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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • This is what I’ve done a couple of times now

    https://lemmy.zip/comment/1548190

    But… I haven’t had any feedback on whether this is effective from the perspective of getting rid of Google entirely

    I will say that it makes the phone feel really light and fast, literally every app in the app drawer is one you put there yourself. My battery life is usually better too

    The UAD should be pretty safe (and I think it’s a bit conservative in what it recommends) but make sure you take care with the packages you remove yourself






  • I used Universal Android Debloater which uninstalls or freezes packages for the user, including many that you can’t see as installed apps (happy to hear from anyone who knows how effective this is)

    This is my degoogle without root process:

    • full reset
    • set up the phone without connecting to the internet
    • enable Developer options and USB debugging
    • install basic apps (F-Droid, a keyboard, launcher, and file manager apks from F-Droid) over adb
    • run Universal Android Debloater
    • reboot to make sure it boots :)
    • use adb to list installed packages and remove as needed (I still had to remove some Netflix, Facebook, Amazon and Google packages, as well as plenty from the manufacturer)
    • reboot and test, then install apps as needed from F-Droid

    Be careful when uninstalling, as some critical packages could soft brick your phone. If the phone boots you can reinstall a package over adb