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Using an old Android phone as a music player

27 pointsby surprisetalklast Monday at 3:40 PM9 commentsview on HN

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hnburnsytoday at 8:12 PM

>"for the debloating i used xda forums. they have a lot of forum posts about what is safe to remove from any device but as always be careful. don't try to remove gpu drivers or something"

Suggestion: Use the Universal Android Debloater

https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-an...

sdorftoday at 9:34 PM

Sidebar, PowerAmp is the app I miss most moving from Android to iOS. Nothing on iOS comes close, Doppler is the closest I've found and it's just OK.

fhdkweigtoday at 7:58 PM

The author is using PowerAmp.

I am using AIMP. I was specifically looking for apps with downloadable APKs for sideloading. I can't use the Play Store because I don't have a google account. Looks like PowerAmp also has an APK.

ravooritoday at 9:12 PM

I have an old LG V-60 lying around which with its quad DAC is the perfect phone for this

TiredOfLifetoday at 9:08 PM

I couldn't find a good player for linux, so am using Symfonium on my old android phone with music on raspberry pi with navidrome

totallygeekytoday at 8:02 PM

PowerAmp is an incredible app, used it and loved it before. I have a self-hosted streaming setup, so I've personally found Symfonium (1) to be my go-to. I'm glad things worked out for the author with this setup, and honestly the headphone jack is a sight for sore eyes.

(1) https://www.symfonium.app/

D0ugJudytoday at 8:41 PM

Now I'm wondering if I can load plexamp on my ancient Nexus 5a...

randomblock1today at 9:08 PM

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