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Well, I'm still looking for my first job to purchase myself a Pixel, so I can't really change OS yet.
I see. What phone do you have currently? LineageOS for example has support for a huge list of devices.
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
There is also a version of Lineage that comes with microG preinstalled and it supports all the same devices.
https://lineage.microg.org/
Installing a custom OS isnt super hard but if you arent familiar with using a terminal and such it might be a bit daunting of a project.
SamsungA15. And I also wanna have a separate android phone, just in case. I'm not going full on another OS before making sure it all works well.
Wait, you removed system apps on a Samsung phone? How?
Brevent. Command was something like pm user uninstall or... I keep forgetting it :(
Brevent looks to me like an app to help you force stop other apps. How did you use it to run adb commands?
You tap the upper left corner (3 lines), then "Execute Command". Then, you type in the command and press enter.
Also,
pm userisn't a valid command. Did you meanpm disable-user PACKAGE_OR_COMPONENT?If that happens to be the command you ran, then all you've done is disable google play services. You should run
pm enable com.google.android.gmsto get it running again.Having a quick look, the A15 seems like a notoriously hard target to degoogle. 🫤
I know, I'll buy another phone soon.