In a fit of enthusiasm I unwisely uninstalled the google play store app in my primary profile.

Despite downloading APK file and reinstalling, some apps are playing up, and others won't work at all. Interestingly the same apps work OK in an another profile.

Is it possible to fix this somehow? Does Google Play Services only work if side loaded at the beginning?

Many thanks for any advice! Am annoyed at myself and would love to get the phone back to where it was!

    Les_Norton Despite downloading APK file and reinstalling

    Why did you install the .apk? The correct method to use Google Play Store is to install Sandboxed Google Play from the GrapheneOS App Store.

      yore

      Because I could not find it on Aurora or even Google Play Store on the web.

      I have buggered something up and feel I need to reinstall something, somehow.

      • yore replied to this.

        Les_Norton Did you install Google Play Store from an APK or regular apps from an APK?

        If it's the latter, reinstalling Play Store shouldn't make any difference.

        • de0u replied to this.

          Les_Norton What yore wrote is correct. The GrapheneOS app store brokers installation of whichever version of the Play components has been verified to work. Installing part or all of the Play infrastructure any other way may result in a version that doesn't yet work with the compatibility layer.

          I suspect the thing to do is to uninstall whichever Play components you manually installed and then to launch the GrapheneOS "App Store" app and to install Play from there. That said, I am not a user of Play on GrapheneOS, so I am utterly not an expert on this.

          Thanks. Where can I find the GrapheneOS app store?

            Les_Norton

            Les_Norton

            Found it! Reinstalled and all is good.

            Still unsure about the optimal privacy settings for google apps, but for now it works. Thanks again.

            • yore replied to this.

              Les_Norton You can disable Play Store, Play Services, and Play Services Framework when using apps that don't need Play Services. Or you can revoke the Network permission from Play Services if apps need it but don't need it to connect to the internet. This is currently what I do.

              While it improves privacy, you don't have to do this if it's too difficult. Play Store and its components are sandboxed on GrapheneOS anyway and don't run as privileged processes.