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Google Play Store locks users into its controlled ecosystem. Here are the several options available to avoid the Play Store, and why you may want to consider them (yes, before your favorite app is mistakenly removed as well) This video is targeted towards individuals looking to deGoogle.

I’ll try to keep this post updated with links to important ongoing threads, so that we can hopefully avoid dozens of threads on the same topic....

This phone has everything that I am looking for in a

Incomplete list of aftermarket custom roms.

I’m having a lot of problems with my charging. Sometimes I connect the charging cable, the “charging” light turns on, but the device doesn’t charge (or charges extremely slowly, such as 1-2% overnight). Just disconnecting the cable and reconnecting fixes the issue. I think the charge socket is getting loose....

Hi all. I bought a new (for me) Subaru yesterday and I’m already sick of plugging my phone in (yet my last car couldn’t even connect a phone)....

I broke the screen on my pixel 7 pro, I took it to get repaired by a local shop & we discussed that I wanted an original part. They interpreted this as I want a “new” part, but not an original one. They’ve now done the repair with an aftermarket screen, which is much lower quality than an OEM part....

Google Drive is adding support for automatically generated captions to videos you upload....

After Mark as played for podcasts and Sound Search, YouTube Music is rolling out a redesign of artist pages on Android and iOS.

Hi so I have this tv box with model number EC6108V9 and it’s very hard for me to find mods they are all in Chinese I have been trying for almost a day now or it’s just hard and I also want to find a way to get passed the menus (with keyboard shortcuts or smth idk) and to a android launcher (it runs android kitkat) Thanks Idk...

I love the ViMusic/RiMusic UI, it’s something different that works also better than standard material designs.

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Starting on June 24, Google will start showing your movie and TV reviews, as well as Search notes, in a public profile.

I have an ancient Pixel 3 that still works. I’d like to install a new, third-party OS. Which would you recommend?...

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hi there, a couple of month i tried the mLauncher which really helps me with its distraction free text only style. But I really miss tasks and appointments cause I dont see widgets and need to open the distinct APP. Is there an open source launcher with Text only + widget support?...

I use LOS with microg on my OnePlus 8T. I have been running rooted with Kitsune (magisk fork), and I always follow the process to maintain root when upgrading LOS. Today I updated but somehow lost root. So I went through the process of rooting again: downloaded the boot.IMG, patched it on device, moved it to PC, booted into...

What is exactly Google Play System Update buried deep in the settings that can be manually updated and usually has a date of say, eg, May 1. Is it part of Project Treble from Google to decouple parts of OS from full system upgrades and make more Modular updates possible?