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Re:MicroG Project: A re-implementation of Google's Android a... by yellowapple on Friday November 04, 2016 @03:50AM (#12870963)
OsmAnd appears to work fine on my phone, which as far as I know does not have any of Google's proprietary components currently installed (by way of a vanilla CopperheadOS install).
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Re:MicroG Project: A re-implementation of Google's Android a... by NoGravitas on Friday November 04, 2016 @09:09AM (#12872233)
You need a location service provider for OsmAnd to work. Not sure what CopperheadOS pre-installs, but it could well be microG.
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Re:MicroG Project: A re-implementation of Google's Android a... by vetinari on Friday November 04, 2016 @09:27AM (#12872353)
You need a location service provider, which can be fulfilled by GPS or network location. You don't need the fusion location provider, which is the proprietary one.
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