Short story about "why does my Pixel 8a keep dimming itself even with adaptive brightness off":

Googles display config for the 8a is overly conservative. Two things make it bad:

The sneaky one is (2). You watch a video, phone warms up a bit, screen gets dimmer. You push the slider back up. It creeps back down. Welcome to Googles factory settings.

Fix: patched /vendor/etc/displayconfig/display_port_0.xml via a Magisk overlay — no system partition writes, fully reversible. Default 140 → 200 nits. Thermal caps (light/moderate/severe/critical) all raised. HBM untouched.

Works on mine. 9a next to it, 8a visibly brighter. No panel damage, no battery drama — all values stay within the panels designed operating range. This was pure software conservatism.

#AndroidAppRain at https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1&doFilter=1 today brings you 13 updated and 1 added apps:

* Root Checker: search/verify root, busybox, and more 🛡️

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repository 

Further, 7 #Magisk modules have been updated at https://apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

#AndroidAppRain at https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1&doFilter=1 today brings you 16 updated and 1 added apps:

* DueNot: offline-first credit card bill management and reminder 🛡️

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repository  

Further, 4 #Magisk modules have been updated at https://apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

So glad I never got into this stupid hobby.

I was into modding my tablet and phone with CyanogenMod 10 years ago as a mere 14 year old, lol. CWM was losing popularity and TWRP was becoming popular. Magisk was not yet a thing back then

It was all fun until the CMod team chose the other path on that "fork in the road." I wonder where the cyanogen people are now...

#cyanogenmod #cmod #android #lineageos #magisk #opensource #freesoftware

#AndroidAppRain at https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1&doFilter=1 today brings you 18 updated and 1 added apps:

* BlockAds: lets you block ads & trackers system-wide. Uses VPN, so no root access needed 🛡️

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo 

Oh, in addition, 4 #Magisk modules have been updated at https://apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

#AndroidAppRain at https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1&doFilter=1 today brings you 16 updated and 1 added apps:

* RebootNya: a simple yet advanced reboot utility (root or Shizuku needed) 🛡️

RB status: 837 apps (63.1%)

5 #Magisk modules were updated at https://apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repository 

#AndroidAppRain at https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1&doFilter=1 today brings you 24 updated and 3 added apps:

* Elite Memo Pro: a minimal, privacy-first notepad 🛡️
* Smoking Tracker: an easy to use smoking tracking app … to help you quit the stink 🛡️
* Mindwtr: a Getting Things Done (GTD) productivity system 🛡️

RB status: 828 apps (62.8%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repository 

PS: 3 updated #Magisk modules at https://apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

After upgrading my #Pixel6a from #LineageOS 23 to LineageOS 23.2, I am unable to obtain #root using the usual method via #Magisk. It results in trying to boot to fall back to fastboot mode.

I am thinking of downgrading to LineageOS 23, but that will involve losing the data partition and thus having to reconfigure the whole device.

Any ideas are welcome about how to overcome this issue. 🙏

#AndroidAppRain at https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1&doFilter=1 today brings you (checks notes) 11 updated and 2 added apps:

* Florid: an F-Droid Client "on UX steriods" 🛡️
* xrooster: an app for Dutch students whose schools use myx for their schedules 🛡️

RB Status: 811 apps (62.3%)

and 5 #Magisk modules updated at https://apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repository