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Lemniscate Blue posted:1) Are there any that tie into Facebook Messenger so I can use their system without putting their actual Messenger app on my phone? I have an account to communicate with a few people who still use that as their primary social media, but I haaaaate their app. It would be useful to be able to message those folks on the go. Right now I only do so when at an actual computer. lol no. Facebook really insists you use their apps. It's really hard to even get it on a mobile browser these days through selecting the desktop device. Signal is great but their hamfisted removal of SMS makes it less attractive.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Two questions related to messaging apps on Android: You might check with your carrier to see if they have a cruise package available. I briefly worked for AT&T support and they had this obscure, hard to find package for cruises which gave you some connectivity. Might be worth looking into.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:1) Are there any that tie into Facebook Messenger so I can use their system without putting their actual Messenger app on my phone? I have an account to communicate with a few people who still use that as their primary social media, but I haaaaate their app. It would be useful to be able to message those folks on the go. Right now I only do so when at an actual computer. Try Messenger Lite for a Messenger that is not quite as bloated.
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Mar 31, 2023 00:24
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Use WhatsApp.
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H110Hawk posted:lol no. Facebook really insists you use their apps. It's really hard to even get it on a mobile browser these days through selecting the desktop device. I figured. Oh well. Resdfru posted:2) signal CLAM DOWN posted:Use WhatsApp. How Boomer-proof are these?
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Lemniscate Blue posted:How Boomer-proof are these? My mom is awful awful with tech and uses WhatsApp to talk with her sister.
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Signal is a way easier to use texting app. Just put it in the same spot as their regular texting app and they will never know.
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My wife and kid use Signal. Neither one has ever had any trouble making it work.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:How Boomer-proof are these? As others said, they're both really straightforward and easy to use. WhatsApp is used by a lot of people all over the world because not everyone has iphones. WhatsApp is owned by Meta. Signal is not. The hardest part for me in using signal is getting other people to also use it because their iPhone already has imessage, but sounds like maybe you already got that covered.
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Resdfru posted:As others said, they're both really straightforward and easy to use. WhatsApp is used by a lot of people all over the world because not everyone has iphones. My FIL I know won't have any issue but I don't know about two others. I think we can get them all set up with Signal though. Thanks, all.
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There used to be a number of facebook web wrapper apps that I saw suggested in this thread years ago like this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nam.fbwrapper&hl=en&gl=US . It looks like it still works but I don't use facebook so I've got no idea if these are still any good to use.
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Does anyone know of a reminder notification app that puts tasks into your notifications on a schedule like the usual, but you can't accidentally swipe away the notification, you have to hit the done button, and if your phone reboots, uncompleted reminders restore. I've genuinely missed taking pills a few times by the notifications vanishing.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.isoron.uhabits I doubt you will find anything who's notifications survive a reboot, but habits notifications can't be swiped away with a setting Skarsnik fucked around with this message at 08:18 on Apr 1, 2023 |
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Is anyone still using AccuBattery? It complains about sessions being split up on my P7, but I've followed all the advice at the don't kill my app website. I don't recall this happening on my P5.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:I figured. Oh well. Lol Whatsapp groups have spread brain worms across the world lmfao facebook gottem again Whatsapp is the opposite of boomerproof, it's so easy to use that literally everyone outside certain Western nations use it
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MikeJF posted:Does anyone know of a reminder notification app that puts tasks into your notifications on a schedule like the usual, but you can't accidentally swipe away the notification, you have to hit the done button, and if your phone reboots, uncompleted reminders restore. Tasks by Tasks.org will do that.
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MikeJF posted:Does anyone know of a reminder notification app that puts tasks into your notifications on a schedule like the usual, but you can't accidentally swipe away the notification, you have to hit the done button, and if your phone reboots, uncompleted reminders restore. Not fully certain about reboots but Medisafe is good at giving repeated timed reminders.
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Any tricks to listen to YouTube on recent android phones? I updated my Galaxy S10E, and my old way no longer works. I used to be able to load a video in Firefox, pause it, switch to another tab and go to home screen. Then I could press play on the notification player bar. It's on Android 12, One UI 4.1, Google Play March 1st 2023 system update. Since the update, now I don't get a player bar in my notifications from Firefox like I do from podcast apps etc. Any other ways to listen to YouTube? In the YouTube app I can only listen with the screen showing the video, and can't get this to happen with Chrome either. I've also tried loading the desktop version of the videos. I guess I gotta go back to using wacky 4K YouTube downloader apps on my PC and transferring the audio to my phone. Pretty much just for podcast-esque talk videos that don't have a podcast feed. $12 a month for this feature from YouTube Premium is kooky. Video podcasts shouldn't require giving 12 bucks to the man, we're already on several patreons naturally. What have ye done Google. Heavy Metal fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Apr 9, 2023 |
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Apr 8, 2023 23:57
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Newpipe should work for that. This version with sponsorblock built into it may or may not have an advantage for the podcasts you listen to.
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Flipperwaldt posted:Newpipe should work for that. This version with sponsorblock built into it may or may not have an advantage for the podcasts you listen to. Much thanks! That works like a charm. First non-Play Store app I've installed too.
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Heavy Metal posted:Much thanks! That works like a charm. First non-Play Store app I've installed too.
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What the good gallery apps these days? I don't want the cloud or whatever I just want something that lets me look at my 30k saved images, crop them and send them to Discord or Email or whatever. I was using Piktures but the last update hosed it up so I can't upload images to Discord which is 30% what I had it for.
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YggiDee posted:What the good gallery apps these days? I don't want the cloud or whatever I just want something that lets me look at my 30k saved images, crop them and send them to Discord or Email or whatever. I was using Piktures but the last update hosed it up so I can't upload images to Discord which is 30% what I had it for. Google Gallery
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What the gently caress, why isn't this already on my phone by default
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YggiDee posted:What the gently caress, why isn't this already on my phone by default Do you have a Samsung or other phone with maker-specific apps?
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I had Samsung for a while, switched to Huawei and then a TCL. I carried everything across my phones so I was using Piktures back when I was mad at Samsung Gallery. Forgot to check what the "defaults" actually are since then
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Do you have a Samsung or other phone with maker-specific apps? I have a Pixel 4a and it's not on my phone... I hate how Google's photo apps don't let you see ALL the images on your device by default. I guess I'm in the minority, but I don't want to be limited to photos I've taken and having to go through menus and folders to find all the random downloads. Most of that stuff is photos from other people that I saved for quick access.
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Gallery is one of their Lite apps which I assume is only pre installed for Android Go. If you just want a dump of all images on your device, Google's File app does that under the Images category.
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Uthor posted:I have a Pixel 4a and it's not on my phone... Gallery does this by default
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Two questions related to messaging apps on Android: DeltaChat is an option too. It's an E2E encrypted chat that uses your email to send the encrypted messages. Not the quickest thing in the world since the backbone is email and IMAP and SMTP, but it has no central server and works with any email that supports IMAP and SMTP (which should be the vast majority). And E2E encryption should work on any email that supports Autocrypt and CounterMITM protocols.
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Pvt. Parts posted:Gallery does this by default Huh! I guess I haven't downloaded an image in a while and only saw photos I took when I scanned through it quickly. Thanks.
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YggiDee posted:What the good gallery apps these days? I don't want the cloud or whatever I just want something that lets me look at my 30k saved images, crop them and send them to Discord or Email or whatever. I was using Piktures but the last update hosed it up so I can't upload images to Discord which is 30% what I had it for. I've been using simple gallery pro. Very needs suiting for me.
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taiyoko posted:I've been using simple gallery pro. Very needs suiting for me. I was about to get angry at this app based on the name alone until I saw it's on F-droid
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Are there any good budget apps that aren't Mint and don't require a subscription?
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Farecoal posted:Are there any good budget apps that aren't Mint and don't require a subscription? Personally I would not use a second hand budget app regardless of condition.
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Farecoal posted:Are there any good budget apps that aren't Mint and don't require a subscription? Personal Capital is a Mint alternative that doesn't require a sub or Intuit. I wouldn't call it a full fledged budgeting app though, and I have no idea what features Mint has added in the last 5 years or so. But it does let you link all your accounts, track your spending by category over time, track investment performance over all your accounts, etc.
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Farecoal posted:Are there any good budget apps that aren't Mint and don't require a subscription? Check out Budget with Buckets. It's $49 once and a lot of people were switching to it after YNAB jacked their prices
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Deeters posted:Check out Budget with Buckets. It's $49 once and a lot of people were switching to it after YNAB jacked their prices Thanks, I'll try this out. I might check out Personal Capital (although it's apparently Empower now) if that doesn't work.
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So I guess YouTube Vanced died? Is there any alternative?
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It's called ReVanced now from what I gather.
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