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Description=Like the well-known Fairphones, Shiftphones are modular devices. Right from the shop they ship with no bloat, just the minimal set of Google Apps are installed. And never was it easier to go Google-free: no bootloader unlocking or the like required, simply use the standard update feature to switch to the alternative version!;
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board no glazing sheet just what s needed the device with a protecting bumper on the picture in the box with the shift logo printed upon the usb plug you might have noticed at the bottom of the device was added by me for my magnetic charger data cable a usb c cable for charging and data transfer a screw driver again wrapped in recycled paper for protection the deposit paper a voucher so you get your 22 deposit back when returning the device a quick starting guide and two short info sheets no manual not only would most users ignore that anyway but most likely they won t need it either the guide lists some links though and the shiftphones forum is well maintained you will get fast and helpful responses there my shift6mq shipped with shiftos g 3 7 as the device is google certified the company is only allowed to ship the google variant ok let s have a look at that first then first highlight is the bootscreen itself already see screenshots below sending a warm shiver down my spine this does not seem to be an attention grabbing capitalist object but something made with love indeed for those who cannot read the images let me quote the text of the first screen warning smartphones can be time killers there is no greater gift for you today than the next 24 hours use them wisely people are more important than machines gets you thinking huh and here comes the second screen sustainable technologies with love from germany my feeling they mean it shiftos g startup screens app drawer homescreen click screenshots for larger variants the next two screenshots show the app launcher and the homescreen pretty clean right no bloat no crap i ve just disabled 8 apps google drive google photos gmail playstore google tv google maps meet aka google duo youtube and youtube music so altogether there were just 10 google apps pre installed the absolute minimum google demands for certification no facebook instagram twitter etc which all can be installed manually by those who want them a wisdom true not only here but most vendors simply did not learn it yet all clean and smooth for a full view see the device s adebar report which was created right after the first startup and before i disabled those apps and also gives you some details on the hardware the device is equipped with first start and first adjustments so right after the first start the usual setup wizard guides you through it lets you copy data from your previous device if any which i skipped asks you to signup to google i skipped that as well wants you to confirm all google services are allowed to grab your data just switch the toggles off and ignore the warning now a little surprise again you can pick a provider for the search widget 1 quite a list including e g ecosia mojeek quant duckduckgo and many more yes also google and bing if you insist take your pick once through the wizard your homescreen appears and there s a notification waiting more things to configure if you like i liked it s the same wizard again so we can skip the steps we already processed but with a few steps added set up fingerprint lock and fix the design google forces upon all vendors you must use their font and their greenish stuff in backgrounds design choose user defined then font open sans the one in the middle symbols 4 color black form squircle name anything you want it named who wants to go another step can now enable developer options go to settings about device and tap the build number seven times enable usb debugging if you want it activate the advanced power menu and disable checking usb installed apps with play protect if you enabled usb debugging and now connect your axolotl code name of the device to a linux pc you might be surprised again it is detected out of the box no adjustments to adb_usb ini or etc udev rules d needed 2 wow should you want to go google free just skip to the next section but if you plan to stick with the google variant you might wish to make a few more privacy adjustments open settings google and disable personalized ads google autofill sharing phone number and everything else you d rather not have google doing seeing also go to settings apps and disable those apps you don want to have see above list power users might also decide to adb uninstall user 0 packagename for a more resistant getting rid of switching to shiftos l you want to go google free while with most devices this is easier said than done with devices from shiftphones this is almost the opposite everyone can do it no bootloader unlocking needed not even developer options or any other technical stuff you just download the rom from their forum to your shiftphone tell your device to install it and you re done basically you can find the full instructions here in the spoiler this will only work if the os to be installed is newer than the one present on the device so if you plan for this step better do not perform an ota before or you ll have to wait for the next ota release the abbreviated procedure for full instructions see above link is as follows download copy to internal storage settings system advanced system updates open 3 dot kebab menu choose local update and pick the downloaded file run the install do not restart yet even when prompted instead go to settings and perform a factory reset this is needed to get rid of the google dependent things from the original os after the device booted up again factory reset involves a reboot verify settings system advanced system updates should now show shiftos version 3 7l not g or later android 10 or later axolotl release light if you want to root your device this is the moment to do it because installing magisk will require another factory reset due to bootloader unlocking otherwise just skip that section and continue with microg or go straight to the finale should you want to skip microg too though it might be an interesting read at least for those interested here s the adebar report at this stage rooting with great power comes great responsibility while unlocking your bootloader and rooting your shift6mq won t void your warranty be sure you know the implications and act accordingly stay safe as bootloader unlocking implies a factory reset you might wish to do that right at the beginning before configuring the device and before installing your apps if you plan to root and or install a custom rom otherwise you will not need this and better keep your bootloader locked as a safety measure that said it s perfectly fine to skip this section if you dont know whether you need root you probably won t need it if you re unsure whether you might need it later you might also decide just to perform the preparational steps now i e up to unlocking the bootloader which implies a factory reset so you don t need to do everything again then and if you just unlocked but skipped the other steps here then decide later you don t need root and do not perform them at all you can lock the bootloader again at least as long as you didn t perform any action like flashing a custom recovery custom boot image or custom rom rooting is pretty much straight forward again basically the following steps are required go to settings about phone scroll down to the bottom of the page and tap build number seven times to unlock the developer options go to settings system advanced developer options and enable oem unlocking boot into the bootloader and run fastboot flashing unlock warning this will delete all your data as it implies a factory reset confirm the device will then reboot as unlocking the bootloader implies a factory reset you will have to re enable developer options and activate usb debugging now now your system is prepared to accept modified images via fastboot flash so lets prepare magisk get hold of the boot image either you extract it yourself from an ota downloaded from shift using the ota payload extractor or download it from the very same forum make sure it matches the shiftos version you have installed copy it to your shift6mq via mtp adb push or any other means familiar to you download magisk install magisk apk start it tap on install choose select and patch a file and select your downloaded boot img finally grab the patched boot image and copy it back to your computer reboot your shift6mq to its bootloader then run fastboot flash boot magisk_boot img replace the file name with that of your patched boot image if the process is stuck and won t display success after about 30 seconds press ctrl c on your computer then on the shift6mq press the volume down select reboot bootloader confirm try again after it displayed success type fastboot reboot and hit enter your device now should boot back into the system and that should be rooted which you can check via the magisk app note that on first launch the magisk app at this point still carrying the default android icon will ask you to upgrade to full magisk to finish the setup this will need an internet connection and consume some data so you might wish to have wifi available at this point and you will need to allow magisk to install apps from unknown sources a prompt will guide you with that now at the next start you will see a popup that magisk requires additional setup confirm that a few seconds later your device will reboot once more after this step your device should be properly rooted modules keep in mind that modules hook deeply into the system and could cause problems so choose wisely and be prepared for potential boot loops and the like should that happen to you it s not the end of the world you can remove offending modules in multiple ways even if your device no longer starts up completely boot loop pick one of the following whichever works best for you boot into safe mode power off completely power on again and after the white shift circle has disappeared press and hold the vol key until the device vibrates in this mode magisk doesnt load any modules so the boot should succeed and you can disable remove the problematic module s power off the device completely connect it to your pc using a usb cable on the pc now run adb wait for device shell magisk remove modules then start the device again this will remove all magisk modules before the stage causing the boot loop is reached use the magisk manager for recovery mode if you did not have it installed before you can do so from within twrp and if you dont have twrp installed either you can simply boot it from an image using fastboot boot twrp img as precaution you could also install the systemui bootloop saver module which detects boot loops and then automatically disables all magisk modules check its readme first for instructions magisk no longer has a repository browser integrated to find and install modules you can use fox s magisk module manager or you download the modules from their resp developers save them to your sd card and choose install from storage from within magisk s module section while most modules are rather chosen on personal requirements and there are not really any must have modules there are some generic ones which are generally useful magisk manager for recovery mode see above systemui bootloop saver see above available from within fox shamiko if you need a replacement for the nolonger available magisk hide note this is not foss no license declared no source code provided xposed should you for some reason also want to use the xposed framework e g to use xprivacylua or gravitybox this can be achieved by 3 additional steps in magisk settings enable zygisk this will ask to reboot so just do it cannot hurt download and install lsposed zygisk release in magisk as module reboot then follow the prompt to add lsposed shortcut to launcher note you wont find their parasitic manager in your app drawer it s just the launcher shortcut placed there on first start should you accidentally have removed it a reboot should bring the promt back or dial 5776733 aka lsposed to launch the manager and add the shortcut again from its settings microg installing microg to your axolotl is as easy as installing any other app or rather several of them as that s what this framework consists of i recommend you enabling its repository in your f droid client with the official client you have to manually add it first with e g neo store it comes pre configured and you just have to switch it on at least for updates when i wanted to perform the install there were issues installing it via the f droid client i had to download the apks and use adb install hopefully the underlying issue has been solved once you reach this point section 2 from this guide explains the installation process in detail so i ll just list the steps in abbreviated manner here enable microg repo in the f droid client either install neo store or add https microg org fdroid repo fingerprint 9bd06727e62796c0130eb6dab39b73157451582cbd138e86c468acc395d14165 to the official client e g by clicking here from your on device web browser install microg services core microg services framework proxy and fakestore from the microg repo or via adb install should it fail open microg settings optionally disable google device registration should it be enabled if you do not want any google stuff like fcm and grant all requested permissions by tapping the text not the boxes of those entries missing the check marks reboot open microg settings again and perform the self check tick missing check boxes the texts next to them also check the other settings you might e g wish to make sure there s no google stuff in use with my install i ve noticed google device registration was turned on which should be off by default install location backends nominatimnlpbackend resolving coordinates to names is without alternative i use localgsmnlpbackend which works completely offline but requires you to regularly create your own offline database so you might prefer some online service like mozillanlpbackend for the mozilla location serives and optionally the local nlp backend successor of deja vu storing your locations on the go and remember them when you pass them next time without gps enabled then check their configuration and push pull the latest gsm database if you decided for localgsmnlpbackend reboot enable location in settings security location location mode only available with shiftos g i could not find this in shiftos l and didn t need it either guide recommends option 2 battery saving but the thread says high self check once more now location should be retrieved and cross check with recommended by me irfan s my location shiftos l system app drawer microg self check location backends and my location showing them working click screenshots for larger variants resulting system the resulting system is lean and clean as the last series of screenshots made without prior to rooting show no bloat even by default the f droid client pre installed instead of the play store client a browser with privacy focus firefox klar 3 but still the 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