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How would you remove Android from an Android phone?
by thom_nic 9y ago
How would you remove Android from an Android phone?
- sangnoir 9y agoAndroid =/= Google: you can easily have an android phone with zero Google services if you choose a phone supported by one of many AOSP-based OSes.
- 0xcde4c3db 9y agoEven with stock Android you can skip setting up a Google account, turn on "Unknown Sources", and direct-download an alternative app store like F-Droid. It probably still feeds them telemetry, but you're not locked in to any of their cloud services.
- propogandist 9y agoGoogle services and apps are constantly phoning back to HQ, the important part is getting that off your device...just like most other apps, facebook included.
- Fnoord 9y agoLineageOS with microG [1], microG in general, or installing another port of an OS such as Ubuntu Touch or SailfishOS. The Fairphone [2] can run any of these OSes, without unlocking the bootloader and without rooting the phone. [1] https://lineage.microg.org https://lineage.microg.org [2] https://www.fairphone.com https://www.fairphone.com