Kia ora!

I’ve been an ios user for 100 years at this point, but used to be deep in the android scene before then. I’ve just got an android for a work phone and am wondering what’s changed in the last 10 years - what are your essential apps, settings, customisations? I’ve had a hunt around xda but can’t seem to find much in the way of roms for my model (Samsung A04) - back in the day it seemed there was a thread for every device!

What do I need to know?

  • Communist@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    You need good lock, it changes the game for customization, it’s the reason I no longer feel the need to do custom roms

    You also need to use adb to remove all the bloat.

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      1 year ago

      do you mean a custom lockscreen ? is that a thing ? is it actually good at keeping the phone locked ?

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        1 year ago

        No, goodlock is a samsung thing that just has a bunch of general customizations for the OS meant for power users.

        There are no good custom lock screens.

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        1 year ago

        neo launcher and lawnchair are the two open source options, I don’t think I could justify using a proprietary piece of software for something that should be so simple.