😳😳 (it somehow got 4.0 rating)

This is how log transfer should work with dead USB and connectivity 🥰

https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1vawcw3/i_had_an_idea_for_an_airgapped_file_transfer/

Nvm, you still need microG, with GMS it merely delays the current activity crash to 30 seconds.

(Funny to see "Paywall" in logs of a free app)

Nvm2! Turns out that I was doing something incorrectly in my earlier testing and replacing GP with MicroG Companion actually just works! Tested the one from https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/releases/tag/v0.3.16.252432 and I just had to "uninstall updates" of the built-in Play Store. The command listed earlier doesn't seem to influence the results.

Empty the /product/priv-app/Phonesky or /product/priv-app/GooglePlayServicesUpdaterStub, create a new dir for microG Companion, put it there. Done, for now. Didn't try going for full-fledged microG on devices running stock, but glad this currently works.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/google-plans-to-exempt-sanctioned-nations-from-android-developer-verification/
If it's not funny, I don't know what is...

https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS24Ultra/comments/1to1lkp/why_is_the_automatic_protection_blocking_random/

Samsung has a feature (enabled by default) that replaces the rendered image outputs when their algorithm considers them malicious. It seemingly broke.
The most major problem with it is data loss. Some apps will only keep an on-device processed (passed through renderer) copy and that may mean an irreversible loss of media that you captured or received. Not a hyperbole.

According to Commodore support, you shouldn't be buying their Callback 8020 if you want to use it outside of their vision

https://www.frandroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/xiaomi-eclipse.jpg

Looks like it's legit, odd to see, perhaps it's a part of a larger generative model, which are already known to distort reality to a large degree, such as...

... deer-dog hybrids from Motorola Signature

https://preview.redd.it/zoom-pictures-are-rubbish-v0-4z67zhgwkbgh1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1a6e3bc0e4b875b1cfb8de569371782943c215fc

A small tidbit: Google will have a lot of low delay information on the chip production volume at SoC vendors, as they'll be required (or already are?) to upload the collected public keys out of every chip unit expected to end up in GMS certified device.

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/hardware/interfaces/+/main/security/rkp/#phases

"You're a hero! Thank you for promoting Linux (hope I didn't blow your cover)"

The app's author is right, every successful OS deserves a native fart app, can't imagine one without it. But will the projection succeed?!

https://fixupx.com/aaronp613/status/2089522745184760112

We got "pervert glasses" as a thing, now what would these be?

https://github.com/IsHacker003/microg_no_sigspoof

Didn't test nor read the code, but the premise is pretty nice. Tldr Android doesn't verify (in complete meaning of this word) the signature of system apps, as the security model relies on verifying the whole partition instead. So to save resources, it trusts the signature part of the apk without trying to match the binary against it. An apk crafted this way won't be user-installable, but no one stops you from forcing your way with it into the system.

https://preview.redd.it/were-rolling-out-the-advanced-flow-for-installing-apps-from-v0-9j7amnssc6kh1.png?width=2048&format=png&auto=webp&s=b5a1480ba9d7918522d53faf6d2e82825b358c23

Looks like even if you disable Play Protect, GMS Android gonna be snitching what you attempt to install whenever you're not doing it from ADB.
There are other ways they can know, but looks like we're going to have a visual (user-facing) proof of that this time. Funny to think how it used to be a frustrating practice on Chinese stock ROMs, now for the rest of the world xD