Beware, this is going to be a technical post, containing a lot of speculation. So, wouldn’t you want to use Raccoon to download region locked Android apps? Good news is, it works, bad news is it’s fickle. You need a…
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Error retrieving information from server. [DF-DFERH-01]
Marvelous, DF-DFERH-01 must be one of the most common Google Play errors out there and there’s virtually no documentation of what it means. Shit ton of (steamroller tactic style) advice on how to fix it, though: “reboot device”, “clear cache”,…
Posted in Note to self, Tinkering
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…
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…
DummyDroid is still broken, by the way (in case you need to create a custom GSF ID).
Just so there’s no confusion: The same issue that has been preventing APK downloaders from logging in to Play lately also affects DummyDroid. I didn’t have the time to port the fix over from Raccoon, yet. The unfortunate thing about…
Let’s talk about Raccoon v4.1.1
As probably everyone has noticed by now, pretty much all APK downloaders (not just Raccoon) have been started to fail lately. I don’t want to go into the technical details, but the reason for this is a recent change by…
When Raccoon can’t find a specific app on Play…
Just had a rather long email exchange concerning a particularly elusive app and it ended with a facepalm moment (as in: why didn’t I think of that?).
Using an icon pack with any Launcher
Just had this crazy idea. It is probably unworkable and legally questionable, but here it goes: icon packs. If you want a consistent look on your homescreen, you need to install a custom launcher and download a pack that likely…
TextFiction really needs a bit of love…
Funny story: some three years ago or so, someone suggested that smartphones would be the ideal platform for playing text adventures (after all, people used to text like crazy). Seemed plausible, so I made TextFiction and lo and behold! Nobody…
Posted in Tinkering
A fast Java parser for Semantic Versioning with correct precedence ordering
I have a love/hate relationship with semantic versioning. Not because it uses three instead of just two version numbers, but because of the rattail of pre release and meta tags you can append to it and the insanely complex rules…
Posted in Tinkering
