#Android Update

[robpegoraro]

Weekly output: Pixel feature drop, news and politics on social media

A week that put nine different work events on my calendar was predictably light on work output. Next week may continue that pattern: I fly to Toronto Monday afternoon for Web Summit’s Collision conference there, at which I’ll be moderating three panels.  6/11/2024: Latest Pixel Feature Drop Lets You Try Gemini Nano AI on More Devices, PCMag Writing about a bunch of upcoming Android features that…

[lala-hh]

My mobile phone upgraded to one ui 6.1.

I hate it. They took my navigation bar, and they coloured my clock on the lock screen ugly.

And then they have the audacity to call it improvements.

[ronnybetatester]

Redmi Note 13 Pro+ 5G HyperOS 1.0.2.0 Update

#Werbung aus #FreudeAmTesten Redmi Note 13 Pro+ 5G HyperOS Update #ronnybetatester #hyperos #redmi #xiaomi

Vor ein paar Wochen konnte man sich für die Beta des HyperOS Updates des Redmi Note 13 Pro+ 5G anmelden. Das habe ich natürlich auch gemacht und mich schon gefreut, das Update testen zu dürfen. Nach dem honor 7 wäre das mal wieder schön gewesen. Es ist schon sehr lange her, seit ich die letzte Beta Version eines Smartphone Updates testen durfte. Keine Beta Leider musste ich feststellen, dass…

[vividotg]

How to dirty flashing lineageos 20 android 13

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

i'm begging you guys to start pirating shit from streaming platforms. there are so many websites where you can stream that shit for free, here's a quick HOW TO:

1) Search for: watch TITLE OF WORK free online

2) Scroll to the bottom of results. Click any of the "Complaint" links

3) You will be taken to a long list of links that were removed for copyright infringement. Use the 'find' function to search for the name of the show/movie you were originally searching for. You will get something like this (specifics removed because if you love an illegal streaming site you don't post its url on social media)

4) each of these links is to a website where you can stream shit for free. go to the individual websites and search for your show/movie. you might have to copy-paste a few before you find exactly what you're looking, but the whole process only takes a minute. the speed/quality is usually the same as on netflix/whatever, and they even have subtitles! (make sure to use an adblocker though, these sites are funded by annoying popups)

In conclusion, if you do this often enough you will start recognizing the most dependable websites, and you can just bookmark those instead. (note: this is completely separate from torrenting, which is also a beautiful thing but requires different software and a vpn)

you can also download the media in question (look for a "download" button built into the video window, or use a browser extension such as Video DownloadHelper.)

[tech91india]

IPhone Unboxing #iphone15 #unboxing #apple #ios

Video Source : https://www.Youtube.com/@WhySoQrius

[biiig-chungus]

So the tumblr video player plays videos without sound from the get go, pauses the video when you click on the sound button, enlarges the video and freezes in place if you click anywhere else on the video, and won't play from the start with sound unless you then back out of the enlarged video, or drag the player back to the starting position??? So convoluted, glitchy, and stupid I am losing my mind. Like how could you fuck it up so bad

[nubsoftherat]

HOLLY SHIT THIS IS AMAZING!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH TOMMY FOR LETTING US KNOW-

Android users... I've never felt so comfortable. I just deleted so much data I didn't want to share and turned off the personalized ads...

It's not perfect, but it sure as hell is better than nothing.

Genuine question-

Edit for context; my phone does and it's Android 14, with a recent update from August 1st (I didn't actually restart my phone to install it until this morning tho because I was lazy abt it.) For me it's located in settings > security and privacy > privacy > ads

[bogkeep]

there's something so deeply dystopian to me how tech companies don't understand that a forced convenience is not a convenience at all. i'm sure autocorrect is helpful for many, but a function that forcibly changes my actual written words and punctuation is taking away my language. photo filters can be nice but i need to choose using them myself or else i have lost the ability to take the picture i want. i don't want a machine to draw or write for me. taking away the option for me to do things manually feels like violence!!!! all this talk of endless opportunity, why are you RESTRICTING me

[skinside]

okay so, a lot is being said about all the shitty changes on tumblr lately. i've avoided many of these changes by downgrading to older versions of the tumblr app on android. however, there's one drawback i've faced: if you go back too far, you lose polls, one of the only good new features. so i decided to experiment version-by-version to see when certain desirable or undesirable features were added to the apk. unfortunately there's no version with polls but without tumblr live. i've compiled the detailed results here, in order of most recent version number

NOTE: to get old versions of tumblr, use apkmirror.com, which is a trustworthy, reputable source for .apk files, android's package installers. to downgrade your app you need to uninstall it and install an older apk (not necessary for upgrading to a higher version). a list of available apks for tumblr can be found here

TUMBLR .APK VERSION TESTING RESULTS

29.1.0.109

first version with new media viewer. any version before this should be okay in that department. (thanks @weeeeps for finding this!)

27.8.0.109

first version of tumblr apk with polls

still has old style media viewer

still has prev tags aka ability to navigate up reblog chain

unfortunately has tumblr live

27.4.0.12

first version with tumblr live (yuck), any version on apkmirror before this shouldn't have tumblr live

27.0.0.01

last easily installable version without tumblr live

it has the Halloween skeleton icon though

26.8.0.01

last version without tumblr live with a normal icon

**25.9.0.00** —MY PREFERRED VERSION

no tumblr live, no polls, yes old media viewer

last version of app where the "open tumblr links in app" feature functions properly even if the tracker api2.branch.io is blocked by your content blocker

if you use a version later than this, to successfully open a tumblr link from anywhere else on your phone in the you app, you have to unblock api2.branch.io from the ad/content blocker you use, otherwise opening the link in the app will fail. this took me some trial and error to figure out the issue

note: if you don't have an ad/tracker blocker on your phone, I'd recommend Blokada 5 (not 6)

again, disappointingly there isn't a version with polls but without tumblr live. if you want to see a poll you'll either have to share a post containing a poll to a web browser, or just use 27.8.0.109 (or slightly newer) and deal with snoozing tumblr live and having the live button on the navbar, but at least you get the old media viewer and can go up reblog chains again

sometime after the most recent version i tested, the new media player was also added. if anyone wants to test for the last version with the old media player, i can add that to the list as well added :)

if you want a version of the tumblr app with polls that doesn't have live, someone would probably have to mod the apk. i don't know how to do that, but there's modded versions of many popular apps out there, so maybe someone can try and see if that's possible for tumblr. otherwise just keep complaining about the shittiness and maybe staff will go back on the bad changes, though i wouldn't hold my breath on that

oh and if you're on iOS idk what to tell you, you probably have to jailbreak it to downgrade an app

[forty40love]

Hi! I'm autistic, and Discord's latest mobile update is total and utter dogshit. They made it objectively less usable for no discernible reason. I'm here to help you fix that, and revert to the last update.

Disclaimer: I'm on Android, so these instructions are for Android only. If you're on IOS, I know there is a way to do it, but I'm not going to post instructions I haven't tested.

1. **UNINSTALL DISCORD.** This will not work if any user on your phone (probably only one unless you're into more technical stuff than even I am) has a more recent version installed.

2. Disable automatic app updates. If you're doing this, I expect you to already know how this works.

3. Download the APKMirror Installer (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apkmirror.helper.prod&hl=en_US). It will require you to watch an ad when you install the APK, but you can uninstall it after you're done.

4. Download this APK, it's the latest pre-update Discord distribution: (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SSWdpi0Ms7wyHgDSSRqZgY4_G6r_wA0X/view?usp=drivesdk).

5. Use the APKMirror app to install the APK.

6. You're done! Launch it and log in. Feel free to uninstall APKMirror Installer and delete the APK file from your storage at this point, as you will not need them.

If you want to re-enable auto-updates for other things, follow these instructions in the app store:

- Enable aeroplane mode.

- Re-enable auto-updates of your choice (usually WiFi only).

- Navigate to the Discord app's settings in the app store.

- Disable Discord app's auto-update check box.

- Turn off aeroplane mode.

That's about it! Don't forget to leave them a negative review. If we can get a reversion of this update, that's the best outcome. Stay beautiful people.

[somecunttookmyurl]

gonna have to get a new (old) phone soon because although this one functions perfectly, it's getting to the point now where a lot of apps require ios 16.0 minimum and the iphone 7 stopped at 15.8

the current ios version is 18.0

[phoebepheebsphibs]

Did boat things today and sketched

Also it's about time I drew Frida let's be real

Also duckies

[sonicchaoscontrol]

My God! I just realized in that last tid-bit that you posted between chapters. The hologram that Rouge has shows Shadow. His legs, waist, arm, tail, and eye are all green. We already know he has an artificial eye and tail. Does that mean the rest of the green areas are artificial too?! Holy Jesus! How do you survive that?!

Oh, this one? Yeah, hang on, I got you.

Easy answer: Be the Ultimate Life Form.

More complicated answer: Outsource somebody who knows exactly what they're doing.