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How to Download & Install Flappy Bird on Your Android Phone or Tablet Without Using Google
Play. There has been a lot of news over the last
couple weeks about the popular Flappy Birds mobile game and its creator, *** Nguyen.
After becoming the hottest game on Android and iOS devices, Nguyen revealed to The Verge
that he was making about $50,000 a day in advertising revenue from Flappy Bird.
Then, the game was heavily criticized for having green pipes that looked too much like
the ones in Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. series, as well as an almost identical bird and gameplay
concept from the Web game Piou Piou. Nguyen warned that he would be removing Flappy
Bird from the iOS App Store and Google Play due to its overwhelming popularity, and on
Sunday, February 9th he did.
But it's not too late to get your hands on it.
If you're on an iOS device, you're pretty much out of luck unless you're jailbroken
and can find a copy of it somewhere. If you already have it on your iPad or iPhone, great
don't delete it and it should stay there forever. If you do, you'll still be able to redownload
it from iCloud.
How to Download & Install Flappy Bird for Android
If you're an Android user, all you have to do is install the APK of the last version
that was available in the Google Play Store. We've got a few different links you can try
out (Droidbin link; Devhost link) to download it onto your Android phone or tablet.
Then, just make sure you have Unknown sources enabled in your Settings (check out our instructions
on doing so for the Samsung Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7. the process is pretty
much the same for all devices) and install the app by tapping on it from your Notifications
tray or Downloads folder.