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GrapheneOS brings Linux 6.18 to Pixel 10 series, eyes Android 17 QPR2 for Pixel 11 in c/android@lemdro.id
Looking for a mature, modern open-source game on Android that plays great in c/android@lemdro.id
Buddy: an open source app that lets AI agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode) use your Android phone in c/android@lemdro.id
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It's not on Play (Google rejected the accessibility use), so it's an APK from GitHub releases, built by GitHub Actions from the source.

Did you explain its use as an accessibility aid being its core feature for differently abled people? If you have explained that as a core feature google could've budged. You would've needed to limit the API to select few like OpenAI, Gemini, Claude with additional guardrails and use reporting. But, it could've been accepted by google.

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    A new vulnerability can brick your Android phone when receiving the SMS of Death in c/android@lemdro.id
    SMS of Death - A single malformed WAP Push SMS crashes com.android.phone on Android, dropping active calls (including emergency calls), with zero interaction from the victim. in c/android@lemdro.id
    PSA: update your apps and devices in c/android@lemdro.id
    [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    Apps using system webview are already mitigated. Apps using system HTTPS connection protocols and SSL libraries are also mitigated. Now, for some apps which ship and use their own SSL library and do not use google safe browsing or update the cert list online they could be vulnerable.

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    • PSA: update your apps and devices in c/android@lemdro.id
    OnePlus starts rolling out stable Android 17 updates early, marking the end of OxygenOS in c/android@lemdro.id
    Googlebooks have an image quality problem despite their OLED screens in c/android@lemdro.id
    Qualcomm says rumors about Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 overheating are 'inaccurate' in c/android@lemdro.id
    Xiaomi Poco X8 smartphone review – Probably the best phone deal of 2026 for battery life and display in c/android@lemdro.id
    Xiaomi Poco X8 smartphone review – Probably the best phone deal of 2026 for battery life and display in c/android@lemdro.id
    [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Pros

    • bright 120 Hz AMOLED display

    • very long battery life

    • 67-watt fast charging

    • rugged with IP69K protection

    • six years of security updates

    • affordable price

    Cons

    • poor performance

    • poor camera quality in low light

    • no ultra-wide-angle camera

    • slow Wi-Fi and USB

    • no eSIM support or microSD slot

    • ads in the operating system

    • PWM flickering

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    Android Central, a good blog, has been gutted. (www.theverge.com)
     

    Staffers don’t know whether the site will shut down — but managing editor Derrek Lee confirms to The Verge that all remaining staff were laid off today. EIC Shruti Shekar confirms she’s been laid off, senior editor Harish Jonnalagadda and senior content producer Nicolas Sutrich wrote they’d been laid off, and senior editor Namarah Saud Fatmi also appears to be gone.

    Android Central’s masthead was already down to six staffers after layoffs earlier this year. Earlier today, owner Future PLC announced it would pause its share buyback and focus on reducing debt.

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    Project rebrand: Nura (nura.eco)
     

    After a one and a half year selection process, the new name of the operating system formerly known postmarketOS has been announced during the mystery talk of our very own conference. From now on this project is known as Nura!

    Nura comes as an abbreviation of Nuraghe, which are ancient (3000 BC and older) granite structures found in Sardinia in Italy, many of which still stand today. The deeper meaning is the stability and the resistance to millenniums, which fits well with the our project as the idea has been from the start to keep devices our OS runs on useful for a long time. The name was contributed by Davide Depau as part of our initial request for community contributions for the new name. Thanks a lot Davide!

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    Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps (chaos.social)
     
    • enable developer options
    • confirm that you are not tricked
    • restart phone and re-authenticate
    • wait one day
    • confirm with biometrics that you know what you are doing
    • decide if you only want unrestricted installs for 1 week or forever
    • confirm that you accept the risks
    • enjoy the few apps that still have developers motivated to develop for a user-base willing to put up with this
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