It just took 10 minutes to send an #email from my #phone because it is #crashing . The #specs are not bad, it's just the #software running on it are shitty #android .
Amazing #bug find and #fix in the #android #software that allowed for a simple #lockscreen #bypass simply by changing the #simcard https://bugs.xdavidhu.me/google/2022/11/.. #google : Move fast and break things!
Oh damn, #minimum #ram for #android is now 2GB: https://android-developers.googleblog.co.. I have #desktop #computers and #laptops with less #ram that I use #regularly ! This #server only has 128MB of #ram !
This is a step in the right direction - #liveboot for #android #devices ! https://tuxphones.com/postmarketos-linux..
I really like the #formfactor of this #palm #phone https://palm.com/pages/product This was an interesting #byproduct of a #discussion about mini #android #phones https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=292..
Very interesting P2P #message #sharing #offline via an #android #app named #briar https://briarproject.org/news/2021-briar.. Apparently the purpose is to #bypass #internet #shutdown ! Very interesting #app indeed.
And here is why my next #phone will not be #android https://hothardware.com/news/samsung-xia.. Madness.
I want to grab a #nap - but I know my #phone #alarm does not work correctly and cannot be relied upon. For some reason my #android #smartphone believes it should not go off between the hours of #midnight and 6am or so. I think it's the same mechanism that also pauses #youtube #notifications , etc, but it's super annoying that it #ignores an alarm *I* set. I'm not setting it for no reason. Anyway, for this reason I cannot grab a little #sleep ... Instead I drink even more #coffee ... Pushing for 9am!
#fairphone is interesting for sure, offering a 5 year #warranty and 6 years of #updates https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/.. It's a shame in runs #android - but apparently the #invested in getting #lineage #os to run on it. It apparently comes with a #screwdriver and aims to be #repairable and #maintainable ! The #specs are nothing to sneeze at either - it's very #powerful unlike something such as #pine 's #pinephone ...
Ouch, looks like there is an extremely #lowhangingfruit of a #bug that allows for very easy #crashing of the #google #android #chrome #browser https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/iss.. It is completely locking up some #phones as when it crashes it attempts to re-open the problematic #url again!
Well duh, #google were always asking for trouble #supporting an old #linux #kernel for #android #development ! They should never had wondered so far from #mainline https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n.. Apparently this point might be mute though if they eventually switch to #fuschia #os ... A non- #google #kernel still sounds like the best option for me...
I can attest to #firefox 's #bugs on #android https://blog.nori.moe/firefox-for-androi.. Every time I #rotate the #display it #crashes and opens a #random new #tab from a previously " #securely " closed #session ... It's not even supposed to be possible.
Very cool to see #naomiwu #sexycyborg go and #demand that a #company in #china using the #gpl #android #kernel sahre their #source as #opensource https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj04MKyk.. There is a particularly bad habit of companies using the work of others and not contributing back! Good on her!
Didn't #sleep almost a wink - I think I'll make some #keto #food and go for a #walk ... On the plus side, I get to test the #fitotrack #app again on my old #android #phone ...
Nice #alternative to #android now out there named #calyxos https://calyxos.org/ Appears to only support a handful of #phones - but could be worth watching.
Wow, a 2000's era #sony #phone running #android 9! https://hackaday.com/2021/06/28/a-phone-.. Very impressive #hack !