I've been trying - in vain - to get certain apps running on my Desire HD. Some general googling has revealed that other people managed it, but I found no answer as to why.
Installed the free versions of Juice Defender and Launcher Pro, but the moment I decide to upgrade to the paid versions - no love.
The Market on my phone says it cannot be found. Logging in on my PC and trying to upgrade from there launches the device compatibility check and then shows my DHD, grayed out. Hovering over the question mark says that it cannot be installed on my device.
Any tips / suggestions?
Not all apps are available in every country and this can be, as you have seen, down to free vs paid.
See if you can manually download the apk from the app creators website (or is that what you have tried to do?).
You need root if you don't have already.
Clear market cache, and possibly dalvik cache as well.
Download the app "market enabler", give superuser permission when requested, save current settings, long tap on a alternative carrier in settings list, and fake. This will temp change your APN, so you need to connect WiFi to download.
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Problem sorted - turned out to be impatience - the South African app store only went online recently.
Active appstore = apps installed successfully. Yay.
My bad for not checking that first.
I lIve in norway but i have an account here http://www.unblock-us.com so i have set my dns to a US one. Now when i go to android market page on my pc i can see the US market. I have also set my phone dns to the US one so i can access netflix and all that. But i dont see the US android market on my phone. Is there a way i can install the US android market so i can rent movies from the market?
Select Airplane Mode ON, Clear your Market Data, and relaunch the Market with your VPN running.
Does it have to be VPN? I tried the dns i got from unblock-us but it wont work. Netflix and everything else works tho
I don't know if this will help but it works for getting US applications.
https://market.android.com/details?id=ch.racic.android.marketenabler
Good luck!
Vangelis13 said:
I don't know if this will help but it works for getting US applications.
https://market.android.com/details?id=ch.racic.android.marketenabler
Good luck!
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Thanks but i have already tried that setting my carrier to t-mobile with my dns enabled and cleared cache but it still wont show me US Android market where you can see your movies/music/books.
Try also turning off any location services (gps,network) it helped for me on a tablet.
Once you get to the US market it asks you to add a USA credit/debit card and phone number so I wasnt able to buy any movies anyway.
avesik said:
Try also turning off any location services (gps,network) it helped for me on a tablet.
Once you get to the US market it asks you to add a USA credit/debit card and phone number so I wasnt able to buy any movies anyway.
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oh ok. But i just read the comments under marketenabler in market and they all say it doesn't work in ICS. That's why netflix wont show up in market when i search for it. Will try again once marketenabler is updated.
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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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"
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.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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.