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by karyon 3407 days ago
check out the microG project: https://github.com/microg

it provides a location service that works without google and they re-built the play services and maps API, so you don't have to have any google apps installed at all. for those apps that actually need to talk to google servers, there's an option for that.
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kevlar1818 3407 days ago
Have you had any experience setting up an Android device to use microG? Their installation instructions on Github make it seem like a huge hassle. (e.g. You need a custom ROM that supports app impersonation, which is usually prohibited on security/privacy conscious distributions.)
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karyon 3407 days ago
yes. in short, it didn't work for me. either your ROM supports that out of the box (mine didn't), or you install xposed (should be rather simple with their installer, but didn't work for me, likely because my five year old device isn't supported), or you patch your ROM manually to enable "app impersonation" (signature spoofing), that didn't work for me either.

but the xposed route should be simple, provided you have root access.

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