FOSS nerds, i request assistance.
i'm degoogling a new phone, and have trouble finding a decent note taking FOSS app.
what i need is an app that essentially acts as post-it notes. i don't want to make an account, sync, or anything less of the sort. you don't care when you lose some post-it notes, so why would i care about a note app?
only real feature i want (aside from writing plaintext) is the ability to make a checklist, and check said checklist.
#TIL about #FOSSDroid;
"... the project’s aim is to promote free and open source apps on the Android platform. Fossdroid takes its data from F-Droid and organizes the apps in an attractive Google Play-like arrangement, with the ability to view apps by what’s new / trending / most popular."
Found a neat online breakout clone with roguelite elements called Breakout 71.
You can play it in your browser here:
https://breakout.lecaro.me/
Or on itch:
https://renanlecaro.itch.io/breakout71
There's also an android port on F-Droid:
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.lecaro.breakout/
Source code: https://gitlab.com/lecarore/breakout71
Is there a modern Clock / Alarms app anyone can 100% vouch for wont have its background service nuked on #android ?
Havent found any that request this Alarms & Reminders "special app access" (attached image)
#foss #fossify / SimpleMobileTools Clocks seems to have failed me (or I didnt wake??)
#fossdroid #android #floss #degoogle #freesoftware #SimpleMobileTools #fdroid #alarmclock #androidbattery #batterylife
The irony of needing something to not fall asleep so I can wake up.
Wrote a story about how I installed Lineage OS v21 on my phone (Motorola Defy 2021).
One day I got so tired of Google's "safety warnings" when I'm installing/updating applications from F-Droid... Also, the stock Android is taking up so much space in my flash memory with all those non-removable Google apps... So I decided to spend some time installing Lineage OS:
https://eugene-andrienko.com/en/it/2025/02/08/motorola-defy-2021-lineage-os
Uh oh, looks like Google invented a new technique to forbid Aurora Stores users to install apps from the Google Play.
Today, I see this in the Aurora Store (see pic. 1). Login to the Google account with my credential succeeds, but then I got "Could not generate AAS token" toast in the application.
Anonymous login just doesn't work with CertPathValidatorException (pic. 2).
Yesterday all works as usual, without the errors
I found it because I adore #foss, and in particular the #fossdroid sub-reddit, even the fdroid forum! Odd little fun #opensource apps are such fun to me!
Sometimes I'll just scroll through #fdroid (or in my case) #droidify and try different apps that look interesting.
But I'd say that is suffers from that same lack of users everywhere. A sad reality of a solid alternative to the establishment just not getting the numbers!
Teste gerade #Futo als #Keyboard auf dem #Smartphone und bisher macht die #App einen guten Eindruck. 
Thanks..
>If the phone number you entered is registered with Google, you'll receive a 6-digit verification code.
... nothing. An afk friend told me its possible RCS can be managed by the carrier?
Does anyone know how to remove or deregister RCS ? I removed the default messaging app, Google Play services on my #motog play and messages sent to me seem to be going into the void. Assuming the problem is RCS
#motog24 #MotoGPlay
I've been out of the FOSS #android / #fossdroid game since like Lolipop
What's shifted in the world of Linux on android - #anlinux is a solid option now? How about tricking sites via mobile browser into thinking you are on a desktop - ie. To get widevine working to watch #defectivebydesign content without Google Play services ?
Taking some inspiration from
https://privsec.dev/posts/android/f-droid-security-issues/
I set up apksigner on #termux and was trying to check a signature manifest from a FLOSS licensed apk downloaded from github. But where do I find a signature to check against? I could always download an apk via aurora store and compare given we're assuming the hostile party here is github or a mitm.
Husky keeps crashing on me - can anyone recommend a FOSS mastodon app that supports free speech (no built in censorship)?
I wish there was a github bot that constantly creates a single issue report in every single repo that just says
"Can you add a dark theme?"
Little File Explorer: a file manager app that targets Android 1.0 and has a filesize of only 35 kb.
Really cool idea and works great, it doesn't have fancy features like thumbnails but that's the point.
https://martinmimigames.github.io/projects/little-file-explorer/
https://github.com/martinmimigames/little-file-explorer
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.martinmimigames.simplefileexplorer/
Does anyone know if there is a way to only show apps in F-Droid that are signed by the upstream developer and filter out all apps that are signed by F-Droid?
With Flathub you can do something like this, e. g. you can choose to only show "verified" apps: https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-users/installation#subsets
Switched from Simple Keyboard to FlorisBoard. Feels like a nice upgrade. #FreeSoftware #Android #FossDroid
This kind of apps that respect user privacy are the ones that we need.
If you need a simple To-Do app or location based reminders definetly give Tasks a try.
Image Toolbox kann in der 2.6.0-alpha01 Version jetzt auch OCR. Das wird immer mehr zur all-in-one Lösung für Bilder
https://github.com/T8RIN/ImageToolbox
Bald auf https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/ru.tech.imageresizershrinker
Zum resizen nutze ich aber immernoch Imagepipe: https://f-droid.org/packages/de.kaffeemitkoffein.imagepipe/
