Since the game required a new client to update I haven't been able to play. I can't access the google play store here in China and rely on 3rd party android app stores but there hasn't been an update to the game client released to any stores. I've tried searching for an apk but even the ones that say they are version 14 show an older release date and talk about changes to mods. Can't find any apk related to grand arena.
It's very frustrating because I have been looking and trying almost every hour for over a day and have missed payouts, free energy and TB.
Does anyone have any ideas to help me find the new client? In the past I think I found an apk online but no luck so far this time.
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I'm not sure how it eventually gets into the app stores here, but I'm getting the feeling it has nothing to do with CG.
I hope I can get in before the end of the day or I'll miss a log in too which will be a lost zeta mat at the end of the month.
America <Blank> Yeah!
Now over 48 hours that I haven't been able to log in. I used my wife's iPhone and there seems to be a v14 update in the app store. Don't companies have a way to push their updates out for android in China? People here spend tons of money on mobile games, seems odd to neglect this market.
Hope someone from my guild reads these forums and can find out what happened to me, I'm usually in the game every few hours so don't want them worrying I was in an accident or something lol
Except in China there's no google store so it has nothing to do with google (nor apple for that matter since we're talking about android).
this was in response to his statement.
You'd think the "dev team" or whoever is concerned wouldn't want to ignore a market that big and work with the local app store(s) as well as they do with google and apple for other markets.
Nor can they release new content without any issues.
What they can do is rip you off in the store.
It's true because This keeps getting deleted. So much for free speach
Is it possible to put out client updates a week before they are needed to play the game? The app stores here will (hopefully) get the updated apk eventually and if there was a week between release and needing it maybe it'd be in the stores here once it was needed to get in the game.
If this doesn't work, maybe someone with a rooted Android device can upload the APK to their webspace or a file hosting service for you. Downloaded apps can be found in the /data/app folder on rooted devices. Alas, I can't root mine without losing the warranty.
Spent hours looking up which android stores are good in China and then trying to find this game. When I can find the game they don't have the latest update.
Several file hosting sites like media fire don't work in China but this page loads:
https://upload.cat/
Does that work for you?
You do know that governments sometimes have more control over content released to it's people than that. It's not about anyone ignoring a market, but being told that they cant bring certain things into it.
https://www.datafilehost.com/d/d8bf7636
Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes 0.14.388097
Hope it works for you. Got the apk from apkmirror.
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/electronic-arts/star-wars-galaxy-of-heroes/star-wars-galaxy-of-heroes-0-14-388097-release/star-wars-galaxy-of-heroes-0-14-388097-android-apk-download/download/
EDIT DISCLAIMER : TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK! I DID NOT TRY IT , ONLY DOWNLOADED IT AND REUPLOADED FOR OUR ALIEN OVERLORD.
Thank you so much! I'm downloading now.
As far as I know, MOST of the Android devices DO support Google play here as long as you install Google services correctly. VPN or other similar tools are always required when using GP or any other Google related services like Google search and Youtube(with the exception of Google translate), unless you're under some special network environment(one example is campus network in some universities). I personally bought NordVPN(this is not an ad.) to play this game and watch Youtube. A varity of free choices is out there if you're willing to find.
I can clearly tell that this game is not targeting Chinese market, though EA have already made a considerable profit from here(almost all of it is from iOS players). I haven't seen them advertising this game here anytime or anywhere. However, I don't think it's impossible for them to offically enter this market(I can't find any illegal elements inside this game).
Lastly, if you have some Chinese allies, none of the updating or login issues would be a problem, lol.
Happy to report I was able to download the apk from the file sharing site, install it and log in
Excellent news. Glad to help.
Oh, you don't have problems logging in with Google Play account?
As for 'Chinese allies', I mean if you know some Chinese friends who play this game, things would be a lot easier.
Get a handy VPN(whether free or not) and update the client in Google Play is still the most recommended method, IMO.