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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MargotRobbie@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world

To celebrate a particular movie's nominations for the Golden Globes next Sunday, Jan 7, we are hosting our very own Golden Lemmy award for Best Android Device on !android@lemmy.world.

Rules are simple, tell us about your favorite Android phone from 2023 in the top level comment, and the device with the most up votes wins the esteemed and coveted Golden Lemmy Award, along with 1 Lemmy Silver.

Our regular discussion will resume in 2 weeks.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by MargotRobbie@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world

Previously: Submission Statement Edition

Haven't done these in a while, so let's get started.

  1. Since we haven't really heard any feedback one way or the other, rule 8 is now official. To be fair, we've had a lot less microblog posts than I expected (only one Twitter/X post in the last month even after I waited longer than the initial 1-2 weeks expected, and that was a crosspost.)
  • Again, the rules are always a work in progress, feel free to give your two cents here whenever you like.
  1. As you guys know, PipedLinkBot went completely insane 2 days ago and looks like it's temporarily shut down. So, I'd like to use this opportunity to explain why I banned the bot pretty much immediately after our community reopened. (And gloat a bit, of course)
  • Even though I do agree with the principle of using open source, privacy focused frontend instead of using Youtube directly, I have a real problem with using a bot to respond every time somebody posts a Youtube link. It feels like spam, and it doesn't feel like it serves any utility besides pushing an agenda (even though many people here would agree with it). Most people have seen it around here enough to use pipedvideo if they wanted it to use it already.

  • I think it's always been a rage inducing part of the reddit experience that you see you received a response to your comment, but only have it been a bot smugly correcting your grammar or tell you all your letters are in order or something useless like that. So, for this place, I would like to make sure that everyone you talk to here is a real person as much as possible, because people inspire people to be greater, but bots don't.

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submitted 15 hours ago by fluppy@lemm.ee to c/android@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/62370804

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The Google Discover feed is a constantly evolving beast that offers news, updates, and now social media posts right there on your homescreen.

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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/android@lemmy.world

Anyone's else having the same problem? Oh, and it's downloading updates to apps and THEN RUNNING THEM IMMEDIATELY. Like, not something I opened.

I'm on Lemmy and I get a message saying: "app has finished downloading and will open in a moment" and then whatever app just updated opens uncalled for!

WTF with this update!

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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub to c/android@lemmy.world

A thief flags you down, grabs your phone and makes you unlock it using your thumb.

A cop opens the cop car door, grabs your hand and unlocks your phone, or even easier, face unlock.

Granted, guns and torture are rather effective as well, but is anyone entirely against fingerprint unlocking?

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Gmail is adding a "Manage subscription" page on Android that puts all of your email subscriptions in one place with one-click unsubscribe.

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YouTube Music is building upon real-time lyrics (from 2023) by adding the ability to share them in the mobile app.

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On average, Google updates Android’s Calculator app once a year, and version 8.7 in 2025 makes just one straightforward change.

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Following last year’s announcement, Google Messages is rolling out Sensitive Content Warnings that blur nude images on Android...

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submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de to c/android@lemmy.world

This is a regional release from the brand apparently for Nigerian market only which explains the fact that despite having decent specs( things like 90W charging, 8 GB RAM and 144 Hz high PWM dimming display), it is a 4G phone only.

Though it is gimmicky in some respects. It has a SpO2 sensor apparently built into the back but skips out on basic things like micro SD or 3.5 mm jack (but hey, they do give free USB C headphones; now I can switch from Sennheiser's IE 600 to an upgraded variant :p).

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It is a half baked review, IMO. The author says that despite having 45 W charging, the phone takes 75 mins to charge. Samsung really slows down it's charging speeds post 80%, so testing from 0 to 100 is not a good criterion at all.

Plus, he forgets to mention that Samsung skips on a microSD card for A56 which was present on A55. Though in Samsung's favor, they are offering 6 OS upgrades and I doubt any other OEM except Google matches it.

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There's a lot to choose from. I use KeepassDX. Wondering about the others.

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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by tilefan@lemm.ee to c/android@lemmy.world

(when you hit the recents button) I can't believe they actually restored a feature that they'd removed by accident during an update this is wild. how long has it been back? how many years did it take them to accomplish this

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/android@lemmy.world

I'm looking for a midrange android tablet, exclusively for taking notes with a stylus in Obsidian. It doesn't need to be powerful, but just take good notes. The ideal size is anything 11'' and under. I would also appreciate if it isn't too bloated, and behaves similar to stock android. I have looked mostly into the Pixel Tablet as well as the Lenovo M11, P11 and K11. Other suggestions are welcome.

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For some users, the Google Search app on Android is sending out a new style of Weather forecast notifications...

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by riccardo@lemmy.ml to c/android@lemmy.world

Hello everyone, some time ago I broke the screen of my Pixel 5. I brought it to a repair store, which replaced it, but apparently they did a bad job because since then the proximity sensor started to misbehave (it was working even with the broken screen, unfortunately they refuse to acknowledge that and won't repair it for free, and it costs too much to repair it again).

Well, this sensor is driving me crazy. It works kind of good for calls, but it's almost impossible to play voice messages: the screen continuously flashes, turns on/off every second because of the sensor, and voice messages constantly stops, restart, switch from speaker to ear speaker... it's incredibly frustrating. For some reason Telegram and Signal work good, but on whatsapp and other IMs, it's almost impossible to listen to voice messages without going mad.

I have a Pixel 5 running Andoird 14 (stock, non rooted), and I'm looking for a way to disable the proximity sensor just for one app, or entirely. Searching for a solution on the internet, I've found this 2020 reddit thread describing an Android 11 option to disable all sensors entirely, but apparently it got removed because I cannot find it, or the quick setting tile the post is talking about (it would be a perfect solution!)

I'm sure there's some root/magisk app ops solution that can help, but I would have to root the phone or install a custom firmware, but I'm trying to find a solution that doesn't require that. Unfortunately I have apps that require perfect device integrity and right now I'm stuck on stock android. Any tip on how to solve this?

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Why does Google Play Protect stop me from sideloading apks (from, say, Obtainium) while almost regularly I read reports about malicious apps being available in Google Playstore itself ? Why do they allow those ?

Probably just a rant out of frustration. I ignore those alerts if I am confident about the apk I'm sideloading, lol.

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submitted 1 week ago by dontblink@feddit.it to c/android@lemmy.world

I used to use stocard to store the fidelty cards from several shops in one place, but now it's apparently closing and they want me to download another app which has 700 features I don't care about and that wants me to make an account and accept cookies..

Is there any Foss app that does simply this?

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I am increasingly conscious of security and privacy. I don't want my data or telemetry being sent to google or Facebook, and I want to make sure my device is encrypted and not readable by anyone other than me.

Is there a standard go-to guide on securing an android device with these types of goals in mind? Is true privacy possible without having to install Graphene?

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Google Chrome is beginning to roll out the bottom address bar option on Android to the stable channel with...

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by char_stats@lemm.ee to c/android@lemmy.world

In case anyone's interested, I've updated my list of free games. It now includes games from other sources besides the Play Store, FOSS games marked with ✅️, and clearly stated source in brackets (such as F-droid or GitHub, e.g.).

I've also updated my other list of favorite paid games with indicators for controller support 🎮 to ALL games that qualify, portrait 📱, and 120FPS.

Before you ask, I can't add the same indicators to my free games list because those are mainly user recommendations and I don't play most of them.

You can recommend games for either list and they'll be added if criteria is matched (plus personal discretion on quality for the paid games).

Cheers ✌️

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