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o Can you activate an Android phone without supplying a phone number?Tom Elam

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Subject: Can you activate an Android phone without supplying a phone number?
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Yes, absolutely. Here is the link:

https://www.howtogeek.com/854837/can-you-use-an-android-phone-without-a-google-account/

Can you use an Android phone without supplying a phone number? Yes, but:

Same link

"But there are a lot of "buts." The vast majority of Android apps are
available through the Google Play Store. You cannot use the Play Store
if you don't sign in with a Google account. That makes it much more
difficult to download your favorite apps."

"There are certainly methods to download apps from outside of the Play
Store. For starters, it's possible to sideload Android apps, but that's
a pain if you want to install a bunch of them. There are alternative app
stores that make it easier, such as the Amazon App Store and the
open-source F-Droid."

"Of course, you also won't be able to use many Google apps without a
Google account. Even a presumably simple notes app like Google Keep
doesn't work without one. However, there are some apps you can still use
just fine---but without syncing and personalization features. Google
Maps, Chrome, Google Photos, and YouTube are a few examples."

Google Services requires a mobile phone number for 2FA.

To be fully useful with full access to the phone's full capabilities you
need to give Google your phone number. Just a guess, pretty likely 99+%
of Android phones are connected to Google Services and Google has a
mobile number. I guess you could buy burner for that. What are you
trying to hide?

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