Yes this is partly to show off I got a new phone because I’m so fucking happy to be rid of my water damaged Samsung!

Also to show off my amazing meme skills using a meme generator app. 🤓

Bye seriously… I’ve been living in a cave for years. What apps do you recommend?

I installed, so far:

  • Photo editor pro
  • Mi Remote
  • Meme generator

What else? Recommended ebook reader? Anything else?

    • Markaos@lemmy.oneEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Letting you disable or limit internet access to apps would go pretty strongly against Google’s interests - how would they get their ad money if half the users were running most apps offline?

      Some vendors provide a way to do this (Xiaomi has an internet access toggle per app, or at least it did in the KitKat era), but it’s never making its way into stock Android until Google integrates AdMob into the system.

      • Fisch@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        4 months ago

        You can toggle internet access per app on stock Android tho…

  • schizoidman@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Install a browser with adblock like mull.

    Koreader an ebook reader from f-droid.

    Use ADB to remove everything else you don’t need.

  • cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Install rethink, it’s on fdroid. traffic blocker for apps. Gotta stop those xiaomi apps from getting telemetry.

  • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
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    5 months ago

    The least annoying reader on Android I’ve found is moon reader pro. It feels a lot worse to me than maple reader on iOS though.

    A lot of people seem to recommend KOReader (it might be because it can be installed on a lot of readers that don’t have Android though), and actually reading is fine, but browsing your library is awful. It’s completely free without anti features though (on fdroid if it isn’t on the play store).

    • topher@lemm.eeEnglish
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      5 months ago

      The least annoying reader on Android I’ve found is moon reader pro. It feels a lot worse to me than maple reader on iOS though.

      Try Librera from F-Droid. I only wanted a pdf reader, and got that and an epub reader/ebook manager too. Apparently it’s also good for music manuscript too but I haven’t used it for that.

      • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
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        5 months ago

        It’s crazy how different different apps render the same text in the same font.

        I ended up having to force roboto thin to get something close to how moon reader displays regular roboto.

        I’m giving it a shot now, though. I do like that nice side bar that gives you fine control over how your library is displayed, with different profiles for different things.

  • RobotToaster@mander.xyzEnglish
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    5 months ago

    • Revanced: removes ads from youtube

    • zedge: ringtones and stuff

    • c:geo: geocaching

    • signal: messaging

    • firefox: browser

      • limerod@reddthat.comMEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Better is subjective but the last time I had tried it (2022) I switched to personaldnsfilter. It’s available on both Fdroid and playstore.

  • ivanafterall@kbin.social
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    5 months ago

    That app where you tilt your phone and it looks like you’re drinking a beer. Maybe a soundboard app. Paper toss. The lightsaber app. Definitely set some custom ringtones and show those off, those always impress.

  • MaXimus421@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    VLC

    Newpipe (for when Revanced inevitably is borked because of a update)

    Instandr for ad free customizable Instagram

  • ladfrombrad 🇬🇧@lemdro.idMEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Probably read the rules and post in !androidmemes@lemdro.id, which got auto populated by Boost for Lemmy upon me typing it. Which was fucking neat.

    Then, learn how to use adb shell list packages` to list your entire app list.

    Also, androidcirclejerk has a really good list of the common apps peeps usually jerk about, but I ain’t linking weddit.

    Good luck!