Here's an alphabetical list of Lemmy apps for Android. This list will be updated as new apps come out!
Artemis
Download from the Google Play Store.
Follow the developer, Hariette, on Mastodon.
Visit the Artemis kbin community: !ArtemisApp@kbin.social
Connect for Lemmy
Download from the Google Play Store.
Visit the Connect for Lemmy lemmy community: !lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca
Eternity
Visit the Eternity lemmy community: !eternity@lemdro.id
Jerboa
Download from the Google Play Store.
Visit the Jerboa lemmy community: !jerboa@lemmy.ml
Liftoff
Download from IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repo.
Download from the Google Play Store.
Visit the Liftoff lemmy community: !liftoff@lemmy.world
Summit
Download from the Google Play Store.
Visit the Summit lemmy community: !summit@lemmy.world
Sync for Lemmy
Download from the Google Play Store.
Visit the Sync for Lemmy Reddit community.
Visit the Sync for Lemmy lemmy community: !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world
Thunder
Download from the Google Play Store.
Download from IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repo.
Visit the Thunder lemmy community: !thunder_app@lemmy.world
Voyager (previously wefwef)
Download from the Google Play Store
Visit the Voyager lemmy community: !voyagerapp@lemmy.world
BELOW ARE UPCOMING LEMMY APPS. THEY CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE AN ANDROID BUILD, BUT ANDROID BUILDS ARE PLANNED.
Boost for Lemmy
Pre-register on the Google Play Store.
Visit the Boost for Lemmy lemmy community: !boostforlemmy@lemmy.world
BELOW ARE POTENTIALLY ABANDONED LEMMY APPS.
Lemming
Visit the Lemming lemmy community: !lemming_app@lemmy.world
Slide (unofficial fork)
Visit the Slide lemmy community: !slide@feddit.uk
Android apps are blocking sideloading and forcing Google Play versions instead
Android apps are blocking sideloading and forcing Google Play versions instead
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/android-now-allows-apps-to-block-sideloading-and-push-a-google-play-version/
"Select Play Partners" can block unofficial installation of their apps.
FlorisBoard 0.4.0 release brings Material You support, Addons store and many more!
Release v0.4.0 · florisboard/florisboard
https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard/releases/tag/v0.4.0
ImportantWord suggestions/spell checking are not included in the current releases and are a major goal for the v0.5 milestone. Material You / Material 3 Support Material You Themes (#2213) To ma...
Android apps are blocking sideloading and forcing Google Play versions instead
Android apps are blocking sideloading and forcing Google Play versions instead
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/android-now-allows-apps-to-block-sideloading-and-push-a-google-play-version/
"Select Play Partners" can block unofficial installation of their apps.
I have an older Samsung Galaxy A3 with an already unlocked bootloader (it comes pre-unlocked) that I want to clean & root. I have a few apps like firefox, some games, DraStic, notesnook, etc. as well as my music. I want to keep all of this of course bug remove all the other bloat i dont need. I dont want a custom ROM or anything. The samsung ROM is good enough (android 6.0.1) I am very unaure on the process though & I dont want my old phone to get bricked so I'd appreciage it if somebody helped me out here, thanks.
How to dump RAW Data from Android to PC?
I'm looking for a way to dump raw data from an entire phone or at least the sda
block to a PC, using a method other than adb pull
.
When I run adb pull /dev/block/sda sdaDump.img
, it creates a dump file. To find what I need, I have to search through this raw data using a Hex Editor
. If the dump comes from a fully functioning phone, I can usually find what I’m looking for because all the data is still intact.
However, I accidentally wiped the metadata
partition on my phone, so the decryption keys/files are gone. Now, because of that, some folders appear empty when checked with TWRP's File Manager, even though the actual files are still there.
If I create a dump now, the raw data in the file won't be the same as when the metadata
was present, and those folders weren't showing as empty.
Running adb pull /dev/block/sda sdaDump.img
now results in a dump where the Hex Editor
shows zeroes (no data) where these files should be.
Is there any alternative method to create a raw data dump of the sda
block or entire phone storage, that will capture that data as it is (not empty folders, but the data in them), even if it's encrypted?
I don't want to create the raw data dump onto the phone storage and then transfer it to a PC, but something that works like adb pull
, in the sense that it pulls the data from the phone directly onto a PC.
Thanks a lot in advance to everyone!
Finally resolved: Recovering data after wiping metadata is actually possible, but I need you help with some info
I need to ask a small favor from the good people of Lemmy.ml Community.
In short, I accidentally wiped the metadata
partition on my Poco F3
and now I can't boot into the OS and access my data. I have a lot of pictures, videos and other stuff that I would hate to lose, because of a mistake. But all that is still on the phone, I just can't boot the phone to access it.
Thankfully, there is a way to fix this by creating a full backup of the phone with adb
, then using a HEX Editor to manually look through that gigantic file and try to find the files that were in that metadata partition.
A huge thanks to bluet33th, a user from XDA Forums, without whom I would be helpless and couldn't do any of this. It might be a bit complicated and manual process, but it is possible. He explained everything in great detail here, so check it out, especially if you are facing the same problem, this will help you tremendously: https://xdaforums.com/t/how-to-recover-data-if-metadata-partition-was-deleted.4686789/
In order to find these files and put them back where they belong, I need your help, because I have to know their names, exact sizes and at least part of their content, so that I can search for it. Because I'm searching for a specific text in a text file that is 128 GB in size.
I have already tried this on another Xiaomi phone, to make sure this procedure works on Xiaomi phones and it does, but that phone had HyperOS
with Android 14
and since every phone and android version is probably different, in order to be sure, I need this information specifically for Poco F3
with Android 13
.
It doesn't take long, but if you don't have the time to look inside your metadata
partition and tell me which files are inside of that partition and their sizes in bytes, you can just make a backup of the metadata
partition and sent it to me, and I'll do the rest of the work.
Here are the steps on how to create a backup:
- Turn on your phone and boot into
TWRP
, then connect your phone to a PC, typecmd
inside Windows search and run cmd, then position cmd into yourplatform-tools
folder (if you flashed your ROM, you should already have the necessary drivers installed for the next steps to work). For example, if yourplatform-tools
folder on Windows is insideC:\platform-tools
, all you need to type into cmd is:cd C:\platform-tools
You can also just go inside your platform-tools
folder and type cmd
in the address bar and the cmd will start already positioned inside that folder.
- Then type
adb devices
and you should see your device, if you do, that means that all the drivers are successfully installed and your phone is detected.
- Type
adb pull /dev/block/by-name/metadata
- After that, you should see a file named
metadata
insideC:\platform-tools
. That is the file that I'm looking for and as you can see, it takes just a few minutes to get it.
You can skip the next steps (5 and 6), but I'll explain them, just in case someone wants to extract these files for themselves, so that you have them in case something like this happens to you. Of course, you can also proceed to extract the files and tell me their names and sizes.
Here is what you need to do:
-
Extract the content of the
metadata
file, you can use a software like7-Zip
. Go inside that extracted folder, then intovold > metadata_encryption > key
-
Inside of that
key
folder, you should see a few files. These are the important files and save them somewhere safe in case you ever need them. Since I don't have them anymore, in order to recreate them, I need to know their exact names and sizes in bytes. You can check the size of every individual file by right clicking on the file and choosingProperties
. Then look underSize
, notSize on disk
, and in parenthesis, you should see the size in bytes.
Please, if you could check the size of every file and write down which file has what size. I would really appreciate it.
I'm specifically looking for someone who has a Poco F3
with Android 13
and MIUI
, because I'm not sure if HyperOS
changed something, so maybe the number of files or their size is different. But feel free to post the information even if you have HyperOS
, but please mention that, so that I am aware of it.
Thanks a lot for your help, it really means a great deal.
Is there any proprietary Android app for which you wish there would be an open-source alternative?
(cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/19917523)
Basically, what the title says. Do you use any app, that is proprietary, but either has no OSS alternatives or they're all not good enough? If there is an alternative, what keeps you from switching?
Hello, I bought my first used phone (Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro) and was wondering what are the best practices taken before using it. I've read the reviews of the merchant selling the phone, looked into ratings and asked some questions about the condition of the phone, so I'm sure of my purchase on that end.
What about after receiving the phone? I know I would run a factory reset, aside from that, is there anything else to do?