Alternate to Android OS

 

Device	Release year	postmarketOS	Droidian	Ubuntu Touch	Sailfish OS
Fairphone 4	2021	✅ Community	❓/community	❌	❌
Sony Xperia 10 III	2021	❓	❌	❌	✅
PinePhone Pro	2021	✅ Community	❌	❌	❌
Sony Xperia 10 IV	2022	❓	❌	❌	✅
Fairphone 5	2023	⚠️ Testing	❌	✅	❌
Sony Xperia 10 V	2023	❓	❌	❌	✅
Jolla C2	2024	❌	❌	❌	✅
APK Support		Waydroid	Waydroid / Android container	Waydroid on supported devices	Android App Support / Android runtime

Degoogling while still keeping GPS and GMS services on your mobile.

There are 2 non root methods to remove apps/services from your mobile

1)  ADB (Android Debug Bridge), using pm uninstall --user 0. This removes the app for your user profile completely (not just "disable"), without needing root, and it's reversible with a factory reset if you ever need an app back.

Setup (one-time):

1. On the phone: Settings > About Phone > tap "Build number" 7 times to enable Developer Options
2. Settings > System > Developer Options > enable USB Debugging
3. On your PC, install platform-tools (contains adb.exe)
4. Connect phone via USB, allow the RSA debugging prompt on the phone screen

 

2) A GUI wrapper called Universal Android Debloater (UAD-ng) does the same pm uninstall --user 0 calls through a checkbox list — same effect, no typing package names by hand.

 

github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation

It has 4-5 sections/classes. Its recommended class/section shows the package which it thinks can be easily removed.

 

Package to be removed.

App	Package name
Gmail	com.google.android.gm
YouTube	com.google.android.youtube
Google Maps	com.google.android.apps.maps
Google Photos	com.google.android.apps.photos
Google TV	com.google.android.videos
Google News	com.google.android.apps.magazines
Google Meet	com.google.android.apps.tachyon
Google Drive	com.google.android.apps.docs
Google One	com.google.android.apps.subscriptions.red
Assistant/Gemini	com.google.android.apps.bard (Gemini) / assistant is often bundled in GMS core — see note below

A few things worth knowing before you run the batch:

• Google Assistant/Gemini on newer Android builds is sometimes tied into com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox (the search bar/widget) or partially into Play Services itself. Removing it may also kill the home screen search bar, "long-press power button" assistant gesture, or voice typing in the keyboard. Worth testing one app at a time rather than uninstalling everything in one batch, so you can spot which one causes a side effect you didn't want.
• Google Drive vs Google One: if you use Google Photos backup or Drive backup for anything (WhatsApp backups often route through Drive), removing these breaks that silently — good to double check nothing depends on them first.
• None of this touches GMS/Play Services or GPS hardware, so your earlier concern about Intune and location still holds — those stay intact either way.

 

Following Packages wont be shown under Recommended package but

Nothing AI

The relevant packages are com.nothing.ntessentialspace and com.nothing.ntessentialrecorder,  Com.nothing.essentialintelligence . These wont be under recommended package category. You will have to search them under other categories. 

Google Safery Core Alternative

Google silently installs SafetyCore (on-device sensitive content scanning) and it reinstalls itself every time you try to remove it. The community’s solution is simple and effective: a placeholder APK with an absurdly high version number (2,000,000,000). Once installed, Google can no longer overwrite it. 1. Uninstall SafetyCore 2. Install the placeholder 3. Keep control of your device GitHub: https://github.com/daboynb/Safetycore-placeholder Even blocking a Google component requires workarounds on stock Android.

Alternatives

Auroa store and F droid

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Review of Custom ROMs

 

Custom ROMS but has inbuilt Google/Gapps

1)      AOSIP

2)      Project Sakura

3)      EvolutionX

4)      Derpfest

5)      Radeon

6)      ShapeShift

7)      AEX AOSP Extended

Website not reachable

1)      MSM Extended

2)      Cherish OS

3)      Legion

4)      XmorZ

5)      AIM ROM

6)      Superior OS

7)      ColtOS

8)      Project 404

Custom ROM	Issues
AOSPA	Ltd official version. Trying unofficial version is risky
Arrow	Too much discontinued ROMS
GearMagic	Not compatible with TWRP.
HAVOC OS	Website not reachable
ZenX OS	Website not reachable
CesiumOS	Project Discontinued
Oxygen OS	Can’t trust being one plus.
Reloaded OS	Very few devices supported
Mallu OS	Come on
Halogen	Website not user friendly.
Ancient	Does not liked the taste

Ungoogled Custom ROMS tried by me

1)      Resurrection Remix (Trying to move away from it and it messed up my boot files resulting in bootloop)

Good	Bad
Very deep customization options	No contact option available at website
Permits dirty flashing i.e Even after installing it kept even my existing Whatsapp, firefox and all other apps intact	They locked my Bootloader.
	At website: The download images of Custom Rom are not searchable with phone specific models.
	No Mirco G integration and preinstalled maps.
	No online Account to save contact and calender.

 

 

2)      CrDroid.net (Used for one month)

Good	Bad
Very deep customization options	Slow startup/bootup.
Permits dirty flashing i.e Even after installing it kept even my existing Whatsapp, firefox and all other apps intact	No Mirco G integration and preinstalled maps.
Better privacy control over apps as the apps can be issued permission to use only when in use and not all the time.	Mistyping errors. Typingpad is slow to respond.
Vast variety and recently launched models available for flashing custom roms	The default button menu is not ON and has to be searched and set.
Website is very use friendly and easy to navigate.	No online Account to save contact and calender.
Very frequent updates	Annoying Message at home screen of Cr Droid for start up

 

3)      E Foundation (Used for 5 months)

Good	Bad
Micro G integration and pre installed maps	It picked my secondary mike as main mike
E mail server for saving contacts and calendar	Slow updates
	The Phone models available for flashing are very Limited and more than 15 months old.