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The original was posted on /r/samsung by /u/EfficientTyp0 on 2023-08-18 16:23:17+00:00.
I got a used Samsung Sm t530 from a family member and this thing will not connect to Google play. I gett a "Error No connection" message. I tried every piece of advice I could find on the internet and in the end called a samsung repair place. They had me try to do a software update and when the tab said it's unable to update they explained that it just no longer supports Google play and I won't be able to download anything from there. It connects to the internet, I can watch YouTube and "Galaxy store" works too but it's crap - I tried to find Reddit and it offered me Quran reading apps instead(?!) but I can, for instance, download and play Homescapes. I have an older and much cheap lenovo tablet that still connects to Google play without an issue so this just doesn't make sense to me. Is samsung really so crappy that they block their customers from accessing Google play?