Mainly CoMaps and Fossify File Manager.

>>107491277
Semitone.

flexify
image toolbox
trale
xtra

Why use a smartphone™? Anything that can be done on Android or iOS can be done (usually better) on a desktop operating system. Just get yourself a small laptop/computer and a camera, and that's it.
Is there any other reason than specific apps? Whatever those are, emulators do exist.
Do any of you actually enjoy partaking in this infantilized botnet?

As a matter of fact, I challenge anyone in this thread to name any mobile app (other than the camera) that has neither a web version nor a desktop equivalent.

>>107491633
I have a life, you look schizo lugging that extra shit around in most cases where you're not full on traveling, studying or taking a long transit.
Do better and go outside

>>107491701
I have a gpd win mini in my right pant pocket, and a sony camera in my jacket's pocket. You are the one who has to carry what I assume is a whole fucking laptop when you move around. Or are you one of those "cloud" computing sissies? Don't tell me you move from state to state without a device that can do actual work? Do you use your fucking phone for projects??

>>107491767
Sorry autist but I have better things to do

>>107491779
>I have better things to do
You're on 4chan. No, you don't.

>>107491277
redview

>AntennaPod
>Droid-ify
>Gramophone
>KISS Launcher
>Markor
>MuPDF mini
>NewPipe
>p!n
>RedReader
>Transistor
>Unexpected Keyboard
Droid-ify is a far nicer F-Droid client, can recommend.

>>107491498
xtra is fucking s-tier. Infinitely better and more leightweight than the official twitch app and no ads. UI could be a little less confusing, but that's tolerable

may be not all foss
>FairEmail
>LibreTube
>Nova Launcher
>Orion Viewer
>RustDesk

>fossify tools
for every basic app.
>karma FW
firewall.
>FlorisBoard
cool keyboard, its only missing autocorrect. for some strange reason i cant upgrade heliboard from alpha on my phone.
>Fennec/IronFox
browser, iron fox have been slower. using fennec now.
>mbcompass & bubble
a compass and a level/ruler, really cool apps.
>vlc
video player.
>feeder
rss.
>exodus
for spyware.
>droid fy
cool front end for fdroid, it has been a bit buggy on me lately.
>libretorrent
my torrent client.
>ffshare
image compressor.
>k9
mail.
>weather
>sav pdf viewer
self explanatory.
>peristyle
wallpaper changer, the build in on my phone has been buggy.

i think i only need a good music player now, lotus is limited. and a channel app. theres no good open source image editor so i use cracked picsart for that.

>>107491277
QR Scanner
K-9 Mail
Tiny Weather Forecast
KDE Connect
Easy Open Link
Material Files
FlashDim
FreeOTP+
Gadget bridge
Home Assistant
MuPDF
qBitController
PipePipe
NFC Reader
VLC
Termux
RustDesk
Breakout 71
Kore

Gonna load half of these. Btw, can you recommend Image manipulation tools? Somthing like gimp, but simple and for android. Just light editing and memes on the go.

>>107491827
Second that on Droid-ify. Official F-Droid client kind of sucks
>>107491277
Is Forcastie better than Breezy Weather? I have been having problems with that lately.

Not sure if third party repos are allowed, but I'll try to add the ones I have installed that haven't been mentioned:
-RethinkDNS
-ProtonVPN
-Librera Reader
-Shattered Pixel Dungeon
-Metrolist or SimpMusic
-Heliboard
-Next Player
-PipPipe or Tubular
-BRouter
-IPBike
-Joplin
-Loop Habit Tracker
-Survival Manual
-Mitch
-Seal
-campfire
-UsageDirect
-DiskUsage
-Equate
-Simple Solitaire Colection
-Text Fiction

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>>107493408
InnerTune stopped working months ago, fuck jewtube. metrolist is based and material. really cool, thank you.

trannyware

>>107493341
https://f-droid.org/packages/ru.tech.imageresizershrinker/ image toolbox, already mentioned

>>107493408
What problems with Breezy? I noticed the UI changed recently but haven't noticed functionality problems.

>>107491277
My kit:
- Librera (Mostly moved over to an e-reader except for reading&listening the same book which isn't supported on my old reader)
- Pano Scrobbler (Music autism, just wanted to break from google finally)
- Bible Study (Interesting book and an exceptionally pleasant app to boot)
- Fossify Gallery (Does the job)
- Olauncher (Clean, supresses my autism)
- Tasker (Most useful app of all time, it's worth having google services installed just for it)
- Obtainium (Supplanted f-droid for me because it's a one stop shop solution for most distribution sites)
- Shizuku (Second most useful app on this list, integrates extremely well with tasker)
- Netguard (Fourth most useful app on this list)
- Termux (Third most useful app on this list, integrates extremely well with tasker)
- Osmand (Geocaching and bike maps mostly)
- Amarok (Naugthy stuff)
- Binary Eye (Best qr reader, the default one is lackluster at best)
- Etar (Calendar, does the job)
- Breezy Weather (Looks nice and just works)
- Keepass2Android (MUCH MUCH better than keepassdx holy shit)
- Revanced Apps (I am so extremely tired of the youtube enshittification wars)
- Tasks.org (Does the job)
- Anki (I note directly to anki because I'm a freak)
- Desmos (Does the calculator job)
- Thunderbird (Does the mail job)
- Coffee (Wakelock, very useful, very simple. Easy to implement with termux but I prefer having it always on hand and not deal with new android bullshit)
- Spectroid (Useful all-around)
- VLC (Media player)
- Brave (The only option currently)
Banking, Government apps, Messengers etc.

>>107491277
Just keepass too. I tried Adaway but works like absolute dogshit compared to Adguard, probably the only app I still have to replace. The day fossfags invent a decent alternative my journey will be complete.

>>107491277
>fossify photos/file manager/messages/calendar
>netguard
>metronome
>librera fd (for ebooks)
>newpipe
>vlc
>musicolet (had to use apkpure to get that because its only available on google play, which is bullshit because its the best music player on android)

>>107491633
cameras are pretty fucking expensive dude since they are not for common people anymore the common persons camera has been integrated into the phone and it's always there when you need it besides that it's also an emergency torch and has a few sensors so it can help you navigate with maps and track your movements if you're into exercise it can be a compass
a small edc device for reading shit and looking up info is quite cool a cheap smart phone can be handy in so many ways even an old one

>>107491277
why does Fossify's Voice Recorder needs notification?

are jeets on the driving wheel?

what are some fun nsfw apps on fdroid it had the nsfw feature unchecked in the settings

>>107491633
Most people aren't autistic failures like you

>>107496140
1. Punctuation, motherfucker.
2. Yeah, you got me with the compass.
>>107496956
Says the fosstard ._.

>>107497118
You're somehow under him because you're not only loud like a bitch, you expect people to be as autistic as you. I hope your caretaker beats you tonight

>>107497118
why does everybody suddenly care about punctuation is this reddit now

>>107497157
He's a sassy autistic waste of space. So yeah a redditor if you really think about it.

>>107494818
So many of these are not on f-droid bruh

>>107491277
Adaway
debloater
discreet launcher
newpipe
mpv
retro arch
wx

>>107497140
Projection much?
>>107497157
>ESL retard vomits wall of text with not even a fucking comma
>why does everybody care about punctuation
A true mystery...

>>107497273
stfu firstie

>>107497294
As you wish, my two digit IQ brown friend :)

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>>107497157
Punctuation is technology, anon.

>>107497313
adding the punctuation is what caused the problem here

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>>107494818
>it's worth having google services installed just for it

>>107491767
>gpd win mini
Considered them things, and a few o it's siblings.
How it working out?
What's your largest gripes?

I recognize the irony in using open source with iOS but OutRun is the best running/hiking tracker app I've ever used and it's FOSS.
I don't believe it's on Android strangely enough.

>>107497521
As with all UMPCs, the main issue is the battery. When I first got it a couple years ot used to last more or less the whole day, but now it drains in only three to four hours.

Overall I wouldn't really recommend buying this specific one. It's just what I have. If you find one with a better battery and/or better overall specs, go for it.

>>107497525
It's a shame others don't recognize the irony of trying so hard to run open source apps on open source versions of android on propietary hardware. Oh well, can't save those who don't want to be saved...

>>107497333
>adding the punctuation is what caused the problem here
The punctuation creates a direct statement [problem, or not], whereas its absence leaves the meaning open to interpretation.

>>107491277
Feeder
AnteenaPod
Librera FD
Organic Maps
Weather
Thunderbird
WifiAnalyzer

>>107497686
punctuation makes language closed source

>>107494284
i tried using it, and its terrible. im learning the shit out of gimp because every image editor on droid is trash.

>>107497739
If you're gonna use a real OS, try Converseen to batch resize images

>>107497671
>on propietary hardware.
So how your solution any different?

I tend to agree with your general outlook, btw, I put a hammer thru my phone back when the N95 was just crawling into existence... Managed without the bullshit from those beasts up until the other year when I found out I'm a father.
Suddenly, being instantly contactable was of value.

Also, battery life really the worst of it? Hmm. Makes it more attractive.

>>107497312
your shitty empire is falling

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>>107497713

>>107491633
>if I use anything but a smartphone at work I'd get yelled at
>I can't use a laptop in my hands
>cameras are great but I'm not carrying one everywhere in addition to my phone with a camera

how do you get old phones to pass the cloudflare verification on the browser

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>>107500171
you need to install a updated kiwi browser build
https://kiwi-browser.en.uptodown.com/android

>>107500289
is that lightweight
any way to do it on naked browser

Aves / Libre or Gallery by lacoblonut?
And I'm still looking for a good file manager, with the ability to access a NAS.
>thanks in advance, foss anons <3

>>107500332
it's just chromium with extensions support also I don't think you can do it to naked browser

>>107500381
mixplorer supports browsing a nas

>>107500422
Ty, I just saw that Amaze and Material Files are popular. Still looking

which syncthing app should i use? Syncthing-Fork or Syncthing-Lite?

>>107497904
Two more weeks

>>107500408
why? it just werked before only started having problems post custom rom

>>107500289
Kiwi browser ceased development and the developer now works on Microsoft Edge. This is an unofficial build from an unofficial download source. I can't imagine why you would trust this.

>>107501558
show me a updated chromium fork that supports android 7, I'll wait

>>107501584
I'm just telling you that what you're using is likely spyware. I don't care what Android version you're on or what your alternative options are. I just thought you would like to know.

>>107491633
Plantnet
It's the only app I have on my phone
I wanted a good quality compact camera so that I could carry it about and get decent enough photos. But no one sold them because of smartphones. It really annoyed me. Then my parents switched their ISP because a new one was in our area that actually had modern internet unlike our old one, but we had to get rid of our landline. So I had to get a phone. I always wanted plantnet and since I couldn't get a camera and I needed a phone, I just got a volla phone. I hardly use it. Just browse the internet with it when taking a shit and take photos of weeds because i'm really interested in that and use it like I used landline

>>107497368
Sharty, please I'm not even american

>>107497869
My solution doesn't have broadband pinging any and all near cell towers, at least. The RAM is upgradable, all parts are repairable, and most importanatly, I have full control of the hardware and software: raw memory access and creating virtual devices. I know, I know the CPUs are still backdoored, but that's as far as I was able to go.

Congratulations on your newly discovered fatherhood, by the way. Best of luck with that.

>>107498483
I feel for you, but I'm also intrigued. What kind of work is it that requires a phone, and not a computer. Usually it's the opposite, isn't it?

>>107501733
Good news, Plantnet does have a web version! (here: https://identify.plantnet.org/). As for the issues of the camera and phone number, I must admit; I still have a landline, which I used to sign up to Whatsapp in Waydroid and Signal-desktop via signal-cli. I don't remember anymore how or when I got the old camera, so I apologise for being of no help here.

>>107502404
Oh nice. I'll just take my laptop and carry it around the fields full of cow tracks and take pictures with it. Thanks

>>107502900
No problem. Personally, I'd recommend using a camera for taking images. To each their own. Or were you perhaps implying that you are too physically weak to carry a ten inch netbook in your pocket? If so, then I both feel sorry for you, and recommend going the gymnasium; do some exercise, get in shape, go outside.

>>107503023
I already said I can't get a camera. They don't make or sell them any more. A compact camera. One that I can put in my pocket and bring anywhere, but still decent enough quality. Otherwise it would put me off bringing a camera everywhere with me if i have to carry it around. Look, your advice just doesn't suit me. That's all. No need to get all pissy about it, ok? Don't get insulted

>>107491633
>Anything that can be done on Android or iOS can be done (usually better) on a desktop operating system.
kek

I'll prove you wrong not once, not twice, but thrice.

Kuroba. It's better than 4chanXT for keeping history, knows when you're saving duplicates, notifies (you) for (you)s, automatically redirects deleted threads to the archive, auto-converts webps on post and more.

Tachiyomi/Mihon/Kahon and whatever forks absolutely mog and destroy any pc comic/manga reader currently out. Especially on a tablet. Good luck reading comfily with a desktop or laptop.

Drastic DS emulator for touch-only DS games absolutely destroy mouse+keyboard as a control scheme.

That's already 3 apps

>>107491633
Do you consider GrapheneOS a botnet?

>>107503057
You were the one who got all angsty and coy in you previous reply. I only thought it fitting to mock you. As it turns out, you aren't only weak of body, but of mind, and lacking funds too. On a more serious note, if you cannot even afford a simple Lumix GX800 or Olympus PL-6, then what you actually need to get is a job.

>>107503084
>we browing, gooning and gayming
nu-g everyone
+ almost all laptops do come with a touscreen these days in order to accommodate you zoom zooms
keep coping seething
>>107503095
you don't?

>>107503191
>manga
>gooning
decrepit tinkertroon mad

>>107503213
alright big boy, what is it that you "read" then? show us

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>>107503225
kys

>>107503302
>bottom right
>pedoslop
whatever you say, tranime poster

pie launcher
ghost commander
aritycalc
traditional T9
aegis
karma firewall
minidoro
cuscon icons
capy rss reader
einkbro
breezy
voice
pipepipe
vernet
binary eye
syncthing-fork

>>107503057
Yeah they do moron
Ricoh GR, canon PowerShot, Sony rx

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why would I use anything but FOSS apps?

>>107491277
Aegis Authenticator
DiskUsage
DroidFS
Katawa Shoujo Re Engineered 18+
Librera FD
LibreTorrent
Termux
Xtra Twitch Client

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Termuxis a Godsend for so many things

>>107504073
I've never really had any actual usecase for a terminal on a phone. What do you do with it?

>>107504288
Manage files, organize photos, reduce the size of images, download stuff, run scripts to automate things, keep the filesystem clean etc

>>107491277
safenotes (passwords and crap)
quillpad (notes)
feedflow (RSS)
phocid (music player, has the best UI of all the ones I tried)
fast draw launcher
shattered pixel dungeon
clipboardcleaner for the little button you can add to the drag-down menu
librera (ebook/comic library/reader)

>>107491277
Obtainium is better. You can install from multiple sources.

>>107502404
>I feel for you, but I'm also intrigued. What kind of work is it that requires a phone, and not a computer. Usually it's the opposite, isn't it?
It doesn't require a phone, I'm talking about not working at work

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>>107491277
what will happen to F-Droid when Android stops supporting sideloading apps in 2026?

>>107504716
You will adb your phone to unlock the bootloader, install Magisk-patched firmware and flash the memory with a custom ROM. Then you will install Obtainium and enable installation from F-droid repositories (among other sources). Finally, you will find a FOSS alternative to everything and let Obtainium handle all the updates (which it can do now that your phone is rooted).
Congratulations, now every time you use your phone in public everyone will think you are Mr. Robot. Just don't use it in front of law enforcement.

>>107504716
That's not a thing so

>>107504833
i was being serious, f-droid has few enough users as it is. next year they will get 5% of the current amount.

>>107504877
have you not heard that Android will restrict sideloading?

>>107504888
>have you not heard that Android will restrict sideloading?
Oh, okay. So you're just going to move the goal posts now. Sigh.

>>107504906
why are you aggressive, "stops supporting sideloading" / "restrict sideloading", sorry for using different words

what will happen to F-Droid when Android restricts sideloading apps in 2026?
(does that work for you?)

if you need to get approval of Alphabet (Google) app store anyway what need will F-Droid fill?

>>107504951
Yeah, your postulate is incorrect because your premise is wrong. You don't need to get approval of Google. You need to learn to read more than just the headlines.

>>107504995
what? this is welcome news to me.
because i read that you must get our app signed by google

>>107505018
No you didn't because that was never the case. You read the headlines of various news articles and you just made assumptions. I'm no longer interested in continuing this conversation since from the beginning you've had zero idea what you're talking about.

>>107505032
holy hostility batman, i know what i read and it wasn't just headlines

Many anons here use NetGuard. Why exactly?
Xtra is a Twitch client. Any X client?

>>107505048
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-developer-verification-requirements-3590911/
here's one article

how is this not restricting sideloading of apps?

>>107505048
Sure thing, buddy. Have a good day.

>>107505074
He's a alphabet good goy, he will never admit Google is taking away anything.

>>107505109
you're acting like a twat undeserving of oxygen.
a proper human being would explain how this won't affect F-droid but you're acting like a twat instead. fuck you.

>>107505155
>>107505109

>>107505166
I'm no longer interested in continuing this conversation since from the beginning you've had zero idea of how to act like a human being.

>>107505190
>>107505109

>>107505204
Excuse me, did I not just tell you to stop bothering me? So stop bothering me.

>>107505213
>>107505109

>>107505226
So childish. And you accomplished nothing. You didn't correct me on how I was wrong and you didn't inform me on how F-Droid will survive the changes. A twat until the end.

>>107505296
>>107505109

>>107503824
Chad

>>107503824
>Fennec
spyware

>>107491788
So are you. You're a loser just like the rest of us.

a lot of cool apps herer.

here is a few I use that have not been mentioned yet:
- shelter - moves all spyware into a separate mode keeping them disabled until you need them
- aimp - my favorite audio player. has a lot of cool features.
- ppsspp - psp games
- Markor - notes
- TimeR Machine - timers

there are a few I have in bookmarks but have not tested yet:
- iptv extreme - iptv viewer
- key mapper
- AAT Activity Tracker - cycling shit
- Clip Studio Paint - drawing app
- Andronix - linux / windows on android

>>107507525
oh I also forgot this
https://winlator.com/

never used it but kinda cool

>>107491633
Is there a pocket pc both small enough to fit in my pocket and also have stylus support so I can draw on the go?

Termux - it's way better than the one on the Play Store
CIFS Document Provider - connects to Windows shares on my NAS in a way that every app that uses Android's bullshit storage framework file picker can use, instead of having to copy a file over using a file manager and then use it locally

>>107491633
>>107503191
are you retarded

Do you think it's worth switching from an iPhone to GrapheneOS with mostly FOSS Apps on F-Droid? In terms of security and privacy.

>>107494818
Why do you prefer keepass2android over keepassdx?

>>107494007
Glad that I could contribute something to the discussion. I hope some of those recommendations were helpful.
>>107494624
Not sure what the deal is. It just stopped updating the weather altogether on my phone and tablet.

>>107494624
>>107510897
F-droid version doesn't allow non-free sources, so their are now no sources available for certain things that have no open source providers, like pollen.

>>107509345
In terms of security and privacy, yes, but be honest with yourself. Are you really trying to defend yourself in real life against somebody who's trying to pop your phone with a boot level exploit or by attacking the memory allocator of your phone? Probably not. I'm not defending Apple or saying that pixel phones are bad or anything. I'm just saying things can appear useful when you don't have them and then you get them and it seems like a waste or a disappointment. And I don't want you to be stuck in an entirely new ecosystem just because it looked like the grass was greener on the other side.

>>107500561
>Syncthing-Fork
Has been working well for me

>>107510847
>german engineering
>pinned notification of the open entry you can copy from
>weak-lock database
>older api compatibility

>>107513637
I see. Thanks for answering. I myself was thinking of ditching keepassdx, so it's good to know there are good alternatives

>>107505496
Elaborate. Or is it just because it still phones Mozilla servers?

>>107514503
nta but from what i can tell its about as spyware as a basic firefox install. all stuff you can turn off just a pain in the ass to do so at least because i dont know of a arkenfox type userjs to use for mobile