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An open source implementation of the to google services layer exists already: the microG project[^1]. Combine it with f-droid, and apps like Yalp store[^2], and

by pmlnr 9y ago

An open source implementation of the to google services layer exists already: the microG project[^1]. Combine it with f-droid, and apps like Yalp store[^2], and the phone functions perfectly. I've made a guide a little while ago on how to do this on a Nomu S10, one of the cheap, MediaTek based, rugged phones[^3]. [^1]: https://microg.org/ https://microg.org/ [^2]: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.yeriomin.yalpstore/ https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.yeriomin.yalpstore/ [^3]: https://petermolnar.net/odexed-android-6-marshmallow-with-microg/ https://petermolnar.net/odexed-android-6-marshmallow-with-mi...

agentdrtran 9y ago
> the phone functions perfectly I guarantee it doesn't.
- pmlnr 9y ago
  I can send text, email, call someone. Travel apps, say, Ryanair, Easyjet, Booking, are working without a single glitch, including push notifications. Version 8 of Google Maps and version 3 of translate (the one with the 200+MB language packs that people actually understood, unlike the AI-powered 30MB ones in the new versions) don't need Google Services Framework, neither does Osmand. Netflix, Spotify, amazon videos work fine, amazon anything works fine. Even whatapps (which I sadly had to install due to the lack of other channels with a few groups) functions as expected. The only app I'm using and has problems is Monzo: most of the push notifications don't come through, only sometimes one of them, and you have to - gasp! - manually refresh by pulling the screen down. I'm really curious about your "guarantee".
- CaptSpify 9y ago
  You are correct, it does not. It works OK, but I know I have a ton of minor issues with it
- realusername 9y ago
  No it does work well, I've used that for a long time and everything worked fine. The issue is more about to actually get an Android ROM to work on your phone than the Gapps.

by pmlnr 9y ago

agentdrtran 9y ago

> the phone functions perfectly I guarantee it doesn't.

pmlnr 9y ago
I can send text, email, call someone. Travel apps, say, Ryanair, Easyjet, Booking, are working without a single glitch, including push notifications. Version 8 of Google Maps and version 3 of translate (the one with the 200+MB language packs that people actually understood, unlike the AI-powered 30MB ones in the new versions) don't need Google Services Framework, neither does Osmand. Netflix, Spotify, amazon videos work fine, amazon anything works fine. Even whatapps (which I sadly had to install due to the lack of other channels with a few groups) functions as expected. The only app I'm using and has problems is Monzo: most of the push notifications don't come through, only sometimes one of them, and you have to - gasp! - manually refresh by pulling the screen down. I'm really curious about your "guarantee".
CaptSpify 9y ago
You are correct, it does not. It works OK, but I know I have a ton of minor issues with it
realusername 9y ago
No it does work well, I've used that for a long time and everything worked fine. The issue is more about to actually get an Android ROM to work on your phone than the Gapps.