Need feedback about Anbox apps as a daily practice
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@prog-amateur said in Need feedback about Anbox apps as a daily practice:
Regarding the bank apps, I think the safest thing is to make webapps by myself. Personally, I think that there might be more trackers on an application from the bank itself than on a self-made webapp + integrated privacy settings.
Problem is not consulting bank account, that, you can do it with morph.
But with lot of banks, now, you can't pay online without validating transaction on your smartphone, only with the official app, only available on android and ios...
That's the case of my bank since last month.Before, online paiment just had to be confirmed by sms code, now, i must confirm with their bank app (that NEEDS google services to work), so i can't pay online anymore.
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@keneda Not all banks force to use Android or Ios app to pay online : my bank has introduced a new payment authentication system : a bank link received by sms that forces me to connect to the bank site to validate the transaction. It's a smart solution and i can do it all under morph-browser.
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@domubpkm said in Need feedback about Anbox apps as a daily practice:
Not all banks
"a lot of" is not "all"
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@keneda Of course. It was just to show that some banks can find imaginative solutions.
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@prog-amateur the Signal App for Android is not running at all in Anbox. It always crashes when I try to register.
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I tried Anbox on my OPO some days ago. I was surprised having a couple of standard apps on my phone I do not need - as already posted above. If you do not want/need these apps you cannot delete them, you can only deactivate them, but not all, like on the most Android phones. This reminded me why I left Android for UT. Another drawback is the installation procedure. You can't install apps with the store, e.g. F-Droid.
Ok, nice experience, but not my cup of tea. I then tried to delete Anbox again. This is not easy. In the end I flashed my phone completely new with the UB-ports installer.
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@Keneda @domubpkm : Hello, yesterday, I made some online shopping and I was surprised by the same situation as yours (no more code through SMS), I had to :
- use the URL from the SMS (for me signing from an SMS URL is convenient but dangerous),
- or download the app (but tracking),
- or to just login manually to the bank website from a standard web browser (which lead you to the code webpage).
You can easily imagine that I have login from the web browser because to my opinion, it is the safest way, but I understand that it could be not as convenient as an app for some people.
@TobsEnd : hello, did you tried Signal alternatives such as Molly or Langis (they have a 3rd party repo on F-Droid, I don't know what are the consequences about it) ?
@odo : thank you for sharing a bad experience (and I hope you feel better now with everything solved). Such things happen and it is good to share to improve Anbox integration on UT devices.
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@prog-amateur
I must say that since my bank changed its online paiment policy, i didn't had to buy anything online, so you give me the hope that they have the same workaround as your bank, with browser. -
@prog-amateur said in Need feedback about Anbox apps as a daily practice:
TobsEnd : hello, did you tried Signal alternatives such as Molly or Langis (they have a 3rd party repo on F-Droid, I don't know what are the consequences about it) ?
Molly and Langis crash at the same point of registration process as Signal.
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@tobsend too bad... thank you very much for trying !
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There is on going call for Anbox improvement if you want to participate:
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@lduboeuf Yes I saw it in the thread shared by @Lakotaubp. Thank you very much for sharing it !
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Don't know if this is much help (I'm using a Sony Xperia X), but I needed Anbox for two reasons (and it worked even thogh the Xperia is not listed as one of the supported devices):
First, I can't seem to go without WhatsApp, since most people and a few essential groups aren't willing to switch to other messengers. It's not as stable as I wish and typing takes some patience. Since Anbox installs a few standard apps I could use the settings app to change the language/keyboard in WhatsApp which makes it much more comfortable. Most of the time I get notifications about new messages in a seperate window, even when not running the app, but not in the notifications bar (like for example Teleports messages). But it's not reliable. I need to check from time to time.
Second I really don't want to miss Spotify which I also installed using the apk-file. It runs perfectly and reliably and I'm happy!
I can't really tell whether it's using much more battery power, since I installed Anbox right at the beginning.
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@samue said in Need feedback about Anbox apps as a daily practice:
I really don't want to miss Spotify
Hi, have you checked this post ?
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/4346/futify-spotify-client-need-beta-testersJust for your information. The experience might be better than with Anbox or at least let us know.
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Thanks for the hint. I might try it one of theses days, but right now I'm perfectly fine with the solution I've found.
