So is it possible to top up your Google Wallet balance here in the UK?
I know you have to have an american postal address on your credit card, just wondering if there is any way around this?
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Ok, so after getting a better response on Google+ than here I have a few suggestions:
http://myus.com/
http://usabox.com/
http://www.usunlocked.com/
Thanks to Jon Laslow and Simon Jones for the suggestions us unlocked looks like the best option
Once wallet is sorted for 4.0.3 I'll give it a go
In short. No
I haven't even attempted to spend my free $10 yet. Anyone managed to in the uk
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GR36 said:
In short. No
I haven't even attempted to spend my free $10 yet. Anyone managed to in the uk
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I have read about people getting meals at McDonald's and paying for coffee with it so yeah it does work
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Ok, so after getting a better response on Google+ than here I have a few suggestions:
http://myus.com/
http://usabox.com/
http://www.usunlocked.com/
Thanks to Jon Laslow and Simon Jones for the suggestions us unlocked looks like the best option
Once wallet is sorted for 4.0.3 I'll give it a go
>>> No!!!<<<<
DO NOT USE USUNLOCKED or other similar cards!!!!
As I wrote extensively in another thread, I've tried it. It does not work. Google will not support this yet because the card is slightly different.
CanaganD said:
>>> No!!!<<<<
DO NOT USE USUNLOCKED or other similar cards!!!!
As I wrote extensively in another thread, I've tried it. It does not work. Google will not support this yet because the card is slightly different.
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Ok, but could you please elaborate on that ? What have you actually tried, what happened, etc. etc. ?
You get a credit card with a valid address, postal code, even a phone number.
While this may all look ok while you're entering it in, when you actually go to add the funds, it says that it didn't work and asks you to try again.
There is no error code, it just asks you to do it again. I have tried it repeatedly with all manner of combinations of getting the address right etc.
What I want to know, is if any US resident with an ACTUAL US card can fill their hacked GSM Google Wallet. SERIOUSLY <--- we need to know.
What I want to know, is if any US resident with an ACTUAL US card can fill their hacked GSM Google Wallet. SERIOUSLY <--- we need to know.
What I want to know, is if any US resident with an ACTUAL US card can fill their hacked GSM Google Wallet. SERIOUSLY <--- we need to know.
What I want to know, is if any US resident with an ACTUAL US card can fill their hacked GSM Google Wallet. SERIOUSLY <--- we need to know.
I will try the usunlocked card now. I am in Europe and have an European GSM Galaxy Nexus. I have managed to install and get working all the google apps and markets with provider faking and us VPN address, without using any hacked apps. Movies market doesn't tell me my phone is rooted like it does on my Nexus One, but it tell me none of my cards are valid for movies. I haven't tried to add founds to top up on my 10$ wallet account. When the usunlocked validation process is finished I will try that as well as renting movies. Will report back.
B1ny said:
I will try the usunlocked card now. I am in Europe and have an European GSM Galaxy Nexus. I have managed to install and get working all the google apps and markets with provider faking and us VPN address, without using any hacked apps. Movies market doesn't tell me my phone is rooted like it does on my Nexus One, but it tell me none of my cards are valid for movies. I haven't tried to add founds to top up on my 10$ wallet account. When the usunlocked validation process is finished I will try that as well as renting movies. Will report back.
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Oh, this I want to hear. To come back with a result please.
Waiting for the first deposit to arrive that will activate the card. They say it will take 2-4 days, but not sure how that will turn out now during the holidays. But the minute I receive the confirmation I will get at it.
B1ny said:
Waiting for the first deposit to arrive that will activate the card. They say it will take 2-4 days, but not sure how that will turn out now during the holidays. But the minute I receive the confirmation I will get at it.
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Dude... the fourth response in this thread explicitly states that USunlocked does not work...? Or am I missing something?
I don't have a hacked wallet app. I don't think it matters much though since I think the problem lays with the type of card used. But anyway my main reason for trying this is to be able to buy music and rent movies, I hope they aren't so strict there.
Evangelion01 said:
Dude... the fourth response in this thread explicitly states that USunlocked does not work...? Or am I missing something?
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What I want to know, is if any US resident with an ACTUAL US card can fill their hacked GSM Google Wallet. SERIOUSLY <--- we need to know.
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Yeah we can fill it just fine. Used my Wells Fargo debit card to refill a few times now without problems.
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Id love to know how to get more money on my account, my original 10 bucks will only last for 2 coffees!!!
Im in aus and would love to know if anyone can get a top up to work from outside the US
Does the PayPal app not Support nfc? If so, we could just use that instead...
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If you just transfer manually from your bank account 20$ to the Google pre-paid card account number that is written in Wallet, does it work ?
not sure if it as simple as transferring money to the account number....
Hopefully someone finds a virtual credit card that works!
Tobz said:
not sure if it as simple as transferring money to the account number....
Hopefully someone finds a virtual credit card that works!
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Then, can somebody in the US call the phone number shown in Wallet and ask them if a "friend" from outside US can transfer money manually so that the money eventually show up in Wallet account ?
The USunlocked card didn't work with me either, got the usual "funds not added". But it do work for renting movies and buying music, and that was what I hoped for. No stress with wallet here yet, not a single place to use it.
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The USunlocked card didn't work with me either, got the usual "funds not added". But it do work for renting movies and buying music, and that was what I hoped for. No stress with wallet here yet, not a single place to use it.
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Where do you live?
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Hi there,
i am from the UK. based on all the forums i read about google wallet, there doesn't seems to be anyway we can topup our google wallet prepaid card from abroad.
which i have a question. if you are in the states, where google wallet is officially supported, how do you actually topup the prepaid card?
is it only possible via the google wallet app? do they only accept topping up from a american credit card?
i am thinking whether its possible to some how setup a VPN (not even a proxy), to the US, and topup via it?
I would suggest trying this - http://www.usunlocked.com/how_it_works.php?topic=USUnlockedCard
case0 said:
I would suggest trying this - http://www.usunlocked.com/how_it_works.php?topic=USUnlockedCard
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still doesn't quite answer my question of how to topup into the prepay card google gives. (as we can't add any CCards apart from cards from the US. plus specific banks only i believe).
unless you are trying to tell me, that i can add this virtual debit card into my google wallet app.
case0 said:
I would suggest trying this - http://www.usunlocked.com/how_it_works.php?topic=USUnlockedCard
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That won't work unfortunately.
I'm starting to think that we're stuck until Google officially release the application in the UK. What a shame.
Unless you have a friend/family member in the states who is willing to provide you with all of their card details. I don't have that.
WhiterThanWhite said:
That won't work unfortunately.
I'm starting to think that we're stuck until Google officially release the application in the UK. What a shame.
Unless you have a friend/family member in the states who is willing to provide you with all of their card details. I don't have that.
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Yep, that's what he is saying. Sign up to that service; they give you a US card.
You can then add this US card; to add money into your el Goog wallet
fakker said:
Yep, that's what he is saying. Sign up to that service; they give you a US card.
You can then add this US card; to add money into your el Goog wallet
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They give you a US virtual prepaid card. Google Wallet only takes credit cards for top-up. Besides, I contacted the company and they confirmed that it won't work with Google Wallet.
We're stuck.
WhiterThanWhite said:
They give you a US virtual prepaid card. Google Wallet only takes credit cards for top-up. Besides, I contacted the company and they confirmed that it won't work with Google Wallet.
We're stuck.
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****ty! I didn't realise that. Oh well! Sucks for us (UK/rest of the world).
I remember reading about Google Wallet on Modaco after GN release, and I noticed someone saying every time they reflashed the package they were getting a different ID... wonder if this means another free $10 - could be an nice supply of McDonald's being one of the only places I have seen where you can use it .
fakker said:
****ty! I didn't realise that. Oh well! Sucks for us (UK/rest of the world).
I remember reading about Google Wallet on Modaco after GN release, and I noticed someone saying every time they reflashed the package they were getting a different ID... wonder if this means another free $10 - could be an nice supply of McDonald's being one of the only places I have seen where you can use it .
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I was thinking about that, too. Logging into Google Wallet online shows no record of the $10, maybe that's why?
But I'm not too sure. Not only is it morally questionable, but you'd basically be stealing $10, and the people you're stealing from have your name, phone number, address etc.
But maybe I'll try it later on in the future. I'm sick of constantly being bugged to update to the volume bug fix update, so I might restore to stock, update and then try to reflash Google Wallet.
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I was thinking about that, too. Logging into Google Wallet online shows no record of the $10, maybe that's why?
But I'm not too sure. Not only is it morally questionable, but you'd basically be stealing $10, and the people you're stealing from have your name, phone number, address etc.
But maybe I'll try it later on in the future. I'm sick of constantly being bugged to update to the volume bug fix update, so I might restore to stock, update and then try to reflash Google Wallet.
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Hehe, great minds think alike I'm scared to do it too... As Google Wallet will be in UK for the Olympics (maybe before to test it)... they'll catch up with us
I've used up most of my $10 from google already after flashing Wallet onto my phone.
I purchased a USunlocked card and attempted to refill the prepaid card however it did not work.
Every attempt was met with something like: "Funds were not added. Please try again."
I sent an email to Google Wallet support (of which they've recently removed the email contact) and:
1. Ensure that your phone is connected to the CDMA data network or to
Wifi. Check if your Wifi is turned on.
2. Ensure that you are using a credit card (or a signature debit card) to
add funds, not a debit card requiring a PIN.
3. Ensure that your billing address for the credit card you are using to
load funds is in the United States. At this time, the app is unable to
accept P.O. Box addresses.
4. Ensure that you are using the most updated version of Google Wallet.
5. Try to add funds to the Google Prepaid Card again.
If you still experience trouble with this, I recommend contacting Money
Network, the issuer of the Google Prepaid Card. You can reach them at
855-896-0693.
Which was pretty much a canned response. I will however, contact the number and attempt a manual transfer over the phone.
CAN ANY US users check if they can actually refill their hacked/flashed Google Wallet with their own cards?
CanaganD said:
I've used up most of my $10 from google already after flashing Wallet onto my phone.
I purchased a USunlocked card and attempted to refill the prepaid card however it did not work.
Every attempt was met with something like: "Funds were not added. Please try again."
I sent an email to Google Wallet support (of which they've recently removed the email contact) and:
1. Ensure that your phone is connected to the CDMA data network or to
Wifi. Check if your Wifi is turned on.
2. Ensure that you are using a credit card (or a signature debit card) to
add funds, not a debit card requiring a PIN.
3. Ensure that your billing address for the credit card you are using to
load funds is in the United States. At this time, the app is unable to
accept P.O. Box addresses.
4. Ensure that you are using the most updated version of Google Wallet.
5. Try to add funds to the Google Prepaid Card again.
If you still experience trouble with this, I recommend contacting Money
Network, the issuer of the Google Prepaid Card. You can reach them at
855-896-0693.
Which was pretty much a canned response. I will however, contact the number and attempt a manual transfer over the phone.
CAN ANY US users check if they can actually refill their hacked/flashed Google Wallet with their own cards?
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Sorry to hear it didn't work
Wallet topup UK
Having looked at the google help on topping up (found at support_dot_google_dot_com_slash_wallet and selecting the payments link) it is unlikely that UK residents will be able to topup until google launches the wallet in the UK with a card issuer here. The main stopper will be the anti money laundering and know your customer requirements that are particularly tough in the US after 9/11. First off the add funds help says you need a credit card (not a debit or gift card) so even US issued prepaid cards wont work, secondly the billing address will need to be a US billing address, and thirdly you will need a US social security number or birth address in the US, so I think it is a non starter, have fun with the $10.
first off all Im in milan-Italy and untill I have money using google wallet without any problems
So, today I got a paypal credit card from a friend in the US to add funds to google pre paid card
so I fullfill the blacks spaces with me friend details, he lives in LA and I clicked next and after I got a message saying that it didint worke!!!!
why...???????
I then went back and made the procedure once again, and nothing...not working...I changed the amount of money this time...and nothing
and later stopped cause the money was being charged on paypal....!!!!!!
and I still without any money on google wallet.....
am waiting to see if the money was really charged from the paypal account of my friend....
anyone know wats happening??
thanks in advance and any input is appreciated....
Not sure if this has been covered but I found this
http://www.finestfones.com/2011/12/how-to-add-funds-to-google-wallet.html
Haven't tried it myself but it seems legit
kiffies said:
Not sure if this has been covered but I found this
http://www.finestfones.com/2011/12/how-to-add-funds-to-google-wallet.html
Haven't tried it myself but it seems legit
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There have been reports of that no longer working: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20773447&postcount=42
A social security number may be needed now...
Isn't it launching in UK for the Olympics? You might not have to wait much longer. On a side note, I have been using Google Wallet on my GN in US for a few weeks now and while it's absolutely awesome/futurisitic to use, it's surprising how few places take it here (I'm in NYC!). Google only has a very small number of partners and even the # of Mastercard PayPass locations is suprisingly small.
Hopefully things will pick up.
I'm just looking forward to an official Canadian launch soon. I have seen a lot of terminals that i could pay at using a GNEx
Okay, let me confirm some suspicions.
I can confirm that this method is working with a $25 Vanilla Mastercard (I'm located in Canada)
Second, a Social Security Number is only required after topping up more than two times. (Unconfirmed by me, but was stated in this thread)
Mohitrocks,
I'm in Canada too. Where can you use this here? Is it worth the bother of trying to set it up?
Thanks..
Wooba99 said:
Mohitrocks,
I'm in Canada too. Where can you use this here? Is it worth the bother of trying to set it up?
Thanks..
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Anywhere you see the MasterCard Paypass symbol. E.g., Tim Hortons.
I'm in Aus and pay pass is allover the place, I haven't blown my $10 yet cos I'm saving it for 'a special occasion lol.
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I cant get my hands on a vanilla card even I wanted to, they only seem to sell them in store, no way to get one over the net.
Well I just tried logging into Google Wallet with a web browser and adding an American address to my existing credit but it still didn't work.
Just tried using an entropay virtual visa card - failage
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Any update on this? I'm in Australia and would really like to use this but I don't want to risk studying my phone for no reason if I'm not going to be able to top up....
kiffies said:
Well I just tried logging into Google Wallet with a web browser and adding an American address to my existing credit but it still didn't work.
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The reason enter billing adresses to credit card payments is to verify your identity, obviously if your address on file with google doesnt match your cc billing adress thats on file with your bank, it will get declined. The reason vanilla works is because there is no address attached to it since you dont get billed, so you just create a fictive address with matching zip code you manually registered.
I just used my prepaid funds at a McDonald's in Brampton, Ontario and it was amazing, lol. I'm rooted by the way and used in no problem even with the unsupported device message.
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Seeing how that article just links back to a thread here on XDA, this thread is pretty redundant. Please continue the conversation in the thread below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365360
Wonder if anyone that flashed takju is using Google wallet
Or any other way
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I'm pretty sure it wouldn't work because it would detect your carrier as a Canadian one and would just say unsupported.
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It is restricted and is locked by your location although I'm sure there are some applications that can mock your location.
msavic6 said:
I'm pretty sure it wouldn't work because it would detect your carrier as a Canadian one and would just say unsupported.
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Cretheus said:
It is restricted and is locked by your location.
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You CAN use it. You just need to be using something like MarketEnabler, which makes your device look like it's using an American carrier.
Try Tim Hortons, they have Pay Pass.
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Lith808 said:
I have mobilicity in Toronto, and I ended up with the latest MoDaCo rom on my GN and it came with google wallet. I didn't have any problems activating it and even getting $10 credit on there. I just don't know if it would work when I would go and try to pay for something..
Anyone have any idea?
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It will work anywhere that has Mastercard PayPass terminals... off the top of my head they have them at McDonald's and Tim Horton's although I have never seen one work at Timmy's (not NFC, my regular PayPass cards never register with their terminals).
Market Enabler?
efrant said:
You CAN use it. You just need to be using something like MarketEnabler, which makes your device look like it's using an American carrier.
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Do you have a link to an up-to-date Market Enabler? Something that works with Jelly Bean and the Play Store? I've been digging through threads looking for one, and I can't find an official thread for one. There's one called "Market Access" (sorry, I don't have enough posts to include an outside link here) that will apparently do it, but I'm hesitant to install something from a random link.
Memnonama said:
Do you have a link to an up-to-date Market Enabler? Something that works with Jelly Bean and the Play Store? I've been digging through threads looking for one, and I can't find an official thread for one. There's one called "Market Access" (sorry, I don't have enough posts to include an outside link here) that will apparently do it, but I'm hesitant to install something from a random link.
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Here ya go: http://code.google.com/p/market-enabler/
Lith808 said:
I have mobilicity in Toronto, and I ended up with the latest MoDaCo rom on my GN and it came with google wallet. I didn't have any problems activating it and even getting $10 credit on there. I just don't know if it would work when I would go and try to pay for something..
Anyone have any idea?
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Try to add money to your Google prepaid card. It did not work for me, even if my Canadian Visa has a US billing address. I think it detects the institution who released the card and blocks it. I purchased my Nexus directly from Google Play, using the same card. From what I heard, they detect also if your phone is rooted or non-stock ROM:
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.
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My phone is not rooted, and it does not work on Bell network:
It does work properly when I use my T-Mobile SIM card:
I used the market enabler, but it says my Nexus S is not supported by Google Wallet. Is that so? I don't see why since the The Nexus S has NFC just like the GNEX.
how long did it take you guys to set up... mines bee "verifying your account" for about 10 mins now...
edit:... nevermind... just finished lol
edit2: anyone been able to add their own canadian credit card at all?
c_86 said:
anyone been able to add their own canadian credit card at all?
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Do you really think Google is that stupid to allow adding a credit card with a fake address like others are trying to do?
Anyways, I have a Canadian credit card with an official US billing address on it. Guess what, Wallet does not work at all on Bell. Even if I put my T-Mobile SIM card on the phone, I'm pretty sure it will not work also with a Canadian card as the financial institution is not registered into Google's Money Network.
We have to wait like every one else... until Google decides to open Wallet in Canada, if it will.
At the rate they open products in Canada, we should have it enabled in about 10 years.
Ya I agree. Its stupid. Sorry Google but USA isn't the only country in the world. This the usa likes to think so. Lol
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Holy crap, now I can actually put it to good use.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ajor-credit-and-debit-cards-goes-cloud-based/
Yep. Pretty damn awesome!
This is freaking awesome. Now I don't have to constantly top up the pre-paid card.
No Amex cash back bonus... Last thing they need to fix
Nevermind: Verizon users can install directly from this link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.walletnfcrel&hl=en
I successfully added a non-US VISA card, but it won't let me use it on an actual PayPass-compatible terminal. It wasn't working with the prepaid card, mind you, so I'm not even sure it matters. I'm planning to go to the US in late september, I'll check if it works there.
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I successfully added a non-US VISA card, but it won't let me use it on an actual PayPass-compatible terminal. It wasn't working with the prepaid card, mind you, so I'm not even sure it matters. I'm planning to go to the US in late september, I'll check if it works there.
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How did you add a visa card outside the US ?
Sdobron said:
No Amex cash back bonus... Last thing they need to fix
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Hmm, I wonder if this is also for other rewards cards?
I might only use it for my debit card as it doesn't have rewards.
davidrules7778 said:
Hmm, I wonder if this is also for other rewards cards?
I might only use it for my debit card as it doesn't have rewards.
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It will work for some rewards cards but it won't port over categories like gas and groceries for AMEX.
It keeps saying it can't add my card. I'm guessing it's the secure element thing still. Oh well.
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chlehqls said:
It keeps saying it can't add my card. I'm guessing it's the secure element thing still. Oh well.
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The new google wallet no longer uses the secure element. Make sure you reset google wallet via the in app interface before uninstalling any previous version, modded or not.
Sdobron said:
It will work for some rewards cards but it won't port over categories like gas and groceries for AMEX.
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Oh like monthly reward promotions that sucks I have a chase freedom rewards card I get a point every dollar and 5% rewards in select categories every 3 months or so. I have a feeling this will be the same.
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Google wallet now supports the Verizon Galaxy Nexus. You can get the new version directly from market.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809526
chlehqls said:
It keeps saying it can't add my card. I'm guessing it's the secure element thing still. Oh well.
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Did you try wiping data after the update? thats what I had to do. My card is added, but will have to test later.
Ok, got the app working on a Vodafone GSM Galaxy Nexus, added both a Visa and a Mastercard with a US address, but when I touch the Select card below the respective card, a pop-up appears: "Error Please try again.". Ideas ?
Is there a list of store to see who takes this?
Could someone pull the apk for us internationals to download? Please?
Just use Market Enabler from Play to switch to T-Mobile, then the app will become visible in Play and you can carry on from there.
As for the "Error, Please try again" when trying to set a Visa/Mastercard as Enabled ? Anyone ?
Yeah, I did a fresh install and reset within the app. Still a no go through. I'll try and wipe data within settings. I really hope I can get it working since I never got it working on the Wallet app before.
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elliott_stocks said:
How did you add a visa card outside the US ?
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I've used my card that I pay on play store ... I've only typed in fake us address ....
Went to McDonald and tried to pay but no go ...
I'm in UK BTW
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I'd really like to get the new google wallet working on my nexus. I've got a it up and running on my rooted device and have the $10 credit on the google prepaid card. However, I'd like to add both my UK debit and my credit card so that I can use those.
To get GW all I did was install Market Enabler, set it to US-T-Mobile, then opened Play Store and installed Wallet. That went through without a problem and I got the $10 on my google prepaid card. However, I can't add any of my own cards. I've read that people outside of the US have managed to get their own cards in there but I haven't found a clear set of instructions to do it. I've searched in here, Nexus 7, and other forums.
If this thread could be kept to people outside the US who have managed to get this to work then perhaps I could post a step by step plan of how to make it work. If you have tried but failed it would also be interesting to see the step at which it failed.
Thanks!
unclesomebody said:
I'd really like to get the new google wallet working on my nexus. I've got a it up and running on my rooted device and have the $10 credit on the google prepaid card. However, I'd like to add both my UK debit and my credit card so that I can use those.
To get GW all I did was install Market Enabler, set it to US-T-Mobile, then opened Play Store and installed Wallet. That went through without a problem and I got the $10 on my google prepaid card. However, I can't add any of my own cards. I've read that people outside of the US have managed to get their own cards in there but I haven't found a clear set of instructions to do it. I've searched in here, Nexus 7, and other forums.
If this thread could be kept to people outside the US who have managed to get this to work then perhaps I could post a step by step plan of how to make it work. If you have tried but failed it would also be interesting to see the step at which it failed.
Thanks!
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There are way too many Wallet threads so you should be posting in one of the other ones... that said, people have added cards by using US addresses and then changing the address back to the proper one on the web, and the cards look usable, but they don't work. You'll have to wait like the rest of us.
So that's what I did today. I cleared out all my cards by logging into wallet.google.com and then removed each one. I then went back to my phone and registered my visa debit card with a US zip code. Once that worked I went back to my pc and changed the card address so that any AVS check would match.
I did two trials of paying, at two different shops. The first I tried with the Google prepaid card, using the $10 credit. The item I was paying for was over $10 and I knew it should be declined. Not to get too too technical, but the payment transaction was initiated and the auth request was sent. It was then returned with a declined message. So it asked for the money and was declined on the basis that funds weren't available (and cost Google in the process - sorry!).
So then I went to a different shop and tried to pay for something using my visa debit card. This time I just got an error. It appeared to be an error communicating with the PDQ but it was hard to tell.
The request has to be failing somewhere. So does it fail at the processor or somewhere else? I'm going to keep plugging away at this especially as I have a way to monitor what's happening on the card end as I work for a payments company and can issue myself a prepaid card.
If it's possible to get this to work in the UK then I'm going to do my best to make it happen. If anyone who works in payments in the UK or even elsewhere reads this and fancies a bit of a deep dive into what exactly is happening then I'm keen.
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download alogcat then move it to /system/apps (since it won't work on JB otherwise), open it before a transaction. clear logs. try your transaction. read the logs. might help? helped me to figure out why the prepaid card I was using wouldn't work - basically an address parsing problem on google's end.
Cheers for the tip. I'll try that today.
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Cool, let us know how it goes over in the main Wallet thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365360
osm0sis said:
Cool, let us know how it goes over in the main Wallet thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365360
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So, a brief report of what I discovered.
1. I successfully used the google prepaid card in the UK.
2. I wasn't able to use my own debit card which is registered in my wallet (it simply gets declined)
3. I think I know why.
Google wallet is not the clever beast I thought it was. I thought they had come up with an ingenious way to use a virtual card to do some sort of pass through transaction. The truth (or at least my understanding of it) is something much simpler and mundane. Google are simply doing the acquiring of your transaction and then using a virtual card to pay the transaction. So it's a sort of man in the middle approach.
This has 2 rather big implications
1. Google are willing to pay to do this. They will be paying for every transaction and this signals to me a very serious intent to buy into the world of payments. They want the data so much they are willing to pay a not insignificant sum for it (perhaps this is why it's such a limited roll out?). Therre game plan is to monitise all that data. I'd love to have a look at their 10 year wallet strategy...
2. Your non US card will never work outside of the US. There are a whole heap of ways they might be doing this. The simplest in my opinion would be to block/accept BIN ranges. If your card has a US banking BIN then it passes and gets charged and if not it gets declined immediately.
So, that's the end of my adventure into the land of google wallet outside of the US.
Corollary; Obviously any time you use the google prepaid card outside of the US you're going to suffer a currency conversion. My transaction at the weekend came out to $6.25 and using the mid market rate from Saturday (of 1.5699) this converts to £3.98. My actual transaction was £3.95. That's not bad. I would guess that Google are using the mastercard exchange rates (which are very close to mid market). This means that if you want to use Google Wallet via the prepaid card you're not going to suffer much in the exchange rate loss (probably ok for infrequent or low value transactions).
i have a tried a couple of prepaid cards (registered with US addresses) and they don't seem to work.
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unclesomebody said:
2. Your non US card will never work outside of the US. There are a whole heap of ways they might be doing this. The simplest in my opinion would be to block/accept BIN ranges. If your card has a US banking BIN then it passes and gets charged and if not it gets declined immediately.
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As many people have discovered, Google is simply performing an Address Verification System (AVS) check to confirm the billing address registered against the card in Wallet matches the billing address that the card operator has registered against the card, AND (the critical part) that this is a valid US address.
This is why even a generic prepaid US Visa/Mastercard doesn't work unless it is one that allows you to register a billing address for the AVS to reference, and then you use that same address in Wallet.
In theory (though untested), you could use your UK (or wherever) card as long as the billing address your bank has registered is a valid US address... but I doubt you'd be able to get the bank to change your billing address without proof that you actually live there!
First of all I think only takju build has wallet. Even if you are a non us customer installing it will not accept . you have to wait .hope this help
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adithyavr said:
First of all I think only takju build has wallet. Even if you are a non us customer installing it will not accept . you have to wait .hope this help
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The OP mentions that they're on a custom rooted rom, so they are probably using the modded build of wallet from modaco (http://www.modaco.com/topic/354635-region-device-root-patched-google-wallet-apk-15-r87-v15/) which has 3 restrictions patched out:
Device check - the app will now work on any device, not just the ones Google allows. Of course you need to have NFC for it to be useful!
Operator check - the app should now not care which operator you are on, rather than just the ones who officially support Wallet
Root warning. This isn't strictly required, as Google Wallet doesn't actually stop you using the app if you're rooted, it just gives you a warning on screen (which is a little annoying), but this version won't even do that
With this configuration, the 'wallet' side of things works works fine (NFC, etc), and even adding new cards can be done if you know what you're doing, but unless the AVS check on the card resolves to a valid US address, the transaction will be declined at the terminal.