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If you're wary of Google, just don't create an account on the phone. I've recently de-Googled a number of Android phones, and the cleaned-up experience is wond
by dingaling 13y ago
If you're wary of Google, just don't create an account on the phone.
I've recently de-Googled a number of Android phones, and the cleaned-up experience is wonderful. Long battery life and plenty of apps from F-Droid or Amazon.
Browser-sync is nicely handled by Firefox Sync, which you can self-host.
Ideally it'll be a rooted phone and you can also delete all the com.google.*.apk files, too, so none of their apps run in the background ( uselessly spinning and burning CPU cycles in case you suddenly decide to create an account ).
- sillysaurus2 13y agoAwesome! Are there any resources I could read to learn how to de-Google an Android phone? Thank you so much!
- dingaling 13y agoIt's fairly straight-foward on the lastest versions of Android that allow you to freeze apps, rather than having to root and rename the apks. Here's a list of the apps that are safe to remove, noting the Google ones: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2299805 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2299805 If the phone has a Google account already configured, lock-out the phone by changing the account password on a PC. If its rooted, delete the accounts.db file. Apps that I usually then install for the user: - Osmand to replace Google Maps - F-Droid and sometimes Amazon App Store - K9 Mail ( you can even point this to G-Mail quite safely! ) - Firefox in place of the stock browser
- yapcguy 13y agoOnce your phone is rooted, use Titanium Backup (there may be similar apps on F-Droid for free) to uninstall the Google apps and services you don't need.