For buying a new #pixel to install #grapheneos is it better to buy a #pixel10 and wait or buy a #pixel9a?

For buying a new #pixel to install #grapheneos is it better to buy a #pixel10 and wait or buy a #pixel9a?

to follow up on this, the app FMD ("find my device"), available on the f-droid store, does _exactly_ what i want - you can very selectively grant it whatever permissions you want to enable various commands over various transports.

In my case, I have it set up to only allow the "ring" command when triggered from select contacts via SMS; no location access, no network access, no sensors access, nothing but SMS (and i did allow it to manage do-not-disturb, display over other apps and exempted it from battery optimizations).

works great - i send it an SMS `fmd ring long` and it rings until i stop it.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.nulide.findmydevice/

Thanks to @mellamoessucasa for the tip!

#grapheneOS

Looking into grapheneOS and I'm excited to learn there's ways to get tap pay on it. But what I haven't been able to find is if any rail/transit cards work. I've got my clipper card (sf bay area transit) on google pay and would prefer to not need to get a physical card.

So does anyone know of an app that can do transit card tap pay on grapheneOS?

#grapheneOS

to follow up on this, the app FMD ("find my device"), available on the f-droid store, does _exactly_ what i want - you can very selectively grant it whatever permissions you want to enable various commands over various transports.

In my case, I have it set up to only allow the "ring" command when triggered from select contacts via SMS; no location access, no network access, no sensors access, nothing but SMS (and i did allow it to manage do-not-disturb, display over other apps and exempted it from battery optimizations).

works great - i send it an SMS `fmd ring long` and it rings until i stop it.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.nulide.findmydevice/

Thanks to @mellamoessucasa for the tip!

#grapheneOS

i recently switched to #grapheneOS and in general i love it. one thing I'm missing: i lose my phone all the time, and used to "find my device" often.

that said, i really don't want Google (or anyone else) to track my location, and i don't usually lose it in geographically distinct places, the feature i *really* want is to be able to trigger my phone to ring for an extended period of time, even when on silent, because the damn thing is nearly always HERE, just set down somewhere odd or lost in the couch cushions or something.

obviously i can *call it* but that only rings a bit before going to voice mail and doesn't necessarily play loudly.

are there any existing apps that handle this? (remote play sound on phone speakers, triggered by Bluetooth or over web)

if not, are there any #Android api things i could use to make my own app do this? I'm willing to get down and dirty, I'm a reverse engineer and low level software dev by profession, I'm just not super familiar with app dev and this is proving very hard to web search.

Looking into grapheneOS and I'm excited to learn there's ways to get tap pay on it. But what I haven't been able to find is if any rail/transit cards work. I've got my clipper card (sf bay area transit) on google pay and would prefer to not need to get a physical card.

So does anyone know of an app that can do transit card tap pay on grapheneOS?

#grapheneOS

What's the best way to make your phone more secure in one tap? When you see this notification, tap 'Reboot'.

#GrapheneOS #android #privacy #security

I give a fiver each month to the wonderful FOSS-type things below:

- Signal (killing Meta's WhatsApp)
- Libre Office (slaying Microsoft's 365)
- GrapheneOS (kicking Google Stock Android in the goolies)

If you use any of these - and you can afford to - why not set up a monthly dontation to the wonderful organisations above.

#Signal #LibreOffice #GrapheneOS #Meta #Microsoft #Google #WhatsApp #Android

@signalapp @GrapheneOS @libreoffice

I give a fiver each month to the wonderful FOSS-type things below:

- Signal (killing Meta's WhatsApp)
- Libre Office (slaying Microsoft's 365)
- GrapheneOS (kicking Google Stock Android in the goolies)

If you use any of these - and you can afford to - why not set up a monthly dontation to the wonderful organisations above.

#Signal #LibreOffice #GrapheneOS #Meta #Microsoft #Google #WhatsApp #Android

@signalapp @GrapheneOS @libreoffice

and #LineageOS on my Samsung Tablet @LineageOS

Btw: the Tuta app on the Linux phone was last updated on April 2019!

Dear LazyFedi: I have a #GrapheneOS phone. Assume I know absolutely nothing about Graphene or Android (and want to know as little as possible).

How do I get photos off the phone onto a Linux machine on the local wireless network? Preferably with something that I can run on the Linux machine to go and grab the data, rather than having to faff around on the phone. Preferably command-line.

(Something like ssh/scp to the phone would be my preference, because I know how that works already).

Apple introduces EMTE. #GrapheneOS has a stronger version in production for years.

Still, happy to see this in a broader ecosystem.

Apple introduces EMTE. #GrapheneOS has a stronger version in production for years.

Still, happy to see this in a broader ecosystem.

Only now I see how superior the camera on the P9P with #GrapheneOS is. Shot the former photos with a different phone that I use, at times, for navigation.

Is anyone else tired of the internet’s doom spiral over #Google blocking the installation of unsigned APKs on Android? Yes, it’s concerning. I use #GrapheneOS and rely on F-Droid, so I too care about this. But I’m seeing wild takes that PCs will soon have locked bootloaders and #Linux will be outlawed. That’s… a stretch.

The concern is real, but catastrophising helps no one. #FOSS isn’t going away, and panic only fuels paranoia while giving Big Tech ideas. I expect people to push back, I certainly will. But right now it feels like we’re manifesting a self-fulfilling prophecy.