Android set up
Most Android software is ad-sponsored so this comes quite as a shock when your previous work place was all with ad-blockers and FOSS.
- Android open-source store: f-droid
Location services:
- GPS Status (ad-ware)
- Map application that can use OSM: MapQuest (free)
- OsmAnd is the best I found so far, good offline+offline search support
Locale switching:
Nice device locale switching utility: Quick Locale Switcherdoesn’t work, unfortunatelyLocale switching widgetsdon’t work in 5.1- LocaleSwitch
Network:
- Connectbot (SSH Client)
- Firefox browser
- K9 Mail
Xabber- Siacs Conversations
Child care:
- working lockdown app: SureLock (expensive, 50€)
- Markers Doodle app
Misc:
- 920 Text Editor
Ugly as hell but free of adsChinese lunar calendar- Lunar calendar
- Comic reader can read some comics on the net (source code)
- MuPDF
SYNC:
one way calendar sync (to android, buggy but free)Caldav Syncdemo contact syncCardDAV-Sync free beta- DAVdroid
Very nice dependency-free dav server to set up on your device: Radicale