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Old 06-17-2019, 06:03 PM   #1
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Question f-droid and other apps on onyx boox note pro?

Hi!

Just got the new Onyx Note Pro and i'm pretty excited! The user interface is a bit disappointing, to be honest, as there are many odd things. For example, I couldn't quite figure out how to access the files on the device from my computer: my Linux machine can't see the files in MTP mode. PTP works, but only sees the "DCIM" and "Pictures" folders and none of the other folders. Sometimes neither mode work.

I was able to upload the F-Droid.apk file on the machine with one of those modes, anyways. And I was able to install the app once I ticked the "untrusted apps" setting. But the f-droid app doesn't show up in the "apps" section, which I find quite confusing. It makes it very diffucult to start that app, to put it mildly. The only way I found to start the app is to go to the "recent apps" button on the top right and it just happens to still be running there. I don't know how I would restart it without that button.

Any suggestions on how to deal with third-party apps on the Onyx devices?

Edit: I found out about RelaunchX but I'm not sure I'm ready to totally ditch the builtin launcher...

Edit 2: I'm also curious to hear if people managed to "root" the device and install the F-Droid OTA app that allows f-droid to run without the "untrusted apps" hack and (incidentally) automatically upgrade apps.

Last edited by anarcat; 06-17-2019 at 06:15 PM. Reason: PTP is the mode that works, and unreliably
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