Android

cross-posted from: https://linkage.ds8.zone/post/273391

Can anyone recommend a download manager for AOS 5 that can accept as input a list of URLs? This is what I’ve tried:

• GigaGet (must hand-type each URL manually)
• Download Navi (must hand-type each URL manually)
• Aria2App (strangely, it apparently needs a server and cannot simply fetch files directly)

#askFedi

Wire has once again shit the bed and all of the sudden there are people I cannot communicate with.

The last time #Wire shit the bed, it was their phone app which Wire forced into obsolescence. But they were reckless in the sense that notifications still arrive. But I can only view messages in the Android notification bar, which is shit because messages are not printed entirely -- just whatever fits on the width of the screen.

So I need an Android app that will simply show notifications in a different view.

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/10276158

There are apparently only two documented ways to reverse tether an Android via USB to a linux host:

• openVPN method
• Gnirehtet

OpenVPN dead
I really wanted the #openVPN method to work because I’m a fan of reducing special-purpose installations and using Swiss army knives of sorts. In principle we might expect openVPN to be well maintained well into the future. But openVPN turns out to be a shit show in this niche context. Features have been dropped from the Android version.

Gnirehtet dying
Gnirehtet works but it’s falling out of maintenance. ~~It’s also unclear if~~ #Gnirehtet really works without root. There is mixed info:

• Ade Malsasa Akbar from Ubuntubuzz claims root is not needed (and devs agree).
• OSradar claims root is needed. (edit: they are mistaken)

If anyone has managed to reverse tether an unrooted Android over USB to a linux host using free software, please chime in. Thanks!

update on Gnirehtet

Gnirehtet indeed works without root. But some apps (like VOIP apps) fail to detect an internet connection and refuse to communicate.

#askFedi

Did they remove app categories from the web version of the Play Store? I liked browsing icon packs and stuff in the "Personalization" category from my computer but can't find it anymore