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Utiliser un tel #Android sans compte #Google c'est possible. A l'activation, au lieu de renseigner un compte, on choisit "ignorer". Conséquence, pas de Play Store, aucune importance : on installe F-Droid (magasin d'applis alternatif) et si on veut installer (ou mettre à jour) des applis qui viennent du Play Store on installe Aurora Store (la connexion au Play Store est alors anonyme) 😊 Pas de root nécessaire.
Je m'interrogeais juste sur la persistance de mouchards dans l'infra Google hors #AOSP et le fait qu'ils restent probablement encore actifs même sans avoir défini de compte Google. Et donc que la mesure proposée n'atteint probablement pas son objectif.
I tried using #PulseSMS for a little bit today, because I remember liking it back in 2018 when I actually paid for the service.
I downloaded it and disabled its networking access immediately through #CalyxOS' firewall.
Even though it wasn't able to download ads, it still had blank ad banners, pop-up "buy premium!" screens and premium feature teasers like a thumbs-up icon next to the most recently received text with some small text saying something like "Try reactions!" (which sends you to the TRY PREMIUM! page.
This is without any internet access. It's all just hard-coded into the app.
I don't have a problem with these guys charging for their app, or charging a REASONABLE subscription fee for the service (being able to send SMS through any web browser), but man, apps in 2024 are just SO horrid. :'(
The state of SMS in the FOSS world is still pretty bad.
I either have to live with flip-flopping between #AOSP Messages and #QUIK for the features I need, or whack a great deal of my #SMS history in order to reduce the db size so that #Fossify messages can run reasonably well without burning up my battery.
Ok, sorry for complaining. I'm thankful for #FOSS. :D
#AOSP downloads just got much bigger! I just did a repo sync on android-14.0.0_r29 and was surprised that it downloaded almost 900 GB of data! Why?
Answer: before r29, most of the binary blobs in the manifest were marked with clone-depth="1" so you only got the most recent version. Now you get all versions. For example .repo/projects/device/google/bluejay-kernel.git/ has gone from 0.5 GB to 14 GB
Solution: always set the clone depth to 1 when you repo init:
The stock #Android#AOSP Messaging app lacks tons of features (like SEARCH), but it can send images via MMS very well.
The QUIK app (recent fork of QKSMS) does a great job of searching and even has a limited built-in backup function, but it totally fails at sending images over 300kb, and sometimes at all.
The Fossify messages app (fork of Simple Mobile Tools) does both, BUT it burns through battery crazy fast on my over-sized SMS DB.
For any @GrapheneOS users trying to get the new #Santander app working: you need to go into the app’s settings, and tap on ‘0 verified links’ (which doesn’t have these checkboxes, it just looks greyed-out and unclickable), and then check all the boxes, and then it works!
Any nerds know if this is a Santander, #GrapheneOS or #AOSP issue? Lots of apps self-register as link handlers so I’m tempted to assume Santander, but also the grey ‘0 verified links’ thing being tappable is very confusing UI!
I've tried out GrapheneOS on my Pixel 8 and I like it. The installation was flawlessly althought I was a little bit scared of destroying something 😅
My initial impression: Very minimalistic from the beginning, it feels like the first time after an Arch installation 😄, the Sandboxed Google Play feature works very good, only the AOSP apps should be renewed in the future or replaced with more modern alternatives
I hope that Graphene will going on with this great work
HeliBoard is a privacy-conscious and customizable open-source keyboard, based on AOSP / OpenBoard. Does not use internet permission, and thus is 100% offline.
QKSMS/QUIK does absolutely everything I need (except for RCS), but can't send #MMS attachments larger than 300KB. It just fails instantly. It compresses them automatically if I turn that setting on, but 300KB JPEGs are pretty potatoey.
The #AOSP Messaging app handles images over 1 MiB with no issues whatsoever. But it doesn't have a search feature, which I need.
I'm looking for a cheap US-compatible phone that's unlocked, uses T-Mobile/Ting VOLTE, can be rooted, and can run a custom ROM like #Lineage_OS or #AOSP.
It doesn't need to have a ton of features or high specs. I just want a cheap phone I can de-Goggle and remove bloat on.
Android 14 changed the color of the low battery icon from red to white.
Recently, for some reason, I've stopped getting "Battery low" notifications at very low percents...but I still get them at 30% & 25% (I have it set to start at 30%).
...so now I rarely notice when my phone is about to die. This has interrupted me on so many occasions.
My hatred of Android has been growing exponentially lately.
My phone, despite my best efforts, works against my wishes on behalf of others.
This is a device society expects you to carry 24/7 & acts as your primary gateway to both digital & IRL services. i.e. mandatory.
#Google is a cartel colonizing the attention spans of billions of people. It must be broken up & the #AOSP project should be put under the control of a democratic organization
#MobileLinux cannot come fast enough. I'l tolerate any level of jank to never have to touch Android again.
Is there a website that lists all phones and all AOSP/ROMs that are compatible with them, so you don't have to hunt around in the wikis of every single ROM to check if it's compatible with your phone?
Google: "Regardez notre IA trop cool dans Android !"
L'IA trop cool: Ne peut pas fonctionner sans que vous donniez accès à Google à l'intégralité de vos messages privés, depuis toujours, messages qui seront envoyés sur les gros serveurs de Google pour entraîner l'I.A., stockés 18 mois, et qui seront potentiellement mis à disposition d'humains pour vérification.
Large corporations like the hate on the #GPL even though it has brought them big benefits. #Linux would be nowhere near what it is without the GPL. I always saw #Google's #Fuchsia kernel as their effort to get out of the GPL, since it would replace the Linux kernel. There was even media hype to that effect. Now I'm happy to see that Google is no longer supporting #Chrome on Fuchsia. I see this as a win for #FreeSoftware
So #Google clearly does not want GPLv2 there either. Plus a big part of #BigTech's development model is building proprietary software that is mostly community-maintained free software. That's harder to do with any #GPL license.
@gone Hello from Kbin! To my understanding, changing OS to something like #GrapheneOS is probably better and more secure than just removing all the bloat from the system, since you can't actually delete to a 100% all the proprietary components from #Google and your manufacture without breaking your phone, as far as I know, graphene has features that no other ROM nor #AOSP have which are better for privacy, and treats all the apps as equal for better security.
TheHatedOne (youtube) has a series of videos about grapheneOS that may have the answer you want.
But in my opinion, deleting all the #bloat with adb is better than nothing, so, you are good to go, more if you can't afford to buy a pixel, #android has a good sandbox for apps AFAIK.
After all, I recommend you to use a firewall like NetGuard to block everything by default and just allowing a few apps of your choice, or TrackerControl to again, block everything, but to block trackers from apps you allowed to connect to the internet.
Je lance une bouteille à la mer :
Quelqu'un utilise ou connaît quelqu'un qui utilise la ROM custom BlissROM (BlissLabs) ? Ils ont une version maintenue pour mon téléphone, mais je sais pas si c'est fiable et suffisamment stable...
Merci ! #aosp#customrom#lineageos#blissos https://blissroms.org/
crDroid z Androidem 14 nie przestaje mnie zaskakiwać. Nigdy nie korzystałem z tej dystrybucji Androida i naprawdę jestem nią zaskoczony. Po części, ponieważ nie bazuje na AOSP i alternatywne aplikacje naprawdę dają radę, po części dlatego, że performance jest naprawdę zadowalający. Choć z drugiej strony, na X3 Pro od Poco tylko MIUI działa wolno. Jednak mocny procesor, 6GB RAM i ekran 144hz wciąż robią robotę.
[Android] Hard debloat vs Change OS
Hello all....