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Wally J
, …
Arno Welzel
17
11/3/23
Have you cloned an APK to Windows & edited that APK with Windows freeware to call a different activity & put it back on Android?
* *
Tutorial
: How to make a 1-tap Google Maps or OSMAnd+
homescreen
shortcut to your HOME location* *
Tutorial
: How to make a 5-levels deep 1-tap shortcut to Google Precise Location Settings
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Have you cloned an APK to Windows & edited that APK with Windows freeware to call a different activity & put it back on Android?
* *
Tutorial
: How to make a 1-tap Google Maps or OSMAnd+
homescreen
shortcut to your HOME location* *
Tutorial
: How to make a 5-levels deep 1-tap shortcut to Google Precise Location Settings
11/3/23
Wally J
, …
Alan
17
10/23/23
Tutorial: Creating one-tap shortcuts to turn on Apple Airtag unknown tracker alerts
, this
tutorial
will assume the starting point of "Allow alerts is off" as I'd have to write an if-then-else if not (and I suck at shell programming - that's what alt
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Tutorial: Creating one-tap shortcuts to turn on Apple Airtag unknown tracker alerts
, this
tutorial
will assume the starting point of "Allow alerts is off" as I'd have to write an if-then-else if not (and I suck at shell programming - that's what alt
10/23/23
Wally J
10/15/23
Tutorial: Easily save your failed Aurora Store attempts for use at a later date
-tap
homescreen
shortcuts. Easily save your failed Aurora Store attempts for use at a later date (such that a folder of one-tap action app-specific shortcuts result) Sometimes you
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Tutorial: Easily save your failed Aurora Store attempts for use at a later date
-tap
homescreen
shortcuts. Easily save your failed Aurora Store attempts for use at a later date (such that a folder of one-tap action app-specific shortcuts result) Sometimes you
10/15/23
Wally J
, …
Frank Slootweg
11
9/27/23
Tutorial: How to make a 1-tap Google Maps or OSMAnd+ homescreen shortcut to your HOME location
Frankie wrote: > On 25/9/2023, Frank Slootweg wrote: > > > Ie without an origin or a destination, there is no route, so no "Add >
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Tutorial: How to make a 1-tap Google Maps or OSMAnd+ homescreen shortcut to your HOME location
Frankie wrote: > On 25/9/2023, Frank Slootweg wrote: > > > Ie without an origin or a destination, there is no route, so no "Add >
9/27/23
Wally J
, …
Char Jackson
47
9/27/23
[Privacy] How do we turn off Google's (recent?) employment of cell-tower geolocation data in the Google Maps app?
-tap
homescreen
shortcut to roaming. > So I made one and put that one-tap shortcut into my shortcuts folder. > > *
Tutorial
: How to make a 5-levels deep 1-tap shortcut to Google
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[Privacy] How do we turn off Google's (recent?) employment of cell-tower geolocation data in the Google Maps app?
-tap
homescreen
shortcut to roaming. > So I made one and put that one-tap shortcut into my shortcuts folder. > > *
Tutorial
: How to make a 5-levels deep 1-tap shortcut to Google
9/27/23
Wally J
3
9/23/23
Tutorial: How to make a 5-levels deep 1-tap shortcut to Google Precise Location Settings
onto your
homescreen
as desired. Voila! You've just created a 1-tap shortcut to the roaming = on/off activity. SOFTWARE: Activity Manager - hidden activity launcher 2.4.1 by
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Tutorial: How to make a 5-levels deep 1-tap shortcut to Google Precise Location Settings
onto your
homescreen
as desired. Voila! You've just created a 1-tap shortcut to the roaming = on/off activity. SOFTWARE: Activity Manager - hidden activity launcher 2.4.1 by
9/23/23
Wally J
,
Alan
2
9/21/23
Download, install & "not delete" APKs from the Google Play Store repository to Windows - WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT!
entire Android
homescreen
automatically to a Windows file and then you can re-populate any phone EXACTLY as before. However, that takes use of a launcher that can back up the Android
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Download, install & "not delete" APKs from the Google Play Store repository to Windows - WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT!
entire Android
homescreen
automatically to a Windows file and then you can re-populate any phone EXACTLY as before. However, that takes use of a launcher that can back up the Android
9/21/23
Wally J
,
Larry Wolff
3
9/14/23
Tutorial: How to make a one-tap homescreen shortcut to an activity which isn't EXPORTED as public (volume mute)
for this
tutorial
was NOT the Adware "Sousa" Activity Manager (which seems to be a bad copy of the "real" FOSS Activity Manager). I had tested and documented _this_
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Tutorial: How to make a one-tap homescreen shortcut to an activity which isn't EXPORTED as public (volume mute)
for this
tutorial
was NOT the Adware "Sousa" Activity Manager (which seems to be a bad copy of the "real" FOSS Activity Manager). I had tested and documented _this_
9/14/23
Wally J
3
9/14/23
Tutorial: How to make one-tap shortcuts to HIDDEN Android activies (which have no GUI to get to them)
? *
Tutorial
: How to make a one-tap
homescreen
shortcut to an activity* *which isn't EXPORTED as public (volume mute)* Note I'm not sure of the terminology as there are various
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Tutorial: How to make one-tap shortcuts to HIDDEN Android activies (which have no GUI to get to them)
? *
Tutorial
: How to make a one-tap
homescreen
shortcut to an activity* *which isn't EXPORTED as public (volume mute)* Note I'm not sure of the terminology as there are various
9/14/23
Wally J
,
Alan
2
9/14/23
Tutorial: Single-tap URL & app shortcuts to survey real-time traffic with location privacy
Tutorial
: Single-tap shortcuts to survey real-time traffic with location privacy Without using Google Maps, you can still get 1-click real-time traffic (with the privacy of not
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Tutorial: Single-tap URL & app shortcuts to survey real-time traffic with location privacy
Tutorial
: Single-tap shortcuts to survey real-time traffic with location privacy Without using Google Maps, you can still get 1-click real-time traffic (with the privacy of not
9/14/23
Andy Burnelli
, …
Bob Campbell
17
4/11/23
There is zero app functionality on iOS not already on Android - not even a single app - not even one
. *
Tutorial
: How to set up single-tap
homescreen
folder icon Wi-Fi toggle* *shortcut to any pre-defined commonly used access points* That's for Wi-Fi access points, but allow
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There is zero app functionality on iOS not already on Android - not even a single app - not even one
. *
Tutorial
: How to set up single-tap
homescreen
folder icon Wi-Fi toggle* *shortcut to any pre-defined commonly used access points* That's for Wi-Fi access points, but allow
4/11/23
Andy Burnelli
, …
Frank Slootweg
36
12/1/22
Re: Access to Android Data folder?
knows my
homescreen
will take more than an instant to figure out the screenshots are from me, whether on Windows, Linux, iOS or Android. My pool, for example, like most pools, is unique
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Re: Access to Android Data folder?
knows my
homescreen
will take more than an instant to figure out the screenshots are from me, whether on Windows, Linux, iOS or Android. My pool, for example, like most pools, is unique
12/1/22
Andy Burnelli
,
Wendelin Uez
4
6/13/22
Tutorial: How to change the app icon name & image on Android
more detailed
tutorial
on this: *
Tutorial
: How to easily change Android app shortcut icons & app names [sans root]* Where I outlined the following tools used for those screenshots
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Tutorial: How to change the app icon name & image on Android
more detailed
tutorial
on this: *
Tutorial
: How to easily change Android app shortcut icons & app names [sans root]* Where I outlined the following tools used for those screenshots
6/13/22
Andy Burnelli
,
Rob
2
2/28/22
Tutorial: How to set up single-tap homescreen folder icon Wi-Fi toggle shortcut to any pre-defined commonly used access points
: >
Tutorial
: How to set up single-tap
homescreen
folder icon toggle shortcut > to any pre-defined commonly used Wi-Fi access points I'm still looking for an easy way to add
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Tutorial: How to set up single-tap homescreen folder icon Wi-Fi toggle shortcut to any pre-defined commonly used access points
: >
Tutorial
: How to set up single-tap
homescreen
folder icon toggle shortcut > to any pre-defined commonly used Wi-Fi access points I'm still looking for an easy way to add
2/28/22
Andy Burnelli
, …
sms
97
2/27/22
FOSS apps
Tutorial
: How to set up single-tap
homescreen
folder icon toggle shortcut to any pre-defined commonly used Wi-Fi access point Every day I test out useful apps where today I tested this
unread,
FOSS apps
Tutorial
: How to set up single-tap
homescreen
folder icon toggle shortcut to any pre-defined commonly used Wi-Fi access point Every day I test out useful apps where today I tested this
2/27/22
Boris
, …
nospam
104
2/12/22
WhatsApp and Comminicating Outside the U.S.
wrote a
tutorial
a while ago when I needed WhatsApp to talk to folks in Germany from the USA who used it, and I created a bogus account and we communicated using it. The problem I had was that
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WhatsApp and Comminicating Outside the U.S.
wrote a
tutorial
a while ago when I needed WhatsApp to talk to folks in Germany from the USA who used it, and I created a bogus account and we communicated using it. The problem I had was that
2/12/22
Andy Burnelli
, …
Paul
14
2/6/22
(PSA) Sandisk 400GB private portable storage card for $40
another helpful
tutorial
). > but 400G, the way I use a phone I would never ever fill that up. The choice of portable primary storage has _nothing_ to do with the separate choice of primary
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(PSA) Sandisk 400GB private portable storage card for $40
another helpful
tutorial
). > but 400G, the way I use a phone I would never ever fill that up. The choice of portable primary storage has _nothing_ to do with the separate choice of primary
2/6/22
Scott Lurndal
, …
Eli the Bearded
8
9/27/21
Termux am command to Android Settings Activity
find this
tutorial
. It took many hours to write this up but now it works in five minutes! I put it in cut-and-paste format. So it's easy to test. Please test it out to see if it works for
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Termux am command to Android Settings Activity
find this
tutorial
. It took many hours to write this up but now it works in five minutes! I put it in cut-and-paste format. So it's easy to test. Please test it out to see if it works for
9/27/21
NewsKrawler
, …
Andy Burns
66
9/26/21
Google Play Services updated security on every Android phone recently without you noticing
find a
tutorial
which shows us how to do what we want. What we want, for free, without ads, is to be able to do three things: 1. Create a
homescreen
shortcut for any Android Activity we want
unread,
Google Play Services updated security on every Android phone recently without you noticing
find a
tutorial
which shows us how to do what we want. What we want, for free, without ads, is to be able to do three things: 1. Create a
homescreen
shortcut for any Android Activity we want
9/26/21
John Robertson
, …
Joerg Lorenz
4
9/22/21
Which two simultaneous apps do you "split screen" most?
Here's a
tutorial
on YouTube for quickly creating an Android
homescreen
shortcut to bring up your two favorite apps in a top/bottom split screen. I mostly splitscreen my SMS app
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Which two simultaneous apps do you "split screen" most?
Here's a
tutorial
on YouTube for quickly creating an Android
homescreen
shortcut to bring up your two favorite apps in a top/bottom split screen. I mostly splitscreen my SMS app
9/22/21
John Doe
, …
paul
7
7/29/21
How do you tell what program you're in?
phone?* *Is there a way to make an Android
homescreen
shortcut to any setting* *
Tutorial
for creating Android
homescreen
shortcuts using custom icons* *REALLY kill various apps*
unread,
How do you tell what program you're in?
phone?* *Is there a way to make an Android
homescreen
shortcut to any setting* *
Tutorial
for creating Android
homescreen
shortcuts using custom icons* *REALLY kill various apps*
7/29/21
Chris Green
, …
paul
12
7/29/21
Can the phone app be configured to start with the dialler?
create a
homescreen
shortcut to your dialer's keypad "Activity" If you wish to keep your current dialer, and if it truly doesn't have an option for #1 or #2 above
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Can the phone app be configured to start with the dialler?
create a
homescreen
shortcut to your dialer's keypad "Activity" If you wish to keep your current dialer, and if it truly doesn't have an option for #1 or #2 above
7/29/21
Dieter Britz
, …
Digiturk Adıyaman
338
2/4/24
Note pad
in your
homescreen
navigation folder The key requirements are placed in the subject line. o And more detailed requirements are often described further in the body. > Saying that
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Note pad
in your
homescreen
navigation folder The key requirements are placed in the subject line. o And more detailed requirements are often described further in the body. > Saying that
2/4/24
Arlen Holder
12/29/20
How to create empty placeholder folders using the Nova free app launcher on Android (or any launcher)
on the
homescreen
; but that launcher didn't do all the other really nice stuff that the Nova free app launcher does by default: o Nova Launcher, by TeslaCoil Software, free, ad free
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How to create empty placeholder folders using the Nova free app launcher on Android (or any launcher)
on the
homescreen
; but that launcher didn't do all the other really nice stuff that the Nova free app launcher does by default: o Nova Launcher, by TeslaCoil Software, free, ad free
12/29/20
Arlen Holder
2
12/14/20
Israeli Surveillance Companies Are Siphoning Masses Of Location Data From Smartphone Apps
your Android
homescreen
shortcuts folder, so these Android settings bubble up high. o Quick
tutorial
for creating Android
homescreen
shortcuts using custom icons Note: You can make
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Israeli Surveillance Companies Are Siphoning Masses Of Location Data From Smartphone Apps
your Android
homescreen
shortcuts folder, so these Android settings bubble up high. o Quick
tutorial
for creating Android
homescreen
shortcuts using custom icons Note: You can make
12/14/20
Arlen Holder
, …
Arlen Holder
135
12/17/20
What functionality you do on iOS you wish you could do on Android?
. o
Tutorial
Installing Android Studio 4.1.1 on Windows 10 (AMD CPU) o
Tutorial
: How to easily change Android app shortcut icons & app names o
Tutorial
: How to install & set up
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What functionality you do on iOS you wish you could do on Android?
. o
Tutorial
Installing Android Studio 4.1.1 on Windows 10 (AMD CPU) o
Tutorial
: How to easily change Android app shortcut icons & app names o
Tutorial
: How to install & set up
12/17/20
Arlen Holder
,
Alan Baker
7
12/7/20
Quick tutorial for creating Android homescreen shortcuts using custom icons
this simple
tutorial
... o Key functionality points most people will readily understand are... (a) These shortcuts can be to almost anything you frequently access (b) And they can
unread,
Quick tutorial for creating Android homescreen shortcuts using custom icons
this simple
tutorial
... o Key functionality points most people will readily understand are... (a) These shortcuts can be to almost anything you frequently access (b) And they can
12/7/20
Arlen Holder
,
Arlen Holder
2
12/5/20
Tutorial: How to easily change Android app shortcut icons & app names [sans root]
> >
Tutorial
: How to easily change Android app shortcut icons & app names [sans root] > > > > > > If you installed Nova launcher free, you _already_ have
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Tutorial: How to easily change Android app shortcut icons & app names [sans root]
> >
Tutorial
: How to easily change Android app shortcut icons & app names [sans root] > > > > > > If you installed Nova launcher free, you _already_ have
12/5/20
Arlen Holder
, …
The Real Bev
21
12/5/20
Is there a way to make an Android homescreen shortcut to any given settings page such as the battery status?
-click
homescreen
shortcut to it? Update. o Net icon, before & after o Copy net icon to Android o Select & edit custom icon This thread talked about creating custom "kill
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Is there a way to make an Android homescreen shortcut to any given settings page such as the battery status?
-click
homescreen
shortcut to it? Update. o Net icon, before & after o Copy net icon to Android o Select & edit custom icon This thread talked about creating custom "kill
12/5/20
Arlen Holder
, …
Arlen Holder
26
12/5/20
What's a good way to kill jobs that persist in the background (without having to reboot)?
into a
homescreen
shortcut, need to have a visibly obvious icon. In this
tutorial
I wrote today, I show how to change the "kill -9" icon: o Quick
tutorial
for creating Android
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What's a good way to kill jobs that persist in the background (without having to reboot)?
into a
homescreen
shortcut, need to have a visibly obvious icon. In this
tutorial
I wrote today, I show how to change the "kill -9" icon: o Quick
tutorial
for creating Android
12/5/20