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What are in your opinion "essential" android apps that aren't as popular/talked about? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[-] seaQueue@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Adguard for Android - uses a local VPN to block ads system wide in most apps.

Magisk -> Adguard certificate - moves the Adguard cert to the system store so you can MitM HTTPS traffic and block even more ads (eg: in Chrome, or the system webview)

Magisk -> universal safetynet fix - spoof safetynet and play integrity

Magisk -> ACC - set battery charge cutoffs for devices that don't have an 80/85% charge limit built into the firmware

Obtainium - update open source apps directly from GitHub releases, fdroid repos, https sources by regex, etc

Accubattery - track and estimate device battery wear over time so you know when you're ready to replace one

Zarchiver - handle zstd compressed files on Android

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Doesn't Adguard require root?

[-] seaQueue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

No, but you do need magisk if you plan to MitM https traffic. Everything else can be handled by piping your net traffic through a VPN endpoint it sets up on your phone or tablet, that covers DNS blocking and standard http filtering.

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Interesting. Thanks for clarifying.

this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2023

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