WIREGUARD
How-to Use WireGuard on Android and Ubuntu
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-how-to-wireguard-android-ubuntu-t3723544

https://www.ckn.io/blog/2017/11/14/wireguard-vpn-typical-setup/

https://wiki.lelux.fi/wireguard

https://wiki.lelux.fi/dns-over-tls/unbound/linux/

https://restoreprivacy.com/wireguard/

#withoutgoogle
Android without Google: Take back control!

Part1 (android without data octopus)
https://news.1rj.ru/str/NoGoolag/884

Part2 (release from the embrace)
https://news.1rj.ru/str/NoGoolag/971

Part3 (Magisk)
I think we all know about magisk. No need for translation

Part4 (AFWall+)
https://news.1rj.ru/str/NoGoolag/1077

Part5 (F-Droid - app store with class)
https://news.1rj.ru/str/NoGoolag/1157

Part6 (AdAway - fight the data collection frenzy)
https://news.1rj.ru/str/NoGoolag/1230

Part7 (Big-Brother-Apps)
https://news.1rj.ru/str/BlackBox_Archiv/509

Part8 Android system settings and google tricks
soon(tm)

WIKIS
https://old.reddit.com/r/MicroG/wiki/index

https://old.reddit.com/r/degoogle/wiki/index

https://www.privacytools.io

UNTRACK LINKS
UntrackMe - transform YouTube, Twitter and Instagram links into Invidious, Nitter and Bibliogram links; unshorten URLs and remove UTM parameters:
https://fedilab.app/wiki/untrackme/
https://f-droid.org/app/app.fedilab.nitterizeme

Unshort.link- Free link unshort service
https://unshort.link/

UNLP patch
Ask maintainer to apply this patch if UNLP doesn't bind on your N+ ROM:
https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_UnifiedNlp/blob/master/patches/android_frameworks_base-N.patch

Also make sure your the ROM looks for com.google.android.gms as a location provider

If you are one a GSI, you might need to configure your overlay:
https://github.com/phhusson/vendor_hardware_overlay/commit/b78fde1912e1925701cf9e66f1fe4f8fa4301ae1

#unlp #patch #microg #troubleshooting

Plusmessenger is a closed source Telegram app by an evil developer that made a malware WhatsApp Plus mod in the past

He tried to make people pay for WhatsApp Plus mod, and those that pirated it got their phone pictures deleted

He was banned in forums and threatened by lawyers and WhatsApp

Now he's not even complying the GPL license of Telegram and refuses to release the source code. He could be hiding malicious code in his apps, again.

Telegram-Foss (Android)
https://f-droid.org/app/org.telegram.messenger
Group: @tfossofftop

Others based on Telegram-FOSS and with privative components removed and with extra features:

Forkgram (Android or PC)
https://news.1rj.ru/str/libreware/754

NekoX (Android)
https://news.1rj.ru/str/libreware/755

Telegraher (Android)
https://news.1rj.ru/str/Libreware/1057

Catogram (Android)
https://news.1rj.ru/str/catogram
https://news.1rj.ru/str/catogram_en
https://github.com/catogram/catogram


PC:

Kotatogram (PC)
T.me/kotatogram

TDesktop x64 (PC)
https://github.com/TDesktop-x64/tdesktop
https://news.1rj.ru/str/tg_x64

Windows only:
Unigram
@unigram
@unigramappx
https://github.com/UnigramDev/Unigram

Telegram For Gnu Emacs [Unofficial]
https://github.com/zevlg/telega.el


⚠️ DON'T use plusmessenger: https://news.1rj.ru/str/NoGoolag/3277

Regarding recent censorship controversies on Telegram, it is recommended to use non goolag playstore nor apple store version of telegram.
The official version from its website — like these alternatives — also has less censorship imposed by Google or Apple. You can get it at https://telegram.org


📡@NoGoolag 📡@Libreware
#tg #tgclients #telegram

Automation Tasker alternatives
(Trigger actions when certain events happen)

Easer
https://f-droid.org/app/ryey.easer

LibreTasks https://f-droid.org/app/libretasks.app


#tasker #automation #trigger #Android

SIGNAL
Android:

♦️ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms

♦️ https://signal.org/android/apk
➖ Has a couple warnings on this site, so probably read them

♦️ Not available on F-droid because Signal says F-droid is insecure

Other platforms:

♦️ https://signal.org/download/

FAQs:

♦️ https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/127


#signal

SHELTER
Isolate your Big Brother Apps / Multiple Accounts

https://www.xda-developers.com/shelter-open-source-sandboxing-app

Download https://f-droid.org/app/net.typeblog.shelter


#shelter

#safeteynet
Broken since 2019 on microG, will soon be broken on any nonstock ROM even with GApps.

Drop dependant services or get a cheap companion phone for them.

#satstat
App to test your GPS and network location

On map, blue circle is network fix and red circle is GPS fix.

https://f-droid.org/app/com.vonglasow.michael.satstat

#rh01
About RH-01 error some are facing:

- Go to System > Apps > Play Store
-- Force stop
-- Clear storage
-- Grant all permissions (make sure sigspoof is)

If even that doesn't work:

- Settings > System > Accounts > Remove Google Account

- System > Accounts > Disable Account Data Syncronization

- After all is set in microG self-test after doing the above steps, open Play Store and re-add your account.

- You may have to close (recent apps > swipe it away) the Play Store once - et voila, it works properly again.

#pushnotifications
FCM/push messaging troubleshooting

Go to microG settings > Google Cloud Messaging and check if the app is connected.

if no:

- Log in your Google account

- Try wiping data for the app

- Before restoring a backup, first restore the app only (without data) and start it to register the app. After that you can restore the data.

- If on NanoDroid, use this command to with a given appname (e.g. com.nianticlabs.pokemongo), or if no appname is given for all applications
-- nutl -r [appname]
or
-- nutl -r

If yes:

- Ensure you don't have an adblocker blocking the domain mtalk.google.com

If you can't get any app to register for Google Cloud Messaging, try dialing this:

*#*#2432546#*#*
or
*#*#CHECKIN#*#*

#playpaid
Paid apps, license verification and IAPs

You can directly buy apps from the Play Store if you have it installed with microG. But if you don't, a much cleaner way is to buy it from the Google Play website through a browser.

If you've bought an app, you can download it without Play Store by using Aurora Store by logging in with your own account.

License verification, unfortunately, is something tied to Play Store and probably always will be. If you don't want to install it, all you can do is pester the devs to remove it or atleast offer alternative means of verification.

Disclaimer: This does not apply to all apps that you buy from the Play Store. Apps with seperate Pro licenses such as Nova Launcher or SD Maid usually work simply if downloaded with the account they were bought with. Tasker is another one that works fine. Best you can do is test.

The Titanium Backup devs are a bunch of nice people. If you email them, they'll give you offline verification codes.

In App Purchases are even more tied to Play Store. Not even vanilla Play Store will do, it has to be patched for sigspoofing to be able to use IAPs. Setialpha regularly grabs the latest release and patches it, and the product can be found in the NanoDroid F-Droid repository and in various packs.

#playgames
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

Try: Backup and restore those games with an app like Titanium backup or Oandbackup.
Or login with Facebook account

Or get Xposed Framework.
Get No Play Games Xposed module.
Activate the module and reboot.
Now apps that ask you for play games will not do that anymore.

Just backup your game data and restore it:)

#nonrootdebloat
READ LIST:
adb shell pm list packages -d

DISABLE A PACKAGE:
adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 <package_to_disable>

REMOVE A PACKAGE:
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 <packagetodisable>

#news
Try Flym RSS reader:
https://f-droid.org/app/net.frju.flym

https://news.1rj.ru/str/NoGoolag/1364
https://news.1rj.ru/str/NoGoolag/1365

https://librenews.io

@r_privacy

@hackernewslive

@privacycentralcollective

@privacynews

@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN

@xdanews

@reddit_android

#maps
Navigation apps
OsmAnd+ - https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.osmand.plus/

Maps.me - https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.axet.maps/


Public transport apps
Transportr - https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.grobox.liberario/

Offi - https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.schildbach.oeffi/

#manjaro
Manjaro - rolling back your system clock since 2015.

They had a TLS certificate expire and suggested users to change their system clock for it... Then stealthy edited the suggestion out

Then it expired again. Their own articles about it were purged in 2018.

After having the certs expire two times, they've learned their lesson and never let it happen again. Just kidding.

Continuous winner of the hackiest update noscript of the year.

Delays package updates for 'testing' and yet still completely breaks with a regular update.

Shipping sponsored proprietary office suite by default.

And the list goes on.