The process is always the same. >unlock bootloader if needed >flash custom recovery >flash custom ROM via custom recovery In your case you should use Odin to flash the custom recovery. TWRP is the usual recommendation for custom recoveries. XDA developers is where you'll find all the info you need.

>>5566 Yeah, the only really risky part is installing the bootloader, that is actually rooting the phone. Once the phone is rooted it is so simple that if you know how to install a 'user friendly' Linux distro, it is really no harder or even simpler than that.

I will probably root my phone in march once my warranty runs out.

Replicant Note II owner here. I'm not experienced with Android stuff so I have just a few apps like Telegram, Ring, and Overchan. They're nice. Don't miss the features except needing a dongle for wifi in freedom. Anything else you Lains think I should know about the LineageOS fork.

Is there a ROM that is less hostile to power users than stock Android? Looking to update from CM13

>>5566 >>5573 Thanks. I will try to root my phone and install LineageOS this weekend.

>>5575 >Replicant >Telegram /0

I just found out that Netflix doesn't work on rooted devices. > https://m.androidcentral.com/netflix-pulls-service-rooted-and-bootloader-unlocked-android-phones

>>5593 Is it possible there is an actual technical reason for this?

>>5594 except that netflix are scum on earth, no

>>5591 It's on F-droid Lain! I mean, all the cool kids are using it. I also got Silence installed and working for me and my dad to communicate as well.

>>5594 Avoiding piracy. You can install an apk from another source but I don't trust those websites.

>>5603 Care to elaborate? I don't see how piracy and rooting are connected. Apk itself is free and you can still install apks from outside of the Google shop on unrooted device.

>>5601 All the cool kids use XMPP and Matrix, Telegram is for plebs. And if you skipped that part, it ships with non-free binaries.

>>5601 telegram is discord-tier >>5607 just a guess: i'm assuming they want phones (and android devices in general) to be secure endpoints for their DRM. right now it won't do soykaf because you can still access netflix on a pc. but maybe the long term plan is to drop support for pc streaming entirely. only "trusted platforms" would be able to run netfix: game consoles, apple tvs, chromecast sticks, roku, etc. this would likely cut down on casual piracy because netflix could approach manufacturers and say "if you want us to port to your device, you have to do X Y and Z to keep people from screen recording when our app is open" (or whatever). it won't stop more dedicated piracy efforts, but netflix probably views people like us as somewhat of a lost cause anyway. ...or maybe it's like copyright agencies trying to ban kodi boxes. just dumb people doing dumb things.

>>5594 >>5603 >>5593 But it works? I have it on my phone and I just watched an episode of Onepunch-man to test it out. You just gotta find an apk from outside the store and that's all

>>5639 That's the problem for me. I only trust in playstore and fdroid. I don't wantto download an apk from a random website.

>>5640 Yalp Store is available on F-Droid. It's an open source replacement to the Play Store app. You can download all the apps straight from Google servers without all the bloat.

I'm looking for a FOSS email client. With multiple accounts support via IMAP.

Does anybody here use a Blackberry Keyone? I really want one....

>>5694 K9.

Thoughs about UnaOS and CopperheadOS ?

Well there's no Cyanogenmod room for my Phone I have a Chinese phone because i'm too poor to buy a good phone . i'm using Hacker's Keyboard as a default keyboard it has an outdated design but it doesn't matter since it doesn't use any permission and it's open-source and i also use Ad-away it blocks Ads Using Host file i'm a root user so i removed play store and google services i use F-droid as an alternative for the Play store and as a browser i use Orfox + Orbot

>>5585 In what way is stock Android bad for power users?

>>6729 lack of options for customizing workflow. it's a frustration I deal with constantly since the last time I tried to root my phone I softbricked it and had to factory reset

>>6731 Which ROMs have you used previously that offered this functionality? Is it not possible for you to go back to one of them?

>>6733 ive never successfully rooted a phone

How can I best try to keep my privacy on my LG Leon besides not using Google apps and denying permissions for some apps?

>>6889 Detach all wireless modules.

>>6897 What I really wanted were tips on hiding location data, spoofing mac address, phones ip address, making sure apps can't get contacts, emails, etc, How to stay safe when using public wifi and phone internet There are no custom roms that work fully for the LG Leon

>>6907 >when using public wifi if you are connecting to a rando public wifi you arent going to be safe period

I'm still on cyanogen and i'm afraid my phone is getting outdated Should I move over to Linage?

>>6907 > How to stay safe when using public wifi Don't use public wifi

What's a good calendar solution, and a good to-do list solution? I need both to sync to my desktop for when I'm working. Presumably that's best done with an own/nextcloud and some phone apps? To-do list needs to be able to create multiple lists at a minimum, deadlines and priority would be really nice too. I would just use notepad files, but typing and formatting soykaf on a phone is a pita, and syncing them is kind of a of a pain too - opening up Dropbox and hunting for TODO.txt every time I wanna tick off a task sounds like a regular nightmare. Used to use Google calendar and Wunderlist, but I'm gradually continuing my self-extrication from the botnet. Thank you anon.

>>8216 You would be fine if you use a vpn. You can set a vpn server with a raspberry and use on public wifi.

>>8223 First experiment: probably spent an hour setting up Nextcloud, Nextcloud Android, Davcal sync and Android calendar. Have a synced calendar up and running, but have not yet set up contact sync or a satisfactory task sync. There's no way developers can seriously expect normal people to do this soykaf. This is precisely why the botnet exists.

>>8223 I use Etar for calendar and openTasks for todos, both from F-Droid. They're both compatible with DAVdroid, which also syncs my contacts. I think you can sync with a 3rd party for easymode, but I went self hosted using Radicale (http://radicale.org/). It's a while since I set it up but I remember it needed some work to get it running; maybe things have improved but it's not exactly normal person friendly. Quite a bit more friendly than Next/OwnCloud though.

>>8223 >>8241 https://framagenda.org/index.php/login They provide servers compatible with DAVDroid for contacs, agenda and tasks synchronisation, free of charge. > There's no way developers can seriously expect normal people to do this soykaf. This is precisely why the botnet exists. I bet there are plenty of commercial solutions for this, the botnets exists because people don't want to pay for this kind of service.

>>5593 maybe with supersu, but not magisk. i have no issues with netflix and root.

>>5543 Currently running micro g lineage os on my moto x pure. Ideally I wouldn't even be using micro g, but reality isn't so compromising. >>5547 you won't find a better foss keyboard than aosp. I switched to an old version of gboard and blocked all internet permission using AFwall. >>5556 amaze, but it crashes sometimes. >>5585 resurrection remix is well known to be the most customizable rom, but it will run heavier than just lineage. >>5593 Netflix uses safety net to check if your phone is rooted. You can use magisk hide or systemless root to get around this. >>5694 K9 material from fdroid >>6711 >UnaOS and CopperheadOS Haven't heard of UnaOS. CopperheadOS is nice in theory but I feel the fact that it only works on google phones kind of defeats the purpose.

>>9237 of course mango browses lain

>>9237 I use to use microg. Then when signal dropped the requirement of having GSF I dropped microg - I had no reason to use it. What's your main reason for still using microg?

>>5556 >file manager I use ghost commander Outdated UI but it works and does the job well IMO. Support for SMB and SFTP is also available via plugins, although I could never get SFTP working. The only catch besides the lackluster design and overcomplicated settings is that it hasn't had an update in a while.

Quick question: does anyone here have succesfully rooted a LG G3 (d855) from a linux os?

>>8215 Yes. Cyanogen is dead and since lineage is the continuation of cyanogen, you should probably get on that.

I am using rooted lineage on a oneplus 3t, 2 of the most important sensors on my phone are my gps and camera. I really liked the stock oneplus camera app because it gives me the best quality but trying to install this on lineage just wont work. I am currently using opencamera which is pretty awesome but I have noticed that there is a lot of noise in my pictures with every camera app I have tried so I am assuming that the stock app has a lot of noise reduction build in but there is no noise reduction in opencamera. Does anybody know a good open source camera with denoising or an image denoising app. I am also having gps problems (this started before I started using lineage). My gps started having a lot of trouble finding any kind of gps lock and it currently just can't find anything at all. I tried resetting/updating/disabling agps which didn't work and I tried faster gps which didn't help either. Does anybody know of a solution or know where to start looking for one?

>>5543 Man I wanna root my phone and flash a custom rom but it seems to be impossible. If anyone can help me with this, i would be very grateful, the model is an LGE-H635 (LG g4 stylus)

>>9748 Just start by trying to get adb to work. Then adb reboot and install twrp (details should be on twrp's website) if you are done with this you are already pretty much done, you just need to flash the rom which should be easy now.

>>9749 if the bootloader is unlocked...

>>5556 Simple File Manager has been good to me.

>>9764 fx is better in every way

>>9763 >>9748 Lineage os has a good complete guide https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/h815/install they dont have a guide for your exact model phone but the process is usually pretty much the same. If you want a different rom from lineage just do the step where you install lineage with the install package of the rom you want.

What QR code reader do you use? For some reason I can't find any that you can share an image to. Like when you already have an image in your phone and you use the share button and you get all the apps that can open images... For some reason QR scanners are never among it

>>9779 I use this https://github.com/zxing/zxing You can also get it from F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.google.zxing.client.android/

>>5556 Sad as it is, I have to use closed-source Mixplorer for my file manager. It's entirely due to it doubling as the one image viewer I've found for Android that's a) not owned by a sketchy Chinese malware vendor like ES is, and b) lets me swipe through images in alphabetical order. I'm so sick of image viewers that insist on sorting images based on modification date.

I have a lot of stuff in my gallery (mostly anime stuff) that I want to hide when I want to show somebody a picture, is there a way to hide some folders from the gallery app, I don't mind switching to a diffefent gallery app. I am using rooted lineage.

>>10042 a .nomedia file in the folder prevents stuff from being picked up by media storage

>>10043 I found this after a bit of searching but it seems that the default lineageos gallery is very slow at updating after the directory is hidden (it basically doesn't happen). And I want to hide and unhide this stuff with a bash sctipt but this all seems to work fine after installing another gallery app. I still have one other problem which is that I want to remove the icon of an app (also anime related). Or to hide the app with a bash script. I am pretty sure the icon is not in the /data/data folder of the app.

>>10042 >>10043 Add a dot at the beginning of the folder name. Lineage takes a while to reload the media scanner but it's the fastest way I've found to do that. >>10044 >I want to remove the icon of an app (also anime related) Use a custom launcher with icon customization options. I'm using Nova launcher and you can even change app drawer icons. Also why hide the anime soykaf my man? If you're a weeb just roll with it

>>10046 I kinda want to keep using open source trebuchet so switching launcher isn't really an option The reason why I want to hide the anime is because I managed to convince my parents to go to japan next year and I don't want them to think that I just want to go to japan just because of my anime obsession (because this definately isn't the only reason I wan't to visit japan). (Also my mom and sister think anime is really wierd)

>>10050 You're seriously overcomplicating yourself over a simple thing that could be solved with 3 or 4 minutes of talk anon. Also if you don't want to switch launchers and trebuchet doesn't have a way to hide icons then there's nothing to do, so choose your poison. Either confront your hobby as an adult or keep trying to hide yourself under layers of oddly specific software that won't give you exactly the options you want. Maybe code a launcher yourself with hiding options, it doesn't get more open than that. Or search for alternative foss launchers. Anyway, the only way of efectively changing/hiding the icon is via launcher options.

>>10050 Protected apps in lineageOS is what you need. You can hide them in trebrucet and put a pattern on them.

>>10053 Pattern as in a pattern passcode. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

I'm running the "Noise" signal fork from the copperhead repos on LineageOS (both up to date) and its been having issues sending/receiving MMS. On my end, sending images/video to certain contacts just gives an ambiguous "failed to send" error after apparently timing out. Image/video/group chat MMS never download properly when I receive them, but I can usually make it work by repeatedly tapping the download button. Anyone else have an experience like this? My intuition tells me its a bug with how MMS/SMS priority is handled.. if that makes any sense. Is there a way to force MMS conditionally or by default?

Any recommendations on what to do with a Nexus 9? Got it given to me for free

>>10063 >Grab a custom Rom of your choice (a lot of people like LineageOS or Copperhead) >Download f-droid, for some high quality FOSS apps >??? >Profit

Not exactly related, but what are some good games/time sinkers for android that don't depend on google services?

Does anybody know if it is possible to use the default unicode emojis instead of the android emojis. (Using rooted lineage)

>>10079 there's the fdroid tetris app "blockinger", can be quite fun for pastime

>>10079 I was amazed by how great https://f-droid.org/packages/in.p1x.tanks_of_freedom/ is.

>>10079 Like math puzzles? Euclidea & Phytagorea. Both respective what the name suggests. Prefer the first cause it's cleaner in understanding while phytagorea needs more calculation in your head.

Does anybody know if there is a way to start the lineageos updater app manually, I sometimes get the notification that there is an update available and when I click it the updater app starts. But when I leave this app I can't open it again and I just end up having to download the update from the lineage website.

>>10373 Settings -> System -> About Phone -> LineageOS updates

hey, for that anon that wanted my .klwp https://layer01.club/sIAh.klwp enjoy!

>>10424 and a 16:9 version https://layer01.club/PZNl.klwp

My current phone is a Nexus 5, running a really out of date version of Cyanogen-mod. I haven't touched the firmware for the last 2 years nor am I in touch with whats current in android roms. So can anyone recommend me something nice that will work with my nexus 5? I have been getting nasty crashes where the phone just restarts randomly so I'm looking to re-flash it with something on the lighter & more privacy side (don't care for a fortress but I do want to de-google my self) if possible I want fast boot times!

>>10464 Lineage

>>10464 This >>10467 But also since it's a nexus you can probably run copperheados. Never used it because my phone isn't supported, but worth looking into.

>>10424 >>10426 I'm the anon from the other thread Man I love it, it looks freaking sweet Thanks a lot

>>10482 i'm glad you like it i'm currently trying to figure out a different colour scheme for it

>>10478 Just looked into it, nexus 5 is unsupported. The os was cool too : (

>>10478 Thanks for the recommendation though!

Anyone know any decent replacements for the default SMS apps. Phone has no known root, unfortunately.

>>10551 I don't see the conection between wanting to replace the default sms app and rooting the phone but whatever. Signal is your best friend. I personally use the Persona 5 IM app because I like all the flashy and stupid animations.

>>10551 Signal works great, In my opinion it's already a better sms app than the default, add to that the encrypted messaging and it's pretty much the best around. Be careful around anything to do with the desktop client though, I heard it was compromised recently.

>>10556 >In my opinion it's already a better sms app than the default I also use signal (on rooted lineageos) to replace the AOSP texting app. It has better security features than the default, but I've noticed it's been really buggy. Especially with MMS/group texting.

>>9642 Not him but I think the battery lifetime saved and the lack of 24 hour Google botnet makes up for it.

I just got a nook color from a pawnshop nearby. It seems to work fine so far, but I got it with the main goal of turning it into a full fledged android tablet. I know the specs are horrible, but it's an eReader and I plan to use it for books and some text based games and VNs. What roms would you recommend for this?

So I recently replaced my phone, so my old LG phone was just sitting around not being used, so I converted it to an mp3 player/handheld gaming system. Since a custom ROM was out of the question like a lot of Cricket phones I simply disabled a lot of the preinstalled apps, never logged in with my Google account and installed fdroid for retroarch and vanilla music player. Then finally I put my SD card for my music and rom hacks, and it lasts a pretty good while on a single charge from the low res screen plus putting on airplane mode. I'm seriously considering a wireless charging adapter and a Bluetooth controller that isn't an Xbox one controller since those act weird on Android 5. It's pretty nice. Here's a pic of my home screen, I just used Nova Launcher.

termux is amazing and you should use it its a better terminal than any other terminal out there (swipe right from the edge to open the multiple session manager, long press on 'keyboard' for a buttons for control, esc, tab, dash etc) its also a linux environment (you can install and run stuff, theres a home directory etc) its totally free, opensource, on fdroid (dont install from playstore unless you want to donate for stuff like styles and widget addons which are free on fdroid), and has a packagemanager (and apt), no ads theres an api package for it that let you use shell script to interact with common android stuff like vibration, sms, gps, all that stuff root isnt required but you can su from inside it and do all sorts of stuff

>>11298 Looks really good, but does it work as a replacement for the home like t-ui does? It seems to have a lot more features than t-ui and looks like a far better option.

>>11300 Not guy from before, but have used termux a bit. It is not a home menu layer like t-ui but a full linux environment for running linux applications (mostly terminal stuff, I have yet to see someone rig xorg up to it) on your phone without having root and to ssh into it.

>>11300 >>11303 what they said, think of it like a mini-debian you can boot on your phone--it even uses apt for package management. tons of popular command line apps are available for it, including mc, tmux, nmap, terminal-emacs, vim, git, etc. you can even import your oh-my-zsh config if that's your thing.

Any recommendations for a (preferably freeware) email program that allows email headers to be seen natively - like old email programs did? Something that shows the emails in text of links, email addresses, etc

>>11324 in thunderbird you can go to view -> message body as -> plain text and it will save that for all the emails you open after that. It does the whole link text<http://link url> thing, and it linkifies and even puts emphasis/italics/bold on text in *stars* and /slashes/ and stuff. You can view headers with view -> headers -> all

>>11326 Thanks! I'd never come across thunderbird for android before.

>>11327 No, there is no Thunderbird for Android. It's only on desktop OSes like Windows or Linux.

Is there an icon pack for Android that uses Linux Mint Y icons? No amount of searching has brought up anything.

>>5543 I'm looking for a rootable modern android phone with a physical keyboard Do those still exist? Like i know blackbarry's makes those but those can't be sideloaded. Budget is like max 400 dollarydoos

>>12510 Moto Play or Moto Z2 play with the keyboard mod

>>8223 Tasks is a good to-do list app. It's available on F-Droid. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.tasks/

I run LIneage. 8.1 on my Nexus is nice but the decimeter in the lock screen is awesome.

>>5698 I don't believe BlackBerrys can be rooted, they use hardware 'root of trust'. So if you did root it, it wouldn't boot. If they could be rooted then I'd buy one in a heartbeat.

Hey, kinda unrelated but is there a way to get a recent version of Android working on a laptop? I've already tried virtualbox and Androidx86. Androidx86 is way too demanding to operate without wasting a year executing just one thing. Bluestacks and many other emulators run an outdated version of android (4.x or 5.x). Did no one create an emulator with a more recent version?

>>12572 You could look into RemixOS (sadly, discontinued). I'm not sure if there is a standalone version but the official android emulator included with Android Studio should work better than most third party ones (I assume).

I'm looking for recommendations for non-treble ROM's or ways to root treble ROM's. Currently running Havoc OS because it's one of the only stable non treble ROM's i've found for my xiaomi redmi 4x (chinese botnet stock rom but its a cheap and solid device), but the devs are soykaf cunts that dont understand any basic thing like how OTA is supposed to update without having to flash from TWRP and that dont understand most people cant reflash from scratch every fuarkking update. I've tried AOSP extended but it's very unstable and soft-bricked after less than a day just from installing magisk modules... Any recommandations? Magisk is really pissing me off lately because its so fuarrrking great but it wont work on Treble ROM's... (fuarrrk treble)

>>12589 >ways to root treble's ROM Why? Did you have any problem with flashing magisk?

>>12589 >>12590 here. Didn't read your post carefully, sorry. Flash magisk beta 16.7, that one support treble roms. Or just get addonsu if you are on any LOS base roms

>>5552 Sauce me that wp

>>12591 Unfortunately my device isnt supported with that version. Anyways im kinda fuarrrked for right now since i fuarrrked my recovery partition by trying to flash a magisk patched boot.img, but luckily i flashed back the original ROM boot.img and atleast i can use it now. Im on toxyc os for now until i can find a way to repair my recovery to try flashing things again

>>12597 me checking in again, got it fixed and now waiting for AOSP extended to boot (hopefully it doesnt load infinitely). Still taking in suggestions for non-treble roms or how to root Treble

Does anybody here know if there is a way to get dark themed notifications working on lineageos (rooted). I tried substratum with the default dark theme (paid themes aren't an option) but this seems to be pretty glitchy and often makes you end up with the same background as text color on the notifications. I was wondering if anybody knew a good preferably free software way of doing this.

>>12597 Where do you get the idea that your device isn't supported by that version ? Considering the note 4x is one of the most popular devices on xda

Default lineageOS doen't support OMS, which is why substratum is glitchy there. You are better off with another one if you want to use substratum. That said, lineageos 15.1 does support dark theme by default. Have you digged deep enough?

>>12604 Meant to reply >>12600

>>12604 Lineageos seems to have a dark mode under display > style, but this doesn't seem to do anything to the notifications. I would prefer using something other than substratium but I haven't found any other application that is able to do this yet.

>>12604 >>12607 >>12600 It absolutely depends on the theme you're applying to substratum. This is rooted Lineage 15.1. Get a cracked paid theme and it'll probably color your notifications too.

>>12608 I tried that and I ended up with an application that "doesn't work in your country" and a second one which gave me my first actual android virus so I prefer just going with a free software solution if it exist because the theme I found for substratium seems to only work sometimes and it just seems to be really impractical.

i've been having issues with lineageos not properly interfacing with my camera/flashlight hardware. i read a couple forum posts suggesting that using magisk fixed these issues for other people, so i figured i'd give it a shot (even if it doesn't fix my problem, it looks like an improvement over supersu). will flashing a clean lineageos image from twrp be enough to get rid of supersu and prepare my phone for magisk or do i need to do a full factory reset? it seems like since my phone is already rooted, i could just install the magisk manager and use that to install magiskSU, but how would i get rid of superSU at that point? asking here because most of the tutorials seem to be geared towards someone with a freshly unlocked bootloader and OEM android.

>>12609 >doesn't work in your country What the crap? Which app told you that? Still, I've searched for a lot of theming solutions and substratum seems to be the best alternative right now, since it depends on the theme what it colours and what not. I'd advice you to keep searching for free themes that actually colour your notifications. Btw, default dark is a free theme that should color your notifications. I switched to the one shown in the screenshot (Valerie) because I've used default dark across 3 or 4 phones now and I grew tired of it.

>>12610 Yes, you need to get rid of SuperSU before installing magisk, I've made that mistake before. The best way to get rid of SuperSU is efectively installing a clean ROM image, and then flashing Magisk. Btw, clean install implies wiping dalvik/ADT + cache, and that's basically doing a full factory reset. Remember, going back to stock android != full factory reset. Since we're on topic, if doing so still doesn't fix your camera problem, maybe it's a rom problem and you should try any other rom available to your phone that isn't Lineage based.

>>12603 From trying it out lol. Gives me the same error as the other versions. 16.7 doesnt work on every treble devices apparently... Ill wait until they have an actual treble version, until then im on resurrection remix for the time being since it's non-treble

I have a quite obscure phone : Huawei stream S 302hw How can I root this device and try to learn few things while doing so? I am a novice and I can't find a guide for my phone neither custom ROMs

>>12869 you may be SOL since huawei doesn't provide a legitimate way to unlock your bootloader and it isn't a popular enough device that people quickly find exploits (e.g. samsung). your best bet is probably just to look around forums to see if someone happens to have figured out a way to bypass the OEM lock. or if you know your soykaf i suppose you could come up with your own exploit, but that's way over my head. https://androidandme.com/2018/05/news/huawei-is-ending-bootloader-unlock-program/

>>9237 I'm not very good with technology but your phone looks really pretty, how did you get it like that? Could I do it? Sorry for being annoying.

>>12911 Not him but he's using KLWP. Super cool app that let's you make your wallpaper interactive and display pretty much anything. It's closed source and the pro version (which is worth it) costs a couple dollars. I used to use it and got pretty fuarrrking good at making them but now I'm running GApps-free and F-Droid apps only (for the most part).

>>12869 Have you tried KingRoot? That fuarrrking thing can root almost any obscure phone

>>12917 Thank you very much anon I appreciate your information a lot. Do I have to do anything to my phone to use that app? I currently just have a standard android phone. I'm looking up what F-droid and GApps-free are now, but I don't fully understand it. I'd gladly pay for the pro version to have a cool phone like that anyway.

>>12918 How can people know that KingRoot isn't malware?

>>12919 "Gapps-free" as in not having any Google apps installed at all. This can only be done by installing an alternative ROM (for example LineageOS) that doesn't come with anything from Google pre-installed. This is not possible on all phones. If you want to go down this route, read about bootloader unlocking (not network unlocking or rooting, those are totally different things). This is something that requires a lot of reading beforehand if you're new to alternative ROMs. Also, this will only let you avoid Google's scrutiny. Avoiding your mobile carrier's scrutiny (non-VPN'd network traffic, phone call/SMS records, location info) but still using that mobile phone network is impossible. But the positive thing is that this should be much easier in the future due to something called Treble. Google intended Treble to be the solution to ancient security-hole-filled versions of Android sticking around for years, but it has a nice side effect of easy installation of alternative ROMs on phones with unlockable bootloaders. F-Droid is an alternative app "store", though all apps on it are open-source and free, and often have a focus on privacy. It's quite easy to run F-Droid on an Android device, no bootloader unlocking or rooting necessary. I highly recommend giving this a try since it's totally zero-risk. It is flat-out impossible to cause phone problems by installing it.

>>12918 Is Kingroot's malware just ads I can remove manually or does this go beyond what a novice can clean up?

>>12931 Thanks a lot for the effortpost. I will google about bootloader unlocking but I am still too afraid to do anything currently as I do not know enough and am afraid to break my only real phone. It feels pathetic having spent so much of my life with computers and knowing so little. I will install F-droid.

Hey Lain. I got a Samsung S7 should I install a custom ROM on it or keep the original one. I just updated to Android Oreo today. I really don't do much with my phone, sometimes I use it to stream youtube to my chromecast, twitter, IM apps and listen to music. I don't play games with it or other fancy common things people usually do with their phones.

>>12937 IIRC, yeah. It installs a user app (adware) and a root app (the thing you want to keep) and that's it. I'd apply a firewall immediately after if I were you. God I hate MT chipsets.

Irc app for android?

>>13367 Weechat, you need some kind of vps to set it up though.

>>13376 No easier alternatives?

>>13378 YAAIC Revolution IRC AndroIRC I use Revolution IRC.

>>5556 Yalp or Aurora (formerly Galaxy) download apps straight from google play if you need some apps from there and would rather not have the play store

>>13403 Yalp/Aurora is pretty buggy (the UI mainly). I'd say Aurora more so than Yalp. But it still works.

What browsers do you reccomend? I've recently installed bromium and its webview, guess atleast it's more relaiable than default. Fennec (and forks) is like kicking dead whales down the beach is the slowest browser on android, on the other side it is capable of using real extensions and tor browser is based on it.

>>14066 I mean bromite, there is no bromium.

>>14066 I may be an idiot for using it, but Via has been treating me well. Resource sniffer, userscript support, small size, ad blocker, user agent spoofing, QR code scanning, etc. I don't think it's open source. I've been monitoring its network usage and it doesn't phone home.

>>14066 >Fennec (and forks) is like kicking dead whales down the beach is the slowest browser on android i like icecat, but it's definitely not the most efficient browser out there. it's kind of a resource hog and it seems to run down my battery more quickly than i'd expect it to. on the flip side, it's the most configurable browser i'm aware of for android. plus, as you noted, having real extensions is nice. in theory you should be able to mitigate these performance issues if you set it up right, but it comes down to how much time you want to spend on this.

I am >>14066 a webview based browser + bromite webview is the best option so far, now using Private browser besides its creative name.

I want to put RR (the only thing seemingly compatible for it) on my LG K20 Plus. I follow every guide, have a custom thing of TWRP made for it, yet I keep getting that "No Command" error. I can not find this documented. One guide (the only one that seemed to actually work) says you need to do Volume Down + Power to get into factory reset, then after factory reset it will boot into TWRP. It doesn't, it just factory resets then boots into "Welcome to Android!". Using adb to reboot into the recovery partition is the only way I seemingly can, and that causes the "No Command" error. What do?

>>14957 first time i've heard of that error, sorry anon

>>14958 The error is that the recovery screen comes up with the android logo openand gears coming out of it, with the text "No command". Recovery options do not come up. This seems a normal result on some phones to force-recovery. I don't see how every guide is different for the same phone. I don't see how I can not get into recovery the standard way. Bootloader is unlocked. No command error: https://drfone.wondershare.com/reset-android/android-recovery-mode-no-command.html

>>14959 I have discovered the error. For some reason, I need to install TWRP then imediately remove battery then put into recovery. If I don't do this, or wait too long, the OEM overwrites the partition. I have managed to not only install TWRP, but also have installed an unofficial fork of Lineage OS. I have also discovered that the OEM fuarrrked up this phone and the parition map was wrong, missing default ones.

>>10044 Either using a local terminal or 'adb shell', run: $ su # pm list packages # pm hide <package name> When you are done, run # pm unhide <package name> But note that this will still show in Settings > Apps. >>11303 https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Graphical_Environment

Realistically, how many modern "flagship" phones are rootable nowadays? What I'm really trying to say is, suppose I'm in a position to buy a new phone, and want something high quality. I've had a galaxy s7 active for a few years but obviously that was before I really knew about custom roms. What's the nicest hardware I can shoot for that's still rootable? Battery life is really my number one priority, and I would keep buying galaxy actives for that if not for the soykaf bloatware and google privacy rape

>>10050 open launcher, lain

>>15152 pixels are pretty easy to root, and I've heard that newer galaxies are too. There has been some homogenization of android bootloaders which is good for those of us wanting to root our phones. Obviously you need to check for any particular phone you want to buy but I would be optimistic.

I have OpenLauncher with a custom icon theme, but the Icon Theme is incomplete so some things look very offputting. How can I fix this? Is it possible to add to the theme via adb? I am using Ameixa Monochrome for icons.

>>15259 Draw more icons

>>15260 That's literally what I just asked, is it possible to draw more icons and put them into the current theme.

>>15262 I don't think you can. An icon theme is an apk installer file, so you could try repacking said apk with the new icons and info for every package. But I have no idea how it works in that case. It's way easier to search for another icon pack.

>>15262 https://gitlab.com/xphnx/ameixa/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md >>15264 ameixa is by far the most complete open source icon pack for android

>>15269 That's nice, but I'd prefer something closer to the one I wanted to use, the Ameixa Monochrome

>>15293 https://gitlab.com/xphnx/ameixa-monochrome/blob/master/README.md >The main code comes from Ameixa. All changes must be done in the Ameixa repo. After changes are complete, run either monochroming script depending on how you decide to install Inkscape.

Does anyone use T-UI launcher? It's a launcher that functions like a terminal. I like it, but it's rough around the edges.

before i buy a phone i like to make sure it's rootable and has twrp and lineageos available. the apps i like to install are mostly from android, a few from google play store. busybox fdroid app afwall+ firewall orbot for tor (it's easy to set up tor hidden services on your phone with this) adaway ad blocker override dns to select custom dns servers conversations xmpp client yalp store for play store acces without gapps openkeychain for gpg stuff hacker's keyboard k-9 mail openvpn performance control oandbackup libretorrent total commander file manager trekarta for offline maps overchan fork for chans drivedroid for booting iso's from the phone etc.

>>15784 mostly from *fdroid* (not 'android')

So I'll try posting here, seems roughly the right place. I'm asking for a little guidance with using Tasker. Very simple I want the phone to reboot when I send a text with the word reboot to it (I'll settle for a reboot if any text is received at all). First off I create a task: Task: Wait 5sec System: Reboot Then I create a profile: Event: phone event: received text Type: any Sender: left blank (should work with any sender?) Content: *reboot* Activate Task above... I seem to have 2 issues... 1) when I test (play) the task I get a red dot at the reboot task with message: /shell runSync reboot root: true timeout 10000 bla bla bla java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "su" error=13, Permission denied So do I need to root my phone just to make this work? is that the issue... seems odd that I should need to root the phone for this option? Problem 2, It is not responding to any text message... even to turn on light or something non root. Could this be because of Googles new permission structure? https://www.xda-developers.com/google-restriction-sms-call-log-permissions/ One other thing to note: on the top taskbar/tray of the phone I see Tasker but it says "no active profiles" - I do have them toggled to on? WTF! As a final issue I also tryed to use the Auto Notification intercept plugin for Tasker to read the sms but when i hit configure it says "warning you need to enable Notification access preferences.... Go there now" - so I do and the phone says "this feature isn't available on this device... is this just my phone or android or do I need root? Running Android 8.1.0 Phone: JOY1 Model 5033x Of course I did search this all first b4 writing here and did not find my specific issues. Any advice or pointers will be received with great thanks!

>>16009 N.B. am i right in saying Android 8.1.0 can not use wifi and 4g/3g at the same time... e.g. if you use wifi to connect to a non internet device then the phone will not be able to browse the web as it will always push data over wifi and not switch to 4/3G if wifi is not hitting the spot. Android could be so powerfull if google/phone makers did not dumb it down so much - there should be a switch that invalidates warrante but opens up the system.

Is there a way to change the default DNS across all networks without running a VPN all the time? How easy would it be to downgrade back to Oreo from Pie?

Got a xiaomi A2 lite. Was using a Nexus 6 before which was awful for me personally. Not a lot of roms for the a2 but the hardware has been good for the price

>>16186 >Is there a way to change the default DNS across all networks without running a VPN all the time? You can using afwall. The best way if you have Magisk is to install the dnscrypt proxy module.

>>16186 if you have a rooted phone, you can edit /etc/resolv.conf and then chattr it to immutable, I believe android respects resolv.conf

>>16186 >Is there a way to change the default DNS across all networks without running a VPN all the time? the easiest way is to use overridedns app.

Thoughts on the the F(x)tec Pro? >Landscape layout >Physical keyboard >Headphone jack >Rooting and ROM replacement are encouraged I've been looking for a phone with a physical keyboard for a while now; Blackberry Key looked closest to what I wanted but Blackberry refuses to allow users to unlock the bootloader. However, I am concerned about how well things will function on a phone stuck in a layout that most Android apps are not designed for.

>>16229 Sounds too good to be true

>>16229 Never thought in spending more than 200 bucks on a phone. Is an audio jack now a feature? I mean, there are still far more smartphones who still have one. Neverheless the phisical keyboard is tge most promising feature, to then install retroarch and have the definitive game console on you pocket.

>>14066 Bromite is the only good privacy browser. The compromise browser is Samsung Internet.

>>16282 Being the lainon that posted, He started to use bromite, I now use it's webview with yuzu browser, the only open source webview capable of reaching it's full potential, the only flaw by far is that you cannot change the language on your header whitout changing it for the whole system, thing that bromite can do, nonetheless yuzu browser is superior in customizability, speed and has less overhead.

>>5543 LineageOS Ressurection Remix

>>16009 1. Root 2. Unlock Bootloader 3. Custom Recovery - TWRP 4. Custom ROM ENJOY!

>>16229 Sounds cool but way too expensive.

>>16037 >Android could be so powerfull if google/phone makers did not dumb it down so much 80% of the phones run android, they'd like to keep it that way. >there should be a switch that invalidates warrante but opens up the system. But how would they be able to monetize your every move then?

>>16229 >>Headphone jack I hate that we have to list this soykaf as a feature

So I have a Samsung J6 phone and need to use OTG for connecting to camera but also want to charge phone at same time... I have brought a Y adapter (pic related) OTG cable to add power to the phone, but my J6 is having none of it - it will not charge - only operates OTG ignoring the charge part. This behavior is regardless of if I plug in power first or camera first. Some hacks on youtube say inserting a 100k resistor across some USB pins to make it work, but then I see people say this resistor is a different value between manufactures and models. Has anyone any experience with this - considering OTG is a 2001 standard I find it so hard that this is not defacto from phones now days?! 1) Can my J6 do this at all? 2) If J6 cant do this, What phone (that is not too expensive, and easily available) can do this 100% guaranteed? When phone with >1 USB port + HDMI.... !!!!!!!

I have this weird cheap phone laying around from a brand that doesn't really exist. Anything i can do with that? It's pretty much unusable as a phone so.

>>16894 Get Tasker installed - use it as a controller for anything! (well almost anything) - use the on board thermometer to send you a text if your fridge gets too warm? Connect to a bluetooth relay and remotely/automaticly switch you dragon dildo from 12v to 120v when audio levels exceed 80db? I dunno what do you need/want to do?

I got a Key1 the other day: >The physical keyboard is nice; I hate virtual keyboards >The virtual buttons are a mistake, too easy to accidentally push when using gestures, should have just made three more physical buttons >You are forced to use the BB launcher and keyboard in order to use the keyboard properly >I ripped most of the BB apps out and replaced them with Fdroid things (BB10 icons are very aesthetic though) >No root or bootloader unlock, had to lock it down with ADB package removing + Orbot + NetGuard >The whole thing is muscle memory torture, the on button is on the left and the physical keyboard takes a hot minute to get used to It's pretty decent, but I am a nostalgic Canuck so take that with a grain of salt. I hope Fxtec makes something good to compete.

>>16894 >I have this weird cheap phone laying around from a brand that doesn't really exist. >Anything i can do with that? It's pretty much unusable as a phone so. old android phones make great servers or wireless surveillance cameras. i use mine for a tor hidden service.

I have a note 5 tmobile version, and the most i can do is root it and flash the orergano rom. Someone recommend me a good rom pls lains

does anyone run lineageos on a oneplus 6t or the new 7 pro? not officially supported but i've seen some unofficial ports in xda and i was wondering how stable those are.

Is galaxy nexus still a decent phone? I want to install Replicant OS on it. I use phone for crypto trading, to check news, occassional podcast/music, offline maps when I hitch-hike, Anki, and mainly for wifi/usb tethering I don't open thosands of social media apps at once, I don't watch YouTube on a phone, I don't play games, nor do I consider phone something deeply personal and the neccessity I can't live without. I just need something with great battery life, free software, and small form factor. Thanks.

>>18607 The Galaxy Nexus never had great battery life. It was pretty poor and can't run modern android. Seems like a Galaxy S5 is what you want. Swappable battery, headphone jack, SD card, water resistant, runs LineageOS. Good traveling phone.

>>18607 >>18608 I have an S3 that is 5 years old and still works like a champion. It was such a widely popular phone there are still ROMs being made for it, you could run newer versions like 7 or just use replicant. Swappable battery, aux, SD card but not water resistant. You can get a used one for quite little money and the batteries sell for liek 10 yuropoor bucks a piece. It's also old enough to not have been part of this stupid trend where every phone is fuarrrking gigantic. Be sure to get a GT-I9300 not the meme mini or neo version, else OS support is going to suck. Wiki entry on S3 for replicant https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/GalaxyS3I9300

>>18609 Yeah, on the second thought I'd rather get S3 than Nexus. Also I remember that sexy black color on Amoled, kinda want to own one. My only concern is that I can get Nexus 5 for even cheaper than S3, but no Replicant and Lineage OS still has proprietary blobs.

>>18611 Oh wait, Replicant doesn't support GPS, that's going to be a problem for me. jammit I hate modern consumer electronics

Do any of you run the Moto E4 as a daily driver with a custom Mod? I feel lazy to change mine but I just rooted it so I might as well bite the bullet.

>>18613 I remember AMOLED being the really psyched up feature back in the day, it has real appliance in battery saving schemes (completely black themed apps and launcher) too. > Oh wait, Replicant doesn't support GPS such is the sad state of affairs, all the more reason to hype the librem or eoma68 dream. If you need true freedom, not even a dumbphone is going to offer it to you. Using lineage without any gapps/microg flashed is still a considerable improvement, but you might just want to consider offline maps instead. Wiki entry on openstreetmap offline maps https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Using_OpenStreetMap_offline.