Hello! I recently switched to LineageOS and have been enjoying it fine. However, certain apps just refuse to work without engoogling them, sadly, and I need help doing it without making my entire phone a google-shaped target.
I’ve tried installing the apk’s manually or getting them through Aurora (once I got that to work), but no dice, they invariably give me some error code at the last hurdle, seemingly indicating a reliance on the services I’m trying not to install.
The alternative is keeping my SIM-less old phone around, the apps still work. I’m not sure how, considering they’re tied to my phone number. I don’t need those apps every day, so it wouldn’t be a huge bother, I’m just worried it’ll stop working after a while, and then I’m SOL.
Have you tried MicroG? https://microg.org/
It spoofs Play services to a lot of apps that (claim they) require it. MicroG even have their own Lineage fork.
I did try MicroG! It’s possible that I fucked it up, this stuff isn’t my forté. Do you have any examples of apps that work fine with MicroG? If those also don’t work, I know it’s something I did.
It depends on the app, really. Some will work and some won’t: My Danish digital ID crapped out immediately, my Swedish one works fine. That’s with all systems go according to the MicroG checklist.
My best guess is that MicroG does work, but some apps will check the bootloader and refuse to open if it’s unlocked as mine is?
I never was successful getting things like that working on LOS. They seem to work fine on Graphene with sandboxed Play, but the phones that works on are limited.
