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I need Google Play Services for certain apps (government ID, banking app), how to do it in a smart way? Running LineageOS (lemm.ee)
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Hello! I recently switched to LineageOS and have been enjoying it fine. However, certain apps just refuse to work without engoogling them, sadly, and I need help doing it without making my entire phone a google-shaped target.

I've tried installing the apk's manually or getting them through Aurora (once I got that to work), but no dice, they invariably give me some error code at the last hurdle, seemingly indicating a reliance on the services I'm trying not to install.

The alternative is keeping my SIM-less old phone around, the apps still work. I'm not sure how, considering they're tied to my phone number. I don't need those apps every day, so it wouldn't be a huge bother, I'm just worried it'll stop working after a while, and then I'm SOL.

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[–] un_aristocrate@jlai.lu 2 points 4 days ago

Those apps will not work for security reasons. They check that the device is not compromised, meaning that the system is known not to contain any malicious software. It is unfortunately impossible to be sure that a custom firmware is safe.