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authorlonkaars <loek@pipeframe.xyz>2021-09-05 10:15:39 +0200
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## Phone apps
-These are the apps that I use on my phone. I have a Nokia 6 (2017), it's pretty
-shitty but I don't really use my phone. I used to have it rooted, but the root
-guide on xda forums was written by some Chinese guy, and it came with a Chinese
-android rom, which caused me to miss a lot of calls.
+These are the apps that I use on my phone. I recently upgraded my 2017 Nokia 6
+to a Google Pixel 4a (sunfish). It's a great phone! You can root it or flash
+custom rom's very easily, and it gave me new appreciation for the basic
+features of a smartphone. The Pixel 4a has really good haptics. They're almost
+iPhone level, though I won't be using iPhones any time soon.
+
+I flashed [CalyxOS](https://calyxos.org/) as soon as it was 5 minutes out of
+the box, but ended up not liking it because of it's nonexistant root support.
+I'm currently using [LineageOS](https://lineageos.org/) 18.1, rooted using
+[magisk](https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk).
### Open source
@@ -198,9 +204,9 @@ android rom, which caused me to miss a lot of calls.
files](https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles). It looks sexy, it's free,
it's awesome.
-- **Email client**: [fairemail](https://email.faircode.eu/). STOP CRYING.
+- **Email client**: [k-9](https://k9mail.app/).
-- **Maps**: [osmand](https://osmand.net/)
+- **Maps**: [osmand](https://osmand.net/).
- **Music player**: [shuttle](https://www.shuttlemusicplayer.com/). It looks
sexy, it's free, it's awesome.
@@ -213,6 +219,47 @@ android rom, which caused me to miss a lot of calls.
- **To-do lists**: [tasks.org](https://tasks.org/). This is easily the best
to-do app I've ever used, and it integrated very well with etesync.
+- **Smart home control**: [home assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/).
+ [the whole spiel](/post/homeauto).
+
+- **Notes**: [leaflet](https://github.com/PotatoProject/Leaflet). It's
+ basically Google Keep but open source and without Google. It's part of the
+ PotatoProject which is a custom Android rom, and there were plans for an open
+ source notes sync server that you could host yourself, but I haven't seen
+ that pop up yet.
+
+ The app is written in Flutter, and did have choppy scrolling animations on my
+ old phone. I'm not sure if that was a bug or my old phone just being
+ underpowered, but it's something I want to mention anyways.
+
+- **Weather**: [geometric
+ weather](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/wangdaye.com.geometricweather/).
+ It's really good. Good animations, live wallpaper, fast, etc.
+
+- **RSS Reader**: [tiny tiny
+ rss](https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fox.tttrss/). This app requires
+ that you host your own tiny tiny rss server, but I do and the app works
+ great!
+
+- **Myanimelist client**: [moelist](https://github.com/axiel7/MoeList). I don't
+ know how I found this app but it's a real gem. If you use MAL you should
+ download this app.
+
+### Requires root
+
+- **Ad-blocker**: [adaway](https://adaway.org/). It does have a rootless mode,
+ though the app warns you that it's slower and impacts your battery life
+ negatively.
+
+- **Theme engine**: [substratum](https://github.com/substratum/substratum).
+ Substratum requires root on android 9+, unless you're on stock samsung (one
+ ui). Android 8 and under users can buy
+ [andromeda](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=projekt.andromeda).
+ Samsung users can buy
+ [synergy](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=projekt.samsung.theme.compiler).
+ They're both developed by the same people behind substratum, but they're not
+ open source.
+
### Closed source
- **Reddit client**: