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As someone who has had to trick Google Play store country, it's a bit more complicated than that. You can only change the Google Play country setting once a ye
by sofixa 2y ago
As someone who has had to trick Google Play store country, it's a bit more complicated than that.
You can only change the Google Play country setting once a year. You can only change it if Google determine you to be located physically in that country. Based on my testing, the only combination I could use to trick them was:
* no SIM in the phone
* Wi-Fi connected to another phone's hotspot which is VPNing to the desired country
* GPS off
* payment method in the desired country
That way Google have no way of knowing you're not actually in the desired country. Just certain parts (even including a SIM card in roaming originally from desired country didn't work) weren't enough.
- extraduder_ire 2y agoWhy did you need to trick google play into using a different country?
- LoganDark 2y agoSome apps are only available in certain countries, and some countries have more favorable prices when exchanging from USD (or etc.).
- sofixa 2y agoApart from what the sibling comment mentions (certain apps not being available in the country you're in as far as Google Play is concerned), there's also family sharing app plans that are sometimes geofenced (everyone on the same family plan needs to live in the same country which is not how my family works so it doesn't work for me).
- vachina 2y agoYou can install region specific APK and use Aurora store to manage the updates.
- yunohn 2y agoSometimes when traveling, local apps are restricted to their country’s App/Play store. Really annoying!