Solid Explorer VS microG

Solid Explorer

Solid Explorer is a powerful Android file manager featuring access to most popular cloud storages, root access and easy extensibility.

microG

A free-as-in-freedom re-implementation of Google’s proprietary Android user space apps and...

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Solid Explorer and microG)

microG

File Manager

66 66%

File Manager

34% 34

Mobile OS

0 0%

Mobile OS

100% 100

File Explorer

100 100%

File Explorer

0% 0

Tool

67 67%

Tool

33% 33

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Reviews

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Solid Explorer Reviews

The best third-party file managers for Android

Keep it simple with Simple File Manager Pro. Like Solid Explorer, the app is designed within the Material Design schematic, including using one floating action button to add a new file or folder. Simple File Manager Pro only works with localized files, however, and though it doesn't offer access to exterior cloud accounts, you can navigate root files, SD cards, and USB files...

Source: www.androidpolice.com

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, microG seems to be a lot more popular than Solid Explorer. While we know about 117 links to microG, we've tracked only 1 mention of Solid Explorer. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Solid Explorer mentions (1)

Trying to share something situated in the Android/Data folder, but the Android file explorer (folder people cker) won't allow me to explore there in order to do so
Of course you can do it, use some of these application for the handling of folders on the Android device Http://neatbytes.com/solidexplorer/ Or. Source: almost 2 years ago

microG mentions (117)

Apple Introduces M4 Chip
I, an engineer, am not doing this myself, too. There is a middle ground though: just use a privacy-oriented Android build, like DivestOS. [1] There are a couple caveats: 1. It is still a bit tricky for a non-technical person to install. Should not be a problem if they know somebody who can help, though. There's been some progress making the process more user friendly recently (e.g. WebUSB-based GrapheneOS... - Source: Hacker News / 3 days ago
Google Update Reveals AI Will Read All Your Private Messages
...will need to be rewritten to avoid Google Play Services. Not true. All that needs to happen is for open source developers to "re-implement Google’s proprietary Android user space apps and libraries". https://microg.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
Which MicroG fork and version should I use?
Which one should I use? Is this MicroG's official website right? (https://microg.org/). Source: 6 months ago
Use ChatGPT Android app w/o Google Play Store installed/enabled
Have a look into https://microg.org/ . Revanced yt uses a fork of GmsCore for its non-root install, though you still have to log in with a google account. Source: 7 months ago
Magic Earth: OSM based map and routing with croud sourced traffic data
Google Play Services implements a lot of increasingly vital features and interfaces on Android. Not having it kills a good number of things people consider important, like push notifications (some apps are designed to still send push notifications like Signal, but it's kind of a hack and does drain the battery). If you're looking for almost the same functionality without google play services, MicroG[1] is an open... - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago