Because the option is Rooted debugging. Giving root to ADB is just what it does.
Yes - as such, it’s not what I expected in a page titled “how to root /e/OS”, and which talks at length about rooting the device.
It should be in stable builds now, too, the split between dev and stable in this regard ended with Android 11 if I remember correctly.
Yes. The option was there, in developer options, and I had it turned on, but as AFWall+ still did not have root, I assumed it was shown but not active - after all, the docs said “in dev builds only”.
In any event, since I lost the work involved in configuring /e/OS, I’m having another go at getting Mobian to work.
If you need inspiration for alternatives …
Thankyou. I’ll have a look around. I used to use MAPS.ME, but they’ve messed up GPS, and it basically never locks (not on my old phone, anyway).
I recently was using OsmAnd, which has beautiful GPS, but limits now to 10 map downloads - I would pay for it, but I can’t see how, as I’m sideloading the APK.
What I really want is Mobian, so I can simply run my own map server, nav app, and search app, and get away from the entire APK/app ecosystem.
Else, if you don’t like it, just install a different launcher you like.
Yes. I remembered after a while the UI is called a launcher, and I looked in the app store for others. When I tried to install them, it looks like the app store, or something in the UI, silently crashes - you are taken back to the normal UI home page. The second time I tried it, a dialog popped up, saying “this app keeps crashing, disable dialogues”, or something like that.
There are more toggles you can put into the quick settings than are visible, there’s a “Location” toggle, too.
Thankyou. I did look for a way to do this, but failed to find it. If I can’t get Mobian working, I’ll have a look at that URL.
I saw your other topic, you were in contact with them. Any timeframe (i.e. how realistic is it to wait for this)?
Contact is too strong a word. I went to the IRC channel, explained, got one question (“is the backlight illuminated?”) and that was it. I do not think I have actually communicated to whatever devs there are that Mobian is currently broken on FP4.
A new Mobian release came out today, the weekly build, dated 2023-07-09 (presumably they release stuff which is older, to give it time to be checked and so on), this build also fails, in the same way as the previous build.