“Collect data from satellites for scientific research in weather forecasting.”
–https://www.camaliot.org/
It’s an android app that uses your GPS to help collect data to improve navigation and weather forecasting.
Tag: android
Notabli
“Save more than just photos and videos – post quotes, audio clips, and notes using your phone, tablet, or the web. Invite the other parent, or others, to post about your kids too.”
–https://about.notabli.com/how-it-works
A private Instagram with keepsake integration. Probably of interest to parents.
Accessing a Locked Android Phone Not Displaying A Keyboard
I use AnySoftKeyboard as my keyboard of choice on Android. It’s great, except when my SD Card becomes corrupted. When that happens, AnySoftKeyboard no longer works. If my device is locked at the time, there doesn’t appear to be a way to type in my password to unlock the device.
There is a solution to this problem, if you have enabled Developer options and USB debugging on the device. Boot into recovery (Volume Up, Home & Power, all at the same time). Start adb on the device. Connect it to your computer with adb and reboot. Then from a command prompt on the computer, type in the following:
$ adb shell input text password && adb shell input keyevent 66This will basically work just like the displayed keyboard on your device. keyevent 66 is the equivalent of Enter. Then, you can reformat your SDCard in Settings. Then, reboot the device and you will be good to go.
Randonautica
Randonautica is an app that takes your current location and suggests a random route through some specified radius. I like any kind of aid to serendipity, so I wanted to bookmark it for the future.
Seedvault: Encrypted Backup for Android
“While every smartphone user wants to be prepared with comprehensive data backups in case their phone is lost or stolen, not every Android user wants to entrust their sensitive data to Google’s cloud-based storage. By storing data outside Google’s reach, and by using client-side encryption to protect all backed-up data, Seedvault offers users maximum data privacy with minimal hassle.
Seedvault allows Android users to store their phone data without relying on Google’s proprietary cloud storage. Users can decide where their phone’s backup will be stored, with options ranging from a USB flash drive to a remote self-hosted cloud storage alternative such as NextCloud. Seedvault also offers an Auto-Restore feature: instead of permanently losing all data for an app when it is uninstalled, Seedvault’s Auto-Restore will restore all backed-up data for the app upon reinstallation.
–Seedvault
Magic Earth
“Turn-by-turn navigation, HD Traffic, OpenStreetMap, 3D maps, Satellite maps, Offline maps and Transit. Entirely free.”
—https://www.magicearth.com/
A privacy friendly alternative to Google Maps.
Transcender
Hey! Vina
Hey! Vina is a Tinder-style app for women to meet other women and become friends.
SkyView
SkyView “is a beautiful and intuitive stargazing app that uses your camera to precisely spot and identify celestial objects in sky, day or night. Find popular constellations as they fade in and out while you scan across the sky, locate planets in our solar system, discover distant galaxies, and witness satellite fly-bys.”
Manyverse, Android App for the Scuttlebutt Social Network
Manyverse is an alpha Android app for Scuttlebutt, the off-grid social network. It needs a lot of work at this point. But, it’s an interesting model I hope gets some traction.
If you need a pub server, try: http://ssb.learningsocieties.org
There are others software efforts that are similar. Compare Manyverse to Riot.im, Keybase, Mastodon, the Safe Network, and others.
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