Im afraid i cant download the app after the update and i want to switch flight sims from rfs to if my os and device is listed below
Device: Samsung Galaxy A02S
OS: android 10
Check your storage & if everythingâs good try to clear cache of the play store appâŚmaybe thatâll help !!
You can clear cache in Phone Settings > Apps > Play Store > Storage > Clear Cache
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Iâm fairly confident you will be able to download the latest version of Infinite Flight, assuming that you havenât messed with your deviceâs bootloader (e.g. You/a previous owner havenât rooted your phone). If that is the case, then, unfortunately, you wonât be able to download Infinite Flight at all, since devices with a bootloader that has been tampered with, automatically lose their Google Play Protect certification, which is a requirement to download Infinite Flight.
If you want to make sure, feel free to take a look at the requirements for Infinite Flight. All modern devices (which the Samsung Galaxy A02S counts as) should support OpenGL 3.0+, but it doesnât hurt to check nonetheless. Get back to us if your issue persists.
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It is not available on my device it says and i havent messed with a boot loader and tbis is a new phone
I assume you mean it says âYour device is not compatible with this versionâ when trying to install Infinite Flight (but please do correct me if the message youâre getting is a different one, it would make getting to the bottom of the issue easier). In that case, I would suggest clearing Google Play Storeâs cache (as AvioBird said above) and data. You neednât worry about the data aspect - you will not be signed out of your account or lose any meaningful data, itâs just an extra measure to help mitigate the issue. To do that, head to your deviceâs Settings > Apps > Google Play Store > Storage, tap on âClear Cacheâ and confirm by pressing the OK button, then do the same or âClear Dataâ. Then, try downloading Infinite Flight again, let me know if the issue persists.
I deleted my cache and it still says not compatible. Sorry if this is aggravating you
Itâs not, donât worry - not fixing the issue in one go is expected when troubleshooting.
Not a lot more comes to mind, though.
First, check that you donât have any software updates for your device.
Second, check if you have the latest version of the Play Store installed. To do that, head to the Play Store, tap on your profile icon > Settings > About > Play Store Version > Update Play Store. If it really is the latest version, a message saying âGoogle Play Store is up to dateâ will pop up.
The final thing I can think of (which has to do with my suggestion that youâve messed with the bootloader above) is to check whether your device is Play Protect certified. To check if thatâs true, you need to head to the same page - About - as in the previous step, and check for the âPlay Protect certificationâ box - ideally, it should say âDevice is certifiedâ. If it says otherwise, then you will not be able to install Infinite Flight on your A02S since Infinite Flight requires Play Protect certification.
Well i dont have a playstore update software uldate and my device is certified so im not really sure
Upon further inspection, I found out that the A02S used to have a bunch of RAM options - and one of them is a 1GB RAM version. It kind of makes sense for a budget device, which the A02S is, but itâs not enough to run IF - it says so in the system requirements page I linked in a reply above. Could you please let me know how much RAM you have on your device? To do that, you can either enter the Developer option menu in Settings and look for Memory (it should be the first thing in there); or you can tell me the model number, which you can find printed out on a sticker somewhere on the box your phone came in. It should look something like SM-xxxxx.
I have 2 gigs but 1.4 of them used
It sounds like may be using a device with a 32-bit version of Android installed.
Could you perhaps download CPU-Z from Play Store and look what it says under the âSystemâ tab and âKernel architectureâ?
Kernel version
4.9.227-22251183 # 1 Tue Jan 25 20:18:09 KST 2022
Thats what it says
The row above, Kernel Architecture is the one thatâs interesting :)
Baseband version
A025AZTUS2BVA1
I think thats it
Im have school so im not gonna respond fast on next reply you send
I kust did a quick research the Samsung A02s is running Android 10 one UI 2 on 32bit so yes thts the problem here
Im afraid i gave wrong info its actually android 11 sorry
Oh, interesting, I really didnât think of that, since itâs a 64-bit processor itâs running onâŚ
I also did some research and I echo what CrazyBee said above - it indeed is a 32-bit version of Android on a 64-bit processor. Now, there are ways to flash a 64-bit version on your device, BUT thatâs 1. Really complicated to do and 2. More than likely make you lose Play Protect certification (and regaining it is yet another hassle) - to the point where Iâd say itâs not worth going through all of this. I donât condone it either - itâs not intended for the end user to do any of this, so Iâll leave finding the methods to do this to you and going through with it your own risk.
My honest advice is that you donât tamper with any of this, though - itâs a complicated process for something small (by comparison).
Yeah its an risky process not to flash an 64bit firmware.
(I know it as i have phones where i did thinks like that but mainky to have newer android than the manufacturer were givin updates đ)
Yeah, this wonât work at all unfortunately.
This is unfortunately not as uncommon as one would like with low/mid tier Android devices. Most common with Samsung what we can tell so far. No logical reason to itâŚ
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