Setting up a new phone

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planted: 27/02/2026last tended: 27/02/2026

1. Sync from Google

Loath to admit it, but this was pretty helpful. Synced apps from the Play Store, settings, etc. Might still be worth me documenting the setting tweaks to Android that I like for when this isn't used.

Note: I use a lot of apps from F-Droid and these aren't synced.

2. Set up Syncthing

So I can sync various things from other places. I could also pull them from git.

  • install Syncthing-Fork from F-Droid
  • connect phone to existing Syncthing node

3. Setup KeePassDX

  • sync Keepass files via Syncthing
  • install KeepassDX from F-Droid

4. Setup Orgzly

4.1. Orgzly setup

  • broken repository links
  • had to re-set and then force over write local on all of them

5. Setup Termux

  • termux-setup-storage
  • termux-change-repo
  • pkg install fish
  • pkg install git

6. Setup Emacs

See Setting up Doom Emacs in termux on Android

  • pkg install emacs
  • git clone… For Doom
  • doom install
  • .doom.d clone from dotfiles

7. Elsewhere

7.1. In my garden

Notes that link to this note (AKA backlinks).

7.3. Mentions

Recent changes. Source. Peer Production License.