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[TUT]How to use Google Music outside the US.

Since i done a bit of research and dug around a bit on xda i finally came up with a thread that shows me how to get it working. And it actually does and i for one find it amazing.
What you get is with Google Music you get to have a 20,000 song space over the air firstly. That is awesome. You can play music offline or while you out and about and that frees space on your phone. More details regarding Google music you can get it here
Now on with the tutorial:
1) First download hotspot shield from here
2) Once you downloaded then install it on your pc. Once you install then start it up. I suggest to use either Firefox or Google Chrome.
3) What hotspot shield does it basically does is to use your browser as a VPN. That gives the impression that you are in America for example and you can download google music. Think of it as market enabler that you use on your phone for apps that are only available in the US or other countries.
4) Once hotspot shield is installed run this and the "shield" will go from red to green. This means it's running.
5) Then go to play.google.com and then to shop->shop music and register or login with your gmail address.
6) Download and install google music manager and exit hotspot shield.
7) Once done enjoy your music on any phone. For android just download the apk given in the OP.
So there you go...a very nearly full functional use of google music....let me know what you think and if it's helped you out. Feel free to share the guide if you like. Just make sure you ask me first and give link of my thread to yours. Once you finished all the setup and everything else with your account, no need no longer need to use hotspot so you can uninstall it from your pc
Thanks to truthlesshero for his guide that helped me get me started.
Google Music Manager download from here for MAC
For Windows it is here
And if this guide has helped you out do not forget to hit that thanks button

Doesn't work.. asks me to "Add a new payment method", if I click Cancel or the X in the top right, it doesn't proceed and doesn't setup my Music Library and cannot upload music, and it doesn't actually get the Free song I chose.
I think they have worked out this method and are now asking for a USA credit card to confirm you are a USA citizen, even tho they do not charge your card.
Bummer..

I just used a free VNC, like TunnelBear, and created my account through web browser.

I have an account with http://uktvproxy.co.uk/ for watching SKY UK as I live abroad now. I signed upto to Google music a few months ago, put all my collection online and the best thing is that it works just fine on my mobile without having to be logged into a proxy.
It's a good service, but for me, on my other phones there has been about a 3-5 second delay in between changing songs - that feels like an eternity to me. Not sure how to improve the speed.
If it ever gets like spotify, where the music starts/changes almost instantly, then I'd use it more often.
I have no issues when using on my pc though.

Leighm0 said:
Doesn't work.. asks me to "Add a new payment method", if I click Cancel or the X in the top right, it doesn't proceed and doesn't setup my Music Library and cannot upload music, and it doesn't actually get the Free song I chose.
I think they have worked out this method and are now asking for a USA credit card to confirm you are a USA citizen, even tho they do not charge your card.
Bummer..
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Did you download music manager? i still can get into the store but only to download the free songs that it shows up in the free songs section my friend.
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Here is an easier step by step method to register to Google Music outside US. (you can use is without any proxy after you are done)
engadget.com/2011/11/19/how-to-use-google-music-from-anywhere-yes-outside-of-the-unit/

himmelgr said:
Here is an easier step by step method to register to Google Music outside US. (you can use is without any proxy after you are done)
engadget.com/2011/11/19/how-to-use-google-music-from-anywhere-yes-outside-of-the-unit/
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that requires you to download the tor browser and although it sounds easier i can sure it does not.
look all you do is download hotspot shield. then install and start it up. get firefox up and running and then just go into google music and follow the steps...piece of cake..once you setup your account with google music and set up everything on pc which it takes five minutes, then all you got to do is just start listening to music. and every time you go on google music on your pc just make sure you sign in with your email account that you set up the google music with..and then you can uninstall hotspot shield

not working for me either. I'm using Tor browser, if i browse to whatismycountry.com it tells me i'm in the USA, so the proxy is working. But when i go to music.google.com and log in i get the following message:
We're sorry. The Google Play music player is currently only available in the United States.
when I go to play.google.com i do get the option to enter the music store, but then when i try to add a free song it tells me to add a new payment method...
Then when i fill out all of the fields (apparantly i live in the US, in Somecity, Alabama) it tells me my phone number is invalid.
Adding a random american phone number (i used games workshop's customer service phone number) works, and I can now "purchase" free songs.
Next issue, when i try to buy a free song i get the message "Oops, we could not determine if this item is compatible with your device. Please try again later."
No idea how to fix that, so I'm stuck for now. music.google.com still says unsupported, and no songs can be added.

Piquedram said:
not working for me either. I'm using Tor browser, if i browse to whatismycountry.com it tells me i'm in the USA, so the proxy is working. But when i go to music.google.com and log in i get the following message:
We're sorry. The Google Play music player is currently only available in the United States.
when I go to play.google.com i do get the option to enter the music store, but then when i try to add a free song it tells me to add a new payment method...
Then when i fill out all of the fields (apparantly i live in the US, in Somecity, Alabama) it tells me my phone number is invalid.
Adding a random american phone number (i used games workshop's customer service phone number) works, and I can now "purchase" free songs.
Next issue, when i try to buy a free song i get the message "Oops, we could not determine if this item is compatible with your device. Please try again later."
No idea how to fix that, so I'm stuck for now. music.google.com still says unsupported, and no songs can be added.
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are you downloading music manager firstly? and then you do know you can not buy songs..you can only access the free ones. honestly i got it working for me otherwise i would not be posting this...

Right guys try this for me please
install hotspot shield. Once installed run this and the "shield" will go from red to green. This means it's running. Then go to music.google.com and register or login with your gmail address. Download and install google music manager and exit hotspot shield. Start uploading your music. Once done enjoy your music on any phone.
For android just google google music.apk and install and for all other phone/tablet(including wp7 and iPhone/iPad) just go to music.google.com
Hope it helps someone now

interesting. I'm at work, so not everything is possible here concerning proxy's. But once i tethered my internet through my phone I could use hotspot shield, and that just worked first try! I have downloaded the google music app on my computer!
now i'm going to download that apk and install it on my phone.

Piquedram said:
interesting. I'm at work, so not everything is possible here concerning proxy's. But once i tethered my internet through my phone I could use hotspot shield, and that just worked first try! I have downloaded the google music app on my computer!
now i'm going to download that apk and install it on my phone.
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nice one
Right re done the OP and made it more simpler and easier to figure out and this now should work..Apologies for any inconvenience guys..Please if someone has tried it now let me know if it works.

I did have to find myself another google music apk, because the one included in the first post did not display my online music. For those who have the same problem; i used this one:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7dVhfTYRlROUURGYnRWXzg4ZVk/edit

Piquedram said:
I did have to find myself another google music apk, because the one included in the first post did not display my online music. For those who have the same problem; i used this one:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7dVhfTYRlROUURGYnRWXzg4ZVk/edit
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its not downloading..i will upload the same version as yours then i found it on my pc..Uploaded..Just uploaded the new version in the OP now.

Hi guys, just to confirm that it is working.
Although i haven't tried it with hotspot shiled. At work we are using USA proxy so i just downloaded and registered at work, got the APK installed also and uploaded 8000+ songs when i went home (it took a looong time ) now i can listen all my songs from work, home, HOX, anywhere with internet access...

I tried the engadget method, didn't work. Would just hang at the final stage of registration.
Had no probs using a program called Hide My IP. It works with the free 14 day trial. Just set IP to a US one and register for google music.
http://www.hide-my-ip.com/
I think it's been mentioned that you can update the apk in the OP. I'm currently using v4.1.513, and don't even know if that's the latest.

This does work, I've been using google music for a few months now and I'm in the uk. Just drag and drop your music into the relevant pc folder and your phone will sync it.
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Ga73 said:
This does work, I've been using google music for a few months now and I'm in the uk. Just drag and drop your music into the relevant pc folder and your phone will sync it.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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cheers mate all you got to do is once you download music manager the rest it is just as easy as you said...just add the folder that you want in music manager press upload and job done

hi i couldnt also get it to work on my main pc, so i thought.
i got the not avalible in your country thingy.
anyways i went upstairs to my laptop (which has unblock-us installed on the wifi router - i have two routers one with unblock-us and the other standard) and just put in the url - staight in with a bucket load of free tunes (375 tune or 24hs 38mins worth).
Im unsure if they let the original instal went though or if my unblock-us was the thing that sorted it, either way im happy!!! really nice app that works seemlessly on all my android devices.
time to free up the music from my machines now and sync them though the cloud!!.
thanks again OP., btw i had now probs with the supplied apk, streaming working a-ok here

audiobookman said:
hi i couldnt also get it to work on my main pc, so i thought.
i got the not avalible in your country thingy.
anyways i went upstairs to my laptop (which has unblock-us installed on the wifi router - i have two routers one with unblock-us and the other standard) and just put in the url - staight in with a bucket load of free tunes (375 tune or 24hs 38mins worth).
Im unsure if they let the original instal went though or if my unblock-us was the thing that sorted it, either way im happy!!! really nice app that works seemlessly on all my android devices.
time to free up the music from my machines now and sync them though the cloud!!.
thanks again OP., btw i had now probs with the supplied apk, streaming working a-ok here
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No probs mate. I tell you what guys the forum here of the One X is ten times better and more appreciative than the S2 forums. That is why i am so glad i got this phone now and no more need to help out there on the s2 at they do not appreciate when someone tries to help out..Anyways glad it is working for you mate.

GTA 3 HTC One X Problems?

hi everybody
since i bought my HTC One X i've been legally downloading all my apps via google play.
However after purchasing and installing GTA 3 the game crashes with no error message, just returns to home screen after about 2 mins of gameplay and i have no sound coming from the game to.
i've tried settings>apps>gta 3>clear data/cache
still the same, dont know what to do and its too late to get a refund via google play.
sorry if this has been posted before, but ive tried google and havent been on these forums for a while.

Jess95 said:
hi everybody
since i bought my HTC One X i've been legally downloading all my apps via google play.
However after purchasing and installing GTA 3 the game crashes with no error message, just returns to home screen after about 2 mins of gameplay and i have no sound coming from the game to.
i've tried settings>apps>gta 3>clear data/cache
still the same, dont know what to do and its too late to get a refund via google play.
sorry if this has been posted before, but ive tried google and havent been on these forums for a while.
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Have you consult or sent an e-mel to the developers?

Uninstall and install the game again.

And remove the folder on your sdcard
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No access to paid apps after flashing cleanrom.. Help?!?

Hello everyone.. I have recently installed cleanrom 2.6 on my Nexus 7 2013. I live in the UK and now I can't access UK apps or any paid apps. Can someone help me out here please...
Thanks in advance!

That's all controlled on your Google account. Sign into it and you'll have all your paid apps still, you just need to open Google play and install them.
Sent from my Nexus 7

datallboy said:
That's all controlled on your Google account. Sign into it and you'll have all your paid apps still, you just need to open Google play and install them.
Sent from my Nexus 7
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I have signed into my Google account. All thats showing up when browsing the Play Store is free apps. Theres no sign of paid or UK apps. If I search all the popular apps nothing comes up. It's as if Google thinks I'm in a different country when I'm not. The same thing happened on my Neo x5 media box with a custom rom. When I use a VPN and select UK it will then bring up all the paid UK apps. As soon as I disconnect the VPN It goes back to free apps. Obviously I don't want to have to do this every time I use the Play Store, It's really fustrating..... So if anyone knows what the problem is please let me know!

duckyfuzz0121 said:
I have signed into my Google account. All thats showing up when browsing the Play Store is free apps. Theres no sign of paid or UK apps. If I search all the popular apps nothing comes up. It's as if Google thinks I'm in a different country when I'm not. The same thing happened on my Neo x5 media box with a custom rom. When I use a VPN and select UK it will then bring up all the paid UK apps. As soon as I disconnect the VPN It goes back to free apps. Obviously I don't want to have to do this every time I use the Play Store, It's really fustrating..... So if anyone knows what the problem is please let me know!
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I had the same problem a day or two ago, I rebooted my tablet and that seemed to fix it.

rob61280 said:
I had the same problem a day or two ago, I rebooted my tablet and that seemed to fix it.
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I've rebooted but it hasn't fixed it..Are you using a custom rom?

duckyfuzz0121 said:
I've rebooted but it hasn't fixed it..Are you using a custom rom?
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I'm running stock rooted, but have seen the same thing on my N4 with CM11, it will likely fix itself in a day or so.

Two of my downloaded apps remain stuck at loading screen after google play install

Hi,
After successfully installing google play and updating to the latest play services everything is working perfectly, apart from the fact that two of my apps downloaded from the Amazon app store (TuneIn Radio and Crossy Road) now remain stuck on their loading screens. They were working before the google play install and I have uninstalled google play once to test it and they began working again. It appears that they stop working after the latest google play services update, as they continue to work initially after installing google play before updating play services. I've also tried uninstalling them and reinstalling them from the google play store instead of the Amazon app store and they still remain stuck at the loading screen. Does anyone have a fix for this? If so any help will be much appreciated.

Why not try installing them from the Play Store?

aenews said:
Why not try installing them from the Play Store?
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I have tried that but they both still remain stuck at the loading screen, do they work for you?

tune in radio
Tune in works fine on mine, though I have the pro version. Should be the same, I'd think. Crossy Road installed and plays fine.
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I have tried that but they both still remain stuck at the loading screen, do they work for you?
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TuneIn the free version that I installed from Google Play works fine for me. Clearing the cache and data before uninstalling, and deleting the apps from your Amazon account on their web site?

LNRrgB said:
Tune in works fine on mine, though I have the pro version. Should be the same, I'd think. Crossy Road installed and plays fine.
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ygaryo said:
TuneIn the free version that I installed from Google Play works fine for me. Clearing the cache and data before uninstalling, and deleting the apps from your Amazon account on their web site?
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Thanks for both confirming that they work on your fire phones. I have cleared the cache and reinstalled again but they still don't work, I even purchased Tunein radio pro from the google play store and even that won't load. I think i've found the problem, as it appears to be caused by updating to the latest google play services, as after uninstalling the google play packages, both apps begin to work again even once google play is initially installed again, but then they both cease to work following the latest google play services update to 7.5.71. Apart from those two apps everything else appears to be working fine and i've had no issues with the google play store itself. Could it be due to the fact that my fire phone has the O2 UK version of fire OS 4.6.1? As I never bothered installing the US unlocked version because the play store is functioning fine on the O2 UK version.

Just fyi, I have the same version Google Play services. I got the official system update over the air. And my phone is the unlocked US model, purchased directly from Amazon.

I had that issue with some of my apps because the play store tried to take ownership and I guess war broke out with the apps caught in between.
try uninstalling the apps, then take off automatic updates in the playstore settings, then reinstalling from the amazon store, this has worked for me in some cases but not all, neither can update whats app right now but since it's capable of updating itself it doesn't bother me.

Everything was fine, now Playstore won't load

A few months back, I had side-loaded Google apps onto my stock device.
(I'm on 4.6.6.1 now - not sure if this upgrade happened recently...)
I am using it with a Project Fi data-only sim and letting the kid use it for Pokemon Go.
All of a sudden, PoGo won't start (GPS signal not found), and I can't load the Play Store (it just says at a blank white screen). Anyone else have something like this happen, and is there a simple fix?

Me too,today Nov 11 my google maps and play store dont work

same for me since 4 days....

I'm not on stock atm but in the past that exact thing would happen to my Google play if Google sent an update for it's services that somehow broke it on the firephone. Google has made about 3 updates this month so try reinstalling an older version or something and see if it works.

I don't need this when the whole world is falling apart.
nismo87 said:
Me too,today Nov 11 my google maps and play store don't work
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All my fire phones were working fine with side loaded framework, google services, play store etc. as explained in the xda forum. They would automatically update and nothing broke except for a brief period a year or so ago which got fixed automatically after a few days. I know Google broke it with an update at that time, but not sure who fixed it -- Amazon or Google.
But now, the same things has happened. With Google Services update a couple of days ago things have come off their moorings.
Youtube, Maps, and the Play store itself are on the blink. Other things which require Play services also are gone, of course.
I am afraid, this time around, Amazon seems to have really given up on the fire phone. So the chances are quite bleak that they would take any trouble to fix this. eg. They don't even support Amazon Music Unlimited, and Audible on their own Fire Phone! Both are Amazon's own products!!

Check out this thread, last couple pages. Got me going again (for now, anyways).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fir...ay-store-4-6-1-version-4-apks-t3098592/page16

Same here - good to see it was neither me, nor I'm alone, yet let's see how to solve this!

Got me going for a day and a half..
resarfekim said:
Check out this thread, last couple pages. Got me going again (for now, anyways).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fir...ay-store-4-6-1-version-4-apks-t3098592/page16
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Thanks. That got me going for 36 hours. Then it automatically started updating, and back to square one... Google Play Services has stopped working blah blah blah..
The deicsion to freeze and branch off from a version of Android was a very short-sighted selfish, customers-be-damned decision.
Amazon seems to be a really bad version of Apple without the technical wherewithal to sustain itself.
What a pity. The fire phone itself is a great one.
Is there any chance that a non-Google non-Amazon fix can work at all?

Fireinthebelly said:
Thanks. That got me going for 36 hours. Then it automatically started updating, and back to square one... Google Play Services has stopped working blah blah blah..
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Same here

Since we're here, I'm assuming we have our phones rooted. That said, is there some way to just block the updater with a firewall or something similar?

The new google play services update broke all amazon google services in stock fire OS
We have to block the update process or wait for fix in next play services update
Anyone find a way to fix it
Br,
Shahzaib Jahangir

I had this exact same problem and it started last night as well, I tried reinstalling but then I got the "Google Play Services has stopped" message repeatedly, i'll keep looking as I need this fix asap for work

Crephix said:
Since we're here, I'm assuming we have our phones rooted. That said, is there some way to just block the updater with a firewall or something similar?
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"Wrong!!"
Sorry, the would is still fresh..
No.. none of my phones is rooted. The beauty of this Xda-forum solution of side loading the four files (Account framework, Account Manager, play services, & play store) was that they don't have to be rooted.

Just update framework and Login Component to Version 4.4.4 and delete the data from store and Services and everything should be fine.

fuzolan said:
Just update framework and Login Component to Version 4.4.4 and delete the data from store and Services and everything should be fine.
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Updating all manually to the newest kitkat version does seem to do it (though, I only just did it). Didn't even check the versions as I assumed they auto-updated as well. Should last a bit longer now till that version is too old.
Good catch. Thanks.

sandsofmyst said:
Updating all manually to the newest kitkat version does seem to do it (though, I only just did it). Didn't even check the versions as I assumed they auto-updated as well. Should last a bit longer now till that version is too old.
Good catch. Thanks.
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Hi!
I have the same problem here. Google Play Services crashed.
My Fire Phone is not rooted. Can I update to the newest kitkat to solve the problem?
Thanks in advance for any help.

Same here
Hello i have 5 phones whit the same problem i cant open any for google my easy solution is root and put cm11 rom and al working again.......
But i prefer the amazon os :/

fuzolan said:
Just update framework and Login Component to Version 4.4.4 and delete the data from store and Services and everything should be fine.
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have you got a download link?
thanks

musicman100 said:
have you got a download link?
thanks
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This post in another thread should work for you, fixed mine up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69658319&postcount=167

Fireinthebelly said:
All my fire phones were working fine with side loaded framework, google services, play store etc. as explained in the xda forum. They would automatically update and nothing broke except for a brief period a year or so ago which got fixed automatically after a few days. I know Google broke it with an update at that time, but not sure who fixed it -- Amazon or Google.
But now, the same things has happened. With Google Services update a couple of days ago things have come off their moorings.
Youtube, Maps, and the Play store itself are on the blink. Other things which require Play services also are gone, of course.
I am afraid, this time around, Amazon seems to have really given up on the fire phone. So the chances are quite bleak that they would take any trouble to fix this. eg. They don't even support Amazon Music Unlimited, and Audible on their own Fire Phone! Both are Amazon's own products!!
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Not sure if people are still following this thread but I thought to share. I was able to sideload Amazon music unlimited. It disables native music app but doesn't launch using the same app link. I need to use ES Explorer's App library function to select and launch. Otherwise it works well. Not sure if the audible app would work the same.