I naïvely thought that I wasn’t so reliant on the “we have shun our don’t be evil motto” organization (hint G00gle). How fool I was. I didn’t even have the phone number of my wife saved into my own CardDav address book. She phoned me to ask about my sprained ankle and my phone didn’t…
Category: Smartphones
Android, Ethics, Proprietary software, Smartphones, Software Libero
Not only WhatsApp is proprietary software but it doesn’t even like to run on a pure Android release which I have to remind you is Free Software. Sadly its freedom is not persistent so it can be turned and it is too often turned into proprietary. Telegram happily runs on many terminals at the same…
Android, Android, Smartphones, Software Libero
Now it’s the time
As my FairPhone2 returned from repairing it’s time to keep its software as free as possible, installing Fairphone Open 18.04.1
Android, Mood, Proprietary software, Smartphones
How they know where I am?
I've always wondered how Google can locate us so easily when using an Android phone. Here's the answer of Stack Exchange How does Google know where I am? and from Znet How Google–and everyone else–gets Wi-Fi location data.
Android, Smartphones, Software Libero, Web
Hello WebView, welcome Firefox GeckoView
Firefox Focus is a mobile app for ad-free, private browsing. Soon, Focus for Android will ship bundled with the Gecko engine for the first time. Sorgente: Firefox Focus with GeckoView – Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog I think I will use GeckoView instead of WebView when I’ll package an application for Android.
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I may need this page http://www.androidiani.com/forum/modding-altri-terminali-mtk/505579-prestigio-multiphone-5044-duo-mt6589-1-2-ghz-1gb-ram-4gb-flash-modding.html in the eventual case I wish to mod my Stonex Ultra.
I’m so sad I trusted a jester.
Ethics, Proprietary hardware, Smartphones
Haloa, Huawei
Huawei Will No Longer Allow Bootloader Unlocking On Its Android Handsets – Slashdot So I have only one word to say to Huawei: Addio, adieu As long as you will keep your hardware closed I will never buy your products and I will actively ask people to avoid it.
Smartphones, Software Libero
Phone Shell
Phone Shell, the blooming interface of Puri.sm Librem5. I shall compile it ASAP.
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Light Phone 2 | Indiegogo: A simple 4G phone with e-ink, messaging & other essential tools—a phone that actually respects you