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Improving Android 101

To start: Risks can be associated with modifying and customising any operating system, all items listed below are tested and used day-to-day, but I cannot guarantee the security and stability of anything done after the reading of this gemlog. Please feel free to try these out at your own risk, I cannot be held responsible for anything going wrong or any damage potentially caused. Feel free to contact me on the handles provided on the index to discuss (and be nice!)

Specs and another preface

Hardware (source: https://gmsarena.com)

Software

System

User

I will go into detail about whether apps are free or paid or they need special requirements

App hall of fame

Things to change to improve android

FAQ?

make a pull request or raise an issue to edit this document, contributions will be credited on the page.

Yes, unless you're entering commands that you don't understand, learn the debugging commands and ask in forums!

Yes, depending on your country, this page doesn't provide legal advice. So check your region's laws to make sure you can root. It's perfectly safe, and can be masked (to varying degrees of success) against apps that won't work with a rooted device. If you're not sure, try it out on a spare phone, without warranty. Because rooting may remove any warrany on your device!

Don't click on links you can't verify are legit. Only download apps from the developer's site/repo or major stores like F-Droid or Google Play. You don't need antivirus, or a vpn (unless you want to access regionlocked stuff or remain a tad bit more anonymous). Play protect doesn't really work, so just be a bit more savvy.

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