microg / microg/GmsCore

GmsCoreGo

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Description

I recently re-enabled Google Play Services because I installed Organic Maps and I needed location services. I saw Google's infamous anti-sideloading popup saying they are going to block people from installing third party apps from passionate developers who have not paid 20$ and given their personal identification to Big Brother since 2026/2027, so I went to install MicroG. I first pulled the original GMS in case MicroG would not work.

./adb shell dumpsys package com.google.android.gms | findstr /I codePath
codePath=/product/priv-app/GmsCoreGo

./adb pull /product/priv-app/GmsCoreGo C:\Users\Windows\Downloads\
/product/priv-app/GmsCoreGo/: 3...MB/s (90297364 bytes in 2.734s)

After pulling Google Play Services, I found out it has the file name GmsCoreGo.apk instead of GmsCore.apk. I noticed the wiki doesn't say anything about Android GO, so I assume

./adb push C:\Users\Windows\Downloads\MicroG\GmsCoreGo.apk /product/priv-app/GmsCoreGo/

will work, right? My device probably doesn't support Signature Spoofing but I probably don't need it anyway. I just want to use location services.

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Research direction

The report names GmsCoreGo.apk, /product/priv-app/GmsCoreGo/, the Android Go context, and adb commands. Start by checking the wiki and existing guidance for Android Go and replacing GMS; done would require clear, verified documentation about whether this installation path supports the requested location-services use.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, java
Domain
mobile-dev
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
18/100

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