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Tips for a long-lost android user (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Yeah, I see that launchers are way more common now! Got any you'd recommend?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.