The guy on this page
https://milaq.net/android-degoogled/
(under chapter “Wifi/cell location”) put together an installation package for location services without microg. I have been using this on “normal” lineageos for a while and while it may not be perfect it’s certainly better than using GPS only.
You can backup and restore with Neobackup which can be found in F-Droid. In my case it works for all apps except Signal which has its own backup routine. You can then pull all data from /sdcard with “adb pull /sdcard” to computer. Then do “adb push . /sdcard” to the new phone, point Neobackup to your data folder and restore everything you need. I usually only restore user apps with data, you could easily bork your installation otherwise.
Indem man die Dokumente gleich in Libreoffice speichert. Und wenn man sich für die Neuerstellung von Makros und Uralt-Formularen, die auf Basis von Gesetzesänderungen ohnehin immer mal wieder angepasst werden müssen, Zeit nimmt, hat man am Ende Unsummen an überflüssigen Lizenzgebühren gespart. Ich habe beruflich seit Jahrzehnten mit MS zu tun und auch für sie schon gearbeitet - mein Unmut kommt also nicht von ungefähr…
Linux oder ein BSD. Mit LiMux war man jedenfalls in München auf einem guten Weg.
Als Bürgerin und Steuerzahlerin möchte ich nicht, dass meine sensiblen Daten mit den Tools einer Firma verwaltet werden, die gerade in jüngster Zeit wieder ins Gerede dadurch kam, dass sie weder auf ihre Master Keys (https://www.heise.de/news/Neue-Erkenntnisse-Microsofts-Cloud-Luecken-viel-groesser-als-angenommen-9224640.html) noch auf 38 TB interne Daten von Mitarbeitern (https://www.heise.de/news/Datenleck-Microsofts-KI-Team-stellt-38-Terabyte-ins-Netz-9309303.html) aufpassen kann… Und auch wenn das mit dem Master Key auch anderswo passieren kann, war die Kommunikation hierzu unter aller Kanone. Sicherheit und gar Privatsphäre hat bei MS noch nie eine große Rolle gespielt und der Kunde ist am Ende der Dumme…
Doesn’t really look good:
“All new cars today are privacy nightmares on wheels that collect huge amounts of personal information.”
I also thought about getting a Fossil Hybrid as it’s supported by Gadgetbridge. I’d miss sleep tracking though and I’m still too much of a Pebble fan to let go. I have 3 PTS in good condition and one ugly scratched PTS with mushy buttons for parts. Have been eyeing a PTR but I too would be annoyed by having to charge it every 2 days so I think I’ll refrain from that. I’m not really good at repairing things but if one of my PTS fails I’ll at least try to replace the broken part.
I had the same problem. I was fed up with my Amazfit GTS 3 and pairing a Mi band 6 wasn’t possible when I tried. For now it made me turn back to my trusty Pebble Time Steel (left wrist) and an oldish Mi band 3 (right wrist) which I intended to put on eBay but fortunately never did. Gadgetbridge is connected to both simultaneously. With the Pebble I can even mark tasks (in LoopHabit) as done and have as many reminders as I want. The Mi is only there for pulse tracking. I’m happy with this combination but I can of course understand that not everybody would like this as one has to charge two devices. Edit: the Mi 3 was the last device without encrypted server side pairing if I remember that correct.
Not helpful, I know, but take your upvote from a fellow Pebble user for a really interesting question 👍
After going with Xiaomi devices for some years (with Gadgetbridge) I revived my trusty Pebble Time Steel only yesterday. This thing is 8 years old and doesn’t do heartrate but it still tracks my sleep more precise than any of Xiaomi’s devices ever did. Maybe you can find a device in good condition on eBay? Be sure to ask sellers for daylight pictures of the screen with settings menu or a bright watchface. If the battery is dying the screen looks like nacre cause it’s being lifted by the battery.
Exactly. The developer might open the source according to some reports in the past.
The developer of Connect said they might release it as FOSS app one day. That’ll be the day I reinstall it. For now I’m using Jerboa.
Hopefully Connect app on Android (Lemmy client). Also, if it ever happens, Redreader for Lemmy.
I recently got an Amazon Warehouse deal for a Moto G42 in decent condition for 158 Euros (incl. tax). I know this device has only 2 years official firmware support left but I put LineageOS on it and couldn’t be happier. I don’t need high end devices as long as I have a headphone jack, microsd slot and huge battery. Also my old and trusty Lenovo Thinkpad W530 from 2013 is still good enough for me with Linux. The only thing I don’t like is that I had to disable hyperthreading for security reasons cause it has a vulnerability and Lenovo won’t fix it anymore. But tbh I only notice a difference when compiling things and that doesn’t happen too often. I plan to use my devices until they’re broken beyond reparability.
I’m running LineageOS on a Moto G42. I bought this device with LOS in mind (also it is one of the very few devices with headphone jack and MicroSD slot). So far I’m happy. I always rooted/custom flashed every device since 2012. I’m no longer rooting anymore though. Shizuku is sufficient for my needs.
Damn, me too and I was in the same age.
Ok, thanks for letting me know.
I can confirm. Have been using this with swipe library for a while now and it made me finally ditch gboard 👍