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Re:IodéOS = LineageOS 17.1 and MicroG and adblocker by goodusername on Sunday December 13, 2020 @12:50PM (#25408426)
I'm continously impressed by the effort put into custom ROMs for Android. If this was supported on my phone in the drawer, I'd try it out in a heartbeat. Does anybody have experience using an OS with MicroG on a daily basis? A whole bunch of banking, work and government provided apps are still only available on the play store
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Re:IodéOS = LineageOS 17.1 and MicroG and adblocker by gboone on Sunday December 13, 2020 @12:58PM (#25408492)
I use LineageOS with microG. https://lineage.microg.org

I can get some apps to work, but Signal is not one of them because of GSF. Langis is an alternative. And I see Signal in the screenshots for the ROM so this caught my eye. Apps that don't work for me typically are because of my device being rooted. In fact, because I simply installed the Huntington bank app on my device, the bank claimed my device was hacked. I had to change my accounts as they closed them immediately.

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Re:IodéOS = LineageOS 17.1 and MicroG and adblocker by goodusername on Sunday December 13, 2020 @01:25PM (#25408763)
Yeah, signal is my preferred messenger app, so would be hard to go without. Might have to try this and see if they got it working. My countries Personal-ID-login app refused to open on rooted devices, and several apps for banking and public transportation relies on Google Play Services. There's a bit of way yet.
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Re:IodéOS = LineageOS 17.1 and MicroG and adblocker by unicornporn on Sunday December 13, 2020 @01:54PM (#25409031)
Everything but viewing the map in location sharing works in Signal (clean Lineage without MicroG or GSF).
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Re:IodéOS = LineageOS 17.1 and MicroG and adblocker by unicornporn on Sunday December 13, 2020 @01:25PM (#25408761)
I run Lineage without gapps or MicroG. Lots of apps throw a waning saying they don't work without GSF, but really they all do. Banking is fine. I run proprietary apps in an isolated Shelter work profile.
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