SkyTube
- (on F-Droid)
- Note that you can download a .apk from the developer with non-free libraries and additional functionality.
- 2020-08-25 - 2.973 on Android 10 on Umidigi Power 3.
  -- I uninstalled it when it deleted my entire downloaded videos list for the second time.
- 2020-08-12 - 2.973 on Android 10 on Umidigi Power 3.

Old

/tag/android-7.0-software
- /tag/android-7.0-software+live

Doogee X20 with Android 7.0

TODO - Check in on later, to see if they've been updated

I used Call Log as a way to clear my call history.
- This was necessary since the Doogee X20 is modded to be more compliant with the Chinese Communist Party and disabled Android's call history removal.
- Simple Dialer has call removal functionality, though it's not in bulk.
- I'm not using it on my new phone because I have no idea where it came from, and it appears to have been abandoned; 1.1 was released in 2014.
"A Photo Manager" with "A Photo Map", AndroFotoFinder
- I'm subscribed to issue #155 - Unuseable On Android 10, sql error -> un
- As of 2023-02-25 the last release was 2020-03-11 - v0.8.3.200315, the last repository update was 2022-09-05, and not compatible with Android 12.
Open Camera
- (on F-Droid)
- (on Google Play)
- Installed on Android 7
- power3 - has additional features which are better explained in the default app, so I'm not installing Open Camera.

Other Software

(nothing noted yet)

Free (Google Play Store) ∞

/tag/android-software+google-play-software+live
Better Open With
- (on Google Play)
Total Commander
- (on Google Play)
- The audio playlist feature is abysmally space-wasteful landscape.
- I only want the filename, not any other junk. I don't want to see the mp3 tags for the artist/etc or the path of the files.

To check out

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sourceforge.servestream

2020-08-05 ∞

2020-08-15

[unsolved] - Iconify/remove the silent notification for "Nfc Service"
- I managed to collapse the NFC notification so it's smaller at least.
I used SuperFreezZ App stopper on a whole lot of things; let's see if I break my system.

2020-08-05

I wanted to clean up the home screen, so I froze some Google apps, but a plain search bar persists.
The default contact app can't handle more than two phone numbers for a contact. Sad.
- I installed Simple Contacts (the Pro version)
I didn't recall that there were multiple locations for me to save my contacts. I intended to have them all on my SIM card specifically so I can trivially migrate it to another phone, but apparently it was all half-assed and duplicated.
- Thankfully there were straightforward export/import features.
My SIM card worked out of the box with absolutely no configuration whatsoever.
- I didn't even have a dialog box pop up asking me to use a wizard or some such. Wow!
I migrated everything by hand, which was a lot of labor but quite straightforward.
It took me a while to figure out how to enable Nfc.
I explicitly made sure it had no access to WiFi and had no SIM card, and yet it claimed to have updates available. Creepy.
As expected, Google has still infected the hell out of everything everywhere, trying to collect as much data as possible.

First update ∞

Settings > About phone >

Custom built version: alps-mp-q0.mp1.V8.4

Settings > About phone > Android version

Android version: 10
Android Security patch level: 5 December 2019
Baseband version: MOLY.LR12A.R3.MP.V84.T1,MOLY.LR12A.R3.MP.V84.T1
Kernel version: 4.14.141
#1 Thu Mar 19 09:23:51 CST 2020
Build number: UMIDIGI_Power_3_V1.1_20200319

Usage and Troubleshooting ∞

Freezing an app ∞

Settings > Apps & notifications > [see all x apps]

Stop the app
Disable the app

Note that you might have to reboot to see the effect.

You can also consider SuperFreezZ App stopper.

Mounting the internal storage or SD card ∞

Using an Android device as a USB stick

Removing the bottom grey horizontal gesture bar ∞

Unsolved:

However, for Android 12 and Android 14, use Good Lock. I don't know if this would apply for Android 10.

[unsolved] - Removing the google search bar on the first home screen ∞

I can't get rid of the google search bar on the main page. At best I can freeze the app.

[unknown] - Silence the NFC ∞

My Dimple would cause a loud sound every time a button was pressed.

I did fiddle around with notifications and this sound went away, but I don't know how I did it! It does still vibrate, and I'm cautious about exploring the settings to remove that, in case I undo whatever did the muting.

[unsolved] - Iconify/remove the silent notification for "Nfc Service" ∞

The top drag overlay has a "Silent notifications" list, one of which is the "Nfc Service" I need for my Dimple. I don't know how to hide this notification so it's just an icon in my top bar.

There's no functionality to have an icon enable/disable it just like there is for, say, location services.

This problem is important to maintain Nfc access for my Dimple.

A few days later, I fiddled and fiddled and found a way to collapse it in that dropdown menu. It's better, but still visible.

Last updated 2024-08-29 at 13:22:53

Footnotes

was http://bitplane.net/projects/android/microphone/ [ ↩ ]
https://genonbeta.github.io/ is coming soon [ ↩ ]
2020-08-08 - The original website was https://exalab.github.io/ which is to be repurposed. [ ↩ ]

spiralofhope

Android 10

Apps that I use ∞

Free and Open Source ∞