Daily Superthread (Apr 13 2026) - Your daily thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!

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Huawei Pura X Max to debut on April 20, design and colors revealed
https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_pura_x_max_to_debut_on_april_20_design_and_colors_revealed-news-72341.php

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 now costs more in the U.S
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_z_fold7_usa_price_hike-news-72337.php

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5 million cubes running on JS mobile.
https://www.reddit.com/u/MotionOS/s/x0MDK2eLUK

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Particle helix pushing Android JS past Desktop.
https://www.reddit.com/r/DigitalArt/comments/1skjmab/digital_helix_art/?share_id=YJl_AXLXcy5eS5LuT1yRU&utm_content=2&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

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Samsung could have saved itself this smartphone - Samsung Galaxy S26+ review
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Will-the-Exynos-2600-save-the-unwanted-flagship-Samsung-Galaxy-S26-review.1272005.0.html

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Lenovo confirms new Legion gaming phone to challenge RedMagic 11 Pro series
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-confirms-new-Legion-gaming-phone-to-challenge-RedMagic-11-Pro-series.1272609.0.html

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Pixel 10 fold. Pushing 10^5 agents on JS
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OPPO Find X9 Ultra Unboxing & Hands-On: Built-in 10x Teleconverter! - TechNick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAhKoa0ruR8

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A curated list of F-Droid apps

Hi there, folks,

A new Android user here. I have never owned an Android device until now for various reasons. Someone gifted me an entry-level Samsung device, and me being me, I shelved it for a few days even without opening the box, but then it dawned on me that a gift should be appreciated and enjoyed and not shelved to gather dust, so that's where it all began. The device, a Samsung Galaxy F06 5G, obviously doesn't have any custom ROM support, and I didn't want to go down the rooting route, so I used the good ol' ADB method to debloat it by creating a Bash script and then hunted for FLOSS alternatives for the things I nuked. My needs are limited, so finding the apps was an easy-peasy job, and then I shared the script and the FLOSS apps I installed with a few friends, and their enthusiasm and encouragement made me think about creating a general-purpose list of open-source apps available via F-Droid or a compatible repo, and with great pleasure, I share with you guys the complete list, which as of now contains 108 apps, and like all such lists, I'm sure it's biased and opinionated, but I like to think that I have done a good job.

I request you guys to take a look at the list and debloat script, and I hope that they will be of use to a soul or two.

https://github.com/hakerdefo/Robota-Liberated

https://gist.github.com/hakerdefo/1abd9bdca5f1a1c34370a20083f68d08


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Huawei Just Leapfrogged Samsung - Shane Craig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=NzKopV6pw98

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Daily Superthread (Apr 14 2026) - Your daily thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!

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Modern phones are locked down, but this legendary HTC ran every operating system imaginable (even Ubuntu)
https://www.howtogeek.com/legendary-htc-phone-ran-every-operating-system-imaginable-even-ubuntu/

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Mobile T1 Phone emerges in new renders and gets updated specs
https://www.gsmarena.com/trump_t1_phone_emerges_in_new_renders_and_gets_updated_specs_-news-72362.php

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Samsung raises U.S prices for Galaxy Z Flip7, S25 Edge and a bunch of Galaxy Tabs
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_raises_us_prices_for_galaxy_z_flip7_s25_edge_and_a_bunch_of_galaxy_tabs-news-72366.php

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The Unreleased Rollable Smartphone! (LG)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aS-8QCRdGE

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Unboxing the Vivo X300 Ultra Photography kit - GSMArena
https://www.gsmarena.com/unboxing_the_vivo_x300_ultra_photography_kit-news-72311.php

https://redd.it/1slrwc8
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They listen to us about Google messages and Samsung messages

Google Messages is cooking up a feature Samsung users will love https://share.google/1m6AUdR17K7SwYxZe

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Samsung's One UI 8.5 is Huge. - 9to5Google
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCIsl-on-Bw

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Made a robust folders transfer app for Android via ADB, just transferred 500+ GB of files

Just sharing a Python app I developed with agentic AI (not vibe coded, I am a very experienced OSS Python and Android dev) to transfer large files/folders recursively robustly via ADB (over USB or WiFi depending on what your phone supports): https://github.com/lrq3000/arft

The app supports auto retrying, resuming on interruption, atomic operations (ie, corrupted files will get rollbacked and redownloaded on next run), checking based on file size, checking on checksum, and can be used for incremental updates. It also works if you have already downloaded partially a folder and want to update it with new files (ie, a new incremental backup) or if you want to check whether all your files are not corrupted.

It's a commandline app for now but if someone is interested I may make a simple GUI and a pyInstaller binary.


It's opensource under MIT License like almost everything I make.

For the technically inclined, ADB is used here instead of other protocols because it is both the fastest and the most reliable compared to MTP (the protocol for standard Android file transfer over USB - which is notoriously buggy with large files or large folders, so you end up having to break down your transfer manually into very small chunks of a couple GB at once, here arft is set up and forget it, it takes care of retrying and everything), FTP (much slower as it is bounded to LAN speed but it supports any filesize theoretically), bluetooth (same), http (worst of all in my own tests).

Alternatives include adb-bettersync and ADB Explorer but they are less focused or fail on the task of copying a big folder/file.

I am posting here as this is a very common issue and somehow I was surprised that as of 2026 I did not find any other (opensourced) reliable solution for large folders/files transfer on Android.

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This is the OnePlus Ace 6 Ultra
https://www.gsmarena.com/this_is_the_oneplus_ace_6_ultra-news-72365.php

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