My Degoogled Phone
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This article was last updated on 2022-04-10, the content may be out of date.
This is my degoogled-setup for my phone, following up to this post. This android phone is powered with a custom rom and has no GAPPS pre-installed which means no Google Play services, no spyware.
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I will try to keep this post updated.
Essential
- AOSP camera
- AOSP contact
- AOSP clock
- AOSP messaging
- DAVx5: CalDAV/CardDAV Synchronization and Client.
- FairEmail : Email client. I used to use K-9 Mail, it’s still a solid choice if you don’t like FairEmail.
- Files : Simple file manager.
- FlorisBoard : An open-source keyboard which respects your privacy.
- KISS Launcher : Seriously the most comfortable launcher I’ve ever used.
- Organic Maps : Offline maps with turn-by-turn navigation.
- Simple Gallery Pro : Basic yet highly customizable offline gallery.
- Simple Calendar Pro: Open source calendar app.
Browsers
- Duckduckgo Browser : Great google search replacement and the browser is actually nice.
- Privacy Browser : A web browser that respects your privacy.
Instant messaging
- Conversations: XMPP client.
- Element: Matrix client - an instant messaging app.
- Telegram: Telegram
- Threema: The messenger that puts security and privacy first.
There are just too many of them
News/podcast
- AntennaPod : Featured rich and beautiful podcast client.
- Feeder : Decent RSS Feeder.
Networking
- AdAway : Block ads and trackers.
- AfWall+ : Firewall (iptables frontend).
- WireGuard : Android GUI for WireGuard.
- Syncthing : Sync all of my files across devices without going to any servers.
Social
- Dawn for Reddit: Unofficial client for Reddit.
- Newpipe : Lightweight YouTube frontend that doesn’t require google account and has no ads. (not really degoogled but I try to limit it as much as possible)
Productive
- Goodtime: Minimalist Pomodoro Timer
- Loop Habit Tracker: Track your habits and long-term goals
- Orgzly : Notes and Todo app with Org-mode.
- ReadEra : EReader for books and document viewer (proprietary software)
Other utilities
- F-Droid : My only place to install applications.
- KeepassDX : Secure and open source password manager. Synced to my PC via Syncthing.
- OpenKeyChain : PGP key manager. Can be used to encrypt and decrypt files, emails,..
- Termux : Terminal emulator.
