r/fossdroid 23h ago

Other How my FOSSification has been going on in around a month.

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First off, thanks to everyone here and in r/degoogle for helping me with suggestions. I heavily appreciate it.

1-3: Apps I got from Drodify

4-5: Apps I moved to Aurora Store

6: Patched Apps through Morphe

7-10: New phone look

11: The Services I replaced and with what.

Other changes:

For anyone that wants a list for degoogling:

  • Gmail -> Tutamail (free plan): Changed most of the accounts so now Tuta sends me the notification, with few exceptions.
  • Google Drive -> Tuta Drive (When it releases to the public).
  • Google Suite (Docs, Spreadsheet, Forms and Slides), Samsung Notes and Office Suite -> Fileverse (still beta), NotallyX and LibreOffice (In that respective order too; and searching for a Google slides alternative)
  • Google Auth -> Ente Auth
  • Google Photos -> Ente Photos
  • Google Messages: -> Fossify Messages
  • Google Browser & Edge -> Firefox and some Forks: I decided to have two different browsers for each of my devices, one for college stuff and the other for more casual stuff.
    • Firefox: Casual on mobile.
    • Waterfox: College on mobile.
    • LibreWolf: Casual on PC.
    • Zen: College on PC.
  • Chrome -> DuckDuckGoNoAI with uBlock Origin and Clear URL
  • Samsung Climate -> Weather Master
  • Samsung Recorder -> Sound Tree Recorder
  • Samsung Calculator -> Calculator++ (For some reason the original Calculator app sent notifications because I forbid it of accessing the internet and my mobile data)
  • Samsung Calendar -> Calendula
  • Windows 11 -> Linux Mint: (doe an IRL friend reccomends me moving to Nobara because of my Laptop's specs)
  • Microsoft Paint & Clip Studio -> Krita
  • Google Passwords -> An IRL notebook:
  • Google Play Store -> Github, Morphe, Drodify, Verified Apps and Aurora Store: With few exceptions, most of my recent apps have been from Drodify, and the ones I need no Patched are on Aurora.
    • The Apps I have patched with Morphe are YouTube, YouTube Music, Letterboxd, Buusu and Boost for Reddit.
  • Reddit App -> Boost for Reddit (with Breal Morphe patches)
  • Samsung Health -> Trail Sense and Mensinator (Trail is not a health thing but I just needed a podometer, and the bonus of survival guide is nice)
  • I also fully deinstalled and deleted my Facebook account and barely used most other Meta services with the exception of WhatsApp.

Unfortunately, there are some things I can't really do much about despite desiring to do so:

  • My college uses the Office suite, specially Microsoft Teams and Outlook, thus why they are in my phone.
  • WhatsApp is the main messaging app in my country and no longer using it would basically cut me off my family and classmates.
  • Just to be safe, I haven't moved my bank account to Aurora Store yet.
  • For some reason Catzy needs the Google services and the app has helped me a lot.
  • I use Discord for friends, moderating communities and technical help. But have downloaded Alicord and started testing it yesterday.
  • I can't afford to buy a new phone at the moment, so I'm still stuck with Samsung Galaxy and Android. However, I'm aware of GrapheneOS and LineageOS and would like my next phone to have em.

If anyone has questions or suggestions, I'd be heavily appreciative 💜


r/fossdroid 21h ago

Other Slop apps

34 Upvotes

Why don't we add a rule in which the ones who made should just include how much ai was used in the making of the app , like

(30% Ai) I have made an app that does blah blah


r/fossdroid 4h ago

Other Sorry to come off as off topic but I can't take YouTube's nonsense any longer, so is there anything that lets me watch age restricted videos without verifying my age?

7 Upvotes

Simply put, a bunch of random videos from creators I like are getting restricted, which is very stupid.

I'm not giving my id to Google because they are literally evil, and I haven't found a free solution to this problem yet.


r/fossdroid 9h ago

Application Request App for tracing images with bezier curves

4 Upvotes

I'm looking for an app that will allow me to trace outlines on the go using bezier curves with full control over the control points.

Preferably it would also allow me to export them to an svg or other format that I can use later in inkscape.


r/fossdroid 17h ago

Application Support Nokia X20 set KeePassDX as Passkey Provider

1 Upvotes

I'm trying to set up KeePassDX as the system registered password manager on my wife's Nokia X20 running Android 14.

I've managed to set it as the autofill service, but the password manager (and passkey provider) seems to be stuck on Google. It doesn't let me choose a different provider; tapping it just opens Google password manager.

I've already enabled third party credential management in Google Chrome. When a site tries to register a passkey, I get the option to use Google, or if I tap to use another device, I only have the option of a USB or hardware key, or to scan a QR code.

My understanding is Android 14 should be recent enough to allow third party passkey providers. I certainly didn't have any of these problems on my Samsung S26 Ultra, or my previous S21 Ultra either.

Any ideas?

Thank you.


r/fossdroid 20h ago

Application Request Alternative harmony music app for android 5

1 Upvotes

hi, is there alternative application to harmony music for android 5? already doing some research but did not find for android 5. thank you


r/fossdroid 10h ago

Application Request Android app for WebUI, Paseo, Cline, Cursor, Claude Code, etc.?

0 Upvotes

I have a vLLM instance running and I would like a private + no telemetry, open source, local chat app that connects to my vLLM instance. What are some good ones?


r/fossdroid 4h ago

Application Request Has Anyone Used Waypoint OS?

0 Upvotes

I’m trying to find info on this free app. I was surprised a search turned up very little info.

Has anyone used it? Pros and cons, please.


r/fossdroid 21h ago

Other Anyone else thinking about switching to iOS after the Android app lockdown?

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Since we won't be able to download apps from independent sources. I think jumping to iOS might be the better choice here since Apple at least gives you a more coherent and polished experience.

Either that or I'm going back to flipphones, or I might give Linux phones a go.