So I would like to degoogle OnePlus Nord as much as possible. However, I don't want to install a custom Rom like lineage OS. I want to keep OxygenOS and just strip it from Google as much as possible. I have seen that there exists something called MicroG where I would be able to install apps from the Play Store without the Play Store itself.
I am basically wondering the following:
What steps can I take to degoogle OnePlus Nord OxygenOS?
And what would be left that can't be degoogled?
Your help would be highly appreciated
Yeah, that's what I've been considering for a while now. Flashing microG suite and disabling Google Services seems to be a natural first step. I don't know if it's possible without root, need to do some more research.
Looking to install unofficial lineage 17.1 and was wondering if I just don't install gaps, can I then proceed to install non google apps as needed? Or would I have to install AOSP without gaps? I want to try this on my OnePlus X. Are there gap alternative packages already for custom roms?
Will you lose DRM keys if you flash lineage? If yes, that'd be a deal-breaker for me on my main phone...
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Hi, I tried custom ROMs to get rid of Google service (and use MicroG) but I miss OxygenOS and every ROMs have bugs (or drain battery super fast).
Is there a OxygenOS version without GApps ?
I've heard of "GSI" images, I don't know how to deal with that, thx for helping.
It's called HydrogenOS, it's official and can be downloaded here:
http://download.h2os.com/OnePlus7Pr...4_OTA_024_all_2003161856_868c8c2c156442d9.zip
Hi,
I want to buy a cyberpunk edition and i want to know. If it is with hydrogen os or oxygen os ?
If i flash it on oxygen ose, did i loose the special theme and Addons ?
Thanks
OnePlus 8t cyberpunk help.
Hi guy, I'm in the same boat have the opportunity to buy a Cyberpunk edition but have not because I've been told hydrogen os is for China and not a lot can translate to English ? Is this true and I'd loose Google apps ... Editor Dan Lin's latest article says they can all be loaded on is this correct ?
I'm having trouble understanding having a awesome phone like this if you can't upgrade to oxygen os and loose all the cool themes and ui what would be the point ...
So I'd love some in depth clarification of what is going on with these 2 os.
Will you be able to load the cyberpunk ui later in a patch to oxygen os ? So many questions so many review and unboxing but know one is talking about the right topics
Wait for this guy to perfect the conversion
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=83927241&postcount=83
I just made sure to have my whole phone setup with gapps from the latest global updates. Then when i converted I was able to keep all Google apps. A format nukes them but with root and magisk gapps from flame gapps I was able to get gapps back
g96818 said:
Wait for this guy to perfect the conversion
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=83927241&postcount=83
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Yes, but this guy converted a oxygen os to hydrogen os cyberpunk.
Here WE don't want the same...we want a cyberpunk, put oxygen os on it and have all themes...
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Yes, but this guy converted a oxygen os to hydrogen os cyberpunk.
Here WE don't want the same...we want a cyberpunk, put oxygen os on it and have all themes...
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It needs h2os or it doesn't work. So that won't work for you bro.
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It needs h2os or it doesn't work. So that won't work for you bro.
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In the past, some people extract the oneplus 6t mc laren animations to put it in other 6t.
Perhaps it's possible ?
Or in h2s IS it possible to put gapps ? And other language ?
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Hi guy, I'm in the same boat have the opportunity to buy a Cyberpunk edition but have not because I've been told hydrogen os is for China and not a lot can translate to English ? Is this true and I'd loose Google apps ... Editor Dan Lin's latest article says they can all be loaded on is this correct ?
I'm having trouble understanding having a awesome phone like this if you can't upgrade to oxygen os and loose all the cool themes and ui what would be the point ...
So I'd love some in depth clarification of what is going on with these 2 os.
Will you be able to load the cyberpunk ui later in a patch to oxygen os ? So many questions so many review and unboxing but know one is talking about the right topics
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Where to read dan lin's article
Mine should arrive this week or next, so in the same boat. If English support is optimal and Google Apps can be flashed, I'd like to keep it as close to stock as possible. Has anyone else had experience with HydrogenOS on this phone?
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In the past, some people extract the oneplus 6t mc laren animations to put it in other 6t.
Perhaps it's possible ?
Or in h2s IS it possible to put gapps ? And other language ?
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I was that guy. I left xda right after that and only returned for 7t Resurrection Remix posts. This will be possible, but won't be done through a mod or it won't be 100%. Yes you can flash magisk gapps. Or with our mod you flash overtop oos and already have gapps. As you can see I'm running latest h2os with cyberpunk resources intact. Locked bootloader and no root. On a normal 8t Global. H2os is normal like oos, but tons of bloat. Once you get rid of it it's ok. But...I don't know about any article, but even with your cyberpunk 8t, it will run h2os and if you flash oos over it you will not keep cyberpunk resources and features.
@FullOfHell : ok so at this time, thé best solution if i buy a cyberpunk edition, IS to have H2Os, put thé gapps, IS this real ?
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@FullOfHell : ok so at this time, thé best solution if i buy a cyberpunk edition, IS to have H2Os, put thé gapps, IS this real ?
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Yes it only comes with h2os, so if I were you and needed gapps flash these:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fl....0-basic-arm64-20201108-ALPHA-12.zip/download
Or whatever is recent when you get yours. You install thru magisk. Microg is an option too
Ok thanks
Seems a bad choice from a sales point of view not to be able to run there new Os and keep the cyberpunk themes .. and with new more updated phone coming 2021 the cyberpunk phone will die as everyone will want the latest and greatest not outdated due to a theme. I have a oppo find X2 pro and was ready to swap for the cyberpunk but if you can't get gapps and keep the themes of the phone. Just disappointed.
Is putting the the gapps a simple process or long and tedious ?
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Yes it only comes with h2os, so if I were you and needed gapps flash these:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fl....0-basic-arm64-20201108-ALPHA-12.zip/download
Or whatever is recent when you get yours. You install thru magisk. Microg is an option too
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What is "Microg" ?
g4seb said:
@FullOfHell : ok so at this time, thé best solution if i buy a cyberpunk edition, IS to have H2Os, put thé gapps, IS this real ?
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MicroG is a google alternative although I never used it.
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I was that guy. I left xda right after that and only returned for 7t Resurrection Remix posts. This will be possible, but won't be done through a mod or it won't be 100%. Yes you can flash magisk gapps. Or with our mod you flash overtop oos and already have gapps. As you can see I'm running latest h2os with cyberpunk resources intact. Locked bootloader and no root. On a normal 8t Global. H2os is normal like oos, but tons of bloat. Once you get rid of it it's ok. But...I don't know about any article, but even with your cyberpunk 8t, it will run h2os and if you flash oos over it you will not keep cyberpunk resources and features.
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Quick question: how do you flash magisk modules on the canary build? Thanks.
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Quick question: how do you flash magisk modules on the canary build? Thanks.
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The same as you would any other way with magisk. I don't have any modules or root or bootloader unlocked.
Hey guys,
So, I got an 8T Cyberpunk Edition two days ago. And I try to convert Hydrogen OS into Oxygen OS, I downloaded an europe Oxygen OS from here(I did not root the device or unlock bootloader, just download the zip file only), then I copied the zip file to root directory of the device and used "Local Update" to update the phone. After finished, I restarted the device. But I was stuck at booting screen, so I cleaned the "System setting/cache" or even "Format the device". I thought I will see the Oxygen logo after doing those steps, but it never happen. As a result, the Cyberpunk logo came up and still go into Hydrogen OS.
I tried like 5 times using "Local Update", not working at all. I was mad, and then I try to install Qualcomm USB driver(9008 driver?) and then follow the instruction here, and finally it became Oxygen OS, no more Cyberpunk loading screen. I was very happy and then try to apply the latest update from "System Update", it does show me there is a "11.0.4.5" version, so I downloaded it and installed and then restarted. Interesting thing happen again, I saw the Cyberpunk loading screen again. And I was stuck at the loading screen again. In order to pass the loading screen I have to clean "System setting/cache". Then I can access the device again and not seeing any Cyberpunk logo.
So, when I thought everything is finally working now, it wasn't. I went to the "System Update" again and try to see if there is any update, but I saw the same "11.0.4.5" version which I just updated. It seems the update is not working, so I went to "About phone" and confirmed that it was NOT updated. Again I tried several times, not working at all. It just like something under the hood keep resetting the device to the factory status.
Until anyone found a solution for this issue, I think I would have to keep using the version inside the unbrick tool I mentioned above. It will be great if OnePlus release an official Cyberpunk version of Oxygen OS later. Let's wait.
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The same as you would any other way with magisk. I don't have any modules or root or bootloader unlocked.
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@FullOfHell :
So I just need to flash gapps with magisk, Uninstall Chinese applications if i don't need it and all are ok ?
OTA update and all things ??
Or it's better to flash oxygen os, and wait for magisk theme installation ?
Hello,
Is there any OnePlus 7 Pro custom ROM with no GApps , and the bootloader can be re-locked after the ROM flashed?
Why re-lock the bootloader?
- I don't give a way phones, in case i lost the phone.
Try LinageOS?
- I did, can't re-lock the bootloader, because they don't load the signing keys into the verified boot as GrapheneOS and CalyxOS do.
If there's a ROM out there, please tell me where, if not, I'm sorry for any inconvenience.
Thank You
Did you find anything since this post? I've been playing with LOS 17.1 and 18.1 on my OP7Pro but can't get Safetynet to pass when I have Magisk on, and have issues trying to put TWRP on with LOS, as LOS hijacks the recovery. I'd like to get my banking apps and some other apps like Lyft to work without having google know my every keystroke and geolocation. I'm close with LOS 18.1, but am missing those 2 apps ability to work. I might try 17.1 again if that's going to make things easier.
From your post it looks like GrapheneOS and CalyxOS might be options. What's wrong with those OS? Will those not work with MicroG?
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Did you find anything since this post? I've been playing with LOS 17.1 and 18.1 on my OP7Pro but can't get Safetynet to pass when I have Magisk on, and have issues trying to put TWRP on with LOS, as LOS hijacks the recovery. I'd like to get my banking apps and some other apps like Lyft to work without having google know my every keystroke and geolocation. I'm close with LOS 18.1, but am missing those 2 apps ability to work. I might try 17.1 again if that's going to make things easier.
From your post it looks like GrapheneOS and CalyxOS might be options. What's wrong with those OS? Will those not work with MicroG?
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Hello,
First, Now I'm sure 100% that OnePlus 7 Pro is supporting verified boot and bootloader relock, but to achieve that, you have to load the signing public key used to sign the ROM during its build and it should be user build not debug mode build (ex. for debug mode build is the offecial LineageOS) to the phone verified boot partition.
I found this divestos [dot] org, but still not tested nor working on Oneplus 7 Pro. I tried but my phone never load the OS.
Now, I'm trying to go through the build steps from official LineageOS website to do my own build and do it user build, sure using my own signing keys, I hope it will work.
For GraphenOS and CalyxOS, unfortunately they work only with Google Pixel phones, ironic, isn't?, Lyft might work with you if you decided to go that way, because i tried Uber and it worked just fine with MicroG, but my banking app did not work, not because of microG or the OS, but because the app itself design to detect google play store and if you login or not, and if the app downloaded from the play store itself or not.
I hope my answer gave you some help.
ahmed.elsersi said:
Hello,
First, Now I'm sure 100% that OnePlus 7 Pro is supporting verified boot and bootloader relock, but to achieve that, you have to load the signing public key used to sign the ROM during its build and it should be user build not debug mode build (ex. for debug mode build is the offecial LineageOS) to the phone verified boot partition.
I found this divestos [dot] org, but still not tested nor working on Oneplus 7 Pro. I tried but my phone never load the OS.
Now, I'm trying to go through the build steps from official LineageOS website to do my own build and do it user build, sure using my own signing keys, I hope it will work.
For GraphenOS and CalyxOS, unfortunately they work only with Google Pixel phones, ironic, isn't?, Lyft might work with you if you decided to go that way, because i tried Uber and it worked just fine with MicroG, but my banking app did not work, not because of microG or the OS, but because the app itself design to detect google play store and if you login or not, and if the app downloaded from the play store itself or not.
I hope my answer gave you some help.
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I actually took a senior member's' advice to just use Hydrogen (the Chinese (de-googled) version of Andriod) on my OP7Pro. So far it's working well and I just have to get things set up, but I'm rooted and Magisk works using the boot.img patch and hiding the app in settings. No need for Microg as it is a signed OS (or something like that). At the end of the day, I just needed something that worked right and didn't have big G tracking my moves. Some small tweaks and I'll at least have Hydrogen 10 working right. I might play with HOS11 after I get the backup functionality working correctly. I'm tired of downloading a ton of apps and getting all of my logins done and email accounts set up, only to make a tweak on the system and have to start over again.
Hope the custom LOS you're working on works for you. Thanks for getting back. This is a learning process for me. Take care.
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I actually took a senior member's' advice to just use Hydrogen (the Chinese (de-googled) version of Andriod) on my OP7Pro. So far it's working well and I just have to get things set up, but I'm rooted and Magisk works using the boot.img patch and hiding the app in settings. No need for Microg as it is a signed OS (or something like that). At the end of the day, I just needed something that worked right and didn't have big G tracking my moves. Some small tweaks and I'll at least have Hydrogen 10 working right. I might play with HOS11 after I get the backup functionality working correctly. I'm tired of downloading a ton of apps and getting all of my logins done and email accounts set up, only to make a tweak on the system and have to start over again.
Hope the custom LOS you're working on works for you. Thanks for getting back. This is a learning process for me. Take care.
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The same here, I hate this tracking and the feel that there is someone always looking over my shoulder .
Could you please tell me, where did you get HydrogenOS, I might give it a try.
Thank You, have a blessed life.
Best bet would be to run a debloat script. Universal Debloater (found here or on gitlab I believe) has the options for Google and OnePlus. Since you can use USB Debugging without unlocking bootloader, this might be the best option for you.
They will show the apps that are getting removed and a little description if you open up the list files in a text editor (notepad or whatever).
ahmed.elsersi said:
The same here, I hate this tracking and the feel that there is someone always looking over my shoulder .
Could you please tell me, where did you get HydrogenOS, I might give it a try.
Thank You, have a blessed life.
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I just did an internet search (duckduckgo) and found a website with the complete zip file. Not sure if this is the one, but they offer the download for 10. (Mods can remove this link if I'm not allowed to share links with downloads) In any case, you can dig and find something if you chose to go this route. There are probably more HOS 11 downloads as of late since it's newer. I just wasn't able to get the Magisk app to work right on the 11 verison. That may have changed with the most recent update of Magisk. A de-bloat tool may work on OOS too. I just haven't tried it on OOS yet.
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hi everyone, I am new to this forum.
i've been interested in rooting / mods for my old Samsung s9 to give it a new life.
I did so by rooting it using the TWRP app in combination with the Magisk V23.0
now what happened was that i was downloading some random apps yesterday and for some reason the phone went on bootloop...
i accidentally deleted the system without making a backup lol... a little stupid of me...
now it keeps telling me that i've no OS on my phone. i was thinking that i could easily find the ''un-edited'' or simple version of my original OS. but i've looked through many sites without succes.. either looks 2 good to be true or just fake...
is there anyone who can advise me on what to do? i just want my phone to work with any OS right now... but which one is the cleanest or best to use? i do prefer a newer os like 10
thanks in advance!
If you still have access to recovery mode, your best choice would probably be installing LineageOS. It's the most lightweight ROM and many ROMs are based on Lineage. From what i can see, your phone is no longer officially supported.
I found this one based on Lineage 18.1 (Android 11). Before installing, take a look at the bugs, working, and installing sections.
And don't forget to install the Google Apps after installing the system and before rebooting.
that looks crispy. i appreciate your quick & good advise. can you tell me wether i can still run Magisk on it?
Yes, you can still flash Magisk or any type of root with both the OS and the GApps.
what i'm consider about is, wether a region code CRC matters?
Hey there!
I suppose it's a rather crazy question, but is there any possibility to get (rather updated) GrapheneOS for Pixel 2 or 2 XL?
Best regards
layla
Use ProtonAOSP or CalyxOS. GrapheneOS doesn't provide links for the Pixel 2 anymore. If you can get ProtonAOSP installed, that's your best bet (or CalyxOS)
Thanks for the suggestions, will try one of those out
ProtonAOSP seems to be not supported anymore. CalyxOS it is.
h4m74ro said:
Thanks for the suggestions, will try one of those out
ProtonAOSP seems to be not supported anymore. CalyxOS it is.
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CalyxOS is great - and still being updated by them. But it might not be for long, so keep the download (image file) on your computer in case you need to reinstall it in the future. Once it's gone, its gone. Calyx runs great. Keep your Bootloader unlocked (if you can) - it has saved me a few times.
I have not installed a custom rom in years. CalyxOS has many additions to vanilla, which I usually don't prefer.
Can you recommend to install LineageOS? Pixel 2 is also still supported by them.
h4m74ro said:
I have not installed a custom rom in years. CalyxOS has many additions to vanilla, which I usually don't prefer.
Can you recommend to install LineageOS? Pixel 2 is also still supported by them.
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what do you mean has many additions to vanilla? Its the most secure Android Fork (other than GrapheneOS). Why would you use LineageOS when you can use CalyxOS? I don't recommend using anything other than Calyx or Graphene. If you want to try Lineage, go for it. just keep your bootloader unlocked at all times so you can always fix your device if something goes wrong (even on Stock I leave it unlocked).
Anyway, CalyxOS works great with MicroG - and you can even turn it off if you want. and during setup you can uncheck everything so it literally installs 5 apps (messages, calendar and calculator). not sure what you mean by additions to vanilla, if you are talking about MicroG, you can disable it at boot.
I meant TOR, Signal, Aurora etc. But if it has a setup, where i can uncheck that, then it's great. Thanks again.