Can't buy in-app purchases with sandboxed Google play

omark

Every time I try to make an in-app purchase it cancels after I authenticate and says "Something went wrong" It happens with a wide variety of apps and games.

I have all 3 Google components with network access and Google services is set to unrestricted battery usage. I install all Google play apps from Google play store.

omark

I tested it more, and I turned out I can't make any google play purchases on my phone! The payment info is complete, and I was able to buy an app from the website, but purchases from google play app and, more importantly, in-app purchases result the same vague "Something went wrong"
Anyone knows what's up with that?

Znoltan

I have had the same problem for the last 6 months. Can't buy any apps on the play store, or in-app purchases. Massive headache.

hbproph

Hi guy's I have Pixel 6 pro but I don't think that matters, I'm constantly buying apps from the playstore, without any problem.

Znoltan

I found the problem. Google requites authentication for any purchase with our national banking identification app. For some reason graphene os is not able to initiate the connection to the app for authentication. So I was not able to pay with card or PayPal.

I ended up uninstalling gos today due to frustration, and noticed that it worked smooth with stock android. It sucks since this is the only remaining issue I had.

grayway2

Znoltan that sounds exaggerated. What was the app you purchased and cannot live without ?

You traded your privacy for the stockOS which is full of proprietary trackers, full of telemetry and a very invasive play store.

someone27281

Znoltan try giving some other permissions like Phone, SMS and location. Maybe Google is trying to verify the phone number or something....

Znoltan

grayway2 What sounds exaggerated? Which apps does not matter, not being able to pay the developers to get access to them was the problem.

I bought what I needed, slept on my choice to switch and decided to reinstall gos the next day. Just couldn't stomach living with googles claws deep into my phone, and the lack of customization of the os security settings.

I guess if the need to buy something comes up again, I'll just use a spare phone to do so.

other8026

I've paid for things in apps before. It's been a while, but it's always worked for me. If it continues to happen, it may be an issue with a particular app. If the issue happens when trying to do an in app purchase in multiple apps, logs would be helpful.