Hello,
I don’t need to use the google services, so I would like to know if I can remove microG.
one of the solutions found on the forum to no longer have microG is to delete the gmscore apk, right ?
What are the consequences of removing/disabling microG on E/os ? I don’t need google apps nor google services.
I await your comments.
Thanks.
The only way to facilitate /e/OS to microG might be to root to root /e/OS]. If you don’t want to use microG, Lineage OS might be a better choice.
Some apps would possibly stop working properly because they require Google Play services.
Hello,
You may start by some reading, and you may find that microG is not Google: https://microg.org/
Hello,
do you know which apps could stop working properly if microG is disabled ?
I don’t care about Google Play services nor the Google play store. I’m happy with E/os and if microG is used only for some google services or to download apps from the Google play store, I don’t care. F-droid is there if I want to install applications (I don’t need Facebook, instagram, Signal, Telegram, …). That’s why microG is not necessary for me.
@smu44: Some parts of microG is used with Google elements and I don’t want it.
Regards.
The vast majority of F-Droid apps should work without microG. Push notifications, however, require microG.
iodéOS would be an idea, perhaps …
Hello prehaps a good route to start with would be to disable micro g and see how you get on.?
Then you can think about removal after a few weeks.
This works for me.
Hope you find a workable solution for you.
Hello,
@AnotherElk: I prefer to stay on E/os because iodéOS is not 100% open source like E/os.
@thistle-down: Ok, so how can I disable microG ? If I see that microG is really necessary I could enable it again later. The only solution I found on the forum is to remove/move the gmscore apk from /system/priv-app/ folder through twrp (recovery mode). Is there another way ? That’s what I want to know.
There is no need to remove microG. If you don’t need push notifications or anything Google related then turn off Cloud Messaging and “Google device registration”.
microG provides UnifiledNlp which handles the location backends. With microG removed you will be essentially left with GPS only for location.
So, simply put, configure microG for your use case or just use any ROM of your choosing sans GApps or microG.
I’ve setup several ROMs with just a UnifiedNlp package with backends and all is good.
Could be wrong but with the aforementioned Googled items turned off in microG you are essentially left with UnifiedNlp.
Know what you will lose before calling for the removal of something.
EDIT: microG isn’t necessary for the installation of apps. App Lounge and/or Aurora Store handle Play Store apps locallly.
@marcdw: I don’t want to use google services and others Google stuff (Google play store). That’s why I want to disable all things who refer to Google in E/os. Some parameters settings who refer to microG is grayed, so I can’t desactive them (example :spoofing signature). So, if I disable all parts in microG settings, I’m safe ?
I find a way: microG - how it works - #18 by Aln
i’ve also removed microg - because one of my app updaters kept asking me to update google play services - it had the icon of google play & said it was owned by google. this only happened after the most recent /e/ update, i had never previously been asked to update google play. & i thought it strange as i did not have google play on the phone - then i found microg was there, & this was causing the google update request.
now that i’ve removed microg i don’t get the google update anymore, however every time that i restart the phone i get a whole lot of notifications that certain apps may not work properly unless i enable google play services. these apps include signal, antennapod, slack & a couple of others - and they all appear to be working properly without google play / microg.
i don’t want to have any google notifications on my phone even if it isn’t really google - it LOOKS like google & it says it is google …
You are aware who wrote most of the Android code actively running on your phone, and who delivers the security updates for it?
not completely; the /e/ website states that “/e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled”, mobile ecosystem” so i did not expect to have google play update requests showing up on my phone.
it’s curious that it now tells me that apps aren’t going to work properly without google play services enabled, but the apps are working …
If you use standard apps no such thing shows up. But I can imagine you use Aurora Store…
yes, i recently started using that because some things were not updating via fdroid or app lounge, & a friend recommended aurora. i can delete it & see if that stops the messages.
I think you realized why you suddenly were shown google, by the OS even though you were using not intended procedures…
i will try deleting aurora as well!
Perhaps worth to 
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