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NanoDroid
NanoDroid is a installer for various OpenSource related things, most noticably microG and F-Droid. It supports direct /system installation, both devices with or without A/B partition scheme, aswell as Magisk Mode (module) installation. It also includes several tools (eg. GNU Bash, GNU Nano, more), scripts, fonts, sounds and additional features (system debloating, init scripts, automatic logcat creation), aswell as a companion F-Droid Repository.
Furthermore it allows the user to do fine-graded installations using configuration files, which allow to choose what to install, or if several alternatives are available, which of them, see Alter Installation below.
NanoDroid allows you to choose between the official microG GmsCore and a custom microG GmsCore (default), list of changes.
In order for full microG experience NanoDroid contains a modified Play Store which allows (in-)app-purchases with microG, which would normally not be possible. It also tries to remove all previously installed GApps on it's own. For ROMs without builtin signature spoofing support NanoDroid includes an on-device Patcher which tries to patch your ROM from TWRP.
Versions until 15.1 were called NanoMod, starting with 16.0 they're called NanoDroid.
Table of Contents
- NanoDroid
Created by gh-md-toc
Current Release
- Stable: 20.5.1.20190116 (USS T'Plana-Hath)
- Beta: --- (---)
Downloads
Primary Mirror
On AndroidFileHost all stable and beta releases are available.
- Stable Downloads > Androidfilehost
- Beta Downloads > Androidfilehost
Secondary Mirror
On Nanolx the latest stable and beta releases are available, no previous releases.
SHA256 Checksum and GPG Signature
Since version 18.3.1 all releases hosted on nanolx.org contain a SHA256 checksum and GPG signature to check their validity. AFH does provide the SHA256 checksum on the downloads summary page, but does not allow to upload a GPG signature.
You can obtain the public part of my GPG key from:
- download the public key from photonic.asc
- import it using
gpg --import photonic.asc
- import it using
- download and import using
gpg
from pgp.mit.edu:gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv B0ABCE622A077B584B81339E340FD70EFFC52B26
You can verify the checksum and signature like:
gpg --verify NanoDroid-19.0.20181027.zip.sha256.sig
sha256sum -c NanoDroid-19.0.20181027.zip.sha256
Additionally you may want to ensure the signing date is close to the release date.
Snapshots
You can create snapshots from this repository.
- on GNU/Linux, MacOS or *BSD clone this repository and use the provided
build-package
script like- download required files:
build-package pull
to download all required apks and libraries for the Full, microG and F-Droid packages
- build packages:
build-package full
to create the Full packagebuild-package microg
to create the microG only packagebuild-package fdroid
to create the F-Droid only packagebuild-package patcher
to create the on-device framework-patcher packagebuild-package uninstaller
to create the uninstaller packagebuild-package setupwizard
to create the Setup Wizard packagebuild-package bromitewebview
to create the Bromite WebView packagebuild-package osmand
for the OpenStreetMap (OsmAnd) packagebuild-package systest
to create the SysTest packagebuild-package all
to create all packages at once
- update required files:
build-package u-microg
to update microGbuild-package u-fdroid
to update F-Droidbuild-package u-apps
to update (most) applicationsbuild-package u-swipe
to update swipe librariesbuild-package u-gsync
to update Google Sync Adaptersbuild-package u-bromite
to update Bromite WebViewbuild-package u-osmand
to update OpenStreetMap (OsmAnd)build-package pull
to update/re-download everything
- download required files:
for apks downloaded from F-Droid repositories or from APK Mirror, build-package
checks the SHA256 hash.
The build-package
script additionally supports the following parameters:
check
check if all files were properly downloadedclean
remove any untracked files from the repo (e. g. frombuild-package pull
)dalvik [.jar]
prepare a jar file for use with DalvikVM (requires Android SDK)ver [version] [date]
change project versionbump
increment Magisk module version by 1
The following applications are custom builds (see F-Droid Repository below):
- Play Store (reason: re-signed and modified to support (in-)app-purchases with microG GmsCore)
- microG GmsCore (reason: built with additions)
- microG DroidGuard Helper (reason: built with fix for non 32bit arm devices failing SafetyNet attestation)
- OmniJAWS (reason: no binary built outside of OmniROM available)
- MPV (reason: infrequent updates)
- OpenLauncher (reason: infrequent updates)
Also build-package
looks if the configuration files
.nanodroid-setup
.nanodroid-apps
.nanodroid-overlay
exist in the data
directory of the repository, if so, those files are used when creating packages instead of the default ones from the doc
directory.
See the documentation below for more information on those files and what they do.
Supported Android Versions
NanoDroid officially supports the following Android versions:
- 4.4 / SDK 19 (KitKat)
- System Mode only (Magisk does not support KitKat)
- 5.0 / SDK 21 (Lollipop)
- 5.1 / SDK 22 (Lollipop)
- 6.0 / SDK 23 (Marshmallow)
- 7.0 / SDK 24 (Nougat)
- 7.1 / SDK 25 (Nougat)
- 8.0 / SDK 26 (Oreo)
- 8.1 / SDK 27 (Oreo)
- 9.0 / SDK 28 (Pie)
- Patchers works if your ROM's services.jar already contains classes.dex
earlier versions will never officially be supported (you may still report bugs, though).
Future versions will be officially supported, eventually.
Support
> XDA Support Thread
ChangeLog
Full, user-readible > ChangeLog
Summary
NanoDroid can be installed as a Magisk Module or directly to /system, most functionality is available, in System Mode, too.
More information about Magisk > XDA
NanoDroid includes
- microG and it's companions
- GApps are auto-removed during installation
- using > NanoDroid-Overlay
- the Uninstaller will restore them in System Mode (or re-flash the ROM)
- see the > GApps Removal List
- location packages conflicting with unified Nlp will be auto-removed during installation
- using > NanoDroid-Overlay
- the Uninstaller will restore them (or re-flash the ROM)
- see the > GApps Removal List
- GApps are auto-removed during installation
- F-Droid and it's privileged extension
- modified Play Store to allow (in-)app-purchases with microG
- this required the Play Store to be modified, see the > patch
- alternatively Yalp Store can be installed instead
- custom init scripts
- pseudo-debloat feature (Magisk Mode)
- disables applications systemless-ly
- pre-configured > default settings
- force-debloat feature (Sytem Mode)
- moves applications out of the way to /sdcard/nanodroid_backup/
- pre-configured > default settings
- several Open Source applications
- include replacements for the pseudo-debloated applications
- full list of > included applications
- on-device framework-patcher for microG support (signature spoofing)
- with automatic de-odexing up to Android 8.1
- additional components
- GNU Bash shell
- GNU Nano terminal editor
- several utilities from
util-linux
,bsdmainutils
and more - Addon.d support for System Mode installation
- restores NanoDroid after ROM update
- re-debloates GApps, if required
- restored NanoDroid-Font setup, if required
- The Legend of Zelda ringtones and sounds
- System UI fonts from several Nintendo games
Packages
Modules
Module packages, flashing through TWRP required (flashing through Magisk Manager is not supported).
- NanoDroid: includes
- everything mentioned in the Summary
- NanoDroid-microG: includes (only)
- microG and it's companions
- pseudo/force-debloat feature
- app store(s)
- GApps and location packages auto-removal
- NanoDroid-fdroid: includes (only)
- F-Droid and it's privileged extension
- NanoDroid-BromiteWebView: includes (only)
- NanoDroid-OsmAnd: includes (only)
Installation Logfiles
The recovery log and installation configuration is stored after installation, regardless with it succeeded or failed.
You'll find the files in
- /data/adb/MODID_log_INSTALLDATE
- /data/adb/MODID_twrp_INSTALLDATE
where MODID is either
- NanoDroid
- NanoDroid_microG
- NanoDroid_FDroid
- NanoDroid_BromiteWebView
- NanoDroid_OsmAnd
and INSTALLDATE is the date of installation in %Y%m%D_%H.%M.%S format (eg: 20180709_20.34.14).
In case of installation errors, issues or questions provide theese files in your report for easier debugging.
Parallel Installations
Since the microG and F-Droid packages are subsets of the Full NanoDroid package, they can't be installed alongside.
The microG and F-Droid packages however can be installed in parallel, as they complement each other.
Extras
Extra packages, flashing through TWRP required (flashing through Magisk Manager is not supported).
- NanoDroid-setupwizard: includes
- AROMA based Setup Wizard to create the configuration files
- user can choose where to store the configuration files
/sdcard
(fallback)/external_sd
/data
- NOTE: AROMA only works on
arm
andarm64
, if your device isx86
orx86_64
, it won't work
- NanoDroid-uninstaller: includes
- uninstalls all NanoDroid Magisk Modules
- uninstalls NanoDroid installed in System Mode
- uninstalls NanoDroid-Patcher addon.d environment
- restores GApps and location services auto-removed during installation (System Mode)
- restores
services.jar
patched by NanoDroid-Patcher (System Mode)
- NanoDroid-systest: includes
- system testing script which will create the logfile
/sdcard/NanoDroid-SysTest.log
- the following data is collected:
- device profile (ROM, manufacturer, device, ABI, builddate, security patch date)
- detected LD_LIBRARY_PATH
- DalvikVM binary and it's architecture
- mounted partitions, whether device is A/B
- list of installed GApps
- file list of /system/app and /system/priv-app
- whether the ROM has native signature spoofing support
- use this to provide additional informations when posting issues
- system testing script which will create the logfile
Extra packages, flashing trough TWRP recommended, flashing through Magisk Manager is supported.
- NanoDroid-patcher: includes
- on-device framework-patcher for signature spoofing support
- on Android up to 8.1 the Patcher will automatically deodex your services.jar
- on Android 9 you need to manually deodex your services.jar
- creates the file
/data/adb/NanoDroid_Patched
after successful patching - installs an addon.d script for automatic re-patching after ROM update
- addon.d support files reside in
/data/adb/nanodroid-patcher/
- addon.d support files reside in
- on-device framework-patcher for signature spoofing support
F-Droid Repository
In order to ease updating NanoDroid's custom application builds you can use it's companion F-Droid Repository
Scripts
Misc. Scripts for use from PC/Notebook, while device is in TWRP, they are found in this repository:
- mount-magisk
- script to mount or unmount Magisk in TWRP
- script toggles mount-state (read: will mount Magisk if unmounted and unmount Magisk if mounted)
Details
NanoDroid
This lists features unique to NanoDroid.
NanoDroid-Overlay
The nanodroid-overlay
script handles the debloat feature
- pseudo-debloat applications in Magisk Mode
- force-debloat applications in System Mode
- show the list of debloated apps
- show the list of non-debloated apps
- add or remove apps from the list of debloated apps
Full details on the NanoDroid-Overlay Script > Details
NanoDroid-Prop
The nanodroid-prop
script utilizes Magisk's resetprop to alter system properties
- add system properties (Magisk-only)
- both on-the-fly and permanently
- properties set by this script survive NanoDroid updates
Full details on the NanoDroid-Prop Script > Details
NanoDroid-Perm
The nanodroid-perm
script grants microG and Co. required permissions, if lacking
Full details on the NanoDroid-Perm Script > Details
NanoDroid-Util
The nanodroid-util
script contains the following features
- show boot count
- fix OTA update issues (like non-working navbar)
- handle
Audio Focus
permission- prevent apps from stealing audio output, for example listen to Music while playing Pokémon Go
- handle
Read Clipboard
permission - modify
Airplane Mode
settings- choose which radios are on or off in Airplane mode
Full details on the NanoDroid-Util Script > Details
NanoDroid-Font
The nanodroid-font
script changes the Sytem UI font
Full details on the NanoDroid-Font Script > Details
init scripts
The following init scripts are bundled with NanoDroid
- external_sd
- symlink SD Card mount point to
/external_sd
- SD Card needs to be inserted upon boot
- symlink SD Card mount point to
- fstrim
- trim file systems (may increase speed)
- logcat
- store logcat in /data/adb
- logs older than 7 days are deleted on every reboot
- store logcat in /data/adb
- logscleaner
- clean up log files
- sqlite
- clean up sqlite databases
When in Magisk Mode the init scripts create their log files in
/magisk/NanoDroid/.logs/${script}.log.${date}
When installed to /system your ROM needs to support running scripts in
/system/etc/init.d
or you can use Kernel Adiutor's init.d emulation.
Shell Utilities
Several utilities from bsdmainutils
and util-linux
are included:
- col
- colcrt
- colrm
- column
- hexdump
- ncal
- findfs
- findmnt
- look
- lsblk
- lscpu
- lsipc
- lslocks
- lsns
- setterm
- whereis
Other shell utilities
GNU Bash and GNU Nano
NanoDroid includes GNU Bash shell and the GNU Nano terminal editor.
microG
microG is an Open Source replacement for Google Services, full details can be found at the microG homepage > Website
NanoDroid includes microG as follows
- microG GmsCore, choose from offical build > GitHub and custom build > GitHub
- with optional Déjà Vu location provider backend > F-Droid
- with optional Mozilla location provider backend > F-Droid
- with optional Apple location provider backend > F-Droid
- with optional Radiocells location provider backend > F-Droid
- with Nominatim adress provider backend > F-Droid
- with microG GsfProxy > GitHub
- with microG DroidGuard Helper > GitHub
- required for SafetyNet support
- support for Maps API version 1
- support for Google Calendar and Contacts Sync Adapter
- disabled by default
- optional Swipe libraries
- disabled by default
- choose between modified Play Store > APK Mirror, Yalp Store > F-Droid or Aurora Store > F-Droid
- Yalp Store and Aurora Store can use system permissions to install packages, so you don't need to enable
Unknown Sources
- go to Yalp Store or Aurora Store Settings > Installation Method >
Using system permissions
- go to Yalp Store or Aurora Store Settings > Installation Method >
- Play Store is modified to allow (in-)app-purchases with microG
- Yalp Store and Aurora Store can use system permissions to install packages, so you don't need to enable
- GApps and several location services conflict with microG and unified Nlp. Thus they are removed during NanoDroid installation
- using > NanoDroid-Overlay
- see > GAppsRemoval for more details
F-Droid
F-Droid > Website is an app store for OpenSource applications.
NanoDroid includes both F-Droid and it's Privileged Extension > F-Droid, so you don't need to enable Unknown Sources
.
Furthermore NanoDroid tells F-Droid to activate the following additional repositories by default:
- NanoDroid companion F-Droid repository > Link
- BromiteWebView F-Droid repository > Link
- official microG F-Droid repository > Link
Applications
NanoDroid includes a variety of OpenSource applications, check full > list
The Legend of Zelda ringtones and sounds
NanoDroid includes The Legend of Zelda > Nintendo ringtones and sounds, because it's dangerous to root alone.
Full > Details
Nintendo Fonts
NanoDroid includes Nintendo Fonts.
Full > Details
Installation
Alter Installation
NanoDroid supports altering the installation settings to a wide degree.
Full > Details on altering installation manually, or use the Setup Wizard (if you've got an arm/arm64 device).
Installation Process
NanoDroid
- Use Setup Wizard to create configuration files (if you've got an arm/arm64 device), or create manually (see above)
- Download pre-built zip or create one from this repository
Installing from scratch
This is the recommended way.
Stock ROM without GApps, custom ROM with/without OpenGApps
OpenGApps and GApps-less ROMs don't need further measurements, the Installer takes care of required steps.
- perform full wipe (/system, /data, /cache, Dalvik/ART cache)
- recommended, but not required
- install desired ROM
- make sure it does not include GApps if you want to use microG
- NanoDroid tries to get rid of GApps on it's own, but it may not always work, try without any warranty
- make sure it does not include GApps if you want to use microG
- install Magisk
- recommended, but not required
- if Magisk is installed, NanoDroid will be installed as Magisk-Module, else it will install into
/system
directly
- install desired Kernel (if any)
- install NanoDroid
- if you want to use microG make sure the ROM is either pre-patched with signature spoofing support or deoxeded so you can patch yourself see here
- you can use the Patcher package to de-odex (up to Android 8.1) and/or patch services.jar (up to Android 9.0)
- if you want to use microG make sure the ROM is either pre-patched with signature spoofing support or deoxeded so you can patch yourself see here
- reboot into ROM
Stock ROM with GApps
Stock ROMs with GApps may not allow to switch from Google GmsCore to microG GmsCore in-place, thus the installation is slightly different.
- perform full wipe (/system, /data, /cache, Dalvik/ART cache)
- recommended, but not required
- install desired ROM
- make sure it does not include GApps if you want to use microG
- NanoDroid tries to get rid of GApps on it's own, but it may not always work, try without any warranty
- make sure it does not include GApps if you want to use microG
- install Magisk
- recommended, but not required
- if Magisk is installed, NanoDroid will be installed as Magisk-Module, else it will install into
/system
directly - if you want to use microG make sure the ROM is either pre-patched with signature spoofing support or deoxeded so you can patch yourself see here
- you can use the Patcher package to de-odex (up to Android 8.1) and/or patch services.jar (up to Android 9.0)
- install desired Kernel (if any)
- mount
/system
read-write and remove the following folders- GApps GmsCore (which can have multiple paths, depending on the ROM):
/system/priv-app/GmsCore
/system/priv-app/GmsCore_update
/system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore
/system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCorePi
/system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCorePix
/system/priv-app/GoogleServicesFramework
/system/priv-app/Phonesky
- GApps GmsCore (which can have multiple paths, depending on the ROM):
- boot into ROM (ignore all those complaints that Play Services are missing)
- this is step is required!
- reboot to TWRP
- install NanoDroid
- if you want to use microG make sure the ROM is either pre-patched with signature spoofing support or deoxeded so you can patch yourself see here
- you can use the Patcher package to de-odex (up to Android 8.1) and/or patch services.jar (up to Android 9.0)
- if you want to use microG make sure the ROM is either pre-patched with signature spoofing support or deoxeded so you can patch yourself see here
- reboot into ROM
Upgrade / Installing on a clean ROM
When upgrading NanoDroid or installing on a known clean ROM (read: GApps free), you may also just
- install Magisk
- recommended, but not required
- if Magisk is installed, NanoDroid will be installed as Magisk-Module, else it will install into
/system
directly
- install NanoDroid
- reboot
microG
Signature Spoofing Support
For microG to work, your ROM needs to have signature spoofing enabled (or a deodexed ROM to patch yourself).
If your ROM does not have signature spoofing support, you can manually patch it either
- flashing the on-device Patcher zip
- it also installs an addon.d script that auto re-patches the ROM upon update
If your ROM is odexed read this instructions on how to deodex services.jar manually
The Patcher supports installing the patched services.jar
into the following locations:
- NanoDroid Magisk Module
- NanoDroid-microG Magisk Module
- directly into
/system
So you can use it regardless whether you're using NanoDroid or not.
microG Setup
Once your ROM supports signature spoofing, you need to setup microG like this
- go into microG settings and set up everything like:
- check results in Self-Check, grant missing permissions (by tapping on them)
- especially the Battery Optimization item
- if Phonesky (= Fake Store or Play Store) lacks signature spoofing permissions head to Settings / Apps / Permissions / Signature Spoofing and grant it
- enable Google device registration
- enable Google Cloud Messaging (only if you want to receive push messages from your applications)
- enable Google SafetyNet (required for applications that utilize SafetyNet, for example Pokémon GO, ...)
- in UnifiedNlp Settings choose either any or all of (whichever you've choosen to be installed)
- Déjà Vu, Mozilla, Apple, Radiocell as Geolocation backend
- Nominatim as Address lockup backend
- after everything is done, reboot
- if you installed Play Store open it, setup account and install your apps
- check results in Self-Check, grant missing permissions (by tapping on them)
Issues
List of known issues and their respective fixes or workarounds.
microG
- Battery Drain
- microG fails to register applications to GCM (Google Cloud Messaging) if they were installed before microG, but the apps keep trying to register and that causes the battery drain, all apps installed after microG are properly registered, to fix the battery drain either
- do a clean flash of your ROM (, Magisk) and NanoDroid and install your apps after microG setup
- uninstall and re-install all your applications (backup application data if required)
- microG fails to register applications to GCM (Google Cloud Messaging) if they were installed before microG, but the apps keep trying to register and that causes the battery drain, all apps installed after microG are properly registered, to fix the battery drain either
- microG lacks features
- if you use AppOps, PrivacyGuard or the like you have to grant microG GmsCore all permissions, if you prevent some permissions, some apps or features might not work as expected or not at all. Note: some APIs/features are stubs in microG GmsCore, meaning they exist that apps don't complain, but they do nothing - thus blocking microG GmsCore is pretty much of no benefit.
- You can't get past the first page of the microG login wizard on KitKat
- either connect a Keyboard and use it to skip the first page (will work normally then)
- use the custom NanoDroid microG GmsCore build, which has this issue fixed starting with version 0.2.6.14799-dirty-145
SafetyNet
- Applications/SafetyNet check complain with
Google Play Services are missing
- you did not
- setup microG (or did not reboot afterwards)
- grant signature spoofing permission to Fake Store or Play Store
- go to Settings / Apps / Permissions / Signature Spoofing and grant it
- install either Fake Store or Play Store
- you did not
- SafetyNet check fails after upgrading Magisk to version 18.0
- go to Magisk Manager > Magisk Hide and activate it for
microG DroidGuard Helper
- go to Magisk Manager > Magisk Hide and activate it for
- Applications crash during SafetyNet check
- install microG DroidGuard Helper as user-app (required on some ROMs), as root, on-device, issue:
pm install -r /system/app/DroidGuard/DroidGuard.apk
- this is done automatically in Magisk Mode (as of version 20.5)
- install microG DroidGuard Helper as user-app (required on some ROMs), as root, on-device, issue:
Play Store
- Play Store giving error RH-01
- ensure you rebooted after microG setup
- ensure Play Store has signature spoofing permission
- go to Settings / Apps / Permissions / Signature Spoofing and grant it
- force close Play Store and open it again
Push Messages
- Apps are not receiving Push messages
- go to microG Settings / Google Cloud Messaging and check if it is connected
- ensure you don't have an adblocker blocking the domain
mtalk.google.com
it is required for GCM to work - when using Titanium Backup first install the app only (without data) and start it, this will register the app, after that you can restore the data using Titanium Backup
- if an app is not shown as registered in microG Settings / Google Cloud Messaging, try uninstalling and re-installing it
- when restoring the ROM from a TWRP backup GCM is often broken, no workaround currently known, except uninstalling and re-installing the apps
Unified Nlp
- unified Nlp is not registered in the system
- some ROMs with native signature spoofing don't look for
com.google.android.gms
as location provider - tell the developer (or maintainer) of the ROM to fix this
- some versions of
com.qualcomm.location
conflict with uNlp, if it's installed and unified Nlp doesn't work, try the following command to get rid of it, as root, on-device:novl -a com.qualcomm.location
- some ROMs with native signature spoofing don't look for
- unified Nlp is registered in the system, but fails to get location
- issue the following commands as root, on-device:
pm grant com.google.android.gms android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
pm grant com.google.android.gms android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
- some versions of
com.qualcomm.location
conflict with uNlp, if it's installed and unified Nlp doesn't work, try the following command to get rid of it, as root, on-device:novl -a com.qualcomm.location
- issue the following commands as root, on-device:
- Ichnaea (Mozilla) location backend doesn't provide location
- if you use Blockada, add the location backend to the whitelist
- for any other ad-blocker, whitelist the following domain:
https://location.services.mozilla.com
F-Droid
- On some ROMs (most noticeably MIUI ROMs) F-Droid can't install applications
- this is because F-Droid's Priviledged Extension is not compatible with those ROMs, disable it from
- F-Droid > Settings > Expert Settings > Privileged Extension
- this is because F-Droid's Priviledged Extension is not compatible with those ROMs, disable it from
Other
- Some Stock ROMs do not properly work after first boot since their SetupWizard is disabled by NanoDroid (because it's incompatible with microG)
- check
/system/build.prop
or/vendor/build.prop
if they contain the propertyro.setupwizard.mode
and change it to (you can do this from TWRP via ADB, with the builtinvi
editor)ro.setupwizard.mode=DISABLED
- in Magisk Mode NanoDroid will do this on it's own using Magisk's
resetprop
- if you can access your device via ADB, you can also issue the following command as root, on-device:
nanodroid-util --fix-update
- check
- Applications crash when using WebView (BromiteWebView package)
- install Bromite WebView as user-app, as root, on-device, issue:
pm install -r /system/app/BromiteWebView/BromiteWebView.apk
- this is done automatically in Magisk Mode (as of version 20.5)
- install Bromite WebView as user-app, as root, on-device, issue:
- ROM lags after applying signature spoofing patch
- some ROMs already have the patch built-in, if you patch those ROMs (again), it results in heavy lags
Google Software
- Hangouts isn't properly working
- as root, on-device, run the following command:
pm disable com.google.android.talk/com.google.android.apps.hangouts.service.NetworkConnectionCheckingService
- as root, on-device, run the following command:
Additional helpful information in the microG > Wiki.
License & Credits
My own work (NanoDroid itself) is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3 or newer > GNU
For more details (including authors and license) on every provided application or Software press the link next to it.
Additional credits go to
- Mar-V-In for microG
- topjohnwu for Magisk
- Lanchon for dexpatcher and haystack
- osm0sis for GNU Nano and Busybox
- shadow53 for automatic apk grabbing base code
- ale5000 for microG system permission files, GApps Removal list and native signature spoofing detection
- PaperYoshi for Nintendo Fonts
- anestisb for vdexExtractor
- JesusFreke for smali/baksmali
Special Thanks to the contributors
- Gia90
- Android 6.0 support for Patcher
- fixes for x86_64 support
- Vavun
- OsmAnd package
- several contributions to NanoDroid and it's microG GmsCore fork
Special Thanks to the beta testers
- xenithorb
- ShapeShifter499
TODO
FAQ
Q: will there be a GApps version, instead of microG?
A: no. but you can choose not to populate microG.
Q: what devices is this tested on?
A: OnePlus 5T, OnePlus 3T, Nexus 6
Q: what ROMs was this tested on?
A: OxygenOS Pie, OmniROM, NitrogenOS; should work on any LineageOS / AOSP based ROM and most Stock ROMs.