Setting up a new phone
*planted: 27/02/2026last tended: 05/03/2026
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
I set this up first 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 an existing Syncthing node
3. Setup KeePassDX
KeepassDX next, so I have all my passwords and keys.
- sync my Keepass files via Syncthing
- install KeepassDX from F-Droid
4. Setup Orgzly
Then Orgzly Revived, so I can see all my todos and projects.
- sync org files via Syncthing
- install Orgzly Revived from F-Droid
4.1. Notes on Orgzly setup
- set repo link to location you synced org files to
5. Setup Termux
Install termux from F-Droid.
5.1. Termux tweaks
- termux-setup-storage
- termux-change-repo
- keys config ( making it easier to open the session drawer in Termux in right-handed one-handed mode )
5.2. Setup fish in termux
- pkg install fish
5.3. Setup git in termux
- 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. Set up calendaring
- Etar
- Dav
- ics
8. Elsewhere
8.1. In my garden
Notes that link to this note (AKA backlinks).