Were you eagerly anticipating the release of the new #Motorola #phone to be preloaded with #GrapheneOS ?

You really should read the details before getting in the queue to buy one, now that they've announced the release of the flagship #Signature27 model.

So much for the implied promise of #privacy and #security from a non-Google released OS ...

https://motorolanews.com/motorola-signature-27-2/

#DeGoogle #Android

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A section of a screenshot from the Motorola announcement web page that gives a summary of the features as 'bullet points', in a section titled "Overview". The text included in that section (with blue colored highlighting added to the section on 'generative AI' : " The world’s best camera system launched in 202625, outranking all other Android and iOS devices, as assessed by DXOMARK. The brightest display available in a smartphone20, with an Extreme AMOLED Duo tandem display and up to 12,000 nits of peak brightness4. Among the first smartphones powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Mobile Platform, delivering breakthrough performance, next generation connectivity, and advanced AI experiences. Designed for Gemini Intelligence⁷, the motorola signature 27 meets the high system standards required to run Google’s best Gemini experiences. The only smartphone in-market with Audio by Bang & Olufsen, providing richer, more immersive sound through a custom-tuned audio experience. A 7000mAh battery¹¹, 35% larger than the last generation. The first Motorola device to support GrapheneOS, a privacy and security-focused mobile operating system. "

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Another section of the same page, but this section details exactly how the phone will be delivered, and what AI will _already_ be loaded in place, and active at arrival... The text reads : " Right out of the box, the motorola signature 27 also includes powerful Google Gemini⁸ experiences designed to bring new levels of creativity, including Gemini Omni, which enables users to create and edit video through natural conversation, and Lyria which generates custom soundtracks from simple prompts. In addition, the device features Motorola Qira⁹, a built-in AI system designed to connect and enhance experiences across supported Motorola and Lenovo devices, helping users get more from their broader ecosystem through a single, seamless hybrid AI experience. "

#Android #FDroid client and Basic update 2.0.3 are live. What's new?

* Include more complete translations: bn, in, iw, kk, uz
* Updated existing translations
* Fix slow/empty searches on Android 14
* Fix wrong search results for some users
* Notify Privileged Extension users of new installer setup

Get ready! Update!

#KeepAndroidOpen

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

* #DejavuBrowser builds on #Mozilla #Firefox
* #Finamp after 4 years, but don't update just yet as it crashes
* #i2pd major rewrite
* ...and a waterfall of casual #FLOSS #Android #games
+ 68 more apps
& 595 updated
- 1 archived

Start playing: https://f-droid.org/2026/11/02/twif.html

Android graphics stacks are getting a stronger open source path.

With Turnip, Mesa’s Vulkan driver for Qualcomm Adreno GPUs, we helped bring Android conformance, cleaner platform integration, shared runtime plumbing, and real-device CI into the same upstream-focused stack.

https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/mesa-on-android-how-we-brought-turnip,-skiavk,-and-cuttlefish-to-ci.html

@vulkan #Turnip #Mesa #Android #LinuxGraphics #OpenSource

O H M Y GOD I'M ONLY READING THE WEBSITE FOR THIS BUT I NEED TO TEST THIS APP!!!

could this... could this be the app that will FINALLY solve the last piece of the puzzle when it comes to degoogling? #degoogle

https://pimpinpumpkin.github.io/Vela/

#vela #velamaps #android

PSA: While our update cycles get faster, updates come sooner, sometimes too soon 😼

#OpenVPN for #Android 0.7.66 has a bug where profiles get wiped. Check your MyApps Updates section in #FDroid client, touch OpenVPN details, upper right corner "ignore this update".

Carry on...

https://tintotint.eu/whacky-corner/f-droid_slop/

Only apps from one #FDroid cycle were analysed? Was that easy? What will it take to follow each cycle or scan all >4.3K #Android apps?

And a poll: How did you find the report conclusions?

🎉 A major milestone for open source graphics on Android: Turnip is now the first Mesa driver to achieve official Vulkan conformance on Android.

The work also brings improved Android integration, shared Vulkan runtime infrastructure, and real-device CI testing on Qualcomm Adreno hardware.

https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/mesa-on-android-how-we-brought-turnip,-skiavk,-and-cuttlefish-to-ci.html

@vulkan #Turnip #Mesa #Android #LinuxGraphics #OpenSource

@guilhem_allaman @fdroidorg

#fauxx #batteryDrain #android

I'm not happy with this. 17 mins screentime after 7 hours and fauxx is already the main culprit 🫠 uninstalling for now

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Android Screenshot of Battery consumption.

Wtf #Thunderbird on #android has no filters on its own 🫪
basically not usable as a standalone without the desktop client that applies filters 🫠

Any #android #foss calendar recommendations that go with #caldav?

I'm syncing from #Nextcloud and my main requirement for the android app is to handle timezones correctly.

Currently using #fossify but I don't see any option for timezones...

I would like to choose the timezone when setting up an event and also view the calendar from a chosen timezone. Basically the same features that I can use in Nextcloud on the web-browser.

Any recommendations?

CN: Nextcloud on Android

lmao the legendary issue no. 19 (on-going since june 2016) got locked just now 😆😆😆 (Allow 2-way-sync)

it had turned into a comment section where people just kept on going in a circle where they would recommend non-free software to do the job

https://github.com/nextcloud/android/issues/19#issuecomment-5159255475

#nextcloud #android

@eteryu #Google already gatekeeps targedSdk, each new Android will block older "unsecure". Today about 33% of apps in the #FDroid repo are built reproducible signed by the developers. F-Droid & Basic clients can update unattended on Android 12+ since early 2024. Apps are sandboxed by your Android, we function as a "package manager for #Android". We have some checks in place, but true, we can't check billions of line of code (half by AI now 🙃). We trust the devs, but we also verify, is that bad?

Весь мой вчерашний и позавчерашний день, в борьбе с Unbound , DNS-over-TLS , #letsencrypt, AppArmor и, естественно , Linux.

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#unbound опять не запускается

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#AppArmor мешает #unbound читать сертификаты #letsencrypt