Buy Orumpas without Playstore

[YvanCB]

Hello,

Is there any solution to buy Oruxmpas directly from the developer?
I have a Fairphone 6 running under e/os 3.7.3. It's a degooglized OS.

Regards.

[ufo]

You can use your Google account in the 'aurora store' to dowload apps that you already bought in the google playstore. Afterwards logoff and continue with the anonymous login. Thats how I did it with my FP6 on iodeos 7.5

Rgds,
Uli

[cocotte]

Hello,
is this option still valid?
At the moment I'm using the official Android that came with my phone, planning to switch to LineageOS at some point in the future.
I've bought OruxMaps NG, but whether I install it from Play or from Aurora, when I try to run it with Google Play disabled, within seconds I get a "Something went wrong / Check that Google Play is enabled (...)" message preventing me from using the app.

[Tronpo]

Hello,
is this option still valid?
At the moment I'm using the official Android that came with my phone, planning to switch to LineageOS at some point in the future.
I've bought OruxMaps NG, but whether I install it from Play or from Aurora, when I try to run it with Google Play disabled, within seconds I get a "Something went wrong / Check that Google Play is enabled (...)" message preventing me from using the app.

Hello, I understand that:

The reason OruxMaps NG stops working when you uninstall the Play Store is the license verification system. Although the app can open offline when everything is installed thanks to a temporary security token saved locally, completely removing the Play Store deletes the internal components and libraries required to read that permission. When OruxMaps launches, it looks for those services to confirm the paid license is legitimate, and if they are missing, the app blocks itself for security. Therefore, the Play Store or Google Play Services must remain present on the system; it works without internet because it validates against a saved local certificate, but the underlying Google framework must still be there to process it.

[cocotte]

Hello,
thank you for your explanation, I suspected it was something like that.
It'a pity because while I kept Google Play Services running (too many stock components depend on it) I used to disable Play Store and use my phone without a Google account. Unless orux offers an option that allows the app to function without Google Play, I imagine I'll have to choose between OruxMaps (I've been a silent user of the old free version for more than ten years before I bought the NG version) and the option to use my phone without a Google account.
 

[Off-Track1234]

Folks who prefer to live without Google can still install OM 7.4.28 from an apk. It has gone from the OM website, but the apk is still available elsewhere. Just make very sure first that you really trust these sources, or you may get viruses or other malware. OM 7.4.28 is less elaborate than newer versions distributed through Google, but some things seem to some of us to have gone backwards in newer versions, so we stay with what we trust. Remember that OM was never "free". If you decide to keep it, you should donate directly to the developer. Don't forget!

[ut]

Hello, I understand that:

The reason OruxMaps NG stops working when you uninstall the Play Store is the license verification system. Although the app can open offline when everything is installed thanks to a temporary security token saved locally, completely removing the Play Store deletes the internal components and libraries required to read that permission. When OruxMaps launches, it looks for those services to confirm the paid license is legitimate, and if they are missing, the app blocks itself for security. Therefore, the Play Store or Google Play Services must remain present on the system; it works without internet because it validates against a saved local certificate, but the underlying Google framework must still be there to process it.

A quick clarification, please, TroNpo: the Play Store and Play Services are required, but is it necessary to have a linked account?

Does the phone (in my case, without a SIM and used solely for OruxMaps) need to connect to the network and log in to the Play Store periodically to verify the license's validity?

[cocotte]

Folks who prefer to live without Google can still install OM 7.4.28 from an apk. It has gone from the OM website, but the apk is still available elsewhere. Just make very sure first that you really trust these sources, or you may get viruses or other malware. OM 7.4.28 is less elaborate than newer versions distributed through Google, but some things seem to some of us to have gone backwards in newer versions, so we stay with what we trust. Remember that OM was never "free". If you decide to keep it, you should donate directly to the developer. Don't forget!

That's the version I was using before switching to NG. Being OruxMaps ability to make full use of OpenAndroMaps one of its most important features for me, I moved to the beta and then NG because the old version running on a newer phone (or, better, newer Android version) was extremely slow at rendering and had other minor issues. I've installed it again from scratch: rendering isn't as bad as I remembered, certainly not fluid as NG and with same old issues, but probably still usable. I'll consider the full price I paid for the NG version (I saw the 14-day discount, but I procrastinated) my donation to the developer (and regretfully to Google).

[cocotte]

A quick clarification, please, TroNpo: the Play Store and Play Services are required, but is it necessary to have a linked account?

Does the phone (in my case, without a SIM and used solely for OruxMaps) need to connect to the network and log in to the Play Store periodically to verify the license's validity?

I would say: yes, the account you used to purchase the app needs to be added to the phone; no, in the short term at least (I don't know if the token has an expiry date). I also noticed that the verification happens when you open the app; if NG is already running and you disable Play Store, the app continues to function, but note that I only tried this for a short while.

[Tronpo]

A quick clarification, please, TroNpo: the Play Store and Play Services are required, but is it necessary to have a linked account?

Does the phone (in my case, without a SIM and used solely for OruxMaps) need to connect to the network and log in to the Play Store periodically to verify the license's validity?

I wouldn't know how to say a specific frequency, I read it in the information about Google app.
On the bike I use a phone without a card, once a month I update the oam maps with WiFi and depending on if I made road edits in osm the brouter database. I have never disabled play store (I don't see sense for me) I never had problems with OruxMaps versions without coverage