F-Droid

Installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device
https://f-droid.org

⬇️ Download F-Droid app:
https://f-droid.org/FDroid.apk

You can use F-Droid Privileged Extension to have automatic app installs and upgrades. (It's also avaliable as a Magisk module)


🗃 MicroG F-Droid repository
(Recommended to add if you use MicroG and enable unstable updates in fdroid)
https://microg.org/fdroid.html
Add:
https://microg.org/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=9BD06727E62796C0130EB6DAB39B73157451582CBD138E86C468ACC395D14165

🗃 IzzyOnDroid repository
https://android.izzysoft.de/repo/info
Add:
https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/repo

🗃 More F-Droid repositories
https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/Known_Repositories


🗣 Forum: https://forum.f-droid.org

🗣 IRC (#fdroid on freenode) https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23fdroid

🗣 irc/tg log: https://botbot.me/freenode/fdroid/

🗣 Telegram: https://news.1rj.ru/str/joinchat/AlRQekvjWDTuQrCgMYSNVA


📡 t.me/NoGooLag
#fdroid #repositories #repository #repo #fd #fdrepo

All issues that have [$] in the noscript have the price already paid to Bountysource, not just promised.
Bountysource is the site where you pay the bounty, and when someone fix/implement the issue then the site will pay him/her.

https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/issues?q=label%3Abounty

https://www.bountysource.com/teams/microg/issues


microG also accepts donations via Liberapay:
https://liberapay.com/microG


https://microg.org

https://github.com/microg

Issues
https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/issues

Pull requests
https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/pulls


#bounty #donate

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

NanoDroid
https://news.1rj.ru/str/NoGoolag/35

Gapps removal noscript
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://news.1rj.ru/str/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

Shadow53 guides for microg and no gapps

NO GAPPS FAQ
https://shadow53.com/android/no-gapps/faq/

No GAPPS Setup Guide
https://shadow53.com/android/no-gapps/setup-guide/microg/

How to use Android without Google Apps
https://shadow53.com/android/no-gapps/setup-guide/

NO-GAPPS Alternatives and microG Compatibility
https://shadow53.com/android/no-gapps/alternatives/

SHADOW53 DOWNLOADS
https://shadow53.com/android/downloads/

Google Swipe Libraries
https://shadow53.com/android/downloads/swipe-libs/


📡 t.me/NoGoolag
#shadow53 #shadow #nogapps #guide #faq

MicroG Setup Guide

MicroG is an open source alternative to Gapps, with which you are almost guaranteed to get:
-Better Bettery Life
-Privacy
-Better performance
over Gapps.

Google services that are supported by MicroG are detailed here:
https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki/Implementation-Status


⬇️How to get MicroG:
-Get MicroG individual APKs and manually put them into system (and granting all permissions to all of them manually):
--Website:
https://microg.org/download.html
--FDroid repository:
https://microg.org/fdroid/repo

-Through any of the packs that install the whole microg package, this is the easiest way https://news.1rj.ru/str/NoGoolag/182

⚠️NOTE: You need Signature Spoofing for MicroG to work properly. Check #sigspoof
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/index-list-custom-roms-offering-t3557047


📖Steps to setup MicroG are:

1. Do a clean flash of the ROM. That is, wipe Data, Cache and System, and flash your ROM again. (Otherwise you may have permission problems and battery drain.)

2. Install MicroG through your preferred medium.

3. Reboot to system.

4. Go to Settings > Accounts > Add Accounts > Google and login to your account (NOT REQUIRED)

5. Open app 'MicroG Settings' > Self-Check. If "System grants signature spoofing permission" isn't ticked, click on it and grant permission.

6. In MicroG settings, Go to "Google device registration", "Google Cloud Messaging", and "Google SafetyNet" and enable each of them.

7. Reboot.

8. In MicroG settings, go to UnifiedNLP settings, and enable everything in "Configure location backends" and "Configure address lookup backends".

9. Reboot.

Congrats! MicroG set up! You are now Google services free.

For Google Sync:
-Check https://news.1rj.ru/str/NoGoolag/70

For accessing Play Store:
-Use Aurora which are open-source and directly access apps from play store
-Use a modded play store from any of the microg installers
https://news.1rj.ru/str/NoGoolag/1792

To use a Google app:
-If a google app is not seeing your account, wipe its data and give it all permissions (not very privacy friendly, but you were the one who wanted to make them work). Then hope for the best.
-Open the app and it [should] see your account.

Troubleshooting:
Setup location like this https://news.1rj.ru/str/NoGoolag/64

Report problems with the MicroG app here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-microg-gmscore-floss-play-services-t3217616/


🧩 The main components of MicroG are:

-GmsCore (com.google.android.gms)
--The stuffing of the package resides here. All the major code.

-GsfProxy (com.google.android.gsf)
--Enables GCM (Google cloud messaging, which is basically a notification system most apps use)

-FakeStore (com.android.vending)
--A placeholder for PlayStore
--NOT AN APP STORE
--Just to prevent poorly coded apps from crashing

-MapsAPIv1 (com.google.android.maps)
--To make older apps with maps work

-DroidGuard (org.microg.gms.droidguard)
--Optional
--Used to try to pass safetynet
--Has proprietary components, but sandboxed

-Various NLP backends
--Optional
--For getting network location (different from GPS location)
--check #backends


#microg #guide #foss
Guide from @nogoolag

UnifiedNLP Backends

MicroG needs some backends to get network Location.

I should take these two paragraphs to clarify that Network location is NOT GPS. MicroG has nothing to do with your GPS. Network Location is that hugely approximated wide-circle that appears before you get a GPS Lock.

If you cannot get a location even on device only location mode, it's not MicroG. It's your app, your ROM, your device, or your cursed house. Change any of these.

So, there are various Location Backends available, whose pros and cons have been detailed in the UNLP readme, along with their FDroid download links if your installer did not include them.

Enable high accuracy location, enable the backends you want in microg unifiednlp section and click on the gears to configure them

Troubleshooting
-If location (NLP) is not working:
--download and install this: https://f-droid.org/app/com.vonglasow.michael.satstat
--Enable High Acccuracy Location and open SatStat. Wait for it to get your location.
--Don't close SatStat, minimize it and open MicroG Settings > Self-Check. All boxes shold be checked.


https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_UnifiedNlp/blob/master/README.md


Some links to location backends and their respective documentations.

Mozilla: https://mozilla.github.io/ichnaea/

Local GSM Backend: https://github.com/n76/Local-GSM-Backend

Local WiFi Backend: https://github.com/n76/wifi_backend

OpenBMap: https://github.com/openbmap/radiocells-nlp-android

Déjà Vu: https://github.com/n76/DejaVu

Please note that it is not necessary to install all of them, as most do almost the same.

Standalone installer for UNLP + backends, part of the MinMicroG project

The 'Backends' edition zip in the latest release:
github.com/friendlyneighborhoodshane/minmicrog_releases/releases


#microg #unifiednlp #location #gps #maps #backends #guide #foss
Guide on @nogoolag

Sync Contacts & Calendar without Gapps

🔄 Offline Backup:
➖The fastest, easiest and most privacy-friendly way is to just backup your vcf and restore it on each wipe. Not much for convenience, but we wouldn't be here if that bothered us, would we? :)
--Go to contacts app
--For Backup, Options > Import/Export > 'Export to .vcf file'
--The .vcf file will be saved in the root of your storage. Keep it secure. Or I'll come for it.
--For Restore, Options > Import/Export > 'Import from .vcf file'
➖To retieve your contacts directly from your Google account in a vcf file:
--Go to https://contacts.google.com/ and login
--Use sidebar > Export > select 'Export as VCard' > Export

🔄 Google's sync adapters:
➖Google uses some proprietary APKs that sync your Contacts and Calendar, namely:
--com.google.android.backuptransport
--com.google.android.syncadapters.contacts
--com.google.android.syncadapters.calendar
➖You can get them from several sources:
--The latest OpenGapps 'Pico' package for your device
--Several installers like MinMicrog Standard or NanoDroid
➖These APKs are dependant on your android version, so make sure to get the correct ones
➖Just install, give them perms, and enable your account sync from system settings. They should start doing their job

🔄 With CardDAV:
➖You should be able to sync contacts using the open-source CardDAV client DAVdroid (available on F-Droid or Play)
➖First of all, go to https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps
With your account and enable the setting
➖When logging in with DAVDroid, Use "Login with URL and user name"
--Base URL:
https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/your_gmail_id@gmail.com/events
--User name:
your_gmail_id@gmail.com
--Password: Your Google account password
➖This will sync your contacts and calendar with the default settings. Explaining DAVDroid configurations might take another separate post, or a few.
➖The URL might change over time.

🔄 Other alternatives:
You could setup some locally hosted alternatives to sync your contacts like Nextcloud or Syncthing. In this case, good luck, and you can always get help in the group if you get stuck.

#sync #contacts #calendar #guide

Guide by @nogoolag
Thank you, a lot of people on the group, on github and Shadow53 for his guide.

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

Fuck off Google
Don't let Google take over Berlin!

Google plans to implant a "Google Campus" in Kreuzberg, Berlin. We, as a decentralized network of people are committed to not letting our beloved city be taken over by this law- and tax-evading company that is building a dystopian future. Let's kick Google out of our neighborhood and lives!

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

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

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

Fennec F-Droid

♦What's Fennec?

Fennec is a fork of Firefox for Android that strips away all the proprietary bits (including mozilla and google analytics) and makes it completely FOSS. It's kept up to date with vanilla Firefox, so it also has the new Quantum engine and Photon UI.

This is a great browser for anybody looking for a open-source, privacy friendly alternative to chrome as it even comes with its own webview.

♦Get it from F-Droid:
https://f-droid.org/app/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid

#fennec #browser #foss #fdroid

NetOff

This is a simple noscript, that turns most network off on only the next boot after flashing it so that you can set your firewall, vpn, etc up before anything unauthorised can connect to the internet.

It works with magisk (simpler and more reliable) or in system mode (init.d must be present). Can be flashed from recovery or magisk manager.

Networks turned off are:
-WiFi
-Data
-GPS
-Bluetooth
-Hotspot
(Reccomendations for more are welcome)

This might turn off networks at various times depending on how quickly magisk/init.d execute on your device, so to workaround this, I have made them execute this multiple times. This also means you might not be able to turn the networks on for a minute or so after the device boots up.

MagicGapps (by VR25 @ xda)

This is a simple zip to install your regular OpenGapps package as a Magisk module. All instructions are in readme.md inside the zip.

This helps if you urgently, really, really need to flash Gapps as this is systemless. Quick install, quick bye-bye ( just uninstall the module.)

Basically, put your OpenGapps zip in the same directory as this zip and then flash from recovery.

NOTE: VR25 seems to be busy and the latest version in the Magisk repo has a big fat bug, so this is the latest version fixed by me. It worked on my device, cannot guarantee on yours.

Original version git:
https://github.com/Magisk-Modules-Repo/MagicGApps