Anyone else have issues in the last few days with Aurora... like it not displaying any results when you search for an app you know it currently offers... or if you tap on "apps" after viewing "updates", it still displays updates... and NO I have not updated to the recent 4.2, I an still on 4.1.1

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VAULT

    I just updated to 4.2.1 and it is NOT working for me

    4.2.1 is now working for me on a P7

    I've installed GOS on many Pixels in the last few months for others, helping as many as possible regain some privacy BUT we really need a good (secure/private/effective) store that WORKS! They're not that technically minded and don't know what to do to install and update apps when Aurora doesn't work.

      user Hmmmm... interesting thought. If I set up a new google account just for this purpose for each phone, I assume with GOS not giving special access to the Google Play Store, would that mean the phone activities are still as private as if they only used Aurora Store... ?

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        VAULT

        The play store has no privileges on GrapheneOS, now about the privacy issue... Google will inevitably get information, linked to your accounts.
        Personally, my google account is only used for the playstore, and isn't linked to anything else, so I don't really care if google knows a part of the apps I install.

        Its hard to know exactly what the privacy implications will be of installing Play Service and Play Store on the device.

        A lot depends on the apps that are in the user profile and how you have things configured - which apps have which permissions. The only apps that will share data with Play Services have Google libraries running inside themselves.

        The libraries for Googles crash reporting, analytics and advertising services, as long as the app has network, will connect to Google directly if there is no Play Services on the device.

        If you arent using a VPN you may be concerned about the Google apps being able to see the different IP addresses you connect from. But theres the same concern for their libraries running in other apps. You could reduce this by constraining their ability to run in the background. But this would also impact the ability to get instant notifications for any messenger apps.

        Its also worth considering that theres many other companies that make libraries, designed to make app development easier, which are also included in many apps. Some of these libraries are purposely designed to also collect as much data as possible for sale to data aggregation companies. Also worth noting that libraries within an app inherit the permission that the app has been granted!

        Its also possible to get apps and update them via Neostore, FFupdater, Accrescent. With Neostore its worth considering which repos you have enabled, but theres a whole load to choose from.

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        Just to bump this thread up, I am noticing the same, it renders the app almost unusable (search returns no results) on 4.1.1 and 4.2.1 versions alike. Just did a fresh reinstall just to experience the same. Any of you having this issue?

        Two days back the update from 4.1.1 to 4.2.1 has updates and searches for new apps working on my P7P running latest GOS

        I just had same issue with Aurora, after updates the store messed up some of my apps like Garmin or 2fa, I realised there is an issue when I tried to search for these apps and I couldn't. I ended up setting up the Google play store with the new Gmail account which is going to be linked only here. It's a shame that aurora failed

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        Can anyone confirm search function in Aurora store working? 4.1.1 or 4.2.1 (whichever version, doesn't matter), seems broken to me.

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          So as it stands, those who don't use sandboxed Google, don't have alternative access to Play Store apps, apart from maybe apkmirror or the like, sad... Let's hope they fix it soon