Yup. Obsidian is a 'second brain' system development-like app and there's lots to it. It supports markdown, has a canvas where you can lay out and interconnect ideas and stuff. It's very customisable, it's just not open source. Libre Office, on the other hand, is a free and open source Microsoft 365/Office alternative.
I use KISS on my phone, it makes one handed easy. I use Discreet on my tablet, nothing on my homescreen but, pull down for my favorites, all apps (except those I have hidden) are swipe up. People love Kvaesitso though, and it’s really good, just not for me. Probably in my perfect world I would use Discreet with something like Samsung Side Panels, but FOSS.
MiXplorer (Mix) : Clean and powerful file manager at the same time. It’s easy to use for normal user and very powerful for power users.
Lookup Pro: Floating dictionary that can blend in to native Android context menu when highlighting words. It’s similar to iOS lookup or Kindle lookup feature.
Maosure: Google virtual measure app that make use of ARCore library.
Moon+ Reader Pro: favorite ebook reader
Seal: Favorite youtube downloader. Unlike other YT downloader that is riddled with Ads, it FOSS app.
Toolwiz Photos: Best all in one photo editor for me. It’s very underrated. The variety of feature it pack is u match by any photo editing apps for me. From color correction to healing and cloning tools, the fun feature that gets old very fast like face rater, face swap, pip, etc. I just noticed that it has AI painting feature too.
TTS Server : Azure/Ms Edge TTS ported to Android to use it as system wide TTS. It’s the most natural free TTS I’ve ever used. It’s originally Chinese only app, but I forgot where I got English version from.
AndOTP : A good app for OTP that actually let’s you backup your keys and move them easily and securely to a new phone
Blokada : A system wide adblocker for Android. 4000000 ads blocked so far on my phone
YouTube Vanced: Not really a “hidden” gem but a cool app nonetheless. I wish people knew you could get an ad free YouTube experience on mobile. It also includes sponsor block so you really get straight to content. Also let’s you get a YT popup player and shutdown the screen with the video still playing.
F-Droid an Android open source app market. Often includes apps that are not allowed on Google market.
Strange, I had YouTube Vanced but I remember it outright dying maybe a year ago. Had been using NewPipe for a while before I finally decided I use YouTube so often it’s perfectly reasonable for me to just subscribe.
Strange, I had YouTube Vanced but I remember it outright dying maybe a year ago. Had been using NewPipe for a while before I finally decided I use YouTube so often it’s perfectly reasonable for me to just subscribe.
Plus, there are some really good F-Droid apps too, like Droid-ify (F-Droid client with smoother UI) and Obtainium (update apps automatically from a GitHub link).
I just want to share my positive experience with Folder Sync.
I use Obsidian for journaling and note-taking, and unless you use the paid plan it doesn’t have native sync across multiple devices. I have the root folder of my notes stored in Google Drive and use Folder Sync to sync my PC/laptop with my mobile. Very useful as I’m out in the field often and like to jot down quick notes on my phone.
Folder Sync is great. Have been using it since 2017 to auto backup my phone to a home server I have setup. This means that if I replace my phone or it gets stolen, nothing is lost. Granted, nowadays I am finding less and less use for it with most apps backing up their data to the cloud but for photos/videos, it is great to have a local backup
Folder Sync is great. Have been using it since 2017 to auto backup my phone to a home server I have setup. This means that if I replace my phone or it gets stolen, nothing is lost. Granted, nowadays I am finding less and less use for it with most apps backing up their data to the cloud but for photos/videos, it is great to have a local backup
I can’t believe nobody in this thread mentioned launcher10 yet. I have to admit I haven’t tried square yet, but launcher10 scratches my WP user experience itch for sure.
I’m seeing a few recommendations to flash a custom ROM.
Wouldn’t that be just great, there’s only one slight problem with that idea …
You mentioned it’s a Samsung device.
Depending on which Samsung device you have, custom ROMS are hard or in some cases impossible to find and the process to install them is more difficult than on some other devices.
Get the process wrong and you’ll brick your phone, so think long and hard before you go down that road.
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