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Is LineageOS without GApps basically the same as /e/OS? (feddit.nl)
submitted 1 day ago by skaarl@feddit.nl to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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I have to update a phone that currently has LOS, and degoogle it at the same time. If I just upgrade to the latest version (by flashing) and not install mind the gapps, is it basically a degoogled phone? It seems that installing /e/ over the current LOS would require me to flash stock rom first, which takes more time. The current LOS version on the phone was just 1 or 2 iterations below the latest version, 20 or 21 I don't remember.

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[โ€“] skaarl@feddit.nl 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Hey thanks for the info. Are you saying that just standard LineageOS without gapps or MicroG will be unable to have a functioning OsmAnd (for example)? I remember a few years ago you had to install Mozilla location services seperately from F-Droid to get OsmAnd to work without Google stuff, but I've personally been out of the loop for a while.

[โ€“] MasterBuilder@lemmy.one 1 points 13 hours ago

Anything you get from f-droid or Izzy will work fine. OsmAnd is on F-droid. Anything from play store will expect google push notifications, etc., so you need microg or equivalent.

I found that google voice is working with LineageOS with MicroG. The last time i checked a year or so ago, it didn't.