Re:Fitness trackers 20 years from now
by toastal on Monday December 06, 2021 @01:09AM
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I was using GadgetBridge from F-Droid to keep my data and send nothing to the company's server (Xiaomi in this case). But when the battery died, I took a hard look at if I was even using that data, if it was worth it to keep Bluetooth on on my phone, if it was worth trying to go around Xiaomi to get firmware updates and hacks to get bitmap fonts covering wider languages. I decided that the easiest thing to do was toss it and bought a cheap Casio where the battery should last years.
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Re:Fitness trackers 20 years from now
by colordrops on Monday December 06, 2021 @03:50AM
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I used gadgetbridge initially but ended up switching to "Notify for Me", which is a lot more hseful. It's written by an individual in Italy but is still closed source and phones home, so I use NetGuard and LineageOS to block all network traffic to the app. It still works fine.
I don't use most functionality, but steps, sleep time, heart rate, and notifications/alarms have all been useful to me.
Is this the app you are referring to? If not, can you provide a link please? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kila.addno...
Re:Fitness trackers 20 years from now
by colordrops on Monday December 06, 2021 @11:37PM
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No, sorry, I typed it incorrectly and it's too late to edit. It's this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mc.miband1...
Thanks for the tip, I just installed it (revoked network permissions + blocked in TrackerControl) and I will check how it works. Lots more options than Gadgetbridge it seems, which is nice.