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Anon degoogles his Samsung
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this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2025
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No, not after he removed everything with Google in the name, including Google Play services.
What anon doesn't realize it's that you don't need to root your phone for all this, you can just use adb or the universal android debloater.
— sent from a Samsung that's degoogled in the same exact way.
I see. In that case his push notifications will not work for apps that rely on Google play services for them. A few other things off the top of my head:
A-GPS SUPL must be changed Captive portal must be changed DNS, NTP servers must be changed Depending on how much you trust Chromium system webview should be avoided
It is not trivial to remove Google from Android, even AOSP
Apps that don't rely on google push notifications usually come with a workaround that shows a permanent fake notification; which then allows normal push functionality. If that doesnt bother you it works perfectly fine without play services.
What makes me keep it myself is the necessity for certain play store exclusive apps such as banking and the one for my local public transit. Can't do without those
Yep, those are all issues you run into. Without microg you lose quite a bit of functionality. Personally, I'm content with sending less data to Google, so I leave some things alone.