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Re:Ask HN: How can I recover and run my old mobile game from... by mschuster91 on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @09:48AM (#45026529)
APKs are signed so assuming OP can verify his own certificate he might be lucky enough to not have to dig that deep.
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Re:Ask HN: How can I recover and run my old mobile game from... by diggan on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @12:22PM (#45028699)
If it's being distributed by a piracy site, and the game had any sort of protection to make sure people actually bought it, then probably they're storing/offering a pre-cracked version, which certainly shouldn't (or wouldn't) be signed by anyone.
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Re:Ask HN: How can I recover and run my old mobile game from... by mid-kid on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @11:59AM (#45041427)
This sort of protection is rather rare for android apps.
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