Apps that Work on a DeGoogled Phone 

K-9 Mail works for me- multiple/ unified inboxes, optional encryption, push IMAP support- everything I'd want on a mobile.

I very appreciate, that you are so close to us viewsers. Usually you would have no chance to interact with big youtubers, but you already answered me alot of questions in live streams. Thank You!

THANK YOU MR. TITUS! =D This is a a treasure trove of fantastic information you're sharing, love your degoogle-apps list. This is all perfectly presented and we look forward to following you down this adventurously freeing techy rabbit hole! Definitely keep sharing de-Googled and Linux mobile phones and anything else in this new territory. Looking forward to all your sharing! =D Power to the People! =) Many Thanks! Jeff

Thx so much CCT so exited to see the new videos about linux-phone and others

You can install NetGuard firewall by M66B from Github or F-droid and put it in whitelist mode and then choose which app gets access to internet and which doesn't.

Interesting video, good work. Sony is also doing a lot of work opening their phones to devs and alternate OS-es . I wonder why not more projects are recognizing this.

This is very interesting. I have been in the e/ forums for some time now. I'm waiting for a version to try out in my phone. Great to see you going with this topic (specially being a youtuber, haha)

I use OSMand as my main navigation app, although i have a not degoogled phone. I use navigation often in no mobile service territory and a offline gps only app is a key point.

Hey, Chris! I've used /e/ Foundation's ROM on my Moto G a while ago. Try and see if any of your devices have a supported build for it, if you'd like to try the OS. Otherwise, if you'd like to buy a Fairphone, (or any other preloaded device, for that matter) definitely go for it.

Try FairEmail from f-droid for an alternative email client

Thank you, Chris.

Hi Chris, I ran into this video while looking for a single site browser solution similar to the ice-ssb on Linux. But watching the video I see you have not mentioned any similar option. So I searched the web and found Hermit I installed it from Aurura (it has 'only' 2 trackers) and was able to use it for gmail, Google Drive. So far looks good ...would be interesting to know if you heard of something similar? Another option I thought about is compiling a wrapper to each website separately.... what do you think?

You mentioned some of the trackers in Spotify (like fb share) "don't exist" while others do. Is there a way you know that, or a way we can test that if we want to download from aurora?

17:32 The e Foundation and Fairphone are 2 separate entities. the e Foundation produces /e/ (their OS name) which is based on Android. Fairphone is a private Dutch company which produces Fairtrade cellphone, which are easily repairable (you can change camera, screen, obviously the battery and a lot more, they also sell the spare parts, but you can't change the software (easily, there are ways to root it)), and they use normal Android. The e Foundation sells Fairphone 3s which are flashed with /e/.

In case anyone needs it, Facebook Lite and Messenger Lite are a thing. And according to Aurora Store, Facebook Lite has no trackers and Messenger Lite has 2.

I love the outlook app, if it was with a self-hosted imap account. With gmail, google puts ads in your inbox masquerading as messages. Ads as messages outnumber actual messages about 3-to-1.

About the email client, most people use K9-mail, It's FOSS, I haven't tried it myself, but you might be interested in trying it out. Also, when looking for FOSS alternatives, alternativeto. net is an awesome site as it lists all the alternative software in existence and you can filter it by free / open source. Take a look there too. Also, will you cover MicroG services? It's basically a FOSS google services that fixes apps that require it (like the ones that don't show notifications)

Thanks for the Video Chris!

What about Fair Email for email? I've been using it for a while and it works great with all email accounts!

You can connect any account to Fairmail as well. No clue ab out the trackers, because I don't have a DeGoogled phone.

I recently unlocked my bootloader and went with LineageOS because I rely on many apps from the playstore for work, but I'm really itchy to try out Graphene tho. And just to clarify, a rooted phone is not a security risk if you use magisk for instance, it requires biometric auth to unlock an app to use root and only the owner of the phone has root access, the catch is the unlocked bootloader, especially if you don't encrypt your data and only if an attacker acquire physical access to the device which would allow "him" to sideload monitoring software to do anything really. You have to be carefull to which apps you do give root access tho, but if you are techy enough to go about unlocking your bootloader and rooting your phone you should have some common sense or at least not give the random chinese gamepad app root access to your phone.

Bromite as chromium browser, Firefox Focus with DuckDuckGo as assistant app (yeah, that's neat), Aurora Droid as F-Droid-Client, Feeder for RSS, AntennaPod for Podcasts, Shuttle as mp3-Player

I love MS Outlook. I agree with everything you said

There is K-9 Mail for e-mails instead of Outlook, and it's a lot better.

so whats the advantace of the AuroraStore? To show/list you the trackers of Google Play Apps?

How do we verify that the info shown on the Aurora store are being truthful regarding trackers? Is there a way to verify these using the spot check method?

Nice timing. I was choosing best rom today. Whats working best on xiaomi?

What do you use as an open-source screen cast? I used jitsi

I use GApps Browser (found on F-Droid) as a Gmail and Google Drive client. It's basically a sandboxed web app browser.

On your list you have Ring. I have it on my Pixel 6, however, I don't get notifications. Any suggestions?

I use bromite as my browser from fdroid

can you sideload default mail client from lineage os into graphene ?

Which software do you use to mirroring please tell me

Is the oneplus pro7 a good phone to root and degoogle?

Outlook is awesome, I have used it since it came out. Good info.

Concerning mailer outlook: What is your opinion about bluemail?

What about Aptoide? Does it also have trackers just like Aurora? Btw I started using Yandex mail instead of Gmail and it works really great.

Is there a way to download termux safely as I head f-droid isn't safe so need help with that Would appreciate the guidance

4:00 does this mean Facebook and Google trackers are denied access or do they still spy? Is their activity voided since there is no Google and Facebook account to link to?

How do you get phone service and data on them, though?

Is there an APRS app on the fdroid store? I don’t have a degoogled phone yet.

Hey, what's the solution for rooted devices? You said rooted phones are not good, so Sell them? I, too have devices not rooted 14:05 and how to save the data in those devices if they've already been infected? I have external hard drives, and USB's but infected also

Is it possible to make a knock of Google play services basically It will solve the problem and make the transition fairly easier

I use NextDNS to block trackers. The blocklist can be customised and is easy to use.

Are there F-Droid banking compatible apps?

Is there a brave browser?

What say about Huawei AppGallery?

What is he exactly using for ADB screencasting?

It's all about trail and errors. As any app crashes log files reports must be sent to data center in order to prevent further incidents. and since people they have come up with their own innovations they have their own store. Me as a user expect a seamless user experience .I came across a article where some app work without the internet specially digital payment app any idea?

Good morning, you couldn't help me. Install LineageOS 17.1 on an HTC M8, everything worked perfectly... Sent and from APKpure download Whatsapps install it connect it and block access to Contact and calls Sent Any solution? Sent Any ideas?

What about Brave Browser?

Okay, so... Outlook is indeed awesome, but I prefer Spark for E-mail. Works pretty great :) For RU-vid, go for Vanced if you want a good RU-vid experience And, for Maps, use both Here WeGo from Nokia and Waze for those big travels in car :)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I heard that Protonmail was comming to Fdroid.

suggest a best oelpensource antivirus please?

Great video, thanks! ... would be great to see a comparison Calyx/graphene/e/ and so on. ... I have no clue what is actual difference among all these

What do you guys use for web browsing? I personally use "Kiwi Browser". it can accept desktop google extensions!!!!!!!!! I use "uBlock Origin".

Also Pixel 4 support would be provided if there are developers who would want to support the device (that is for every device not just only the pixel 4).

For map apps, I just downloaded Transportr. It is just beginning I think but seems to have promise.

My phone doesn't have official twrp image yet :(

As for emails, have you tried Zoho? Also, another Chris did videos on de-Googling phones. I think he mentioned something about emails: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4c2GTbXYknI.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LRL22Rt8n88.html

Why not use bromite?

Since I first watched this video five FOSS apps on F-Droid got bought up by Google especially the map apps.

I use MagicEarth on GrapheneOS. (0 Trackers!) Based on Open Street Maps Btw. „Signal Messenger“ has 0 Trackers as well

What's a good GPS app that works on a degoogled phone?

What is a good weather app? I currently use My Radar and Radarscope, this is the one thing that is holding me back from De-Googling my phone, I understand weather apps are some of the worst offenders on tracking any suggestions?

what about the BraX2 phone?

Thr Zero Phone is an interesting project.

Would you try tile?

I am using outlook account and Gmail account on fairemail, it is available in f droid but download GitHub version to use Gmail account

There are apps that have no trackers in Play (Aurora), as listed by Aurora. Not many, but they exist. FX file explorer, Total Commander, Titanium Backup, Total Launcher, Anysoft Keyboard, Simple keyboard, just to name the ones I have installed and handy.

Superuser privileges need to be granted (via the Magisk, Supersu etc. app) before an app can take over the base system. That said, rooting your phone is not a security concern unless you allow it to be.

you love tesla aurora store i saw in your video you explain app trackers extension aurora store.

Kiwi browser is open source and awesome :D

Aurora store no longer works without logging into Google..... Also can't you check your email in a browser?

Does it have google play store?

Make a video explaining if wine is safe to run on Linux (or how you can make it safe) and if you can get some ransomware like WannaCry

What do you mean "open source version of Firefox"? Firefox is open source. Also, check out Bromite(recommended by privacytools.io).

There’s no Proton Mail app on fdriod?

I would recommend K-9 mail as a FOSS alternative

what browser is better between fennec and icecat?

is degoogeling a phone with debloating a phone compatible?

Bromite is a chrome alternative to chrome and it is more privacy secure. Its on fdroid. But it requires a repositories

Anyone know if this has improved in the last year?

Try F-droid alternative named G-droid. Generally idea the same. Repository same, quality same, but... developer target is to share F-droid with user rating and curating of apps (in companion of Mastodon social media), better sorting and filtering.

What about APK mirror?

Just checked in Aurora store, Facebook has no tracker and What's app has only one tracker, how do they make profit without trackers nowadays? Does it mean those are more dangerous apps? BTW your mic sounds good.

Bromite is a good secure browser. K9 mail works well for email

I use TOR browser. It's available in f-droid

I use netguard as a root-less firewall. It allows for a hosts list, of which I use StevenBlack's over from github.

Maybe not just the phone, but all the OSs that you can install in any Android, like CopperHead OS for example that is focused in security. Many Android OSs tutorials here in Utube.

Microg now has signature spoofing. RU-vid TV, music, and RU-vid all work with microg. For RU-vid TV just turn on it'd permissions before loading the app.

Best android email client app is Nine. Don't know how many trackers. It costs $10 or there abouts. It can be used with gmail or microsoft outlook (I use outlook).

you're supposed to root, BUT disable access to it when not needed, and when enabled, always prompt duh...

Use App Warden from Aurora to disable trackers from apps

Hey Chris, since we Linux folks are very much at home in the terminal are often living literally "in the dark" of the terminal, maybe you'd like to run this addon on subsequent vids, to make websites go Dark Mode.. darkreader.org/ Changing to pure Black through Contrast changes; opting to go Grayscale or even choosing Sepia, if that's your thing, works wonders..

Email - LineageOS Mail - Been using it since Lollipop (CM 12) :thumbsup:

OFF Topic Hi Chris I watch your youtube videos when I can. I like your "off-the-cuff" style. I appreciate your "common sense" approach to the topic at hand. I also watch OTB, where your CTT id came up. We were debating as to whether your were the same as the participants who became addicted to tiling managers.. I am curious about tiling interfaces. Is a tiling interface your favourite way or is it KDE. I recall you stated, KDE and btrfs, which to me signals Suse Leap with btrfs. I am hopeless myself. I like gnome and it is because of the "Gnome extensions." I also use KDE but the Fedora version. So... Now I have my curiosity teased up. Tile today, KDE tomorrow, Do I through away 16 years of gnome for I3 or Xmondad? Help!!

MiXPlorer from XDA best file manager for a mobile.... for comparison its like dolphin for android(in features) spoiler alert it also has Tab feature

Does Squareapp work with a DeGoogled phone? What is the workaround if you have a business?