Comment by 0xbadcafebee | Hacker News Reader

Comment by 0xbadcafebee | Hacker News Reader

tl;dr how to install an app from unverified developer ("advanced flow")

  1. enable developer mode
  2. confirm you aren't being coached
  3. restart your phone and reauthenticate
  4. come back after 24 hours and unlock device
  5. install app from unverified developer, option of enabling for 7 days or indefinitely

This is apparently a one-time process. Advanced flow for users launches globally August 2026. Verification requirement kicks in September 2026.

Personally I am hopeful that people work toward a completely new, non-Android OS. 15 GB of space on my phone, and 1.5 GB of RAM, is dedicated to Android OS alone. This design, and the control this company (and the mobile providers, and device manufacturers) have over the mobile world, is ridiculous. Let's start over.

Nah. This sucks. My banking app refuses to open if devtools are enabled. 24h window means I can't do dev work on my personal phone.

I have that problem too, and it's a banking app I use nearly every day.

Needing to turn Developer mode off and on every time I open the app is really annoying.

It was extra annoying when I needed to log all my phone's Bluetooth HCI protocol activity for a day for product development. I wouldn't be able to take that measurement using a separate dev-specific phone, because it wouldn't contain realistic usage.

>15 GB of space on my phone, and 1.5 GB of RAM, is dedicated to Android OS alone

The original Droid phone I used had only 256mb of memory, and could still multitask and run multiple apps at once with that limited memory. Its crazy how bloated things have become over the years.

> I am hopeful that people work toward a completely new, non-Android OS

Mobian, PureOS, postmarketOS already exist. Sent from my Librem 5.

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