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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Hi guys basically as the title says. I have a pixel phone running GrapheneOS and I really don't want to install Play Services. Is there an alternative for me? I need reliable notifications for Telegram and signal. Edit: Thank you all amazing people for helping I learned alot and found best setup for me

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[-] VHS@hexbear.net 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's a drop-in replacement so it should provide push notifications and location functionality just fine for every app. Other functionality such as IAPs will probably be unsupported.

From the data I see on Plexus for WhatsApp, the core functionality and notifications work just fine on MicroG, but backing up chats to Google Drive is broken.

[-] Cris16228@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago

Then I'm just unlucky because it didn't work for me, no push notifications

[-] VHS@hexbear.net 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

What ROM are you using? MicroG depends on a ROM feature called "signature spoofing" that allows it to impersonate the Play Services apps.

[-] Cris16228@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago
[-] VHS@hexbear.net 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah, that ROM doesn't support MicroG. It's more focused on being hardened for security

[-] Cris16228@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago

Ooh makes sense, sorry!

this post was submitted on 04 Jan 2025
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