I'm curious, how do you make your phone GApps free? I want to uninstall them but don't want to brick it..
By installing a custom ROM without also installing GApps. For example, I have a Nexus 6P running CopperheadOS, which doesn't include GApps (it, like CyanogenMod, supposedly supports it but makes it optional/separate from the OS itself).
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