No way to go without GApps?

That’s a widget : long-click on it, then drag it towards the top of the screen: there is an area that allows to eliminate it from this pane.
Incidentally, this doesn’t delete it from your machine -it stays available in your “applications/widget drawer”, and you could bring it back on a startpage.
If you want to delete it forever, this can be performed from the app drawer (again, long click etc.)

Sh… it still doesn’t work. I can use the apps but if i try to use the “Standort” (Position) functions which use a map, it crashes saying “Google play services required for this app aren’t supported by your device”.

Oh great - at least I got that link out of my fingers’ way…
Thanks a lot!

Hi,
I had the same problem with a pair of apps, downloaded using BlankStore, which required GAPPS o Play Services and managed to solve the installation problem by using µg UnifiedNlp which you can find informations here and download from F-Droid (please read carefully the README file because on JellyBean you need to install an additional .apk package)
Bye!

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Here is also a step-by-step-way to install the MAPS API to be able to use more apps without having to install the Google Services. The instruction is written for people like me, that aren’t too familiar with all the backgrounds (my brother gave me the instructions):

You need:

  1. Download Maps API
  2. mount the system partition with writing access. Therefore you:
    2.1 Start VX Connectbot, choose “local” and get connected
    2.2 type “su” in the line and confirm (return)
    2.3 Confirm the root access
    2.4 type “mount -o remount,rw /system” and confirm (return)
  3. Now unpack the mapsapi directly in the directory /(for example with the app “es data manager”)
  4. delete /META-INF
  5. restart your fairphone
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The µg project has made good progress. It is now possible to use GMS Core, which makes it possible to use the Google Cloud Messaging push service (which is e.g. useful for the alternative messenger Threema).
The installation instructions can be found here:

Note that you have to install Xposed and an Xposed module to run GMS Core. Moreover, you have to deinstall the NOGAPPS Maps API (see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62034536&postcount=1108 ) because GMS Core provides this functionality, too. I have however not tested it, and it may not work properly yet on GMS Core.

For the installation of BlankStore, I can recommend the Sysfile Copymaster (see https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flextrick.sysfilecm - downloadable via the apk downloader). You can then install the Blankstore without having to (re)mount the system partition.

One user has posted an overview of the NOGAPPS project: https://fralef.me/using-android-without-google-apps.html .

Finally, the newest build of GMS core seems to be stable, but older builds had bugs where the CPU activity spiked. It is of course possible that you will encounter other bugs, too. Still, I am satisfied by the current version.

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Hello all !

After wiping data and system , I’ve rebooted my phone, very happy to be without google apps and surprise : here they are ! I don’t understand how it is possible.

There is nothing to do ? I did not even activate the wi-fi.

Um, this shouldn’t happen.
I can’t even think of how this could happen.

You have wiped your system (eg. installed Android again via the Fairphone Updater) and your data (by rebooting into factory mode afterwards and wiping /data there)?

No, I only went to factory mode and wiped all datas and cache partition

Actually I followed this : https://fairphone.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201134418-How-to-perform-a-Hard-Reset-on-my-Fairphone-1

So currently my phone is working with Kola Nut 1.8.7

This isn’t enough if you want to get rid of the Google Apps.

You need to reinstall the system itself, too.
(Simply use the Fairphone updater to reinstall the current version of Android.)

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Ok, thanks for your answer ! I’m doing it right now.
(bloody Google Apps , they resist too much)