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Why?
- It again has a fingerprint sensor, the Pixel 4 did not have one.
- affordable
- Android 11
- good camera (at least with the google rom image)
Configuration hints
- As per default config, the screen lights up already when you pick up the mobile. When I had the Pixel in by backpack and rode the bike, it apparently unlocked and started dialling a number - at least I got aware because of dialling sounds.
- Setup → display → advanced → lock screen display → turn “tap to check phone” off, and “lift to check phone” off
apps
- https://termux.com/ - get a shell on Android, install packages like dropbear or httpd, run Linux software
- Audora droid - f-droid alternative
Running custom roms/degooglify
- https://plexus.techlore.tech/ - search for app compatibility on non-default-roms
- Arguments against degoglifying:
- camera image quality going down
- various apps no longer working, some can work if opengapps is installed - but that pulls in google playstore code
- apps in work-profile no longer working?
- Some apps require google playstore functionality to run.
- https://microg.org/ : opensource reimplementation, recommended. https://download.lineage.microg.org/sunfish/
- https://opengapps.org/ : basically the normal playstore code. 'adb sideload <open_gapps..zip>'
- ⇒ I did not see apps which are ok with microG, i.e. google maps needs opengapps
- rooting
- Magisk: can be setup with twrp installed on recovery partition
- https://supersuroot.org/, seems incompatible with lineage18, tried apk and sideloading
- ⇒ Some apps try to detect if the phone is rooted
- Fdroid store is an excellent app store, has:
- Amaze file manager, K-9 Mail, Syncthing, OSMand
- organic maps
- Tiny Tiny RSS
- Fennec, configure as default browser (browser, plus addon ublock origin)
- Tusky (Mastodon client)
- zapp - https://mediathekviewweb.de/ as app
- google camera app, repackaged - crashing for me, even with playstore infra installed
- Yalp/aurora/foxydroid store: these are in fdroid, can act as proxy to fetch apps not on fdroid from google playstore
- PeakFinder AR
- Tiny Tiny RSS unlocker
- Signal (messenger)
- Google maps (needs opengapps)
- EBookDroid (pdf reader), EBPocket Free (Japanese dictionary reader)
- Magic Earth, navigation software
- Japan specific:
- Mozc for Android (Japanese input, Fdroid)
- JR東日本アプリ (needs opengapps, via Aurora)
- google translate (via Aurora)
- https://maps.yahoo.co.jp – routing in Japan, just needs a browser like Fennec. Also reads GPS.
- Yahoo transit - train navigation via website. Their Yahoo!乗換案内 app is not available via Aurora store
Running the stock rom from google
- at least remove some things from the image:
- adb commands
- adb shell pm list packages
- adb shell pm uninstall -k –user 0 <name of package>
- adb shell pm disable-user –user 0 <name of package>
hardwarerelated/mobile_phone/google_pixel_4a.txt · Last modified: 2024/03/03 06:45 by chris
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