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Tips for a long-lost android user (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by jennifilm@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Kia ora!

I've been an ios user for 100 years at this point, but used to be deep in the android scene before then. I've just got an android for a work phone and am wondering what's changed in the last 10 years - what are your essential apps, settings, customisations? I've had a hunt around xda but can't seem to find much in the way of roms for my model (Samsung A04) - back in the day it seemed there was a thread for every device!

What do I need to know?

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[–] Andy@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some of my favorites:

Launcher: Niagara
Rom: LineageOS
Browser: Firefox (with DarkReader and uBlock Origin)
Reddit: Relay (is this ending?)
HackerNews: Harmonic
~~Lemmy: Jerboa (haven't tried alternatives)~~
Podcasts: AntennaPod (haven't tried much else)
Identify stuff: LeafSnap (plants), SoundHound, Merlin (birds!)
Books: Moon+ Reader Pro
Barcodes: Catima
Computer stuff: KDE Connect
File stuff: Material Files and ZArchiver
TTS: @Voice Aloud Reader
Passwords: Bitwarden
Icons: Crayon or Viral
Keyboards: MS SwiftKey, maybe someday FlorisBoard, sometimes Hacker's Keyboard
Scrobbles: Simple Scrobbler
Video: VLC and NewPipe
Weather: Weawow

EDITS:

Lemmy: Liftoff
Chat: Telegram
Email: Delta Chat?

[–] kresten@feddit.dk 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

On the topic of Android, am I the only one who dislikes the google pixel version of android UI?

[–] FVVS@l.lucitt.com 1 points 1 year ago

I love how stock android looks but agree that it's become too iPhone like. One UI has become a great balance!

[–] Skyline@lemmy.cafe 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't like it because it has become very iPhone-like in the bad ways, meaning it takes several clicks to do simple, common tasks. I much prefer Samsung's OneUI for how easily accessible everything is.

[–] kresten@feddit.dk 1 points 1 year ago

Yes! This trend towards reducing the UI because they assume their user can't comprehend more "complex" words like "Customization", "System settings", "Advanced system settings", instead just opting to remove the settings entirely, or hide them behind categories and stupid drag menus 🤷‍♀️