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Cheogram has their own special github lookalike thing and I can't get Obtanium to find a "suitable release." I have heard lots of bad things about F-droid, and a lot of those problems extend to 3rd party f-droid clients, and I would really rather not download the google play store, sandboxed or not. Accrescent is in early alpha, and GOS's Apps repository only has GOS's apps and a few google apps to help set up sandboxed google stuff...

Can anyone help me figure out Cheogram’s git and make it work with obtanium? Or maybe help me verify that Cheogram isn't set up for an ancient SDK and use Obtanium to pick the right apk from f-droid?

    Also, proton's github says I need either the android studio bundle or the standalone android tools... But those look like they're for emulating android on a desktop... Right? As in in don't actually need them?

    Also also, is anyone familiar with the Sleep Cycle app? It uses the microphone or accelerometer to tell if you're moving around in bed and uses that to figure out when, within a 30 minute period, to start gently waking you up from a shallow sleep, to avoid jolting you awake in the middle of a REM cycle.

    Is there a FOSS and privacy-respecting alternative to this, or am I just going to have to get it from Aurora and install it without network permissions?

    GlytchMeister Conversations.im, ... but that's the server I've heard of so far that is reliable, so...

    You can also configure any other server in the app. I think using Daniel's costs some money. The server is in Germany.

      GlytchMeister

      OK so I think I've figured something important out - .tar.gz files are the source code. I don't think cheogram's git even has an apk, I'd have to... I think the term is "compile" it?

      I wonder if there's a way to do that on the phone itself.

          Also if you want to avoid the Play Store APK, then add

          playstore

          in the box labelled Filter APKs by Regular Expression and make sure to toggle on the Invert regular expression option just underneath the Filter APKs box.

          Thanks!

          New question: I can't figure out how to get Storage Scopes to only allow pictures while actually allowing pictures. When I select the pictures folder, my camera pictures don't show up. When I select Show Hidden Files and select the thumbnails folder, those don't show up, either. I'd rather not have to individually add images to storage scopes.

          Nevermind, those are under DCIM, for some reason.

            GlytchMeister Nevermind, those are under DCIM, for some reason.

            https://www.lifewire.com/why-are-photos-stored-in-a-dcim-folder-2620570

            Why DCIM and Not 'Photos'?
            DCIM stands for Digital Camera Images, which probably helps this folder make a little more sense. Something like Photos or Images would be much more clear and easy to spot, but there is a reason for this decision.

            The consistent naming of the photo storage location for digital cameras as DCIM is defined as part of the DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) specifications, which has been adopted by so many camera makers that it's practically an industry standard.

              akc3n According to their profile on sourcehut, "The Cheogram Android app allows you to join a worldwide communication network. It especially focuses on features useful to users who want to contact those on other networks as well, such as SMS-enabled phone numbers."

              Is that supposed to mean that through Cheogram you can connect from xmpp to SMS?

                  jacobb

                  Yes! That's why its so useful for FOSS, security, and Privacy enthusiasts. It doesn't fully avoid the pitfalls of Legacy SMS messaging (and phone calls), but it does put a layer between your phone and SMS, and it makes it so you can send/receive SMS and phone calls without needing a SIM from one of the big telecom networks, which are all unavoidably just gigantic spy systems due to how their core functionality works.

                  I'm taking one of a few middle roads by using silent.link to get access to cell tower data so I don't have to get all my texts and calls via WiFi only, which is a huge hassle.

                    New question:

                    I'm not sure if I just had unrealistic expectations for my battery life, but my battery is draining about 40% over an 8 hour period of... Fairly active use. Mostly internet browsing as I look up a bunch of stuff during downtime at work. Is this a reasonable amount? I notice my Mullvad VPN App is responsible for about half of that battery usage. That... Seems like it makes sense? I don't know. Its still definitely better than my old iPhone 8, which lost 100% of its battery in about 4 hours by the time I finally got around to starting my switch to my pixel 8.

                    OTOH, I was always hearing about how much better android battery life was. I don't have mollyFOSS installed (yet) and I haven't signed into NekogramX (yet) since I'm waiting on my XMR to exchange into BTC so I can pay JMP (surmounted by a baseplate of prefamulated amulite) and NekogramX doesn't show up on the battery usage settings page, so I don't think this is a case of "no Google Play Store = Battery Inefficient Notifications," but I definitely don't know enough about what I'm doing to be sure.

                    So I just tried making a telegram account with nekogramX after finally getting jmp.chat/cheogram set up and functioning

                    NekoX asked for phone permissions, I granted them, with the intent of removing them later

                    I went back to check cheogram and it kept crashing

                    I think it might be because I had two apps with phone permissions?

                    I eventually had to reinstall cheogram and removed NekoX's phone permission, and in the process, realized I can't just sign in with my username, I need the whole ID... Which incant remember. So now I am waiting on JMP to get back to me with my ID, since I thankfully remember the number.