RedPhone Removed from Google Play Store

[list@sysfu.com (Seth)]

On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:06:25 -0800, Badbiosvictim  
<badbiosvictim@ruggedinbox.com> wrote:

> Yes. I have a $80 a year plan with page plus cellular on my older Droid  
> 3 phone.

I don't believe you can use utilize that number on your Droid 4 'PDA' with  
Textsecure. If it was a GSM phone maybe you could temporarily swap the  
active SIM card into the Droid 4 just to register the phone number with  
Textsecure. Then go back to Wifi for Textsecure comms, however this would  
require Google Services Framework.

Are you trying to pull all this off without using a Google account?  
Current versions of Textsecure require the GSF to communicate over IP (as  
opposed to SMS). GSF is only obtainable via the Google Play store to the  
best of my knowledge.

If someone knows of a way to install a current version of the Google  
Service Framework, without using the Google Play app, I'd be interested to  
know.

Otherwise you're stuck using older versions of Textsecure that support  
SMS, but again I'm pretty sure that requires an active cellular plan with  
SMS capable telephone number.