Kia ora!

I’ve been an ios user for 100 years at this point, but used to be deep in the android scene before then. I’ve just got an android for a work phone and am wondering what’s changed in the last 10 years - what are your essential apps, settings, customisations? I’ve had a hunt around xda but can’t seem to find much in the way of roms for my model (Samsung A04) - back in the day it seemed there was a thread for every device!

What do I need to know?

  • Andy@programming.devEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Some of my favorites:

    • Launcher: Niagara
    • Rom: LineageOS
    • Browser: Firefox (with DarkReader and uBlock Origin)
    • Reddit: Relay (is this ending?)
    • HackerNews: Harmonic
    • Lemmy: Jerboa (haven’t tried alternatives)
    • Podcasts: AntennaPod (haven’t tried much else)
    • Identify stuff: LeafSnap (plants), SoundHound, Merlin (birds!)
    • Books: Moon+ Reader Pro
    • Barcodes: Catima
    • Computer stuff: KDE Connect
    • File stuff: Material Files and ZArchiver
    • TTS: @Voice Aloud Reader
    • Passwords: Bitwarden
    • Icons: Crayon or Viral
    • Keyboards: MS SwiftKey, maybe someday FlorisBoard, sometimes Hacker’s Keyboard
    • Scrobbles: Simple Scrobbler
    • Video: VLC and NewPipe
    • Weather: Weawow

    EDITS:

    • Lemmy: Liftoff
    • Chat: Telegram
    • Email: Delta Chat?