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Play Store Won't let me install NextDNS

I had to do a full reset on my wife's Moto Power G (2022) and now the Google Play Store won't allow me to download and install the NextDNS app.

Can someone explain what's going on?  I tried to search for an answer, but nothing definitive.

I tried to get the app from APKPure but that seemed to point me at some other app (really confusing!).

Mike

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    • R_P_M
    • 2 days ago
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    Android NextDNS app has been removed from the Google Play Store.

    Try from apkmirror or another third-party app providing DoH/DoT connections.

    • mcfroston
    • 2 days ago
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    That's a very old version, 1.2, back from Jan, 2021.  My phone is running 5.5.18.

    I doubt that it would work anymore.

    I had the app loaded on her phone before and it was working.  Because of some problems, I ended up having to do a full reset.  Now they won't load it.   I don't understand why...

    Mike

      • R_P_M
      • 2 days ago
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       1.2 is the last version released on the Play Store. I have no idea how your phone version is 5.5, this can’t be an official app because none of the apps released go up anywhere near that number. 

    • mcfroston
    • yesterday
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    Here is a snapshot of my NextDNSManager.

    I was supprised to notice the Disclaimer:

      "This app and it's developer are NOT affiliated with NextDNS."

    I wasn't aware of this.

    What's the difference between the (archived?) NextDNS, v1.2 and this NextDNSManager 5.5.18?

      Mike

      • R_P_M
      • 19 hrs ago
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      Ah right, the NextDNS Manager. That's just a web wrapper around the my.nextdns.io website, with a few miscellaneous extras.

      The old official app was just a way to connect your device to the NextDNS service (via a local VPN protocol mechanism), with a big start/stop button. Since it uses the VPN setup it cannot be used alongside another third-party VPN service.

    • Micke
    • yesterday
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    No need to use an app

    • mcfroston
    • 22 hrs ago
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    Micke,

    Can you clarify that?

       How do you configure it without the App?

    I occasionally have to turn off the App, is there a quick way to do that?  Problem is, this is for my wife's phone, she isn't too technical. 

    Mike

      • Micke
      • 4 hrs ago
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       just enter the settings in settings - private dns in android.

    • Zavok
    • 21 hrs ago
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    My Play Store says that app compatibility varies by phone. But the app wasn't installed on my phone; I only accessed the Play Store because, a moment ago, my phone warned me that my 4G connection wasn't working with NextDNS. I can connect normally via Wi-Fi, the problem is only with 4G. Maybe that's related? I created an account here just to investigate It, by the way

      • mcfroston
      • 18 hrs ago
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      You could be right. When I look at the appwith my phone, it says that the app is available, but with my wife’s is not. The thing that confuses me is that I had loaded it on her phone probably a couple years ago. Apparently something has changed with the app.

       

      Mike

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