this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2023
26 points (96.4% liked)
Asklemmy
43328 readers
991 users here now
A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions
Search asklemmy ๐
If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!
- Open-ended question
- Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
- Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
- Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
- An actual topic of discussion
Looking for support?
Looking for a community?
- Lemmyverse: community search
- sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
- !lemmy411@lemmy.ca: a community for finding communities
~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I don't think you'd need a custom ROM. You could just factory reset it and only install apps that's you'd use for music. I can't remember if you can remove bloatware unrooted, but you could set up a clean home screen and ignore all the unnecessary apps.
Alternatively, I picked up an old FiiO X3 from 2016 for like $100. The battery is way better and the audio quality is fantastic. It's nice having a dedicated device that I can navigate in my pocket, and I dig the iPod Classic vibe.
Yep, you can remove bloatware without root, using Universal Android Debloater
I did this for my previous phone. Used as an mp3 player, remote control, and a media streaming device. You can use the Android developer mode to disable a lot of unnecessary bloatware.
I use Musicolet for mp3s. Have about 10000 songs on my phone