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submitted 6 months ago by jinwk00@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I wanted to degoogle since Google has been most annoying so far with S21FE. Was thinking of getting Pixel 8a but due to mixed reivews I was looking for other phones. Thoughts on this? Would be also nice if I can get some opinions from people who have the phone as well.

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[-] lemming123@thelemmy.club 1 points 6 months ago

Ok cool,

I'll get links shortly and explain in more detail, [I will also add lots of the problems would have been solved had I taken backups properly]

What I did:

  1. Unlock bootloader, and patch/install a patched boot image and magisk

  2. Install a custom recovery - I used orangefox, I think TWRP is also on Nothing

  3. Make the protected file system read/write

  4. Download a file explorer that has root access available

  5. Go into the root filesystem, and delete all the google stuff you wish to get rid of [You will want to make sure you have a keyboard installed!!]

If you just want to get rid of google apps, you'd be able to stop here.

I did want banking apps available, and they need google services framework - you have MicroG I downloaded from the F-droid store, and then used a magisk module to make it a system app to keep everything happy there.

this post was submitted on 10 May 2024
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