Just discovered graphene runs on my two year old Motorola. Very cool that they support multiple manufacturers.
Lawnchair.
There’s tons of search focused ones, which is weird to me. If you want a normal layout with folders then I suggest you go with Lawnchair: https://lawnchair.app/
I wish they were sold in the States at a more reasonable price. Murena’s prices are ridiculous.
Tariffs go brrrrr
(Good luck friend, I hope the price drops soon or that you find a good alternative :D )
Yeah it’s pricey. I’m on a fairphone 4 and that was easily over $700. I have at the same time had a very easy time replacing the screen when it broke, and have just stashed several of the more breakable components, which it’s nice that I can do that super simply.
I don’t think fairphones are much cheaper from fairphone directly, though I might be wrong. Overall, I don’t game on my phone, and the fairphone 4 has been able to tackle all my needs pretty well without issue. Most of my gripes come from minor glitches or certain features lacked in lineageOS, but tbf, it’s still a very solid OS despite those minor issues.
ew an ad
I only really have a problem with ads that are for shite. Ads for things that specifically provide an ethically better alternative to evil and detrimental mainstreams feel more like necessary PSAs
*evil:
- uses slave labour
- uses policies that lead to harm or death
- actively works to destroy the environment more than fix it
- funds or is funded by evidently cruel parties
- Charges unnecessary profits (>50% of cost to make) to benefit upper management rather than fairly pay employees
*detrimental:
- farms its users for invasive data or provides the tools to do so
- Scams customers by charging much higher costs than appropriate
etc.
It’s a fair cop
Good luck to you for the next decade. I have a Fairphone for my job and it’s an absolute pile of (responsibly produced) garbage. It would be way easier to use a Pixel for 10 years than this sluggish outdated mess is.
Which model Fairphone is it?
See, My trick is that My last phone was even slower and more outdated, so this new one still feels like the future. And when I upgrade to the next model in 2036 I’m gonna be having such a good time. It’s all thanks to the power of being poor
My wife got a Fairphone 3 and it was really slow She gave up and bought a used Samsung. I took he old Fairphone and it turns out she just had a really slow SD card, which I discovered by removing it so she could take her pictures with it. After getting rid of that it was fine…
Fairphone is nice. Flashed /e/os on it, now its even without 99% google shit :D
Have you had issues receiving group messages on e/OS? RCS is borked but I figured that would be the case. Not getting group texts is a problem though and I’ve tried every solution I can find but nothing seems to work.
Can’t tell as I don’t use RCS.
No SMS or MMS either?
yeah… my family is sadly a whatsapp family :/
Ah fair enough. Thanks for the clarification.
I use lineageOS personnally and you can install it without any google apps as well. And the updates are quite frequent.
I still cry myself to sleep after the premature death of Windows Mobile, so I use Launcher10, which brings the Tiles back to life.
I started experimenting with a super minimalist Folder Launcher, but it doesn’t seem ready for release yet, a couple of crucial (IMO) features (like default settings, bulk edits, proper apps list) are still missing.
There’s also Fossify Launcher Beta, which is an open source launcher. It’s fairly basic, but gets the job done. A super cool feature of the Fossify apps (since two releases ago) is the option to set your own fonts from a file, so I’m running their Calendar, Phone, Contacts, Calculator, etc., all with the Nothing Phone’s dot font.
Try out Niagara. It only takes about 5 minutes to set up.
If you’re like me, you’ll think it’s too simplistic, you think you want all that nova launcher shit. But do yourself a favor and give it a try. Pick a background, pick an icon pack, select a few favorites and that’s all you need to try it out.
After that if you want to really dig in there isn’t much (some of these things are pro features, I can’t remember which because I decided to get it so soon after trying it out), it’s like 45 minutes to customize your clock, do the custom widget (multiple widgets can share space, you just swipe through), decide if you want music controls on the home screen, and set up pop-ups (like a folder but more, can be in your favorites or your app list), and hide apps from the list (either because they’re in a pop-up or you just never use it).
I tried it out a while ago when the original developer quit the company that bought it. Did a quick setup, played around for 30 minutes and bought pro right away. I was very surprised at how much I liked a simplistic launcher.
You’ve got nothing to lose but 30 minutes, check it out.
Their privacy policy says they collect a list of every app you have installed lol
You can turn it off. It tells you what might get funky if you do. I didn’t notice any problems so I’ve left it and all other analytics reporting stuff off.
+1 for Niagara. I’ve been using it for quite some time, and I love the simplicity of it. No clutter and just a quick launcher. I have a widget stack for my calendar, tasks, and Firefox search.
i like this one https://github.com/MM2-0/Kvaesitso
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What is wrong with launcher repositories not placing a screenshot if their launcher in the readme.md
Because some people consider the readme to mostly text and informative. This one does link to the actual website, which does contain screenshots. To answer your question: nothing’s wrong with it. 😉
That aside, I’ve been on Kvaesitso for quite a while, now, and it’s quite nice. You kinda have to get over it being different from a lot of other launchers.
Kvaesitso is really nice ! And it’s open source
Yeah every battery in my 4 lasted a winter before having to be replaced. Not sure that’s all that environmentally friendly.
My battery (on fp2) lasted some 8 yrs before giving up, are your winter especially harsh ?
I’d like to buy a Fairphone, but the missing IP68 rating is concerning to me. I really don’t want to have to worry about my phone dying if I get into a rainstorm for example, especially while traveling.
So I have a story for you. I own a fairphone 3+ for a little more than 5 years now.
Recently, while doing the dishes, my phone accidentally slipped in the sink. I protected it with a phone case and a screen protection, but still, panic ensued.
I removed the battery as fast as possible, dried it up as best as I could, restarted it, and it worked just fine.
Well, most of it at least. The jack port took some damage but ended up fixing itself (???) and the usb- charge port refused to charge the phone unless it was tilted a specific way.
Doesn’t matter, I ordered a new usb-c module for less than 30€, and replaced it (i’m not really good hardware-wise, but fortunately, it was pretty easy). Now it works like a charm.
I feel like an event like this would have been a death sentence for most other phones, and even if it wasn’t, my clumsy ass keeps dropping my phone, so it might have been even sooner.
So far, this phone just refuses to die. It might be slightly outdated and buggy at times (apparently it got better in the last iterations), but it is still very much usable with no critical failure yet.
Long time Nova user, trying out others now because the Pixel launcher is too boring.
Niagara for a scaled down ui. 8 apps on the home screen, rest is in a super easy to reach list on the edges of the screen. Currently on day 3 and liking it. Paid version is either €12 a year or €40 lifetime. Basically all the flashy stuff you see of it is locked behind the paywall.
Hyperion is good, pretty close Nova relative. UX needs tweaking. Dock and home screen are completely separated so you can open a folder in the dock and one on the home screen at the same time. Minor things like that.
Octopi I did a quick review of on the other site. Tl;dr navigation / interaction is kinda laggy (gestures, tapping, moving things), doesn’t have google feed integration but customization is top tier, better than nova imo. I left it because of the interaction issues.
Smart Launcher is built around a search function. Not my thing so I moved on quickly. UI/UX is good though.
Thoughts on Lawnchair?
Hey, I’m using that. It works fine.
…well, I have little to no expectations from a launcher beyond “can have pages, shortcuts, widgets, and hide apps”, so there’s that. It got a few visual customization regarding icons and grid size, and so on. The biggest praise I can give them is that nothing seemed out of place or annoying.
Is there something wrong with the Nova Launcher that I should know about?
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Joining that immediately
TL;DR: Sold off, dev team was (figuratively) slaughtered, OG dev is pretty much out of the picture, new owner is planning on injecting ads into the launcher and we basically know nothing else about the future of it. I.e they’re turning it into a cash grab.
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That’s the whole reason I downloaded it was to get away from cash grab companies! Well I’m glad I found out, I’ll try Lawnchair now.
Is it ads for paid users as well?
They’ve said they’re gonna honor existing paid users but there are no guarantees.
Edit: They confirmed they’re honoring existing prime owners, so we’re good for now. New users face $5 subscription.
