XPost: comp.mobile.android, uk.telecom.mobile   
   From: g4ugm@dave.invalid   
      
   On 20/03/2025 09:06, Nick Finnigan wrote:   
   > On 19/03/2025 16:24, Marion wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I just checked my wife's Android because I don't have the Google Play   
   >> Store   
   >> app on my phone, where her app says her country is the "United States".   
   >>   
   >> Here's what I did:   
   >> a. It took me a while to *find* her Google Play Store app to open it   
   >>    (I could never teach my wife or kids to be organized on a phone!)   
   >> b. Inside the app, at the top right, I pressed her profile icon   
   >> c. I selected Settings from the bottom of the resulting menu   
   >> d. Then General from the top of the next resulting menu   
   >> e. The second item down has a subset of "Account, country, & history"   
   >> f. When I hit that second item, it took a long while to come back   
   >> (which indicates you need Internet access for it to do a lookup)   
   >> g. In the middle it says her full (real!) name & "United States"   
   >>   
   >> It would be interesting to see what people in Europe & the UK see.   
   >   
   >   With mobile data and wifi off, I see "Exception in CronetUrlRequest"   
   > With wifi but no data I get a "wait" icon, for several minutes.   
   > Go back and select 'Account and device preferences' again:   
   >   Country and profiles is not selectable   
   >   Option to "Switch to the United Kingdom Play Store."   
   >   
   >   So possibly Google looked at my ISP to pick a country, and has nothing   
   > saved, and can't manage exception handling / testing. Eroski   
   > Supermercados "isn't available on Goggle Play in your Region"   
   >   
   >   (The Google account on that phone is only used to enable Play Store,   
   > and had minimal information entered after buying the phone).   
      
   So when in the UK, vi WiFi, If I look at my Spanish account it has:-   
      
   Spain   
   "Dave Wade"   
      
   and of course "Dave" is not what is in my passport, driving licence or   
   Spanish Tax records. It also gives me the option to switch to the UK   
   play Store...   
      
   If switch to my UK account it says   
      
   "United Kingdom"   
   "Mr. D. Wade"   
      
   If I remember, next time I go to Spain I will see what happens.   
      
   .. reminds me that for many years my Microsoft Certifications had "Dave   
   Wade" on them as that matched my company ID card. This was OK until   
   Microsoft switched to wanting official government IDs to sit exams...   
      
   Dave   
   G4UGM   
   p.s. note my full name is in the headers so I don't think much exposed   
   by quoting here. If you didn't know it googling G4UGM would probably   
   reveal it and much more info, whereas there are several "Dave Wades"...   
      
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