-
-
Notifications
You must be signed in to change notification settings - Fork 1.8k
New issue
Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.
By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.
Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account
Downloading MicroG from F-Droid #2638
Comments
Sideloading via adb doesn't give much advantages over normal installation via F-Droid. |
What do you mean with installing in the system partition? I mean how can I do that? Is it not in the System Partition by sideloading via ADB? And what are the limitations by installing it directly via F-Droid? And what are the advantages via ADB sideloading compared to installung via F-Droid? (I try to learn and understand everything) |
It means modyfing the system partion manually, or use a flashable zip or a magisk module (all need an unlocked bootloader).
Installing via adb sideload / Play Store / F-Droid is almost the same (at the end it is installed only as user app). If it is a user app and not a system privileged app microG cannot bing to system location and cannot wake-up app that receive notifications when the phone is in standby. |
But sideloading via ADB is the exact same? I have an unlocked Bootloader already and sideload the MicroG zip via ADB...
Yes, I understand. But what are these mimor differences? Because I plan to install it from F-Droid in the Future, instead of sideloading via ADB, because it would be more secure this way.
So that means when I install it from F-Droid and my Device is in standby, it don't get or show notifications if I turn it on again? Does it in general receive notifications if I just install it from F-Droid? Because that is the most important why I use it. |
You can update an adb-sideloaded microG using F-Droid after adding the repository https://microg.org/fdroid/repo and setting the repo to top of list. |
Okay thank you so much for this helpful reply! But let's say I only get MicroG from F-Droid without having sideloaded it via ADB and without Magisk/KSU module, what difference would that make, compared to having it sideloaded before? Someone before said that I would get not nofification when my Phone is in standby but maybe you can explain everything better for me? And what difference would it make if I update MicroG which I sideloaded before, now by Updating it via MicroG Repo? Does it make a difference if I sideload new MicroG Versions via ADB compared to updating it via MicroG Repo now? |
As I have said you would NOT get notifications when the Phone is in standby also if you sideloaded it via ADB. |
That's not true, because even tho I sideload it since a long time, I always did get Notifications... |
You only think it is working but it isn't really working. I will use WhatsApp as example:
|
For me, I don't care if it uses more Battery. Because I always get Notifications directly. And that's the only important for me. MicroG in my opinion is not secure and not private, but I use it because I need it for Notifications. But having it as system App only to be 1000% sure, is not a valid reason for me. Because I need to root my Phone. Which is not secure. So it would mean that I would have now two unsecure things. I just use MicroG until I switch to GrapheneOS for sandboxed Google Play Services which are more secure and private. |
The root doesn't need to be permanent, anyone can just:
|
I did not know of that, but that's actually true. And then update it via F-Droid always? |
If the app is first installed as system app, then it can be updates in any way (F-Droid, adb or other app stores) and it retain its system status (as long as the signature is the same). |
Oh okay, thank you for telling. Is this the most right way to install it? Meaning: First install per Magisk, then unroot and update via F-Droid MicroG Repo? And what do you mean with same signature? Like how can I check that or be sure about that. Let's say I installed MicroG as System-App via Root and then did unroot. And now can I just update it from F-Droid MicroG Repo or which Version would I need and how to check/know that? (I want to say thank you so much for helping me so much, that means a lot to me, because I didn't had this knowledge and updating MicroG was really a pain for me. I sideloaded MicroG via ADB and when I want to update it via F-Droid it says that I need to remove the one I have at the moment, because they have different signatures. What should I do? Because I don't want to update it via sideloading. Because it causes often times corruption, thats why I need to do factory reset...) |
Hey,
is it possible to install MicroG from F-Droid without sideloading it? Or is it only there in the MicroG Repo to update after I sideloaded it via ADB?
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: