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[Q] will the marketplace work overseas?

My question is, will i be able to buy/download apps for a WP7 phone (lets say from the US[samsung focus]) in countries that don't have windows phone 7 yet?(lets say Israel)

Hard reset my phone and booted it up in airplane mode, market works just fine that way with wifi so I don't see why not.

KingpinEX said:
My question is, will i be able to buy/download apps for a WP7 phone (lets say from the US[samsung focus]) in countries that don't have windows phone 7 yet?(lets say Israel)
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if you can buy a windows phone there at present, then yes you shouldn't have a problem. if it isn't available there at the moment, you may have to do some dodgy things and make it think you're from US.

Works fine in Norway, but I'm not sure if I can get all programs available in the US or just a subset...Hard to tell, really

Unless the marketplace is available in that country no.
For instance, they sell WP7 phones in Sweden but they haven't launched the marketplace here yet. Which is idiotic.
You can get around it though by making a new windows live id that has the country set to a country with the marketplace available.
Check out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830701 for more information.

wow thats cool i just change my PC location to USA and i got my Zune Marketplace i never had before thats cool, i see the windows phone marketplace now...
is there a way i can make my pc think i have a windows phone phone conected so i can try to download free apps?
and for payed apps i have an AMEX card so i think im set.

You can download free apps if your Windows Live is set to a country with marketplace support. However, to buy apps you need to set your credit card details in Zune with an address in that country. I have a Netherlands Mastercard but put in my parents address in UK and its working great.

Hmm so I assume it will not NORMALLY work in Poland without setting another account which is set as UK?
I mean I use Hotmail for 12 years and probably it's set as polish, so...
Without this workarounds no chance?
On offical MS polish page they invite to buy 3 WP7 devices in polish stores....
So looks like official....
Any clue?

jhughesy said:
You can download free apps if your Windows Live is set to a country with marketplace support. However, you buy apps you need to set your credit card details in Zune with an address in that country. I have a Netherlands Mastercard but put in my parents address in UK and its working great.
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Which mastercard are you using. I have got one from ABN AMRO but it is not working. Only thing different is that I'm trying it with the US marketplace. I read somewhere it only worked a few days after launch day. I tried it btw on the zune desktop. Keep getting a error message saying that my creditcard details are wrong.

There is a service called global shop for AMEX card owners that gives u an address in the USA in Miami, so I can register to any us retail and give them the global shop Miami address that’s just cool
And as for changing the Live, takes only a sec to do and I have my account for like 5 years.
but i still wana be sure, so if any of you know of any virtual WP7, or if any one tried in a country that don't sell phones yet.

Setting up your WP7 device with a US live-id works fine, but you won't be able to buy apps without a US credit card also. Downloading free apps works fine, though, but when WP7 is launched with all services and the marketplace in your own country you will have to reset your device and set it up again with a local live-id to use these. Any apps downloaded from the US marketplace will then be lost.

throndr said:
Setting up your WP7 device with a US live-id works fine, but you won't be able to buy apps without a US credit card also. Downloading free apps works fine, though, but when WP7 is launched with all services and the marketplace in your own country you will have to reset your device and set it up again with a local live-id to use these. Any apps downloaded from the US marketplace will then be lost.
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So all that makes buying a WP7 device NOW nonsense.
Whether you don't have access to all the features or you're screwed later....
Discouraging.

at present, perhaps, but i think over time as they support more and more languages they'll open it up more.

The Gate Keeper said:
at present, perhaps, but i think over time as they support more and more languages they'll open it up more.
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Thanks. But that changes a bit my thoughts of getting it NOW.....

tbk21 said:
Which mastercard are you using. I have got one from ABN AMRO but it is not working. Only thing different is that I'm trying it with the US marketplace. I read somewhere it only worked a few days after launch day. I tried it btw on the zune desktop. Keep getting a error message saying that my creditcard details are wrong.
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ING Mastercard (Netherlands), In Zune add credit card UK address with Netherlands card number, Windows Live UK account.
I did this two days ago and already bought some apps. I also read somewhere this is the official method endorsed by Microsoft Netherlands so maybe give them a call if its not working?

marketplace working for unsupported countries?!!!

Hey folks,
I 've been using an unlocked at&t samsung focus in Brazil for quite some time and as any user from unsupported country i've been limited to free apps in marketplace. I dont know if marketplace changed policy or not but today i bought a gold subscription for my xbox live account (which is the same as the one i use in wp7 - US Live Account) and magically everything is working now. I bought monopoly ($4,99) and sound recorder ($0,99) from wp7 marketplace without a problem.
When you buy a gold subscription in xbox they just validate your credit card information without verifying the address so i used my credit card and an US address. Now wp7 seems to be using the same credit card info from xbox live for purchases.
Can anyone confirm this works or mktplace really changed policy and has nothing to do with xbox live?!

This sounds really interesting, please someone to test and report if this works. Regards

Are your Live account registered as an U.S. account too? Otherwise I don't think that you shouldn't have been able to even download free Apps. To register an account in another country is the "official" workaround, the problem is to get a creditcard validated since they seem to check which country it's registered in nowadays.

Nop.
Tried to register my credit card using the same profile that I've used with my PSN account (wich works perfectly). But here, when I try to register my credit card, it gives me error.
It's annoying; I need to buy some apps. That is annoying and non sense.

nop. thats the point i didn't registered any credit card on my live account. I can't... like any other person living in unsupported country. What i did was making my xbox account gold (which happens to be the same US live ID i use for wp7) and voilà! xbox website doesn't check your location, you can use your normal credit card and input any US address to become gold.
After this step they don't ask for a credit card in my live account anymore, it uses the one i have in my xbox account. Since then I'm able to buy apps.
in resume:
1. Get your US live account and register/convert it on xbox live at www.xbox.com. (The liveid must be the same primary account you use on wp7)
2. Go gold using the US page ($9.99/mo if i recall). (Will ask you for a credit card)
3. Try to buy something in wp7 marketplace.
That's what i did and surprisingly worked for me.

also make sure you are in /en-us at xbox.com. Check the address bar. Force en-US if it redirects to your country.
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/joinlive?xr=shellnav

Is here anyone who tested this and can say its woking?

Please somebody else has tried this? I need to know.
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nope, not working
tried everything explained twice, showed up "give a correct credir card numbers"

superaca said:
nope, not working
tried everything explained twice, showed up "give a correct credir card numbers"
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Yes, I tried myself some minutes ago and this is BS, doesn't work.

damn...maybe i was lucky. My xbox subscription expired but i still have my credit card on their site and i have full access to marketplace. Bought 7 apps so far.

Lucky. Here didn't work.

Google Services block in Pakistan, Any work around? :(

First of all i did not found an apropiate sub forum to start my thread, so really sorry if this is a wrong forum. I owned galaxy nexus so I thought this would be a good sub forum
Now let's come to the main issue.
Recently an anti islamic movie was upload to Youtube. Which creates alot of tension in the 3rd world.... Pakistan's government block the website across the Pakistan to protest against the video. And YouTube will remained close till the removal of that video (which ain't gonna happen like this).
As you all know that Pakistan is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Pakistan telecommunication authority hire inexperienced IT experts due to political pressures. These incompetent employees and government could not manage to block the YouTube properly at first. So PTA immediately block the IP of YouTube. But in doing of such impotent work by our ****ty government more then half of Google services become unusable in Pakistan. We can't connect to gmail account on our android and not even play store.
We can not download apps from the app store because of such failed action of our government.
As you know that YouTube is owned by Google. Yoiube IP is same as most of the Google's ip's.
PTA have blocked the IP so many Google services had stop.
In light of above explanation I need a work around on how open my gmail account and play store. Any help would be highly appreciated.
I know through proxy I can unblock the websites. But I,m unable to sync my gmail account through proxies because of the Google's high security. And I still can not download apps via market through proxy.
Give me a good suggestion. Any work around, any good proxy please.
Any modified Google play store.
I have galaxy nexus, galaxy note HTC desire and Asus transformer. All of them could not connect to Google services due to this blockage. And I know this problem had spread across whole of the android users in pakistan.
Refrain from political discussion or abusing thanks.
THE THREAD IS CLOSED, YOU CAN GO TO http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1903105 for Solution Thanks

I don't think a workaround will work unless PTA lifts the ban or at least unblock ip's affecting google services. I have a galaxy note and I thought it was because of the custom ROM I was running. So I did a full wipe, nothing happened. Then I checked on my brothers HTC one X which was on stock and he was having the same problem. PTA guys are a bunch of ****ing retards. Thanks for starting this thread, I hope someone comes up with a solution. Btw, I started experiencing this problem yesterday while youtube was blocked a few days before. When did you first start experiencing these problems?

Well for websites I know there are sites I know you can use to mask what you are looking at, but I don't think it will work with services based in apps.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app

How are you trying to connect to google services, via WiFi or EDGE? If WiFi, then which ISP (PTCL DSL, Wateen or some other?) I see you're on Warid's network.
I'm in Karachi and my Google related accounts sync/work fine over wifi but have a problem over EDGE/2G. If you're trying to download apps from mkt I can only assume you use wifi for it (because on EDGE speeds it would take you forever to download any apps at all). PTCL is the only ISP that has a problem as far as I know. I know in Lahore and Karachi several isp's are working fine in this regard (Wateen, WiTribe, Worldcall, etc).
If you're trying to get google services to work over EDGE on Warid then you can just use gmail and market etc from the browser, which works fine. Only the apps themselves have a problem (like email sync which takes really long).

muneeb.abbas3 said:
I don't think a workaround will work unless PTA lifts the ban or at least unblock ip's affecting google services. I have a galaxy note and I thought it was because of the custom ROM I was running. So I did a full wipe, nothing happened. Then I checked on my brothers HTC one X which was on stock and he was having the same problem. PTA guys are a bunch of ****ing retards. Thanks for starting this thread, I hope someone comes up with a solution. Btw, I started experiencing this problem yesterday while youtube was blocked a few days before. When did you first start experiencing these problems?
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I,m facing this problem since Youtube was blocked. and I,m running slim bean 2.5 on gnex and aokp on asus transformer. there are some Proxy Apps on play store. Hope our incompetent government will soon restore youtube and all google services like they did a year ago when facebook was blocked.
Guiding.God said:
How are you trying to connect to google services, via WiFi or EDGE? If WiFi, then which ISP (PTCL DSL, Wateen or some other?) I see you're on Warid's network.
I'm in Karachi and my Google related accounts sync/work fine over wifi but have a problem over EDGE/2G. If you're trying to download apps from mkt I can only assume you use wifi for it (because on EDGE speeds it would take you forever to download any apps at all). PTCL is the only ISP that has a problem as far as I know. I know in Lahore and Karachi several isp's are working fine in this regard (Wateen, WiTribe, Worldcall, etc).
If you're trying to get google services to work over EDGE on Warid then you can just use gmail and market etc from the browser, which works fine. Only the apps themselves have a problem (like email sync which takes really long).
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I,m from sialkot,Punjab. here all edge networks and ISP are having the same issue. I had tried Wateen, Witribe, and ptcl they all getting the same issue, i don't know if they are working through the same channel or not. i have tried edge over ufone, warid, mobilink. but still can't open the play store and contact syncs in gmail account on my android.
On my Gnex i,m running on Slim bean 2.5 rom, and AOKP on Asus Transformer. All of them are getting the same error.
if your play store is working good, i heard there are some apps in play store which can direct android traffic through proxy channel. kindly research on it and see if one of them can work for youtube app in android. i think that is possible. because if i modify my access point(wifi) setting in android, and set proxy setting to manual, and enter the proxy ip with port. i can access youtube and i can also sync gmail. but that channel only work for 2 or 3 min :/. i kept on changing proxies ip and ports. but not working

gagb1967 said:
Well for websites I know there are sites I know you can use to mask what you are looking at, but I don't think it will work with services based in apps.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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Thanks for your Post. Is there any apps on play store which can direct all android traffic through proxy channel? i have tried modifying my access point settings through wifi advance settings, and set proxy mode to manual and set ip of proxy. that is a possible work around and my gmail and youtube also work for 2 or 3 min, but not a permanent work through, can you please research on any work around. if possible. i,m looking to subscribe Hidemyass.com for complete anonymous Ip. if it can work on android through some kind of proxy app.

You might be able to do this using a VPN. Settings > More > VPN. You'll need to find a free VPN service that will give you the login information. I'm sure there's one out there but I don't know any off the top of my head.

mmolitor87 said:
You might be able to do this using a VPN. Settings > More > VPN. You'll need to find a free VPN service that will give you the login information. I'm sure there's one out there but I don't know any off the top of my head.
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this is the best way indeed although I have to say most free vpns are seriously slow. you can get a proper one for like 5 to 10 dollars a month.
Sent from my galaxy nexus

mmolitor87 said:
You might be able to do this using a VPN. Settings > More > VPN. You'll need to find a free VPN service that will give you the login information. I'm sure there's one out there but I don't know any off the top of my head.
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eniux said:
this is the best way indeed although I have to say most free vpns are seriously slow. you can get a proper one for like 5 to 10 dollars a month.
Sent from my galaxy nexus
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A wild idea and i have done it, finally a work around using orbit by tor Service..!

hassi4042 said:
First of all i did not found an apropiate sub forum to start my thread, so really sorry if this is a wrong forum. I owned galaxy nexus so I thought this would be a good sub forum
Now let's come to the main issue.
Recently an anti islamic movie was upload to Youtube. Which creates alot of tension in the 3rd world.... Pakistan's government block the website across the Pakistan to protest against the video. And YouTube will remained close till the removal of that video (which ain't gonna happen like this).
As you all know that Pakistan is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Pakistan telecommunication authority hire inexperienced IT experts due to political pressures. These incompetent employees and government could not manage to block the YouTube properly at first. So PTA immediately block the IP of YouTube. But in doing of such impotent work by our ****ty government more then half of Google services become unusable in Pakistan. We can't connect to gmail account on our android and not even play store.
We can not download apps from the app store because of such failed action of our government.
As you know that YouTube is owned by Google. Yoiube IP is same as most of the Google's ip's.
PTA have blocked the IP so many Google services had stop.
In light of above explanation I need a work around on how open my gmail account and play store. Any help would be highly appreciated.
I know through proxy I can unblock the websites. But I,m unable to sync my gmail account through proxies because of the Google's high security. And I still can not download apps via market through proxy.
Give me a good suggestion. Any work around, any good proxy please.
Any modified Google play store.
I have galaxy nexus, galaxy note HTC desire and Asus transformer. All of them could not connect to Google services due to this blockage. And I know this problem had spread across whole of the android users in pakistan.
Refrain from political discussion or abusing thanks.
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Try this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aed.droidvpn ? DroidVPN free has a limit of 100MB a day which i guess is good enough for sync purpose?

if you have a rooted phone then you can use this proxy in your wifi settings. I tested, it works. not too slow either
77.37.192.19
port: 3128

i am from sahiwal punjab Playstore is not opening i am using wateen wifi but cant access the website.help..
and anybody can tell me that how to buy apps from play store as in Pakistan Paypal is valid then how can i buy apps i dont have credit card but UBL WIZ CARD

grown ups said:
i am from sahiwal punjab Playstore is not opening i am using wateen wifi but cant access the website.help..
and anybody can tell me that how to buy apps from play store as in Pakistan Paypal is valid then how can i buy apps i dont have credit card but UBL WIZ CARD
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The OP has already posted a workaround bypass here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1903105 and it works fine over wifi and EDGE
Also, UBL's wiz internet card is usable on play store....call UBL's helpline to confirm and get instructions

VPN maybe?
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Guiding.God said:
The OP has already posted a workaround bypass here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1903105 and it works fine over wifi and EDGE
Also, UBL's wiz internet card is usable on play store....call UBL's helpline to confirm and get instructions
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i have ubl internet card but how can use to buy apps in $ help me please

grown ups said:
i have ubl internet card but how can use to buy apps in $ help me please
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I don't understand the problem, what issue are you facing? If you have a UBL WIZ Internet card, just login to play store, press buy on any app and enter your card details like you would with any credit card - your card number, the cvc/cvv code at the back the expiry date and your billing address - works fine here
Make sure you call UBL's phone help line first and give them your card number and confirm if you are authorised to make online transactions
EDIT: It doesn't matter if the price stated is in US$ or Britis Pound or Euros or Kuwaiti Dinars, UBL bank will convert to Pak Rs with their prevailing bank conversion rate and charge your card for the right amount automatically

FWIW, I used Witribe today (in Pindi) and Playstore works fine. PTCL is flaky - sometimes, yes, at other times, no. I'm on Mobilink (I think I need to update my profile) and I couldn't sync my account with Google the entire day.
So - it depends from ISP to ISP. Your best bet is to either use Onavo Extend - or Orbot (Tor) for Android... or another VPN solution.

I have posted the Bypass and solution of this Issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1903105
to All having this issue kindly go to that thread thank you.
i,m requesting the Moderator to lock this thread. Thank you

aeoveu said:
FWIW, I used Witribe today (in Pindi) and Playstore works fine. PTCL is flaky - sometimes, yes, at other times, no. I'm on Mobilink (I think I need to update my profile) and I couldn't sync my account with Google the entire day.
So - it depends from ISP to ISP. Your best bet is to either use Onavo Extend - or Orbot (Tor) for Android... or another VPN solution.
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Go to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1903105
Hit thanks if i helped you

Don't work Netflix with unblock us

Hello everyone
I've been using my account of Netflix USA in Europe with unblock us correctly but I don't know why today it doesn't work.
When I go to enter in Netflix,load the website of unblock and tell me that all is OK but I can't watch Netflix.
Are there more people with this problem?
Thank you very much.
Have fun

bobq1979 said:
Hello everyone
I've been using my account of Netflix USA in Europe with unblock us correctly but I don't know why today it doesn't work.
When I go to enter in Netflix,load the website of unblock and tell me that all is OK but I can't watch Netflix.
Are there more people with this problem?
Thank you very much.
Have fun
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Amazon blocks it because you don't have a valid US issued credit card on your one-click account, even if you're using unblock US.
"Amazon AppStore requires US credit card even to get FREE apps. Credit card with US billing address should be added to your Amazon account and should be set as default “1-Click” payment method. Previous solution with Amazon Gift Cards does not work anymore."
http://support.unblock-us.com/custo...r-amazon-kindle-fire-with-unblock-us?b_id=530

Thank you for your answer.
I got us credit card.I don't know why right now works fine but I don't work the subtitles
Have fun

I just use Hola Unblocker and Netflix Fire TV app.
No DNS, no paid service, it just works perfect...

Thank you for your answer.
Right now it works perfectly
Have fun

[Q] Skip Registration

I live outside the US. Got a new aftv from a friend in the US. Set up smart dns, created US Amazon account and filled it with gift card $.
When aftv starts it connects to my wifi and then presents me with a screen where I have to register.
It will not accept my US amazon account... And the smart DNS does not appear to help in any way. (It is working for other services like Netflix etc).
Since I am stuck in the Registration screen there is no other options/choises available to me.
Is there a way out of this situation? Is there a way to skip the Registration?

I can only try to help with advice on how I got past the annoying registration.
Maybe setup a native account from your location,then forward or send all of the gift card $ to it.
Maybe working as gift cards,you could give them to yourself as if you are another person?
Other new buyers of Fire TV,feel free to try this method below if you can't get a card as soon as you'd like to.
I used a generated dummy card value to get past the one irratating part.
(I didn't/don't have a card,nor can I get one without going through too much trouble)
I don't remember where I found the site that automatically generates them for use,but I hope you too,can find one that works.
IMHO,the Fire TV setup sucks!
When I first got a Sony NSZ-GS7 last year,it did not require a card in order to get past the setup screen.

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Call Amazon customer support and tell them you can't login on your Fire TV. They'll have you go through a few troubleshooting steps. Once you get to the part where you login, just tell them you're putting in the correct email/password but it says your login is incorrect. Eventually they will try to log you in from their end using the device's serial number. Once they log you in, you'll be able to restart the Fire TV and it will go straight to the home screen.
On a side note, do you trust the person you bought the Fire TV from? I ask because not being able to login, even though the account is valid, is the symptom of a host-file-soft-bricked Fire TV. This happens when the Fire TV is factory reset with a modified host file that is set to block/redirect amazon's servers. There is no way to fix this, as far as I know.

retroben said:
I can only try to help with advice on how I got past the annoying registration.
Maybe setup a native account from your location,then forward or send all of the gift card $ to it.
Maybe working as gift cards,you could give them to yourself as if you are another person?
Other new buyers of Fire TV,feel free to try this method below if you can't get a card as soon as you'd like to.
I used a generated dummy card value to get past the one irratating part.
(I didn't/don't have a card,nor can I get one without going through too much trouble)
I don't remember where I found the site that automatically generates them for use,but I hope you too,can find one that works.
IMHO,the Fire TV setup sucks!
When I first got a Sony NSZ-GS7 last year,it did not require a card in order to get past the setup screen.
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I have tried sending gift card from my local account to the new US account.It does not work.
I have tried to setting it up with generated US Diners and Visa cards etc. It does not work either.
Amazon has locked down their device pretty well...
I have alerted customer support.

thesheep70 said:
I have tried sending gift card from my local account to the new US account.It does not work.
I have tried to setting it up with generated US Diners and Visa cards etc. It does not work either.
Amazon has locked down their device pretty well...
I have alerted customer support.
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i setup a few new accounts from canada right on the FTV on different occasions, they dont ask for a CC at all.. and everything works.. your missing something simple.