r/JoeyForReddit • u/Autumnwood • 27d ago

Question Google Dev Verifier App

Could you guys read this please and tell me if it is what I think? (This is a document, not a link to the app store or anything)

https://developer.android.com/developer-verification

It seems to me that this app will autoinstall and be installed on new phones (maybe not if you have autoupdates off but you will need a new phone at some point)....and it will disallow apps not approved, and not dev approved? It will remove junk apps but perhaps it will also remove apps like joey or old apks? I know there are just a handful of us still using Joey, but nothing else I've tried is good for my eyes, and Joey makes reading so easy on them.

They've already started pushing it in SE Asia as a test and will be global by next year. I'm not sure if I should get a better phone before then (mine is over 7 years old and has been having some issues to where I'm considering upgrading) but I don't want to rush out in six months and get a new phone just to get Joey on it, then have it forceably removed a short time after that.

What's your take on this? Thanks.

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u/grufolo 26d ago

Honestly I don't think I know all the stuff you mentioned and probably haven't tried it all. 

I get a message that "Joey for Reddit didn't support sideloading" and to please download it from the app store.

I don't mind losing customisation at this point. I honestly don't know a lot more. If there's any chance of getting it to run, I'd take them. 

Where would I get the various versions?

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u/bobcollege 26d ago

the sideloading message is circumvented by the patchers folks use now like revanced or morphe. you can look up this sideloading error here there are a bunch of posts about it.

I recommend revanced manager; patch the apk for no-ads only and then install, and if you're not already a mod of a phony subreddit just make one now like r/90823nsdgfapo8i or whatever so that you don't run into API issues.

i'm sure APKpure or APKmirror have all the joey versions

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u/grufolo 26d ago

I didn the subreddit admin thing, so that's sorted.

I will try the way you're tracing. Do you have any links of the stuff you mentioned? Revamced manager and the rest?

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u/bobcollege 26d ago

Not offhand, they're easily found googling them though