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[Android Apps and Games] stephanepi:
I don't bring so much in the debate but the very large amount of apps from unreliable sources on this forum is a benediction (or a nightmare) for security experts wanting to find samples to study malware techniques.

Coming from debian, i have first been shocked by the liberty users as well as programmers or rom buiders take with underlying open soure linux philosophy... In fact, android looks like a unix platform with windows mentality. Whatever the app, users seems to be willing to click 'yes' since it's 'free' (or if you prefer 'gratis') and developers seems to willing collect all yours data.

And it's not a big deal to detect potential rogue devellopers :

-The guy comes from nowhere, and, at its very first posts, post a custom rom.

-No source code ; no explanation of what is being done or how things are done ; no answer to legetimate questions.

-Link to download compiled utilities from unreliable source (mega-*ware , zippy-*ware), despite these utilities aviable from the legitimate sources at their latest version(adb, fastboot, intel drivers and MFT are probably the greatest vector of windows -and maybe android- infection on this forum. According a user, i needed a 'special' fastboot, for which he could provide a link from his profile page -such a nice guy-, to fastboot from linux machine).

-The guy is really (such) a nice guy and he really want to help you... But he will never explain you how to do thing by yourself except to tell you how to install his stuffs.

I don't check the source code when installing from debian depository, but being the largest linux distribution with the largest develloper community coming from all part of the world and not affiliated to any private company and with the strongest commitment to open source philosophy, i'm 99,99% sure i don't take any risk doing so... If a rogue develloper by them decided to add a few line of bad code in any of the aviable package, it wouldn't take more than a week before discovered and he would lost his credibility (if not his job) in the open source community for the next centuries.

In the same way i know no company or government will be able to have a look at data from my computer...

But what about my android tablet ? Aside from google, the companies behind the apks, what about the carrier or the android compiler ? I'm currently using remix os because of the improved desktop ui (the taskbar is a hell of an improvement), but the sources are completely closed. Even the kernel sources is unaviable despite the obligation to publish it.

Despite using AFwall and xprivacy (not currently, since being not root), i still have to fight against existing forces absent from debian builds.

Android can be a kind of a nightmare for privacy aware users...
[Android Apps and Games] nxb:
my 2c,

Nothing on android is really "closed" source. The apks decompile quite easily into qasi assembly. Barring that, binaries can be inspected further with arm assembly tools (ida, etc).

No source gets your rom kicked from XDA these days, afaik.

I don't know if this is more "warez talk", since we can't say anything here against el "goog". From my experience, reliable sources online provide cleaner files than official releases on android. From a technical security standpoint you could be letting sophisticated attackers such as alphabet agencies or criminal gangs onto your system. In practice most of those files are obvious or easily weeded out. Installing from the play store, apps come with 5 different ad networks, telemetry and user tracking code for very simple and popular software. Once you remove all of that, the apk usually shrinks by 3/4 of its size. So much for official sources.

I trust them about the same, which is to say not at all. I have the scary thought too that AFwall doesn't block everything, how does iptables even translate to per app settings... because I've been dying for this functionality in desktop linux and everyone said its impossible. Firewalls are as much about things going in as they are about going out imo.
[Android Apps and Games] intika:
All of this is just a matter of knowledge, any thing could be reverse engineered, sources could be checked etc,

most answer here bring nothing to the project, i think we tend to forget the huge work done by [MENTION=3999488]MaR-V-iN[/MENTION]

[MENTION=7173675]stephanepi[/MENTION] i am from liege too ^^
[Android Apps and Games] wkwkwk:
Here's how to achieve impossible on Linux desktop:

# useradd rogueapp1

# iptables -I OUTPUT -m owner --uid-owner $(whatever uid was chosen above) -j DROP

# su - -c /path/rogueapp-launch

Tried and tested. No magic necessary, just some basic Linux knowledge.
[Android Apps and Games] intika:
[MENTION=2861739]nxb[/MENTION]

also you could do the impossible with Tomoyo / AKARI with a flexible way or on the flow like windows firewall

https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=8273

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOMOYO_Linux

if you are not paranoid about security, selinux etc you can just go for Apparmor

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[MENTION=3999488]MaR-V-iN[/MENTION] any news ?

Using MicroG GMSCore i could not had nlp to work it did work when i was testing but now no matter what i do it does not work

i found a workaround by

1. installing UnifiedNlp v1.4 along with MicroG GMSCore...

2. also i disabled MicroG GMSCore NLP Location service

3. i checked location providers under UnifiedNlp and unchecked them under MicroG...

Is the included version of UnifiedNlp on microG differ from v1.4 ? ... (i am using UnifiedNlp for gapps free devices)

Also something good to know i found an easy way to test nlp location :

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.redbada.nlp_test&hl=en

The dev have made a really good job with that small tool :)

Suggestion : Display a notification when any app make an NLP Location request (because we don't know when an app is requesting location when it use nlp... i mean a notification like classic GPS request where we have the icon blinking or so)

Thanks a lot !
[Android Apps and Games] shubby:
Add gzr's tipsy os (7.1.1) to it ,it supports spoofing officially ,BTW nice work
[Android Apps and Games] santi1993:
I have installed the apk from the Original Post!

But my problem it's not with gapps, i cant login my account, it keeps on "wait a sec"

Maybe any security patch just broke the core!

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Ive checked spoof package for fake store but im still facing the google account manager splash bug (wait a second forever)

pics

I think any security patch just broke account manager, do we need to revert?
[Android Apps and Games] Shadow53:
According to the following post from two pages back....

..... You need to install the latest preview release. You did not quote the above post and said you installed the apk from the original post, so I'm guessing you're running the latest stable. There have been five preview releases since the last stable one and you have to click the dropdown next to the download button on https://microg.org/download.html to select a preview release instead of the stable.
[Android Apps and Games] Bludwurst:
You can also enable "show unstable updates" in F-droid's settings; then you download the latest and greatest version.
[Android Apps and Games] Primokorn:
If you want to request signature spoofing to more devs, here is the commit to use for Android Nougat: https://github.com/microg/android_p...mmit/430420b5a3cc44fe3c7d80c32487d252c987bb4d

Request already sent to Resurrection Remix and Dirty Unicorns. I'll add this information in my thread.
[Android Apps and Games] bilbonotry:
You cannot uninstall xposed. It is needed to spoof Google services signature
[Android Apps and Games] pupsidze:
This is not correct. It is possible to use Tingle (or its fork) to patch framework.apk to spoof signature without using Xposed.
[Android Apps and Games] Bludwurst:
Well, if they used tingle/needle/haystack.

If they were using xposed to spoof the signatures, obviously unstalling xposed is A Bad Idea.
[Android Apps and Games] Ex-Cavator:
not "UNINstalled"! INstalled! it's a misprint

1. Install MicroG

2. Install and activate Xposed

3. Crash

swaping 1 and 2 do the same effect
[Android Apps and Games] stuffmushroom:
some errors, I can't use it
[Android Apps and Games] Shadow53:
Here's a helpful tip: if you explain what the error is, someone might be able to help you.
[Android Apps and Games] Zopilotech:
Reverse Changes

Despite uninstalled to solve the proble described here. Still remain "Cellular Network Not Available".

The combination of GmsCore with other elements has been following steps described in this guide: https://xdaforums.com/s7-edge/how-to/guide-double-battery-timing-t3491185

Any ideas? suggestions? similar cases?
[Android Apps and Games] Shadow53:
MicroG should not affect whether you have cellular network at all.

I would make sure that your APN settings are correct before trying anything drastic.

If that doesn't work, I would try a full factory reset back to stock everything (MAKE BACKUPS OF YOUR FILES) and see if you have cellular network, then reinstall TWRP and your custom ROM. Don't install microG or OpenGapps, just boot into the ROM and check again if you have a cellular network. Then follow the contents of that guide or my own (below) and see if you lose cellular network again.

Just in case, if stock ends up working but something goes wrong again, keep a careful list of *exactly* what you do to your phone, with what tools, etc., as that information helps us figure out a solution.
[Android Apps and Games] ROUGE13:
Hi,

I just discover Micro G I found this awesome

I start a new phone installation CM13 + xposed + xprivacy without any gapps,

installed micro G + blankstore + fakegapps

work great for 98% apps.

but i still have problem for two:

- first one doesn't find webview (it says "missing system webview").

i suppose i shouldn't install google webview, what are the other solutions?

- second one download good in blankstore but doesn't install ("application not installed")

Any idea?

Thanks

(sorry for my English)
[Android Apps and Games] oF2pks:
Try deltadroid addon flash/recovery : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767122612
[Android Apps and Games] Shadow53:
For the app having issues with BlankStore, the general recommendation is for you to use Yalp Store instead, an app that is available on F-Droid.

As for the app that can't find webview, Google Chromium/Chrome/Browser from CM/Lineage seems to have replaced webview at some point. You mention that you have installed xprivacy though. Are you sure you didn't deny something to the app that is now preventing it from finding webview?
[Android Apps and Games] Zopilotech:
Well, If MicroG doesn't affect the cellular network, could those other steps in the mentioned thread be? I'm trying to get any information from admin on that.

Yes, APNs are ok, but a thing is I can't add any configuration different to the operator ones. I'm not sure, but this is not supossed to do with internet and data connections? In that case as I described before, data and internet are ok.

More things:

1> In Phone Info there is no phone number

2> Cellular network switch and data switch are linked. That means if I Switch on one, the other is also on, but not possible to switch in different mode

3> LTE discovery app shows: Cell Radio State "connecting". It seems like the phone stucks on this step, not being able to get network

4> The WIFI MAC address is 02:00:00:00:00:00 Means that something to anybody?

How can I know the EFS Partition is not affected? Could be that situations a signal of that?

As you say. I'm downloading Stock Firmware, that means a downgrade. , could this restore everything to store state? Even EFS partition?
[Android Apps and Games] Shadow53:
If you do a full factory restore, it should restore *everything* - especially if you're using an official restore image. Given that it's Samsung, I don't know if they offer official factory images.

It sounds like your SIM card isn't being recognized, given that extra information. One thing to do would be to turn the phone off, then remove and reinsert the SIM card and see if it is detected on bootup.

I don't recall seeing anything in the thread linked that would affect anything, but I will look again.

Edit: I didn't see anything in that guide that would affect the cellular network like you're having
[Android Apps and Games] oprah winfrey:
Not an ideal solution, but a workaround I'm using is to have a Tasker profile toggle auto-sync off and then on again every 20 minutes. I get Inbox notifications this way, and without any noticeable battery drain.
[Android Apps and Games] Zopilotech:
A flash of Lolli Stock rom has been done. The situation remains but now the message is "No service". The APNs are fine.

While flashing I received an error " Can't open the serial(COM) port." But still flashed.

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Binary Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:1/007> Added!!

<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1100)..

<ID:1/007> Odin engine v(ID:3.1100)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:1/007> File analysis..

<ID:1/007> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:1/007> Initialzation..

<ID:1/007> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:1/007> Firmware update start..

<ID:1/007> SingleDownload.

<ID:1/007> aboot.mbn

<ID:1/007> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:1/007> sbl1.mbn

<ID:1/007> rpm.mbn

<ID:1/007> tz.mbn

<ID:1/007> sdi.mbn

<ID:1/007> NON-HLOS.bin

<ID:1/007> boot.img

<ID:1/007> recovery.img

<ID:1/007> system.img.ext4

<ID:0/003> Can't open the serial(COM) port.

<ID:1/007> cache.img.ext4

<ID:1/007> hidden.img.ext4

<ID:1/007> modem.bin

<ID:1/007> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:1/007> RES OK !!

<ID:1/007> Removed!!

<ID:1/007> Remain Port .... 1

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 1)

<ID:0/003> Added!!

Procedures: Wipe dalvik, data and cache. Pull out battery, sim card and ext card. Download mode. Open Odin and load stock in AP. Then connected to usb to the end of the process.

Thinking on give it a try to 4.4.2 stock rom. Should I flash a specific modem in this case? Any suggestions?
[Android Apps and Games] v4444v:
Location is not working on omnirom 7, even though everything is ticked under self-check. Also whatsapp messages don't get through. Once I open the app it pulls all the messages. I've seen previous comments people mentioning moving GmsCore to system/priv-app. Is this the solution?
[Android Apps and Games] JRapsky:
got also no notifications for signal messenger...

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[Android Apps and Games] AnonVendetta:
[MENTION=6437325]ROUGE13[/MENTION]: I haven't posted here in the MicroG thread for quite awhile now, but I noticed that you quoted a post I made awhile back, so here I am. There are 2 kinds of webview that I've seen:

1. Google's webview ("Android System WebView")

2. AOSP webview (as seen in AOSP/CM/LineageOS ROMs)

If you're running Lollipop+ then you will almost certainly have one of these. Which one you have is determined by your ROM, I wouldn't go off trying to delete or replace it, even if it's Google's version. To replace it you probably need to edit your frameworks, a daunting task if you don't know what you're doing.

To see if you have it, just go to /system/app/ and check for a folder called webview or WebViewGoogle, it will most likely be under one of those names. If things still don't work after this then I would reflash my ROM.

Hope that helped!
[Android Apps and Games] Shadow53:
1) Do you have location providers installed? If so, which ones? Also, how did you install microG?

2) Did you install microG or WhatsApp first? Did you enable GCM and device checkin in microG settings?

Regarding (1): MicroG does not determine your location, it allows modular backends to do that and just reports the result to Android. I'm pretty sure OmniROM doesn't have this issue, but most Android 7 ROMs require location providers to be installed as a system app. This can mean /system/app, not just priv-app. If you have location providers installed, enabled, and configured in microG settings, you may try installing as a system app.

Regarding (2): microG must be installed before any apps that want to use it for GCM so they can bind to the service. GCM is not enabled by default and needs to be turned on in microG settings.

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Start with flashing the modem for the version of Android you are using. Since this is happening on stock too, I'd venture a guess that it has nothing to do with microG. I would check in your device's forum if anyone else has had the issue and, since you are running stock, you could try asking your carrier about what's going on, since it's their network you can't connect to.
[Android Apps and Games] JRapsky:
GCM is only working in mobile network. As long as I am connected to WiFi network, GCM is disconnected. What can I do?

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[Android Apps and Games] moriel5:
From 5.0 to 6.0.1, you can use Xposed to use Google's System WebView.

On 7.0 and up, you only need to select Google's System WebView from the Developer Options.

I have no idea about the AOSP one (except of course if you remove Google's, without having removed the ROM's).
[Android Apps and Games] Zopilotech:
The situation and steps for solution were firstly described here.

Complete list of problems here.

Well, so it's for sure a phone problem, no other sim card is working as before.
[Android Apps and Games] -Happy Feet-:
Hello,

it try to install microG Apps but after installing noch MicroG Settings showing in the drawer. I have an AOSP ROM for my sony Xperia z3. Can anyone help me?
[Android Apps and Games] Shadow53:
You'll need to provide more information for us to be able to help:

Which Android version are you on?

How did you try to install microG? (Are you using a zip or apk, where did you download, etc.) Details are helpful.

On a side note, is this a ROM based on AOSP, or literally AOSP compiled for your device with no changes?
[Android Apps and Games] 290u4we:
Google Maps is constantly crashing, and once it crashes it will keep doing so at launch, rendering the app unusable, until I reset not Google Maps but microG. I could maybe use google maps for half a dozen times max before the crashes start to happen again. Anyone else experiencing this?
[Android Apps and Games] Shadow53:
Was the microG apk file pushed to /system/app or /system/priv-app? I know there can be issues with map interfaces crashing if people try to install microG as a system app.
[Android Apps and Games] Bludwurst:
Just wonderin', but why I get that UnifiedNLP is not registered to the system, that I have no last known location, no location to test geocoder, and that no location was provides by the system within 10 secs?

Am I supposed to do something special (ej. Install as system app)? I just installed the normal way (as a normal app; my ROM has signature spoofing).

Trying Google Maps and MAPS.ME shows me at my current location (my house :d) — so it seems to be working fine? (Unless I'm missing something).

I've rebooted the phone already. Using Mozilla, local GSM and WiFi backends (and Nominatim).

It's more for curiosity's sake than anything else (I don't make heavy use of location services).
[Android Apps and Games] Shadow53:
Android N by default requires network location providers to be installed as system apps. If you're running N you should install microG as a system app (I'd recommend using one of my flashable zips from https://shadow53.com/no-gapps/downloads/ since they have the maps lib extracted from the apk [this is necessary to use apps with the maps api] and also install the gsf proxy and Play Store or FakeStore)

Otherwise, I'm not sure why it wouldn't be binding.
[Android Apps and Games] MaurixMystic:
google drive, gmail, maps & youtube do not work in nougat tugarom last build

Contact sync does not work

i have micro g installed in system/app

any solution?

the error is'',, '' It is not possible to run the application without google play services''

I install zip MicroG as system apps with playstore (flashable zip) & Google Sync Adapters flashable zip

any solution please :D
[Android Apps and Games] Shadow53:
My guess is that microG needs to be updated to the newest version of Play Services. You should see an update in the F-Droid repository for today.
[Android Apps and Games] 290u4we:
Nope.
[Android Apps and Games] -Happy Feet-:
#

Sorry,

i first tried to install the APK´s. After that unsuccessful installation i uninstall all files and tried to install with the unofficial Flashable Zip File.

Maybe the Problem is that few parts of official Gapps still present in /system. But i can´t find an script to remove them.

Can i delete the files over the recovery?

It´s an AOSP based Sony ROM https://www.sonymobile.com/de/xperia/android-xperia/concept/
[Android Apps and Games] Primokorn:
I'm using an unofficial build of Resurrection Remix (Android 7.1.1) and I can't get signature spoofing working.. I'm unable to see what is the problem.

After a clean flash, I copy microG Gms core apk in /system/priv-app (from TWRP file manager).

The ROM has the signature spoofing patch so I press the second line in the Self-check screen to grant the permission.

I don't understand what I missed (it worked a few days ago with the same ROM!). I guess I'm tired lol
[Android Apps and Games] ale5000:
microG unofficial installer in my signature also remove automatically some GApps.
[Android Apps and Games] ale5000:
Can someone please check if SafetyNet still pass please?

I was passing but now it fail, so I want to be sure if it is just my phone or not.
[Android Apps and Games] wis3m0nkey:
Since today noon I seem to have trouble with play store.

I've tried following things:

1. Clear data for play store and then open

2. Restart phone and then open play store

3. Clear data for play store, restart phone and then open play store

It either shows all white or keeps loading forever.

I'm currently on microG 0.2.4-76-gd2b2ee5

I'm on marshmallow (resurrection remixed ROM) with Xposed. Play store was working fine until yesterday.

Is everyone facing the issue?
[Android Apps and Games] 2phazt:
Yes I have exactly the same problem. Additionally I can't sync the calendar.

Edit: On my wifeys phone which uses google playservices the accounts had to be reenabled. I can't do this with microg. Is this the end?
[Android Apps and Games] wis3m0nkey:
I think https://www.reddit.com/r/google/comments/5vted1/disconnected_from_chrome_and_drive/ that is the problem?

I don't use any other Google service other than store though so no idea.
[Android Apps and Games] 2phazt:
Google fixed the problem on their end.
[Android Apps and Games] wis3m0nkey:
Yes this morning everything is good, I had to clear app data and then play store worked properly.
[Android Apps and Games] loneim:
are there still problems with play games? I'd like to switch to microG but I also would like to keep games like clash of clans.
[Android Apps and Games] Shadow53:
It's not that there are problems with play games so much as that support hasn't been implemented yet. You can check the implementation status of microG on the wiki, and there is a linked issue for getting support with a decent bounty on it.

https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki/Implementation-Status