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, so it was worth it to me to finally be able to delete their app after extracting the secrets this way.

y Store that does not require either an account or GApps installed), a very few from FFupdater[5], and have played with using Obtanium[6] but currently only have one (weather) app updating via it. I have several different repositories configured in F-Droid but I don't generally keep mental track of which repository I am dependent on for which apps; the default, IzzyOnDroid[7], Bitwarden[8], NewPipe[9], microG[10], and Collabora[11] are some of them. I have two banking apps installed via Aurora Store, one of which requires microG and root-hiding (via Magisk module) while the other doesn't require either. My browsers (Firefox, Firefox Klar, Brave) come from FFupdater and none require microG. My texting (QUIK SMS), email (K-9 Mail), TOTP authenticator (Aegis), password manager (Bitwarden), GPS/Maps (OsmAnd), file syncing (Nextcloud), notes (Nextcloud Notes), HN reader (HN), and Contacts/Calendar sync (DAVx5, ICSx5) apps all come via F-Droid (either the main repo or others). I have many others apps which come from F-Droid or Aurora Store but the above are my most used. For file, calendar, notes, photo, & contact syncing, I have a Nextcloud server set up and find it to work quite well; the Nextcloud apps are also quite good. Someone who doesn't want to run their own could use a hosted account[12]. Contacts & calendars are synced to Nextcloud via DAVx5 & ICSx5. The primary challenges I am aware of at this point are hardware (it is increasingly difficult to install LineageOS on most hardware due to bootloader locks), and navigation (OpenStreetMap data usually doesn't include addresses in the USA). For hardware, the solution is essentially just to properly research the phone you want to buy; I always make sure the model is well supported by LineageOS before purchasing and then tend to hang on to it for several years. For navigation, I usually find the address on my desktop or mobile browser (via DuckDuckGo) and then manually input the location into OsmAnd before the trip but I also keep WeGo Here maps installed in case I don't have time for that (it usually takes <2 minutes and rarely more than 5 to manually find & enter the address). Additionally, getting the one banking app to work without GApps was a pain in the butt initially (requiring testing several Magisk & LSPosed modules), but now it just works and I don't really think about it. Overall, I don't find my version of de-googled to be a detriment; my phone is useful and I have more control over my data and over annoyances (such as unnecessary notifications) than I would otherwise. [0] https://microg.org [1] https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk [2] https://github.com/mywalkb/LSPosed_mod [3] https://f-droid.org [4] https://aurorastore.org [5] https://f-droid.org/packages/de.marmaro.krt.ffupdater | https://github.com/Tobi823/ffupdater [6] https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.imranr.obtainium.fdroid/ | https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium [7] https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid [8] https://mobileapp.bitwarden.com/fdroid [9] https://archive.newpipe.net/fdroid/repo [10] https://microg.org/fdroid.html [11] https://www.collaboraoffice.com/downloads/fdroid/repo [12] https://nextcloud.com/sign-up

820#issuecomment.... Totally crazy for a project not in early alpha. I want root to properly manage my battery via https://github.com/VR-25/acc ( with ideally https://github.com/MatteCarra/AccA as Magisk module). How ridiculously complicated that is now and that the install procedure is broken without them documenting it soured me quite a bit on Magisk, but I also start to develop some bad feelings about Lineage - because it is them that would be in the best position to provide a simple root solution. But they just refuse it, and even forbid discussing such topics on their subreddit - that alone shows me that the project is very user hostile currently. I doubt with that attitude they can make a turnaround, but I'd be happy to be wrong... Sadly the other bigger ROMs are to my knowledge not better in this category, neither /e/ with their service suite, nor DivestOS with the passionate developer nor CalyxOS or GrapheneOS with their "security" focus are interested in giving the user full access to their device. Android seems to be a dead end here, real Linux is needed.

without Clockwork Mod on many platforms, eschewing security updates I have no problem trusting Magisk[7] as a free and open source Android rooting solution. ClockworkMod Recovery has been discontinued for years. The most advanced Android recovery is TWRP,[8] and TWRP is not needed to root the device with Magisk. I don't know what you mean by "eschewing security updates" since rooting Android does not prevent you from receiving security updates. [1] App Manager: https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager [2] Neo Backup: https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Backup [3] Aurora Store: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aurora.store/ [4] Neo Store: https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Store [5] Universal SafetyNet Fix: https://github.com/kdrag0n/safetynet-fix [6] MagiskHide Props Config: https://github.com/Magisk-Modules-Repo/MagiskHidePropsConf [7] Magisk: https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk [8] TWRP: https://twrp.me/