De-Googling Any Android Phone! (Google Apps Alternatives)

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In this video, I'll be showing you how to De-Google your Android device. Basically removing or replacing every Google App or Service if you're having privacy concerns. Enjoy!
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(͡• ͜ʖ ͡•) Inform yourself! ᕙ(`▿´)ᕗ
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▣ Past Google Data Mishandling
www.cupwire.com/google-timeline/
▣ Android Open Source Apps Mega-Post
/ a_list_of_open_source_...
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(ㆆ_ㆆ) Replace Google Apps ✍(◔◡◔)
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▣ Universal Android Debloater
github.com/0x192/universal-an...
▣ Aurora Store
f-droid.org/en/packages/com.a...
▣ F-Droid
f-droid.org/
▣ APKMirror
www.apkmirror.com/
▣ K-9 Mail
play.google.com/store/apps/de...
▣ ProtonMail
play.google.com/store/apps/de...
▣ Tutanota
play.google.com/store/apps/de...
▣ Floris Keyboard
f-droid.org/packages/dev.patr...
▣ OpenBoard
play.google.com/store/apps/de...
▣ Ungoogled Chromium
github.com/ungoogled-software...
▣ Fennec F-Droid
f-droid.org/en/packages/org.m...
▣ Osmand
play.google.com/store/apps/de...
▣ Stingle Photos
play.google.com/store/apps/de...
▣ Aves Gallery
play.google.com/store/apps/de...
▣ OnlyOffice
play.google.com/store/apps/de...
▣ Notally
play.google.com/store/apps/de...
▣ QuillNote
play.google.com/store/apps/de...
▣ Mega
play.google.com/store/apps/de...
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(ɔ◔‿◔)ɔ ♥ Extras ≧◉◡◉≦
▣ Warden
www.apkmirror.com/apk/aurora-...
▣ Simple Mobile Tools
play.google.com/store/apps/de...
▣ Lineage OS
lineageos.org/
▣ Paranoid Android
aospa.pages.dev/
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Timeline
0:00 How Google Mishandled Data in the Past
1:52 Turn Off Anti Privacy Settings
9:44 Replace Google Apps
17:56 Find & Stop Every Tracker
18:27 BEST Privacy ROMS

[@bronkolie]

10:00 App Store 11:16 Gmail 12:35 Messages 13:03 Keyboard 13:48 Chrome 15:05 Maps 15:49 Photos 17:00 Docs 17:09 Notes 17:17 Launcher 17:23 Drive

[@iso.dev9]

thx bro ❤

[@vixceti]

thanks bro

[@that_random_short_kid1230]

Thank you bro🙏🙏

[@mo-tasem]

thx :)

[@chinmaybapat6774]

One of your best ever videos! So much research, honesty, and clarity! Keep it up bruh! 😎

[@infotruther]

Right bra

[@fulcrumthewhite]

Great to see a video privacy oriented ! I usually watch all your videos, but this one was especially good ! 👌

[@elcat0]

Huge respect for making this video, you've covered so many aspects of security and privacy that it's crazy. Thanks a lot for this!

[@xxx_kali]

I have never skipped your videos..... Always fun watching and learning new stuffs from your channel ☺️☺️

[@exoticcarculture]

All your videos are so calming to watch

[@navneet___sree]

Very Helpful Video....Great job Mate!!

[@karatejohnnie9582]

Love your work, your style of presentation ,above All your love for us the people .Clearly it shows by the things you post for us the people .I appreciate you and thanks for all you do for us the people .Please keep up the good work.

[@karthikeyan-tl2qs]

Awaited Pro video 😉 it's awesomely useful.thanks💙 Forget to mention super thumbnail😉

[@carlosovni7100]

This video is totally a treasure Bro!!! Big like from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

[@PANDA-fv6bi]

The best way to de-google ur phone is to install a custom rom without gapps and use alternative apps for those google apps. It's a hectic process but very much doable. U lose some conveniences too. And I'm sure there r ways they can track/watch u via custom roms too since the core os is android. I'm not an expert though, correct me if I'm wrong.

[@xslvrxslwt]

/ microg, gapps not only $h1t on privacy - they also eat your battery..

[@dracul3691]

@@xslvrxslwt Flamegapps good?

[@LupeSunglass]

Wish I could do this but my phone is from a carrier

[@dracul3691]

@@xslvrxslwt Im using mindthegapps

[@DhaleBEvans]

lineage OS doesn't come with gapps right? but does it come with its own internet browser? I want to install a custom ROM on my phone for the first time ever and I would just like to know.

[@user-go3pz3no7g]

Last week I did factory data reset then i stoped every thing related to google completely..sadly my phone became crazy..the mobile data and bluetooth tethering and nearby share didn't work but the performance became much much better and every thing was smoother and the internet speed bacame fast and stable also the battery life became very good i don't know what google do with my phone.this video came at the perfect time thanks..sorry about my weak English

[@andrewwilliams3207]

About to start fresh with my P7P. I'm determined to replace any app I can with something privacy oriented. Thank you for this video!!

[@infotruther]

Can you please upload your experiment here?

[@ryanlockyer2408]

Ever since I subbed, this is your first new vid so can’t wait to see it

[@OmarMosquedaAFGX3]

Thanks alot for your videos brother really helped me a lot, to know my phone apps, settings, and much more I'm even in your jr at android intelligence thanks alot for all that you do Take care and have a wonderful New Year's Eve 👍👍💯💯💪💪

[@akberthegreat579]

Love it bro. Take our love and keep going.

[@sidz0001]

Big thumbs up for making this video!

[@thecheesyg]

Great video and information. Thanks for doing this.

[@dingomars2962]

Thanks for the Aurora store recommendation. Honestly, it is better than my Google playstore.

[@vidyasagar3624]

Big Brother ! I see what you did there and I am liking it !

[@911Glokk]

Degoogling refers to flashing a custom Rom without GApps. Calyx, and Graphene are focused more towards privacy.

[@alexhnd552]

agree, iodéOS also stands out

[@phillybilly-zl5js]

@@alexhnd552 True, what he suggests helps, but google will still be able to know you.

[@nico1337]

I'm using Lineage for microG on my OnePlus 8T for over a year now, and it has been rock solid! I can use every app I want to use and I even get SafetyNet

[@xugo91]

Hey, I have the same phone and wonder how you did it please

[@franklinholcomb2701]

I'm using Nokia x100 can I do that

[@infotruther]

What is safety net

[@nico1337]

@@infotruther An API by Google for apps to check if the device has been tampered with. It can be triggered by having an unlocked bootloader, a custom ROM or root access etc.

[@nico1337]

@@xugo91 Late response ik but I haven't seen the comment until now. You need the Magisk Play Integrity Fix module.

[@jrgarciab]

Amazing tutorial. Thank you!

[@iamfmos]

Man you're so underrated for a tech reviewer. 😤

[@ScottAnders62]

Great video! Very thorough!

[@livealldaydrew]

proton mail just upgraded all free customers to 15 GB if I'm not mistaken it was announced yesterday cuz they just updated their entire suite they also have a calendar

[@_R3ap3R_.]

Damn so much info in 1 video thanks bro

[@hnni999]

very Helpfull video bruh 😍 thank u🙏

[@marcel5427]

Brow, excellent post! Thanks

[@LiviTech]

Did you just call Google, big brother? Lmao love it

[@LBP2Saperoth]

So telagram is only end to end encrypted if you turn it on in the settings. this is something you need to say when talking about it as people just assume that it is on by default.

[@shakierputtur]

great video pal!

[@markguim]

love that lamp on the left!

[@gaxdel]

amazing video! good job!

[@MioshiB6]

So detailed and Useful

[@somebody69747]

Awesome video as always

[@VictorAdad]

Great video bro!!!

[@robertcronin6603]

Hey, friend - I want to thank you for this vid - I thought I was being safe and anonymous but I was not - better now ❤

[@dominickirkwood]

I love it bro keep up the work and I love the video lot real true 👍

[@hecobo6274]

A nice open source local music player I use is phonograph. It works great for me

[@persona2293]

One thing about Aurora store, it was handled by single developer and currently under stagnation. If you can't code, but still want to contribute, you can still help in documentation and other things as well.

[@TipsOnTube]

Great my friend, 👌 Thank you very much for sharing your great video have a beautiful weekend 👍

[@lundsweden]

You can even de-Google a Pixel, but you can't do the same with an iPhone.

[@Alberto-hj7jp]

My god thank you for quillnote, I have been looking for a real replacement to keep and nothing came close for me, this will do

[@Lewaifu]

Best channel for android users

[@manishbarik2267]

Damn! So many hidden settings in my Samsung phone to turn off. Thanks, man!

[@bonrodriguez8229]

great vid, man

[@harumi48]

give this man a medal

[@happyguy2k]

The only way to de Google is to have custom rom without having Google play services otherwise they still watching you

[@happyguy2k]

@@einekratzekatze8339 sure 😁 Rob Braxman Tech explains well. Long videos but informative kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6K2dKCKarhgaNk

[@shreyasas3128]

Even with custom rom, they can actually track using trackers in popular apps though. That can never be turned off.

[@Pianoplayer104]

You are literally running google software even when using a custom rom. There is no way to escape the botnet

[@happyguy2k]

@@Pianoplayer104 if I'm not mistaken ther are many custom roms and you can have them without gapps before you actually install the device, which limits Google from tracking you and you can get apps without the Google play store. Thus limiting their reach

[@DhaleBEvans]

hi I want to install custom ROM on my phone for the first time ever. Does lineage os come with its own internet browser? i don't want to download gapps

[@spaul360]

Very very interesting video 👍

[@Sandeep6]

HowtoMen! You are the Man!

[@michael49789]

Thanks for your video! My two cents: Better alternative for Google Maps: Organic Maps. If you still have a Google Pixel phone or you are ready to purchase one, then the best OS alternative is GrapheneOS. For much security-minded people GrapheneOS is a good reason to purchase a Pixel phone. 😉 Great Music player: Metro.

[@rahilarious]

there is "osmand" . All of them arebased on openstreetmap, and unfortunately it'll never be as good as google maps as it relies on community

[@alexhnd552]

graphene, calyx, iodé, .. all running on pixels!

[@muhammadmustafahassan7814]

You are love. Please make more videos like this.

[@dakotastange3880]

I use proton mail and I love it a lot

[@MrBond119]

What is the name of Voice recording application you have used in the starting of your video clip

[@pilgrim3541]

Great video 👌

[@4rii224]

You can also uninstall unwanted package using ADB.

[@nakulbaurai4438]

Nice work dude Using google ( youtube ) to de google phones Iron cuts iron

[@walterderosa1009]

I love your videos but this is simply amazing. A question. Can we replace the system apps with the other you suggested to us and totally remove the standard app using "universal-android-debloater". For example, can we remove Chrome definitely and use Firefox? And... there is an app that can replace the Phone app able to record the calls? Thanks

[@fahmimaulana7255]

its possible, yet you have to root your phone ans its too risky in any way

[@liz_violet]

i used to to completely wipe chrome off my android! and a bunch of easter egg and dev testing apps.

[@johnbradshaw3001]

You can only disable the app if your phone is not root. But it's all the same.

[@infotruther]

​@@fahmimaulana7255 its not risky if you do it right

[@Somanybot]

@@fahmimaulana7255 that tool don't requir root but it only unistall for users

[@hirankaushal3899]

Nice content ♥️

[@damianateiro]

Finaly an guide easy without install a new ROM

[@TechAims]

Very helpful

[@chownzi2461]

Every person with an android phone needs to watch this

[@SyntheticStuntMan]

the bad part is the baddies that are tracking us can turn those features right back on without your knowledge. the only way to get good but not perfect privacy is with a custom rom install.

[@sidhantmohapatra6891]

apart from lineage OS and paranoid OS, is it advisable to use pixel experience? make a video on the best ROMs and their unique features

[@Lada333]

PE is just stock Pixel ROM with some LOS-like features.

[@milanbehera509]

ଭାଇନା :)

[@sidhantmohapatra6891]

@@milanbehera509 Kana Khabar

[@biplabroy8991]

Thank you very much for the video. Great content. Cheers

[@shreyasas3128]

I feel like he has been looking at my phone, since almost all the apps he recommended are the ones that I use.

[@aadityadatir6456]

Thank you!

[@devnydv]

After de googling your mobile you upload video on google owned KZbin and that was amazing...

[@MsHojat]

It's about privacy, not not using Google for anything. KZbin can still be used privately without giving away personal data like location, name, contacts, etc.

[@whenthethebeansstrikeback6728]

As an update, Simple Mobile Tools has made their apps paid while removing some features from the free versions, as well as putting in a 14-day trial

[@phobos6389]

/e/OS also has more than 200 supported devices for anyone who wants to check it out. It comes without google services and no google apps, but you are still able to install any google app like maps, youtube etc if you want. Your privacy will still continue due to tracker blocking, fake location, fake IP address etc. All trackers are blocked and your data will not be shared so openly. The OS makes sure to leak data if necessary for functions or apps to still work. The OS still has flaws etc, but now the first stable version that is still more of a beta version has been released. Flashing is very easy and detailed instructions are provided. The app lounge, their custom play store, does not require an account and has imported all the apps you could find in the play store. I haven't yet found an app that I am unable to install. There are sometimes issues with google-login options for different apps and some apps require you to download the app from the play store (only one I found in my daily usage was the mcdonalds app). You are not per default able to install the google play store (but you don't have many reasons to do. With the fake locations there is no way to use google maps or other GPS dependent navigation apps, but you can swipe left on your home screen and disable the blocker within 1 second. Very nice UI and very much customization possible.

[@thomasmeunier8669]

Still the shittiest ROM to this day ... 🙂

[@czdot]

How did you make FlorisBoard show you word sugestions?

[@nico1337]

Magic Earth is the best Google Maps alternative IMO

[@NexusKodry]

Now that's magical

[@nico1337]

@@davidbrown6878 I think OsmAnd is the worst, I'd choose Organic Maps if it weren't for Magic Earth. I think the routing and UX is just the best with Magic Earth.

[@scottlewis2372]

I've used it some and been satisfied. It finds addresses better than OSMand, which I use for following pre-loaded routes on motorcycle trips. OSMand does a great job on that.

[@nico1337]

@@scottlewis2372 I might give it another try some time but I'm more hyped for Organic Maps to become good tbh

[@MariaReyes-wg5zx]

What's a KZbin alternative. Since it's owned by Google.

[@HeDoesNotRow]

Telegram is NOT end to end encrypted by default. The only E2EE chats are secret chats, which have to have it enabled manually, and they don't sync to other devices.

[@trndogaming]

Heard of mproto?

[@macjim]

Is there a website that covers the alternative apps you’ve talked about?

[@oneshot_2010]

I switched as much as i could of services that Google provide, to Samsung alternatives, since i own a Samsung Tablet and Phone, like, i Switched from Google Assistant to Bixby, Google Lens to Bixby Vision, Google Chrome to Samsung Internet ,Gmail to Samsung E-Mail, and so on.

[@hariharan4986]

👍 Really nice video....

[@HalfAHandyman]

Dude, thank you.

[@zeffisetups]

Man you're amazing 👏 lots of love for you from Pakistan 🇵🇰 ❤️

[@user-go6ly4xv2c]

شكرا على مجهوداتكم

[@BreadBloke]

an alternative to signal would be something like element or fluffy chat as they use the matrix protocol and dont need ur phone number.

[@infotruther]

Or session or signal

[@nasirakeel1432]

Thanks for bro love so give thumbs up

[@chibuzo]

You got me with that WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger 😂😂😂😂

[@coolerking7427]

I also use Alternative OS for my phone. I also have a flip phone that uses KAIOS.

[@martin_minds]

woooooow, this is a great info-video. thank you. your sponsor sounds creepy!

[@JoeyCheex0583]

microG is the best FOSS & no Google implemented OS for android, ive used it for years

[@Reed20Pick6TD]

How did you not mention calyxos or grapheneos with their web installer?

[@SCAM-BUSTER.777]

Rob Braxman is also good at De-Googling.

[@dingomars2962]

Thanks 😊

[@pablogg411]

Telegram does not have end-to-end encryption unless you create a private chat with someone

[@theironfoot]

Awesome video, thanks!

[@user-pe9kw7gq7r]

you can also replace gmail with email if you are on a Samsung device

[@sambothach6064]

what are you using for your widgets?

[@MemelordSupreme]

It'd be so nice if we could DE-Samsung the galaxy phones haha. Samung's bloat is just crazy on top of how much stuff they harvest. You have to double down and revoke everything from google and samsung. Quite the headache.

[@TerminallyUnique95]

Even if you turn off KZbin history it still recomends your most watched videos all the time.

[@macjim]

If you’ve set all these to off, do they get turned back on with each and every update? I currently have an iPhone but I’m thinking about getting a mobile phone that has better cameras but it’s an android device…

[@tajdinaydemir9946]

I screamed when you threw the phone it was so unexpected LMAO

[@NexusKodry]

Your scream be like: DON'T TOUCH DA CHIIIIIILD! 😄 F the phone

[@acuramartenss3783]

Lol 😂 I got a Google ad watching this video

[@user-vu9ln1pe4t]

Please answer or show a video how to start a reset android without logging in to a google account

[@Sandeep6]

But what about Calyx OS? or Graphene? and using MicroG for necessity Google services.

[@shreyasas3128]

Exactly what I would do if I had a pixel. You can even relock bootloader after installing rom on pixel. It's like a dream for privacy advocates like me.

[@dreamerfer5707]

Huawei user: This information is too valuable

[@HISTORYgr.]

😂😂😂