April 17, 2026

Tag: ungoogled

Chapter 10 - a battening of hatches / Hardware Software and Tech

Chapter 10 – picking up the ungoogled thread again with Sailfish OS

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Some time in October I think it was I decided that it might well be a good time in world history to get hold of a reasonably secure and “smaller-tech” mobile phone in order to be a bit less dependent on the current major players.

Chapter 8 - forward thinking / Motorcycle/Motorrad

Chapter 8 – solution to get Garmin Smartphone app working on non-google android phones (see edits 1 and 2 (success!!) below)

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So far so good BUT no amount of fiddling about or reinstalling, resetting or various other methods could persuade the Garmin Smartphone Link app to work without Google background services.