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AppGallery review: Can new Huawei and Honor phones work without Google? Comments

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  • apkjaka
  • G{9
  • 25 Aug 2025

Honestly, the part about using Huawei phones without Google made me laugh a bit 😅 I had to grab a file apk
once just to get basic apps running—have you ever tried that workaround?

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    • Ajasco
    • p7G
    • 23 Sep 2020

    Anonymous, 15 Mar 2020I cannot agree 'AppGallery is trustworthy' without any proof. A new AppStore alternative is al... moreWhy was it banned from Google Services?

    I was enjoying your convo until you made this comment. The ban is more political; it has nothing to do with integrity if that is what you mean.

    Someone made a comment above that he has become a pawn in a trade war which his country is not part of. That is more like it. Now he has got more balls to tell it as it is.

    One thing you are afraid to say is USA leadership is scared of some little company which some snotty Americans prefer to call backwater Chinese company. It is an opened secret that all the major online orgs have back doors that allows the American gov to extract users’ data unauthorized. From What I have read so far, one thing is clear: when it comes to matter of privacy the likes of Google cannot be trusted. This comes up repeatedly because we do not have comparable alternatives which might help the situation but American govt does not want it to be help. They want to the status quo. PERIOD!

    Integrity has nothing to do with the ban.

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      • interesting
      • fI{
      • 24 Aug 2020

      AnonD-864404, 23 May 2020Hmm, interesting! Then how phone in China manage a small piece of notification where there is ... morewell, alternatives are always available on the internet world, just search through the internet and you get the answer you want (sometime you need to search harder though).

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        • lionel8
        • 60K
        • 27 Jun 2020

        Kannan, 17 May 2020As a mobile developer, Without GMS many apps couldn't work, even the simple notification you r... moreHi, please i need help installing google playstore on my huawei POT-AL00a. I have several methods but no avail

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          • SPoTpro
          • Nvm
          • 27 May 2020

          I really like the huawei p40lite fone and am dissapointed theres no google anything so am downloading the huawei app to test on my samsung before i upgrade lol

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            • AnonD-864404
            • XUY
            • 23 May 2020

            Kannan, 17 May 2020As a mobile developer, Without GMS many apps couldn't work, even the simple notification you r... moreHmm, interesting! Then how phone in China manage a small piece of notification where there is no Google??

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              • Kannan
              • f{n
              • 17 May 2020

              AnonD-864404, 07 May 2020What's the purpose of Google anyway? Play store, YouTube, Play music, Play games -even more? M... moreAs a mobile developer, Without GMS many apps couldn't work, even the simple notification you receive which is also will not work without google apps. Also you will miss the fastest navigation and live traffic updates from google maps. Contacts are synced to google account and google drive automatic backups, any thing will not work. If your a person with google apps are a part of your life, it is really hard to switch.

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                • Mem
                • rsC
                • 13 May 2020

                Huawei app gallery is rubbish

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                  • Anonymous
                  • rsC
                  • 13 May 2020

                  Huawei app gallery is useless. I dont think l will ever want to buy a huawei phone again. Waste of money

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                    • AnonD-864404
                    • XUY
                    • 07 May 2020

                    AnonD-770477, 17 Mar 2020I am running LineageOS on my Oneplus 6t. I bought it specifically to go google free. No bloatw... moreWhat's the purpose of Google anyway? Play store, YouTube, Play music, Play games -even more? Maybe. But there are plenty of alts for them. All try to make their software cross platform today. So what's the problem then?

                    You are right. No Google, No Business (You know what I mean :)

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                      • AnonD-864404
                      • XUY
                      • 07 May 2020

                      KevinFanch, 17 Mar 2020Totally unnecessary privacy invasion. It is best to remain Google free. I am using unGoogled p... more/e/... Interesting! Have to take a look in this foundation. 'nd, can you name your Device?

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 0x%
                        • 04 Apr 2020

                        Nick.B, 26 Mar 2020They will sale your data to companies in which you might be interested. Buying products and st... morewell first of all all of the modern apps and websites collect data and sell them, if u didnt know

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                          • n1ruzz1
                          • fFC
                          • 01 Apr 2020

                          But huawei app gallery don't have games like Mobile Legend..

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                            • Nick.B
                            • B}L
                            • 26 Mar 2020

                            Andreidinutu, 19 Mar 2020Ok. Let's say google steals all your data. And then what? You think they will steal your money... moreThey will sale your data to companies in which you might be interested. Buying products and stuff. It is way more complicated.

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                              • soeyarzarhtay
                              • u4g
                              • 19 Mar 2020

                              Update

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                                • Andreidinutu
                                • mEA
                                • 19 Mar 2020

                                Ok. Let's say google steals all your data. And then what? You think they will steal your money? It's waaaay too big to try and do that. Especially since it surely works with the usa gov. Otherwise they wouldn't be allowed to actually steal all your data. Ok. All your data is in their database. So what?


                                P.s.:don't be rude. I just wanna understand your mentality since i can't find one reason why you would sacrifice all google apps for literally nothing...

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                                  • heeneycs
                                  • uPF
                                  • 18 Mar 2020

                                  Anonymous, 16 Mar 2020YouTube Vanced is an alternative app to the official YouTube app (much better than the officia... moreThanks :-)

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                                    • KevinFanch
                                    • 63y
                                    • 17 Mar 2020

                                    Totally unnecessary privacy invasion. It is best to remain Google free. I am using unGoogled phone on purpose because I care about my privacy! There is no reason to let Google have all your private data and track your location constantly. I use /e/ from e foundation and it runs Android apps without anything related to Google.

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                                      • AnonD-770477
                                      • pM@
                                      • 17 Mar 2020

                                      Anonymous, 17 Mar 2020LOL Who can live without google. The same thing is happen with Nokia and their Windows OS. A... moreI am running LineageOS on my Oneplus 6t. I bought it specifically to go google free. No bloatware, no spying on me without my consent, thank you. Why would you need google at all??

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                                        • Mr. Anonymous
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                                        • 17 Mar 2020

                                        AnonD-558092, 15 Mar 2020It's more complicated than that. I suggest you check the instructions on the official MicroG w... moreI've sideloaded microG and YouTube Vanced app to my stock emui 10 running phone and it works.

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