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marqle

@avlcharlie @bethroots @MonaApp

As an aside, #fedilab the #android app, seems to have it's own built in #translation which seems to be really accurate, but then @apps also used quite a few server tricks of it's own so I can't be sure.

I wish I could find a desktop app that was as good, in several respects actually. But I still prefer a large screen most of the time, and #senji uses your browser's translate, which is also fine most of the time.

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Ysengrin Blackpaw 🔜 WPAFW

Aargh - I have an android-based phone, and Gemini helpfully inserted itself in place of Google Assistant. Except, Gemini tells me it can't do the only tasks I was using Assistant for (setting alarms and reminders) and tells me I should go use whatever apps handle those functions instead. After a round of fifty questions - usually with answers like "you can't disable Gemini like an application because it's a LLM running on Google servers" - it finally tells me how to disable itself on my phone and return to the Assistant functionality.

So, after five minutes I'm back on Assistant and was able to set the alarm I wanted. At least, until the next update.

#Enshittification#Android#Google
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Paco Hope #resist

Anybody out there know how to root really old #Android tablets in the year 2025 CE? I have a Dell Venue 3730 that is running KitKat (4.4.2) and that's the most modern thing it can run. I've been searching around the net for options and so much of it either (a) requires Windows (which I don't have) or (b) has died because of link rot, or (c) doesn't go back as far as Android 4.

I want to point this thing at a #homeassistant dashboard and make it like a remote console. But I can't get kiosk mode on something so old without rooting it (I think).

Also, the HTML that comes natively out of Lovelace is way too complex for #Chrome 32.0, which is what I have on the tablet. It just displays the HA logo and I never see more.

So I will need a simpler, possibly not websocket-based way, to load dashboards on HA, as well.

Any #mobile or #homeautomation folks have good pointers on how to do this?

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Trolli Schmittlauch 🦥

I am currently considering whether I can return to using an #Android variant on my phone.

While #GrapheneOS appears to be the gold standard regarding hardening, it feels super bizarre that you need to buy a phone from Google for that.

Of course, the devs have plausible reasons, like firmware security updates being provided in-time, quicker than by other vendors. But those blobs are provided *by Google* as a vendor, an US corporation less and less trustworthy.

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niq

Dear #Mastodon experts. I am using #Tusky and am quite happy with it. But when I come across a post with many replies I find it hard to follow conversations below it because I am never sure how many posts up someone is replying to (unless it's the one right above).
On Reddit or #Lemmy for example the indentation is always quite helpful to keep context for a conversation
Another option might be folding some sub-threads to hide them

What other #OpenSource #android app might work for me?

#askfedi
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Kool Tech Tricks

☀️ Breezy Weather — приложение прогноза погоды для Android. Имеет красивый дизайн, простой интерфейс и гибкие настройки. Поддерживается более 50 источников прогноза погоды, по умолчанию используется Open-Meteo. Уважает конфиденциальность пользователей.

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