MicroG on SFOS 4+

I had to enable Allow apps to see account in aliendalvik control → settings → Accounts->my gogl account->Personal info & privacy. Before that I wasn’t able to use google for storing Whatsapp backups. When signing in I got something like “you already have signed in”-message, but I wasn’t able to choose the account. I think this is missing in DrYaks instructions.

Unfortunately, Aliendalvik-Control is not available for aarch64. Does anyone know, how to access Android settings without it?

You can access Androis settings via terminal (see above):

I suppose you enabled developer mode so you have the terminal …

Sorry, did not see your previous post. Yes, dev mode is enabled and Backup works as expected. Thank you!

I am happy it is working!

I get this on sfos4.1 aarch64:
Screenshot_microG
and I can’t enable System Package Replacement under android permissions.
But I can download any app I’ve looked for and they work ok…so just out of curiosity is the System Package Replacement permission necessary or not?

Probably it’s not that important

I just checked with my Xperia 10 ii, SFOS 4.1: system package replacement is not enabled (at least Android settings say so), but everything appears to work, so as @CarloAlberto said, it’s apparently not important

Happy to know for sure that now. I’ll buy my Xperia 10 II as soon ad possibile then

on 4.0 this was solved by editing a file that had defaultuser/nemo problems but I understand this has been fixed. I won’t bother until I find an app that doesn’t work

I am able to add microg repos in f-droid.
And i am getting GSM Core Services in f-droid search but when i click on install, i am getting “Not Installed” error.

Any alternate way to install microg ?
I am not able to installed it via f-droid.

You can direct download the apk and install internal.

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Did you enable signature spoofing in Prefs > Android App Support?

Thank you @eson
I am able to install the microg apps. do i need to install all of them ?

I have no idea, I guess it depends on what you want to achieve.

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So I followed the tutorial, and only installed the 4 apps from the MicroG repo. Things seems to be working fine, except Signature Spoofing. And I noticed the battery usage did increase, I will confirm later. (I could end the day in 50%, we’ll see if that is similar now with MicroG)
Discord now shows notifications. Haven’t tried any apps that make use of location.

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I liked the most. So, from FDroid:

o Déjà Vu

Mobile/cell and WLAN/Wi-Fi based network provider for UnifiedNlp and microG

o Nominatim

UnifiedNlp geocoding provider (MapQuest Nominatim)

o FakeStore

microG Store (FakeStore release)

o Local GSM Location - A local cell tower based back

UnifiedNlp location provider (local GSM database)

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Can’t find that here. Do you mean Sailfish Settings > Android App Support?
There is “Disable Android AppSupport system package verification”. Is that the same as signature spoofing?

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