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<p>Telegram user Vysp3r in GamingForLinux&#x27;s chat discovered that the last <a href="/tags/syncthing/" rel="tag">#Syncthing</a> for <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> repo was deleted and the dev&#x27;s profile set to private.<a href="https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android" rel="nofollow">github.com/Catfriend1/s...</a>No one knows (yet) what just happened but this marks the death of Syncthing for Android.</p>

<p>Telegram user Vysp3r in GamingForLinux&#x27;s chat discovered that the last <a href="/tags/syncthing/" rel="tag">#Syncthing</a> for <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> repo was deleted and the dev&#x27;s profile set to private.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/Catfriend1/syncthin</span><span class="invisible">g-android</span></a></p><p>No one knows (yet) what just happened but this marks the death of Syncthing for Android.</p><p>---</p><p>If you haven&#x27;t heard, the official Syncthing for Andaoid development stopped months ago. And only Catfriend1&#x27;s dev fork remained updated.</p>

<p>Y&#x27;all, if you use <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a>, I would highly recommend trying out the <span class="h-card"><a href="https://floss.social/@moshidon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>moshidon</span></a></span> app as your daily driver for browsing the open web. I&#x27;ve been using Tusky and Fedilab, with the Pixeldroid app thrown in for random scrolling, but Moshidon has been an absolute revelation.</p><p>I don&#x27;t know why it took so long for someone to design a fedi-app that I actually *enjoy* using.</p><p>The UI is phenomenal and the functionality is fantastic. I&#x27;ve logged in to both Masto and Pixelfed on here and it&#x27;s so much *actual fun* to use it!</p>

I have been using <a href="/tags/firefox/" rel="tag">#Firefox</a> also exclusively on all my laptops and lab computers both on <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> and <a href="/tags/windows/" rel="tag">#Windows</a>. Only make sense I would also use it or its derivatives on my <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> phones too. Yes I am. I use <a href="/tags/iceraven/" rel="tag">#IceRaven</a> and <a href="/tags/fennec/" rel="tag">#Fennec</a> on my phone, both come with browser extension support and are still receiving updates now and then. However still, one small issue bugs me. Although sync work for both browsers after I login my <a href="/tags/mozilla/" rel="tag">#Mozilla</a> account, meaning I can see all tabs and history and all across devices, sending a tab from one device to another barely works. I remember with my last phone it worked most of time, more then half I suppose, but with the phone I am using now, it never worked for both browsers. I might have to give vanilla firefox a try though, before I am sure.<br>

<p>Existe alguma maneira de, no Android, impedir que um app detecte que o celular tem o Modo Desenvolvedor ativado? O app Gov.br não abre se tiver, mas EU PRECISO DO MODO DESENVOLVEDOR PRA TRABALHAR</p><p><a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a></p>

<p>Android friends! A question for you:</p><p>I currently use Termux to run shell scripts, SSH, and a few other tools on my phone.</p><p>Is it worth switching to the new Terminal app in Android 16?</p><p>(Running GrapheneOS if that makes a difference to your answer.)</p><p><a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> <a href="/tags/termux/" rel="tag">#Termux</a> <a href="/tags/android16/" rel="tag">#Android16</a></p> <div class="poll"> <h3 style="display: none;">Options: <small>(choose one)</small></h3> <ul> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="30 votes">70%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Termux 4EVA!</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="10 votes">23%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Terminal FTW!</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="3 votes">7%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Secret 3rd choice (please reply with what)</span> </label> </li> </ul> <div class="poll-footer"> <span class="vote-total">43 votes</span> &mdash; <span class="vote-end">Ended 183d ago</span> <span class="todo">Polls are currently display only</span> </div> </div>

<p><a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> is dead and we’d better all leave the ship before it sinks entirely.</p><p>Earlier this year <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> already took bold steps in <a href="https://9to5google.com/2025/03/26/google-android-aosp-developement-private/" rel="nofollow">moving the development of several AOSP components behind closed doors</a>, removing the open-source foundations of the project one component at the time.</p><p>Options to unlock bootloaders on Android devices are also narrowing down. <a href="https://droidwin.com/xiaomi-might-no-longer-allow-bootloader-unlocking-on-miui/" rel="nofollow">Xiaomi removed the ability to unlock the bootloader entirely in MIUI in August</a> (after months spent making it ridiculously difficult), <a href="https://droidwin.com/now-oneplus-restricts-bootloader-unlocking/" rel="nofollow">same for OnePlus</a>, <a href="https://xdaforums.com/t/bootloader-unlocking-option-removed-from-one-ui-8-0.4751904/" rel="nofollow">Samsung did so in July</a>, and probably Google devices will soon follow suit.</p><p>And let’s not mention the nightmare of the <a href="https://developer.android.com/google/play/integrity" rel="nofollow">Play Integrity API</a> that forces all Android developers to register through the Play Store and use Google’s signing keys, even if they don’t intend to distribute their apps through it.</p><p>Sure, officially Google has <a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/android-developer-verification-early.html?m=1" rel="nofollow">taken a step back</a> and has pledged to provide a way for developers and power-users to bypass those restrictions. But we can all expect it to be a cumbersome and change-prone process filled with ridiculous amounts of frictions at every step - and I wouldn’t even expect such a morally bankrupt company to keep maintaining this “sideloading” option.</p><p>Google once competed with Apple for customers. But in a world where Google walks away from the biggest antitrust trial since 1998 with yet another slap on the wrist, competition is dead, and Google is taking notes from Apple about what they can legally get away with. And the EU, the biggest opposer of its anti-competitive acts, is also becoming softer with Big Tech - both because Vestager has left the job, and because being soft with trillion-dollar monopolist tech titans is seen as a sign of being “technologically competitive”.</p><p>Your best bet is to purchase a Pixel 9a now, before more manufacturers decide to block bootloaders, and immediately flash it with <a href="/tags/grapheneos/" rel="tag">#GrapheneOS</a>.</p><p>The long term plan would instead be to throw all of our efforts and energies on Linux phones. The folks at GrapheneOS are doing an amazing job and fighting against all kind of pressures, but at some point we should probably all just acknowledge that anything that is tainted with Android, or runs on a device intended only to run Android, is a liability, and we should no longer build solutions on top of hardware and software that we can no longer trust.</p><p>Sailfish, PostmarketOS, UBPorts, MeeGo or whatever comes next must succeed. No matter the cost.</p>

<p>Alla fine mi sono deciso e mi sono fatto un regalo di Natale, preordinando uno Jolla Phone, che arriverá presumibilmente entro Marzo 2026. Lo prenderò così come viene, non pretendendo che funzionino tutte le app Android, me ne farò una ragione e mi adatterò. Ma sono contento di aver preso un qualcosa che non mi viene il vomito a guardare ogni giorno. Purtroppo non riesco (più) ad essere indifferente su alcuni temi legati alla tecnologia...</p><p>Se qualcuno ha intenzione di allungarla con &quot;tutti i produttori di telefoni abusano del lavoro minorile&quot;, lascia perdere, lo so già, e lo fanno anche per le automobili, i monopattini, le Nike e qualunque altra cosa che si produca al mondo: c&#x27;è sempre qualcuno che abusa del lavoro di altri, incluso il mio e il tuo, è così che funziona il capitalismo. Non se ne esce a parole.</p><p>Ma tornando al discorso... avevo considerato anche:</p><p><p>Fairphone Gen. 6 by Murena che costa un po&#x27; di più, ma gli accessori costano l&#x27;ira degli dei (lo screen protector e la cover a 26€ ciascuno... really???) e poi, alla fin fine, resta un derivato di Google, che potrebbe decidere di romperlo da un momento all&#x27;altro. Bello però il fatto che le app banking e anche l&#x27;app IO le danno come funzionanti con /e/os. Magari tornassi su Android un giorno prenderei un usato compatibile.</p><br><p>Pinephone 64, ma non mi è sembrato un progetto ancora maturo. Non so che cosa in particolare, ma non mi ha dato le giuste vibes.</p><br><p>un qualunque dumbphone, ma non credo di essere ancora sufficientemente pronto a rinunciare ad una connettività avanzata. Certo ne ho visti decine di telefoni un-po&#x27;-meno-dumb-senza-essere-smart, ma non sono convinto. E poi, a quanto pare, stanno virando verso paradigmi in stile cloud-terminals... non proprio l&#x27;ideale per chi cerca un po&#x27; di privacy. Manca il famoso anello di congiunzione perfetto che racchiuda le 4-5 funzioni che servono... salvo rendersi conto che queste funzioni sono diverse per ciascuno di noi... Ad esempio io vorrei solo queste, ma sono certo che chiunque avrebbe altre preferenze:</p><p>Email<br>Calendario<br>Contatti<br>Fotocamera<br>Browser (full)</p></p><p><a href="/tags/pinephone/" rel="tag">#pinephone</a> <a href="/tags/jollaphone/" rel="tag">#jollaphone</a> <a href="/tags/fairphone/" rel="tag">#fairphone</a> <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#android</a> <a href="/tags/sailfishosos/" rel="tag">#sailfishosos</a> <a href="/tags/dumbphone/" rel="tag">#dumbphone</a> <a href="/tags/murena/" rel="tag">#murena</a> <a href="/tags/smartphone/" rel="tag">#smartphone</a></p>

<p>The focus for us at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Vivaldi</span></a></span> has always been to do what our users want us to do. So we have spent time on things like:</p><p>- Work spaces and tab stacks<br>- Tab tiling<br>- Mouse gestures<br>- Customizable keyboard shortcuts<br>- Tracker and ad blocker<br>- Panels and Web panels<br>- Cross platform, encrypted sync function<br>- Advanced bookmarking function with speed dials<br>- Customizable dashboard<br>- Massive customization options in general.<br>- Notes functionality</p><p>We have also added stuff like this in our desktop browser</p><p>- Mail client<br>. Calendar<br>- Feed reader<br>- Proton VPN integration</p><p>Not everyone uses everything we make, but that is also the point. The fact that we listen to special requests is IMHO a feature and not a bug. We value power users as well.</p><p>On the other hand, we have stayed away from certain things. Things like:</p><p>- Blockchain / Crypto currencies<br>- AI </p><p>You can find us on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android and iOS. You can even find us in many cars running Android Automotive.</p><p>We are not the largest browser company in the world, but we are dedicated and we are growing. More and more are giving us a try. Have you?</p><p><a href="/tags/windows/" rel="tag">#Windows</a> <a href="/tags/macos/" rel="tag">#Macos</a> <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> <a href="/tags/ios/" rel="tag">#ios</a> <a href="/tags/browser/" rel="tag">#Browser</a> <a href="/tags/vivaldi/" rel="tag">#Vivaldi</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/computing/" rel="tag">#Computing</a> </p><p><a href="https://vivaldi.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>vivaldi.com</a></p>

<p>I wonder what the situation is with <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> apps for <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> these days. At one point, the official app was very bare bones, and folks recommended using <a href="/tags/moshidon/" rel="tag">#Moshidon</a> or <a href="/tags/megalodon/" rel="tag">#Megalodon</a> for better access to the full Mastodon experience. Is it the same still?</p><p>I have been using Moshidon for a while now, and I used to run Tusky. Having checked the last update, Moshidon got updated last summer, the official app a few days ago, and Tusky in September.</p>

<p>Wow I accidentally found a mastodon client that can render quotes correctly...</p><p>It&#x27;s Pachli </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@pachli" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pachli</span></a></span> </p><p>Other major popular ones haven&#x27;t been updated to support this. But Pachli seems to be updated pretty frequently lately.</p><p><a href="/tags/pachli/" rel="tag">#Pachli</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#android</a></p>

<p>I want to give a huge THANK YOU to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@marci" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>marci</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@emilynguyen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emilynguyen</span></a></span> of the <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@Flipboard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Flipboard</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@surf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>surf</span></a></span> teams for meeting with myself and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@beardedtechguy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>beardedtechguy</span></a></span> last night. </p><p>The conversation was absolutely amazing, filled with laughs and good information talked about with regards to Surf itself. </p><p>I&#x27;m so honored to be able to participate in the early beta of Surf and to provide feedback to Marci, Mike and Emily that will hopefully help make Surf bigger and better than it already is. </p><p>It&#x27;s so great knowing that when you do give feedback, that feedback is being listened to and often acted upon in the coming days/weeks/months. This is what makes good apps become great apps and I firmly believe that Surf is well on the way to having a very bright and popular future!</p><p>THANK YOU again for such a great and wonderful meeting last night!</p><p><a href="/tags/surf/" rel="tag">#Surf</a> <a href="/tags/surffeeds/" rel="tag">#SurfFeeds</a> <a href="/tags/dawnpatrol/" rel="tag">#DawnPatrol</a> <a href="/tags/apps/" rel="tag">#Apps</a> <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> <a href="/tags/ios/" rel="tag">#iOS</a> <a href="/tags/beta/" rel="tag">#Beta</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/allthingstech/" rel="tag">#AllThingsTech</a></p>

<p>Honda Civics and the Evil Valet <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/bt3cq8" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>lobste.rs/s/bt3cq8</a> <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#android</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a><br><a href="https://juniperspring.org/posts/honda-evil-valet/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="juniperspring.org/posts/honda-evil-valet/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">juniperspring.org/posts/honda-</span><span class="invisible">evil-valet/</span></a></p>

<p>I see our <a href="/tags/utah/" rel="tag">#utah</a> lawmakers are spending their time well again /s <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#android</a></p>

<p>Bench, please!</p><p>Tethering hasn&#x27;t been turned on in like a WEEK, and the only USB I&#x27;ve plugged into is a charger via a data blocker cable.</p><p><a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a>, you are CRAY CRAY!</p>

<p>Reverse engineering Android malware with Claude Code <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/b5hrqb" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>lobste.rs/s/b5hrqb</a> <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#android</a> <a href="/tags/reversing/" rel="tag">#reversing</a> <a href="/tags/vibecoding/" rel="tag">#vibecoding</a><br><a href="https://zanestjohn.com/blog/reing-with-claude-code" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="zanestjohn.com/blog/reing-with-claude-code"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zanestjohn.com/blog/reing-with</span><span class="invisible">-claude-code</span></a></p>

<p>p-flag (for Android devices) <a href="/tags/openwrt/" rel="tag">#openwrt</a> <a href="/tags/ipv6only/" rel="tag">#ipv6only</a> <a href="/tags/ipv6/" rel="tag">#ipv6</a> <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#android</a> </p><p>Danke <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ipv6.social/@goetz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>goetz</span></a></span></p>

<p>Mini-taller d&#x27;instal·lació lliure! 💻🔧</p><p>+ info (y en español 🇪🇸): <br><a href="https://gnulinuxvalencia.org/divendres-31-de-gener-de-2025-1700h-taller-dinstal%c2%b7lacio/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gnulinuxvalencia.org/divendres-31-de-gener-de-2025-1700h-taller-dinstal%c2%b7lacio/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gnulinuxvalencia.org/divendres</span><span class="invisible">-31-de-gener-de-2025-1700h-taller-dinstal%c2%b7lacio/</span></a></p><p>Aquest 2025 comencem amb força! Vine a Les Naus el 31 de gener:<br>🔧 Ajuda amb programari lliure per a la teua vida digital des de les 17:00.<br>💬 A les 18:30, debat sobre tXitter, BlueSky i Mastodon.</p><p><a href="/tags/gnulinux/" rel="tag">#GNULinux</a> <a href="/tags/valència/" rel="tag">#València</a> <a href="/tags/ajudadigital/" rel="tag">#AjudaDigital</a> <a href="/tags/tallerinstal·lació/" rel="tag">#TallerInstal·lació</a> <a href="/tags/installparty/" rel="tag">#InstallParty</a> <a href="/tags/programarilliure/" rel="tag">#ProgramariLliure</a> <a href="/tags/lasnaves/" rel="tag">#LasNaves</a> <a href="/tags/softwarelibre/" rel="tag">#SoftwareLibre</a> <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a></p>

<p>Can a good soul help me set <a href="/tags/obsidian/" rel="tag">#Obsidian</a> back to its original design in <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a>? This latest update is not ideal for mobile devices with small screens, and they don&#x27;t take the accent colour either.</p><p>Curious, why change something that works perfectly?</p>

<p>For anyone using the <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@surf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>surf</span></a></span> beta and enjoy the <a href="/tags/worldofwallpapers/" rel="tag">#WorldOfWallpapers</a> posts that I do, you can now enjoy those via the Surf app itself by using the link below.</p><p><a href="https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jjdephk6vybfwxe5v61h25c4" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jjdephk6vybfwxe5v61h25c4"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom</span><span class="invisible">%2F01jjdephk6vybfwxe5v61h25c4</span></a></p><p>You can also contribute to that Surf feed by simply using the <a href="/tags/worldofwallpapers/" rel="tag">#WorldOfWallpapers</a> hashtag in your posts and that content will then show up in the Surf feed. </p><p>If you haven&#x27;t gotten an invite to the Surf beta yet, feel free to DM me as I have invite codes I can provide to get you invited quicker!</p><p><a href="/tags/surfapp/" rel="tag">#SurfApp</a> <a href="/tags/feeds/" rel="tag">#Feeds</a> <a href="/tags/surffeeds/" rel="tag">#SurfFeeds</a> <a href="/tags/beta/" rel="tag">#Beta</a> <a href="/tags/app/" rel="tag">#App</a> <a href="/tags/ios/" rel="tag">#iOS</a> <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/allthingstech/" rel="tag">#AllThingsTech</a></p>

<p>My full-time passion is making GitNex &amp; LabNex better. To sustain this dedication and keep them growing:</p><p>👉 Get them on Play Store<br>👉 Join on Patreon<br>👉 Or reach out to donate directly</p><p>Your support means the world.</p><p><a href="https://labnex.app" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>labnex.app</a><br><a href="https://gitnex.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gitnex.com</a></p><p><a href="/tags/gitnex/" rel="tag">#gitnex</a> <a href="/tags/labnex/" rel="tag">#labnex</a> <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#android</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#foss</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#opensource</a></p>

<p>I hope the F-Stop Gallery app for Android gets updated with WebP and JPEG XL support.For now, I switched to Fossify Gallery.<a href="https://www.fossify.org/apps/" rel="nofollow">www.fossify.org/apps/</a><a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> <a href="/tags/webp/" rel="tag">#WebP</a> <a href="/tags/jpegxl/" rel="tag">#JPEGXL</a><br><br><a href="https://www.fossify.org/apps/" rel="nofollow">Our apps</a></p>

<p>I went to the movies last night to watch Companion. What can I say ?! Don&#x27;t fu*k with your fu*kbot !! Highly recommended !! 🤖 ❤️ </p><p><a href="/tags/companion/" rel="tag">#Companion</a> <a href="/tags/movie/" rel="tag">#Movie</a> <a href="/tags/bot/" rel="tag">#Bot</a> <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> <a href="/tags/friday/" rel="tag">#Friday</a> <a href="/tags/cinema/" rel="tag">#Cinema</a></p>

<p>What&#x27;s the most efficient way to move a file from an Android phone to a Linux laptop? I am not opposed to using the sneaker-net, if that&#x27;s the best we can do. <br><a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a></p>

I&#x27;m now using the <a href="/tags/nextcloud/" rel="tag">#Nextcloud</a> and Nextcloud Notes <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> apps to write, edit and share notes with the <a href="/tags/iotas/" rel="tag">#Iotas</a> notetaking app on my Linux desktop. So far, so good.<br>