No XDA-Developers videos yet. You could help us improve this page by suggesting one.
XDA-Developers might be a bit more popular than microG. We know about 117 links to it since March 2021 and only 116 links to microG. 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.
This is a topic much more appropriate for https://forum.xda-developers.com/. Source: 10 months ago
You can usually find resources for whether any particular device does or doesn't allow this by looking around on the LineageOS site or the now-legendary XDA Forum. Source: 10 months ago
Yeah this would be the wrong sub for that question. My suggestion would be to the XDA Developers forum for your specific phone. If someone has accomplished what you want to do, you're going to find out about it there. Source: 10 months ago
Maybe try r/AndroidRoms or r/CustomRoms? Though you're probably just better off at https://forum.xda-developers.com/. Source: 10 months ago
Look at xda-developers.com forums on how to install a downloaded official or custom ROM for newer OS. Download official ROMS from https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares and search for the latest T-Mobile (TMB) or USA (XAA) one for your exact model #. It may matter if the model ends in a U or U1, but is best to install the U1 model to override the U model to make your phone unbranded and get updates automatically. Or... Source: 10 months ago
...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 one should I use? Is this MicroG's official website right? (https://microg.org/). Source: 6 months ago
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
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
Try using https://microg.org/ to replace Google Play Services - it's not your average tech-savvy level. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago
LineageOS - Operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, based on the Android
Open GApps - Open GApps is an open-source Google Apps package for rooted devices that is developed by writing...
NikGApps - A Custom Google Apps Package built for users who want to customize the availability of GApps in their Custom ROMS.
MindTheGapps - A replacement for OpenGapps as a source of the standard Google Android apps.
BiTGApps - A custom gapps package with minimal install that support custom features such as Battery Optimization for GMS Core and its components.
GrapheneOS - GrapheneOS is an open source privacy and security focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility.