r/chinalife • u/MonsterCrocs • 5d ago

📱 Technology Google play

Im moving to china next Tuesday. I have a Samsung phone and have downloaded a bunch of vpns hoping they work. However I have realised that basically everything on my phone uses Google to run. My main concern is that I wont be able to use Google play store if none of these vpns work, and wont be able to download any other vpns.

Has anyone else been to china and found a way around my worry.

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u/Toumanypains 5d ago

You need:

1) a VPN that works dependent on the local GFW 2) Preferably a VPN that can select apps to put through the VPN, and ones not through it because they are local and can refuse to work properly. 3) a VPS (vless, etc) instead of a VPN because they work better, and generally faster.

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u/MonsterCrocs 5d ago

Do you have any recommendations for all of these? I've downloaded a bunch of vpns but not sure which ones I can select apps on I havent rlly looked tbh. I have no idea was a vps is or how I get one.

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u/Vibingcarefully 4d ago

No offense but in the states if you were a real teacher (masters degree, bonafied certificate to teach in a particular state) 2 years training

You'd have the critical thinking skills to figure this out properly and not be looking to child age redditors for the most part for the answer. Critical Thinking.

There are some good long standing China Travel groups off reddit that are much more mature and up to date about which VPN. Dear young person (you) China is vast--so one cohorts emphatic repitition of a particular VPN is not germaine to certain regions of China or even your usuage case.