pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoIs it safe to remove Google services from a phone and install microG instead?message-squaremessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-squareIs it safe to remove Google services from a phone and install microG instead?pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-text
AFAIK, I can purge Googleware from my phone with Shizuku and replace it with microG, but I’m afraid it is unsafe
minus-squareNotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·20 days agoDon’t quote me on this since I haven’t done it, but IIRC that’s something that you can only do during a fresh install
minus-squareYaky@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 days agoIf you can root the phone, you can do it after an install. Did it on a OnePlus that didn’t have a LineageOS image at the time. It worked fine, all apps stopped complaining about Play Services being off.
Don’t quote me on this since I haven’t done it, but IIRC that’s something that you can only do during a fresh install
If you can root the phone, you can do it after an install. Did it on a OnePlus that didn’t have a LineageOS image at the time. It worked fine, all apps stopped complaining about Play Services being off.