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Saturday APPreciation thread (Jul 1 2023) - Your weekly app recommendation/request thread!

Saw some users commenting that we should have these megathreads in here as well....

Why Are You Still Rooting Your Android Phone? (www.droid-life.com)

Do you root or do you go straight to ROMs?

Hidden Gems: Unveiling Apps That Could Have Enhanced Your Experience Sooner?

There are a few noteworthy ones that have significantly enhanced my digital experience. Let me share them with you:...

What happened to Boost for Lemmy?

It was announced back in June but I haven’t heard anything about it since.

S23 vs Pixel 8?

Hi everyone,...

Offline apps for when you have 5 minutes to kill?

At my job, we have neither signal nor wifi in certain places (bathroom in the basement). So would appreciate tips on apps to kill five minutes.

Google's plan is to annoy you relentlessly until you update Messages (www.androidauthority.com)

There’s a new Google Messages update page that takes up your phone’s entire display every time you open the app....

It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox on Android (www.androidpolice.com)

The final push to start using Firefox over Chrome on Android might finally be thanks to the enormous selection of add-ons (Firefox’s version of extensions) coming out next month. Chrome doesn’t offer native support for extensions in its mobile app. Also, better security.

Jerboa currently unusable for other people?

For the past day or so every time I try to open Jerboa it just crashes immediately without an error message why. Is there any scheduled update/fix for Jerboa? I'd like to be able to browse on mobile again and really enjoyed the app while it was working....

Small phone lovers... our era is not over. Yesterday I discovered the Unihertz Jelly Star. I fell in love. I will be reporting back. (www.unihertz.com)

Go and check the link, but essentially:...

Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather (f-droid.org)

Screenshots:...

Fairphone 5 Launch (inv.tux.pizza)

From their newsletter:...

Do you think Android will one day become so restrictive that sideloading (installing apps outside of Playstore) will become extremely limited, or completely banned?

Google won’t repair cracked Pixel Watch screens (www.theverge.com)

World’s biggest PC vendor [Lenovo] takes first step that could establish Android as Windows biggest rival ever — and eliminate Google ChromeOS at the same time (www.techradar.com)

Best Nova Launcher substitute?

I’m looking for something as close to Nova Launcher as possible.

Murena 2 is a de-Googled Android phone with a privacy kill switch that disconnects mic and camera (liliputing.com)

I want to switch to android

I am currently an IOS user, however, as the title suggests, I wish to switch to android. This is because I would prefer to use free software and not be locked into the apple ecosystem. That being said I am already locked into apple and would like to know how anyone else here has managed the switch....

What are Android's Best Weather Apps?

Ever since I started using smart phones, I have been jumping between different weather apps and have not been very satisfied with most of them. I found the apps from the big weather providers like Accuweather and Weather Channel to be bloated and distracting with advertisements and irrelevant news. The app I was closest to being...

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