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seeking input - android apps for things (awful.systems)
submitted 4 months ago by froztbyte@awful.systems to c/notawfultech@awful.systems
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in the spirit of this post, but from the other side

I have a shitdroid that I can't root because the vendor sucks, but google can go fuck themselves too. combined with that I haven't androided much for about a decade and know nothing about the current ecosystem.. I'm looking for good alternatives to a few things. free/foss preferred but I'm pragmatic over picky - if there's a good paid option I'm willing to consider it

immediate known requirements include contact sync, calendar (more business than personal but either works if it's good). maybe also other things I should know about?

judicuous preference to things that support open protocols and self-hosting (i.e. anything that has to use their service to operate - no go)

tell me about good apps! I know about syncthing and photosync

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[–] JASN_DE@feddit.org 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Calendar and contacts work fine via WebDAV as long as your chosen backend supports it. DAVx5 is a commonly used app.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

thanks I'll check it out

do need to switch out the one backend anyway, baikal looks like it plays better (the current radicale I have is not playing well with some apple shit)

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 1 points 5 days ago

months later follow-up on this: I didn't switch away from radicale, but figured out the issue: apple stuff does not want full resource path, but rather /radicale/account@domain

it also gives damn useless feedback in in normal modes. it's spammy in debug but you can at least figure out what's going on