[Huawei P40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] FrenchKoR:
Hi everyone,

Please note that this post is only for users who assume using their phone without GMS, like me. I know this is a little tricky in the beginning, but after few months without Google I don't miss it anymore. Also, i'm french so I give you my apologies if there are any mistakes. ;)

So, why spending your time to install GMS if you can deal without ?

First, you have to know that lot of apps aren't developped in AppGallery, so you need to install an alternative appstore. My suggest is "Aurora Store", which is based on PlayStore API :

AuroraOSS

auroraoss.com

Also, it's really important for you to know how notifications works with this device.

Actually, there is two types of notifications services :

- If you install an app with AppGallery, notifications should works perfectly because your app was developped to be compatible with HMS Core (it's like GMS, but by Huawei).

- Sadly, if an app isn't available in AppGallery, you have to install it with Aurora, and as I said it's an alternative playstore so this app will use firebase notifications system (the Google one, based on GMS). Then, notifications shouldn't works. This is why I suggest you to always search your app with AppGallery first to ensure more stability.

So how can we get notifications back for this kind of GMS-based apps ? Simply by installing MicroG services.

Please note that you have to install MicroG before installing any GMS-based apps, otherwise notifications doesn't works.

- First, go to this website and download then install "Services core" and "Services Framework Proxy" on your device :

Download - microG Project

- Open "MicroG Settings" app, choose "Self-Check" and make sure than all permissions granted are checked :

- Finally, go to "Cloud Messaging" and ensure "Receive push notifications" is checked. Status must show "Connected since...", if it doesn't, restart your phone, and uncheck and check again "Receive push notifications".

Now, everytime you'll install an application from Aurora Store, it'll shown on Cloud Messaging menu, like this :

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So, now we can both use HMS and GMS notifications dependly of the way you install an application.

Here is a list of Google replacement applications I use, which are very usefull in my point of view (sometimes better than the Google ones !) :

- GPS : Google Maps works with my device, but I can't use with a Google account. I don't matter about that. You can also use Waze instead of Google Maps, or Petal Maps (developped by Huawei).

- Mail : I use Outlook instead of Gmail. Sadly, I can't synchronize my gmail account with Outlook, so I decided to make an outlook account (name@outlook.com), and make gmail redirect all my mails here. You can also synchronize your Outlook account with Google if you want to send mails with your gmail adressee :

How to add a Gmail account to Outlook.com

Have a Google mail account but you'd rather avoid using their web client? Why not add it to Outlook.com?

www.windowscentral.com

- Browser : Opera is really better i think because of addsblock integrated and VPN function... You can use Opera for Windows (or Mac) to import all your Chrome settings (like stored passwords) and then synchronize it with your Opera app mobile.

- Cloud : I use the Huawei's one instead of Drive, simply.

And that's all.

Who said that you can't live without Google ? Not me, in any case. :p

I hope this thread will help somebody in this forum.