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Thoughts on Nothing Phone 2 running with e/os? (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I wanted to degoogle since Google has been most annoying so far with S21FE. Was thinking of getting Pixel 8a but due to mixed reivews I was looking for other phones. Thoughts on this? Would be also nice if I can get some opinions from people who have the phone as well.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

To unlock bootloader:

https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-unlock-bootloader-root-with-magisk-stock-and-patched-boot-images-model-a065-eea.4605979/

Installing orangefox:

https://wiki.orangefox.tech/en/guides/installing_orangefox

NP2 is A/B.

The read-only to rw package [github so you can look over code beforehand]

https://github.com/lebigmac1/System-

RW-Super-RW-v1.36-featuring-Make-RW-ro-2-rw-v1.1?tab=readme-ov-file

File manager: I used total commander -

https://m.apkpure.com/total-commander-file-manager/com.ghisler.android.TotalCommander

Magisk Modules - only really needed for if you want MicroG:

App systemizer (you want a terminal, e.g. termux and I also have busybox but not sure it it's 100% needed)

https://github.com/stangri/AppSystemizer

Shamiko https://github.com/LSPosed/LSPosed.github.io/releases

Zygisk - Lsposed https://github.com/LSPosed/LSPosed/releases

this one needs installed and fake Gapps needs installed and activated before you install MicroG

Universal safety net fix:

https://github.com/kdrag0n/safetynet-fix/releases?ysclid=lmqr900nnd297490396

For MicroG:

https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-degoogle-any-device-and-install-microg.4058743/

I just saw I have a MicroG module, so link:

https://github.com/FriendlyNeighborhoodShane/MinMicroG_releases/releases

I used the 0.2.24 version.

Make sure to remove Play store etc first, and install the fake Gapps otherwise you have to remove and reinstall. Once installed I updated immediately from F-Droid.

https://github.com/whew-inc/FakeGApps

The XDA forum gives the Gapps you can uninstall.

You may want to use a systemless debloater with Magisk first, as you can turn modules on and off in orangefox so if you bootloop you can just enter recovery and then turn the module off and revert the change :)

Points to make a full system backup:

before unlocking bootloader

before making system read-write

before deleting a system app/a group of system apps

before moving any apps to be system apps if you don't use the magisk systemless module [this is where I messed up big time]

I also made several backups as I was changing things, e.g. when I added my new dialler etc, I backed up the working system beforehand in case anything broke.

Feel free to ask if you have any questions!!