My wish list for /e/

Add browser extension jShelter to eBrowser

Can someone please open a Git ticket for this and then post the link here?

Browser doesnā€™t support extensions.

Therefore I ask you to open a ticket so that the integration can be discussed or implemented directly in the browser.

I share this feature request here as it was posted elsewhere. I think it would be a useful feature for App Lounge.

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Man! You know much about Android. What a pleasure it is to have you in the community!

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As of /e/OS T (Android 13), the built-in AOSP keyboard has an option to activate a digit row.

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What a surprise! My wish is real.
Jul '22

Not sure if Android13 is responsible or the developer team, anyway, very nice!

Chargingcontrol found in Settings > Battery

Best regards

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Hello,

Did you figure out if this was because of Android 13 or if it was a specific dev from /e/ for your device (which is?)?

Hi MaMaTT88,
Iā€™m not sure, but it seems that this feature only became possible with Android13 and the developers have now implemented it.
My device is an FP3 (+) with 1.19.1-t-dev.
Best Regards

Hi,
my wish for the /e/ OS would be:
implementing an option to limit the recharging (i.e. to 85% of the battery capacity) in order to extend battery life. This option is already available on standard Android OS (I saw it on the Samsung device ā€˜Galaxy A32 5Gā€™). So hopefully you will add this option soon. Actually I waited for that you would implement such an option after a while and expected it kind of. I bought an Fairphone 4 with /e / OS also because of ecological reasons. It would be very nice to have a longer battery life. Besides that I donā€™t have any complaints. The FP4 and /e/ OS work great! Thanks for developing and publishing the OS and thanks for your efforts in degoogling! Cheers
Edit: I am using the actual version
1.20-s-20240220382012-stable-FP4

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In the posts just above it seems this is possible with the newer android base that is coming.

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https://spot.murena.io is not a relevant, well-known, successful search engine provider. The current standard search engine in the e-browser delivers very unsatisfactory results! Cobbler, stick to your last!

Adding other search engines in the browser:
https://search.demoniak.ch/
https://www.startpage.com/
https://metager.de/

The first search engine mentioned here is a searx instance in Switzerland. Switzerland has very strong data protection rights. Depending on the country selection, a different searx instance could be chosen here: https://searx.space/

Yes, thatā€™s always said. But Switzerland has also a long tradition in mass surveillance (since 2006, if I remember well). Switzerland has been a European pioneer in data retention for future reference and does this without interruption still today. And you will never know for what. Nobody talks about this.

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Thanks for this objection, those who avoid Swiss servers may prefer to use https://freesearch.club/ in the Netherlands.

My biggest wishes is to be able to add widget on the desktop !!

/e/OS supports installing a launcher of your choice, other launchers offer adding widgets on the home screen :person_shrugging:.

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/e/OS brings everything I daily need, is really reliable now, and Iā€™m pretty happy with it on my FP4! (Thanks to the whole team).

Maybe the only ā€œmust haveā€ missing feature would be a ā€œkindaā€ fork of Android Auto that will enable to mirror apps on cars infotainments (especially navigation). But I know itā€™s pretty hard to set up due to Googleā€™s proprietary APIs.

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If possible, Please add the Signal-FOSS app to the App Lounge. It is an Signal-App alternative fdroidrepos://fdroid.twinhelix.com/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=7B03B0232209B21B10A30A63897D3C6BCA4F58FE29BC3477E8E3D8CF8E304028

Maybe also Molly https://molly.im

I am using /e/OS on a FP5 and i really love the cooperation that you have with Fairphone (hope you will keep it up)!

My wish would be:
Have you considered to release a small Android phone in this cooperation, e.g. in iPhone Mini size? As there is a lack of offer in the market, Eric Migicovsky opened up an online petition on this (https://smallandroidphone.com/) and it is highly supported by many (>40000 followers), including me.
As a side effect, /e/OS could likely win more users/get the attention of the community that desires smaller smartphones again, which comfortably fit into a pocket and are more easy (+ healthier) for one hand to hold.

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I think there is not enough demand for small phones. One of the last ones was Zenfone from Asus (worse is they also made bootloader unlock impossibleā€¦) and the succesor to it is a bigger phone now. But I am all for that Murena releases a smaller phone or even kickstarts it again. It would be an instant buy from me.

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