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[Android Apps and Games] dope77:
Are you using any firewalls like Afwall or Netguard? Or using Xprivacylua and restricting dns firewall?

Also try using a VPN and check if it fixes your issue
[Android Apps and Games] AutumnOnFire:
Yes, every other app seems to work well without problems.

Using a VPN did solve the issue though, for whatever reason, I am occasionally able to sign in with the anonymous option during an initial setup of LineageOS by Ivan Mevler on android 12L. I'm not sure if there's anything in there that is deterring me from signing in because the same problem occurs on my stock Note 20 Ultra.
[Android Apps and Games] temporarium:
🤔 What do you mean by "occasionally able to sign in with the anonymous option during an initial setup of LineageOS"?
[Android Apps and Games] AutumnOnFire:
So, in my confusion, I wiped my device and flashed an unofficial android 12L ROM of LineageOS. I didn't flash Magisk or anything else. After intial setup, I was able to login using the anonymous option and was able to sign in, for whatever reason.
[Android Apps and Games] temporarium:
Go on... and then, what did you do/install that may have broken the login/connection?
[Android Apps and Games] AutumnOnFire:
That's the thing, I just left it. Installed a couple things from F-droid like a keyboard and Osmand+. Through some experimenting, it's definitely how my device interacts with my internet because it works on a VPN network on specifically this device.
[Android Apps and Games] temporarium:
And reinstalling Aurora, or relogin produce no effects? Can you try over mobile internet or from another location?
[Android Apps and Games] lukval:
Try to disable hosts blocking and/or change hosts provider. In my situation it helped.
[Android Apps and Games] dope77:
For some reason anonymous login stopped working, app would just hang on requesting new session. It was working fine 2 days ago.
[Android Apps and Games] temporarium:
Working fine here.

Try logging out and back in.
[Android Apps and Games] dope77:
Did you even read what i said? I said anonymous login doesn't generate any session (which means I'm not logged in at all) and you're trying telling me to log out then log in?
[Android Apps and Games] heinhuiz:
Working fine here.

Try to delete your app data.
[Android Apps and Games] temporarium:
Please watch your tone. The app/service is functional, so the problem is you. We're trying to help (not obliged to do so, mind you)...

Here is what I meant (in case it applies):
[Android Apps and Games] rho-bot:
Had similar issue last night. This happens from time to time if the primary token dispenser has hickups or not available. This morning working again. Just keep patient...

@temporarium Do you know if alternative token dispenser URLs are still active/available?
[Android Apps and Games] temporarium:
Not sure. That's worth looking into. I've forgotten all about that. 🙃
[Android Apps and Games] rho-bot:
Nevermind.

Just checked latest 4.4, and option for alternative dispenser url was even removed from settings menu.
[Android Apps and Games] dduck669:
Hi, I have the same problem starting from last monday. I also tried to ping from my pc auroraoss.com and it doesn't answer, but if I try to ping it from another ip it answer and the app connects. So it looks like aurrora store has banned my home ip from their website. I read that you can connect via vpn, so I think you have the same problem of me
[Android Apps and Games] temporarium:
Thanks for confirming that there may be some banning going on.

Try using a different DNS resolver. I'd be more suspicious of that then of Aurora itself.
[Android Apps and Games] dduck669:
I list everything I tried:

- app from my home IPv4 > DOWN

- ping (auroraoss.com and it's ip 146.59.157.181) from my laptop IPv4 > DOWN (also the web site)

- app from my home IPv6 > UP

- ping (auroraoss.com and it's ip 2001:41d0:304:200::d0a4) from my laptop IPv6 > UP (also the web site)

- app from a different IPv4 > UP

- ping (auroraoss.com and it's ip 146.59.157.181) from a different IPv4 > UP (also the web site)

From my home (where I'm not able to connec in IPv4) auroraoss.com is correctly resolved in 146.59.157.181, but that IPv4 address is unreachable from every device in my house
[Android Apps and Games] temporarium:
Excellent troubleshooting 👍🏻

And an interesting discovery. Can you file an issue on their repo to see if/why they may be blacklisting?
[Android Apps and Games] heinhuiz:
🤔 Excellent if you can rule out network-wide IP blocking at @dduck669's home network, like a pi-hole or a service like NextDNS. The IPv4 address might just be present in a blocklist. We don't know anything about if and how his home network is protected.
[Android Apps and Games] dduck669:
... Sorry, I answered your post but it was not the right post
[Android Apps and Games] dduck669:
Hi, I have pihole but disabling it, nothing changed. I have a VPN with a friend and changing routing only for aurora.IPv4 address (i force traffic to that IP to go through the VPN) everything work. I don't have anything that is blocking that traffic. I also have to say that my home network config did't changed when the problem appears. So I'm sure that the problem is not caused by me. I thought also to my ISP, but I am not the only one having this issue. Maybe it's an ovh problem (aurora is hosted on ovh), but obviously I don't know.
[Android Apps and Games] onyxbits:
@dduck669

Not sure why you quote me on this, but the tool to use in this case is traceroute
[Android Apps and Games] dduck669:
Hi, starting from september 30th the connection from my ipv4 home network is up again. I didn't change anything in my config, so I can confirm that it wasn't a problem caused by my network.
[Android Apps and Games] Alphaom8ga1234:
Hi guys, i seem to be having the same issues now. Can connect via another network ie my mobile hotspot no problem...soon as i connect through home ISP im blocked from logging into Aurora store app, and likewise if i try to access there website it wont connect..then went through a VPN and it connects me to there site no problem ..any ideas on a fix or assuming it will magic cure itself like it did for duck?

Aurora Store​
[Android Apps and Games] temporarium:
Might want to report your issue on their repo:

Issues · Aurora OSS / AuroraStore · GitLab

An unofficial FOSS client to Google Play.

gitlab.com
[Android Apps and Games] Alphaom8ga1234:
ok thanks for that
[Android Apps and Games] dope77:
It's obvious that your isp is blacklisting aurora since using VPN fixes your issue. Had the same issue with my old isp where it would block aurora/aptoide and few other websites. Do u have any parental filters turned on via your isp?
[Android Apps and Games] Alphaom8ga1234:
They must of suddenly blocked it because it was all working through my ISP at one point...no parental filters as far as aware
[Android Apps and Games] Alphaom8ga1234:
I may mention now the device in question is a Amazon fire tablet still running fire os...wonder if Amazon has a play in this?
[Android Apps and Games] Alphaom8ga1234:
I say that defo ISP related as can't acsess aurora from my PC anymore either
[Android Apps and Games] temporarium:
As suggested by someone else previously, try setting a different DNS resolver (either in the network settings of one device, or on the router). 1.1.1.1 or 9.9.9.9, for example.
[Android Apps and Games] Alphaom8ga1234:
Thanks for the suggestion... just went into the properties for my ethernet connection on pc and changed the ipv4 dns to 1.1.1.1 to no avail. Will give my router a go if i can remember the acsess password lol
[Android Apps and Games] Alphaom8ga1234:
looks like between dns change and reboot of router (for 2nd time) all is working again
[Android Apps and Games] rho-bot:
Hopefully we wil not see further service outages as collateral damage caused by enforcement of rightholders to block not only domains, but also IPs: https://torrentfreak.com/austrian-i...-to-block-pirate-sites-and-cloudflare-220829/
[Android Apps and Games] temporarium:
Ok, so I think we've narrowed this down to the ISP-provided DNS resolver.
[Android Apps and Games] knofi69:
Hello guys,

My problem:

I cant log in the Aurora Store with a anonymus Account since 2 or 3 days.

Is there a server problem in the moment?

knofi
[Android Apps and Games] rho-bot:
Works for me.
[Android Apps and Games] dope77:
Try using vpn
[Android Apps and Games] temporarium:
Have you read the posts just above yours? It could be a similar issue.
[Android Apps and Games] deserted:
Today I got a message in my bank's app that the app will be blocked because it was downloaded from an unauthorized source.
[Android Apps and Games] temporarium:
Did you just update the app? Are you rooted? What changed?
[Android Apps and Games] deserted:
I have a custom rooted Android 12.

I haven't updated anything.

I suspect the problem lies in the fact that some time ago I made a copy of my bank's apk files (3 files). And after installing the new rom I installed the bank app using SAI installation.
[Android Apps and Games] temporarium:
So you haven´t updated your bank app recently? Maybe you should back it up, install it clean from Aurora or Play Store (if you use that) and restore the data before you open the app for the first time.
[Android Apps and Games] deserted:
I don't have play store.

I installed the new bank app cleanly through Aurora Store. I'll see if any information from the bank shows up.
[Android Apps and Games] temporarium:
You just said you installed the app yourself from a copy. Just reinstall the latest version from Aurora. It could be it's detecting root, do you may have to hide it in magisk, etc
[Android Apps and Games] deserted:
About 2 months ago I installed the application from a copy using SAI.

Today I installed cleanly through Aurora.

I hidden the bank's application in Magisk v25.2. Despite this, the bank app detected root.

At the moment I am trying other ways to hide root, such as Shamiko.
[Android Apps and Games] temporarium:
Yes, never-ending struggle to have root and a normal life... Still, not really an Aurora issue.
[Android Apps and Games] carbonize:
Small bug. If you're on the update screen in portrait mode then rotate your device to landscape mode Aurora switches to the apps screen.
[Android Apps and Games] deserted:
For the past few days, Poland's ING Bank has blocked the bank's app for users who installed the bank's app through the Aurora Store, or other unauthorized sources.

I, too, received information from the bank that my app would be blocked. However, someone in the Aurora Store Telegram group prompted me to install the app using root.

So far, the app is working. I hope it is thanks to root method.

The conclusion is that the bank is checking the source of the installation. In my case, there is no information about the source.

In the forum of the bank, someone posted a working script that changes the data about the source of the installation, supposedly the installation was through the Play store.

GitHub - enedil/fix-ingmobile-on-huawei: Spraw, by Moje ING działało na telefonie bez Google Play

Spraw, by Moje ING działało na telefonie bez Google Play - enedil/fix-ingmobile-on-huawei

github.com
[Android Apps and Games] Aqq123:
This is very insightful. Thanks for sharing! I think it's bound to become more widespread.

Writing a Python script just for this is really an overkill though. The workaround boils down to just running a staged installer with pm install-create -i com.android.vending, which can be done manually with a couple of commands:

% adb push base.apk /data/local/tmp/
% adb shell
% pm install-create -i com.android.vending /data/local/tmp/base.apk
Success: created install session [12345678]
% pm install-write -S `stat -c %s /data/local/tmp/base.apk` 12345678 0 /data/local/tmp/base.apk
Success: streamed 87654321 bytes
% pm install-commit 12345678
Success

The session identifier output by install-create has to be passed to the two latter commands but this can be easily scripted with what's already available on the device. No need for third-party tools:

% SESSION_ID=`pm install-create -i com.android.vending /data/local/tmp/base.apk | cut -d[ -f2 | tr -d ]
% echo $SESSION_ID
12345678

Edit: actually, if the app is just one APK, the same can be done with a single command:

adb shell pm install -i com.android.vending /data/local/tmp/base.apk

Really, no need to overengineer it. Anyway, I digress.

I think it'd be good to have Aurora spoof the installation source as com.android.vending (i.e. the Play Store), at least as an option for those that want to do so. People don't have Aurora and Play Store installed side-by-side so a conflict due to this is unlikely. Unless there are other considerations I'm missing, this would seem like a useful feature. Not sure if the developers follow this thread though. Maybe best to post it on the issue tracker?
[Android Apps and Games] temporarium:
Excellent stuff. I've been using an app from F-Droid called App Manager, which has tons of very useful stuff, including an installer that blocks trackers at the same time. That's what I use when installing/updating from Aurora.

I'd be curious to know if these banking apps installed with App Manager still complain. It may already work, I don't know as I haven't come across such an app.

But, if not, I think the developer would be open to implementing your suggestions, as it's right up his alley with this Swiss-army-knife kind of app of his.
[Android Apps and Games] fobtob387:
I use App Manager and have apps complain about not being installed from the Play Store (Signal, Netflix and Kogan). I do use Play Store alongside Aurora Store so it was easy enough to just install them through the Play Store, but still an issue for most.
[Android Apps and Games] deserted:
I'm not familiar with scripts, so I'll ask.

Does your solution work on an already installed application, or is it the way of new installations?
[Android Apps and Games] Aqq123:
It'd take 5 mins to write a 5-line shell script that does the same as that 50+ line Python behemoth does without the need for any external dependency. I already wrote the last three lines. The first two would be something like:

cp `find /data/app/ -path \*pl\.ing\.mojeing\*\.apk` /data/local/tmp/
pm uninstall pl.ing.mojeing

Or you can just uninstall the app with the UI and re-download the APK with Aurora (⋮ → Manual download). Then you only have to run a single command from the shell: adb shell pm install -i com.android.vending /sdcard/Download/pl.ing.mojeing.apk (adjusting the path if necessary).

So my point is that it's so simple you don't need anyone else's "solution" at all. This way you don't have to run any unfamiliar scripts downloaded from the Internet, which generally isn't a good idea.

As a matter of fact, I think there's a simpler solution yet: don't uninstall anything, just edit the entry for installer="..." in /data/system/packages.xml. Might also have to wipe the app data afterwards in case it remembers detecting irregularities.
[Android Apps and Games] Aqq123:
Yeah, this should be it. No need to uninstall:

adb shell
su
stop
sed -i -e "/pl\.ing\.mojeing/s/com\.aurora\.services/com\.android\.vending/g" /data/system/packages.xml
start
exit

Just checked and it works - the reported installation source changed in App info. (I tried with another app since I don't have this one but it should be all the same).

Note: the g modifier for sed is because sometimes there's also another entry, installInitiator="...". So we're changing both.

Probably a good idea to have a backup of packages.xml just in case. And check the permissions and security context before and after (ls -laZ). But on the device I tried (LOS 18.1) they didn't need any adjustment.
[Android Apps and Games] deserted:
I found an app that does the same thing.

https://xdaforums.com/t/app-root-android-auto-3rd-party-app-enabler.3853009/post-84992999
[Android Apps and Games] mothzart:
I might be wrong, but my guess is that author's idea for the fix should be easy to use by people with no experience in adb and/or don't have unlocked/rooted phones. Probably 9/10 uses for this will be for people on unlocked Huawei, not on a degoogled custom ROM.

BTW: I think the best solution is to add an option to aurora store for spoofing custom source :)
[Android Apps and Games] enedil:
@Aqq123 I am the author of the script. I agree with some of your critique. The advice that running untrusted scripts is bad idea is of course correct, however there are caveats:

1. I wanted to have a nice script (and detest shell scripts, especially when it's not a simple sequence of commands, as now we have a loop, a cut; hence Python) that I can rerun on app update. That's why I like to avoid the manual step of "just saving" apk from Aurora. I can run my script any time it turns out I was logged out. Only thing I need is to attach cable and run the script.

2. Even though the script is a bit longer than needed, it is very well strightforward. I believe it is still faster to you to understand it, rather than to recreate the behaviour in your shorter script. That might be by a short margin though.

3. I run Android on unrooted Huawei phone which simply doesn't allow for the method with editing

/data/system/packages.xml

(I didn't even know about its existence though, thanks for sharing that knowledge).

4. Another side note on why I dislike bash - you mention

Note: the g modifier for sed is because sometimes there's also another entry, installInitiator="...". So we're changing both.

. This kind of issues is exactly what I prefer to avoid, and this is simply not possible (or easy) with bash.

Also, as @mothzart said, the main audience is probably people who have little knowledge about how Android/modding works in general, so that's the "why".

I appreciate all the suggestions and discussion. Alas, after hearing what you told, I doubt that you would like to contribute to my project.

I also agree that it would be nice for Aurora to enable spoofing of installer id, especially if it is possible without adb and without root.

Side note: admins of ING forums decided to scrub the forums from links, be it to my GitHub, or to this thread, which some kind user shared (and that's the reason I'm here).
[Android Apps and Games] enedil:
Out of interest I might want to try it.

I used Linux desktop systems so long that I no longer believe in "Python is external dependency". I'm also aware about differences between sh and bash, but I don't think it's important to make that distinction in speech. But this is a minor note.

Both of that, and you made your point directing me to my use of regular expressions. Anyway, that is just a little remark. By using `pm path` I avoided accidentally trying to install too many/too few .apk files (that might for some reason match your glob).

I didn't see the point in it, as currently for me I don't use it for more than one application.

Sure. I might even want to code it myself.

This is not true. In Poland we have a payment system called BLIK. How BLIK basically works is that you open the bank app, which lets you generate a 6 digit code, valid for 2 minutes. You pass that code to a website, physical payment terminal or an ATM. The receiving end starts processing the code, which prompts your app to confirm the payment (with a specific amount etc.). This is not possible to do on the web version, and I use BLIK very often because it's the easiest way to pay without sharing credit card numbers with the processor.

Also, previously I had to use a bank which has only an app, no web interface :p
[Android Apps and Games] knofi69:
In the meantime the Aurorastore works for a few days... but now it doesn't work again. We use a 4 devices with the

anonymous login ( it doesn't work on all devices)...

The error report is: "Failed to connect t auroraoss.com 146.59.157.181 (Port4***)"

I'm not abel to see the last three digits of the port...

May someone can help me :-) thanks
[Android Apps and Games] asripath:
Issue on your side.

Just checked...use everyday...works..

Check if you / isp are blocking

Edit

Check if you can access

Auroraoss.com

gitlab.com

And are using version 4.1.1
[Android Apps and Games] mothzart:
Z ciekawości - który bank działa tylko na androidzie? ;P

(EN. Curiosity - what bank?)
[Android Apps and Games] enedil:
It was when I was in Ireland, and the name is MoneyJar.
[Android Apps and Games] ZeroCooL_39:
Id like to check it out
[Android Apps and Games] krystian3w:
I wouldn't be surprised if the app of this strange bank was in (x)HTML5 anyway (thanks to strange web developers), and similarly the whole blik system.
[Android Apps and Games] kairusds:
any hopes of getting a location changer?
[Android Apps and Games] TXRdev2005:
Does anyone know how to fix this, my phone runs android 4.4
[Android Apps and Games] heinhuiz:
This has been addressed in this thread several times already. Try using a VPN or use another DNS server.
[Android Apps and Games] Ssarna1:
What if it's not just one APK? Aurora downloads three files:

pl.ing.mojeing.apk

config.xxhdpi.apk

config.arm64_v8a.apk

would it work if i apply the above hack to all those files?

Would something like that (or similar) be possible for non-root?
[Android Apps and Games] Aqq123:
Then you have to use pm install-create|install-write|install-commit. It's all in the same post, right above the part you quoted:

You just need a separate pm install-write call once for each APK.

From recovery, assuming you have access to the /data partition. So yes in general for most devices.

Also note the original method uses adb root and on many non-stock OSes (such as LineageOS) this can simply be enabled in System → Developer options → Rooted debugging. It doesn't depend on su (or Magisk) to work.
[Android Apps and Games] Ssarna1:
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_APK: Full install must include a base package]

Do i need to rename "pl.ing.mojeing.apk" to "base.apk"? How do i determine, which one is "base"? Is it always the one with usual package name?

EDIT: didn't work.

I do have this enabled, but this is what i get:

OnePlus7Pro:/ $ stop
Must be root
[Android Apps and Games] Aqq123:
No, the filename doesn't matter. All the required information is inside the app manifest anyway. In the example it was named base.apk because that's the name Android uses for already installed APKs. And if you look at the original post context, the file was copied from the installed app directory, so that it doesn't have to be downloaded again:

You need to run adb root first.
[Android Apps and Games] Privacydroid:
I'm running BlissOS in Virtualbox (basically android as a virtual machine on my PC).

The system itself is fully functional, i can access the internet.

The problem is when opening Aurorastore via the anonymous option, it says requesting new session, then after a moment spits out this error:

"failed to connect to goolag.store/..."

The whole BlissOS is entirely useless for me when i can't download the apps that i want.

-No i will not use a google account

-No the apps i want don't offer any direct apk download

So how do i fix this crap?
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
Did you consider to check this thread?

https://xdaforums.com/t/app-4-4-aurora-store-open-source-play-store-client-april-8-2021.3739733/

I'm happy to move your post into that thread if you like.

Regards

Oswald Boelcke

Senior Moderator
[Android Apps and Games] Privacydroid:
Yes, please move the thread, thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] temporarium:
First, what are you referring to as crap ? If it's the Aurora app, then you best not use it and find something else to complain about 😉

Second, how is your Internet connectivity inside the VM? Is there a firewall of any kind?

Third, have you read through the last few pages of this thread? You may find some hints at possible solutions.