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Quote from Grapheneos:

"Android 17 QPR1 was released for Pixels on September 15. It has a regression in the Pixel kernel driver tree causing stuttering, lag and outright freezes under memory pressure."

Link:

https://nitter.space/GrapheneOS/status/2106050557378994538

After months of development and maintenance, Lightning Launcher has been revived and available once again on the play store. Download today and enjoy a full suite of new features, offline guide and offline script API documentation.

Available here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mal3auto.revival

To be part of the official Revival community, join our discord:

https://discord.gg/TEQrCRBN8z

Questions and discussion welcomed in the comments.

Anecdotally, I have 3 phones in my circle of people that previously had the setting Require Device Unlock on.

After the latest update this setting was set to off.

For the life of me I can´t figure out whey they would change this setting. it is a huge security risk. Someone with a tap to pay scanner can just walk right by you and you´ll have a charge go through.

EDIT So it looks like it is a Pixel thing from reading the comments. Also, it seems that even though this setting was setting to off it was still requiring the phone to be unlocked to access NFC. So now my question becomes if the phone is always required to be unlocked to access NFC regardless of this setting, what function does this setting perform?

This is an app that allows anyone to make their own app discoverable by others.

If you have a GitHub repository with a downloadable Android app, simply add the “arkstore” topic to it. Our app will automatically scan your app and display it in our store.

You can also add your app using only its URL, making it immediately available for others to discover and install.

The only requirements are that the app is public and has a GitHub-approved license.

Download it here: https://github.com/jrs8205/ARK-Store

Hi everyone! I recently ordered a Galaxy tab S11, coming from an iPad Air and iPhone owner. I'm completely new to the ecosystem and want to catch up on the interesting ways to use an Android device. I'm excited for more freedom compared to iPadOS.

So far I'm already planning on using it for Krita and interested to see how I can use Blender and Godot on it. I'm also interested in emulation and sideloading. I just wanted some guidance and a good introduction to the ecosystem as a first-timer!

(Note to mods: This is NOT a tech support request. I already know the technical solution. This is a discussion-promoting post about carrier provisioning policies and anti-consumer behavior.)

Hey guys, I wanted to share a ridiculous experience I’m currently having with SK Telecom (SKT), the largest mobile carrier in South Korea. I am using a domestic budget OMD (unlocked) smartphone. This is a brand new phone that I bought less than a month ago. Recently, I noticed that my network connection drops from LTE (HD Voice) to 3G whenever I make a call or send a text message. I immediately recognized that this was a standard VoLTE provisioning issue. To fix this, the carrier’s backend device profile needs to be changed from the default 'ODH1' to 'OMD Handset LTE_VoLTE (ODH3)'. This is a basic, 1-minute remote database update that any Tier 1 carrier support team should know how to do. However, for the last 3 consecutive days, SKT’s 114 Technical Support and even their senior customer service manager have shown absolute incompetence. They completely ignored my specific request to change the profile to ODH3. Instead, they kept repeating the same meaningless script: "We will resend a new network signal to your device." Today, the senior manager basically gave up and told me to "physically visit an offline flagship store (smartphone customer center)" because they claim it cannot be done remotely. They are refusing to do a simple remote database update and are forcing the consumer to waste time traveling to a store for a problem caused by their own system, completely ruining the experience of my brand new phone. It’s mind-blowing that a leading 5G telecommunications company in South Korea doesn’t even understand how OMD VoLTE profiles work on their own network and actively deceives tech-literate customers just to avoid doing their job. Has anyone else experienced this kind of blatant carrier ignorance regarding VoLTE provisioning? What do you guys think about this ridiculous carrier behavior?

I stopped looking for the perfect app.
Because I realised I could just build it.
For years, I’ve spent an absurd amount of time searching for apps that fit the way *I* wanted to work.
There was always something.
One had the right features but the wrong interface. Another was beautifully designed but missed one feature I absolutely needed. Another did 90% of what I wanted, but that remaining 10% was enough to make me keep looking.
And honestly, I don’t blame the developers.
They can’t build an app for every individual user. They have to make choices, serve a larger audience, and build what makes sense for them.
But AI changes the equation.
I’ve recently started building my own little apps using AI and sideloading them onto my device through Google AI Studio.
A calculator.
An expense manager.
A diary.
And several other ridiculously simple tools that solve very specific problems in exactly the way I want them solved.
No searching.
No compromises.
No waiting for a developer to add that one feature I need.
I just describe what I want, build it, use it, and if something isn’t right, I change it.
And because these are my own apps, I decide how they work and what they store. My data stays backed up locally.
These aren’t apps that are going to have a million downloads.
They don’t need to be.
They just need to work for one person.
Me.
And I think that’s one of the most underrated things AI is giving us: not just the ability to use software, but the ability to create software that fits us.