I live in New Zealand and the Samsung Wave phones aren't available here so only free apps are available on Samsung Apps store. I was wondering if anyone was able to figure out a way to fake being from a different country (such as Australia) to gain access to paid apps.
Well first thing is we would need to figure out how samsung regulate the samsung apps store. Any one any ideas?
I think you can choose the desired country's store, by going to samsungapps.com/main/getCountry.as
Once you found the application you wanna install, click on 'get'. It should open your Kies program installed on your PC and give you the possibility to install the paid applications.
Correct me if I am wrong.
Samsung app is very poor.not as android or symbain
Prices and pay-method are different per country. But it is kinda crappy, as you can't pay with iDEAL (bank transfer) or PayPal in my country. Such a big fail of samsung
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I have a question about the market app.
How does it work? Like... If I bought the phone somewhere which doesn't allow paid apps. Then I take the phone to another country. Will it use the market server from the first place? Or if the new country allow paid apps. Will I be able to get paid apps with the market app?
Thanks
WingYn said:
I have a question about the market app.
How does it work? Like... If I bought the phone somewhere which doesn't allow paid apps. Then I take the phone to another country. Will it use the market server from the first place? Or if the new country allow paid apps. Will I be able to get paid apps with the market app?
Thanks
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Its controlled by rom you have installed.
So you would be tied to the country depending on the rom it has. You can always root and install a custom rom then you won't have to worry.
WingYn said:
I have a question about the market app.
How does it work? Like... If I bought the phone somewhere which doesn't allow paid apps. Then I take the phone to another country. Will it use the market server from the first place? Or if the new country allow paid apps. Will I be able to get paid apps with the market app?
Thanks
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There is a nice small tool called Market Enabler, that let's you enable all the paid apps, based on a different provider setting. No need to travel around the world for that
Thanks for the replies It's just that I dont think I will root it with the 0.92.0->1 SLCD method
Can I use the market enabler even though it's not rooted? (I forgot)
I want to know if there is a way i can have paid apps and actually can purchase app using Android Market in my Nexus,
as you can know google Market is not in every country which you can purchase apps.
In my Galaxy S i used to have the old Market (2.2) which after rooting you can use the Market Enabler app to trick your phone into being in US and actually purchase apps,
Is there a way i can do this my Nexus??
It is silly how we are chasing people on buying their products
A similar technique should work fine still. The Market app just checks region of your sim card to determine if you should see them. That way they allow people from countries where paid apps are available to buy apps even if they are in a country where it usually isn't.
The values from your sim gets read at every boot and are stored as system properties. The way Market Enabler and MarketAccess work is by changing that cached value to MCC and MNC values of an allowed region. They might also adjust the Market cache to reflect the same change but in essence, that's how it works.
The above has not changed as far as I know and there is no reason for Google to change it either. They still make money on every sale. It's not Google who are purposefully blocking it but rather some issue of taxes or something similar.
The problem is with the new version of the Market (3.0 and above) it can let you view the paid apps but it wont let you purchase them, in my Galaxy S i used to uninstall the update of the Market so that i can use the old version of the Market and actually purchase apps
You are right it seems. I haven't used those kind of apps for a long time and it seems they haven't been updated for a long time either. There is an issue in the issue tracker about it
You can find an open source version here if you want to be able to mess around with the code for one.
I am unable to purchase SetCPU (or any other program) from the marketplace I think it is because of my location (Kazakhstan).
I wish to purchase... how can i do this? Please help!!! I have given all of my credit card details to my google account.. but still i cannot buy
Please help me....
SetCPU ? Isn't it free in xda-dev for us xda-dev users ? Or you can try "no-frills", it's free from the market.
Anyway, have you tried "Market Enabler" ? Set your operator to T-Mobile - USA then maybe you can purchase apps from Market.
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SetCPU ? Isn't it free in xda-dev for us xda-dev users ? Or you can try "no-frills", it's free from the market.
Anyway, have you tried "Market Enabler" ? Set your operator to T-Mobile - USA then maybe you can purchase apps from Market.
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Absolutely true its free for us, but i am unable to buy any apps.. i have tried "Market Enabler" from the market and it (apparently) fakes the sim to T-Mobile USA, but still i am unable to purchase as it says that "your devise is incompatible"... it says this even when i access the market from the internet :-(
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Absolutely true its free for us, but i am unable to buy any apps.. i have tried "Market Enabler" from the market and it (apparently) fakes the sim to T-Mobile USA, but still i am unable to purchase as it says that "your devise is incompatible"... it says this even when i access the market from the internet :-(
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1. when using market enabler, you should set to "fake on boot" so everytime you boot up your phone, you set your phone for the US market (or whatever market you want, really)
2. after having set market enabler, erase data from market app as well as uninstall market updates
3. reboot device and open market - paid apps should now work
4. (dont know if that one still applies, but i would think it does): you need a credit card registered in the country you set for market enabler - means as much as: if you want to purchase an app using the US market, you need an US credit card
5. PC browser uses the countries market your pc is in, unless you use a VPN (or proxy) to access another market! so if the country you sit in doesnt support paid apps, you can't purchase them from your PC
I've found three apps that I want so far that will NOT install on my HTC One x because it's not a USA one x. These games are for USA only, and even though I live in the USA I can't install them because I have an unlocked HTC One x. Anyway around this besides rooting/flashing roms? I might have to sell the phone and wait for the AT&T version if I can't get around this.
which apps?
no such thing with my HOX.
The only thing that prevents from installing apps is your internet connection.
I live in brazil and while i was in the us i could install all the us apps i wanted.
Now im back to brazil and i can only install br apps.
Doesnt matter where your phone is from.
Maybe you are using a proxy or something?
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which apps?
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Pogo for example.
It won't show up in the play store when I search on my phone, then when I search on market.android.com, it says the app is not compatible with my one x.
sorry to be a dummy, but when i go to the playstore, there seem to be several pogo possibilities. can you be more specific? i am in the u.s. with an international one x and can try to download to see if the same problem crops up.
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sorry to be a dummy, but when i go to the playstore, there seem to be several pogo possibilities. can you be more specific? i am in the u.s. with an international one x and can try to download to see if the same problem crops up.
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pogo games by EA
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5lYS5nYW1lLnBvZ29nYW1lcyJd
the only way I could access the pogo package was by doing a Google search. It did not appear in play store on my one x. Then when I had properly logged in to my account and tried to install, there was a pop-up saying device compatibility was not confirmed. So no joy. However, when going to the play store on my one x, I was able to download Tetris without any difficulty. You may have to download the games individually. BTW I am on AT&T prepaid. Don't know if being with another phone company would change things.
Try market enabler to spoof your location.
Works for me with FotMob in the UK which will not usually allow me to see the fixture list.
i thought i would do an update on this issue. i have an unrooted phone, so market enabler is not good for me - especially since i am a long way from wanting to root. i was trying to download google voice from play store and of course it downloaded and then said it was not available for use, so i uninstalled it. then i went to dolphin browser and googled google voice, which then took me to play store and the app. i downloaded again. it worked. i assume dolphin acted as a filter of some kind pointing back to a u.s. site/user? i really don't know enough to know, but it did work, if anyone is interested.
Let's face it, we all know that Google has a monopoly with its set of apps in the US. Why? Because all the popular manufacturers have made a contract with Google to include all of the gapps in their phones. What does that mean? It means that every phone you buy will include Google Play as the default appstore to buy all the software on your phone. There are no other alternatives installed by default.The good thing about Android is that it gives you freedom and with it comes option. These options are four alternatives you can install on your phone or tablet, where you can download all the apps you need.
f-droid
It is appstore that includes a repositorie of only free and open source (FOSS) apps. Does not need an account to work.
Amazon appstore
Amazon's own alternative to Google Play. Needs an Amazon account to work. Offers free and paid apps.There is also free paid app offer each day.
Yandex.store
Yandex known as the Google of Russia launched its own appstore to compete in select markets. Does not need an account to download free apps. For paid apps, you may need an account.
While the number of all these stores combined pales in comparison to Google's own. They are quite good alternatives for those who want to different options and do not want to depend only on Google.
+aptoide store
no registration needed
Awesome thanks cuatr0, I will have to give these a try .
Cheers
Quazza
THe issue is there are other app sites as well . But they come and go. Say you buy a bunch of apps from one of them . They useally do not track your apps and allow you to reinstall all with one push. And say you buy a 10.00 app then the site closes..
I think google and Amazon are only two i would trust at this time
wheres the 4th alternative?
Because of government rules and regulations, Google Play Store is not working in China. Therefore, there are many Chinese APP Stores such as Baidu phone helper, wandoujia and XX market as a substitution of Play Store. And some of these APP Stores such as Anzhi market may provide paied apps to you. Chinese is also a better option if you are less concerned about your privacy.
i often use the store on androidpit, but i still prefer the easy access to google play