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[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
This hasn't happened to me for a long time. Actually, it only occured when I "forgot" to update to the latest microG preview release. Nowadays, I use the microG F-Droid repo for updates.

I even can't remember when I got that notification the last time. But I'm convinced this is connected with my portfolio of applications; most of them are FLOSS taken from F-Droid, and before I use, grant internet access and keep applications from the Play Store on my device I have a very close look into which modules are built in, what services and broadcast receivers they use, requested permissions etc. etc. As best practise I always disable all Google related services. If the application then doesn't work it's getting uninstalled. I think there're always alternatives around - and quite a lot better obey my personal privacy requirements. Except the play stote, I don't have any Google application on my device; neither Facebook nor Whatsapp etc.

Just for completeness: Device is a Samsung i9305 with RR-Nougat and Boeffla-kernel, Magisk v16.0, XPosed, XPrivacyLua. The complete list of my application would go beyond the constraints of this thread, I guess.

Push notifications perfectly work; however, I've only granted the permission to three applications (see attached screenshots). SafetyNet fails but I don't have any use for it at all - and never will. Play Store settings do not indicate an uncertified device but I use this procedure provided on XDA about two months ago.

And I concur I believe to recognise issues with the mentioned things on Oreo. I'm personally convinced it will become worse in future. It took me quite a while and a tough decision to move from MM to Nougat - and I only did after XPosed from N was available. Now, I'm pretty happy and doubt that I ever migrate to Oreo (or even later). And affirmative, push messages and network location are must-have for me, too. Play Store access not really.

I believe the linked instructions are correct if I correctly remember from the time I used them. Nowadays, I use the NanoDroid microG-module that is absolutely convenient to me. If interested here you'll find my more or less complete story how I went GApps-free.
[Android Apps and Games] Nosepull:
One of the problems is that until recently MicroG, once installed, was a reliable replacement for Google services. It worked good enough to set up phones for non-technical users, who could then use the apps they want without discernible disadvantages. Even WhatsApp, if somebody wants it.

Now there seem to be only flakey workarounds like resetting the phone's date and installing older app versions at first, see MicroG bugtracker.
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
This might be true for some devices and by my observation firmware since Oreo is up. But generally, I'm unable to confirm.

From my personal point of view, microG is absolutely reliable and I've never had to use any workaround etc. And even if I had I'd definitely refrain from blaming microG and its dev's for bulls*** coming from Google or some OEMs.
[Android Apps and Games] Arcline:
Moto G 2014 LTE here, using Los for MicroG and everything seems to be working flawlessly. All notifications work (WhatsApp, Messenger etc.), location is good (Using Mozilla and DejaVu backends). Haven`t tested Safetynet, but it doesn`t really concern me tbh.

I`m excited for 0.3, which the dev is supposedly working on. Hope it introduces play games to the table.
[Android Apps and Games] Shadow53:
Just saw your post, since you forgot the @ part of the mention. What do you mean by "alternatives to microG"? microG itself is really the only alternative to Play Services. Unless you mean alternatives to Google apps in general, in which case I will be updating the alternatives table with recent additions to F-Droid soon™.

It's currently the week before final exams and I've been working on a number of changes to my website, so it may take some time (couple weeks?) for changes to appear.

Did you have anything specific in mind?
[Android Apps and Games] kurtn:
In case you are searching for ideas: installer for unifiedNLP

MicroG installer with NoGooLag fork.
[Android Apps and Games] Shadow53:
UnifiedNlp is already provided as an installer on the same page as microG - it could be a little more visible, though.

If I were to provide installers with a forked version of microG, it would be from my own fork so I can ensure things get updated promptly. That said, I don't plan on distributing forked versions unless the fork turns into the more commonly used version, like with LibreOffice and Open Office.
[Android Apps and Games] Exabyter:
You seem to have extremely narrow needs, and with that in mind, it's not too surprising microG is working well for you in all cases, and that's great.

I'm not personally able/willing to forego most of the ~2M apps on Gplay since in many cases no equivalent exists within the ~1500 choices on F-droid. I wish I could, truly.

For example, I use various transportation rental services, sometimes on a nearly daily basis, which are anywhere from completely to nearly unusable without their mobile app. Because of the incomplete and unreliable (for me) support of location and mapping services, those services in many cases won't work, in forcing me to carry around a phone with Gapps on it to use them. (If someone can direct me to a place where I can get help with location/mapping services I'd appreciate it. It's not simply a UnifiedNLP issue)

As for "[BS] coming from Google", I thought that's basically the entire reason microG existed, and why we're all here. ??
[Android Apps and Games] neokragu:
I could not get sync after trying from very long time. I did copied the two mentioned apk in shadow53 page and given all permissions. but still no luck. i cant found any video tutorials for that. guys who synced your contacts and calendar successfully pls post a video tutorial. it will help to many people.
[Android Apps and Games] astrod:
I got it all working pretty quickly by flashing the unofficial microg installer by ale5000 (search the XDA threads) and following the directions in that thread.

You need to start with a phone that's completely gapps-free for best results.
[Android Apps and Games] Ex_FallenSkyTear:
youtube go, still infinity loading screen with logo.

google go, don't work, but it is an know issue...
[Android Apps and Games] oF2pks:
No needs for searching MicroG (check OP post#1):

0) requirements https://gerrit.omnirom.org/#/q/microg

1) developments GmsCore | UnifiedNlp |...

2) downloads : https://microg.org/download.html

example: Commits on May 30, 2018 https://github.com/microg/android_p...mmit/82479b79c76353f532e0c6edd0d1dee8d49c48f4

don't believe that mismatch signatures, insulting Google or baneful puns are helping, but who knows ?

imho, before mixing MicroG and [Google Commerce Ltd] protected app, everyone should "search" 5mn to read wikipedia Richard Stallman in his own language, then try to figure out how F-Droid (and Omnirom) follows that state of art, and why MicroG icebergy project is hosted there.

Don't forget the nexus : https://github.com/opengapps/all/blob/master/HOWTO#L6

And {ro.control_privapp_permissions=enforce} => https://github.com/opengapps/all/blob/master/etc/permissions/privapp-permissions-google.xml and many others xml ...
[Android Apps and Games] SaGaR_:
is it correct that when i install the GmsCore and Gsf on OOS5.1.5 with apps like Google Chrome still installed they won't work?
[Android Apps and Games] kurtn:
What's your point?

My point was asking for flashable installers, because NLP has to be a system app in new android flavours.
[Android Apps and Games] wojtoo:
Is it hard to use adb push .... /system/app ?
[Android Apps and Games] kurtn:
The nice thing about installers: they often create an addon.d script so the installed app survives system updates.
[Android Apps and Games] anon1135:
there isn't a way to get face unlock to work with microg right? I've tried the magisk module but it still wouldn't show under security settings so I thought installing gapps was the only way. that is all I need lol nothing else from gapps
[Android Apps and Games] Yula12:
Good application!

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good
[Android Apps and Games] devrruti:
Latest microg apk from NoGooLag

Sources https://github.com/NoGooLag

https://transfer.sh/dF3Nd/MicroG_GMS_Core-v0.2.4-118.apk

It's not a fork, it just bumps the version number to bypass the warnings from some apps that ask you to update Google services. Like Marvin did in previous occasions

What has been forked is the telegram group to bypass g333k
[Android Apps and Games] Shadow53:
If it's changes not in the main repository and built with different keys than the official release (and this cannot be used to upgrade the official release), it's technically a fork.
[Android Apps and Games] maybeme2:
Does anyone have any idea when Marvn will similarly update the version number in the official version?

I originally installed the combined lineageos 14.1 with MicroG from Shadow53.com website which places microg in the correct location. So I'm not sure how to now update microG separately without messing things up.
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
Whenever I've the requirement to manually update microG Services Core I use the procedure I described here.
[Android Apps and Games] 4512jth:
I feel like an idiot rightnow, but I'm trying to compile MicroG standalone and I keep getting errors such as "error: package android.os does not exist" when compiling unifiednlp-base. Is there something here that I am missing? I have the Android SDK installed and configured correctly and everything up until that point compiles just fine. Thanks for any help.
[Android Apps and Games] piet8stevens:
How to accelerate getting a first fix? Best FOSs app to replace Google Maps?

I have been on MicroG via Nanodroid for about a year on RR Nougat on an Axon 7 device. I have tried really hard to work google free, with OSMAnd. But I am about to give up.

Main issues have been

- very slow first GPS fix via satellite.

- lack of features & ease of use of OSMAnd vs Google Maps.

I did get all the boxes ticked in MicroG settings test, with UnifiedNLP etc... setup. Still, it could took minutes (3-5) to get a location - SatStat would show satellites with that kind of a delay.

I am now (temporarily?) on a stock ROM with google apps built in and the minute I walk out of my door, I have satellites in SatStat - no delay.

I would love to return to MicroG as I value my privacy. Is this something that points to a bad setup? If so, how to find what the issue is and how to improve?

Any other FOSS apps that are better than OSMAnd? Main irritants are the complications with searching for addresses (house numbers are a nightmare, not sure whether that is because of the OSM database or the app) and the clarity of the screen - Google maps just gives better instructions at the right time and is overall much more fluid. Maps.me also has its own irritants - when parked just off the street, it complains I am not on the street and it will therefore not search for an itinerary.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] vaselor:
Here Maps is not FOSS, but it respects your privacy and it's easier to use than OSMand.

Enviado desde mi Redmi Note 2 mediante Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] d1n0x:
Also, there's a version on F-Droid (just called "Maps") which strips all analytics and GSF stuff
[Android Apps and Games] astrod:
Very interested in this! But I could not find it in the fdroid app. Any pointers? Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] d1n0x:
Maps (Offline OpenStreetMap maps) - https://f-droid.org/app/com.github.axet.maps
[Android Apps and Games] n76:
MicroG/UnifiedNlp doesn't touch the GPS processing in your phone. At least when I last read the code I didn't see it doing anything. Out of curiosity, what is you GPS acquisition like running RR and gapps? It might be a RR issue rather than a microG issue.

Address data in OpenStreetMap is sparse. And the address lookup in OsmAnd and Maps.me don't help. I use addressToGPS (which uses Google) to get a lat/lon which I can then use with those apps.
[Android Apps and Games] piet8stevens:
Thank you for the reply. I also use AdresstoGPS but that is still quite fiddly.

Have not tried RR + gapps. I have mobile data issues with RR (loss of mobile data after airplane mode or at ranfom, requiring reboot).

I will wait until LineageOS 15.1 stabilizes and then try with and without gapps and report back.

Will be testing Herr today.
[Android Apps and Games] kurtn:
Yes, there is some gap between FOSS and proprietary Google stuff.

When I have a navigation task, I set location to "precise" and let osmand run in background. That helps in getting location faster.

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I set location to precise and let run osmand in background for faster fix.
[Android Apps and Games] bertino:
For me Osmand with microg gets GPS fix as fast as rom+ gapps and Rom with no gapps/ microg. Are you sure that it's not a ROM issue?
[Android Apps and Games] kurtn:
Sorry. That was misleading. I see a gap in quality if navigation app. Not necessarily in GPS fix.
[Android Apps and Games] n76:
I don't think it is obvious or documented but in AddressToGPS you can put your full address string into the "Address/Lookup" field leaving the other fields blank. For USA addresses I usually have to remove the ZIP code from the string, but other than that it works pretty well that way and a lot less fiddly than manually splitting out the state and city, etc.
[Android Apps and Games] Meeeeeem:
Is it compatible with old devices with Android 2.3?
[Android Apps and Games] Dobsgw:
OP says 4/5/6 devices but we know it works for 7/8 as well.

You can try but the SDK version is probably too high to work for older versions
[Android Apps and Games] kurtn:
UnifiedNlp is compatible. So you get a little microG feeling. Or simply setup your phone without Google account and install f-droid.
[Android Apps and Games] ale5000:
Hi,

if you have Android 2.3 it would be nice if you could try my microG unofficial installer and report back.

I need testers.
[Android Apps and Games] astrod:
I have found my phone with microg to have very fast GPS fix. But unfortunately I agree about navigation apps. Only google maps has traffic (afaik) and that is an absolute necessity in the city. Plus the navigation is just "better".
[Android Apps and Games] bertino:
Gmaps uses traffic data from Waze AFAIK, but imo Waze is better cause it also Hase a big user base (at least in my country) that reports accidents, potholes and, most importantly, police radars.
[Android Apps and Games] Exabyter:
I have precisely the same issue with the special microG build of LineageOS 14.1 for the LG V20. Ridiculously slow location fix in any location-based app, including SatStat, and sometimes it stops tracking location properly when you are moving after acquiring an initial fix.

In my case SatStat usually can see a number of satellites but it can't seem to translate that into a location fix. Oftentimes a reboot fixes it temporarily. Seems like it has a tendency to "hang on" to a previous location (based on what I'm seeing in several location-using apps) and in that case a restart often fixes it.

But in general location services are very flaky, and I am probably going to be forced to carry another phone with Gapps on it for those important functions if I don't find a solution.

I have Mozilla, Deja Vu and Apple WiFi backends setup as location backends, and Nominatum as address lookup source.

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Both Gmaps and Waze are huge privacy invaders (and Waze is owned by Google now anyway) so since I use microG mostly for privacy reasons it makes no sense to stick those apps back onto my devices.

I realize a few people are using microG for performance reasons only, might make more sense for them. ?
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
What were you looking for? If you want to have microG in f-droid you should add https://microg.org/fdroid/repo to the list of repos...
[Android Apps and Games] Nightshadowxd:
It is possible to fix Droidguard Helper app? It is always crashing, when I checking SafetyNet on Magisk or try to log in Pokemon Go via google account.

App is installed on app-priv folder. I tried install microG with root and without it, by manual installation or unofficial installer, reinstaling and everything makes the same result.

Sorry for my poor English.
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
microg.org seems to be down/unreachable at the moment. But the git is online: https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_UnifiedNlp/blob/master/README.md
[Android Apps and Games] kurtn:
Waze had even better traffic in some areas. Now guess who bought Waze?
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
First, I concur I've also very fast GPS fixes. Second, my one and only map and navigation application is OSMand+ that provides the capability to add overlays to be displayed. This also allows you to "integrate" Google live traffic into OSMand; however, assuming that everybody who uses some kind of online navigation has the respective mobile data plan to do. I used this tutorial for the setup of the mentioned overlay.

I added a screenshot with an example: The Northern lane of the A61 is not marked in blue (as my OSM default) but partially in red and yellow that come from the Google live traffic overlay and indicates a traffic queue or jam. Unless I'm riding by car I've the overlay disabled.
[Android Apps and Games] kmem:
I think the folks who are having trouble with GPS are all lineage users. I seem to recall that lineage disabled the use of glonass. I also remember having trouble with a lineage based ROM even while using gapps. Perhaps no glonass is the reason for connectivity issues?
[Android Apps and Games] Exabyter:
I don't have these sorts of issues with either my CM or LOS devices that have Gapps installed.

Also, SatStat typically shows several Glonass satellites visible on my LG V20 running LOS 14.1 (microG build) too.

To expand on what I wrote above, having 13-19 satellites with good strength signal showing up in SatStat still doesn't result in a fix for more than several minutes if at all, many times.

Whereas on my devices running Gapps, I generally get a location fix within a couple of seconds even with fewer/weaker satellite signals detected.
[Android Apps and Games] d1n0x:
I haven't had any problems since I flashed the very first weekly build of 15.1. Not with Gapps, nor with MicroG. Always fast fix.
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
Fdroid repo seems to be back online again. I resetted my Fdroid to clean installation default, and it showed me the repo afterwards. Had even to update a few what worked.

Don't know why and how long the server was offline but it's back again.
[Android Apps and Games] Exabyter:
I'd sure like to know what accounts for the widely disparate experiences people have.

Configured NLP backends? OS build? Location mode? (High accuracy/battery saving/device only) Hardware?

By stating "...since I flashed the very first weekly build of 15.1", do you mean to imply that you had issues with versions prior to 15.1??
[Android Apps and Games] kmem:
A quick search for lineage + glonass returns this.

https://jira.lineageos.org/plugins/servlet/mobile#issue/BUGBASH-383

I am surprised that glonass works for you considering what is written there and my own experience on 14.1.

For what it's worth, my current AEX install w/ microG gets a fix faster than ever.
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
Ok, but does it use them (displays SatStat them as light blue symbols?)
[Android Apps and Games] d1n0x:
LineageOS for MicroG, Mozilla and Deja Vu Backends, Android 8.1 LOS version from June 4th, Location mode high accuracy (activated via Tasker when a location app is opened). OnePlus 5.

No, I didn't have problems before either.
[Android Apps and Games] metodding:
Hi, the new app "google news" (https://news.google.com/about/) is supported by microg? work with it?
[Android Apps and Games] Exabyter:
Whereas another device of mine running LOS 14.1 and Gapps gets a location fix very quickly.

Given the superior GPS coverage here in the USA compared to Glonass, I'd be surprised whether its presence or absence makes much difference, especially with AGPS and SBAS.(WAAS)

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Yes, depending on how good a view of satellites it has at the moment of course.

I'll double check that later when I'm no longer sitting in a Faraday cage. ?
[Android Apps and Games] kmem:
Funny, the jira link I posted now requires a login to read. Wasn't the case yesterday. Anyhow, the dev response was that they had no intention of re-enabling glonass for nougat. I suppose this is inconsequential considering that your 14.1 w/gapps works properly. Thought I'd mention it since I was pretty baffled by the dev's response when I was trying to solve a GPS problem on 14.1 months ago.

I would tend to agree that GPS + AGPS ought to be plenty to secure a fast enough fix but more birds has to help.
[Android Apps and Games] Exabyter:
Thanks for the deets. As I wrote above I never assumed LOS Nougat was the issue because I have another device running that series whose location services work just fine with Gapps. (Actually just Gplay framework and store only)

(Interesting use for Tasker, BTW. I never bothered to mess around with it since most of the uses I've seen people tout it for seem to be privacy invasive. Your use of it described here makes me think I should try it now. ? )
[Android Apps and Games] kurtn:
If i would be interested, I would probably use that

WebApps (Sandbox for webapps) - https://f-droid.org/app/com.tobykurien.webapps
[Android Apps and Games] guest4711:
... but I'm not interested. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] oF2pks:
13.9.99_gms

https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/module-terminal-app-systemizer-ui-t3585851 for Oreo ask for https://gerrit.omnirom.org/#/c/android_frameworks_base/+/29360/

Don't forget when building the debug

[SIZE="1"]git show 249c935f
git submodule update --init --recursive
[/SIZE]

Attached µG is valid for Playstore until 13.9.99_gms...
[Android Apps and Games] skooter32:
hi where is the original thread?
[Android Apps and Games] sting12345:
Can somebody point me in the right direction of what I've done wrong here. I have an LG G6 on nougat, there is a ready made microg version of lineage on the site. It works perfectly fine, all my apps that I want are pretty much fine. I got an honor view 10 also and flashed AEX with spoofing enabled and then followed the install manually to the exact last bit but having so much trouble with one app Wickr. It takes forever to log in and once it does it sends one message for that session. If you close it out then reenter later to send or receive it says failed to send eevery single time on every single ROM i've done it with. Whereas wickr runs perfectly fine on the pre built nougat version. I am at a loss on this LOL. I also noticed that even after installing wickr via yalp like normal it is NOT showing in the microg area under GCM apps that have registered. It's the only one besides confide that won't and I have no idea why.

Anybody have any idea on this? I wish there was a ready made ROM for my view 10 LOL, so much easier. Guess I should have purchased the oneplus5t instead LOL.
[Android Apps and Games] Cirra92:
So can anyone here comment on Viber behavior with latest microG release?

Since the updated Viber app finally broke push notifications on microG (was couple of months ago due to their migration to firebase) I had to abandon the microG ship and go back to GPlay services as I did not receive messages until I was in the app itself.
[Android Apps and Games] d1n0x:
You're better off just ditching the app altogether.
[Android Apps and Games] vagkoun83:
Here microg 0.2.4 118, no problems with Viber notification on OP5t oxygen rom

Sent from my ONEPLUS 5T
[Android Apps and Games] Klizi:
Did anyone get succeed MicroG with Lastpass Authenticator (push app)?