Debloat guides and scripts
Remove bloatware and unnecessary files from your rom

NanoDroid
https://t.me/NoGoolag/35

Gapps removal script
https://github.com/CHEF-KOCH/Remove-Gapps

G-Killer (GAPPS aroma Debloater) by K3V1991
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/aroma-google-services-debloater-t3668456

Remove GApps in ROM: now support Nougat. Flashable zip
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40534912&postcount=19

Debloat miui guide by uvera:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-note-3/themes/magisk-app-google-apps-debloater-t3756258

Miui bloatware Disabler by SayTison
https://t.me/libreware/73

Debloat MIUI 9 + Magisk + MicroG + ARISE Magnum Opus: An Experiment By Grandpa
http://en.miui.com/thread-884539-1-1.html

Rom Cleaner to remove gapps by DroidTR
Latest version: https://github.com/DroidTR/Rom-Cleaner/blob/master/app/app-release.apk?raw=true
Sources: https://github.com/DroidTR/Rom-Cleaner


📡 t.me/NoGoolag
#debloat #bloatware #disable #gapps

Google's tracking explained. On two phones, without SIM, no data during travel, and one even in airplane mode. Watch...

https://youtube.com/watch?v=0s8ZG6HuLrU

Google is malware
https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-google.html

#gapps

FAQ for MicroG


🍭 What is this?
A cult


🍭 What do we want?
More privacy


🍭 How do we get it?
Avoiding evil malware like Gapps
https://t.me/NoGoolag/76


🍭 Why use MicroG ?
It's an opensource alternative to Gapps. it replaces Google Play Services and prevents Google from getting your precious data.
Some apps will crash or complain if you lack some gapps components as MicroG is a WIP. Deal with it.


🍭 Does SlaveryNet work with microg?
Yes, for now.
If it doesn't, drop dependent services or get a cheap companion phone for them.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=microg+github+safetynet


🍭 Does [miscellaneous google app] work?
Most of them do, keep, documents, translator...
But we try to replace them for alternatives like:
• Alternatives lists:
https://t.me/NoGoolag/3319


🍭 Does Google Search / Assistant work?
Some got it working by restoring its app data.
These Google apps work by learning everything about you.
MicroG aims to let Google learn nothing about you.

As an alternative to assistant, You could check out this app for a simple online text search:

Just Search https://f-droid.org/app/co.pxhouse.sas


🍭 Does Play Store work?
Yes. For purchases use a modified playstore from the many MicroG installers.


🍭 But I get Error RH-01 in Playstore
Try this:
- Wipe play data and log out of all google accounts
- Login through settings
- Wait
Now check PlayStore. Sometimes PlayStore takes time to recognise the account. If error isn't solved, you can keep force closing the app, clearing its data, rebooting, go walk the dog, or use the other alternatives to PlayStore.


🍭 Does Gmail app work?
Some people claim it does work if you wipe it and give all permissions to it.
You can still use gmail from other email apps or web browser.


🍭 Does Google Wear work?
No, not yet.

Alternatives
- AsteroidOS is an open-source operating system for smartwatches
https://asteroidos.org
- Gadgetbridge is an open source alternative to control your wearables
https://f-droid.org/app/nodomain.freeyourgadget.gadgetbridge

Status:
Free implementation of the APIs necessary for Android Wear
https://github.com/microg/android_packages_appAnds_GmsCore/issues/4

https://www.bountysource.coAndm/issues/6460438-wishlist-com-google-android-gms-wearable


🍭 Does Google Drive work?
Yes, although access to it from other apps (like WhatsApp gdrive backups) probably doesn't.


🍭 Does Google Chrome sync work?
No.


🍭 Does Play Games work?
No. Not every game requires it, some just show a notification, but for the problematic ones, you can try to backup and restore those games from a Gapps device with Titanium backup or OandbackupX.
Or login with a Fakebook account.

Support for official Google Play Games apk
https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/issues/163

https://www.bountysource.com/issues/36614911-support-for-official-google-play-games-apk


🍭 Does Google Photos backup work?
No. The app to view and edit photos should work. What doesn't work fortunately is uploading your personal photos, lowering quality, and giving your biometric data to evil Google, govs and agencies.


🍭 How to get MicroG
Either manually get the APKs, install them and give all permissions or use one of the many installers here:
https://t.me/NoGoolag/182

We suggest #minmicrog standard installer, since it's complete and easy for beginners


🍭 How to setup MicroG
https://t.me/NoGoolag/63


📡 @NoGooLag
#fuck #faq

How much info is Google getting from your phone?

This is the question asked by a journalist in a FoxNews report; then they went around the town with two smartphones, without SIM, no data during travel, one even in airplane mode, and they analysed all the traffic that got sent to Google. And the result is just amazing...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=0s8ZG6HuLrU

FAQ: Why should I care?
https://shadow53.com/android/no-gapps/faq/why-should-i-care/

Google is malware
https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-google.html

Google is evil
https://fuckoffgoogle.de/#google-is-evil

Documentation, Research and other informational resources
https://wiki.fuckoffgoogle.de/index.php?title=Main_Page#Documentation.2C_Research_and_other_informational_resources

Google Alternatives #alternatives
https://wiki.fuckoffgoogle.de/index.php?title=GoogleAlternatives

#gapps #google #why #spyware #malware #evil #reasons

Why?

How much info is Google getting from your phone?

This is the question asked by a journalist; then went around the town with two smartphones, without SIM, no data during travel, one even in airplane mode, and they analysed all the traffic that got sent to Google. And the result is just amazing...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=0s8ZG6HuLrU

FAQ: Why should I care?
https://shadow53.com/android/no-gapps/faq/why-should-i-care/

Google is malware
https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-google.html

Google is evil
https://fuckoffgoogle.de/#google-is-evil

"I have nothing to hide"
https://spreadprivacy.com/three-reasons-why-the-nothing-to-hide-argument-is-flawed/

"I can't be ID'd if I just browse"
https://spreadprivacy.com/browser-fingerprinting/

"They don't control me"
https://spreadprivacy.com/filter-bubble/

"I use Google search cause it's better"
https://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/features/12-things-duckduckgo-can-do-that-google-cant-596526

Documentation, Research and other informational resources
https://wiki.fuckoffgoogle.de/index.php?title=Main_Page#Documentation.2C_Research_and_other_informational_resources

Google Alternatives
https://wiki.fuckoffgoogle.de/index.php?title=GoogleAlternatives

More here 👉 #alternatives


📡 @NoGoolag
#gapps #google #why #spyware #malware #evil #reasons

Google Data Collection research

https://digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2018/08/21/google-data-collection-research


#reasons #why #gapps #malware #spyware

📱 WebApps
(Sandbox for webapps)
https://f-droid.org/app/com.tobykurien.webapps

Provide a secure way to browse popular webapps by eliminating referrers, 3rd party requests, cookies, cross-site scripting, etc.

It accomplishes this by providing a sandbox for multiple webapps (like Google's apps, Facebook, Twitter, etc.). Each webapp will run in it's own sandbox, with 3rd party requests (images, scripts, iframes, etc.) blocked, and all external links opening in an external default web browser (which should have cookies, plugins, flash, etc. disabled).

By default, all HTTP requests are blocked (only HTTPS allowed). This improves security, especially on untrusted networks. The app can also handle HTTPS links and open them in their own sandbox.

Based on GApps Browser.


📱 GApps Browser
(Sandbox for web apps)
https://f-droid.org/app/com.tobykurien.google_news

This app started out as a way to view Google News on the author's phone but now encompasses Google+, Google Maps etc. The idea is to be able to access the Google web apps without having to log into Google on your browser, so that you can browse privately. It is a good way to access the Google webapps if you have an AOSP-based ROM and reject the proprietary GApps. Also the webapps are less bandwidth and battery-hungry than their native counterparts.

Links to external sites (such as news articles, etc.) will be opened in a regular browser, thus keeping the Google authentication sandboxed in the app


📡 @NoGoolag
#gapps #webapps

/d/gapps

Delete/disable GApps

https://f-droid.org/app/org.droidtr.deletegapps

This application is used to delete or disable gapps. It uses a regex to find GApps package

- pm disable xxx (xxx is a package name that is found by the application)

or

- rm -rf xxx (xxx is a path name that is found by the application)

It requires root to work.

Don't delete GApps on touchwiz (or similar) stock rom or your device might not boot afterwards. You should try to disable GApps instead!

To re-enable GApps, go to the *Settings › Apps* menu, and chose "restore apps preferences". If you want to reinstall GApps, you should use the OpenGApps zip or GApps installer (third party apps).

Sources:
https://gitlab.com/parduscix/disable-delete-gapps


📡 @NoGoolag
#dgapps #delete #disable #debloat #gapps

A way to programmatically disable the "Find my device" in gapps from being a device administrator

The trick is to disable gms - which clears device admin status, and then enable it again:

pm disable-user com.google.android.gms
pm enable com.google.android.gms

I know most of you don't have GApps at all on board, but still it might be useful to know.
Best is, to run the script at boot, with a delay - in order to kick in only after "Find my device" was reactivated and kill it for good.

#!/system/bin/sh

(
sleep 60
pm disable-user com.google.android.gms
pm enable com.google.android.gms
) &

Commands are in a backgrounded subshell in order not to delay boot.
Best way would be, to put it in your init.d, or execute it from Kernel Adiutor, or with Magisk boot hooks and put it in /data/adb/post-fs-data.d/.

Source, last (unvoted!) comment here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13911444/disable-deviceadmin-from-shell


📡 @NoGoolag
#find #findmydevice #disable #device #administrator #google #gms #script #shell #gapps

/d/gapps

Delete/disable GApps and other bloatwares

It uses a regex to find GApps package
- pm disable xxx (xxx is a package name that is found by the application)
or
- rm -rf xxx (xxx is a path name that is found by the application)

It requires root to work.

Don't delete GApps on touchwiz (or similar) stock rom or your device might not boot afterwards. You should try to disable GApps instead!

To re-enable GApps, go to the *Settings › Apps* menu, and chose "restore apps preferences". If you want to reinstall GApps, you should use the OpenGApps zip or GApps installer (third party apps).

Install:
https://f-droid.org/app/org.droidtr.deletegapps

Group:
t.me/antiGapps

Channel:
https://t.me/joinchat/AAAAAFHu1UPpeWNFHm8Qgw

Sources:
https://gitlab.com/parduscix/disable-delete-gapps


📡 @NoGoolag 📡 @Libreware
#dgapps #gapps #debloat #disable #bloatware

Explanation about gapps spyware from comments here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/d8c9pv/i_used_to_be_a_skeptic_but_now_im_almost_certain

On Android, Play Services is a multi-app layer of APIs for all sorts of functionalities. Apps that have Play Services built into their framework communicate with GPServices and GSF pretty much all the time. One immediately noticeable function of this are C2D messages, or GCM. This is how you get seamless notifications on these sorts of apps.

Now, GPServices is also the spyware hub on stock Android. On SDK 21, it demands at least 269 permissions. On Marshmallow devices onwards, you can pretend to grant or deny user permissions for apps. You can't do this to GPServices, though.

There's a framework that apps use to communicate with GPServices. I think it's called Shared Preferences. If, for example, you deny IG of the Record Audio permission, GPServices still listens to everything you say, as well as ambient sound. Keywords, keyphrases, and "sound bites" are noted and parsed.

IG can and will request this data locally, then process it properly utilizing its many analytics build tools. It's then sent to as many Facecrook servers as stated in the intent. Of course, this happens in a matter of seconds.

This is assuming you denied IG of the RA permission in the first place. If you didn't....

The other thing you want to consider, actually the culprit here, is your camera. The process is similar to that of your microphone that I described above.

This is just a reminder that GPServices has constant access to your device's cameras and microphone, and it is ALWAYS recording. Even if you deny permissions for some spyware apps, they have other ways to surveil.

This is why there is a VERY NOTICEABLE difference in one's battery life the moment GPServices (and GSF) is completely removed from a device (the ultimate step in degoogling an Android device).

A smart person knows the importance of removing the cameras and microphone. You either wisen up, or let them keep telling you these events are "just coincidences".


#gapps #why #spyware #permissions #mic

Google location data tracking saw innocent cyclist become key suspect in burglary

https://9to5google.com/2020/03/09/google-location-data-cyclist-burglary

https://fossbytes.com/how-google-turned-innocent-biker-into-thievery-suspect


#google #location #tracking #gapps #why #suspect #burglary #nothingtohide

Tutorial to have Google Classroom app run with microG

Goolag classroom for Android will work if you backup and restore the app data from a rom with gapps to a rom with microg

If you already have microg installed you can try this way:
- Remove microG if you have it
- Install a weebGapps magisk zip. Get one that suits your device from @WeebGAppsChannel (look out for the magisk tag!)
- Install Google Classroom and login with your account
- remove the WeebGapps Magisk zip (with Magisk Manager)
- Install microG again
- In Settings > Accounts, add your Google account (with microG)
- Done!

In other words:
Install GApps, login to Classroom, remove GApps, success


@NoGoolag
#classroom #google #gapps #fix #trick

Google and Apple have conspired to install tracking spyware into your smartphones with the coronavirus excuse in a mandatory update

https://9to5google.com/2020/04/13/android-contact-tracing-google-play-services/

Here are some ways to avoid it:

1 Don't use Apple, it's a closed source tyranny, destroy them

2 Get devices like #pinephone, #librem or other non Android #phones instead

3 If you have an Android, be sure you can unlock the bootloader to be able to install a clean operating system (rom) free from Google spyware (without gapps).
Search on the internet your phone model + unlock bootloader.
Then install a recovery like twrp and from it a rom without gapps

4 Check out these instructions for Android if you don't have unlocked bootloader or root:
https://old.reddit.com/r/privatelife/comments/g13tyz


📡 @NoGoolag
#google #apple #gapps #mandatory #update #tracking #spyware #why

Plexus

https://plexus.techlore.tech

Remove the fear of Android app compatibility 
on de-Googled devices

Plexus is a crowdsourced project that relies on the community. You can contribute here: https://github.com/techlore-official/plexus


#plexus #alternatives #degoogle #gapps