I am currently using ICS 4.0.2 stock, unlocked and rooted
The only reason I rooted the phone was to use the Market Enabler application so that I may see and download all applications exChrome Browser Beta)
Unfortunately Market Enabler does not work with the Market anymore. I thought it was because I was using ICS, however I then used Market Enabler with my Ice Cream Sandwich version and still no go.
I am guessing Google has changed how the Market detects what market apps should appear.
SOLUTION:
Step 1 - get a hold of a US Sim card, it does not even have to be functioning (i found mine in an old phone box I ordered from the US)
Step 2 - switch off phone, insert US Sim card
Step 3 - switch on phone, connect to your wi-fi, open the market and you will find that you can see all paid/unpaid apps in the US market
I hope i might have been help to people. Please do not hesitate to ask questions.
P.S: The solution was help of Emaratiano who was the genius friend who figured out the fix.
Cheers but wrong section
why do you think its the wrong section?
Tried doing this and was able to search for US apps, but still wasn't able to buy them
Gonna try changing the payment method on google wallet to my US debit card, but i'm not sure it is gonna be enough :O
Weird though, because i was able to buy my Nexus directly from the Play Store last time i was in miami..
EDIT: setting the default payment to my american debit card solved it. Glad i still had this random at&t sim card from 2009 and found this thread
no actually u can do away with all the bother by installing "Market Unlocker Pro"
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Title says it all.
Yep, blocked or somethings gone wrong.
Market enabler says it is working and access is ready. Go into market, select all apps and then change view to paid.
Getting message "no matching content in Android Market"
Killed tasks, started phone from scratch and still the same.
No problems here...
anyone got any help here please?
I can still see paid apps with my rooted while unlocked hero using market enabler.
Fixed it.
Market enabler was defiantly blocked/or bust in on my phone. Reinstall of app failed, everything failed except for....well PM me for details because I ain't posting it here. I have a feeling it may have been a deliberate act either by Google or Netcom though I cannot see how the later could have achieved this.
Same here.
Worked a couple of days ago.
Not anymore.
Have Onecall and that uses telenor and network Norways net.
Not netcom. Is Google that is ****ing us over again.
Same here , since yesterday , i cannot see paid aps in Market with ME
http://code.google.com/p/market-enabler/issues/detail?id=6
Basically it says that 3.0 beta works if you set it to o2-de.
And I can confirm that it works (for how long, who knows)
Right now I'm buying out the market in case someone at Google decides it'll be a good idea to remove paid apps again.
I just wish I could actually locate CoPilot GPS....
death_hawk said:
http://code.google.com/p/market-enabler/issues/detail?id=6
Basically it says that 3.0 beta works if you set it to o2-de.
And I can confirm that it works (for how long, who knows)
Right now I'm buying out the market in case someone at Google decides it'll be a good idea to remove paid apps again.
I just wish I could actually locate CoPilot GPS....
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Just tried,
It works when installing 3.0 beta like you said. I can also see CoPilot on the list of top paid apps.
Can you tell me if this:
http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.alk.copilot.marketplace.na.full
shows up?
Or if the North American one from here shows up:
http://www.alk.eu.com/copilot/android/
I tried both using all 4 profiles in ME3 and none show up.
Calm down, calm down.
As I said, I have sussed the problem and it is not the blocking of T-mobile. It is your operator resetting your location and there is a simple fix.
I have reproduced the problem and a a workaround. Think about it, how can the operator block you if you are on wifi? The market enabler spoofs the location of the phone so the operator sends a message to the unit to reset location back to the home country provider. Google then blocks that as it was before the phone was Market Enabled. All you have to do get the phone back into a position of spoofing its location.
They could not block access for the T-mobile spoof as that would piss of all American Android users on T-Mobile who are not spoofing but have it for real. Therefore country id, in the marketplace, must be a combination of two factors. Google has just found a way of resetting one. I worked out a way of putting it back.
death_hawk said:
Can you tell me if this:
http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.alk.copilot.marketplace.na.full
shows up?
Or if the North American one from here shows up:
http://www.alk.eu.com/copilot/android/
I tried both using all 4 profiles in ME3 and none show up.
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Ummm, I guess you're right. It doesn't show up. I guess the US T-Mobile profile is blocked?
OH come on read please.
For the last sodding time it's not blocked! I am on the T-mobile spoof address after resetting my location!
or if nothing works anymore you go the easyest way like i do since yesterday..... takeout my Orange Swiss simcard, put it in my X1, make it as a router, put my german Simyo simcard into my hero and go online by wifi over X1 if im on the way or use my wify at home...... if using a german simcard oder another one from an activated country everything will work wherever you are
TL;DR : Use Market Access and if Google won't accept your credit card due to the address not being from a "supported billing country", edit the card details in Google Wallet and use a US address. Thanks to Anomaly for sharing his method.
I cannot find a way to purchase apps on ICS. The Market Enabler method does not work, neither does it's Fake On Boot feature. But regardless, even if the Market is successfully spoofed by Market Enabler, I cannot get past the "Accept and Buy" page. I'm always hit with something like "The item could not be found" or "Your country does not support purchases". Market Enabler method used to work fine on Gingerbread.
Is there another way you guys in non-supported countries purchase apps? This is currently my biggest problem with ICS and no one seems to have any fixes.
Logcat of the problem: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vF6X4L99u7Yug96pZ0-iWLkAZ81SIg2zKiPDd_rQsFs/edit
try Getjar and or Appbrain, see if that helps.
I emailed the devs of the market enabler app, and they seemed to think I didn't know what I was doing when I told them it didn't work with the GN. Maybe someone else will have some luck, I would love to have access to the TMO-USA shop.
I did the same thing but, got no reply. I will try again. I'm pretty sure it's an ICS issue. Google has changed something. Market Enabler worked fine on Gingerbread but, I could never purchase apps when I used it with ICS on my Nexus S.
chadmd23 said:
I emailed the devs of the market enabler app, and they seemed to think I didn't know what I was doing when I told them it didn't work with the GN. Maybe someone else will have some luck, I would love to have access to the TMO-USA shop.
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Which Market Enabler did you use? The one by "rac" or the one by "Artou". Artou's won't even take root for me. rac's works fine and displays paid apps but, I can't purchase them.
Try MarketAccess, works great for me.
There is something strange with ME now, set on boot definitely does not work on ICS and most of the time doesn't work otherwise. I will try wiping data in the Market app and rebooting and 1 time in 10 it will stick and GoogleMaps will show up for me...but most of the time it doesn't work.
You need a USA card to purchase (which I have) but when not working not even free apps will show up.
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Market Access is the same app as Market Enabler but I gave it a shot, no go. Tried uninstalling updates too.
Last time I had to restore a nandroid backup just to get my market working. Currently not working, very frustrating!
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MarketAccess 1.0.6 have been setting US provider at every boot for me.
Market Enabler 1.8.1 from For2w does not, but it works when I set it manually.
And for the last 3 years or so, I have never had to use a US card, except for buying and renting music and movies.
Are you on a Galaxy Nexus? What ROM? What market version? Are you in the US?
B1ny said:
MarketAccess 1.0.6 have been setting US provider at every boot for me.
Market Enabler 1.8.1 from For2w does not, but it works when I set it manually.
And for the last 3 years or so, I have never had to use a US card, except for buying and renting music and movies.
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What do you know, Market Access set on auto change on boot worked. I notice that it calls for root very early after boot, so maybe the change gets in before the Market starts to run or something. Thanks, a lifesaver!
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Hmm, can't seem to find Market Access.
It's messed up. I've pulled out my SIM, spoofed it to Verizon, set up a US proxy, Cleared Market data and the Market still tells me purchases are not available in my country! This Market 3.4.4
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Its not in the market; a quick bing gives: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1272690
Didn't work until I set it for Emulate on Boot. Make sure your data APN is setup and working before you reboot and you should be ok, changing it with market spoofing enabled will not work. If your data gets messed up you have to disable emulate on boot, reboot, reset your APN settings, and go again.
deejaylobo said:
Hmm, can't seem to find Market Access.
It's messed up. I've pulled out my SIM, spoofed it to Verizon, set up a US proxy, Cleared Market data and the Market still tells me purchases are not available in my country! This Market 3.4.4
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Mnemoch said:
Its not in the market; a quick bing gives: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1272690
Didn't work until I set it for Emulate on Boot. Make sure your data APN is setup and working before you reboot and you should be ok, changing it with market spoofing enabled will not work. If your data gets messed up you have to disable emulate on boot, reboot, reset your APN settings, and go again.
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Lol, this is ridiculous. My phone says it cannot open the file! This has never happened before! And sideloading other apps is working fine!
Anyway, I'm using Market Unlocker which seems to have the same options plus it let's you proxy the Market through a US proxy of your choosing (Nicer UI too!) https://market.android.com/details?id=com.evanhe.marketunlocker . Since, according to the developer, the new Market checks your IP address as well. I even put the Market through TOR and used My IP to make sure I come up as in the US. Still no go! I suspect Google has maybe blocked/flagged me or something. Can't find any other explanation for this. When I get to my CC, I'm going to try a last attempt to use a different Google account with the same spoofing methods.
Thank you for trying to help.
It won't open from the "Downloads" app, browse to downloads in a file explorer and open from there...
deejaylobo said:
Lol, this is ridiculous. My phone says it cannot open the file! This has never happened before! And sideloading other apps is working fine!
Thank you for trying to help.
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Mnemoch said:
Its not in the market; a quick bing gives: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1272690
Didn't work until I set it for Emulate on Boot. Make sure your data APN is setup and working before you reboot and you should be ok, changing it with market spoofing enabled will not work. If your data gets messed up you have to disable emulate on boot, reboot, reset your APN settings, and go again.
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Thank you, Market Access did work.
Using Market Access now. No longer getting a "Purchases are not allowed in your country", now the message has changed to a consistent "The item you were attempting to purchase could not be found." or "An error occurred: Please try again."
So, I guess something's changed!
Try clearing your market data now that Market Access is installed and rebooting?
deejaylobo said:
Using Market Access now. No longer getting a "Purchases are not allowed in your country", now the message has changed to a consistent "The item you were attempting to purchase could not be found." or "An error occurred: Please try again."
So, I guess something's changed!
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First thing I tried. Repeatedly. No go! I'm so frustrated. I'm thinking of just going this route: http://www.usunlocked.com/
Getting a virtual card with a US billing address so that I can use it on the web market as well.
Figured it out. Just flashed a new rom and it wasn't working, moved from Bigxie 5 to 6... one of the changes was restore from market now works. So I setup and some apps were coming down but I stopped to restore from TB. And Market Enabler etc no longer worked. Rebooting and clearing did not help.
So I removed my Google account from Accounts and Sync and then cleared data and uninstalled updates for the Market. Set Market Access to emulate on boot and rebooted. Logged into the Market (it asked for credentials) and back working fine.
Think it remembered from first boot and set my Google account to the wrong market.
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Sorry for creating a thread just for a question, but I couldn’t find an answer elsewhere.
My Galaxy S3 is rooted and the Market Enabler worked in removing the country restrictions and showing the paid apps. But when I proceed to buy an app, the store suddenly closes and I get this message: “Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped”
Any ideas how to fix this?
Wahdan said:
Sorry for creating a thread just for a question, but I couldn’t find an answer elsewhere.
My Galaxy S3 is rooted and the Market Enabler worked in removing the country restrictions and showing the paid apps. But when I proceed to buy an app, the store suddenly closes and I get this message: “Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped”
Any ideas how to fix this?
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Market enabler and other variants never worked for me when trying to buy apps.
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Can be done but you have to be patient!
Wahdan said:
Sorry for creating a thread just for a question, but I couldn’t find an answer elsewhere.
My Galaxy S3 is rooted and the Market Enabler worked in removing the country restrictions and showing the paid apps. But when I proceed to buy an app, the store suddenly closes and I get this message: “Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped”
Any ideas how to fix this?
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First try to clear your Play Store cache. You need couple of more things to do in order to get the market working and buy apps.
Clear the cache of Google Transport Protocol (or something smilar - can't remember)
Clear the cache of Talk
Clear the cache for Market (just to be safe)
Turn on flight mode
Reboot
Now when your reboot is done make sure the phone is still in airplane mode. Next you have to fire the Market Enabler app, select your fake sim. After selecting the fake sim make sure you are still in airplane mode.
After completing these steps turn on your wifi (attn: WiFi). Log into Google Talk. Give it a couple f minutes to make sure it syncs with the server and lets it register the fake sim you have introduced. Open the Market and try to purchase something.
Google also does a check with credit cards billing address so you have to change the address of your credit card to a valid address from a country where market is open (ex: US, UK, DE)
Be nice and hit the thanks button :laugh:
Thanks a lot for the replies, guys!
Will try now!
Wahdan said:
Thanks a lot for the replies, guys!
Will try now!
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I tried the above before with a cpl diff enablers, it showed apps from verizon , but I couldn't even download free apps, much less paid, I'm overseas and have a US credit card. Hope you have better luck.
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That's because Market Enabler is outdated and not really optimised. Use Market Access instead (Google "Market Access apk" it's a free app). Tiny, nicely done and 100% working. I browse and buy in the Verizon market, because the user base is way better than the one in my country.
Why should MarketEnabler (Jan 2012) be outdated?
According to the release date it's newer than MarketAccess (22 July, 2010).
So some of you may know that today (11/14/13) ISIS went live nationally in the US. I popped into one of T-Mobile's many fine stores and replaced my sim card with a secure element sim card that will allow you to use ISIS. Well long story short I installed the google wallet app to find to my surprise that it worked! Check out the pictures below.
You can access Google Wallet (Thanks to PhantomRampage for correcting me)
Tap to pay does not work from what I see however if you have used it in the past and added your credit cards,
your cards will still exist. Someone will need to test this to see if maybe it could work regardless and if not then
maybe a patched .apk could be created to allow tap to pay?
This method might work on AT&T and Verizon phones as well (with an ISIS sim card)
Everyone can install the app from the market now, but only 'supported' devices can use the tap and pay function. Check to see if that option is available to you. Probably isn't.
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Everyone can install the app from the market now, but only 'supported' devices can use the tap and pay function. Check to see if that option is available to you. Probably isn't.
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Exactly. Everyone can install Wallet now, even non-NFC phones. They only enable the tap to pay and NFC functionality if the phone is "supported". If you want the tap to pay, I believe you still still have to mod it. I was using the framework mod and the build prop mod to get it to work. Pretty simple.
I just got a new xperia play from hong kong. Its a R800A and its connected to koodo. The only issue is the fact that I can go on the browser but almost every site is blocked/cannot be connected. This is the same situation with every other internet app especially the preinstalled ones like Market. No matter what I do it says something like "Cannot Connect to Servers, Please try again later" It has me so upset and no matter where I go on the internet there is not a single person who can help so I'm making this report and hoping someone can help me.
To speed things up I live in Canada and I can call and text without issue. But when I go to the internet I can't do anything.
Thank you for reading if you have any information on what i can do or what will help please reply and help me
I just bought a used R800X and was wondering the same thing - Wifi doesn't work anywhere except for the stock browser. After some searching apparently Google Play Services support for Android versions under 4.0 was killed off earlier this year.
So if your Xplay is still on 2.3, you won't be able to use the Market or pretty much any app that uses Google Services. You can still sideload apps that you've backed up with Titanium on another device or just install some APKs from the net. If you really can't live without Google Services look into getting a custom ROM based on 4.0+.
My R800X has some dumb issues in regards to the bootloader so ROMs are pretty much out of the question for me, but I was still able to get it rooted and install a bunch of emulators. Hopefully you have better luck. Cheers mate!
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I just got a new xperia play from hong kong. Its a R800A and its connected to koodo. The only issue is the fact that I can go on the browser but almost every site is blocked/cannot be connected. This is the same situation with every other internet app especially the preinstalled ones like Market. No matter what I do it says something like "Cannot Connect to Servers, Please try again later" It has me so upset and no matter where I go on the internet there is not a single person who can help so I'm making this report and hoping someone can help me.
To speed things up I live in Canada and I can call and text without issue. But when I go to the internet I can't do anything.
Thank you for reading if you have any information on what i can do or what will help please reply and help me
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Thank you! thankfully I'm bit of a nerd so I went online and force updated the app store to the latest version and now I can get basic apps. Down side is that it keeps breaking and crashing every few minutes so I'm going to uninstall most of the unnecessary apps and see if that will help fix most of the issues with crashing. Also the fact that most of them are always running in the background doesn't help xD.
I also have planes to overclock using my sd card. like take some of the memory to boost my phones power
I had a bit of the same but I managed to get it rooted and my bootloader is unlocked. Thing is most links (like it has been said) has been killed off. But I need a custom rom for the phone...it’s getting me really mad. Suggestions? Help? Please?
For custom ROMs, it's gonna be a crapshoot going through all of the threads and looking for links that are still hosted online somewhere. /u/ TheNameBrand had some success with installing CM9 recently, but ran into wifi issues or something. Here's the link if you're still interested: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024782
If you end up sticking with stock and don't have the Market/Play Store running, you can download the latest 2.3 compatible version of the Play Store here: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...-2-02-release/