XPost: comp.mobile.android, uk.telecom.mobile   
   From: g4ugm@dave.invalid   
      
   On 17/03/2025 10:43, Theo wrote:   
   > In uk.telecom.mobile David Wade  wrote:   
   >> On 16/03/2025 21:35, Theo wrote:   
   >>> In comp.mobile.android David Wade  wrote:   
   >>>> On 16/03/2025 11:34, Nick Finnigan wrote:   
   >>>>> On 16/03/2025 10:47, Theo wrote:   
   >>>>>> In uk.telecom.mobile Nick Finnigan  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>      But how do you install from google play store without signing   
   in to a   
   >>>>>>> Google account on the phone ?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Aurora Store uses the Play Store app catalogue with an 'anonymous' pool   
   >>>>>> Google account.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> So how does that work for geofenced apps? I have two play store accounts   
   >>>> on my Samsung as some apps are Spanish only....   
   >>>   
   >>> https://auroraoss.gitbook.io/wiki/troubleshooting-and-faqs/f   
   qs/aurora-store   
   >>> last question.   
   >>>   
   >>> Google use the connecting IP to determine location. Normally Aurora   
   connects   
   >>> for you so you get the country of their server, but you can set it to   
   >>> connect direct, in which case Google use your country. To change that, use   
   a   
   >>> VPN.   
   >>   
   >> It does not, it uses the country of the account used to log in...   
   >>   
   >> https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/7431675?hl=en-GB   
   >   
   > *Google Play Store* does.  But according to the Aurora docs the backend   
   > server appears to do something different.   
   >   
   > (As an illustration without evidence that it works this way) it could be   
   > that you have a Spanish Play account, so the Play client says 'hey Google   
   > server, show me all the Spanish apps'.  But the Aurora client says 'hey   
   > server, show me all the apps without a filter'.  If the filtering is in the   
   > client, using a non-Google client can potentially bypass it.   
   >   
   >> so if I log with my Spanish account I see Spanish apps even when in the   
   >> UK. If I log in with my UK account I can see UK only apps when in Spain.   
   >>   
   >> I tried a VPN and it changes nothing. Many of my "Facebook Friends" who   
   >> own second homes in Spain have the same issues...   
   >   
   > I don't have a VPN, but tell me the ID (com.example.whatever) of a Spanish   
   > app that you can't see on the UK store and I can see if it can download it.   
   >   
   > Theo   
      
      
   Theo,   
   This is one..   
      
   https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tempos21.eroskiclub.pro   
      
   I can see it in my UK account but it says not compatible with my Device.   
   If I sign in with my Spanish Account it says its already installde...   
      
   Dave   
      
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