• @Sterile_Technique
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    2 months ago

    On Android one can use ReVanced: https://revanced.app

    Giving this another whirl. Tried Revanced a year(ish?) ago, but couldn’t get it to actually work, so I’ve just been getting ad-free music the old fashioned way (yar!), but streaming again would be nice.

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    No luck. I think the issue is I need the 7.20.51 version of YouTube Music, but that version doesn’t appear to be compatible with my phone (Google Pixel 8); and trying to slap the patches on the current version doesn’t stop the ads.

    I’m probably the least techy person on Lemmy, so if any of you want to hold my hand through the set up, I’ll happily take any help you’re willing to give. Back to mp3’s.

      • @Sterile_Technique
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        12 months ago

        No luck on that either, but it’s a different snag:

        • Cynicus RexOPM
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          12 months ago

          Considering the Pixel 8 is significantly newer than my Samsung Galaxy S10e I think it should definitely be possible to get it to work. I ran into trouble as well due to downloading the wrong APK, and another time because I didn’t really understand what ReVanced was doing so I screwed up the correct procedure.

          If I recall correctly,

          • Download the APK it recommends
          • Patch it
          • Save the patched APK by tapping the save button on the bottom left (?)
          • Install via the patched APK
          • Launch the actually patched app and not the original one 🙃
        • Raamah
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          12 months ago

          I tried it on my phone, I downloaded the apk, then opened up the revanced manager app and patched it, but it wouldn’t install. I tried again but instead saved the patched apk to my device, then installed it from there. That seemed to work for me.

    • @TriflingToad
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      12 months ago

      how do you yar, do you download from streaming services?

      • @Sterile_Technique
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        12 months ago

        Link parser to yoink a playlist off of youtube, so I can pull batches at a time.