Hello, developers. I'm Dondre Johnson (XDA: Scholeggo; an XDA newbie), and I currently have a Sprint variant of the Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (G530P). It's sad to hear the Unofficial Lineage OS 15 won't be supporting this variant. But I believe there's a solution you probably heard of by now, that can fix performance on any updated ROM, on all variants of the Grand Prime: and it's Android Oreo: Go Edition. (Don't confuse this with the original Android 8.1)
Developers, if you're seeing this thread, (including you guys, @vince2678, @Has.007), I am requesting that you guys please consider importing Android Oreo: Go Edition in the ROMs for these variants. It would really benefit us.
(I know that Sprint sucks, but, unfortunately, I'm one of them, and I won't be getting a new phone anytime soon. Please don't leave me out! Android Oreo: Go Edition is guaranteed to increase performance and help save mobile data, storage and battery juice. So it will be easier on me, and it should also be easier on you as well, developers, when developing the ROMs. (Correct me if I'm wrong))
I'm excited to hear your response and opinions. Thank you for your consideration.
Scholeggo said:
Hello, developers. I'm Dondre Johnson (XDA: Scholeggo; an XDA newbie), and I currently have a Sprint variant of the Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (G530P). It's sad to hear the Unofficial Lineage OS 15 won't be supporting this variant. But I believe there's a solution you probably heard of by now, that can fix performance on any updated ROM, on all variants of the Grand Prime: and it's Android Oreo: Go Edition. (Don't confuse this with the original Android 8.1)
Developers, if you're seeing this thread, (including you guys, @vince2678, @Has.007), I am requesting that you guys please consider importing Android Oreo: Go Edition in the ROMs for these variants. It would really benefit us.
(I know that Sprint sucks, but, unfortunately, I'm one of them, and I won't be getting a new phone anytime soon. Please don't leave me out! Android Oreo: Go Edition is guaranteed to increase performance and help save mobile data, storage and battery juice. So it will be easier on me, and it should also be easier on you as well, developers, when developing the ROMs. (Correct me if I'm wrong))
I'm excited to hear your response and opinions. Thank you for your consideration.
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Ugh. This again? -_-
Again, Android Go is only given by Google to OEMs and are not possible to be built from source. Only new devices given by such OEMs are capable of Android Go, given that the OEM selected Android Go as such device's ROM.
Thank you.
I agree with @Jovic77
Also you also will never need Android go edition anyway. Android Go is for Low-end devices which has less than 1GB (example 512mb) and lower SoC (like Snapdragon 200 series or MTK SoC). Grand prime has hardware powerful enough to run a full version of Android 8.1.
If you want to experience Android go just wait for Android 8.1 to be release for your device. Install Go Editon of GAPPS like YouTube Go, Play Go, Maps Go, Files Go etc.
tasnim_tamim said:
I agree with @Jovic77
Also you also will never need Android go edition anyway. Android Go is for Low-end devices which has less than 1GB (example 512mb) and lower SoC (like Snapdragon 200 series or MTK SoC). Grand prime has hardware powerful enough to run a full version of Android 8.1.
If you want to experience Android go just wait for Android 8.1 to be release for your device. Install Go Editon of GAPPS like YouTube Go, Play Go, Maps Go, Files Go etc.
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Well, I guess that could work, but the guarantee of taking up half of the original space for the system, compared to Android 7.1.1 is the main reason I wanted it.
No offense to @Has.007, but his Resurrection Remix ROM bricked my Class 10 SanDisk SD card, weeks after I formatted it to internal storage, and days after I set in Developer options to force eligible apps onto the card (Ok... now I don't know if that was my fault.)
Sorry if I annoyed you @Jovic77, but I really thought Android Go would improve the performance as well, since that and multitasking between the maximum of 3 apps is troublesome on these ROMs. Plus, I'm not the only one who requested Android Go.
But Ill take your suggestion, tasnim_tamim. I'll wait for the original Android 8.1 to be released for my Sprint Grand Prime, port the Go edition of Gapps, and see if the storage management has improved. Thanks forthe suggestion and feedback.
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Well, I guess that could work, but the guarantee of taking up half of the original space for the system, compared to Android 7.1.1 is the main reason I wanted it.
No offense to @Has.007, but his Resurrection Remix ROM bricked my Class 10 SanDisk SD card, weeks after I formatted it to internal storage, and days after I set in Developer options to force eligible apps onto the card (Ok... now I don't know if that was my fault.)
Sorry if I annoyed you @Jovic77, but I really thought Android Go would improve the performance as well, since that and multitasking between the maximum of 3 apps is troublesome on these ROMs. Plus, I'm not the only one who requested Android Go.
But Ill take your suggestion, tasnim_tamim. I'll wait for the original Android 8.1 to be released for my Sprint Grand Prime, port the Go edition of Gapps, and see if the storage management has improved. Thanks forthe suggestion and feedback.
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Nah, I'm not annoyed. xD
But yes, @tasnim_tamim's suggestion may work for older devices. But the full Android Go will never be available to any older devices. I;m also hoping for a "Go" set of GApps too, since they work for Android 4.1 onwards.
If performance is your concern with your current rom then I suggest you get rid of Google play-services completely. I use my phone without google , it runs absolutely flawless and lag free.
iRyan41 said:
If performance is your concern with your current rom then I suggest you get rid of Google play-services completely. I use my phone without google , it runs absolutely flawless and lag free.
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Dude. Getting rid of google play services means NO google services at all. Everything related to google won't work, including PLAYSTORE, google play games, books, music..etc. No one can live without play store, dude
Damn..
Click this thread because i think this is new rom.. But..
Noureo said:
Dude. Getting rid of google play services means NO google services at all. Everything related to google won't work, including PLAYSTORE, google play games, books, music..etc. No one can live without play store, dude
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I don't use GApps on my 5 years old Galaxy Tab 2 running on LineageOS 13 and I can easily live with it. I download my apps from APKMirror and Aptoide, Use OGYouTube as a YouTube alternative that uses its own Gapps called MicroG, and most of the games doesn't forces me to use play games (I don't even have play games on my Grand Prime )..
So it's not really impossible to live without GApps. Although sure it's annoying to not get updates or getting easy access and features like play store.. but it still is better than using GApps which really slows down my already slow tablet.
tasnim_tamim said:
I don't use GApps on my 5 years old Galaxy Tab 2 running on LineageOS 13 and I can easily live with it. I download my apps from APKMirror and Aptoide, Use OGYouTube as a YouTube alternative that uses its own Gapps called MicroG, and most of the games doesn't forces me to use play games (I don't even have play games on my Grand Prime )..
So it's not really impossible to live without GApps. Although sure it's annoying to not get updates or getting easy access and features like play store.. but it still is better than using GApps which really slows down my already slow tablet.
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Actually I see no difference between gapps and microg in performance. There's still a huge difference between the battery life though. My phone is smooth af with gapps, on los 14.1
I couldn't get used to microg.
Noureo said:
Actually I see no difference between gapps and microg in performance. There's still a huge difference between the battery life though. My phone is smooth af with gapps, on los 14.1
I couldn't get used to microg.
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I use MicroG on my tab.. not phone.
I used MicroG for a while on my phone.. and yes the performance boost was not noticeable. But still for me RAM was really great. Play Service on GApps takes more than 70mb... But MicroG only takes 25-60mb. Not noticeable battery though.
My phone is smooth with GApps... But my really old tablet lags alot with GApps on LOS 13. My tablet is really old (2012) and can't even run TouchWiz properly. So MicroG is only option for my tab.
tasnim_tamim said:
I don't use GApps on my 5 years old Galaxy Tab 2 running on LineageOS 13 and I can easily live with it. I download my apps from APKMirror and Aptoide, Use OGYouTube as a YouTube alternative that uses its own Gapps called MicroG, and most of the games doesn't forces me to use play games (I don't even have play games on my Grand Prime )..
So it's not really impossible to live without GApps. Although sure it's annoying to not get updates or getting easy access and features like play store.. but it still is better than using GApps which really slows down my already slow tablet.
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I'm extremely dedicated to the Google ecosystem. All of my emails are in Gmail, all of my devices are connected to my Google Account, my photos are synced to my Google Photos. Heck, even builds of my ROMs are uploaded first to my Google Drive.
I dunno, maybe a Filipino (like me) relies on Google so much since we really don't have better services or as seamless as Google's here. xD
there is no impossible in android world....
What is the difference between microG and Gapps? It still features all the Google functionalities, right?
Did you have any problems using any Google apps and APIs?
Who has noticed difference in performance/battery life on a G530P?
There's a storage space difference, right?
On their download website, how do you scan the QR code to download the package?
Jovic77 said:
I'm extremely dedicated to the Google ecosystem. All of my emails are in Gmail, all of my devices are connected to my Google Account, my photos are synced to my Google Photos. Heck, even builds of my ROMs are uploaded first to my Google Drive.
I dunno, maybe a Filipino (like me) relies on Google so much since we really don't have better services or as seamless as Google's here. xD
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Actually , yeah i kinda can't get used to MicroG as well. Sure that MicroG gives you more RAM, but is it really matter with a 1 GB RAM phone? This why buy a new phone is way better than tweaking your phone too hard.
I know that not everyone's rich, but that's the only way if you don't want to experience lag anymore .
Besides, some of Gapps won't work without the actual Google Play Services. For example, the Google Search app. It won't retrieve my account info, and i really need it . Heck, even the Go version can't do it.
But then again, we all have different tastes and opinions. Although if MicroG can make all Gapps working, i might gonna switch to MicroG in the future. But i'll stay with Gapps for now because i need some of the Gapps to be truly working ( and hoping that OpenGapps Go will exist in the future. ).
And @Jovic77 , i think you're way too much dependent on Google.
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And @Jovic77 , i think you're way too much dependent on Google.
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Yeah, I know. There isn't really better services (than Google) here in the PH. xD
D.R-Ult.Googler said:
Actually , yeah i kinda can't get used to MicroG as well. Sure that MicroG gives you more RAM, but is it really matter with a 1 GB RAM phone? This why buy a new phone is way better than tweaking your phone too hard.
I know that not everyone's rich, but that's the only way if you don't want to experience lag anymore .
Besides, some of Gapps won't work without the actual Google Play Services. For example, the Google Search app......
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Same, I can't get used to it. All my emails are on Gmail, all my games depend on google play games, not fb. MircoG I don't like. Lol
Noureo said:
Dude. Getting rid of google play services means NO google services at all. Everything related to google won't work, including PLAYSTORE, google play games, books, music..etc. No one can live without play store, dude
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Don't dude me , it would be much appreciated. I know no google playservices means no google at all. I CAN and many others can live without Google. It's all about preferences and I like my Android "Google Free".
What if you downloaded microG and the Aroma package of Gapps (it should allow you to choose which apps to install, right?) to only download the Play Store, services, etc? What would happen to the phone's performance?
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Hi,
First of fall I've searched the forums and found no recommendations so far, except for this thread, which only lists the alternatives.
So, my issue is that many apps on Google Play are rendered incompatible with my Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Stock 4.0.4) after I've changed my DPI.
What I'd like is a good alternative to Google Play which:
i) Contains most of the apps on Google Play.
ii) Doesn't render them incompatible unless there's a compatibility issue with the Android version, or something more critical than changed DPI.
I don't mind using the list in the thread mentioned above, but I'd like to save time on testing by asking you for recommendations. Especially developers would probably know which ones they usually use in addition to Google Play.
- rlmaers
There is no other market...
There are unofficial markets. I only found out about there being unofficial ones because of a news report saying how a lot of apps/games have been loaded with some sort of nastyware. For example, Angry Birds Space
worldwideweb.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2167511/cybercriminals-malware-infected-angry-birds-game-target-smartphone-users
With that in mind I wouldn't really try to venture too far down unofficial markets.
Here is an example, AndroLib, of an unofficial market: worldwideweb.androlib.com
Replace worldwideweb with appropriate meaning
There is absolutely no market comparable to Google Play, that has even remotely as much content as it.
Closest you're going to get is the Amazon App Store.
that market is really the worst thing on android. it has so many restrictions its outwitting itself at times. even under stock i couldn't download a ton of apps with my nexus. but when i sideloaded them it always worked.
what you can do is try hacks, there are several here on xda. i made one for my tablet mode topic, you might wanna try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1543892 it works for me and a bunch of others.
you might want to try amazon market too
Thanks for the input, from all of you.
Apps loaded with malware isn't even an option, so I guess I'll have to stick with Google Play (and perhaps Amazon App Store).
@molesarecoming: Who's done the hack on the Play app you've linked? (I guess I'm paranoid about malware every time I download something, even on XDA).
i did it, but you can trust me ... i guess.
seriously, i had the same problem that you have right now and i did something about it, no evil intentions.
play store mod
about 2 or 3 days ago there was a post on portal about a moded play store
i think it was on i9000 forum
the moded store allows to install incompatible apps or apps that are for other countries.
i tried it and it was fine but i removed it because i didnt use it.
i think it might be helpfull for you
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Thanks for the help. I'll try it out!
it's old, i know.
I use aptoide store and f-droid
f-droid is really small, but I support it in it's approach (open Software)
aptoide features alot of apps and actually I'm not missing much
NO google-software on my phone!
toggler said:
it's old, i know.
I use aptoide store and f-droid
f-droid is really small, but I support it in it's approach (open Software)
aptoide features alot of apps and actually I'm not missing much
NO google-software on my phone!
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Aptoide is "quite" good, yes it has a lot of apps because they let people upload any app in their own store.
The problem is that they do not check that published app are owned by the people who publish it, so it contains a lot of hacked apps !
Other serious app stores: amazon, opera
Hey,
Will rooting and extensive debloating Android be sufficient to stay away from google and tracking or is it neccessary to use a custom Rom (Lineage?).
Unfortunately there is no custom Rom for Samsung Xcover 4s yet.
I'm aware, that stock Lineage also will not be sufficient, but I ask myself if I get the manufaturers ROM almost as reticent as Lineage.
Maybe someone asked himself this question before and can give me a hint.
Thx
If your aim is to stay away from Google tracking, then you would have to remove Google play services completely. Make sure you know the cons of that - many apps depend on Play Services and would no longer function on your phone. If you are okay with that, debloating should be sufficient.
In future, if you decide to install a custom ROM, it is always better to go for official builds.
Wrichik Basu said:
If your aim is to stay away from Google tracking, then you would have to remove Google play services completely. Make sure you know the cons of that - many apps depend on Play Services and would no longer function on your phone. If you are okay with that, debloating should be sufficient.
In future, if you decide to install a custom ROM, it is always better to go for official builds.
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Thx. That sounds promising, I expected Google and other Bloatware to be as deep in Android system that there would be no way to stay on stock rom.
I'd prefer custom Rom, but waterproof and removable battery are rare features today in combination I guess. Xcover 4s would satisfy my hardware needs, but hoping for custom Rom on Samsung with Exynos probably is hopless, right?
Oh man, I hate to trade-off. And my actual phone (Xperia ZR) is dying slowly and annoying with more and more problems
As the title suggests, I'm looking for a privacy oriented ROM.
LineageOS isn't official and nobody posts there anymore.
Any ideas?
Crdroid is the rom for you then. It has signature spoofing for microG
Jemec26 said:
Crdroid is the rom for you then. It has signature spoofing for microG
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Nice.
I tried searching some comparisons betwen LineageOS and this, mainly for differences, especially depending privacy, but I didn't find any.
Any info?
Well, CRDroid for mi a3 is based on lineage, mainly differences besides that, are the amount of features that CRDroid has compared to lineage. And you have a big plus with OTA updates.
For your concern, privacy is very strict between both of them at the same level, as of now, CRDroid has already April patch which lineage doesn't.
Yeah I read it's a fork of LineageOS and has more features.
My concern is not security (which is what patches address) but privacy, it has to do with google telemetry hard coded in the kernel, and other stuff like network scanning, wifi triangulation etc.
if you're really really concerned about privacy and will go overboard my advice is just flash any aosp rom without gapps. Just find alternative apps for youtube (this was my main concern) like newpipe.
I've been researching a whole lot of privacy focused apps and started replacing them one by one.
But ROM should be first.
Does aosp ROMs or CrDroid contains Google services?
Voliminal_8 said:
I've been researching a whole lot of privacy focused apps and started replacing them one by one.
But ROM should be first.
Does aosp ROMs or CrDroid contains Google services?
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Crdroid contains signature spoofing if you want to install microg.
Probably the best rom at the moment when it comes to privacy and going gappsless
garylawwd said:
Crdroid contains signature spoofing if you want to install microg.
Probably the best rom at the moment when it comes to privacy and going gappsless
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What exactly is signature spoofing?
And microG?
Voliminal_8 said:
What exactly is signature spoofing?
And microG?
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If you are so focused on privacy then ditching all Google apps and researching microg would be the first thing you should do. Replacing apps now is useless as Google will still pull your data from every app on your device so long as play services are installed (or any Google app for that matter)
Read here
And here for more information
Paranoid Android 10 is out, someone needs to bring it to this phone.
debido666 said:
Paranoid Android 10 is out, someone needs to bring it to this phone.
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It is. But it comes with gapps. I think there is a build without gapps also though
garylawwd said:
If you are so focused on privacy then ditching all Google apps and researching microg would be the first thing you should do. Replacing apps now is useless as Google will still pull your data from every app on your device so long as play services are installed (or any Google app for that matter)
Read here
And here for more information
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Ok thanks for the links.
So wait, is microG needed? If I got it right, you only need it if you want to run most of google apps. Right?
If I get CrDroid without Gapps and install very other app replacement like, NewPipe, Singal Messenger, etc. won't it be google free?
Damn I'm confused.
Voliminal_8 said:
Ok thanks for the links.
So wait, is microG needed? If I got it right, you only need it if you want to run most of google apps. Right?
If I get CrDroid without Gapps and install very other app replacement like, NewPipe, Singal Messenger, etc. won't it be google free?
Damn I'm confused.
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Micro G it's kinda confusing first times you read. To answer your questions, yes, you will be Google free. Microg is mostly for apps that depends on Google services to live. It replaces the Google apps but without sending any info to Google anonymously. They just connect to make a login, that it's why signature spoofing is important, without it, microg wouldn't be able to fake gapps for those apps who required then.
Different thing is that you don't use any app who doesn't require Google services. But banking apps, for example, most of them requires it, so that it's the moment when microg plays the fake game.
I'm wondering what people think is the best ROM (no gapps) for this phone today, and how that's likely to evolve over time.
Do any ROMs stand out in terms of features, performance, or battery life? Are there any ROMs that have significant problems?
Are any ROMs "official", or likely to be? Should that be a concern or factor?
Also I'm looking to set this up no gapps, so micro-g integration is a factor. It seems like the Magisk module should work well enough with most ROMs, but I'm new to this part.
Bump. Anyone…?
"Best" is such a personal thing that I can only tell you that I'm using Resurrection Remix and am extremely pleased; lots of customization, stability, Slim Recents, and no Gapps are what make it perfect for me.
It's the first ROM I tried on this phone, and it works so well for me that I'm not (currently) considering trying something else...although my curiosity and general nature (see my sig) may lead me to trying out a different ROM...eventually, maybe.
- Resurrection Remix has a long history, but who knows for sure about developement for this phone?
- Feels nice and snappy to use, but I have no Gapps and I've only installed a few (5 or 6) apps.
- Battery life is great, for me, I don't use my phone much and go 3-4 days with still 80% left.
- Not interested in Google or microG, so can't speak to that.
TiTiB said:
"Best" is such a personal thing
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Certainly there's allowance for people to describe what they consider best.
TiTiB said:
I'm using Resurrection Remix and am extremely pleased
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So far I'm liking RR, but IIUC there's no plans for that to be official for this phone.
Previously, I loved CR-Droid, but on this phone it's missing a lot. IIUC, there's a plan to make that official, but I haven't seen any progress for a few months.
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Not interested in Google or microG, so can't speak to that
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I'm curious, how does that work? I'm new to de-Googled phones, and I thought microG was kind of necessary to get most apps working. It certainly seems important for apps that use location, eg weather and mapping.
go vegan said:
Certainly there's allowance for people to describe what they consider best.
So far I'm liking RR, but IIUC there's no plans for that to be official for this phone.
Previously, I loved CR-Droid, but on this phone it's missing a lot. IIUC, there's a plan to make that official, but I haven't seen any progress for a few months.
I'm curious, how does that work? I'm new to de-Googled phones, and I thought microG was kind of necessary to get most apps working. It certainly seems important for apps that use location, eg weather and mapping.
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I do my best to never allow anything to know my location. I use Open Street Maps in offline mode for maps, my weather app uses my zipcode, etc.
I'm totally ungoogled on my phone. F-droid apps only.
EDIIT: Preemptive correction. Not true about F-droid apps only, or even FOSS only. Obviously Brave Browser, for instance, is neither.
TiTiB said:
I do my best to never allow anything to know my location. I use Open Street Maps in offline mode for maps, my weather app uses my zipcode, etc.
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I've been using this - https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.tobykurien.webapps/
If I want a "web app" to have access to my location, I can permit that on an as-needed basis.
I'm also migrating towards weather apps from F-Droid - https://search.f-droid.org/?q=weather&lang=en
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I'm totally ungoogled on my phone. F-droid apps only.
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I'm not there yet, but I think I'm on my way. Location (via microG/NLP) is handy for lots of things, especially when I have control over it.
I'm new to de-Googled phones. Can you point me to resources about the pros and cons of microG? I was under the impression that it's kind of necessary for notifications and location services…? But maybe if you don't need/want notifications and location services, then there's no need for it?
go vegan said:
I've been using this - https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.tobykurien.webapps/
If I want a "web app" to have access to my location, I can permit that on an as-needed basis.
I'm also migrating towards weather apps from F-Droid - https://search.f-droid.org/?q=weather&lang=en
I'm not there yet, but I think I'm on my way. Location (via microG/NLP) is handy for lots of things, especially when I have control over it.
I'm new to de-Googled phones. Can you point me to resources about the pros and cons of microG? I was under the impression that it's kind of necessary for notifications and location services…? But maybe if you don't need/want notifications and location services, then there's no need for it?
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Haven't had interest in microG in years, and don't have any info about what is or is not required for location or notifications. I have no need for either. I use my phone for calls, texts, and, very rarely, web access via Brave, Bromite, or Fennec—that's it. If need to look at a map, I have it already downloaded is OSM.
TiTiB said:
I use my phone for calls, texts, and, very rarely, web access via Brave, Bromite, or Fennec—that's it. If need to look at a map, I have it already downloaded is OSM.
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I use a dumb-phone for calls and texts. I use a smart-phone as a pocket-size portable computer.
Which custom rom did you end up trying? Im also on the same boat as you in terms of wanting to degoogle. I just successfully unlocked the bootloader and rooted the device via magisk. Now I'm trying to figure out the next step in getting rid of gapps and having microG in place of play services. The user fulalas created a debloat magisk module, and if that removes core gapps I'm wondering if implementing that and then installing microG will be the solution for me
Hi, I have an old GT-i9300 phone that I was going to lend to someone going on holiday. They wanted a phone that they would not be worried about if it grew legs and walked off, so old and slow was fine.
They wanted to use it for:
google maps,
google translate,
google photos,
gmail,
chrome
And all was going well until i was testing google maps and after a few days i started getting annoying popups informing me that android 4.3 or older are no longer supported. And then said person requested support for a pile of other apps.
So I have no choice but to install a custom rom as android 8 or higher is now required.
I have come here seeking your wisdom and knowledge in finding a custom rom for android 8 or later that is stable enough for daily use, has working wifi, NFC, data roaming and camera.
Please help
stonefisher
stonefisher1 said:
Hi, I have an old GT-i9300 phone that I was going to lend to someone going on holiday. They wanted a phone that they would not be worried about if it grew legs and walked off, so old and slow was fine.
They wanted to use it for:
google maps,
google translate,
google photos,
gmail,
chrome
And all was going well until i was testing google maps and after a few days i started getting annoying popups informing me that android 4.3 or older are no longer supported. And then said person requested support for a pile of other apps.
So I have no choice but to install a custom rom as android 8 or higher is now required.
I have come here seeking your wisdom and knowledge in finding a custom rom for android 8 or later that is stable enough for daily use, has working wifi, NFC, data roaming and camera.
Please help
stonefisher
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ive tried a couple of roms in the past days. they all have some kind of little issues. especially the higher android versions from 8-12 are quite buggy.
what i can recommend is:
1. resurrection remix 5.8.5 android 7: https://sourceforge.net/projects/resurrectionremix/files/i9300/ and https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-7-1-2_r2-i9300-ressurrection-remix-n-5-8-3-official.3270121/ (for reference)
2. lineage os 14.1 android 7 by mibo: https://github.com/Mibo5354/i9300_builds/releases
this one i tried today and it looks to be the best overall one so far:
3. lineage os 16.1 android 9: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-16-0-by-team-infusion-beta-20-08-19.3940142/
this one may also be a good one:
4. lineage os 15.1 anroid 8: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-15-1-for-galaxy-s3-by-team-infusion.3941516/
if you want to look further go from here:
List of Best Custom ROM for Samsung Galaxy S3 [Updated]
Do you want to Install any Custom ROM for Samsung Galaxy S3 device? then you are at the right place. Here we will list all the Custom
www.getdroidtips.com
if you want gps navigation take mapfactor navigator with open street maps. google maps, translator and mail you can use via browser, as browser take opera gx, it has adblocker and antiminer built in. play store you dont need just take the apks. i never install gapps. photo / gallery is available in all roms by default.
but if you want gapps you have to chose a specific package for the respective roms, like opengapps for arm.
The Open GApps Project
OpenGApps.org offers information and pre-built packages of The Open GApps Project. The Open GApps Project is an open-source effort to script the automatic generation of up-to-date Google Apps packages. All Android versions and platforms supported.
opengapps.org
Thanks i will look into these, any update on your findings?
stonefisher1 said:
Thanks i will look into these, any update on your findings?
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ive been using this (https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-16-0-by-team-infusion-beta-20-08-19.3940142/) now for quite a long time and its really, really good. my favorite of all mods i tried. the next closest recommendation is resurrection remix.