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CodingCarpenter , in Xperia 1 VI working on US T Mobile

So 666 messages huh?

Severalkittens OP ,

I get so much spam that I need to delete 😅

ArcticAmphibian , in Wget or Curl on unrooted Android?

Check out Termux’s GitHub. I would link the issue but not sure if linking is allowed. You’ll find that the Play Store build is currently broken, but the F-Droid (alternative FOSS software store) build works fine.

qprimed ,

termux is absolutely fantastic. if you like a nice, clean CLI then run (don’t walk) to f-droid and install.

DeuxChevaux OP ,
@DeuxChevaux@lemmy.world avatar

Ah, F-Droid did it. Thank you so much!

Happy days!

dan , (edited )
@dan@upvote.au avatar

F-Droid is great. My understanding is that apps on F-Droid have to be free (as in freedom), and they build most apps from source so the builds are verifiable - they’ll exactly match the source code in the repo. It’s not just a developer uploading a random APK that might be completely different from the code in the repo.

catloaf , in [SOLVED] Accidently damaged an MicroSD by pulling it before it had fully ejected

If it’s that important, send it to a data recovery company and pay them. I’m sure this would be an easy job.

JohnnyCanuck , in [SOLVED] Accidently damaged an MicroSD by pulling it before it had fully ejected
@JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca avatar

I had no backup, as I always considered my MicroSD as an external storage medium for such data.

I know you’re not looking for advice that would have been great before things went wrong, but
 When they say to have a backup up on external storage, they don’t mean make the backup and then delete the original. Then the “backup” is just the original.

Also, I don’t think that microSD life expectancy is that great. I wouldn’t it trust it as a sole keeper of backups.

Good luck.

LostXOR ,

This. The way I think of it, if data isn't backed up, that data doesn't really exist. At a bare minimum, keep important data backed up in two separate locations. Ideally you should follow the 3-2-1 backup rule (a main drive, backup drive, and cloud backup fulfill the requirements).

blindbunny , in Xperia 1 VI working on US T Mobile

How’s that camera?

Severalkittens OP ,
blindbunny ,

Honestly that’s pretty good. But I’m assuming lemmy compressed it as well.

Severalkittens OP ,

Ah probably. The auto mode is pretty good, the photos look more natural than my pixel or the wife’s galaxy, but it’s also harder to just point and click to get a good photo every time.

blindbunny ,

tbf Sony always tried to put hobbyist features in their camera phones. But you’re right the color accuracy is impeccable. I kinda miss my ZX1 now

joyjoy , in [SOLVED] Accidently damaged an MicroSD by pulling it before it had fully ejected

If you can load it on a linux vm, you can use fsck -v /dev/mmc0 to try to repair it.

via askubuntu.com/a/277867/121452

Enkers ,

Might also want to make an image of the device with dd if=/dev/DEVICE-NAME conv=sync,noerror bs=128K > sd_card.img first. It’s often a good practice to make a raw backup before doing anything that changes the device.

Rayspekt , in Help a nerd choose a new phone after 7 years

Heya OP, I’m more or less at the same point you were. So how did you decide in the end?

kivulallo OP ,

Haha, yeah
 I ended up finding a cheap used OnePlus 5T in good shape and swapped the screens. There is Android 14 with LineageOS and other custom roms available, so I can keep the phone “up-to-date” and running for a while.

I still keep an eye on the phone market and more or less following the Asus drama with GamersNexus and the threads on XDA.

I haven’t upgraded to Android 14 yet. It’s painful to do backups and restores with 128GB storage and USB 2.0 but I will get there soon.

Rayspekt , in GSMArena | Sony Xperia 10 VI review

Man this looks so good, but I’m not sure if I’m shooting myself in the foot with the camera and the 60Hz display. I’m just looking for a reasonable midrange phone that still has a headphone jack that’s not whack in any sense.

Pixel 7a, A55, Nothing 2a and Moto Edge 50 Fusion all look nice and probably better, if it wasn’t for the headphone jack that I want to keep to connect to various audio periphery as a musician.

Then you have the Oneplus Nord CE 2 5G which is already two years old.

Or the Xiaomi Redmi Not 12 S, which looks amazing for the price, but I’ve read that their UI pushes you ad. Wtf could you fucking not.

Addendum: Shopping for a decent midrange phone has never been so frustrating like these days. Everything gets more expensive while the phones loose features (just look at the telecam on the xperia 10 VI compared to the V)

HollowNaught , in Used VPN for cheaper YouTube Premium? Congrats, your subscription has been canceled
@HollowNaught@lemmy.world avatar

If you want a good front end alternative to youtube, try freetube on pcs and newpipe on android

Orfeluh ,
@Orfeluh@lemmy.world avatar

Also there is piped.video/trending for watching in browser and Revanced on Android

And for anyone using YouTube Music there is Desktop app for Linux,MacOS and Windows github.com/th-ch/youtube-music

Chadus_Maximus ,

Revanced is fucky nowadays. I haven’t been able to fix the issue where videos randomly stop buffering until you reopen them.

Orfeluh ,
@Orfeluh@lemmy.world avatar

Did you update patches and which YouTube version apk you patched?

Suggested YT apk is V.19.16.39

I am using 19.11.43 and for me it works great

LordKitsuna ,

There is libretube for using piped as an app on Android

Orfeluh ,
@Orfeluh@lemmy.world avatar

Yes, but for me sometimes video doesn’t load so I prefer NewPipe/Tubular

LordKitsuna ,

If you use the default piped instance then it’s usually overloaded. You can either try finding an alternative or just host your own, personally I do the ladder I rented a VPS for 20 bucks a month and I host my own pipe there

Orfeluh ,
@Orfeluh@lemmy.world avatar

Ok, thank you for advice

fern ,

SmartTube on Android TVs!

stardust ,

To add on to this for iOS/macOS/iPadOS if you use safari you can send YouTube to your TV through airplay. Skips all the ads and if you use sponsorblock skips that too, so if you are too lazy to install smart tube this is a setup that works nicely.

Andromxda ,
@Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Or use Yattee with this guide: gonzoknows.com/posts/Yattee/

cyberwolfie ,

FreeTube is on Android too.

HollowNaught , (edited )
@HollowNaught@lemmy.world avatar


no it’s not?

Edit: yes it is

powermaker450 ,
@powermaker450@discuss.tchncs.de avatar
cyberwolfie , (edited )

What do you mean by “just a webview”? As far as I know, FreeTube does not exist as a web client that can then just be displayed in an in-app browser.

powermaker450 ,
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as far as I see freetube is just written in html, css and Javascript, then all of that thrown into an Electron app. you can run these elements without Electron in any browser, it just won’t have access to as many device features as the app does.

I’ve built a web version here from the source just to try it out. it’s somewhat buggy but it does work

cyberwolfie ,

Ah, thanks for the info - I wasn’t aware of that.

cyberwolfie ,

Yes it is: github.com/MarmadileManteater/FreeTubeAndroid

Works well, and you can sync history, playlists etc with SyncThing.

HollowNaught ,
@HollowNaught@lemmy.world avatar

Damn bro, I’m going to have to start using it then

onlinepersona , in Used VPN for cheaper YouTube Premium? Congrats, your subscription has been canceled

Imagine paying for youtube 😂 Giving the big bully more money.

Anti Commercial-AI license

xektop ,

I pay for YouTube because it does give more revenue than watching an ad to the creators. I pay 6$ and watch hundreds of hours monthly. If it was more than that I will consider alternatives and AdBlock (what I was doing before started my sub). To each their own :)

small44 ,

They don’t have patreon?

magic_lobster_party ,

I don’t want to set up Patreon for every creator I’m watching. Often I just watch one or two videos from them and that’s it.

xektop ,

Some do, others don’t and as someone else said i am not going to make Patreon and do monthly sub to each of them. As I said I watch hundreds of hours per month and it’s not from 4-5 creators. For me it’s worth - I pay for the infrastructure and some support for the people I watch. If it’s free for you it means someone else is paying.

onlinepersona ,

It’s still Google, which is basically just another EvilCorp Inc. Probably donating more directly to the creator would give them more money than going through Google.

Anti Commercial-AI license

manualoverride ,

It’s the equivalent of $16.50 a month where I live and that is not an insignificant proportion of my monthly income. The adverts are constantly repeating and often for products and services that are actual scams. I firmly believe as soon as enough people pay
 we’ll have to pay more or they will show us a smaller number of “specially selected” ads.

Mango ,

The more you pay, the more advertisers recognize you as a lucrative crowd and wanna get in your face.

IsThisAnAI ,

$20 month for family music streaming plus the insane amount of good content is a bargain. Y’all just want to be salty they are forcing you to stop freeloading đŸ€Ł.

lemmyvore ,

YouTube was built on illegal content and still has a buttload of illegal content and Google knows it but won’t do anything about it. Let’s not call the kettle black.

If they really want to be serious about it fine, turn it into paid-only access. It will neatly solve the whole ad debacle and they won’t have to play cat and mouse with VPNs and blocking and all these shenanigans.

Ask yourself why they don’t do that. It’s because 90% of the content on there is illegal and when they host it for free they have an excuse. But if they turn the whole thing private and ask for money to access it they become liable for all of it.

IsThisAnAI ,

Y’all are delusional.

Auli ,

90% is definitely not illegal. Have numbers to prove it?

lemmyvore ,

Lol. Yeah it’s all fresh or properly sourced material.

Go search for any music video. You should be finding exactly one (1) official entry. In some cases there are legit live recordings + montage that should also be only one of.

Instead there are dozens or hundreds, and most of them are not transformative enough to qualify for fair use. Google knows which ones are there illegaly because they are clearly able to identify and demonetize them.

But why not straight out delete them, or tell the uploader to delete them or else? Because they want to have lots of content regardless if it’s legit, and they want to show ads, just as long as it goes to the right people.

They can put ads on questionable content that’s free to watch as long as they’re ready to remove it if and when asked, but they can’t sell a product based on questionable content. It comes too close to what piracy websites are doing.

catloaf ,

If the content owner doesn’t care enough to take them down, why should Google? They’re not liable. Everyone benefits.

lemmyvore ,

I’m just explaining why Google can’t put YouTube behind a paywall. It’s fine as long as it’s an open platform. If it becomes a paid product it raises the bar.

onlinepersona ,

Congrats on completely missing the point. Nowhere did I mention ads. The problem is giving money to a company like Google.

Anti Commercial-AI license

stardust ,

I’m not affected since I use freetube and newpipe. This affects people who were actually paying and watching YouTube logged in but not people like me.

Mango ,

When Google stops deciding which content creators matter and which don’t, I’ll pay. When I can have my subscriptions feed un-fucked with by their political agenda, I’ll pay. When my home feed doesn’t send me the same goddamn rich kids videos as suggestions for months on end like there’s some chance I just overlooked them and they’re slightly related to my interests, I’ll pay. YouTube is complete garbage. Some of those content creators can have my money. YouTube cannot.

Auli ,

If the France sports dns blocking has proved anything it’s that most people just don’t bother. And if it doesn’t work just accept it instead of just changing a DNS setting in a computer.

onlinepersona ,

❔

Fades ,

do you think the signature you include in your posts have a tangible effect?

Do you disagree with this comment? alexandrite.app/lemmy.world/comment/9806517

Snowpix ,
@Snowpix@lemmy.ca avatar

It was enough to convince a few others to do the same, however pointless it is. They’ve been told before, but don’t care either way and will keep doing it.

onlinepersona ,

Of course I agree with the comment. I take all my copyright advice from random comments on the internet. Especially the ones that use expletives. Those are the best comments to take advice from.

Anti Commercial-AI license

algorithmae ,

I think it’s hilariously naïve. The comments will be scraped anyway, and there’s nothing you can do about it

skuzz , in LineageOS 21 now officially supports the Nintendo Switch

Web sites like that are so annoying, they couldn’t even be bothered to find an image or video of LineageOS running on a Switch?

KISSmyOSFeddit , in LineageOS 21 now officially supports the Nintendo Switch

Cool. It still supports none of the phones I ever bought in my life.

shadeless ,
@shadeless@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Exactly what I was thinking


bokherif , in Any way to get notifications sooner?

What brand are you using? Never had this issue with Pixels or Samsungs.

skullgiver , in Any way to get notifications sooner?
@skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl avatar

Apply the steps on dontkillmyapp.com to Google Play Services and Google Play Messaging, that may help. Also check if you have an app running in the background that eats all of your RAM and forces the OS to clear up scheduleable tasks.

Thirty minutes is way longer of a delay than I’ve ever seen. You may want to try a factory reset in case it’s a ROM issue.

qupada , in This new Find My Device Network....

I keep getting offered to set up my Sony WF-1000XM5 earbuds with FMD when they connect to my phone, despite it not being available in my country yet.

So yeah, going great...

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