Feature proposal: Pre-install Nulide's FindMyDevice as a replacement for Google's Find My Device
- /e/ versions: all
- Device model(s): all
- Device rooted: irrelevant
Currently, no ungoogled Android-based operating system I'm aware of offers an open-source replacement for Google's Find My Device
service. As its name suggests, it lets you easily find your missing phone using Google services and GPS.
However, there is, in fact, an open-source alternative called FindMyDevice. Perhaps it could be pre-installed as a system app?
In fact, FMD requires users to grant it the WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
permission by running the following ADB command: adb shell pm grant de.nulide.findmydevice android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
This would not be necessary if FMD had system privileges in the first place. Including FMD in /e/ OS would not only allow users who have never heard of the app before to use that feature, but would also allow them to use it without having to touch the command line.