Almost unGoogled Android

Image by andrekheren from Pixabay.
Image by andrekheren from Pixabay.

Since astrologers have announced a month of articles about firmware for Android without Google services, I will share my experience. In order to anticipate possible questions for the article, I want to say right away which goals I pursued when reflashing, and where I had to cut corners.


Desired (main) goals:

  • Avoid vendor lock.

  • Do not store all eggs in one basket.

  • Freedom inside your device.

  • Use open source applications.

  • The ability to host data at its own facilities.

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Spoiler
  • MIUI — Android- Xiaomi ( ). (sic).

  • TWRP — Team Win Recovery Project, , ( , ).

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Spoiler

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Apple UnifiedNpl Backend, Deja Vu Location Service

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Authenticator Pro

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  • Simple Calendar — AOSP- , Simple Calendar — , , ( ).

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  • Bromite — - Chroimum. , Bromite Chromium-.

  • LibreOffice Viewer — .

  • Librera PRO — ( , ).

  • MuPDF viewer — pdf. F-Droid MuPDF, - Android, - .

  • NewPipe, SkyTube — YouTube.

  • OsmAnd — offline- open street maps.

  • Telegram FOSS — , OSS-. ( OSS- GCM), , .

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