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# FAQ
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**1. Why should I ungoogle my smartphone?**
- If you want to stop google from permanently tracking you and sharing all your data with google, an option might be to ungoogle your smartphone.
**2. Can I keep all my data when I ungoogle my smartphone?**
- Unfortunately this is not possible, as Android will be replaced by LineageOS. Nevertheless, you can backup your data on your computer and load them again on your ungoogled smartphone.
**3. If I need help or have found a mistake, how can I contact you?**
- You can either contact us through [info@meissa-gmbh.de][mail] or through [mastodon][mastodon] and we try to reply as soon as possible.
**4. Can I ungoogle my smartphone by myself?**
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- Yes, we share our [installation_guide][guide] so you can ungoogle your smartphone by yourself. However, we can't guarantee for anything if you do it by yourselves.
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**5. If I am not able or I don't want to ungoogle it by myself, can you ungoogle it for me?**
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- Yes, we provide a service to ungoogle your smartphone, see [here][offer].
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**6. After I ungoogled my smartphone, I can't find all important apps in the F-Droid Store, are there any workarounds?**
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- The F-Droid Store only contains Free and open-source software (FOSS), as not all apps are FOSS we proposed some options how you can get your apps of choice without the need of a google account in our [README][apps].
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**7. Can I restore my chats in my messenger?**
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- Yes it is very easy to create a backup file of your chats before you ungoogle your phone. Afterwards, this backup-file will be copied back to the phone and the chats will be restored. For further informations, again checkout our [README][apps].
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[mail]: mailto:info@meissa-gmbh.de?subject=community-chat
[mastodon]: https://social.meissa-gmbh.de/@team
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[guide]: https://gitlab.com/domaindrivenarchitecture/ungoogled-fairphone/-/blob/main/installation_guide.md
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[offer]: https://gitlab.com/domaindrivenarchitecture/ungoogled-fairphone/-/blob/main/our_offer.md
[apps]: https://gitlab.com/domaindrivenarchitecture/ungoogled-fairphone/-/blob/main/README.md