Can you get this "Phone Info" APK off the Google Play Store app?
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=inPocket+Software>

Here's what happened for me today:
<https://i.postimg.cc/15H889vH/spoofapk01.jpg> Spoof gps, phone, osversion
<https://i.postimg.cc/CKZ5rbSP/spoofapk02.jpg> "Get it on Google Play" URL
<https://i.postimg.cc/GpZ2W9pc/spoofapk03.jpg> "Open in another app" URI

While that app doesn't do anything special that other apps don't do, I
spoofed my GPS location to Asia & then I spoofed my FOSS Google Play Store
client to a Pixel 3A (API 28) and I spoofed my GPS location (Asia) and I
spoofed my Wi-Fi provider and then I logged out & back in as Anonymous into
the Google Play Store and loosened my filters (allow Google apps, allow paid
apps, allows adware apps, allow gsf apps, etc.); but it too wouldn't find
that specific APK (although I left the spoofed Language set to English).
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inpocketsoftware.andInfo>
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inpocketsoftware.andsignal>
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inpocketsoftware.andTest>

It found scores upon scores of apps; but not an APK from "inpocketsoftware".

Yet, there is a "get from Google Play Store" button on their web site:
<https://inpocketsoftware.com/android-phone-information/>

When I press that button, it won't go to my FOSS google play store client;
but for almost all of you, it will (I don't have a Google Account set up).

What happens when you press that button in from your Android web browser?
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=inPocket+Software>

Can you download the "Phone Info" APK <com.inpocketsoftware.andInfo>?
1. Paste the URL above into your phone's web browser
2. Then scroll until you see the green "open in play store app" button
3. That should find the app directly in your Google Play Store app
<https://i.postimg.cc/15H889vH/spoofapk01.jpg> Spoof gps, phone, osversion
<https://i.postimg.cc/CKZ5rbSP/spoofapk02.jpg> "Get it on Google Play" URL
<https://i.postimg.cc/GpZ2W9pc/spoofapk03.jpg> "Open in another app" URI
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Frank Slootweg wrote:

> So why does the link work for me, but not for you?

While the app doesn't seem to do anything special, it is weird that the
app shows up in a web browser but not in my FOSS Google Play Store client.

Just to be clear about _my_ tests, where I used different URLs & browsers:
<https://i.postimg.cc/CKZ5rbSP/spoofapk02.jpg> "Get it on Google Play" URL
<https://i.postimg.cc/GpZ2W9pc/spoofapk03.jpg> "Open in another app" URI
Note that test above used three different web browsers & two different URIs.

The URI links appear to work as they redirect me directly to the Google Play
Store app, but I can't test further since I don't use a Google Account.

See this thread for further details:
*Can you get this "Phone Info" APK off Google Play Store
<com.inpocketsoftware.andInfo>*
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/rsW_8C3Trts>

Nobody bothered to test it (yet anyway) so it tells me I'm likely mostly
wasting my time trying to help Carlos as nobody else stepped up to the plate
to help Carlos out but Frank, Carlos (who did run the tests), and me.

All the tested links have a "get" button (of various kinds), and all
redirect me to the Google Play Store app, but I can't log into that app
(for reasons specific to my device only).

However, the web pages each call a URI to the Google Play Store App
redirect, which "should" work for others I would think/hope.
<https://inpocketsoftware.com/android-phone-information/>
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=inPocket+Software>
Each results in a URI fed to the Google Play Store app of the following:

<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inpocketsoftware.andInfo>

<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inpocketsoftware.andsignal>

<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inpocketsoftware.andTest>

At the time I was GPS spoofed to Asia with concomitant Asian VPN
and I spoofed an older Android version & an older Pixel 3A phone.
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sms wrote:

> Also remember that sideloading is easy on Android. You can easily
> generate an apk file for any Play Store App.
>
> On your computer:
> 1. Find the app on the Google Play store. Copy the URL.
> 2. Go to <https://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/>
> 3. Paste the URL into the box and click on "Generate Download Link"
> 4.Copy the APK that is generated over to the device and install it,
> and hope that the app works on your device.

Steve is a genius!
That worked beautifully!
<https://storage.evozi.com/apk/dl/17/06/27/com.inpocketsoftware.andInfo_132.apk>
<https://storage.evozi.com/apk/dl/19/06/15/com.inpocketsoftware.andsignal_57.apk>
<https://storage.evozi.com/apk/dl/17/04/27/com.inpocketsoftware.andTest_134.apk>

1. Following Steve's stated steps, here is the original app URL
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inpocketsoftware.andInfo>
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inpocketsoftware.andsignal>
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inpocketsoftware.andTest>

2. Go to <https://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/> on my PC on VPN.
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2. Drat. Gonna have to get off of VPN to test this.
Package Name: com.inpocketsoftware.andInfo [Play Store]
File Size: 3.2 MB
QR Code: http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=300x300&chl=https:%2F%2Fstorage.evozi.com%2Fapk%2Fdl%2F17%2F06%2F27%2Fcom.inpocketsoftware.andInfo_132.apk
SHA1 Hash: 8beeee1ee2313f749e0a4029f39ee65876191d98
Last Fetched: 2022-02-26 13:41:37
Version: 13.2 (132)

3. Paste the URL into the box and click on "Generate Download Link"
<https://storage.evozi.com/apk/dl/17/06/27/com.inpocketsoftware.andInfo_132.apk>
Name: com.inpocketsoftware.andInfo_132_apps.evozi.com.apk
Size: 3365332 bytes (3286 KiB)
CRC32: 165D368F
CRC64: B4ABC6487A421CFB
SHA256: 0797AA073D1746DEF13FEF76D70FA42F04297B1B76C2457AD99542D8E35FF2DA
SHA1: 8BEEEE1EE2313F749E0A4029F39EE65876191D98
BLAKE2sp: BC108A5981D3A71A810BA6C561BDD66562FA23C586A89E7284982B603AF0830E

<https://storage.evozi.com/apk/dl/19/06/15/com.inpocketsoftware.andsignal_57.apk>
Package Name: com.inpocketsoftware.andsignal [Play Store]
File Size: 1.4 MB
QR Code: <http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=300x300&chl=https:%2F%2Fstorage.evozi.com%2Fapk%2Fdl%2F19%2F06%2F15%2Fcom.inpocketsoftware.andsignal_57.apk>
SHA1 Hash: dd93f55d5b76cc543ab0419457c6b7138db8925b
Last Fetched: 2021-08-13 19:24:02
Version: 5.7 (57)
Name: com.inpocketsoftware.andsignal_57_apps.evozi.com.apk
Size: 1484553 bytes (1449 KiB)
CRC32: 7D9AE867
CRC64: AEA196CEC719837D
SHA256: BFBCA0FFD39A565EEA5BEA7B967261BB37CB6B055F6847225395A6F611B60C31
SHA1: DD93F55D5B76CC543AB0419457C6B7138DB8925B
BLAKE2sp: D4ED388FFCBD6D4DC04A8CA4CD4762F63D5DCD99965956FE2E0E86D097C2CABB

<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inpocketsoftware.andTest>
Package Name: com.inpocketsoftware.andTest [Play Store]
File Size: 3.3 MB
QR Code: <http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=300x300&chl=https:%2F%2Fstorage.evozi.com%2Fapk%2Fdl%2F17%2F04%2F27%2Fcom.inpocketsoftware.andTest_134.apk>
SHA1 Hash: 9c52e1b6d4555afcbdfa41d799082d5db9bb428a
Last Fetched: 2022-03-15 14:08:46
Version: 13.4 (134)
<https://storage.evozi.com/apk/dl/17/04/27/com.inpocketsoftware.andTest_134.apk>
Name: com.inpocketsoftware.andTest_134_apps.evozi.com.apk
Size: 3504432 bytes (3422 KiB)
CRC32: 361748A8
CRC64: 5E24CD2A46AC92D6
SHA256: 8A64993DECE51D67CE5F4BB2B09F8D56BC8B28E9D142259A32C289FE679F8AD1
SHA1: 9C52E1B6D4555AFCBDFA41D799082D5DB9BB428A
BLAKE2sp: 471925A51484CCB7CCDEE0EF3F95127F30372F903C7469AB5171A2C1243B4E84

Carlos and Frank, get it while you can (for the other thread).
Thanks Steve.

I knew about evozi but I didn't think it would pull things off of Google
Play that Google Play doesn't have, and I'm not sure it actually does do
that.

I don't know what it really did.
Is this _exactly_ the same file that is on Google Play?
I suspect it's a copy.

But then why can't we get it off of Google Play?
Dunno.

What matters, of course, is how much of a copy is this copy?
Dunno that either as I have nothing to compare it to.

Anyway, I'll test them out for the team (thanks to Frank, Carlos, & Steve).
Let me know if these links work for you as I just did them moments ago.
<https://storage.evozi.com/apk/dl/17/06/27/com.inpocketsoftware.andInfo_132.apk>
<https://storage.evozi.com/apk/dl/19/06/15/com.inpocketsoftware.andsignal_57.apk>
<https://storage.evozi.com/apk/dl/17/04/27/com.inpocketsoftware.andTest_134.apk>
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> Let me know if these links work for you as I just did them moments ago.
> <https://storage.evozi.com/apk/dl/17/06/27/com.inpocketsoftware.andInfo_132.apk>
> <https://storage.evozi.com/apk/dl/19/06/15/com.inpocketsoftware.andsignal_57.apk>
> <https://storage.evozi.com/apk/dl/17/04/27/com.inpocketsoftware.andTest_134.apk>

I tried the links from yesterday again today, while on a different VPN
server, as a test to see if they have a finite lifetime and to see if
they're limited to an IP address, and they still worked.
<https://storage.evozi.com/apk/dl/17/06/27/com.inpocketsoftware.andInfo_132.apk>

The app itself that Frank had suggested for Carlos is nice, but I don't see
that it does more than other similar apps already do but I didn't look at
every detail as I was helping Carlos obtain the app Frank had suggested and
not testing the software for functionality (I assumed Frank knew what he was
doing when he suggested them to Carlos).

Weirdly so, it appears to be back on the Google Play Store repo today!

Get it while you still can:
*Phone Check and Test* by inPocket Software (Updated March 16, 2022)
free, ad supported, requires gsf, rated 4.1, 1M+ installs
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inpocketsoftware.andTest>