XPost: comp.mobile.android, uk.telecom.mobile
From: marion@facts.com
On 19 Mar 2025 13:38:47 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote :
> Maybe, but in the old days there was no Play Store / Google Play and
> also now you can have a Google account without ever using the Play Store/
> Google Play, so I think you 'HOME' address is set in the Google account,
> not in the Play Store part of your account.
This may be correct as some of us have had Google Accounts before Android.
I checked my wife's phone for you before I read further to see that you had
already found the Play Store Country to be the "Netherlands" in your app.
Did you notice a looooooong lag before it came back with that information
initially? I did. I think it was looking it up from the Google Account.
You make a good point that her country was likely set long ago, even before
she had an Android phone, by virtue of her having a Google Account.
Since I set up a Google Account in the days when invitations were
necessary, I probably also have a home country too, right?
Here's what I did to check it out:
a. I turned off VPN and opened my one non-hardened web browser
b. I logged into
c. At the bottom of the left side I hit "Payments & subscriptions"
d. But then it asked me to "Verify it's you" (where I don't want that)
e. Had I gone further, supposedly I'd then tap "Payment methods"
f. Then I'd tap "Settings" under the Payments section
g. Then under "Payments profile" I should see the registered country
Since I can't pay for anything on Google, and since I don't have a phone
associated with the account (as far as I'm aware), I was afraid to go
further. But for most of the people reading this, that shouldn't be an
issue for them.
If someone who has a Google Account can check this for us, that would help
us all to determine if the Google Account country and the Google Play Store
country are the same or not.
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