q3cpma Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Hello, I'm considering buying Poweramp (mainly because the combination of gapless playback, internal parametric EQ, proper ReplayGain support and inter-album shuffle is priceless) but I wonder if I can actually do so on a completely Google-free smartphone (LineageOS microG). The reason I'm wondering is because the "Buy" page says "Email Account (Google Pop3/IMAP)", but those standards aren't from Google, so I don't know what to think... Could the exact activation process and requirements (what kind of email address, when do I need network permissions, where do I get both APKs, etc...) be explained in detail to me? Thanks. Quote Translate Revert translation? Arabic Belarusian Bengali Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Czech Danish Dutch English French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Persian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Spanish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmp Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 @q3cpma Poweramp v3 -uni- build (from this forum/website) does not require Google account or services. The mentioned Google Pop3/IMAP clause is for Poweramp v2. Thanks! Quote Translate Revert translation? Arabic Belarusian Bengali Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Czech Danish Dutch English French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Persian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Spanish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q3cpma Posted August 6 Author Share Posted August 6 Thanks for the fast answer. Might you be able to describe how the Google-less v3 activation works (the big design only, I'm not trying to reverse engineer)? I'm a dev, so don't worry about technical jargon =). Does it use the filesystem to store its state? Do I need network access at any point? What about updates (I suppose I just have to download more recent APKs)? Quote Translate Revert translation? Arabic Belarusian Bengali Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Czech Danish Dutch English French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Persian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Spanish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution andrewilley Posted August 7 Solution Share Posted August 7 The Play Store version needs a Play Store licence purchase, and thus a Google account and services. It can be installed on as many devices as you like using your Google account (fair use policy applies). The website APK version purchase is simply validated by the email address and the ID supplied in your confirmation email, which does require Internet connection at time of install but not subsequently. You can download and install updates from the website (it's not currently automatic). You can only use the licence on one device at any given time though. Andre Quote Translate Revert translation? Arabic Belarusian Bengali Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Czech Danish Dutch English French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Persian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Spanish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmp Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 I would add that it's possible to update website build with a newer Play build or vice versa - license status stays. Quote Translate Revert translation? Arabic Belarusian Bengali Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Czech Danish Dutch English French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Persian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Spanish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q3cpma Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 Thanks, you convinced me it should work 😃 Quote Translate Revert translation? Arabic Belarusian Bengali Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Czech Danish Dutch English French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Persian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Spanish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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