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.
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.
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.
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
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
@@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.
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
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.
I don't know if its just me. I use the samsung apps over the google apps. The samsung apps are streamline with the oneUI design. I think the samsung apps are wonderfully designed and optimized.
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.
Even if you switch to an iPhone, they use Google as the default search engine for Siri and they use Gemini as the back end for part of its Apple intelligence
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
@@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
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
19:35, seeing almost the full video and knowing its quite possible to live without google services, it fills you with...DETERMINATION :D Edit: wow, HowToMan gave me the heart in a heartbeat,heh lol, thanks btw
Keep in mind that tutanota email can expire under certain circumstances. I forgot what exactly the term is, and i really liked using tutanota until mine expired and I had to pay to continue using it. I was kind of mad, but thankfully the address was only used for scrolling twitter so I didn't lose anything important.
Any solution for Android Contacts? as I'm tired of Google duplicating my contacts and then mergin/fixing it, takes decades, the phone stuck for long period, it gets buggy, annoying with the sync etc,etc.
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.
"it's impossible to go completely Google-less unless switching to an iPhone" That's not true. You even mention running custom OSes at the end. Speaking of which, *LineageOS is not the best option for privacy.* In fact out of the major alternative Android OSes it's probably the worst for privacy. The best would be *GrapheneOS.* Second would be *DivestOS,* third would be *CalyxOS,* fourth and fifth would be the obscure IodéOS and /e/ (and potentially any other rather unknown/obscure OSes), and near the bottom of the pack would be LineageOS, with only like Paranoid Android below it. Not to say that LineageOS isn't private nor a good option, just that it's definitely far from the most private.
It's about privacy, not not using Google for anything. RUclips can still be used privately without giving away personal data like location, name, contacts, etc.
I have an old pixel 4a as a backbup phone. My current phone is a s23fe snapdragon I cant flash firmware on. But I added android 14 on pixel 4a and this months security patch because pixel 4a is now unsupported and installed gapps on it.
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 👍👍💯💯💪💪
I want a google assistant replacement. Not because I dont want be tracked, google assistant just stopped working on external displays for flip phones. Main requirement is hands free voice activation.
Excellent info but, this is not degoogle, you just removed the consent to some option. In some cases they do not change the monitoring that google has on you, such as maps for example, even without using it and even without active PGS they know your constant approximate position, in other ways, such as networks between devices, which even if disabled work the same. You should completely remove google to be sure... at least from that point of view because then... uff
No, it isn't impossible to go completely Google-less, and you don't need an iPhone. Also, not every Android can be de-Doogled, but the ones which can be, can be completely free of all Google services.
I'm just waiting for two things to happen for me to de-google my phone. First, official support for LineageOS or Resurrection Remix and second, the end of software support in about 3 years.
What do you mean by "end of software support"? Also consider DivestOS. Also make sure your phone can even have an OS installed to it at all (assuming you're not getting a new one), because many -probably the majority of devices- have locked bootloaders meaning you can't change the OS.
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.
I get that some people might totally freak out with all the privacy issues. but not only these are hectic and will take hours to set up, they're no where near what Google's offering I don't see a scenario where someone will go so far so as to Disable or remove Google Play Store. Although that does buy you the most expensive thing in today's time, privacy. On the other side, I once saw a guy requesting to remove the microphone from his phone cause he believed they're listening to all his conversation
"they" are listening to everything you say. more than once I have been discussing a particular product with my brother in law or wife and guess what starts showing up minutes later in ads on my phone? yep, the product. most people do not understand that these are not just phones for our convenience. these are personal surveillance devices that geniuses have figured out how to make US pay for so they can record all that we say and do. anyone who does not understand this is living in fantasy land.
I bet you most people here had already known about most of these. That's the only explanation I can find to it being pushed out. Let's all give Google a pat on the back for promoting privacy conscious thinking / practices. 😂
GrapheneOS is the best way to De-google android. If you dont have a Pixel, CalyxOS might be the next best, but at that point Google Play Services are on again
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.
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
thx bro ❤
thanks bro
Thank you bro🙏🙏
thx :)
HereWeGo is better alternative to Google Maps.
Great to see a video privacy oriented ! I usually watch all your videos, but this one was especially good ! 👌
One of your best ever videos! So much research, honesty, and clarity! Keep it up bruh! 😎
Right bra
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.
/ microg, gapps not only $h1t on privacy - they also eat your battery..
@@xslvrxslwt Flamegapps good?
Wish I could do this but my phone is from a carrier
@@xslvrxslwt Im using mindthegapps
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.
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!
Degoogling refers to flashing a custom Rom without GApps.
Calyx, and Graphene are focused more towards privacy.
agree, iodéOS also stands out
@@alexhnd552 True, what he suggests helps, but google will still be able to know you.
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.
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
Thanks. I have wondered what would happen if I did this.
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
Hey, I have the same phone and wonder how you did it please
I'm using Nokia x100 can I do that
What is safety net
@@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.
@@xugo91 Late response ik but I haven't seen the comment until now. You need the Magisk Play Integrity Fix module.
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
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!!
Can you please upload your experiment here?
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.
You can even de-Google a Pixel, but you can't do the same with an iPhone.
Thanks for the Aurora store recommendation. Honestly, it is better than my Google playstore.
0:16 GrapheneOS would like a word with you
Very Helpful Video....Great job Mate!!
Man you're so underrated for a tech reviewer. 😤
All your videos are so calming to watch
I don't know if its just me. I use the samsung apps over the google apps. The samsung apps are streamline with the oneUI design. I think the samsung apps are wonderfully designed and optimized.
Same ❤
This video is totally a treasure Bro!!!
Big like from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
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.
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
graphene, calyx, iodé, .. all running on pixels!
Me getting a google ad before thid video :)
Even if you switch to an iPhone, they use Google as the default search engine for Siri and they use Gemini as the back end for part of its Apple intelligence
Apple Intelligence don’t use Gemini.
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.
This vid needs more visibility! Commenting for the overlord's algo to recommend it to more viewers!
Love it bro. Take our love and keep going.
Did you just call Google, big brother? Lmao love it
I use proton mail and I love it a lot
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.
Heard of mproto?
Every person with an android phone needs to watch this
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.
Magic Earth is the best Google Maps alternative IMO
Now that's magical
@@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.
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.
@@scottlewis2372 I might give it another try some time but I'm more hyped for Organic Maps to become good tbh
What's a RUclips alternative. Since it's owned by Google.
you can also replace gmail with email if you are on a Samsung device
I feel like he has been looking at my phone, since almost all the apps he recommended are the ones that I use.
Damn! So many hidden settings in my Samsung phone to turn off. Thanks, man!
Hey, friend - I want to thank you for this vid - I thought I was being safe and anonymous but I was not - better now ❤
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
love that lamp on the left!
The only way to de Google is to have custom rom without having Google play services otherwise they still watching you
@@einekratzekatze sure 😁 Rob Braxman Tech explains well. Long videos but informative
ruclips.net/video/mqSCmT5S-2w/видео.html
Even with custom rom, they can actually track using trackers in popular apps though. That can never be turned off.
You are literally running google software even when using a custom rom. There is no way to escape the botnet
@@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
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
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
Telegram does not have end-to-end encryption unless you create a private chat with someone
This video should have 5M views and 100K likes
Rob Braxman is also good at De-Googling.
Ever since I subbed, this is your first new vid so can’t wait to see it
Awaited Pro video 😉 it's awesomely useful.thanks💙
Forget to mention super thumbnail😉
19:35, seeing almost the full video and knowing its quite possible to live without google services, it fills you with...DETERMINATION :D
Edit: wow, HowToMan gave me the heart in a heartbeat,heh lol, thanks btw
Editing your comment removes the heart. So I don't know if you're lying
@@pranavyedlapalli2127 didn't know lol
@@pranavyedlapalli2127 now that's a tricky question 😂
Keep in mind that tutanota email can expire under certain circumstances. I forgot what exactly the term is, and i really liked using tutanota until mine expired and I had to pay to continue using it. I was kind of mad, but thankfully the address was only used for scrolling twitter so I didn't lose anything important.
Do you really think your data is not collected when you disable some of these features.
Every time I watch this guy's videos, I think about how he looks and sounds like the Twitch streamer, iipk.
give this man a medal
A nice open source local music player I use is phonograph. It works great for me
Big thumbs up for making this video!
Any solution for Android Contacts? as I'm tired of Google duplicating my contacts and then mergin/fixing it, takes decades, the phone stuck for long period, it gets buggy, annoying with the sync
etc,etc.
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.
"it's impossible to go completely Google-less unless switching to an iPhone" That's not true. You even mention running custom OSes at the end. Speaking of which, *LineageOS is not the best option for privacy.* In fact out of the major alternative Android OSes it's probably the worst for privacy. The best would be *GrapheneOS.* Second would be *DivestOS,* third would be *CalyxOS,* fourth and fifth would be the obscure IodéOS and /e/ (and potentially any other rather unknown/obscure OSes), and near the bottom of the pack would be LineageOS, with only like Paranoid Android below it. Not to say that LineageOS isn't private nor a good option, just that it's definitely far from the most private.
Even if you turn off RUclips history it still recomends your most watched videos all the time.
You can also uninstall unwanted package using ADB.
Big Brother ! I see what you did there and I am liking it !
basically get a huawei 💀
Agree
Ah because huawei is more private
Why dont you ask chinese citizens how much they love Huawei 😂
Huawei isnt even allowed in the states for a reason.
@@freezypop3496why do you think Huawei isn’t allowed in the usa?
But now you will want to DE-huawei it😂
Because of the chinese government
Great pitch: the experience hasn't been all that dreadful...
Finaly an guide easy without install a new ROM
Huawei user: This information is too valuable
😂😂😂
an alternative to signal would be something like element or fluffy chat as they use the matrix protocol and dont need ur phone number.
Or session or signal
After de googling your mobile you upload video on google owned RUclips and that was amazing...
It's about privacy, not not using Google for anything. RUclips can still be used privately without giving away personal data like location, name, contacts, etc.
I'm really tempted to get a landline, somehow 🎉
great video pal!
Great video! Very thorough!
microG is the best FOSS & no Google implemented OS for android, ive used it for years
Chrome > Bromite | Duck Duck Go
Google Files > Metarial Files
Camera > Graphene Camera
I have an old pixel 4a as a backbup phone. My current phone is a s23fe snapdragon I cant flash firmware on. But I added android 14 on pixel 4a and this months security patch because pixel 4a is now unsupported and installed gapps on it.
Damn so much info in 1 video thanks bro
How did you not mention calyxos or grapheneos with their web installer?
You don't need a custom ROM or root to de-google any phone with android 11 and above but it is a very complicated manual process.
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 👍👍💯💯💪💪
I would never do that because I don’t care about tracking and privacy and I adore Google softwear services like You tube and Street view among others!
HowtoMen! You are the Man!
Awesome video as always
I want a google assistant replacement. Not because I dont want be tracked, google assistant just stopped working on external displays for flip phones. Main requirement is hands free voice activation.
Doesn't work they will just undo it or install a separate app that you can't uninstall or disable with locked in permissions you can't change
Excellent info but, this is not degoogle, you just removed the consent to some option. In some cases they do not change the monitoring that google has on you, such as maps for example, even without using it and even without active PGS they know your constant approximate position, in other ways, such as networks between devices, which even if disabled work the same.
You should completely remove google to be sure... at least from that point of view because then... uff
Telegram DOESN'T have end to end encryption and is known to share data with goverments. The company is also pretty shady.
No, it isn't impossible to go completely Google-less, and you don't need an iPhone. Also, not every Android can be de-Doogled, but the ones which can be, can be completely free of all Google services.
Great video and information. Thanks for doing this.
It is NOT impossible to go completely Googleless on an Android device. Please don't misinform others if you don't know yourself.
I'm just waiting for two things to happen for me to de-google my phone. First, official support for LineageOS or Resurrection Remix and second, the end of software support in about 3 years.
What do you mean by "end of software support"? Also consider DivestOS. Also make sure your phone can even have an OS installed to it at all (assuming you're not getting a new one), because many -probably the majority of devices- have locked bootloaders meaning you can't change the OS.
Please answer or show a video how to start a reset android without logging in to a google account
I would have had at least 10 ads by now, thx.
Nice work dude
Using google ( youtube ) to de google phones
Iron cuts iron
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.
How did you make FlorisBoard show you word sugestions?
great vid, man
I get that some people might totally freak out with all the privacy issues. but not only these are hectic and will take hours to set up, they're no where near what Google's offering
I don't see a scenario where someone will go so far so as to Disable or remove Google Play Store. Although that does buy you the most expensive thing in today's time, privacy. On the other side, I once saw a guy requesting to remove the microphone from his phone cause he believed they're listening to all his conversation
"they" are listening to everything you say. more than once I have been discussing a particular product with my brother in law or wife and guess what starts showing up minutes later in ads on my phone? yep, the product. most people do not understand that these are not just phones for our convenience. these are personal surveillance devices that geniuses have figured out how to make US pay for so they can record all that we say and do. anyone who does not understand this is living in fantasy land.
I bet you most people here had already known about most of these. That's the only explanation I can find to it being pushed out.
Let's all give Google a pat on the back for promoting privacy conscious thinking / practices. 😂
GrapheneOS is the best way to De-google android. If you dont have a Pixel, CalyxOS might be the next best, but at that point Google Play Services are on again
Great video bro!!!
Google is so annoying seeing weird ads all the time
Amazing tutorial. Thank you!
But what about Calyx OS? or Graphene? and using MicroG for necessity Google services.
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.
I also use Alternative OS for my phone. I also have a flip phone that uses KAIOS.
him: its impossible to remove google services
lineage os: hold by beer
Even it doesn't show Connected apps😅