Android essential apps thread

If one is equipped with a Android phone with Magisk and Xposed, what are the apps he must have in order to have a satisfying experience with this OS? I'll post some examples of what I have right now.
For the rooted essentials :
>Adaway
It goes without saying. No ads and I prefer hosts editing.
>AFWall+
Once again it goes without saying. Denying internet access to apps who doesn't need it at all so that they don't send anything to companies. Using it in sync with SwiftKey is a good application
>Lucky Patcher
Also goes without saying. Great to override licensed apps behind a paywall or to remove Google ads
>Substratum
So you can look cool and rice your device
>YouTube Vanced
If you don't use this or Newpipe in the current year you're retarded

Xposed modules :
>Minminguard
Block ads AND removes the white space. In combination with Adaway : complete ad-free experience
>Amplify
Control wake locks so that you can get rid of things that empty your battery. Actually it's not really needed if you only use open source apps but if you're a retard with social media then it could be useful
>Lucky Patcher and AFwall+
Some fixes and additional parametered
>XprivacyLua
I don't know if it's placebo or not, but at least it correctly denies access to the permissions checked.

Magisk :
>Volume Steps Plus
Useful if you want a better control of your phone's volume, especially during calls. The way Android handles it is retarded
>RAM management fixes by crok
I don't know if it's placebo but I'm using it right now and I didn't really notice a difference.

Root needed or not post some apps that you cannot live without

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Other urls found in this thread:

lineage.microg.org/)
github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases
github.com/yeriomin/YalpStore/releases
chefkochblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/09/shhh-dont-say-a-word-against-xprivacylua/
github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases
twitter.com/AnonBabble

Bump for botnet
Also Clover

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Nori for porn. Clover for porn. Reddit fot porn.

>Clover for porn
what
this shithole is full of repulsive 3dpd garbage

I think Naptime for rooted devices is a must.

>Reddit
>Not Sync

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why should everything be with root?

At this point in time they should release it for anyone to change it.
like how windows ask you to open something with as an administrator.

>why should everything be with root?
>Root needed or not post some apps that you cannot live without

And yeah, I wholeheartedly agree with you. What the fuck is the point in removing user-agency?

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Are there any good FOSS lock screen app/lock screen wallpaper setter?
I removed most of the bloat from my Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime and fucked up something used to set the lockscreen wallpaper, possibly the default file manager.

That's why you use SuperSU to actually manage root permission on a per-app basis

>What the fuck is the point in removing user-agency?
So normie faggots don't brick their phones and ask for a refund

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FDroid is of course the first thing I install, then termux

is supersu chinese or something?

Chainfire quit developing for Android and he gave SuperSU for a Chinese company to continue it's development.

Vanced vs. Newpipe?
Fight

what do you guys think about blokada for removing adds without root?

And it hasn't been updated since forever

Searched for adaway, sounded good. Thought it was a system wide ad blocker.

How is it as a browser? I like yandex atm. It's fast (basically chrome) but the ux is good and I love the address bar being at the bottom.

Also suggests for ad blockers that aren't browser extensions?

klwp so you can do cool stuff like this
also adhell3, youthbe vanced and nova launcher

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It's a VPN instead of Hosts so if that suits your needs better then do it but for many it wont

...

I wanted to post : what the fuck is wrong with you weebs why are you always trying to associate technology with your manchild interests.
It's not healthy

> lock screen app
Don't go down that hole, they're ALL shit. Including the proprietary ones.
> wallpaper setter
Simple Gallery

> browser
IceCatMobile or Fennec F-droid with uMatrix blocking everything, smarthttps too
..or Tor Browser Alpha. Not sure if they fixed the thing where websites know you're on mobile yet
> adblocker
Adaway if you have root, Blokada or Adguard if you don't.

Yalp store is a must for some pajeet apps but it doesn't work lately

Is greenify useful these days?

Pi-hole running total network blocking over self hosted openVPN

If you don't want spyware social media apps running in the background I guess, but Shelter is already way better for that.

Not essential but Limbo X86 if you want to run some windows programs for some reason

RadioDroid

I had never heard about Shelter before. Thanks.

Is there better launcher for customization freaks than Lightning Launcher?

I prefer Nova

>Orgzly
Emacs orgmode but it's an app
>Vinyl Music Player
Best free as in freedom music player
>NetGuard
AdAway/Afwall substitute for phones without root
>K9 Mail
FOSS secure email client. Not compatible with Tutanota or Protonmail; they have their own apps

Will installing a lightweight launcher diminish battery usage? Any recommendations?

>this is what poodroid users have to do just to use their phones without issues.
You can criticize iOS all you want, but it literally just works, that's it.

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>>Lucky Patcher
InCallUI has stopped working.

No, this is what android users have to do to use their phones without google shit, while iOS babbies cannot do anything about big brother applel and his locked-up """"phone""""

Why would I do anything in the first place? Apple cares about my needs as a consumer. It's why I chose them and their products in the first place.

That means (You) have to file teh bug

Well because you're dumb, obviously.

laughingwhores.bluetoothfiletransfer

>seething poor fag

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We have so much in common!

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Tips for less battery consumption?

Replace Gapps and Google Play Services with microg. Use wireguard kernel module for VPN.

Will shit still work okay with it?

>Could not play this stream
Newpipe is kill?
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Posted from my Note 4 using Clover

I don't have any problems with Newpipe. It's the second time I see this today. What's happening?

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Qooapp for Asian games

Only thing I've had issues with are some paid apps that use Play Services as part of their licence verification check and they crash. I've found one way around this is if the app doesn't explicitly need internet access, blocking it with AFWall+ can prevent the app shutdown that would occur when the licence check occurred. Another option is Lucky Patcher.

I've been experiencing the issue for like 4 days now. Back to YouTube vanced until it is fixed.

I tried YouTube Vanced but I didn't see any difference I thought it was like og YouTube but I don't know it's purpose

Any time I try to play any video in any way it just "loads" for 10 seconds before aborting with the
>Could not play this stream
message. Same error it gives for removed videos.

For me it's the black theme "feature" and playing things in background. Other than that it has nothing special and you're better off using Newpipe

ho come on now user , don't ruin the [spoiler]fun[/spoiler]

This is a comfy thread right now.

i need a good VPN , i want to hear some music on spotify wich is region locked.
Some people said tunnel bear is cute but i don't know.

i heard something about a legit VPN service but i can't remember the name.

Mullvad with wireguard via the kernel module for android. Comfy as fuck.

Thoughts on lineage os? Former itodler here

Buy an Android phone that has an unlockable bootloader and official support for this (lineage.microg.org/) or AOSPExtended

>black theme
>playing things in background
So... same as Newpipe?

It also has built in adblocking but I wouldn't say it's as free of tracking etc. as Newpipe

>It also has built in adblocking
So... still the same as Newpipe?

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Yes. The only reason I would use Vanced over Newpipe if I was a zoomer would be for the comments or things like that. Meaning that there's actually no reason to use any other app than NEWPIPE.

You mean I can get rid of the google play store? Sounds too good to be true. I was wondering if there is a way to restrict read and write access to specific path for each app individually like you do in a desktop? Doesn't feel good to me that every app that has basic r/w can see most of my data.

Oh also what kind of kernel are you using? I researched some that are not compatible with my phone and I'm not sure if custom kernel are that useful, optimize battery maybe?

Root your phone, install a terminal emulator, start a root session and modify permissions until your hearts content.

I am using a Moto G5 Plus with AOSP Extended Pie and am using it's default kernel, which is Drunk Kernel I believe. It's up-to-date patch wise and has everything else I need such as wireguard support.

Microg is a complete FOSS replacement for Google Play Services. I can still download Play Store apps if I need them via Yalp Store, which is a play store replacement but really only venture outside of F-Droid if I have too.

That said, I wouldn't recommend modifying permissions as root unless you really know what you're doing as it isn't really necessary for just managing apps. I would say disable app permissions via Settings on the phone first and install an app like Appopsx to further manage access of apps from certain permissions before using chmod etc.

OK thanks seems reasonable. I wouldn't dream of managing each apps and dependencies individually. I just thought the "default" r/w access seemed too permissive.

I'm rooted and good to go for most of my app permission management. I'm looking forward to try what you guys were recomanding.

I'd recommend magisk for root if you're rooted any other way? Where are you from BTW?

There's no fight. Vance is proprietary garbage with less functionality and more bloat. Are you retarded?

I'm using the root addon that was provided on lineage repos, is it su? I'm not exactly sure. Yeah I was planning to try magisk too.
From baguetteland, u?

Sync is god-tier

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Check out magisk here (Magisk Manager is the app that gives you a GUI for magisk after flashing the Magisk Zip in your recovery (hopefully you're running TWRP?) or otherwise. If you're already rooted, getting magisk up and running won't be too hard. Ausfagland for me

github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases

Also here is the Yalp Store my baguette friend. You can get it off of F-Droid but this version has the old UI. The Github version has the contemporary (Material) UI

github.com/yeriomin/YalpStore/releases

>recommanding
Hah c'était obligé que t'étais Français

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Clover is the best app for browsing Jow Forums.

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Official YouTube app is just so much less clunky. I pretty much have to use the official app if i want to zoom to fill a 18:9 phone

Agreed, I've always run the dev version and have never had any if the problems some of the idiots here parrot.

>>XprivacyLua
>I don't know if it's placebo or not, but at least it correctly denies access to the permissions checked.
It seems you didn't leave your cave for a while, OP.

chefkochblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/09/shhh-dont-say-a-word-against-xprivacylua/

I guarantee you that it's worth the read. Uninstall this garbage module as soon as you can.

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Good read, thanks for posting. I donated cash to him because I do like his Fairmail app and he spends a lot of time developing it, but that has been forked now as Simplemail which is also on F-Droid and has the paid features for free, so I might swap.

KDE Connect
VPN Hotspot
WiFi Key View
ZArchiver
USB Mountr / EtchDroid
oandbackup
Fennec FDroid
Fdroid
Simple Gallery
Simple Calendar
Blokada / AdAway
Essential launcher
Barcode Scanner
andOTP
Amaze
AnySoftKeyboard
Document viewer

>SwiftKey
Literal botnet. AFWall+ doesn't excuse it.
>Lucky Patcher
>Vanced
Proprietary shit.

I like Dashchan more, although it's abandonware.

Both posts on this blog look more like butthurt from some (((android developer))) who isn't happy with corrupted statistics. The main argument is "hurr durr xprivacy lua does not fully protect privacy!!!111", which is obvious for everyone with IQ bigger than 90. Nothing does. And I don't see any fault with this module doing its only job - blocking permissions.

Do you know how to reduce the in-call volume via Magisk or otherwise? I use Volume Steps Plus but the minimum volume is still too loud.

I still use Firefox + Jow Forums X even on mobile because I hate myself apparently.

appbrain ad detector
androlyzer
permission friendly apps
exodus privacy
suspicious apps (not sure if available for all cause its old)
app permission watcher
privacy advisor pro
information capabilities of a zero permission app
app detective
app freezer

behe keyboard (some reason hacker keyboard no longer shows up in store)
private browser -tabero
inbrowser
adw launcher 2 (ONLY good launcher, nova fags work for botnet)
dns changer
fake gps
lens cap
rootless pixel launcher (not as good as adw 2)
no root firewall

Just remember when setting up droid phone to disable as much stuff as possible
check almost ALL apps data usage and disable running in backround
use UNpersonalized ads
turn off sync
And all this without root

>download newpipe
>click on a video
>see pic related
Very good youtube player
>download vanced
>same good ui as normal YouTube app
>allows for Google account features, like reccomend videos
>you can use picture-in-picture (dont know about newpipe since it won't start a video)
Just werks™

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anyone here turned their phone into a dedicated wifi router?

I did for a while when I moved houses

What app do gtards use for viewing/editing code?

Fdroid, Davdroid, nextcloud, k9, vanilla music player.

Newpipe if you use YT
And if you have Google apps installed, smart measure, banking apps and gmaps are worth installing.

A text editor on my computer.
Why would I do that on my phone?

>0.14.2
Update your shit

That's the latest and greatest on f-Droid

Because someone just sent me a code file I want to view and I'm not in front of my computer. kys

github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases

Find me a keyboard with better prediction and correction so I don't have to waste time typing letter by letter. Yeah, using it with Afwall is a great excuse.

>AFwall doesn't excuse it
Not him, but how can it be a botnet if the data cannot be sent?

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>better prediction

Dynamic keyboard?

It's the only android keyboard that has iphone like dynamic sized key hitboxes. Unfortunately it's abandonware, don't know if it got hit by apple lawsuit or what, it's still available on play store but with no update in years.

Interesting concept. I might try it.

>2019
>no "working" FOSS call recorder.

>Barcode Scanner
>his phone OS doesn't support QR code by default

Reachability cursor is quite useful for one handed use and the so called phablets.