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[GAPPS][5.1.X][5.0.X][4.4.X] Open GApps for Stock

Introducing Open GApps for Stock
This package aims to help everyone that wants to integrate updates to the GApps into their ROM without the risks of Titanium Backup.
It was originally a fork of the work of TKruzze and it's now part of the Open GApps project.
Some things changed from the old PA GApps package to accommodate the installation on stock ROMs. The largest part of the changes is not visible to the user, but I would like to list them here:
• All the libchrome libs from /system/lib and /system/lib64 are now removed.
• The sizes of the apps are now directly measured from the zip, thus resulting in a more accurate estimation of the occupied space.
• The Google Email client (the one that became a stub following an update on the Play store) will be removed if Gmail is going to be installed.
• Android System WebView has been added to the Stock package.
The gapps-config functionality is still here and can be used to exclude some apps or to reduce the package to a smaller size.
GApps for Stock joined the Open GApps project and became Open GApps for Stock
It's just like the standard Open GApps stock package with the added ability to flash over Stock ROMs. This new package is called "fornexus" and is intended to use on Nexus devices with Stock ROMs from Google. Open GApps for stock is now included in the main code of the OpenGApps project, so you can now flash the stock package or smaller ones directly on your Nexus device. The compatibility with other ROMs is not guaranteed, but you can ask for help here (and not in the Open GApps thread) providing the debug logs (found in the same folder of the ZIP file) and I can tell you if your problem derives from a complete incompatibility or can be solved by me.
Download available now! (Post #3)

FAQ:
Some Frequently asked Questions about the Open GApps package can be found here. If you don't find your question in the FAQs, you can post it here and you will be answered.
This post will be populated with the time as questions arise.

Thanks to the joining with the Open GApps project, this package is now available for both arm and arm64 devices, from Android 4.4 KitKat to Android 5.1 Lollipop.
Download:
You can find the latest version from the website OpenGApps.org
You can download now any package and if a Stock ROM is detected, it will switch to the "for Stock" mode.

Gapps for Stock 20150501 released
Changelog:
• The package has been tested (on my Nexus 5 using gapps-config to reduce the size) and all went fine. I can say it's safe to install.
• Google Play Music updated to version 5.9.1853R.1893462
• Google Play Newsstand updated to version 3.4.0 (2015040709)
• Google App (Search) updated to version 4.5.13.19.arm
• Maps updated to version 9.8.1

So are these gapps only for version 5.0.1? They will not flash on 5.1.1.

Yes, 5.0 only, 5.1 version will come out in the near future.

Bravo cumpà
A few suggestions:
- Mega.co.nz links are quite hard to download from smartphone (you need the app, it doesn't work using the browser)... I suggest to use androidfilehost instead
- Take a look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/pa-gapps-continuation-t3098071 ... maybe you can join efforts and create a team

hi nice work
does it also contains 64bit apps

provolinoo said:
Mega.co.nz links are quite hard to download from smartphone (you need the app, it doesn't work using the browser)...
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You don't need the app. Just enable "request desktop site" in Chrome settings.

Gapps for Stock 20150525 released
Changelog:
• Android System WebView updated to version 43.0.2357.76
• Docs updated to version 1.4.192.11.36
• Drive updated to version 2.2.183.17.36
• Exchange Services updated to version 6.5-1791555
• Gmail updated to version 5.2.93937770
• Google Play Books updated to version 3.4.9
• Google Play Games updated to version 3.0.11 (1917563-03X)
• Google Play Movies updated to version 3.8.8
• Google Play Music updated to version 5.9.1854R.1904527
• Google Play Newsstand updated to version 3.4.0 (2015040712)
• Google Play services updated to version 7.5.71 (1955121-43X)
• Google Play Store updated to version 5.5.12
• Google App (Search) updated to version 4.6.10.19.arm
• Google+ updated to version 5.5.0.93566200
• Keep updated to version 3.1.204.00
• Maps updated to version 9.9.0
• Sheets updated to version 1.4.192.08.36
• Slides updated to version 1.2.192.12.36
• Sound Search downgraded to version 1.1.8
• TalkBack updated to version 4.2.0
• YouTube updated to version 10.20.55

Thanks for your helpful information.

Nice work on this! I've been seriously contemplating a package that does exactly this, but that hardly seems necessary now. Good luck with the project. Mind if I link your thread from our FAQ?

TKruzze said:
Nice work on this! I've been seriously contemplating a package that does exactly this, but that hardly seems necessary now. Good luck with the project. Mind if I link your thread from our FAQ?
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Thank you for your appreciation. I have no problem at all, feel free to link this thread.

Gapps for Stock 20150529 released
Changelog:
• Android System WebView updated to version 43.0.2357.86
• Chrome updated to version 43.0.2357.78
• Fit added to Full and Stock package
• Google+ updated to version 5.6.0.94508375
• Google Play Store updated to version 5.6.6
• Photos added to Stock package

hi!
great idea, finally!
i tried the stock_gapps-5.0.1-20150529 package on stock OnePlus cm12S latest official rom, and have FC on both gmail and calendar just after boot... attach logs...
as i was on a different gapps package, i've done what usually needs to be done:
wipe cache+dalvik+system
flashed stock rom+gapps (+kernel, mooab and supersu)
wipe cache+dalvik again

mrshark said:
hi!
great idea, finally!
i tried the stock_gapps-5.0.1-20150529 package on stock OnePlus cm12S latest official rom, and have FC on both gmail and calendar just after boot... attach logs...
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The problem is that your ROM includes some GApps in non standard paths and you now have Google Calendar and Gmail installed two times in /system. Can you test if also Google CloudPrint is crashing while I build and upload the new package?

Rapper_skull said:
The problem is that your ROM includes some GApps in non standard paths and you now have Google Calendar and Gmail installed two times in /system. Can you test if also Google CloudPrint is crashing while I build and upload the new package?
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never activated it, even if installed, but the constant FCs were of gmail and calendar... i can't try now, passed 2 hours in testing and now battery is gone and charging
do you plan to fix this, if you can? Other gapps packages don't install at all or i've to remove many apps because they fill the system partition (even if i successfully flashed about EVERYTHING using your package)...

mrshark said:
never activated it, even if installed, but the constant FCs were of gmail and calendar... i can't try now, passed 2 hours in testing and now battery is gone and charging
do you plan to fix this, if you can? Other gapps packages don't install at all or i've to remove many apps because they fill the system partition (even if i successfully flashed about EVERYTHING using your package)...
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GApps are meant to be installed on top of AOSP ROMs that do not include already some of the Google Apps. Your ROM is not an AOSP ROM, but my package is meant to be installed on top of Stock ROMs, that already include GApps. The problem is that your ROM not only includes some GApps, but they're also in the wrong location, and installing a GApps package would bring to conflicts. I updated my package to remove the GApps installed in your ROM too, so that there should be no more FCs. Also you'll gain another 34MB of space to include even more GApps to your config (you don't have to exclude TalkBack and Messenger anymore if you want). The updated package is currently uploading and will be available tomorrow or later today, depending on your timezone.

Rapper_skull said:
GApps are meant to be installed on top of AOSP ROMs that do not include already some of the Google Apps. Your ROM is not an AOSP ROM, but my package is meant to be installed on top of Stock ROMs, that already include GApps. The problem is that your ROM not only includes some GApps, but they're also in the wrong location, and installing a GApps package would bring to conflicts. I updated my package to remove the GApps installed in your ROM too, so that there should be no more FCs. Also you'll gain another 34MB of space to include even more GApps to your config (you don't have to exclude TalkBack and Messenger anymore if you want). The updated package is currently uploading and will be available tomorrow or later today, depending on your timezone.
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thanks a lot, you're great! There's no other packages that allow to keep gapps in rom updated in stock roms that already have them, like OPO cm12s...
i didn't remove those apps for lack of space (there are STILL 136mbs free, even though i flashed the big STOCK package and other personal stuff like franco kernel, mooab adblocker, maxxaudio and supersu, too)... i removed talkback because don't use it, and messenger because i use hangout, instead
what do you think of EMAIL? in stock rom it's named EMAIL, but it's really BOXER, the email client made by cyanogen and released as full app just for OPO... do i have to explicit put a line like "+Email" in config or it's left untouched, as email is the stub for the old email client made by google?
tomorrow i'll download and flash your new gapps package, thanks again!

mrshark said:
thanks a lot, you're great! There's no other packages that allow to keep gapps in rom updated in stock roms that already have them, like OPO cm12s...
i didn't remove those apps for lack of space (there are STILL 136mbs free, even though i flashed the big STOCK package and other personal stuff like franco kernel, mooab adblocker, maxxaudio and supersu, too)... i removed talkback because don't use it, and messenger because i use hangout, instead
what do you think of EMAIL? in stock rom it's named EMAIL, but it's really BOXER, the email client made by cyanogen and released as full app just for OPO... do i have to explicit put a line like "+Email" in config or it's left untouched, as email is the stub for the old email client made by google?
tomorrow i'll download and flash your new gapps package, thanks again!
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Boxer will not be removed and +Email is unnecessary. However I added the Boxer keyword to remove the CM Email client if someone wants to.

[GUIDE] MicroG on OnePlus 6 (open source and ligthway alternative to Google services)

Updated and tested for Android 10 (with Omnirom)
Why MicroG?
Here is a great explanation from the official wiki itself: https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki
There are different and good reasons to move away from Google services and get microG services:
1) More privacy: all Marvin's work is open source and focused on privacy. The "Google Play Services" app is probably the worst app you can have on Android when it comes to telemetry, spying, etc. It's always running tons of services to know all your comings and goings. As a side note, it's also good to not rely on Google too much.
2) More RAM available: Google Play Services use a lot of RAM when GMScore uses almost nothing.
3) More battery life, especially while idling: you'll avoid all the wakelocks related to Play Services (whether they are intentional or not)
CREDITS / Thank you:
@MaR-V-iN, for his wonderful and amazing work to free us from Google. One of the most underrated dev in the Android world.
@Setialpha , for his nanodroid module and his availability to help.
@topjohnwu for Magisk
How will your Android experience change?
Actually, not so much. If you're only interested in MicroG for the reasons 2) and 3), you can still use all Google apps, including the Play store (you need a patched version). Be aware, some apps don't work or are not working properly. Implementation status of different Android/Google services can be found here: https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki/Implementation-Status
If you wonder if an app works or if you've tried and it doesn't work, just check on the issues tracker on Github or on your favorite search engine.
Now, if you want to change your habits, F-Droid will become your new best friend. It's an app store, like the Play Store, but which only delivers controlled, quality and open source apps. Both stores share many apps in common but F-Droid also has apps that the Play Store doesn't, because they're against Google policy for example. It should become your main app store as it's always good to use open source apps, for many reasons. Let's not start a debate here.
However, at least, at the beginning, it's tough to not use ANY app from the play store. For that, you should use Aurora store (whick is a fork of Yalp Store FYI). You get access all apps from Play Store. You can either use an anonymous account or use your own Google account. In the second case, you'll be able to download your paid apps. However, these won't work if they include a license check (most of them nowadays). You can nicely ask the dev if there's a workaround. Some accept, like the team behind Titanium Backup for example. Or SmartPack Kernel Manager's developer.
If you're looking for open source alternatives to the apps you usually use, I could list a few of them but this list is just great: https://github.com/offa/android-foss .
If you don't know how to replace Google services, this list is great as well: https://shadow53.com/android/no-gapps/alternatives/
You can also check on reddit like on this subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/
What ROM to use?
Any custom AOSP ROM should work, as long as :
1° it supports signature spoofing
2° it's deodexed
3° it supports alternative location backends, it's
-I wouldn't recommend any ROM that comes with gapps included. It just makes things more complicated.
On Android 10, I would highly recommend OmniROM, which offers an archive with microg prebundled, and also because it perfectly supports microG (signature spoofing, alternative location backends, etc.)
USEFUL LINKS
-MicroG thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-microg-gmscore-floss-play-services-t3217616
-MicroG wiki: https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki
-UnifiedNlp thread (location): https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-g-unifiednlp-floss-wi-fi-cell-tower-t2991544
-Nanodroid (provides packages related to open source / microG stuff): https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-nanomod-5-0-20170405-microg-t3584928/ (you need to download the microG edition) + here to understand how to edit the .nanodroid-setup file: https://gitlab.com/Nanolx/NanoDroid/blob/master/doc/AlterInstallation.md#detailed-description
-microG unofficial installer (doesn't work on our device yet): https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/microg-unofficial-installer-t3432360
-Useful website about installing, getting packages, etc. : https://shadow53.com/android/no-gapps/setup-guide/microg/
-Great list of FOSS (open source software) apps for Android: https://github.com/offa/android-foss
-Alternative to Google apps: https://shadow53.com/android/no-gapps/alternatives/
-Personnal experience feedback: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/gapps-free-samsung-galaxy-s3-lte-gt-t3553620
If you read all these threads you'll start to have a good understanding of what is microG and how to live without Google.
Prerequisites:
-OnePlus 6
-Unlocked bootloader
-TWRP installed
-A ROM supporting microG
-All files downloaded, on your device
DOWNLOAD LINKS
-OOS: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/official-oxygenos-5-1-5-ota-oneplus-6-t3794232
-TWRP: https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...overy-unofficial-twrp-touch-recovery-t3860815
-Magisk: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445
-Nanodroid: https://downloads.nanolx.org/NanoDroid/Stable/ (you need to download the microG file)
-Push Notification Tester: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.firstrowria.pushnotificationtester
-Working Google Maps app: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/maps/maps-9-82-1-release/
-F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/FDroid.apk
INSTALLATION TUTORIAL
Italic = recommended, but not mandatory. Do it if something doesn't work properly
0) DON'T RESTORE your apps until everything is set up, otherwise you'll have issues with GCM (getting instant notifications from messaging apps for example)
1) Flash the custom ROM of your choice ( these instructions should work: https://privatebin.net/?42d550f9ae5df09f#imAFxWjM0gW+V9+ex+8nRyYSoSQzLPjhNXsbKIUjzqA= )
2) Flash magisk, reboot to system
3) Reboot to recovery
4) Flash Nanodroid (you need to download the microG edition, and make sure you have made the .nanodroid-setup file at the root of your internal storage, see instructions here https://github.com/Nanolx/NanoDroid/blob/master/doc/AlterInstallation.md) or you can also try MinMicroG (https://github.com/FriendlyNeighborhoodShane/MinMicroG_releases/releases).
If you choose nanodroid, update microG thhis way: https://www.reddit.com/r/MicroG/comments/fd7udr/fork_of_microg_gmscore_with_unifiednlp_working_in/
5) Reboot to system
6) Open MicroG, give it permissions if that's not already the case
7) Click on self-check. Give signature spoofing to all the empty boxed so they get ticked.
For Omni/Arrow/Aex, you can make sure it's allowed in settings/apps & notifications/apps permissions/spoof package signature. for playstore/fakestore make sure you click on the 3 dots and check system apps (if it exists).
8) Give permission to ignore batter optimizations.
9) Enable Google device registration and Google Cloud Messaging.
10) Enable Safetynet if you want
11) Click on UnifiedNlp and active the 3 backends: location backends: Mozilla+ Déjà Vu; adress lookup backends: Nominatim.
12) REBOOT
13) Open your phone app, and type this:
Now try this instead in order to manually enable device registration and connect to Google Cloud Messaging:
Code:
*#*#2432546#*#*
Code:
(old) *#*#42678278#*#*
. Nothing will appear on your screen but it can help. It's probably necessary but I prefer to make all the steps to make everything work. Sometimes logging in on your Google account through settings help. You can then log out if you don't want to use any Google account.
14) Install Push Notification Tester from Yalp Store.
15) Test the app, see if everything works. If it doesn't, ask for advice here as it should at this point. You can try to reboot one more time. Make sure that in the GCM settings you're connected since X time, otherwise something is wrong. Step 23 is the most important step to check if it doesn't work.
16) Go back to the self-check menu, now you can check the self check status and almost all boxes should be ticked. Some are not for me but GPS still works, even on Google Maps. Here is a screenshot of how it looks like for me: https://i.imgur.com/WsPX5RC.png
17) Now you can try to install the apps you want! Don't install apps that need push notifications before all these steps otherwise they might never be registered. Clean installing apps is recommended. You can try to restore them from a backup as well, but it often doesn't work. The middle ground solution is to install the app with the Yalp Store / F-droid and then restore its data with Titanium Backup for example.
18) Now you should see apps being registered in microG.
19) You can make sure your gps work with either OSM (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.osmand.plus/) or Google Maps (see apk mirror link earlier, the last version won't work). You should get your location without any isuses at this point.
20) Enjoy your almost Google free phone.
EXTRAS:
α) If you have issues with location, you can try this (on some custom ROMs, Google Maps finds my location but then it doesn't update and so if I move around it won't update my location. Also sometimes I need to reload the app to update my location which is quite inconvenient. It seems that doing the steps following help)
Install a terminal emulator (I recommend Termux)
Make sure your phone has root rights and type :
Code:
su
Authorize the app
Type next:
Code:
pm grant com.google.android.gms android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
Then
Code:
pm grant com.google.android.gms android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
iii) Reboot
β) If you have issues in general, try to update Nanodroid (if you used Nanodroid, ofc) apps from F-Droid. Add this repo to F-Droid: https://www.nanolx.org/fdroid/repo/
And then make sure all your apps are updated (including microG GmsCore)
A) DroidGuard uses non-open source stuff. It's in order to pass safety net.
B) GCM is not open source either.
C) If you want google maps to work, you need to install an "old" version and not update it. You can find it here: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/maps/maps-9-82-1-release/. Sometimes, your location might never appear. In this case, restart a few times Maps until your position shows up.
D) You can also try to install MicroG and its dependencies as user apps. I've tried it and wasn't very happy with the results as they don't work as well being user apps. From what I've heard, everything works fince except location. So you can give it a try as well this way.
E) My personal .nanodroid-setup is this one (to understand what it does, check here: https://gitlab.com/Nanolx/NanoDroid/blob/master/doc/AlterInstallation.md#detailed-description ):
Code:
nanodroid_gmscore=0
nanodroid_play=21
nanodroid_overlay=0
nanodroid_mapsv1=1
nanodroid_gsync=0
nanodroid_swipe=1
nanodroid_forcesystem=0
nanodroid_fdroid=1
nanodroid_nlpbackend=1100

Reserved.

Very nice,
too bad that it doesn't support OOS but it's understandable.

nimrodsv said:
Very nice,
too bad that it doesn't support OOS but it's understandable.
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Maybe it could work with nanodroid patcher for signature spoofing and then manually deodexing the ROM. It would also be necessary to remove all the Google apps. So yes I guess it's just easier to use a custom ROM as a saner base.

nimrodsv said:
Very nice,
too bad that it doesn't support OOS but it's understandable.
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Like above, it could work. By installing xXx module and choose total gapps removal then try what he said above for spoofing. Tempted to try, but can't atm.

OOS has normally odexed system and do not support signature spoofing.
An option would be to deodex services.jar and the use the nanodroid patcher to enable signature spoofing.
I have done that for some 8.1 OOS roms but not on the latest releases.

whizeguy said:
Like above, it could work. By installing xXx module and choose total gapps removal then try what he said above for spoofing. Tempted to try, but can't atm.
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NisseGurra said:
OOS has normally odexed system and do not support signature spoofing.
An option would be to deodex services.jar and the use the nanodroid patcher to enable signature spoofing.
I have done that for some 8.1 OOS roms but not on the latest releases.
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Maybe I'll give a try it seems possible.

@Tomatot- I see that you've tried to working with MicroG on Omni but getting bootloops and that you will try working with it again soon.
Anything I should know before I try this on Omni? Thanks!

nimrodsv said:
@Tomatot- I see that you've tried to working with MicroG on Omni but getting bootloops and that you will try working with it again soon.
Anything I should know before I try this on Omni? Thanks!
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I had a weird experience on Omni. At first it was working all fine with nanodroid-microG, but then I tried to change the .nanodroid-setup and it broke all my system, I was never able to make it work again on Omni. I also tried once the Nisse .zip and it didn't work either. So I can't really tell what's the pattern to make things work or not work... I really liked Omni so I'm going to try again within the next few days, with a nice clean flash and Nisse zip. I will let you know. If you're impatient and want to try, try to follow the steps from this tutorial and let me know how it goes.

Omni is a bit tricky with permissions, use the latest Nanodroid-microG from https://downloads.nanolx.org/NanoDroid/Stable/ to install on omni, it adds bit more (calendar and contacts sync etc) that i dont want tho

NisseGurra said:
Omni is a bit tricky with permissions, use the latest Nanodroid-microG from https://downloads.nanolx.org/NanoDroid/Stable/ to install on omni, it adds bit more (calendar and contacts sync etc) that i dont want tho
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Did you manage to make your script work on Omni? I'm not interested in these extras either.

Tomatot- said:
Did you manage to make your script work on Omni? I'm not interested in these extras either.
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Yes, but some extra work is needed: Open the zip with 7-zip and extract all item from priv-app and delete the priv-app folder from the zip.
Install rom, the modified zip and boot into system.
Install the extracted apps normally.
Use https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-terminal-app-systemizer-ui-t3585851 to convert the 4 installed apps (gms, gsf, phonesky and yalp) to system apps (to priv-app).
Thats bit much but its functional on omni.

NisseGurra said:
Yes, but some extra work is needed: Open the zip with 7-zip and extract all item from priv-app and delete the priv-app folder from the zip.
Install rom, the modified zip and boot into system.
Install the extracted apps normally.
Use https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-terminal-app-systemizer-ui-t3585851 to convert the 4 installed apps (gms, gsf, phonesky and yalp) to system apps (to priv-app).
Thats bit much but its functional on omni.
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Awesome, thanks, I'll try this asap.

I will update OP but I can tell Arrow OS seems to support perfectly MicroG. And your script works directly @NisseGurra . I've noticed the location apps are a bit oudated, could you update them please? Cheers.

Thread updated with my experiences with the different custom ROMs available on our device. i've also improved instructions a little and make some steps not mandatory but recommended.

Thanks very much for this great tutorial although I've never had an OnePlus. Quite a long time ago, I tried to capture my personal way to become GApps-free from the very beginning by installing µG un to today where I always use NanoDroid. Maybe my thread contains some information useful to you?

Oswald Boelcke said:
Thanks very much for this great tutorial although I've never had an OnePlus. Quite a long time ago, I tried to capture my personal way to become GApps-free from the very beginning by installing µG un to today where I always use NanoDroid. Maybe my thread contains some information useful to you?
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Yes I read it and it was very useful. Your thread was already included in "useful links" btw.

Updated backends microg installer (attached)

NisseGurra said:
OOS has normally odexed system and do not support signature spoofing.
An option would be to deodex services.jar and the use the nanodroid patcher to enable signature spoofing.
I have done that for some 8.1 OOS roms but not on the latest releases.
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whizeguy said:
Like above, it could work. By installing xXx module and choose total gapps removal then try what he said above for spoofing. Tempted to try, but can't atm.
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Bumping you again to give you some news.
So I really don't feel like going back to use Google Play services but I miss OOS for battery life and performance reasons.
However, I feel like deodexing OOS is really not optimal, see these links:
https://i.imgur.com/FRJgqVm.png
https://github.com/anestisb/vdexExtractor/issues/33
https://i.imgur.com/9Y6JBGD.png
So yeah, it's a tough choice...

Tomatot- said:
Bumping you again to give you some news.
So I really don't feel like going back to use Google Play services but I miss OOS for battery life and performance reasons.
However, I feel like deodexing OOS is really not optimal, see these links:
https://i.imgur.com/FRJgqVm.png
https://github.com/anestisb/vdexExtractor/issues/33
https://i.imgur.com/9Y6JBGD.png
So yeah, it's a tough choice...
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Aw man.. That's just too bad :/ thanks for the update mate.

[GUIDE] DeGoogle any device and install MicroG

This guide explains how to deGoogle any android by removing most of google invasive crap. (yes, GPlay services is also removed).​Play store, Google app and other crap is also removed from system, so if you want to use them, install them as user app. The installation for play store is different, and it is explained below.
Check my Post on reddit for more up to date info and clear instructions HERE
When we remove Gplay services, many apps and services stop working . Many apps will give error but still work (like maps and telegram and whatsapp). Play store will definitely not work and many apps that use push notification through Gplay services (most of them) will not be able to do so. In my case Uber, ola or any other ride app was also not working and was crashing constantly. Paytm will also not work without play services. And on top of that many apps that use location might not behave properly.
Whoosh! those are a lot of problems for uninstalling play services. So, why would anyone want to do that?
Simply put it, Google is an Advertising company. No it is not a company that sells product, i mean yes it sells products and earns from them BUT more than 60% of their revenue comes from Ads that they serve you. And yes, google is the biggest Ad company in the world with more than 80% of ad share (i may be wrong about the %, feel free to search yourself). So obviously they want ta make money out of your data (by selling it) and to do that what better way than to install spyware on world's largest mobile OS.
Google play services record your every action, tracking every app that you opened and everything you do. That data remains with google and they sell it to 3rd parties (and you agreed to it when you made Google account and setup your android device. Remember Clicking on "I AGREE"?).
Here i will not discuss how invasive it is. A simple Web search with "google play services tracking" will give you much more information. (and please do search it, i beg you) (Pro Tip: reddit has best answers, so explore reddit links from search)
Here is a good one explaining things
And Gplay services Eat a LOT of battery by constantly Running in background. So if you want better battery, remove it
So you have decided to degoogle your phone (and debloat it). What to do about all those errors after removing play services?
Here Comes MicroG. microG is an Open Source replacement for Google Play Services.
"MicroG is a free-as-in-freedom re-implementation of Google’s proprietary Android user space apps and libraries.
The linux-based open-source mobile operating system Android is not only the most popular mobile operating system in the world, it’s also on the way to becoming a proprietary operating system. How is that?
While the core operating system is still released as part of the Android Open Source Project, the majority of core apps are not. It gets worse: More and more libraries and APIs are only available on phones that run various Google apps pre-installed, effectively locking third-party apps to the Google ecosystem. For these reasons Android is described as being a “look but don’t touch” kind of open.
At this point, several popular open-source applications already require some of Google’s proprietary libraries to be installed. Increasing demand in the free software community in addition to severe problems in Google’s proprietary software discovered by the Android modding community, have led to the development of a free software clone of Google’s proprietary core libraries and applications - the microG Project was born.
Although most microG components are far from complete, users are amazed by the results. Free software users got extended application support, privacy-caring users can reduce or monitor data that is sent to Google and especially older phones can expect some battery life improvements."
(So it basically removes all those errors. Great!)
So, Lets start Degoogling!
Warning: bootloader needs to be unlocked, magisk should be there and twrp should be installed.
NOTE: MAKE FULL NANDROID BACKUP OF YOUR DEVICE BEFORE PROCEEDING BY GOING TO TWRP -> BACKUP -> SELECT ALL . store it in PC or somewhere safe​
Removing google crap
Flash TWRP and install magisk.
We need Signature spoofing in the ROM. Download SmaliPatcher from here and tick all patches, (We are interested in the "signature spoofing" one but all of them are useful) and follow the instructions on its page to install that module. Now your system supports signature spoofing. (I recommend SmaliPatcher even if your rom supports Signature Spoofing so that no issue arises)
Other ways for signature spoofing are given in MicroG wiki here
(IF YOU ARE ON STOCK ROM)
In case you had the Google Play Services previously installed (which Users having stock ROM have), remove all updates and the packages in /system/priv-app of the Google Services (you can use TWRP file manager or any root explorer to delete below packages, just delete the apk files in respective folders):
GmsCore (PrebuiltGmsCore, PrebuiltGmsCorePi, PrebuiltGmsCorePix)
GoogleBackupTransport
GoogleFeedback
GoogleLoginService
GoogleOneTimeInitializer
GooglePartnerSetup
GoogleServicesFramework
Phonesky
SetupWizard
Velvet.
In case you forgot to remove the GmsCore updates, you can manually remove these using adb uninstall com.google.android.gms.
After that, reboot your android device - all privileged GAPPS should be removed. (a bootloop may be caused, but dont worry, just boot into TWRP and follow below steps.)
IF YOU ARE ON CUSTOM ROM-> after flashing rom zip, do not reboot and follow below (DONT FLASH ANY GAPPS)SIZE]
Make full backup of your device if not made till now​
Installing MicroG
Download Latest "MinMicroG-Standard-XXX.zip" from here
Add "system-" to start of package name (thus making it like "system-MinMicroG-Standard-XXX.zip" ) and copy it in sdcard or internal storage of phone. Now boot into TWRP
flash "system-MinMicroG-Standard-XXX.zip".
OLD METHOD, USE THIS IF ABOVE WONT WORK
Download the following from here
full NanoDroid-xx.xx.xx.xxxxxxx.zip
NanoDroid-setupwizard.zip
NanoDroid-uninstaller.zip (if it causes brick)
Copy below in sdcard or internal storage of phone. Now boot into TWRP
NanoDroid-setupwizard.zip
NanoDroid-uninstaller.zip (if it causes brick)
flash NanoDroid-setupwizard.zip, now an aroma installer is opened. click on next , agree to terms and click next, chose save location "/data/media/0" (you can change this as per your needs but remember this location since here the installer will save 3 files) and click next
now from here onwards you can select yourself according to your needs or follow my tutorial till the end of aroma installer.
you should be on generic settings page, tick 'apps', 'maps apiv1', 'init scrips', 'gnu bash', and 'shell utils'. click next.
in microG page, select "full", next, on f-droid page select "official", next, select all 4 nlpBackends, next, now here select "play store(patrched)" if you want to use Play store (your choice, if you want to degoogle select "Aurora + fake store"), next
now select apps of your choice here, next, on Debloat setup page click next (yeah just skip it), and finally click on create config, next and finish.
Aroma installer Ends now.
Now while in twrp, connect your phone to PC and browse to internal storage (or the location you selected during aroma installer to save files)
the 3 files will be ".nanodroid-overlay", ".nanodroid-setup", ".nanodroid-apps". Copy these to PC and keep them in some place safe. Now open "nanodroid.zip" (that you downloaded earlier) with winRAR or 7zip and drag and drop these 3 files in it. (they should be in root of the zip where "meta-inf" folder is)
now copy NanoDroid-xx.xx.xx.xxxxxxx.zip to your phone and flash it.
now boot into system. if flashing nanodroid causes bootloop, restore from twrp backup that you made (i told you so!).
Configuring MicroG
You need to setup microG , go into microG settings (in app drawer or in settings) and set up everything like:
check results in Self-Check, grant all the missing permissions (by tapping on them)
especially the Battery Optimization item
if Phonesky (= Fake Store or Play Store) lacks signature spoofing permissions head to Settings / Apps / Permissions / Signature Spoofing and grant it
enable Google device registration
enable Google Cloud Messaging (only if you want to receive push messages from your applications)
enable Google SafetyNet, required for applications that utilize SafetyNet, for example Pokémon GO (Currently Broken)
in UnifiedNlp Settings choose all (whichever you've choosen to be installed)
Déjà Vu, Mozilla, Apple, and others (like GSM and WiFi Location Service)
Nominatim as Address lockup backend
after everything is done, reboot
if you installed Play Store open it, setup account and install your apps
Make sure you have all options ticked in self-check of microG settings (except maybe for last one). if not web search it or post it here.
Congratulations, you have successfully removed Gplay services.
ONLY IF YOU HAVE USED OLD METHOD (USING NANODROID)
Updates of nanodroid
Make full backup of your device before update. In case anything happens after update, you can rollback easily​So the nanodroid is updated quite frequently with the apps that come with it. So when you see an updated version of nanodroid on official download page (yeah there are no automatic updates, you have to manually check by going to the download page and download it) download below zips from here
full NanoDroid-xx.xx.xx.xxxxxxx.zip (the updated version)
NanoDroid-uninstaller.zip (the updated version)
* Now open "NanoDroid-xx.xx.xx.xxxxxxx.zip " (updated version) with winRAR or 7zip and drag and drop those 3 files [ ".nanodroid-overlay", ".nanodroid-setup", ".nanodroid-apps".] in it. (just like you did before)
* Now copy NanoDroid-xx.xx.xx.xxxxxxx.zip to your phone and flash it through twrp.
You may need to re-configure microG, so just do it again.
Huge thanks to the below members for the tools.
@FriendlyNeighborhoodShane for MinMicroG
@MaR-V-iN for microG (thank you sir!)
@Setialpha for nanodroid
and other ones whom i forgot to add

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reserved 2

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Damn near best tutorial i've ever seen, thank you good sir!! :good::good::good:
i'm not sure i made it work completelly tho..
Coming from stock marshmallow on Galaxy Note 4. I uninstalled google crap first using Titanium backup even tho the phone seemed to get stuck when i was uninstalling the Google Play services, took it almost 1½ hour..). Then manually cleaned some leftovers using file manager in TWRP.
Then just for the heck of it tried to run the Nanodroid patch file but i got an error message that it couldnt deodex one x.jar file (can't remember it's name just now). Tried instead to patch with Smalipatcher but the damn thing couldn't see i have admin privileges no matter what i did and just refused to run alltogether.
Then i tried this way you described. Did everything as the tutorial says, got no error message, everything seemed to run smooth and the apps i chose were installed. (altho TWRP did freeze a couple of times during aroma setup so i had to reset by taking out the battery). Now i know i should set upp the microG settings, but the microG icon and the app is nowhere to be found. The modul named NanoDroid exists and is activ in Magisk, but it's not possible to open it.
Not sure what is happening and how to proceed from here.. Could you give a pointer or two? Would be much appreciated.

What about GoogleLocationHistory???
Is this one needed or does it have to be removed as well?

prkfsz said:
Damn near best tutorial i've ever seen, thank you good sir!! :good::good::good:
i'm not sure i made it work completelly tho..
Coming from stock marshmallow on Galaxy Note 4. I uninstalled google crap first using Titanium backup even tho the phone seemed to get stuck when i was uninstalling the Google Play services, took it almost 1½ hour..). Then manually cleaned some leftovers using file manager in TWRP.
Then just for the heck of it tried to run the Nanodroid patch file but i got an error message that it couldnt deodex one x.jar file (can't remember it's name just now). Tried instead to patch with Smalipatcher but the damn thing couldn't see i have admin privileges no matter what i did and just refused to run alltogether.
Then i tried this way you described. Did everything as the tutorial says, got no error message, everything seemed to run smooth and the apps i chose were installed. (altho TWRP did freeze a couple of times during aroma setup so i had to reset by taking out the battery). Now i know i should set upp the microG settings, but the microG icon and the app is nowhere to be found. The modul named NanoDroid exists and is activ in Magisk, but it's not possible to open it.
Not sure what is happening and how to proceed from here.. Could you give a pointer or two? Would be much appreciated.
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updated the guide, see new instructions

Retseem said:
What about GoogleLocationHistory???
Is this one needed or does it have to be removed as well?
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just search in internet what that does and if its useful to you, dont remove it.

Looks good! Almost there?
Thank you for your good work.! All seems well after I follow your steps using a AICP rom. All the checks in microG are green except the play store phonesky, that I can not fix but does not seem to be a problem
Problem:
One test case for me however is the app flightradar24. This app can be installed just fine from the Aurora store. When I start it however it prompts me immediately to install the google play services as they appear not to be installed or up to date. I can also install these from aurora, but haven't done that as it would defy the purpose of of all the previous work.
So my question is:
- Should I expect Flightradar24 to work on a minmicrog system on android 10?
- If so, where is it going wrong?
- Yes I have the microG location services enabled.
PS. Also I tested Gmail. It also complains about absent play services.
Addition: Actually I find that no application the requires Google is working at all. Did I miss something perhaps?

Samsung-frisbee said:
Thank you for your good work.! All seems well after I follow your steps using a AICP rom. All the checks in microG are green except the play store phonesky, that I can not fix but does not seem to be a problem
Problem:
One test case for me however is the app flightradar24. This app can be installed just fine from the Aurora store. When I start it however it prompts me immediately to install the google play services as they appear not to be installed or up to date. I can also install these from aurora, but haven't done that as it would defy the purpose of of all the previous work.
So my question is:
- Should I expect Flightradar24 to work on a minmicrog system on android 10?
- If so, where is it going wrong?
- Yes I have the microG location services enabled.
PS. Also I tested Gmail. It also complains about absent play services.
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After further investigation I have not been able to run any apps that depend on Google play services. They all fail on not recognizing GPS.
All checks in microG are OK. I am puzzled

^- signature spoofing must be failing.

thanks for making this.

There's LineageOS with microG baked in: https://lineage.microg.org/

Hritwik said:
This guide explains how to deGoogle any android by removing most of google invasive crap. (yes, GPlay services is also removed). ​Play store, Google app and other crap is also removed from system, so if you want to use them, install them as user app. The installation for play store is different, and it is explained below.
Check my Post on reddit for more up to date info and clear instructions HERE
When we remove Gplay services, many apps and services stop working . Many apps will give error but still work (like maps and telegram and whatsapp). Play store will definitely not work and many apps that use push notification through Gplay services (most of them) will not be able to do so. In my case Uber, ola or any other ride app was also not working and was crashing constantly. Paytm will also not work without play services. And on top of that many apps that use location might not behave properly.
Whoosh! those are a lot of problems for uninstalling play services. So, why would anyone want to do that?
Simply put it, Google is an Advertising company. No it is not a company that sells product, i mean yes it sells products and earns from them BUT more than 60% of their revenue comes from Ads that they serve you. And yes, google is the biggest Ad company in the world with more than 80% of ad share (i may be wrong about the %, feel free to search yourself). So obviously they want ta make money out of your data (by selling it) and to do that what better way than to install spyware on world's largest mobile OS.
Google play services record your every action, tracking every app that you opened and everything you do. That data remains with google and they sell it to 3rd parties (and you agreed to it when you made Google account and setup your android device. Remember Clicking on "I AGREE"?).
Here i will not discuss how invasive it is. A simple Web search with "google play services tracking" will give you much more information. (and please do search it, i beg you) (Pro Tip: reddit has best answers, so explore reddit links from search)
Here is a good one explaining things
And Gplay services Eat a LOT of battery by constantly Running in background. So if you want better battery, remove it
So you have decided to degoogle your phone (and debloat it). What to do about all those errors after removing play services?
Here Comes MicroG. microG is an Open Source replacement for Google Play Services.
"MicroG is a free-as-in-freedom re-implementation of Google’s proprietary Android user space apps and libraries.
The linux-based open-source mobile operating system Android is not only the most popular mobile operating system in the world, it’s also on the way to becoming a proprietary operating system. How is that?
While the core operating system is still released as part of the Android Open Source Project, the majority of core apps are not. It gets worse: More and more libraries and APIs are only available on phones that run various Google apps pre-installed, effectively locking third-party apps to the Google ecosystem. For these reasons Android is described as being a “look but don’t touch” kind of open.
At this point, several popular open-source applications already require some of Google’s proprietary libraries to be installed. Increasing demand in the free software community in addition to severe problems in Google’s proprietary software discovered by the Android modding community, have led to the development of a free software clone of Google’s proprietary core libraries and applications - the microG Project was born.
Although most microG components are far from complete, users are amazed by the results. Free software users got extended application support, privacy-caring users can reduce or monitor data that is sent to Google and especially older phones can expect some battery life improvements."
(So it basically removes all those errors. Great!)
So, Lets start Degoogling!
Warning: bootloader needs to be unlocked, magisk should be there and twrp should be installed.
NOTE: MAKE FULL NANDROID BACKUP OF YOUR DEVICE BEFORE PROCEEDING BY GOING TO TWRP -> BACKUP -> SELECT ALL . store it in PC or somewhere safe​
Removing google crap
Flash TWRP and install magisk.
We need Signature spoofing in the ROM. Download SmaliPatcher from here and tick all patches, (We are interested in the "signature spoofing" one but all of them are useful) and follow the instructions on its page to install that module. Now your system supports signature spoofing. (I recommend SmaliPatcher even if your rom supports Signature Spoofing so that no issue arises)
Other ways for signature spoofing are given in MicroG wiki here
(IF YOU ARE ON STOCK ROM)
In case you had the Google Play Services previously installed (which Users having stock ROM have), remove all updates and the packages in /system/priv-app of the Google Services (you can use TWRP file manager or any root explorer to delete below packages, just delete the apk files in respective folders):
GmsCore (PrebuiltGmsCore, PrebuiltGmsCorePi, PrebuiltGmsCorePix)
GoogleBackupTransport
GoogleFeedback
GoogleLoginService
GoogleOneTimeInitializer
GooglePartnerSetup
GoogleServicesFramework
Phonesky
SetupWizard
Velvet.
In case you forgot to remove the GmsCore updates, you can manually remove these using adb uninstall com.google.android.gms.
After that, reboot your android device - all privileged GAPPS should be removed. (a bootloop may be caused, but dont worry, just boot into TWRP and follow below steps.)
IF YOU ARE ON CUSTOM ROM-> after flashing rom zip, do not reboot and follow below (DONT FLASH ANY GAPPS)SIZE]
Make full backup of your device if not made till now​
Installing MicroG
Download Latest "MinMicroG-Standard-XXX.zip" from here
Add "system-" to start of package name (thus making it like "system-MinMicroG-Standard-XXX.zip" ) and copy it in sdcard or internal storage of phone. Now boot into TWRP
flash "system-MinMicroG-Standard-XXX.zip".
OLD METHOD, USE THIS IF ABOVE WONT WORK
Download the following from here
full NanoDroid-xx.xx.xx.xxxxxxx.zip
NanoDroid-setupwizard.zip
NanoDroid-uninstaller.zip (if it causes brick)
Copy below in sdcard or internal storage of phone. Now boot into TWRP
NanoDroid-setupwizard.zip
NanoDroid-uninstaller.zip (if it causes brick)
flash NanoDroid-setupwizard.zip, now an aroma installer is opened. click on next , agree to terms and click next, chose save location "/data/media/0" (you can change this as per your needs but remember this location since here the installer will save 3 files) and click next
now from here onwards you can select yourself according to your needs or follow my tutorial till the end of aroma installer.
you should be on generic settings page, tick 'apps', 'maps apiv1', 'init scrips', 'gnu bash', and 'shell utils'. click next.
in microG page, select "full", next, on f-droid page select "official", next, select all 4 nlpBackends, next, now here select "play store(patrched)" if you want to use Play store (your choice, if you want to degoogle select "Aurora + fake store"), next
now select apps of your choice here, next, on Debloat setup page click next (yeah just skip it), and finally click on create config, next and finish.
Aroma installer Ends now.
Now while in twrp, connect your phone to PC and browse to internal storage (or the location you selected during aroma installer to save files)
the 3 files will be ".nanodroid-overlay", ".nanodroid-setup", ".nanodroid-apps". Copy these to PC and keep them in some place safe. Now open "nanodroid.zip" (that you downloaded earlier) with winRAR or 7zip and drag and drop these 3 files in it. (they should be in root of the zip where "meta-inf" folder is)
now copy NanoDroid-xx.xx.xx.xxxxxxx.zip to your phone and flash it.
now boot into system. if flashing nanodroid causes bootloop, restore from twrp backup that you made (i told you so!).
Configuring MicroG
You need to setup microG , go into microG settings (in app drawer or in settings) and set up everything like:
check results in Self-Check, grant all the missing permissions (by tapping on them)
especially the Battery Optimization item
if Phonesky (= Fake Store or Play Store) lacks signature spoofing permissions head to Settings / Apps / Permissions / Signature Spoofing and grant it
enable Google device registration
enable Google Cloud Messaging (only if you want to receive push messages from your applications)
enable Google SafetyNet, required for applications that utilize SafetyNet, for example Pokémon GO (Currently Broken)
in UnifiedNlp Settings choose all (whichever you've choosen to be installed)
Déjà Vu, Mozilla, Apple, and others (like GSM and WiFi Location Service)
Nominatim as Address lockup backend
after everything is done, reboot
if you installed Play Store open it, setup account and install your apps
Make sure you have all options ticked in self-check of microG settings (except maybe for last one). if not web search it or post it here.
Congratulations, you have successfully removed Gplay services.
ONLY IF YOU HAVE USED OLD METHOD (USING NANODROID)
Updates of nanodroid
Make full backup of your device before update. In case anything happens after update, you can rollback easily​So the nanodroid is updated quite frequently with the apps that come with it. So when you see an updated version of nanodroid on official download page (yeah there are no automatic updates, you have to manually check by going to the download page and download it) download below zips from here
full NanoDroid-xx.xx.xx.xxxxxxx.zip (the updated version)
NanoDroid-uninstaller.zip (the updated version)
* Now open "NanoDroid-xx.xx.xx.xxxxxxx.zip " (updated version) with winRAR or 7zip and drag and drop those 3 files [ ".nanodroid-overlay", ".nanodroid-setup", ".nanodroid-apps".] in it. (just like you did before)
* Now copy NanoDroid-xx.xx.xx.xxxxxxx.zip to your phone and flash it through twrp.
You may need to re-configure microG, so just do it again.
Huge thanks to the below members for the tools.
@FriendlyNeighborhoodShane for MinMicroG
@MaR-V-iN for microG (thank you sir!)
@Setialpha for nanodroid
and other ones whom i forgot to add
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Click to collapse
This is gold. Haven't tried yet but will be donating to the MicroG project if this works.
Hritwik said:
This guide explains how to deGoogle any android by removing most of google invasive crap. (yes, GPlay services is also removed). ​Play store, Google app and other crap is also removed from system, so if you want to use them, install them as user app. The installation for play store is different, and it is explained below.
Check my Post on reddit for more up to date info and clear instructions HERE
When we remove Gplay services, many apps and services stop working . Many apps will give error but still work (like maps and telegram and whatsapp). Play store will definitely not work and many apps that use push notification through Gplay services (most of them) will not be able to do so. In my case Uber, ola or any other ride app was also not working and was crashing constantly. Paytm will also not work without play services. And on top of that many apps that use location might not behave properly.
Whoosh! those are a lot of problems for uninstalling play services. So, why would anyone want to do that?
Simply put it, Google is an Advertising company. No it is not a company that sells product, i mean yes it sells products and earns from them BUT more than 60% of their revenue comes from Ads that they serve you. And yes, google is the biggest Ad company in the world with more than 80% of ad share (i may be wrong about the %, feel free to search yourself). So obviously they want ta make money out of your data (by selling it) and to do that what better way than to install spyware on world's largest mobile OS.
Google play services record your every action, tracking every app that you opened and everything you do. That data remains with google and they sell it to 3rd parties (and you agreed to it when you made Google account and setup your android device. Remember Clicking on "I AGREE"?).
Here i will not discuss how invasive it is. A simple Web search with "google play services tracking" will give you much more information. (and please do search it, i beg you) (Pro Tip: reddit has best answers, so explore reddit links from search)
Here is a good one explaining things
And Gplay services Eat a LOT of battery by constantly Running in background. So if you want better battery, remove it
So you have decided to degoogle your phone (and debloat it). What to do about all those errors after removing play services?
Here Comes MicroG. microG is an Open Source replacement for Google Play Services.
"MicroG is a free-as-in-freedom re-implementation of Google’s proprietary Android user space apps and libraries.
The linux-based open-source mobile operating system Android is not only the most popular mobile operating system in the world, it’s also on the way to becoming a proprietary operating system. How is that?
While the core operating system is still released as part of the Android Open Source Project, the majority of core apps are not. It gets worse: More and more libraries and APIs are only available on phones that run various Google apps pre-installed, effectively locking third-party apps to the Google ecosystem. For these reasons Android is described as being a “look but don’t touch” kind of open.
At this point, several popular open-source applications already require some of Google’s proprietary libraries to be installed. Increasing demand in the free software community in addition to severe problems in Google’s proprietary software discovered by the Android modding community, have led to the development of a free software clone of Google’s proprietary core libraries and applications - the microG Project was born.
Although most microG components are far from complete, users are amazed by the results. Free software users got extended application support, privacy-caring users can reduce or monitor data that is sent to Google and especially older phones can expect some battery life improvements."
(So it basically removes all those errors. Great!)
So, Lets start Degoogling!
Warning: bootloader needs to be unlocked, magisk should be there and twrp should be installed.
NOTE: MAKE FULL NANDROID BACKUP OF YOUR DEVICE BEFORE PROCEEDING BY GOING TO TWRP -> BACKUP -> SELECT ALL . store it in PC or somewhere safe​
Removing google crap
Flash TWRP and install magisk.
We need Signature spoofing in the ROM. Download SmaliPatcher from here and tick all patches, (We are interested in the "signature spoofing" one but all of them are useful) and follow the instructions on its page to install that module. Now your system supports signature spoofing. (I recommend SmaliPatcher even if your rom supports Signature Spoofing so that no issue arises)
Other ways for signature spoofing are given in MicroG wiki here
(IF YOU ARE ON STOCK ROM)
In case you had the Google Play Services previously installed (which Users having stock ROM have), remove all updates and the packages in /system/priv-app of the Google Services (you can use TWRP file manager or any root explorer to delete below packages, just delete the apk files in respective folders):
GmsCore (PrebuiltGmsCore, PrebuiltGmsCorePi, PrebuiltGmsCorePix)
GoogleBackupTransport
GoogleFeedback
GoogleLoginService
GoogleOneTimeInitializer
GooglePartnerSetup
GoogleServicesFramework
Phonesky
SetupWizard
Velvet.
In case you forgot to remove the GmsCore updates, you can manually remove these using adb uninstall com.google.android.gms.
After that, reboot your android device - all privileged GAPPS should be removed. (a bootloop may be caused, but dont worry, just boot into TWRP and follow below steps.)
IF YOU ARE ON CUSTOM ROM-> after flashing rom zip, do not reboot and follow below (DONT FLASH ANY GAPPS)SIZE]
Make full backup of your device if not made till now​
Installing MicroG
Download Latest "MinMicroG-Standard-XXX.zip" from here
Add "system-" to start of package name (thus making it like "system-MinMicroG-Standard-XXX.zip" ) and copy it in sdcard or internal storage of phone. Now boot into TWRP
flash "system-MinMicroG-Standard-XXX.zip".
OLD METHOD, USE THIS IF ABOVE WONT WORK
Download the following from here
full NanoDroid-xx.xx.xx.xxxxxxx.zip
NanoDroid-setupwizard.zip
NanoDroid-uninstaller.zip (if it causes brick)
Copy below in sdcard or internal storage of phone. Now boot into TWRP
NanoDroid-setupwizard.zip
NanoDroid-uninstaller.zip (if it causes brick)
flash NanoDroid-setupwizard.zip, now an aroma installer is opened. click on next , agree to terms and click next, chose save location "/data/media/0" (you can change this as per your needs but remember this location since here the installer will save 3 files) and click next
now from here onwards you can select yourself according to your needs or follow my tutorial till the end of aroma installer.
you should be on generic settings page, tick 'apps', 'maps apiv1', 'init scrips', 'gnu bash', and 'shell utils'. click next.
in microG page, select "full", next, on f-droid page select "official", next, select all 4 nlpBackends, next, now here select "play store(patrched)" if you want to use Play store (your choice, if you want to degoogle select "Aurora + fake store"), next
now select apps of your choice here, next, on Debloat setup page click next (yeah just skip it), and finally click on create config, next and finish.
Aroma installer Ends now.
Now while in twrp, connect your phone to PC and browse to internal storage (or the location you selected during aroma installer to save files)
the 3 files will be ".nanodroid-overlay", ".nanodroid-setup", ".nanodroid-apps". Copy these to PC and keep them in some place safe. Now open "nanodroid.zip" (that you downloaded earlier) with winRAR or 7zip and drag and drop these 3 files in it. (they should be in root of the zip where "meta-inf" folder is)
now copy NanoDroid-xx.xx.xx.xxxxxxx.zip to your phone and flash it.
now boot into system. if flashing nanodroid causes bootloop, restore from twrp backup that you made (i told you so!).
Configuring MicroG
You need to setup microG , go into microG settings (in app drawer or in settings) and set up everything like:
check results in Self-Check, grant all the missing permissions (by tapping on them)
especially the Battery Optimization item
if Phonesky (= Fake Store or Play Store) lacks signature spoofing permissions head to Settings / Apps / Permissions / Signature Spoofing and grant it
enable Google device registration
enable Google Cloud Messaging (only if you want to receive push messages from your applications)
enable Google SafetyNet, required for applications that utilize SafetyNet, for example Pokémon GO (Currently Broken)
in UnifiedNlp Settings choose all (whichever you've choosen to be installed)
Déjà Vu, Mozilla, Apple, and others (like GSM and WiFi Location Service)
Nominatim as Address lockup backend
after everything is done, reboot
if you installed Play Store open it, setup account and install your apps
Make sure you have all options ticked in self-check of microG settings (except maybe for last one). if not web search it or post it here.
Congratulations, you have successfully removed Gplay services.
ONLY IF YOU HAVE USED OLD METHOD (USING NANODROID)
Updates of nanodroid
Make full backup of your device before update. In case anything happens after update, you can rollback easily​So the nanodroid is updated quite frequently with the apps that come with it. So when you see an updated version of nanodroid on official download page (yeah there are no automatic updates, you have to manually check by going to the download page and download it) download below zips from here
full NanoDroid-xx.xx.xx.xxxxxxx.zip (the updated version)
NanoDroid-uninstaller.zip (the updated version)
* Now open "NanoDroid-xx.xx.xx.xxxxxxx.zip " (updated version) with winRAR or 7zip and drag and drop those 3 files [ ".nanodroid-overlay", ".nanodroid-setup", ".nanodroid-apps".] in it. (just like you did before)
* Now copy NanoDroid-xx.xx.xx.xxxxxxx.zip to your phone and flash it through twrp.
You may need to re-configure microG, so just do it again.
Huge thanks to the below members for the tools.
@FriendlyNeighborhoodShane for MinMicroG
@MaR-V-iN for microG (thank you sir!)
@Setialpha for nanodroid
and other ones whom i forgot to add
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This is gold. Thank you. Will be donating to the MicroG project if they accept donations, worth every penny.

Edited on Dec.10,2021
It works like a charm with Havoc OS (Samsung S8)
Hi,
I just installed MicroG on a Samsung S8 running Android 7 and although the installation went perfect, without any errors, I don't have any icon, thus I cannot get access to settings. I do see the microG Services Framework application installed in Application Manager but I cannot launch it.
I followed the new instructions to the letter.
Please advise!
Thanks!

SafetyNet fails?

will this guide work on the Stock MIUI 12.0.9 for Mi 9T?

I could use some assistance finding some files. I've tried several methods but can't seem to locate the files below. I'm using a rooted and unlocked S20 5G (986U1) Can you help me with a method or app to find these. I'm using Cx for file manager but the search seems limited, or I'm doing it wrong.
• In case you had the Google Play Services previously installed (which Users having stock ROM have), remove all updates and the packages in /system/priv-app of the Google Services (you can use TWRP file manager or any root explorer to delete below packages, just delete the apk files in respective folders):
o GoogleBackupTransport
o GoogleLoginService
o GooglePartnerSetup
o Phonesky
o Velvet.

goobener said:
I could use some assistance finding some files. I've tried several methods but can't seem to locate the files below. I'm using a rooted and unlocked S20 5G (986U1) Can you help me with a method or app to find these. I'm using Cx for file manager but the search seems limited, or I'm doing it wrong.
• In case you had the Google Play Services previously installed (which Users having stock ROM have), remove all updates and the packages in /system/priv-app of the Google Services (you can use TWRP file manager or any root explorer to delete below packages, just delete the apk files in respective folders):
o GoogleBackupTransport
o GoogleLoginService
o GooglePartnerSetup
o Phonesky
o Velvet.
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Download an all called App Manager from F-Droid

Thank you for this guide!
I have two new devices that I'm not using.
LG K50s and Tablet Lenovo M10
Would like to get them in shape before any use.
There's no Lineage for those or found a linux distro.
Is this the best way yo get rid of all the crap, bloatware, spyware, tracking?
Does it get clean of trackers?
Thank you!

Multi-Users on Android

I have setup multiple users on my device (even though I am the only one using my device) and things are not working perfectly, or the way I want it to.
The issue is primarily with side-loading apps on secondary users.
Even though the multi-user environment appears to be completely isolated, that is not completely true. An app can be installed on the device only once. When installing the same app for different users, app installation happens only the 1st time. What happens during subsequent installations is simply creation of a separate data folder for each user. That is why one can't install different versions of the same app for different users. Installation would always fail if such a thing is attempted, unless the newer installation is an update to the app version already installed on the device (in which case all users with the app installed will see the same updated version).
When side-loading, some apps just fail to install in secondary users. Does anyone have an idea as to what could be possibly wrong? These are free apps (often downloaded from Google Play Store), so there is no license verification issues. This can happen irrespective of whether the particular app is already installed for another user or not.
Is this a bug with the whole multi-user feature or is there something that needs to be done to get this working?
I have tried this on three different devices (rooted as well as non-rooted), running on Android 8, 9 and 11. They all seem to have similar problems. Some apps install, and some don't. Is this an Android problem or an app-related one?
Please note that apps that fail to install in secondary users, install and run perfectly fine on the main/ primary user. So this isn't an Android version compatibility issue, but one related to the multi-user feature of Android.
Thanks.

Look inside here:
Building Multiuser-Aware Apps | Android Open Source Project
source.android.com

jwoegerbauer said:
Look inside here:
Building Multiuser-Aware Apps | Android Open Source Project
source.android.com
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Thanks for the link. I was almost tempted to believe that the problem could be with the apps not supporting multi-users. So I did this to test:
I created 2 secondary user accounts.
On one, I signed in with my Google account and installed some apps from the Play Store. I copied their APKs.
On the other user, I did NOT sign in with any Google account. So I can't access Play Store. I tried sideloading these APKs. Some got installed, and some didn't.
Are these apps (that failed to install) somehow dependent on Google Play Store for installation? The fact that they installed on the user who signed in with a Google account means that they support multi-users. So we can rule that out.
I tried MiXplorer and it successfully installed on both users.

jwoegerbauer said:
Look inside here:
Building Multiuser-Aware Apps | Android Open Source Project
source.android.com
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I think I have figured out the problem.
Apps that refused to install were actually Split APKs, and I was trying to install the base apk file extracted using a file manager.
Backing up the App Bundles for such apps using SAI and installing them worked perfectly.

[App Discussion] ReVanced, the successor to Vanced

Hello Friends,
I would like to share information about the true successor to the Vanced app. It is called ReVanced.
The project page is located on the GitHub site.
There you have all the information to build the patcher binaries(not the patched YouTube apk). Then patch the YouTube apk(must be official original apk) from the command line (instructions are there on how to do this).
Building the binaries on your own can be overwhelming for many so the easiest way is to download the "ReVanced Manager" (needs Android 8 and above). Link is on the homepage.
Unlike Vanced Manager, ReVanced Manager will not download any apk and microg (for non-root devices). It will show you the installed official YouTube version on which to apply the patch. It also allow you to specify an offline YouTube apk stored on your device which you want to patch. It will then display the list of available patches. You can choose the patches as per your requirement and apply them. Once the patches are applied successfully, you will see an option to install the patched apk as a non-root user or "install as root". My device is not rooted so I could not test it.
If you are applying patches on the installed YouTube app, then depending on the patches you choose you may get the warning saying something like "split configuration detected. The patches you choose requires resource patching, hence you may encounter some errors".
I was not sure what to do so I choose to apply patches on the offline apk.
Important: The ReVanced Manager doesn't seems to recognise .apks or .xapk extensions so your offline apk needs to be a single apk (you can get the apk from trusted site like apkpure or find a way to extract the split apk's from the installed app and merge them into a single apk)
One more thing the patched apk will not install over your existing installed official apk. So you must remove it first. I am also not sure if the patched apk will install over a previously patched apk created with the ReVanced Manager (It should be possible but I came across this project just last night and haven't really tested the various scenarios).
Note: I am neither a contributor on this project nor I am associated with them in any way. I am just sharing something useful I came across.
Thank you
Added 12-Oct-2022
Link to the Project page on GitHub (Organized by ipdev)
Added 17-Oct-2022
ReVanced Builder - An alternative to ReVanced Manager
ReVanced.io - Download fully patched YouTube Revanced app
Added 25-Dec-2022
More information on installing ReVanced app.
Installing Revanced with Revanced manager Using official ReVanced Manager (Android)
Installing Revanced with Revanced Builder (Note: This is forked version of ReVanced Builder mentioned earlier)
How to use rvx builder on Android
Something Extra
Feature comparison of Revanced vs Revanced extended

TinySoul said:
Hello Friends,
I would like to share information about the true successor to the Vanced app. It is called ReVanced.
The project page is located on the GitHub site.
There you have all the information to build the patcher binaries(not the patched YouTube apk). Then patch the YouTube apk(must be official original apk) from the command line (instructions are there on how to do this).
Building the binaries on your own can be overwhelming for many so the easiest way is to download the "ReVanced Manager" (needs Android 8 and above). Link is on the homepage.
Unlike Vanced Manager, ReVanced Manager will not download any apk and microg (for non-root devices). It will show you the installed official YouTube version on which to apply the patch. It also allow you to specify an offline YouTube apk stored on your device which you want to patch. It will then display the list of available patches. You can choose the patches as per your requirement and apply them. Once the patches are applied successfully, you will see an option to install the patched apk as a non-root user or "install as root". My device is not rooted so I could not test it.
If you are applying patches on the installed YouTube app, then depending on the patches you choose you may get the warning saying something like "split configuration detected. The patches you choose requires resource patching, hence you may encounter some errors".
I was not sure what to do so I choose to apply patches on the offline apk.
Important: The ReVanced Manager doesn't seems to recognise .apks or .xapk extensions so your offline apk needs to be a single apk (you can get the apk from trusted site like apkpure or find a way to extract the split apk's from the installed app and merge them into a single apk)
One more thing the patched apk will not install over your existing installed official apk. So you must remove it first. I am also not sure if the patched apk will install over a previously patched apk created with the ReVanced Manager (It should be possible but I came across this project just last night and haven't really tested the various scenarios).
Note: I am neither a contributor on this project nor I am associated with them in any way. I am just sharing something useful I came across.
Thank you
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Hey thank you for providing this info but i would like to add that this method isn't working for me i have tried countless times for YouTube and YouTube music with the recommended versions but still everytime i tried to open both apps they force close, currently I'm using lineage is 19.1

Sudhangshu said:
Hey thank you for providing this info but i would like to add that this method isn't working for me i have tried countless times for YouTube and YouTube music with the recommended versions but still everytime i tried to open both apps they force close, currently I'm using lineage is 19.1
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You said you tried it with the recommended versions but the patched apps were immediately crashing. But did you tried to patch the recommended version as installed version or the offline apk files? If you tried to patch the installed version then did you uninstalled the app before installing the patched version? Also do ensure that the recommended app versions were original apps (no modification whatsoever)
I am assuming you are using ReVanced Manager to the patch the apps. So did the process even completed properly? If yes then how did you tried to install the patched versions? You must have got two options once the process was completed i.e "install as root" and "install". Do check the logs for any error or exception. On couple of occasions I got an exception but the patching process continued and in the end it said build success. And when I tried to install patched app it won't work. While on other occasion after the exception the manager displayed "aborting due to exception" and then it kind of stuck.
The latest version of ReVanced Manager is 0.0.28. But the most latest version I have tried was 0.0.26 and it has a broken "install as root" option. Yet to check if it is fixed in 0.0.28. You can also try using the older version of the manager (0.0.13 or 0.0.16)
If you tried to installed the patched apps as a regular user, then I think you need microg installed on your devices and you must select "microg support" when selecting the patches to apply. Though not sure but I think for non-root installation you should also select "spoof client" patch.
One quick and sure way to determine whether you are doing something wrong or missing some step is to download and install the pre patched apk on your device. For obvious reasons I am not going to share any links here. Just search for "revanced youtube apk" and you will easily find latest patched YouTube app. And of course download and install the patched app at your own risk. I will not be responsible for any mess created.
Thanks

TinySoul said:
You said you tried it with the recommended versions but the patched apps were immediately crashing. But did you tried to patch the recommended version as installed version or the offline apk files? If you tried to patch the installed version then did you uninstalled the app before installing the patched version? Also do ensure that the recommended app versions were original apps (no modification whatsoever)
I am assuming you are using ReVanced Manager to the patch the apps. So did the process even completed properly? If yes then how did you tried to install the patched versions? You must have got two options once the process was completed i.e "install as root" and "install". Do check the logs for any error or exception. On couple of occasions I got an exception but the patching process continued and in the end it said build success. And when I tried to install patched app it won't work. While on other occasion after the exception the manager displayed "aborting due to exception" and then it kind of stuck.
The latest version of ReVanced Manager is 0.0.28. But the most latest version I have tried was 0.0.26 and it has a broken "install as root" option. Yet to check if it is fixed in 0.0.28. You can also try using the older version of the manager (0.0.13 or 0.0.16)
If you tried to installed the patched apps as a regular user, then I think you need microg installed on your devices and you must select "microg support" when selecting the patches to apply. Though not sure but I think for non-root installation you should also select "spoof client" patch.
One quick and sure way to determine whether you are doing something wrong or missing some step is to download and install the pre patched apk on your device. For obvious reasons I am not going to share any links here. Just search for "revanced youtube apk" and you will easily find latest patched YouTube app. And of course download and install the patched app at your own risk. I will not be responsible for any mess created.
Thanks
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Yeah thank you for writing back, as you have mentioned i have tried both method, i have installed YouTube and YouTube music from play store but upon patching YouTube it said that the current version is not supported so I downloaded the said version from apkmirror and tried to patch, the patch was complete without any error but the app was crashing as soon as it was launching.
About the YouTube music app the current version was supported but after patching I uninstalled the current version and installed the patch version even though it wasn't working, the app crashed as soon as it was launched.
And I don't get any prompt to install it via non-root method the app installed as regular app, though I got prompt from play protect but I disabled play protect later.
Already tried with many different versions of YouTube and YouTube music but no success.
I even tried it on my brother's phone (galaxy s9+) but no success, same results on his phone too.
But thanks man you're doing good, really appreciate your work, I'll keep trying it if you come across any solution kindly share it.
Thanks man.

Yeah thank you for writing back, as you have mentioned i have tried both method, i have installed YouTube and YouTube music from play store but upon patching YouTube it said that the current version is not supported so I downloaded the said version from apkmirror and tried to patch, the patch was complete without any error but the app was crashing as soon as it was launching.
About the YouTube music app the current version was supported but after patching I uninstalled the current version and installed the patch version even though it wasn't working, the app crashed as soon as it was launched.
And I don't get any prompt to install it via non-root method the app installed as regular app, though I got prompt from play protect but I disabled play protect later.
Already tried with many different versions of YouTube and YouTube music but no success.
I even tried it on my brother's phone (galaxy s9+) but no success, same results on his phone too.
But thanks man you're doing good, really appreciate your work, I'll keep trying it if you come across any solution kindly share it.
Thanks man.
Sudhangshu said:
Yeah thank you for writing back, as you have mentioned i have tried both method, i have installed YouTube and YouTube music from play store but upon patching YouTube it said that the current version is not supported so I downloaded the said version from apkmirror and tried to patch, the patch was complete without any error but the app was crashing as soon as it was launching.
About the YouTube music app the current version was supported but after patching I uninstalled the current version and installed the patch version even though it wasn't working, the app crashed as soon as it was launched.
And I don't get any prompt to install it via non-root method the app installed as regular app, though I got prompt from play protect but I disabled play protect later.
Already tried with many different versions of YouTube and YouTube music but no success.
I even tried it on my brother's phone (galaxy s9+) but no success, same results on his phone too.
But thanks man you're doing good, really appreciate your work, I'll keep trying it if you come across any solution kindly share it.
Thanks man.
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I am not sure but I think the crash is some how related to compatibility issue of the ReVanced manager on Android 12 and above. Some people are having issues while trying to patch YouTube and YouTube Music apps on stock or custom ROM based on Android 12 and above.
At the same time, for others the patched apps are working fine for them even on Android 13 beta.
You are getting only "install" option after successful patching probably because your device is already rooted. I can't verify it because my phone is not rooted.
It is also possible that "install" option is automatically assuming that your device is not rooted. Thus when you are try to run the patched app, it is looking for "MicroG libraries" and it crashes when it does find MicroG installation on your device.
So I suggest uninstall the patched apps, install MicroG first then reinstall the patched apps, reboot your device and see if it works.
You can also try patching the apps on Android 11 based ROM(stock or custom) on rooted and non-rooted device and then install the apps on Android 12 based ROM (stock or custom) rooted or non rooted device.
In fact you can patch the apps on non-rooted device running Android 12+ and install it on your device running LineageOS 12.1
If you are trying to patch the apps on non-rooted device then "MicroG" support patch must be applied and obviously you need "MicroG" installed on your device.
Or exclude "MicroG" support patch if you have included it in your earlier attempts.
Also how about patching the apps on command line (you need windows 8 and above for this to work). You can download pre-build patcher binaries from the site.
For rebuilding the patcher binaries from the source you need to install other support software. Kindly go through the prerequisite software required for building the patcher from the source.
Btw ReVanced Manager app or patcher binaries can also be used to patch reddit and twitter apps.
Thank you.

TinySoul said:
Hello Friends,
I would like to share information about the true successor to the Vanced app. It is called ReVanced.
The project page is located on the GitHub site.
There you have all the information to build the patcher binaries(not the patched YouTube apk). Then patch the YouTube apk(must be official original apk) from the command line (instructions are there on how to do this).
Building the binaries on your own can be overwhelming for many so the easiest way is to download the "ReVanced Manager" (needs Android 8 and above). Link is on the homepage.
Unlike Vanced Manager, ReVanced Manager will not download any apk and microg (for non-root devices). It will show you the installed official YouTube version on which to apply the patch. It also allow you to specify an offline YouTube apk stored on your device which you want to patch. It will then display the list of available patches. You can choose the patches as per your requirement and apply them. Once the patches are applied successfully, you will see an option to install the patched apk as a non-root user or "install as root". My device is not rooted so I could not test it.
If you are applying patches on the installed YouTube app, then depending on the patches you choose you may get the warning saying something like "split configuration detected. The patches you choose requires resource patching, hence you may encounter some errors".
I was not sure what to do so I choose to apply patches on the offline apk.
Important: The ReVanced Manager doesn't seems to recognise .apks or .xapk extensions so your offline apk needs to be a single apk (you can get the apk from trusted site like apkpure or find a way to extract the split apk's from the installed app and merge them into a single apk)
One more thing the patched apk will not install over your existing installed official apk. So you must remove it first. I am also not sure if the patched apk will install over a previously patched apk created with the ReVanced Manager (It should be possible but I came across this project just last night and haven't really tested the various scenarios).
Note: I am neither a contributor on this project nor I am associated with them in any way. I am just sharing something useful I came across.
Thank you
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Thanks for your contribution, TinySoul. I understand that the original had quite the following, so it's good to see someone passing the torch. For the sake of keeping the board organized, would you be willing to start a dedicated thread for your project, and then link it here?

Hi all.
I have been following the ReVanced project since shortly after it started.
It is a big and still a young project so, there are some glitches and issues.
- Some patches might not work or cause issues.
I had some issues with the ReVanced Managers between v0.0.19 and v.0.0.26.
YT and YT Music force close after patching with manager 22, 23, 24 and 25.​
ReVanced does not currently support split-apks.
v.0.0.19 was the last able to patch split-apk YT​
The ReVanced Manager will not work on arm (armv7a) devices.
You can patch arm files on an arm64 (armv8a) device.​
I am still working on updating a Magisk module project that I started a few years ago but, never announced.
Vanced asked that no one release an unofficial module once they created an official module.
Since the official module was dead, I asked for permission to release a new module.​
Spoiler: Long story short.
A few years ago, due to changes in Android.
I was looking for an easier way to use the root 'Vanced' version of YouTube on my device(s).
Instead of manually replacing and setting permissions, I tested an idea (on a lot of devices and Android versions) to overlay the modified version over the stock installed version.
The Vanced team adopted the idea into their Manager root install.
- ReVanced does the same.
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The YT, YT Music patches that work for me using ReVanced Manager v.0.0.26.
- YouTube
Client Spoof
Spoofs the YouTube or Vanced client to prevent playback issues.​
Disable Auto Captions
Disable forced captions from being automatically enabled.​
Disable Auto Player Popup Panels
Disable automatic popup panels (playlist or live chat) on video player.​
Disable Fullscreen Panels
Disables video description and comments panel in fullscreen view.​
General Ads
Removes general ads.​
Hide Infocard Suggestions
Hides infocards in videos.​
Hide Watermark
Hides creator's watermarks on videos.​
Minimized Playback
Enables minimized and background playback.​
Remember Video Quality
Adds the ability to remember the video quality you chose in the video quality flyout.​
Return Youtube Dislike
Shows the dislike count of videos using the Return YouTube Dislike API.​
Sponsorblock
Integrate SponsorBlock.​
Video Ads
Removes ads in the video player.​
- YouTube Music
Background Play
Enables playing music in the background.​
Codecs Unlocked
Adds more audio codec options. The new audio codecs usually result in better audio quality.​
Exclusive Audio Playback
Enables the option to play music without video.​
Hide Get Premium
Removes all "Get Premium" evidences from the avatar menu.​
Minimized Playback Music
Enablers minimized playback on Kids music.​
Music Video Ads
Removes ads in the music player.​
Upgrade Button Remover
Removes the upgrade tab from the pivot bar.​
Base stock versions from APKMirror.
YouTube (full APK) v17.36.37 (arm and arm64).
- APKMirror - [WebSite] - Link
YouTube Music v5.23.50 (arm)
- APKMirror - [WebSite] - Link
YouTube Music v5.23.50 (arm64)
- APKMirror - [WebSite] - Link
Cheers all.
PS.
Once finish cleaning up iYT, I will start a Magisk Module thread for it.
Archived original iYTv. - [GitHub] - Link
WIP updated iYT. - [GitHub] - Link
WIP iYTm. - [GitHub] - Link
Edit: (12.OCT.2022)
Fix list of YT patches I use (accidentally posted the YTM patches I use instead of YT patches).
Clean up a bit since posts have been moved into a new thread.
Edit: (03.NOV.2022)
[MODULE] Inject YouTube - [xdaThread] - Link

Bill720 said:
Thanks for your contribution, TinySoul. I understand that the original had quite the following, so it's good to see someone passing the torch. For the sake of keeping the board organized, would you be willing to start a dedicated thread for your project, and then link it here?
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TinySoul said:
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Note: I am neither a contributor on this project nor I am associated with them in any way. I am just sharing something useful I came across.
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It would be nice if someone would create a general discussion thread for ReVanced.
@TinySoul
Would you be willing to start a discussion thread for ReVanced?
Title: [Discussion] ReVanced - (Add something of a descriptor).​
Then we can move the last few posts into the discussion thread.
Cheers all. [/INDENT]

Bill720 said:
Thanks for your contribution, TinySoul. I understand that the original had quite the following, so it's good to see someone passing the torch. For the sake of keeping the board organized, would you be willing to start a dedicated thread for your project, and then link it here?
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Thank you for the opportunity but I am sorry to respectfully decline it.
I do not have enough technical know-how of Android OS. And I know even less when it comes to rooted devices.
Do we really need another dedicated thread when the developers themselves are running/maintaining dedicated threads on GitHub and five social media apps ?
Those who know Russian for them there is a big thread on Russian 4pda site.
Be it any app any platform, if the developers have made themselves accessible/approachable to public, then it is always better to approach them directly.
Just a couple of days ago I came to know that this ReVanced Manager can also be used to patch Reddit and Twitter apps.
Maintaining a dedicated thread means one will have to answers queries on those two apps too. And my problem is other than YouTube I am not present on any other social media site(never fallen for any social media sites or apps right from the start) so there is no question of using their dedicated apps. On few occasions I have browsed reddit and twitter sites as an unregistered user.
It will not be fair on my part to own a dedicated thread and then not answering the queries related to other apps.
I hope you understand.
Thank you

TinySoul said:
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Do we really need another dedicated thread when the developers themselves are running/maintaining dedicated threads on GitHub and five social media apps ?
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Ostensibly, we do. If we're posting about it on XDA Developers, then we're no longer in the realm of social networking. The entire goal of an online discussion board is to present conversations in a more organized way than a social network could. Hijacking a thread about an existing project isn't the best plan of attack, especially when so many have questions and comments about it. I'll have to think it over some more, but I don't see any problem with you not supporting it in its own thread, even if your post is the first one.

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Ostensibly, we do. If we're posting about it on XDA Developers, then we're no longer in the realm of social networking. The entire goal of an online discussion board is to present conversations in a more organized way than a social network could. Hijacking a thread about an existing project isn't the best plan of attack, especially when so many have questions and comments about it. I'll have to think it over some more, but I don't see any problem with you not supporting it in its own thread, even if your post is the first one.
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Well then , that sounds li8ke a job anyone do, even a moderator, to move all the OT discussion into its own thread.

Bill720 said:
Ostensibly, we do. If we're posting about it on XDA Developers, then we're no longer in the realm of social networking. The entire goal of an online discussion board is to present conversations in a more organized way than a social network could. Hijacking a thread about an existing project isn't the best plan of attack, especially when so many have questions and comments about it. I'll have to think it over some more, but I don't see any problem with you not supporting it in its own thread, even if your post is the first one.
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You are quite right about the social networking part and I was bit wrong here. I didn't gave much thought on unregulated and unorganized (content) aspect of social networking sites/apps. YouTube, Twitter, Telegram etc. are not really well moderated but what about dedicated channels on Discord or Reddit(though it's quite similar to Quora) and perhaps GitHub could be more technical to many.
I understand that Vanced app is discontinued and ReVanced is really a new project so you see a need to have a separate thread about it.
But one of the main reason for my hesitation is this content regulation and moderation aspect of it. If I am owning a thread then am I not responsible for keeping the thread clean and ensuring it has relevant contents only?
Second reason is about active participation and contribution to the thread. Are you and others are really fine with the the owner of the thread himself being inactive for long duration and hardly having any real contribution other than few initial posts? If yes then I too am fine owning a thread.
Else you can simply create a new thread and move all posts related to ReVanced app there. You have my full consent (in case that it stopping you) and I am not even looking for any credit whatsoever for my posts on ReVanced app up till now.
I will keep on posting on that thread as per the need basis or if I have some solution for someone's query. How frequently this will happen I really cannot say.
Thank You.

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But one of the main reason for my hesitation is this content regulation and moderation aspect of it. If I am owning a thread then am I not responsible for keeping the thread clean and ensuring it has relevant contents only?...
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Even as the first poster in the thread, not only are you not expected to moderate or regulate, you also do not have the ability to do so. That responsibility lies solely at the feet of the moderation team.
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Second reason is about active participation and contribution to the thread. Are you and others are really fine with the the owner of the thread himself being inactive for long duration and hardly having any real contribution other than few initial posts? If yes then I too am fine owning a thread.
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That's not a problem at all. Once the actual developer steps up and puts together a formal app/support thread for it, there's nothing wrong with linking it here.
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Well then , that sounds li8ke a job anyone do, even a moderator, to move all the OT discussion into its own thread.
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Your wish is now reality. ReVanced users rejoice!

ReVanced​Continuing the legacy of Vanced​
ReVanced Main project.
GitHub​
ReVanced Manager Releases.
GitHub​
List of ReVanced patches.
GitHub​
Credits:
The ReVanced team.
All who contribute and support this project.

Hi everyone,
- I somehow got ReVanced working on my PocoF1 using an A13 custom ROM without root.
- YOU CAN GIVE IT A TRY TOO.
- Not just on my phone with a custom rom installed, but it also worked on a phone with a stock rom without root.
I wont go much in-depth about it as I dont have that much knowledge about why & how it happened.
I was facing the same issue that some users above are reporting, that app is crashing just on opening after building, installing it.
I too tried several times, then gave up and thought to go back to Vanced.
Solution which worked for me:
Install "Youtube Vanced" from vanced manager first, then try patching the recommended specific version(17.36.37) of "Google Youtube" apk from Revanced manager, then it works.
After that, I uninstalled youtube vanced and google youtube and vanced manager, and still the Revanced Youtube was working fine.
I'm curious to know why and how this workaround worked. If anyone gets the clue behind this, please do share.
Thank you.

Hello there just wanted to post that the manager app is working fine with the mentioned version of YouTube and YT music app you just have to install Microg package in your system.
Thank everyone for you help and guidance.

ipdev said:
PPS.
Once finish cleaning up iYT, I will start a Magisk Module thread for it.
Archived original iYTv. - [GitHub] - Link
WIP updated iYT. - [GitHub] - Link
WIP iYTm. - [GitHub] - Link
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Hi ipdev.
Once again your module is a flawless victory.
Installled YT as recommended. Installed module as asked. Reboot.
Working !

Hello everyone,
This V2 app shows adds from time to time, this never happened with the original Vanced. Is this a bug and is there a way to fix it?
Thanks...

could you inject revanced youtube root version in system app somehow, Being already patched, It worked well for me following the instructions the root version in pocophone f1 android 13

ipdev said:
ReVanced
Continuing the legacy of Vanced​
ReVanced Main project.
GitHub​
ReVanced Manager Releases.
GitHub​
List of ReVanced patches.
GitHub​
Credits:
The ReVanced team.
All who contribute and support this project.
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Can we pin this to the OP or copy the content to the first post?
Would be helpful.