Greets - As we all know, Shazam changed their program so that you only get 5 free per month, unless you had it installed previously, in which case its free unlimited.
Has anyone managed to retain their grandfathered status after flashing a RUU or custom ROM with a device wipe? If so, how did you keep that?
I installed 2.2 via the RUU, re-rooted, and then restored Shazam (app & data) with Titanium Backup. I'm pretty sure I'm still grandfathered. I've used it a few times since and haven't noticed anything different.
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Thanks ... are you willing to try it 6 times right now? The cap is 5.
I upgraded with the RUU and restored shazam from titanium, and it kept my grandfather status. If you want to be sure there is an option in the menu inside shazam itself to see if you have the unlimited version
Shazam Grandfathering
I believe this is done based on your device IMEI not the actual installed version. So if you were lucky enough to get the unlimited tagging, then when you re-install the app (providing its the same device) you should automatically be grandfathered.
I think Shazam are now letting users transfer their grandfathering status over to a new device, if you write into customer support. You have to give them your old IMEI number as well as your new one and they will transfer the unlimited tagging status over to the new device. I did it with my Nexus one when i switched over to the Nexus S.
Just FYI to those interested, SoundHound started offering unlimited tagging in the free version, so I switched to it from Shazam.
I have change over virtuos and now Cyanogen 6.1.0 Stable Release and I still have the Paid status/Unlimited tags... I believe that the email that u use in the market is the one that give you the paid status if you had it install before it became a $$$ app!!
I had installed it before the deadline but did not grandfather.
Regardless I moved to sound hound last week. Faster recognition, lyrics, and unlimited tags. It even recognizes if you just hum the song! shazam's greed showed me a better product, so I guess I owe them thanks for not grandfathering.
Hi guys am getting the following error when am trying to open the downloads tab in market ( Aserver error has occurred. Retry, or Cancel and return to the previous screen.)
this just recently happened.any1 getting this error, i've cleared cache for the market and still didnt work.
Could this be an SD card problem i recently changed my sd card cause it stop working and after couple of days with the new SD card this error happened.
The version of market is 2.12 if thats any help.
How to i fix this...?
i think its a bug.
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i think its a bug.
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Since late Saturday evening, a few people started reporting that they were having problems with the new Android Market. Then, some users began posting on Google help forums that they couldn’t access the market at all. The cause for people on the old 1.6+ version of the Market may be that they were in the early stages of being updated to the new Android Market.
The Android Market is being sent out to many Android users through a silent over-the-air update that automatically changes phones to the new version we wrote about previously. In this update, users see a new Market that has a carousel of featured apps, in-line listing of related apps, and longer descriptions for apps and recent changes.
Several users who received the update began reporting to Google that they receive an error when attempting to access the My Apps section. The problem seems to strike at random without regard to carrier, device, or OS version. The one common variable seems to be that since the latest version was applied – or users are about to receive the update – and then users receive the following error:
“Attention A server error has occurred. Retry or cancel and return to the previous screen.”
This is not the first time that the Android Market has had problems, so a fix will be applied shortly if history is any indicator. All things are clear on my 2.2 HTC Evo on Sprint, but everyone from 2.2 HTC Desire users in England to 2.1 Samsung Vibrant users are seeing the error message. Cross your fingers that the new Market won’t effect you.
And then get use to having only 15 minutes to refund apps.
Hope that answers your question.
im also receiving this issue, except my android market force closes itself COMPLETELY.
I can live with it for a few days.
Hi guys... I am having serious problem with thas [email protected]. i cant find almost any app. Not even angry birds,flash player e.t.c. i really need help with that. I waited 1 month and still noth. I dont think that is my rom the problem because i have a friend with wildfire stock and the same problem and a friend with desire hd the same problem ......
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I recently noticed that Tmobile is advertising the option of billing google market content purchases to a users mobile bill. Although I don't really want to do that, it did make me curious as to how it works. Trying to get it to work led me to a question... is there a tmobile specific version of the google market apk?
I am running cyanogen 7 with google market 3.3.11 and I definitely can not see an option to bill a market purchase to my tmobile bill. I only see the options to add to a credit card.
I found this screenshot of google market which shows the tmobile payment option: http://cdn.androidtapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/T-Mobile-Carrier-Billing-in-Android-Market.jpg My payment screen looks a lot like that, minus the tmobile options.
If there is a specific tmobile version of the market, If so, how often does that get updated versus the generic version?
I don't actually think that it is a different app, just a different payment method available on some carriers:
http://androidcommunity.com/att-direct-carrier-billing-now-available-in-the-android-market-20101222/
That's the question, how does the app know to present the user with the different payment methods? I am on the tmobile network, but the market app seems completely unaware of that.
Your gmail account is synced with the Market, and so is your telephone number. Hence the connection to your T-Mobile account. If you are on a contract and not behind on your payments, you can theoretically bill an app to your monthly statement. This has been option for a long time now. And no, there is no T-Mobile specific Market.
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Your SIM has a lot to do with it as well. I believe the Market can tell which SIM card you are using, bringing up that Network's options.
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I haven't seen this on my market yet. Looks interesting.
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I'm asking me the same question some days before so I went to our T-Mobile Partner in the City. He told me, that I only can pay Apps with my T-Mobile bill, when I have a branded Device, because they modified the Android Market!
i can verify that this option was there since february. And it has worked on all my roms, but they have always been modded htc roms like glite...so dunno maybe it has more to do with the rom.
Has anyone been able to add their Citi MasterCard to Google Wallet lately? I've been trying since June 13th and it just times out. The card does get added to the Google online site. but not on the phone. I'm on the stock Sprint ROM and not rooted. The Google Prepaid card adds fine.
I originally added but then re-installed a rom and when I went to go re-add it I have been getting the same thing. They said its some sort of "out of sync" issue and I have a ticket open but never heard back.
I'd also had my citi card on the phone, but wiped Wallet to update to a newer version of Wallet. Now it just keeps timing out.
I called Citi and they cancelled the association with my phone, but it still just keeps timing out.
The Citi guy said there was a known issue with HTC EVO 4G LTE phones, but that there shouldn't be with mine.
Oh well, guess it's back to plastic until they sort it out.
Same here... Mine gets stuck in adding card. I have opened tickets. It seems to be a Wallet problem. Citi bank reset my account but still does not work. At least the prepaid works.
Ditto. I can add a prepaid card but when I try to add my Citi credit card it hangs every time (after several minutes) with the message "Error Adding Card". Citi says they have resolved Wallet problem with most phones, including the gnex, but they obviously don't know we're rooted. Many ROMs spoof different identification codes for various reasons, which could play a role. For example, the ROM I use shows device as "GT-I9300" and "toro" in the build prop. What do your build props show for device?
I was just now able to add my Citi card to the Wallet app on my HTC One X, so whatever server side issues they were having appear resolved , at least for the time being.
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I was just now able to add my Citi card to the Wallet app on my HTC One X, so whatever server side issues they were having appear resolved , at least for the time being.
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You rooted?
I just talked to Wallet support and they said being rooted is the likely reason we can't add a card. Here's the follow-up email Google sent:
"We strongly discourage gaining system-level "root" access to your phone if
you plan to use Google Wallet. We are unable to support devices with
unauthorized operating systems as the security layers of the device may be
limited.
If you have other questions, please reply to this email and I'll be happy
to help. Have a nice day!"
Yes, I am rooted, and using a custom rom.
I had the citi card on this phone with an older version of MoDaCo wallet hack, but lost it when I upgraded to last software hack. It took three days trying, but finally got it to take.
I also have Wallet on my GNex, but just with the prepaid. I don't recall which hack I got it on there with.
You might want to try the MoDaCo hack , it disables three different checks the app makes for root, device and carrier.
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I am still unable to re-add my citicard. Added and worked fine in May under yakjuxw 4.0.2. But then flashed takju 4.0.4 and I haven't been able to add it back again since. Never been rooted. I had no idea that flashing the US version of software (or any rom) could blow out wallet until after it wouldn't work, I searched and found that the secure element may be blown. Called Citibank twice, sent google feedback twice, posted here in another thread. No help or feedback from anyone so far. I can't even tell if its a Citibank issue, google issue, or an issue caused on my phone because I flashed a new ROM without doing anything to google wallet first. It says verifying card, seems to go on to the next step but then gets stuck at adding card and says unable to add card, call Citibank. I'm not willing to try the prepaid card, for fear of losing any money I put on it. Its been about a month now like this, so I've pretty much lost all my initial trust in google wallet. Nice idea, but completely worthless.
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Yes, I am rooted, and using a custom rom.
I had the citi card on this phone with an older version of MoDaCo wallet hack, but lost it when I upgraded to last software hack. It took three days trying, but finally got it to take.
I also have Wallet on my GNex, but just with the prepaid. I don't recall which hack I got it on there with.
You might want to try the MoDaCo hack , it disables three different checks the app makes for root, device and carrier.
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Tried the MoDaCo hacked Wallet, no luck. I'm thinking all the recent "server issues" are related to Google tightening things up. If anyone really wants to use Wallet, might be best to return their phone to stock. Otherwise, just carry your credit card, it's not very heavy!
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Tried the MoDaCo hacked Wallet, no luck. I'm thinking all the recent "server issues" are related to Google tightening things up. If anyone really wants to use Wallet, might be best to return their phone to stock. Otherwise, just carry your credit card, it's not very heavy!
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LOL to just carry your card line.
There's so few places that I actually go to that have paypass that the Citi card on the pine is really just a novelty. Kind of a geek pleasure. Anyone with these high end phones that reads these forums is probably a cutting edge tech kind of person. We want this stuff to work just for fun.
If the server business is google cracking down, then why did it work for me this morning? I'm on same ROM, same root as when it wouldn't work.
I was going to switch roms today, but now I'm afraid it will break Wallet again.
I don't think Google wants to block anyone. They want people to use Wallet. The only blocks they put in place are to appease the telcos or the bank.
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Google didn't think it through with Wallet. So many shortcomings.
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distortedloop said:
LOL to just carry your card line.
There's so few places that I actually go to that have paypass that the Citi card on the pine is really just a novelty. Kind of a geek pleasure. Anyone with these high end phones that reads these forums is probably a cutting edge tech kind of person. We want this stuff to work just for fun.
If the server business is google cracking down, then why did it work for me this morning? I'm on same ROM, same root as when it wouldn't work.
I was going to switch roms today, but now I'm afraid it will break Wallet again.
I don't think Google wants to block anyone. They want people to use Wallet. The only blocks they put in place are to appease the telcos or the bank.
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You're right on with the cutting edge thing. I used to love to amaze sales clerks by paying with my phone. It was always the first time they ever saw that done.
I'm a bit of a crackflasher but until recently I was always able to reset wallet and then add my Citi credit card, probably did it 10 times. It stopped working with new ROMs at the same time Google was having issues with its server, which is why I'm thinking something's changed on Google's end when dealing with rooted phones and custom ROMs.
As I mentioned earlier, I'm wondering whether the ID info in the build.prop of custom ROMs is an issue. I know the ROM I'm using now identifies my Gnex as GT-I9300. I did try editing the build.prop to stock ID, and also tried the MoDaCo hack which supposedly bypasses such ID checks, to no avail.
Don't think I'm going to waste much more time on Wallet, but I'll keep an eye on this thread in hopes of a fix or hack.
There's certainly several things going on behind the scenes.
Don't forget that if your card is associated with Wallet already, trying to add it will fail. Try too many times and you get locked out for a day.
If a new ROM changes whatever that association indicator is, that cooks be the cause of the failure. Never hurts to call Citi and ask them to reset on their end.
I agree about retail clerks always never having seen pay with a phone before. I always get that "what the heck?" look. One clerk acted like I was pulling some kind of scam.
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i posted about this issue a couple of months ago...not many people responded to that thread...i added my citi card successfully then reset the app to flash some stuff then when i tried to re-add it, it would give me an error message...i called citi a couple of times and they said they were going to reset it on their end
i tried it again a few weeks later and ever since then it just hangs on the adding card part...it doesnt error out...just hangs...i never got to try it at a store
Im rooted but just. My build is IMM76D.L700FD02. As for rooting what I understood was basically that was google pulling a CYA regarding the security issues with rooting, not that they were blocking the app.
distortedloop, do you get the notification about rooted devices not being supported when opening wallet?
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Im rooted but just. My build is IMM76D.L700FD02. As for rooting what I understood was basically that was google pulling a CYA regarding the security issues with rooting, not that they were blocking the app.
distortedloop, do you get the notification about rooted devices not being supported when opening wallet?
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No, I don't get that warning, but I'm using MoDaCo's hacked Wallet app which disables the root, carrier, and device build checks.
Problem with wallet only with citi card?
It seems based on this thread, it really is only a problem with using the citi card with wallet.
I am using a rooted Nexus with custom rom and wallet works for me.
(Note: I have not changed roms since it has been working.)
redstar427 said:
It seems based on this thread, it really is only a problem with using the citi card with wallet.
I am using a rooted Nexus with custom rom and wallet works for me.
(Note: I have not changed roms since it has been working.)
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Correct. Problem is adding Citi Card only. Wallet works fine. Prepaid cards add fine. Citi card fails to add after several minutes communicating with the server, returning the message "Error adding card". Initial verification of Citi account information is successful, the failure comes during "adding card to Google Wallet".
madAdam6LOVE said:
Correct. Problem is adding Citi Card only. Wallet works fine. Prepaid cards add fine. Citi card fails to add after several minutes communicating with the server, returning the message "Error adding card". Initial verification of Citi account information is successful, the failure comes during "adding card to Google Wallet".
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Plus, the problem is just adding the Citi card to Wallet on the phone.
For me, the first attempt to put my Citi card on the phone failed, but the Citi card was added to my Google account online (also confusingly called Wallet now) and was available for selection in the Play Store.
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