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ladfrombrad

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not called Brad but rather a lad, from Bradford in the UK.

Enjoys breaking apps, escooters, spam rings and sometimes bones, but not my own. That sucks.

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ladfrombrad Mod , to Android in [Meta] Could we have a monthly "Pick an Android for me" pinned thread?
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Yeah I'm unsure of the scheduling of posts on Lemmy, and I know @coles is looking into some form of Automod here on lemdro.id.

Let me poke a few more others ;)

ladfrombrad Mod , to Android in [Meta] Could we have a monthly "Pick an Android for me" pinned thread?
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I'm unsure if there's something on Lemmy for that, but it's definitely something that helps the community since most mod actions I recall are poking people in the right direction like PAAFM.

Awesome team and community over there, and there is the old wiki pages too 🤔

ladfrombrad Mod , (edited ) to Ask Android in Please Recommend An Alternative To Solid Explorer
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Can confirm, I've used it for years and checking their XDA thread from 2011 states that it still supports Froyo? Amazing

https://xdaforums.com/t/app-2-2-mixplorer-v6-x-released-fully-featured-file-manager.1523691/

https://lemdro.id/pictrs/image/7575b432-c67f-455a-874e-57f9ff979a27.jpeg

ladfrombrad Mod , (edited ) to Android in Poco F6 Pro review
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It's ridiculous they don't include either and I say that as someone who doesn't actually need either, really.

But it's nice to be able to backup my DCIM folder to the SDcard and then sync that via a network share on a regular basis, especially if I hadn't got adb enabled and/or I had a smashed screen?

It also allows me to just wipe my internal storage anytime without worry because I don't record many videos and photos take up fugg all storage with a 3.2.1 backup plan.

edit: What's the point of excluding, a headphone jack too I feel is the real question.

ladfrombrad Mod , to Android in Poco F6 Pro review
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Hold on a second Mister OP, you missed the most important pros and cons.

Has an IR Blaster thank fuck, but, is missing a 3.5mm jack and SDCard.

I know these "cons" are meme complaints by now and while I've actually used Bluetooth earbuds before Android was a thing (see, jackless Sony Walkman W850....), but feel you should be including them as cons since many revel for those simple hardware bonuses we're used to from Xiaomi.

Alas :(

ladfrombrad Mod , to Android in Syncthing saved my ass
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Even if my carrier tried charging me for a MMS, fools on me if they do succeed since I'm PAYG.

If they manage to fool you into paying for them? Fool on you for signing up to contracts that allow that behaviour. And the fact that you're looking for a solution to this is very "blinkered".

ladfrombrad Mod , to Android in Syncthing saved my ass
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You can turn auto send as MMS off in Google Messages

ladfrombrad Mod , to Ask Android in Google Pay alternative?
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A contactless card in the back of your phone case?

Note - The above answer doesn't take in where you're from since you didn't state so and I imagine there's plenty of places that can't simply do that but....even though I could?

I personally won't bring my C&P / contactless card out of the house unless necessary since it allows would-be finders instant access to withdrawals from my bank account, without any authentication required whatsoever unlike, GPay on my phone which at the very least needs my fingerprint?

It also pisses me off to be honest that my bank won't supply me with a C&P, non-contactless card like my last bank did :/

ladfrombrad Mod , to Android in What is your go-to app for IR remote?
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No doubt, and there used to be an app called "all for one IR remote" or something like that that I can't find from a cursory skim.

It allowed programming of codes from your existing remotes and also the bonus of using a URI for a IR code which then meant you could fire them off with other apps.

Problem these days is the hardware that supports IR Blasters is controlled by the likes of Xiaomi, and the apps available to use said hardware is limited to in-built system apps :/

ladfrombrad , to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ in Is it possible to safely torrent without a VPN?
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I'd be curious how many account holders in the UK have actually been prosecuted for copyright infringement.

In nearly two decades with the same ISP (Telewest > Blueyonder > VirginMedia) I've had a grand total of two emails from them with no teeth in it, and still download what I want from public trackers to this day.

I get an actual letter from them? Yay, free toilet paper!

*typo

ladfrombrad Mod , to Ask Android in A music converter app
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See the thing is, I'm pretty sure Tasker can do that and we ain't gonna let this meme die?

Make a Tasker widget that invokes said Termux script and we have nice UI too?

ladfrombrad , to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ in And here I was, never even knowing that daddy Disney didn't want me to watch this episode...
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Or stop uploading screenshots altogether.

ladfrombrad Mod , to Android in Glance is coming to the US, whether we like it or not
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Don't fret.

Things like this are next year and some other intern will have a new product name to bolden their advert battalion.

The cycle never ends, and they don't click on that we ain't having it :/

ladfrombrad Mod , to Android in Here's a first look at the Android Satellite Pointing UI
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I'm lost. Why is this ruining Android?

ladfrombrad , to Lemdroid in Welcome to Lemdroid! Start here for resources and fresh communities 🪴.
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....deep grumbly sounds......

Problem with highly specialised and niche communities is you always run foul of having too many Help Vampires and, from my scant playing with my cheapo Chromebook and others asking about how it runs / does it play games (no, it doesn't have an accelerometer) etc I'd be cautious.

For example having c/Apple is great but when you get down to c/iOS that's when you see moar Vampires + screenshots of issues and you know my thoughts on those.....

c/askApple + c/AskPleaseSendHelpRiteNAO

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