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I’ve got an old nVidia Shield (2017) that doesn’t handle 4K AV1. Unfortunately, it looks like AV1 is missing from the latest models, too.

I’m thinking about switching from Signal to Molly because I’ve heard that the UX in Molly is better. Is this true? Have they implemented Material 3 Expressive? Design-wise, what are the improvements over Signal?

After my phone updated to Android 16 last week, I’ve noticed that bluetooth gets re-enabled every day, even though I manually turn it off. I never use anything with bluetooth, so I figure I should just leave it off. I disable it in the top pull-down settings menu. But, every morning, it is turned back on again. I’m about 99.9% sure that I’m not turning it on in my sleep.

I get a ton of spam messages. I want to archive or delete those messages based on what I flag as spam. A basic Bayesian spam filter would be good too.

I'm talking about the back, home and app switcher buttons. I've just bought a Google Pixel Pro 9 but something that's really bugging me is that I can barely reach the back button, I keep accidentally pressing the home button. When I hold my phone in my right hand, my thumb only covers half way across and half way up.

Please .... I'm desperate, please help me find recovery or kernel(with included recovery) links that work! Or files!!

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anybody else noticing some pages hang loading for ages on mobile?

I'm not new to Android, but new to Lawnchair and was able to download and install Lawnchair 15 Beta 1 Google Play release.

Hi I am looking for a good e-book reader that is FOSS I tried myne but when I try to import my EPUB file it gives an error.

Is there a modern Darq alternative which forces dark background on other apps targetting modern android versions like 15, 16?

I've got a Mi 10t Lite 5g that's starting to show its age, and could do with a factory reset to clear some of the crap. Ideally I want to unlock the bootloader and try some custom ROMs too.

So, I've had a s21 ultra that I bought second hand years ago and I love it. I don't use as primary because I don't trust google/samsung (I use graphene on a pixel5) but I keep it as stock for the amazing camera.

Something turn-based, battery-light and enjoyable.

hey guys

I use Transit, but I'm always curious what else is out there, particularly for bike navigation on protected bike lanes.

Hello guys. I have island installed and have my "work profile" installed, which contains among others my browser in the island tab. The situation is that I have several PWAs that I dont want to receive notifications for while I am at work as they are distracting and unnecessarily annoying, but I want to receive them normally while not at work.

There was once a tremendous app on IzzyOnDroid called SuperImage, which allows me to upscale images.

I recently installed Wallabag and the software does the job, but the apps to interact with it, that I've found, could all do with a lick of paint. I'm currently using Frigoligo but I'm hoping there's something better out there. Anyone know of one?

My phone still works perfectly fine despite its age and I'm too cheap to buy a new one.