microg.org Installation wiki page on Github is badly in need of updates

[Sapiosenses]

UPDATED 2024-06-20

The microG Github “Installation” wiki page is full of old information that is no longer relevant to modern devices and will lead the vast majority of people to do things that will never work properly. Link:

https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki/Installation

• It references BlankStore which was deprecated and replaced by FakeStore in 2015, and microG Companion in 2024.

• It links to an XDA thread full of bad/dead links, old deprecated software and the topics listed within have not been relevant for at least 5 years. This thread also links to downloads on Marvin’s personal Github page before microG had their own Github site.

• It links to a Github repo and XDA thread about standalone UNLP which is no longer relevant for the vast majority of use cases or any remotely modern version of Android as UNLP has been bundled into GMSCore for years and much improved over the old standalone release. (And is in the process of adding all the location backends into GMSCore as well)

• It mentions nothing about the array of new permissions necessary for the various functions to work, such as SMS retriever, FIDO USB keys, etc.

I answer microG questions on a daily basis on a large social media platform and it has now become time-consuming to correct people's understanding of the installation process with those who got bad advice from this page about how to properly install microG on modern devices.

I can help to update this page but I have no privileges to do so at present and I would prefer some collaboration so I do not come in conflict with the project objectives or post technically incorrect information.

We normally recommend 3rd-party installers but I understand that that may not be appropriate on the project page. At least purging the greatly out of date information inapplicable to modern devices would be a great leap forward.

• Other pages in need of update include:

https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki/Signature-Spoofing

Could use updates to the ROM list (especially the fact that LineageOS now includes specific support for signature spoofing for authentic microG APKs), versions/forks of the FakeGapps Xposed module and verify current accuracy of the other signature spoofing suggestions. (Eg Haystack and Tingle were last updated 4+ yrs ago) Perhaps add info on potential conflicts with new trendy "gmscompat" implementations on some ROMs.

https://microg.org/download.html

I'd suggest migrating direct downloads for DroidGuard Helper and UnifiedNlp into some sort of archive page as they are no longer relevant to the vast majority of users and may cause problems if used.

There are broken image links on the download page as of 2024-06-20.

Thanks to Marvin and all the other contributors for all the work you do.