I have been using eOS for years without any of the Simple Mobile apps. I have ch...

timtom39 · 2024-01-15T18:46:30 1705344390

What did you find for a gallery? I never found an open one I liked other than simple gallery.

networked · 2024-01-15T18:55:23 1705344923

Note that the fork Fossify Gallery is already available on F-Droid. The rest of the apps aren't yet.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fossify.gallery/

Thanks to this debacle, I'll actually be trying it out.

What I have used out of Simple Mobile Tools is the Dialer. It allowed me to make my old phone usable for calls again. The phone, which runs an outdated release of LineageOS and doesn't receive updates, developed a problem. The screen would turn off when dialing or on a call. This prevented one from even hanging up. I experimentally installed Simple Dialer to see if the dialer app was the cause. (Because Simple Dialer was on F-Droid, and I had heard about Simple Mobile Tools.) It didn't help on its own. Then I went through the settings and saw one that disabled the proximity sensor during calls. I tried turning on the setting, and that did it.

This apparently used to be an option in the AOSP phone app: https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/80227/phone.... Simple Dialer has been forked as https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Phone.

astrolx · 2024-01-15T19:53:50 1705348430

Aaah that does it, thanks. My phone started having the exact same issue the other day. Finding a fix was on my to do list, and you saved me some time, thanks!

andrepd · 2024-01-16T08:10:47 1705392647

Wow, my phone does this sometimes, like once every 5 or 10 calls.

nelblu · 2024-01-15T18:55:04 1705344904

I love Aves, I switched to it from simple gallery https://github.com/deckerst/aves

maxloh · 2024-01-15T20:52:19 1705351939

Gallery [0] and Glimpse (byLineageOS) [1] are some good choices, both designed with Material You.

I use the first one on a daily basis.

[0]: https://github.com/IacobIonut01/Gallery

[1]: https://github.com/lineage-next/android_packages_apps_Glimps...

mfru · 2024-01-16T14:15:52 1705414552

Finally, thank you for Gallery. This is exactly how I want my Gallery to be.

Scrolling is a bit choppy unfortunately, though.

jqpabc123 · 2024-01-15T20:40:57 1705351257

I stopped looking when I installed e/OS.

Their default Gallery app is adequate for my needs and integrates well with the camera and messaging app and has never nagged me to upgrade to the "pro" version.

I'm pretty sure it is a modified version from Android open source/Lineage.

Tommstein · 2024-01-16T01:51:51 1705369911

Yep, that and the calendar app are the ones I use. I've been experimenting with Aves as a replacement for the gallery app, but not sure what I think about it yet.

vanous · 2024-01-15T18:56:41 1705345001

There's now liberated version of the SMT gallery up in Fdroid. I already switched Calendar, Gallery and File Manager.

vanous · 2024-01-15T18:42:17 1705344137

There are so many file managers:), but not enough quality, functioning dialers and messaging apps. Many "simple" ones exist with lack of essential features. Even SMT lacks some essentials, like for example to be able to reply with a message to a call (when busy).

dspillett · 2024-01-15T18:46:57 1705344417

> Why? […] I have always been able to find more capable open source apps…

Because a lot of people use those apps and are familiar with them. While it isn't difficult to replace them it could be quite faffy evaluating alternatives, making sure they work the same (or better), are reliable, aren't hiding gotchas like also being stalk-ware, etc.