GmsCore VS MinMicroG

Is anyone here daily-driving microg and can share their experiences? https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki/Implementation-Status does not exactly inspire confidence.

...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/

microG itself connects directly to Google: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki/Google-Network-Connec...

No shit, of course they do.

>In general, we obviously try to minimize the connections to Google, but some services strictly rely on them and would just not work without.

What exactly do you think they should do instead?

MicroG

In release notes for GmsCore v0.2.29.233013 (https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/releases/tag/v0.2.29.233013), I also see:

Yes, the Xposed module is one way. There are also other ways

Which one should I use? Is this MicroG's official website right? (https://microg.org/)

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.

I have crDroid 9.2 + Magisk v25.2 + MinMicroG (NoGoolag version). Magisk is hidden. I pass SafetyNet and RootBeer says I'm not rooted, but UBS still recognizes it (it's the only app on my phone that detects root!)

While this one is not as stable as the last one it does has more options to choose from and it does use latest vanilla (untouched) playstore (which I did a guide for that for to get it on the other one and it is not easy) The explanation lof packages are here: https://github.com/FriendlyNeighborhoodShane/MinMicroG

In order to flash MinMicroG, you either need to flash from recovery (which requires TWRP, as stated in the official guide: "Newer LOS recoveries are usually missing important tools, so you will probably require a full-fledged custom recovery like TWRP." I tried without TWRP and got 'Footer is wrong' and Signature failed errors, which I'm guessing is due to missing tools in the iodéOS recovery ROM

By the way I was checking that I didn't bullshit you here : https://github.com/FriendlyNeighborhoodShane/MinMicroG

Yes, you can just flash MicroG after Lineage and it is the same. I think LineageOS for MicroG also ships with Fdroid. I would recommend to flash something like MinMicroG.

for your question. i found this was the best way to install microg on roms MicroG you have to build it yourself which is easy and there is a guide for it. they have a repo with prebuilds too but they are usually outdated.

Ah yeah, didn't think of that, as a sidenote I personally use the minmicrog installer, it has a couple more features

I had a look at MinMicroG and it seems to include proprietary Google stuff. My main reason for moving off of standard ROM and installing MicroG was to keep my apps working but without having any Google tracking. Do you know if installing this will lead to any form of tracking by Google?

If you have root permissions or even just a recovery with file manager support (like TWRP) you can just place some files related to SWYPE libs inside a specific location and viola! You have Gesture Typing on AOSP keyboard. Look into the MinMicroG project and if you don't want everything it offers, just extract the zip and remove the things you don't want and repackage and flash. It's not difficult at all and completely worth trying as you can flash that same zip on whatever ROM you will be running in future.

If it helps, from a privacy perspective, mindthegapps and OpenGapps pico are inferior to microG. If you don't want to stick with LineageOS, you should look into MinMicroG. It's NoGoolag edition comes with the following and can be installed on any ROM allowing for signature spoofing