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[Q] Google Wallet top up in the UK

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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CanaganD said:
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.

B1ny said:
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?

How to top up Google wallet outside the US

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

Anyone using Google wallet in Canada?

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?
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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.
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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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Google Wallet now supports all major credit cards

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.

G0belet said:
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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[Q] lost phone, can carrier help?

i was wandering if i lost my s3, and the person that uses his own sim card. Can wind or any service provider see who put their sim card in and activated the s3?

Cyberianrazr said:
i was wandering if i lost my s3, and the person that uses his own sim card. Can wind or any service provider see who put their sim card in and activated the s3?
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Don't know, but, if the person has not deleted your account from the phone you could send an email to yourself and either offer a reward for the return and tell him you are about to lock it and make it unusable.
You can also play store on your computer and install Wheres My Droid and hope he puts your sim back in for a few minutes!
Then on someone other mobile phone send your phone a txt of
WMD GPS
it will send back the location
See the website for other comands you can send to it.
Can't hurt to try and hope he puts the sim back in.
Definitely install it on your phone if you get it back, or your next phone.
It can send you the new number if they change the sim!
Good luck! Hope it works out!

jangst123 said:
Don't know, but, if the person has not deleted your account from the phone you could send an email to yourself and either offer a reward for the return and tell him you are about to lock it and make it unusable.
You can also play store on your computer and install Wheres My Droid and hope he puts your sim back in for a few minutes!
Then on someone other mobile phone send your phone a txt of
WMD GPS
it will send back the location
See the website for other comands you can send to it.
Can't hurt to try and hope he puts the sim back in.
Definitely install it on your phone if you get it back, or your next phone.
It can send you the new number if they change the sim!
Good luck! Hope it works out!
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Pretty sure the person has restore the phone and put in his own sim. Can carrier track the phone and who is using it now?
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I'm 99.9% sure the answer us no.
They will mark it as stolen in the system.
Your only hope is stated above.
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Yes they can but they won't. Have you tried android lost app ? It allows you to find your phone even if you never installed the app before it allows you install the app using your gmail account to your phone and send info to your phone using the web or a different phone.
Anyways go and take a look on androidlost.com for more info.
Good luck
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I lost it for 4 week now. They probably already restore it along time ago and start to use it with their own sim card. Can the android lost app still work?
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No, it will not work if your account is no longer on the phone.
I would suggest you call your carrier and ask if they can locate the phone by IMEI + GPS/etc - that's about your only hope (and I don't know if they'd do it, or if they'd block the IMEI, or if they'll only do that if you have insurance, et cetera). Also, 4 weeks is getting a bit late, unfortunately.

Cyberianrazr said:
i was wandering if i lost my s3, and the person that uses his own sim card. Can wind or any service provider see who put their sim card in and activated the s3?
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No carriers can help you. If you have insurance then claim it. They will block it since it's stolen.
It happened to me but I didnt get stolen but more of a scam.
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That must suck. Its too late imo. But good luck anyways
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Yeah I'm pretty sure they can track it but they just can't give you an address then if something bad happens you sue them lol. Crimes may happen over a phone phone companies won't get involved in that. Also really they don't mind that you have to get another phone meaning most likely paying them.
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daxecutioner24 said:
Yeah I'm pretty sure they can track it but they just can't give you an address then if something bad happens you sue them lol. Crimes may happen over a phone phone companies won't get involved in that. Also really they don't mind that you have to get another phone meaning most likely paying them.
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Agree. When my wife lost her phone I asked carrier about this, and their answer was a straight "Sorry, we can't do that". I wish there's an app out there that tied the IMEI to a GPS tracker that's made available for consumer use, though that in itself can probably cause a different issue altogether.

munchee said:
Agree. When my wife lost her phone I asked carrier about this, and their answer was a straight "Sorry, we can't do that". I wish there's an app out there that tied the IMEI to a GPS tracker that's made available for consumer use, though that in itself can probably cause a different issue altogether.
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There was a recent story that came out where this guy and his friend from his computer tracked the guy who stole his iphone 5. Started beating him up lol, then the guy who stole it got arrested I believe. Now that's justice!
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