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- Problems downloading apps outside of the Play Store
- How to download restricted apps in your country: two very simple methods
There are times when we want to try a new service, application or tool and, when we enter the Google Play Store, we see that it is not available in our country or, directly, it is not compatible with our devices. What can we do in this case? If we want to go ahead with the download and installation of said application, we will have no choice but to download its executable 'APK' file from the Internet, then place it in the phone's internal memory and install it as usual.But this can carry certain risks that many are not willing to take.
Problems downloading apps outside of the Play Store
If we cannot trust one hundred percent of the applications that we download in the Play Store (a few weeks we got rid of a news in which they tell us that one or another application contains viruses) Imagine how much we should trust the applications that we download outside of the official repository. Even so, nothing strange should happen, we just have to be sure of the permissions that the application that we have installed asks us to run it. For example, if we download a flashlight application that is the ultimate and promises that the house will light up as if it were a fair, there is no point in asking us for permission to make calls, obtain a list of our contacts or be able to read our emails Always apply the logic in terms of permissions required by applications and be wary when these seem to exceed their purposes.
How to download restricted apps in your country: two very simple methods
Method 1: APK Mirror
Even so, at the risk of downloading applications that contain some type of malware, there are Internet repositories that are quite reliable and well-known, such as APK Mirror. The fact that you download an application from a place other than the Google Play Store is not synonymous with a virus and APK Mirror is a good example of a reliable place. On this page you will only have to search for the application that you want to download and it is not available in your country, and then click on the down arrow that accompanies said application.
A new screen will open in which we will have to search for the apk files available for said application. To do this, click on ‘See avaliable APKs‘.
In the 'Variant' section we will find all the available APK files. Click on the latest one, download it and save it on your computer.
Then you can share it with your mobile by connecting it to your computer with a USB cable or sending the APK via email or through messaging applications such as Telegram or WhatsApp.
Method 2: APK Downloader
Another way to download applications that are not available in our country is even easier and it is about using a tool that we have available on a website. The tool is called 'APK Downloader' and we can enter from this link. To download an application that is not available on Google Play in our country, we must copy the URL of said application from the Google Play Store website on our computer and then paste it on the APK Downloader page.
Once we have pasted the URL in the corresponding box of the APK Downloader page, a download link will be generated.
By pressing we will download the APK to our computer, then proceed to move it to our mobile and, finally, install it. In this way we can enjoy applications from outside Spain on our mobile.
