I just had this wonderful brainfart looking through my text adventure app reviews on Google Play. As does everybody, I got a number of insanely stupid one star ratings and by that I don’t mean dumb as in “didn’t bother…
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Can’t log into your Google account, even if the password is correct.
It sometimes happens that you can’t log into your Google account with 3rd party clients (e.g. a PC APK downloader). You just get a Bad Authentication error, telling you that your credentials are incorrect (even if they aren’t). What really…
Posted in Note to self
SEO and a company, dead for three decades
Infocom was closed down in May 1989. Barely any one still remembers the name, but curiously, I find that most people install the Text Fiction app to play Zork, Infocom’s first and most popular game which lives on in pop…
Posted in Web
Text Fiction gets a bit of love – Goodbye Drupal, Hello Hugo!
Phew, that was a bit more work than I expected, but I finally hit publish on the new Text Fiction website.
Posted in Rants
Google locking out uncertified Android devices – speculations on how it works and what to do
Ok, there’s a lot of confusing information out there now, concerning Google’s latest walled garden antics. It’s not directly a problem for Raccoon (Raccoon, with the help of DummyDroid, can fake any desired device), but it might be for people…
Vote rigging? The real danger of Facebook is yet to come!
Currently, everyone seems to be discussing whether or not elections can be manipulated through Facebook. Good morning sheeple! Who would have thought that sharing personal information with an ad network would allow marketeers to contact and lull swing voters? Let’s…
Getting in touch with users who (anonymously) left poor ratings on Google Play
Let’s say you just published a brand new app on Google Play, then the first couple of days are crucial. Every review/rating counts and nothing will get your blood pressure up like unjustified downvotes. Let’s face it, some users plain…
Google Play, GSF ID, useragent, app compatibility?
I get asked fairly often (in various ways) how Google Play determines if an app is compatible with a device.
Posted in Android
Raccoon, Google Play, APK download and the offertype
One of the cool features of Raccoon is the ability to downgrade apps when a developer screws you over with an update. However, in order to do so, you must supply the following download parameters yourself:
Update on the “Bypassing region restrictions” thing.
Wow, this ipCountryOverride thing is tough. I mean, with mccMncOverride, the content/format of the value is obvious. But how does Play expect a country to be specified? Could be a two letter country code, could be a locale string, might…
Posted in Coding
