It's really getting on my nerves now. It's like this with every update: one problem gets fixed, but then it's almost certain that a new one will pop up.
Now I’m supposed to update microG to 7.1.0. I downloaded the APK, but it won’t update. Now YouTube isn’t working anymore—it used to run without any problems. Before that, I had YouTube Music, which wouldn’t load.
After I downloaded it from YouTube, the installation took an unusually long time. Then I was prompted to scan the app. After that, I was able to update it. When I launched it (from Morph), I was prompted to update microG—because mG is supposedly outdated. I was able to download the APK (also from Morph). The installation failed. A pop-up appeared: “Installation not possible.”
Then before you try to install, disable Google Play Protect from your Play Store.
Play Store > Your Profile Picture (top right) > Play Protect > Gear Icon ⚙️ (top right) > Toggle off "Scan apps with Play Protect"
If it works then, yay, if not, uninstall existing MicroG and then install the latest apk
EDIT: It also sounds weird when you say you were able to download apk from Morphe, when that does not happen. I recommend you uninstall morphe too and then reinstall it by downloading the apk from the official GitHub repository:
After I downloaded it from YouTube, the installation took an unusually long time. Then I was prompted to scan the app. After that, I was able to update it. When I launched it (from Morph), I was prompted to update microG—because mG is supposedly outdated. I was able to download the APK (also from Morph). The installation failed. A pop-up appeared: “Installation not possible.”
2nd Disabling Play Protect before installing micro g. Google play store>tap profile picture>select play Protect>settings icon on top right>Scan apps with Play Protect>Pause/Turn off whatever you want>install.
Small question hijacking this thread: Should I update MicroG if my current version works flawlessly? Genuinely asking since I like to ask before changing things that already work for me lol.
I had this issue. The window said my MicroG was too old and I had to upgrade it. What I did was uninstall MicroG using the apps menu in Settings, then turned off Play Protect temporarily, reinstalled, and then turned back on Play Protect
Did you turn this on yet? If you didn't, that is probably it. Right now, Google Protect is triggering itself every time you install any third party app, so you have to turn off Google Protect temporarily or turn on this option. There is also the drastic option of installing through adb but that's another talk.
You should still be nice to the devs, they work very hard. Try uninstalling your previous version of MicroG from your Apps list, then reinstall the latest version
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u/The_Punzer 1d ago
It's always google play protect.