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Missing installed apps play store
- Thread starter homlice
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You can search the play store for individual apps (though given Google's prominence as a search engine you might be surprised how poor the play store search feature is). But that's about it.
There is no reason an app in one store has to be in another, and some apps in one store may be banned in another (e.g. as Google are primarily an advertising company they ban most ad blockers). I've never heard of the aurora store, but it's very likely that there are apps in it that aren't in the play store.
There is no reason an app in one store has to be in another, and some apps in one store may be banned in another (e.g. as Google are primarily an advertising company they ban most ad blockers). I've never heard of the aurora store, but it's very likely that there are apps in it that aren't in the play store.
"Aurora store" that's something I've never heard of. And when I googled it nothing meaningful came up. Is it some third-party app store that you sideload apps from outside of Google Play?
Yes it is a store that downloads apps directly from the Google play store but without an account
Do you have a URL for it, that we can see, and might be able to provide more assistance.
Did you get past the phone number verification stage on this app? Because when ran it, it was demanding my Google Account details, along with my phone number. Well there's absolutely no way I'm going to do that. I'm thinking It could be a scam.
Third-party app stores, that are outside of Google Play, they should just run and can search and install any apps you like, and NOT requre personal data.
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Absolutely not, you should login in anonymous mode without any info.
Well I don't think it is a scam the source code is available Files · master · Aurora OSS / AuroraStore · GitLab
I tried the anonymous, and that was the option that demanded my phone number. Well that's not going to happen
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Stay away from sites like Aurora, OP!
Good luck!
Good luck!
I don't know about asking for ID information as I've not tried it, but it seems to be known in the community, as in this 2021 XDA article.
But I don't know how it works if you install an app downloaded via some anonymous account it created and then want to update from the Play Store. An app doesn't have to be originally installed from one app store for another to update it, but I don't know whether this way of doing things changes that.
But I don't know how it works if you install an app downloaded via some anonymous account it created and then want to update from the Play Store. An app doesn't have to be originally installed from one app store for another to update it, but I don't know whether this way of doing things changes that.
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