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Hello!
I'm from Spain and nowadays Amazon Underground doesn't work in this country. I've created an account in amazon.com (my own account has registered my adress) and removed the gps and localization permissions with permission master, and then removed the cache. Still doesn't work. Anyone knows how to "cheat" on location for using Underground?
You can try hola vpn, works for me. I watch prime videos and I'm in Nicaragua.
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glock24 said:
You can try hola vpn, works for me. I watch prime videos and I'm in Nicaragua.
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It doesn't work for Amazon neither for YouTube. Thanks, though
Amazon.com supports app buying for many countries, including Malta, where I live.
The problem is that when I am clicking to buy one of the free apps under the Underground section, it gives me an error about being not eligible to buy,
due to geographical restrictions.
Any ideas why this happens?
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RASTAVIPER said:
Amazon.com supports app buying for many countries, including Malta, where I live.
The problem is that when I am clicking to buy one of the free apps under the Underground section, it gives me an error about being not eligible to buy,
due to geographical restrictions.
Any ideas why this happens?
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Switch your phone language to United States, than reinstall Amazon underground app and register a new account. This works for me. Hope this help.
@chan said:
Switch your phone language to United States, than reinstall Amazon underground app and register a new account. This works for me. Hope this help.
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My phone's language is in English, but I am sure that this doesn't affect the downloads from Amazon.
Something else is responsible for this
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Guys, if you have an Amazon.com account the best bet is to use a VPN service to make the servers at Amazon think you are in America.
I use one all the timer in Australia to buy books from Amazon for Kindle as the library here is pretty limited, as are netflix and a lot of other streaming services.
Just turn off the VPN when you want to go local - you can be in other places than just the US too....
ultramag69 said:
Guys, if you have an Amazon.com account the best bet is to use a VPN service to make the servers at Amazon think you are in America.
I use one all the timer in Australia to buy books from Amazon for Kindle as the library here is pretty limited, as are netflix and a lot of other streaming services.
Just turn off the VPN when you want to go local - you can be in other places than just the US too....
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But why to do this when Amazon itself explains that the country where I live is entitled for downloading from Amazon.com ?
Here is the info:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201357480
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RASTAVIPER said:
But why to do this when Amazon itself explains that the country where I live is entitled for downloading from Amazon.com ?
Here is the info:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201357480
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So you will seriously dwell on this for a large amount of time and not get what you want versus 5 seconds to activate a VPN and have smooth sailing?
Wouldn't be the 1st time something on the internet isn't right...
RASTAVIPER said:
But why to do this when Amazon itself explains that the country where I live is entitled for downloading from Amazon.com ?
Here is the info:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201357480
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ultramag69 said:
Guys, if you have an Amazon.com account the best bet is to use a VPN service to make the servers at Amazon think you are in America.
I use one all the timer in Australia to buy books from Amazon for Kindle as the library here is pretty limited, as are netflix and a lot of other streaming services.
Just turn off the VPN when you want to go local - you can be in other places than just the US too....
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My phone's language is in English, but I am sure that this doesn't affect the downloads from Amazon.
Something else is responsible for this
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Downloading app from Amazon underground is different from buying apps from the normal Amazon app. VPN is not going to work. The app check for the language setting to determine the location. Switch the language ,reinstall the app and register a new account inside the underground app. Don't switch back the language if you want to use the underground service.
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So you will seriously dwell on this for a large amount of time and not get what you want versus 5 seconds to activate a VPN and have smooth sailing?
Wouldn't be the 1st time something on the internet isn't right...
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Just to prove you wrong, I tried what you have proposed.
Activated the US server through Tunnelbear, made a test to be sure that my IP is set correctly at the Usa and then I logged in at Amazon com
Still didn't work. Any more comments wise guy?
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RASTAVIPER said:
Just to prove you wrong, I tried what you have proposed.
Activated the US server through Tunnelbear, made a test to be sure that my IP is set correctly at the Usa and then I logged in at Amazon com
Still didn't work. Any more comments wise guy?
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Then the settings in Amazon is set to the wrong region... It's easier to alter those from a PC than a phone as you'll have to look for your Amazon region settings in your account...
Setting language doesn't do a thing... It is a specific setting in Amazon account...
You may need the VPN to access your American Amazon account after you have fixed this issue however as it will send you to the reginal Amazon if you try to go there without a VPN set using your phone...
Just a word from the wise...
Ok found the solution.
And of course it didn't have to do anything with VPN, changing phone's language etc
At the settings of the Amazon account, at the 'Manage your devices' page, I changed that to an address in USA and all options for downloading were activated.
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Ok found the solution.
And of course it didn't have to do anything with VPN, changing phone's language etc
At the settings of the Amazon account, at the 'Manage your devices' page, I changed that to an address in USA and all options for downloading were activated.
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As I said above...
RASTAVIPER said:
Ok found the solution.
And of course it didn't have to do anything with VPN, changing phone's language etc
At the settings of the Amazon account, at the 'Manage your devices' page, I changed that to an address in USA and all options for downloading were activated.
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Aah lucky you, but it didnt work for me, maybe its been 4 years since you did this, maybe Amazon has fixed this loop hole now, they have more ways to detect our location now. .i myself dont wanna use VPN either, any solution? any?
Hey guys, just bought the ftvs2. I get a black screen when i select the apps section on the device. I have tried clearing cache, data, etc. Also have done factory reset twice lol. Please help me. I have to sideload all apps otherwise
regalstreak said:
Hey guys, just bought the ftvs2. I get a black screen when i select the apps section on the device. I have tried clearing cache, data, etc. Also have done factory reset twice lol. Please help me. I have to sideload all apps otherwise
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Will need a bit more info.
Are you blocking updates thru the router or opendns method ? Had you blocked updates thri the router &/or opendns for other FTV(S)'s before and left things in place ? Are you running a VPN on it? What app market location are you in or are trying to access?
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Will need a bit more info.
Are you blocking updates thru the router or opendns method ? Had you blocked updates thri the router &/or opendns for other FTV(S)'s before and left things in place ? Are you running a VPN on it? What app market location are you in or are trying to access?
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Why will I block updates and all lol. Just unboxed and plugged it in. Didn't mess up with dns and other blocks and stuff too.
It's just that the screen is black. Apps install fne through recommendations. I'm using English (India) so maybe indian market
regalstreak said:
Why will I block updates and all lol. Just unboxed and plugged it in. Didn't mess up with dns and other blocks and stuff too.
It's just that the screen is black. Apps install fne through recommendations. I'm using English (India) so maybe indian market
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If you had worked on FTV's before. You could had left update blocking up on your router. So had to ask to clarify.
http://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-fire-tv-stick-and-amazon-appstore-launch-in-india/
The app selection on the Fire TV Stick in India is much more limited than in any other country because paid apps and apps with in-app purchasing are not yet supported in the Indian Amazon appstore. Although my Downloader app is 100% free, it does have in-app purchasing enabled to accept donations, so my Downloader app is not yet allowed in India. I’ll try to find out when apps with in-app purchasing will be allowed on Indian Fire TVs. If it seems like something that won’t be available for a while, I’ll release a version of my Downloader app in India with the donation buttons removed.
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Change to English(UK) & see if that helps. Not sure if you will have to add a UK address in you account for it to work right. Also read the comments to see what others are experiencing. Seems the India FTV App Store is bare bones at the moment.
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If you had worked on FTV's before. You could had left update blocking up on your router. So had to ask to clarify.
http://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-fire-tv-stick-and-amazon-appstore-launch-in-india/
Change to English(UK) & see if that helps. Not sure if you will have to add a UK address in you account for it to work right. Also read the comments to see what others are experiencing. Seems the India FTV App Store is bare bones at the moment.
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I'll try that. Btw thanks for the link.
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Do you know any way I could get an android TV apk of a certain app? I've tried market helper, it won't work as google has blocked it's access token. No hopes with build.prop edits. I've tried emulating android tv on avd but that too sucks as play store is not proper over there. It's stuck at sign in.
App I need: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.balaji.alt
This is for my mom.
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regalstreak said:
I'll try that. Btw thanks for the link.
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Do you know any way I could get an android TV apk of a certain app? I've tried market helper, it won't work as google has blocked it's access token. No hopes with build.prop edits. I've tried emulating android tv on avd but that too sucks as play store is not proper over there. It's stuck at sign in.
App I need: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.balaji.alt
This is for my mom.
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I believe this is what your looking for:
https://m.apkpure.com/altbalaji/com.balaji.alt
Should be the latest version. Just sideload it & install it. It's probably not the AndroidTV version. Will see if that one is out there later.
Y314K said:
I believe this is what your looking for:
https://m.apkpure.com/altbalaji/com.balaji.alt
Should be the latest version. Just sideload it & install it. It's probably not the AndroidTV version. Will see if that one is out there later.
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Nah that too is the phone version.
Do y'all have any Telegram or whatsapp group for the ftv tho?
If not we should have a telegram group at least. Also thanks a lot for helping me. You look like a future RC to me
One last question: (noobish) How do i make normal casting work/screen mirroring on ftvs work in background all the time
Idk but after 2 days the app store automatically started working lmao. Maybe they blocked it for the first day
Hi guys -
I am switching back and forth between my old Nexus TV and Fire TV because ZDF or ARD apps aren't available in the Amazon US region.
The stuff that comes up when googling is fake, not for Amazon devices and requires Google Play services.
If anyone could make the APKs available I'd be most grateful.
Thanks!
Might be pointless. I could imagine there is a regio block...just my two cents..
Try a vpn that simulates Germany as your location.. It's worth a try..
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Hi guys -
I am switching back and forth between my old Nexus TV and Fire TV because ZDF or ARD apps aren't available in the Amazon US region.
The stuff that comes up when googling is fake, not for Amazon devices and requires Google Play services.
If anyone could make the APKs available I'd be most grateful.
Thanks!
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Wow, You're the best rainman!
So ZDF (most important...) seems to work just fine.
ARD aborts with an error "You don't own this app", which kind of sucks, but oh well... I guess I'm going to watch more Heute than Tagesschau
Region-lock - The apps and programming is available in the Google App store and runs just fine on the Nexus Player (or in web browsers). It looks all good besides some Amazon nonsense enforcing ownership of the free ARD app. Does anyone know an easy hack-around? No big deal if not...
Cheers!
Perhaps you could simply buy this app via German-VPN-Server, e.g. Frankfurt ?
https://www.amazon.de/Südwestrundfu...ps&ie=UTF8&qid=1513467662&sr=1-1&keywords=ARD
rainman74 said:
Perhaps you could simply buy this app via German-VPN-Server, e.g. Frankfurt ?
https://www.amazon.de/Südwestrundfu...ps&ie=UTF8&qid=1513467662&sr=1-1&keywords=ARD
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Yeah, already tried VPN. It depends on where the amazon account is registered and all hell broke lose when I switched to D.
Anyway, just found a solution.... Amazon seem to have released the Silk browser for Fire TV and I am now simply using the web site. Works great.
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Yeah, already tried VPN. It depends on where the amazon account is registered and all hell broke lose when I switched to D.
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Then you should definitely avoid having to move to Germany at some point!
rainman74 said:
Then you should definitely avoid having to move to Germany at some point!
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Haha
I have the L29 global version and the theme store option is not working. Has anyone in the US gotten it to work.
I'm wondering the same thing. Have you tried a VPN yet? this was what I'm thinking may work
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try to change the region to india or hong kong and you should have it.. not sure if it still works but you can give it a try
bruciebabie1963 said:
I have the L29 global version and the theme store option is not working. Has anyone in the US gotten it to work.
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When you say "theme store" you mean like the "Samsung theme" app where you can download or buy themes and wallpapers but Huawei equivalent right?
I'm wondering if you solve your problem?
I'm planning to buy the phone but I'm curious about that because being able to download or buy themes is a pros for me.
figured it out
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When you say "theme store" you mean like the "Samsung theme" app where you can download or buy themes and wallpapers but Huawei equivalent right?
I'm wondering if you solve your problem?
I'm planning to buy the phone but I'm curious about that because being able to download or buy themes is a pros for me.
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I had to change my location. I changed it to Ireland and all is well
bruciebabie1963 said:
I have the L29 global version and the theme store option is not working. Has anyone in the US gotten it to work.
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Here's the apk to the theme store someone shared today in the Huawei subreddit.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1clZcVxqfe0zwTUeoe55nqA0IR3KCqMFM/view?usp=drivesdk
Thats not Huawei, its a 3rd party themer.
bruciebabie1963 said:
I have the L29 global version and the theme store option is not working. Has anyone in the US gotten it to work.
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Original Huawei theme manager if this is what you're looking for.
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Thats not Huawei, its a 3rd party themer.
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Thank you for the correction and my apologies for the misinformation, I am new to the themes in Huawei as I have always used Nova launcher, so it looks like I am very lost. Nonetheless, I was able to find some good themes on this 3rd party themer app, so hopefully this helps someone looking for EMUI themes.
I registered an ID in China, or if you want english register in Ireland, install the below correct app store, it will ask to install Huawei phone services, let it, then you can log into your theme manager using the Huawei id you created. The China theme store has a larger collection of themes fee than Ireland-english. My phone is Huawei Mate Se Emui 8.
Hi, can someone please post the Amazon US APK for Discovery+ so that your friends up north can subscribe using a VPN?
Thanks a bunch!
dtvnewbie said:
Hi, can someone please post the Amazon US APK for Discovery+ so that your friends up north can subscribe using a VPN?
Thanks a bunch!
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https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/discovery-communications/discovery-stream-tv-shows/
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https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/discovery-communications/discovery-stream-tv-shows/
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Thanks but this is the phone (mobile) version of the app from Android and doesn't work properly with the navigation using the remote. Can anyone pull the Amazon Appstore version and post the APK?
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Thanks but this is the phone (mobile) version of the app from Android and doesn't work properly with the navigation using the remote. Can anyone pull the Amazon Appstore version and post the APK?
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discovery_com.discovery.discoveryplus.firetvv1.0.0.apk
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discovery_com.discovery.discoveryplus.firetvv1.0.0.apk
drive.google.com
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Really appreciate the help with this!
Unfortunately, I keep forgetting that anything in the US Amazon AppStore is US only.
Amazon enforces this by checking which country the Amazon account is based in so using a VPN for any of these type of US-only apps is useless.
Unless there's some workaround I'm unaware of, I would have to log out of my current Canadian account and create a dummy US one just to watch Discovery.
Oh, and it seems they also check if you actually "own" the app before letting you run it.
dtvnewbie said:
Really appreciate the help with this!
Unfortunately, I keep forgetting that anything in the US Amazon AppStore is US only.
Amazon enforces this by checking which country the Amazon account is based in so using a VPN for any of these type of US-only apps is useless.
Unless there's some workaround I'm unaware of, I would have to log out of my current Canadian account and create a dummy US one just to watch Discovery.
Oh, and it seems they also check if you actually "own" the app before letting you run it.
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Try the Android TV version, it opens on my Fire TV 1st gen
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discovery_com.discovery.discoveryplus.androidtvv1.0.0.apk
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Try the Android TV version, it opens on my Fire TV 1st gen
Edit: forgot link
discovery_com.discovery.discoveryplus.androidtvv1.0.0.apk
drive.google.com
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This worked PERFECTLY!
Thanks a million!