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](https://github.com/wireapp/wire-desktop/issues/7764) 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](http://salutepc.altervista.org/usb-reverse-tethering-no-root-no-adb-android-all-versions-linux-quick-mode.html) > * [Gnirehtet](https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2019/09/android-reverse-tethering-with-ubuntu-1804.html) > > ***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](https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2019/09/android-reverse-tethering-with-ubuntu-1804.html) root is ***not*** needed (and devs [agree](https://github.com/Genymobile/gnirehtet)). > * OSradar [claims](http://web.archive.org/web/20230531011502/https://www.osradar.com/reverse-tether-from-linux-to-android/) 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