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[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Spite mostly. I have small QoL improvements, but mostly because Google says I can't do what I want with my device.

Specific reasons:

  • AdAway - ad blocking, can't live without
  • SnapEnhance - ad blocking & other tweaks to make SC more usable
  • Revanced (w/o microgapps) - YouTube mod w/ sponsorblock & returned dislikes
  • PixelExpert - misc UI tweaks like separate WiFi & mobile data tiles, as well as a 3 wide qs panel
  • SmartSpacer - Custom complications on my at a glance screen. Can do useful things like show me my gas rewards card when in range of a gas stations WiFi, notifications for missed calls, texts, and emails that I might have dismissed from my tray
  • MACsposed - let's me spoof my MAC address. Used it to snag free WiFi on planes
  • Swift Backup - backs my phone up to my server every night
  • GAppsMod - enable call recording & other features on Google dialer & messages
  • DarkTricks - additional misc toggles, some overlap with PixelExpert but occasionally has better implementations (power button flashlight, volume keys to skip tracks, etc)

No longer working:

  • Xposed edge pro - let you bind a bunch of gestures to different actions or fly outs from any screen. Hasn't been functional in Android 14 and it seems like the dev has dipped. I genuinely miss having an app fly out (but not enough to buy a Samsung)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't most phones these days generate a spoofed MAC address by default?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not spoofed, but a random MAC.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

So I guess, see what devices are on the wifi and then taking over the connection while blocking the actual device? Or like spoofing a manufacturer like Cisco/HPE/Juniper etc. so it get's free allocation?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do you have any link to PixelExpert?

Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

https://github.com/siavash79/PixelXpert

Used to be AOSP mods, should still mostly work on builds that remain close to AOSP on other devices too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Amazing! It works great on my Pixel 8 Pro. Thank again!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

No problem! Glad I could help