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I'm pretty sure I've read several times that you can have the paid DCS WiFi on more than one phone as long as they share the same account.  However, I can't figure out how to actually get it onto a second old phone that I want to use as a remote.  I have logged into Google Play Store and on both phones is shows the Standard WiFi version in the Play Store purchase history, clearly I'm on the right account for the second phone.  However, I don't see any way to bypass the payment and load the Standard WiFi version on the second phone.

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I THINK I understand the challenge here.  If you purchase the premium app, the app is going to know your Apple ID  Your Apple ID owns the app.  if for some reason you have a second Apple ID or a Google Play ID, it is going to look to collect $$$ from you for each license of the app.  You might be able to talk to both Apple and Google and try and convince them that your IDs are for one person, but not sure how that will play out.

For my various iPhones and iPads, all different versions of operating systems, I am able to have the same file run on all my devices.  I don't think that is your problem though.  @Engineer-Joe has discussed that topic before.

John

John,

I use two Android tablets for DCS.  Both were loaded with the app from Google Play Store.  When I upgraded the app the second tablet was automatically updated with no additional cost.  I actually had the app on my Android phone for a while but did not use it or need it there.  There has to be a way to install the app on your devices.  There were two premium costs involved - one for $25 and the second for $5 to have all the functionality.  HTH

Buzz

@gunrunnerjohn I certainly understand wanting something that you've already paid for, to work as it should.  I've been known on more than one occasion to fix something that I could have bought new for less than the value of my time to fix it.  Sometimes, it's just a matter of once you set your mind to something, wanting to make it work the way you want it to, on principle.  From an outsider's perspective, this may not make sense to them.  Been there, done that too.

However, if no one here on the forum has a solution, you might consider buying another license, instead of the potential aggravation of dealing with a customer service rep.  Google's stockholders could probably use the extra dough.

On the left, here's what I see when I check if the new (old) Android phone knows about my app purchase.  Obviously, it does know that I bought this app.  So I do the "upgrade" as suggested, and when I get to the last step, they're about to charge me again, that's where I stop.

If this were just for $5, I'd just buy it.  But, if I want to further upgrade, or buy some other application and have it on both (or multiple) devices, I'd like to figure this out now.  The older phone is running Android 6, and the new one is Android 11.

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@SteveH posted:

@gunrunnerjohn I certainly understand wanting something that you've already paid for, to work as it should.  I've been known on more than one occasion to fix something that I could have bought new for less than the value of my time to fix it.  Sometimes, it's just a matter of once you set your mind to something, wanting to make it work the way you want it to, on principle.  From an outsider's perspective, this may not make sense to them.  Been there, done that too.

However, if no one here on the forum has a solution, you might consider buying another license, instead of the potential aggravation of dealing with a customer service rep.  Google's stockholders could probably use the extra dough.

you dont need to buy it twice
John, are you logged into the google play store on the 2nd device with your gmail account? Same account as your first device?

It may prompt you to add your credit card to the 2nd device, but DONT buy the app again.
Final thing is once you open the google play store, click your profile icon in the top right, click "my apps & games", and click "installed" "library" and you will see the list of apps you have installed on other devices. go to Wifi DCS and install from there

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you dont need to buy it twice
John, are you logged into the google play store on the 2nd device with your gmail account? Same account as your first device?

It may prompt you to add your credit card to the 2nd device, but DONT buy the app again.
Final thing is once you open the google play store, click your profile icon in the top right, click "my apps & games", and click "installed" "library" and you will see the list of apps you have installed on other devices. go to Wifi DCS and install from there

For whatever reason, the WiFi DCS app doesn't show up in my library on the second device.  I uninstalled the free version and that didn't help.  Frustrating!

On my Wife's android phone, both her and my Google accounts are registered on the device. However in the Play store only her Google account is signed in. I installed the DCS app on her phone and it asked me to pay for the upgrade. As soon as I logged her out of the Google play store and logged in with my google account, the app recognized that I had already purchased the premium app and no further purchase was needed.

John, did you by any chance check page 43 of "Barry's Wi-fi Companion 2nd Edition" page 43?

Downloading the DCS Application
To download the DCS Application, proceed as follows:
• Ensure that the smart device is connected to the Internet.
• On an iOS device, tap on the icon for the App Store.
• On an Android device, tap on the icon for Google Play.
• Search for applications using keywords “MTH DCS WiFi”.
• When applications are displayed, select the “Wi-Fi DCS” application.
• Tap the “Get” or “Download” button to download the DCS Application to your smart device.
Upgrading the DCS Application
To upgrade the Free version of the DCS Application to either the Standard or Premium version, proceed
as follows:
• Ensure that the smart device is connected to the Internet.
• Tap the DCS Application’s icon. This will display the Home Screen.
• Tap the Run My Trains button. This will display the Engine Control Screen. (Note: disregard any error
messages that may appear.)
• At the bottom-right corner of the screen, tap the More... button. This will display the More… Screen.
• Tap the Purchase button on the same line as either the Standard or Premium version that you wish
to purchase. Follow the displayed instructions to upgrade the Free version of the application to either
the Standard or Premium version.
Installing the DCS Application on Multiple Smart Devices
The Basic (free) version of the DCS Application may be installed on more than one smart device, whether
the Smart Device is an iOS or Android device, at no charge. Further, once the DCS Application has been
upgraded on one device to either the Standard or Premium version, it may then be upgraded on any additional
smart device that has had the Basic version of the DCS Application installed, and that is owned by
the same purchaser of the original upgrade.
To do so, simply follow the steps above to upgrade the additional devices, being certain that the devices
have the same Apple ID for the Apple App Store or Android Account Number (Google E-mail address)
for Google Play, as was used to upgrade the first smart device. There will not be any additional charge for
subsequent DCS Application upgrades.
The following section discusses how to setup and configure the DCS Wireless Interface Unit (WIU) to allow
a DCS layout to be operated using the DCS Application.

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