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both of the above mentioned apps have ads, so a firewall would be desired anyway. this is yet another reason i went the route that i did. anyway, i have locate a cheap android 10 in my collection, and it even has Google poo that 'cant' be turned off, so it should work fine for the test...

i have devices of much lower caliber, but i think that may help in this respect since we are testing for excessive memory use. the first thing i would do on your part is to open developers options and check runnimg services to see what apps are using the most memory. then leave this open in...

i use Video Transcoder from F-droid and YouCut from Uptodown.

thank you for this information. it is exactly this type of thing that makes me not want to use any Google app.

i may have a device that i could use for the purpose but i am limited on internet at this time. if you post links and the device info, i can see what devices i have that could be similar, and test them for you. as far as a microphone blocking app goes, as far as i understand they can only...

is it the manufacturers or is it the carriers? seems more of a carrier thing to be locked up like that

if i find out a friend has alexa or similar i love asking it inappropriate questions about current events six million cookies, immigration, etc. i get off on making absurd and/or unkind searches with it, fully relishing the fact that i am skewing results for future searches long after i am...

https://shizuku.rikka.app/guide/setup/

https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=rob+braxman+degoogled

i believe that Brax has degoogled phones for sale they are not real cheap, but they dont have google on them

if i get somewhere with some wifi i will make you a video of how i get it to work sometimes its easy but other times it can be a pain to get shizuku to start im supposed to go to the library sometime today, so if that happens then i will attempt to make a screen recording video with all the...

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This is what happens when you watch Youtube. Your only options are to pay for Youtube Premium, or to use an ad-free Youtube frontend app. The ads on Youtube are a big reason why I dont watch things on Youtube very often. If I do, I often turn to one of the ad-free frontends that also offer...

this is but one reason that i use KISS launcher. it allows me to type settings shortcuts right into the search bar on the home screen. also, this seems a time to bring up how i put utility apps and other things that i want on any device onto an SD card that i install before i ever turn it on...

or open F-droid settings repositories (PLUS button) enter repository URL manually copy/paste the following without the dots before and after ...https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/repo... enter and wait for the repository to load then find Shizuku and Canta and install them

to install the izzyondroid repository on F-droid have F-droid installed use a scanner to view this code:

sure, i can try. shizuku is hard to start sometimes. be sure you are on a private WiFi with a strong signal open Shizuku. select Pairing use your home key to exit (not your back key) open developers options find Quick Settings Developer Tiles add Wireless Debugging to your quick settings (the...

you need the izzy on droid repository https://izzyondroid.org/quickstart/

they are both on F-droid

i saw today that if i open the Tubi app, it loads and then tells me that Tubi will not run without "Google Play Services, which is missing from your device." tapping the screen most anywhere twice or a few times dismisses this toast message, and then the app works fine. (this is all the proof...

personally, i would advise anyone that doesnt use google for squat to purge your device(s) of everything that is google as much as possible i have used a combination of apps to 'uninstall for user' every google app possible while having a working device of course, this makes a device extremely...

i understand this. but wouldnt it be better if the devices just didnt get the update? im not interested in jumping through any more hoops than i already do. I have read that the 'update' is through google play services what if that app is not active, and a firewall blocks internet to it?

Has anyone come up with an avoidance plan for the coming lockdown this fall? I may have an answer, but I am wondering if and what plans/precautions others are doing/have done if they are trying to avoid this. I feel that most people will roll over and take it, much like during 'covid' and out...

i dont allow updates to my devices for this very exact type of thing Everyone is always, "Gee, man. You sure bitch and moan about Google a lot for someone who uses their devices." Yes. Yes I do. I f you buy a hamburger at McDonald's, it is how you want it or else you dont except it. Somehow...

https://keepandroidopen.org/