ZeroOS 1.1.0-beta.1 (Beta)

Read before installing: README, LICENSE and third-party notices. Installing means you have read and understood them, including the possible problems, and agree to them.

Personal use only, at your own risk. Do not upload or share these APKs anywhere (no app stores, APK sites, websites or file-sharing). ZeroOS may cause problems on your phone, including problems not listed or not known when it was released; the author and owner of this repository is not responsible for any damage or loss.

This is a Beta — new features before they reach Stable; not yet checked on the test phone. For everyday use, the Stable release is 1.0.0.

Install: download zeroos-1.1.0-beta.1-release.apk and open it. Export a settings backup first (Settings → Backup → Export settings), and pause Play Protect while installing (ZeroOS declares an optional Accessibility service), then turn it back on. It installs over any earlier ZeroOS build, including 1.0.0. The debug APK is only for the debug tools; both are signed with the same key.

New in 1.1.0-beta.1

• Screen-time lock, off until you turn it on in Settings → Wellbeing → Screen-time lock: after a daily cap (4 h by default), only your essential apps, calls and Android Settings work until midnight. Other apps show a lock screen, also when opened from notifications or recents (needs Usage access and Accessibility). Type the unlock phrase (IamWeakIneedThis by default) for 15 more minutes; a wrong phrase gets an "I am ___, I need ___" pun and "Do you really need this?". Making the lock weaker needs the phrase
• Fixed: text left in the app list's search (half-typed, or after a web or Play Store search) came back the next time the list opened
• Also includes everything from the 0.0.28–0.0.30 early builds: the short-video blocker, the break-screen fix and one blocking screen at a time

Known issues

• The short-video blocker doesn't always detect or block YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels correctly. It's being worked on; don't rely on it yet.

ZeroOS 1.0.0 (Stable)

Read before installing: README, LICENSE and third-party notices. Installing means you have read and understood them, including the possible problems, and agree to them.

Personal use only, at your own risk. Do not upload or share these APKs anywhere (no app stores, APK sites, websites or file-sharing). ZeroOS may cause problems on your phone, including problems not listed or not known when it was released; the author and owner of this repository is not responsible for any damage or loss.

This is the first Stable release — the version recommended for everyday use.

Install: download zeroos-1.0.0-release.apk and open it. Export a settings backup first (Settings → Backup → Export settings), and pause Play Protect while installing (ZeroOS declares an optional Accessibility service), then turn it back on. It installs over any earlier ZeroOS build. The debug APK is only for the debug tools; both are signed with the same key.

What's in 1.0.0

• Home: large clock, date, battery (with a charging bolt), up to 10 favourite apps as text, the Focus icon and today's screen time; no icons, badges or counters
• App list: every app A to Z, search by name or initials, letter scroller, hide and rename apps
• Gestures: swipe up for apps, swipe down for search or the notification shade, optional swipe left/right to open an app, double-tap to lock
• Appearance: dark or light, text sizes up to extra large, black-and-white wallpapers, works in portrait and landscape
• Wellbeing: a mindful pause before chosen apps, daily limits with "5 more minutes", limits and take-a-break reminders also outside ZeroOS
• Focus: 25/50/90 min or custom, only the apps you allow, optional Do Not Disturb
• Screen time & Insights: today, unlocks, top apps and the last 7 days, drawn in dots
• Before you start: ZeroOS asks you to read the README notes, licence and third-party notices of this version and tick that you agree; they're also in Settings → About
• Backup: export and import all settings; importing warns that it replaces everything and says if the backup is from another version; imported values are kept in their allowed ranges
• Safe mode if ZeroOS keeps crashing, and on-device Diagnostics; no internet permission, no ads, no analytics

Changes since 0.0.27

• Added the "Before you start" documents page, the import warning and the safer-settings protections
• Fixed: the take-a-break screen appeared at once when you came back to the app within a minute

Not in 1.0.0

• The short-video blocker (YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels) is only in the 0.0.28–0.0.30 early builds for now. If you were using it, its settings are kept in the backup format but not used by this version.

ZeroOS 0.0.30

Read before installing: README, LICENSE and third-party notices. Installing means you have read and understood them, including the possible problems, and agree to them.

Personal use only, at your own risk. Do not upload or share these APKs anywhere (no app stores, APK sites, websites or file-sharing). ZeroOS may cause problems on your phone, including problems not listed or not known when it was released; the author and owner of this repository is not responsible for any damage or loss.

Install: download zeroos-0.0.30-release.apk (for daily use) and open it. Export a settings backup first, and pause Play Protect while installing (it declares an Accessibility service), then turn it back on. The debug APK is only for the debug tools; both are signed with the same key.

Changes in 0.0.30

• Before you start: on first start, and once after an update that changes them, ZeroOS asks you to read the README notes, licence and third-party notices of the installed version and tick that you agree. They're inside the app and also in Settings → About
• Import warning: importing a settings backup says that it replaces everything and can't be undone, that permissions aren't in a backup, and whether the backup is from an older or newer version
• Safer settings: imported values are kept within their allowed ranges, and if the settings file ever can't be read, a copy is kept before it's reset
• Includes everything from 0.0.29 (break-screen fix, one blocking screen at a time) and 0.0.28 (short-video blocker)

ZeroOS 0.0.29

Read before installing: README, LICENSE and third-party notices. Installing means you have read and understood them, including the possible problems, and agree to them.

Personal use only, at your own risk. Do not upload or share these APKs anywhere (no app stores, APK sites, websites or file-sharing). ZeroOS may cause problems on your phone, including problems not listed or not known when it was released; the author and owner of this repository is not responsible for any damage or loss.

Install: download zeroos-0.0.29-release.apk (for daily use) and open it. Export a settings backup first, and pause Play Protect while installing (it declares an Accessibility service), then turn it back on. The debug APK is only for the debug tools; both are signed with the same key.

Changes in 0.0.29

• Fixed: the take-a-break screen appeared at once when you came back to the app within a minute, from recent apps or after locking and unlocking the phone
• Only one blocking screen at a time: the limit or break screen comes first; a short-video block waits and shows after it if you're still in Shorts or Reels
• Includes everything from 0.0.28 (short-video blocker)

ZeroOS 0.0.28

Read before installing: README, LICENSE and third-party notices. Installing means you have read and understood them, including the possible problems, and agree to them.

Personal use only, at your own risk. Do not upload or share these APKs anywhere (no app stores, APK sites, websites or file-sharing). ZeroOS may cause problems on your phone, including problems not listed or not known when it was released; the author and owner of this repository is not responsible for any damage or loss.

Install: download zeroos-0.0.28-release.apk (for daily use) and open it. Export a settings backup first, and pause Play Protect while installing (it declares an Accessibility service), then turn it back on. The debug APK is only for the debug tools; both are signed with the same key. After updating, check Settings → Accessibility: Android may have turned ZeroOS's service off because what it can do changed.

Changes in 0.0.28

• Short-video blocker, off until you turn it on in Settings → Wellbeing → Short videos: blocks YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels with a black screen (dot shutter over a play symbol, a pun or your own message, Go home). Block at once, or after a daily allowance (15 min by default); "Allow 5 minutes" once a day after a mindful pause; always blocked during Focus. The rest of each app stays usable
• Insights shows today's short-video time and how often it was blocked
• Accessibility: the service can now read screen layout, used only inside YouTube and Instagram while the blocker is on; the explanation screens say so

ZeroOS 0.0.27

Read before installing: README, LICENSE and third-party notices. Installing means you have read and understood them, including the possible problems, and agree to them.

Personal use only, at your own risk. Do not upload or share these APKs anywhere (no app stores, APK sites, websites or file-sharing). ZeroOS may cause problems on your phone, including problems not listed or not known when it was released; the author and owner of this repository is not responsible for any damage or loss.

Install: download zeroos-0.0.27-release.apk (for daily use) and open it. Export a settings backup first, and pause Play Protect while installing (it declares an Accessibility service), then turn it back on. The debug APK is only for the debug tools; both are signed with the same key.

Changes in 0.0.27

• Screen time on home: today's screen time and unlocks under the date, in one of four styles: text, progress bar against a daily goal, weekly dots or hourly dots. Until Usage access is granted, home shows "Tap to show screen time" (× hides it). Tap the stats for Insights: today, top 5 apps, last 7 days
• Settings → Screen time: show on home, style, daily goal, compare with yesterday, Insights
• Focus picker: ‹ and › on Custom are dimmed at 5 and 240 min

ZeroOS 0.0.26

Read before installing: README, LICENSE and third-party notices. Installing means you have read and understood them, including the possible problems, and agree to them.

Personal use only, at your own risk. Do not upload or share these APKs anywhere (no app stores, APK sites, websites or file-sharing). ZeroOS may cause problems on your phone, including problems not listed or not known when it was released; the author and owner of this repository is not responsible for any damage or loss.

Install: download zeroos-0.0.26-release.apk (for daily use) and open it. Export a settings backup first, and pause Play Protect while installing (it declares an Accessibility service), then turn it back on. The debug APK is only for the debug tools; both are signed with the same key.

Test build of Focus mode (Step 4.5 in progress; schedules come next). Replaces 0.0.24 and 0.0.25.

Changes in 0.0.26

• Focus picker: a thin line under the search, Start focus as an outlined button, and tapping anywhere on the Custom row picks it
• Focus icon twice as big on home and on the Focus screens

Also included (from 0.0.25)

• Back arrow (dotted ‹) at the top of every Settings page, Diagnostics, the Focus picker and the permission screens; it goes back to the page you came from

Also included (from 0.0.24)

• Home shows just the Focus icon; tap it to start focus. While focusing: the icon, "23m left" and a dot line that fills as the time passes
• To end focus early, tap the focus line and type why; "End focus" appears once you have (the reason isn't saved)
• Focus picker: search the apps you can use; custom length with ‹ › (5–240 min)
• Back from a picker opened in Settings → Wellbeing → Focus returns to the Focus settings
• Fix: holding the focus line no longer opens Settings

ZeroOS 0.0.23

Read before installing: README, LICENSE and third-party notices. Installing means you have read and understood them, including the possible problems, and agree to them.

Personal use only, at your own risk. Do not upload or share these APKs anywhere (no app stores, APK sites, websites or file-sharing). ZeroOS may cause problems on your phone, including problems not listed or not known when it was released; the author and owner of this repository is not responsible for any damage or loss.

Install: download zeroos-0.0.23-release.apk (for daily use) and open it. Export a settings backup first, and pause Play Protect while installing (it declares an Accessibility service), then turn it back on. The debug APK is only for the debug tools; both are signed with the same key.

This is a test build of Focus mode (Step 4.5 in progress; schedules come next).

Changes in 0.0.23

• Focus mode: tap "focus" on home, pick 25 / 50 / 90 min or a custom length and the apps you can use, then Start. A short "Focus started" screen appears; while focusing, home shows the Focus icon and "focus · 23m left", and only allowed apps appear on home and in the app list. Hold it for 3 s to end early
• Settings → Wellbeing → Focus (shown even with Wellbeing off): show "focus" on home, Focus icon (Mix, Sphere, Rim, Flow), Start focus, Do Not Disturb during focus (put back afterwards)
• Landscape: every screen works sideways (two-pane stop, break and Focus screens; wider wallpaper gallery)

ZeroOS 0.0.22

Read before installing: README, LICENSE and third-party notices. Installing means you have read and understood them, including the possible problems, and agree to them.

Personal use only, at your own risk. Do not upload or share these APKs anywhere (no app stores, APK sites, websites or file-sharing). ZeroOS may cause problems on your phone, including problems not listed or not known when it was released; the author and owner of this repository is not responsible for any damage or loss.

Install: download zeroos-0.0.22-release.apk (for daily use) and open it. Export a settings backup first, and pause Play Protect while installing (it declares an Accessibility service), then turn it back on. The debug APK is only for the debug tools; both are signed with the same key.

Changes in 0.0.22

• If ZeroOS isn't the default home app when it opens (e.g. a battery-saving mode switched it back), home shows "ZeroOS isn't your home app" with Set as default (F14.7)
• The onboarding background tip and the accessibility note are worded for any phone

Since 0.0.17

• 0.0.21: puns always shown on stop screens (D-045)
• 0.0.20: limits outside ZeroOS (F8.7) and Take a break (F8.16–F8.18)
• 0.0.19: intention required when the prompt is on (D-043)
• 0.0.18: Wellbeing: mindful pause, daily limits, time left in the app list (F8)