Whenever I try to download apps through Aurora Store, I get this notification approximately three-quarters through the download process:

INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NOT_APK: Failed to parse /data/app/vmdl1528263626.tmp/com.zzkko_1714493181056: Failed to load asset path /data/app/vmdl1528263626.tmp/com.zzkko_1714493181056

If I restart the download, it then continues from that point to completion.

However, if I switch to another WiFi network, this problem doesn't occur. Does anyone have any ideas or solutions to this issue? Why would this be linked to a specific WiFi network?

Thank you very much.

Hi,

I previously had Xiaomi phones that had a community behind it making custom ROMs for it. So I always pick a vanilla rom and install microg and everything I need.

Now I am acquiring a Onyx Boox Note Air 3C, an eink device. Magisk can be installed on it, I will begin by that. But there is no custom ROM for this device so I need to un-Google the official rom this time. My question is the following :

What is the best, most complete and easiest way to remove all Google traces in a manufacturer ROM in 2024?

Thanks in advance and have a nice day.

It's probably a question that comes back often here but which OS are you using and why? I'm asking this question because I want to de-google my phone but i don't know wich OS should i use , i could see a lot of comments of people saying Calyx OS is not secure or Graphine OS is bad etc... so I'm a bit confused of which one should i choose

I only learned about it today and am having trouble finding anything out there that would work to either detect or prevent it. It’s unclear to me still if grapheneOS does anything for it. I did see there are apps like SnoopSnitch out there but you need to root your device at least… and I think it would detect the attack but not prevent it.

any ideas?

TLDR Calyx vs GraphemeOS how do they differ in there approach and what OS is better if one can be, or better in x way vs the other that kinda stuff and how would say someone decide what to install if they decided they wanted to degoogle to something that's not stock Android and say had a pixel already?

I don't know much about tech or well not this area anyways, all I know is the YouTuber that got me into privacy and why it matters Louis Rossmann used to use GrapheneOS until for reasons...he switched to Calyx. Anyways, I think if I am not wrong 100% yes GrapeheneOS can be better/more secure/private if you don't use Google play services but then like um how does one use the phone? Some Apps don't work but even if you don't play those mobile games and don't have BT trackers like tile you just can't really use the phone because no notifications and that's a must for me. So assuming I need play services now what is better and how are the two operating systems different from each other?

I cant use it anymore it just crashes aafter a few seconds i tried the apk from fdroid and using fdroidi tself neither seems to work

I've heard about Calyx os and Graphene os but those only work on Pixel phones. Are there any that are similar to those but for Samsung phones?

I know that newpipe is the best for privacy but it is too poorly made, it doesn't have many of the functions that revanced has, is revanced safe on calyx os with micro g maybe even with some patch that eliminates tracking?

I love to chat on reddit but also love to chat on discord for various topics (regardless of its privacy policy, of course) and so, is there a server similar to r/degoogle but on discord?

Thanks.

If I "get off" Google – meaning mainly email, drive, photos – which is about 12TB of data – are they required by law to literally delete my data? Can I demand this? Is it automatically part of "delete my account"?

I've read elsewhere that they just make it "inaccessible" but can retain a copy for "future use".

(I live in California)

Bromite just isn't working for some reason.

Any ideas how to degoogle my OnePlus phone with Linux Mint?

So I have recently dumped Chrome for Vivaldi and now trying other search engines to Goggle..

The main problem I am having, is the ads are just too indistinguishable from the native search listings, such that I have to do a double-take and read through ads, when I clearly just want an article that answers my question.

Yes I could inspect the page and write a greasemonkey script, but wondering if anyone has already done this kind of thing and that already covers multiple alternative search engines and updates over time?

I don't want to hide the ads, just shade them a nice light grey, so I can quickly skim past them.

Anyone know of any existing solutions?

Edit: I've made a quick and dirty solution using the Stylus extension, see my comment below.

im trying to run some apps but they need to have google play services enabled, usually it's just a pop-up window i can close but some games won't open at all without it

so the question is how screwed am i if i just enable play services and nothing else?

just to note:i don't have a google account nor do i use any of their services, I've also disabled and revmoed all permissios from everything that has "google" in its name,

(I've tried MicroG but it won't install because of conflicting packages)

I have an extremely low end Motorola ePlay 5, the last update it received was Android 8.0.0 and I'm wondering if there are any phone OSes that would support such a garbage phone so it doesn't become e-waste.

My grandson is using my husband's old gmail account which is linked to GPay. He keeps ordering Temu junk and it is charged to my Playstore or Gpay account. How can I stop this?

Hi,

Do you know any solid alternative to built-in Digital Wellbeing, which also offers mulitiple schedules?

I'd like to have a group of apps, which would be blocked few times a day for some time.

I like Action Dash much, but it drains a lot of battery.

Thanks for any ideas.

I can’t find a way in GrapheneOS to merge duplicate contacts and I have a lot. Can anyone recommend a safe app from Aurora?

Is there any open source app available for enhancing the game experience doing the task like clearing ram

Pls, How to disable the cunning clipboard that stealthily record and never delete all my copy history for good?

We all know that AT&T has cooperated with the three letter agencies for decades, and probably Verizon as well. What’s the most secure cell phone service provider? Google Fi on a Pixel phone? LOL

I'm looking for a note app with good ui and sync to store my emails and anything important because I forget a lot anything like keep note or better ? I tried Evernote but it's awful, OneNote is out I won't use it for some reasons hope you help me.

I'm planning on buying a Pixel phone and flashing GrapheneOS on it. I don't want someone commenting "buy the latest release", I'm buying it because it's just the right phone for me.

I specifically want GrapheneOS because:

• I h​ate bloatware - I hate just how many bloatware the stock OS forces into my phone.
• I wa​nna stay away from Google - I don't really mind the privacy thingy that steals every information of my life, that's fine to me because it doesn't affect me, but what I don't like is how they force me to use their services just because I use an Android phone.
• I ha​te how there are so many limitations now to what you could do with your phone, for the sake of "privacy and security" apparently.
• GrapheneOS is a​pparently the best custom OS as of right now.
• It h​as official Pixel support.
• I wanna learn more about the "custom OS for Android" scene.

I expect:

• Ev​erything is accessible - ever since I owned an Android 13 phone, I was so used to my old Android 8 phone having everything accessible that I was pissed off. I couldn't even let any apps not downloaded in Play Store access this Accessiblity thingy in settings, I couldn't access the data/obb folder, and I couldn't access ANY apps in it without logging in.
• Go​od performance - the performance should be just the same as the stock OS, and maybe even better. The battery life, the interface, the games, everything.
• Ev​ery app is deletable, even those apps that comes with it
• Every app works, especially games (alright I already know some apps don't work)

(as you can see, I expect it to work like how a normal phone functions, and if it's not that obvious yet, I don't know much about the "custom OS for Android" scene but I do want to dive deeper into it)

I already know the majority of banking apps don't work (I don't even know what a banking app is, I use Paypal though, which IDK if counts. I feel like I could just access it on the web though.) and this Android Auto app which according to my research is for cars, and I don't own any vehicle.

I'm gonna be installing Aurora Store as the Play Store alternative and F-Droid for FOSS apps. I'm still looking into this microG thing which is apparently an alternative for Google as a whole.

My daily use for my phone is I game HEAVY and I surf the internet A LOT. I feel like I should say the games I play so maybe I could get answers on whether they work or not. I mainly play >!CO​DM, Geometry Dash, Among Us, Genshin Impact and Blue Archive!<,​ which I expect to increase more as I find new games to play.

Do you think this is right for me?

I provide online tutoring. So far I have been using google docs because

• me and the student can edit the document at the same time, even if the student does not have a google account
• easy export of the document to a file
• text coloring
• autocorrect prompts

Any alternative with similar functions? Thanks in advance

Which better for personal use ? Is there another mail provider which is better than those two ?

I am using Aurora store on Graphene. App downloads always ask if I allow network permissions. Is this a good idea?

Recently switched from opera -> librewolf. Unfortunately, i was having a lot of issues with librewolf being slow/choppy, especially when it comes to video playback. Even removing all my bookmarks and extensions, its still not functioning as I had hoped.

I found a webkit based browser called Orion (from the making of kagi) which I've heard good things about and I like a lot so far on my M2 Macbook pro, but im unclear just how much privacy i'm forfeiting from switching to orion from librewolf (since its my understanding librewolf is top of the line privacy for casual browsers). Anyone know?

Also I'm able to use both chrome and firefox extensions on orion, but I'm wondering does it matter where i grab these extensions between chrome v. firefox extensions versions specific extensions like ublock, bitwarden, etc?

Hi degooglers, I just found out about this community. I had a look through a lot of posts and quite a few alternatives have a lot of limitations.

I’m not asking this question to start a debate about why it’s better to pay more for a company that doesn’t use your data. I want to know what tools outperform Google’s suite of applications.

Perhaps they’re faster, more reliable or give you more bang for buck. I have been using DuckDuckGo as a browser and search engine.

I’m particularly interested in tools for businesses like website analytics, google my business, sheets, docs, cloud console, app sheets and workspace.

Let me know what you recommend.