Tips for a new user?

AlphaElwedritsch

Hb1hf on my other phone I'm using DOS without microG and/or any play services and installed WA via Aurora store without any issues

Hb1hf

AlphaElwedritsch I guess this means microg successfully fools WA. But in GOS you either have GPS or no GPS.
But even if it works for some people, there are many cases of people in this and other fora whose accounts have been suspended. So why take the risk if the cost to mitigate is basically zero? You just download it once from the website, then the app store will update it.

AlphaElwedritsch

my comment was purely informal without judgment

Hb1hf

AlphaElwedritsch oh mine too!

But this thread is to help people who are just starting with GOS, so I thought it was important to reiterate that rhere's a way that's guaranteed not to get them a headache, even if the regular way is not 100% assured to get them suspended.

vagr

Hb1hf Thx for this information, didn't know. Have only used the APK from WhatsApp.

twitheatrophonic

Hb1hf it does update

Hb1hf

twitheatrophonic

Oh that's great!

Blastoidea

Put as little on your phone as possible.

Use Molly or Signal. (always)

0j923jd023j

Hb1hf Aurora apparently doesn't verify apk signatures

other than this, there are other apps that dont run on the phone unless it is verified to be downloaded to be from the google playstore.

i had a banking app not work because i downloaded it from the aurora store

Hb1hf

0j923jd023j are you sure it's not a Google integrity API issue?

rellhom

Hb1hf

this makes me wonder, since Meta, if this could also follow for instagram and or facebook

would be lame to lose an important old account for something like this (but yeah it totally sucks that Meta is like this)