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ByPass Google,Youtube blockage in Pakistan

:victory:
Finally after researching and searching for 2 days I came to the Solution to go around Pakistan's restriction on Youtube, Wikileaks and Google Play store.
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.
to resolve this issue i must have to look into the internet to have some idea on how to bypass such filters. so i came to this SOLUTION for PAKISTAN ANDROID USERS.
Note: this Solution and app is only for rooted users. if you don't know to root then please refer to rooting first
Solution:
Tor is type of Proxy service called VPN(Virtual Private Network)
you can download the app from there website.
https://www.torproject.org
direct download: https://www.torproject.org/dist/android/0.2.3.10-alpha-orbot-1.0.7-FINAL.apk
i will guide you to make it happen
1.download and install the orbit.
2.Open Orbit.
3.tap next
4. hit request super user access
5.select all apps through tor and tap next.
6.tap Close.
7.now you will be directed to this screen. Now hit menu button and go to Settings
Menu>settings
8.scroll to the end and tick "use default iptables"
9.Now long press the button to turn it on.
at the point Orbit will configure all your settings automatically.
and a notification will appear in notification bar as "transparent proxying ENABLED" and "Connected to Tor Network"
10. now it's time to check your Configurations and VPN service
hit menu button in orbit app and tap "check"
You will see this window on your browser which is the proof that you are connected through Tor's VPN
that's All :victory:
hit thanks if i deserve it

useful, thanks.
even though i have no need for it right now, might come in handy in the future.

Confirmed, working well over wifi/EDGE, thank you

Tusi hooo he great... GOOD JOB BRO

umerkj said:
Tusi hooo he great... GOOD JOB BRO
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Let's stick to English, shall we?
There's another app that sort of acts like a proxy between you and the web: Onavo Extend. It creates a VPN - and all network communication gets rerouted through there.
But this is interesting as well... if this works on Wifi as well, then great! Onavo doesn't - it only works on data (and we know EDGE in Pakistan isn't exactly worthwhile for watching videos...)
Edit: turns out Orbot is available in the Market. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android&hl=en

aeoveu said:
Let's stick to English, shall we?
There's another app that sort of acts like a proxy between you and the web: Onavo Extend. It creates a VPN - and all network communication gets rerouted through there.
But this is interesting as well... if this works on Wifi as well, then great! Onavo doesn't - it only works on data (and we know EDGE in Pakistan isn't exactly worthwhile for watching videos...)
Edit: turns out Orbot is available in the Market. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android&hl=en
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Thanks for the heads up and yea EDGE is a nightmare especially when you have emails with substantial work related attachments you need to download lol Thank goodness wifi seems to be everywhere now - offices, cafe's, restaurants and whatnot

im getting error 927 while using this

EM|NEM said:
im getting error 927 while using this
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error at which stage? kindly be brief

This Bypass will also work in China, and all Censored Internet Countries

aeoveu said:
Let's stick to English, shall we?
There's another app that sort of acts like a proxy between you and the web: Onavo Extend. It creates a VPN - and all network communication gets rerouted through there.
But this is interesting as well... if this works on Wifi as well, then great! Onavo doesn't - it only works on data (and we know EDGE in Pakistan isn't exactly worthwhile for watching videos...)
Edit: turns out Orbot is available in the Market. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android&hl=en
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Guiding.God said:
Thanks for the heads up and yea EDGE is a nightmare especially when you have emails with substantial work related attachments you need to download lol Thank goodness wifi seems to be everywhere now - offices, cafe's, restaurants and whatnot
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confirmed working on Wifi.

I have something like this on my PC that lets me watch the BBC iPlayer from foreign parts Don't really understand how it works though, just know that it spoofs a central london location to the BBC website through a VPN....
Anyway, do we have a location for this VPN on Android? Basically would I be able to watch english or american TV on my phone?

hassi4042 said:
This Bypass will also work in China, and all Censored Internet Countries
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This doesn't work in China, China has blocked connection to Tor Bridge

please help
hassi4042 said:
:victory:
Finally after researching and searching for 2 days I came to the Solution to go around Pakistan's restriction on Youtube, Wikileaks and Google Play store.
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.
to resolve this issue i must have to look into the internet to have some idea on how to bypass such filters. so i came to this SOLUTION for PAKISTAN ANDROID USERS.
Note: this Solution and app is only for rooted users. if you don't know to root then please refer to rooting first
Solution:
Tor is type of Proxy service called VPN(Virtual Private Network)
you can download the app from there website.
i will guide you to make it happen
1.download and install the orbit.
2.Open Orbit.
3.tap next
4. hit request super user access
5.select all apps through tor and tap next.
6.tap Close.
7.now you will be directed to this screen. Now hit menu button and go to Settings
Menu>settings
8.scroll to the end and tick "use default iptables"
9.Now long press the button to turn it on.
at the point Orbit will configure all your settings automatically.
and a notification will appear in notification bar as "transparent proxying ENABLED" and "Connected to Tor Network"
10. now it's time to check your Configurations and VPN service
hit menu button in orbit app and tap "check"
You will see this window on your browser which is the proof that you are connected through Tor's VPN
that's All :victory:
hit thanks if i deserve it
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i have done right till step 10,when i m going to check,website says''sorry you are not using tor''
where as tor icon is green in my notification bar,i am unable to open google play store

I get that when i try to download anything from play store. I was able to update dolphin browser but after that i get that error on any other app.
Sent from my HTC EVO 3D X515m

Aao jee! Thanks mayn, desperately needed something like this!
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Dear Friends,
if you are having problem with select all option then close and open Orbot again or else try this method which i use.
i was also having problem for Play Store. but in browser youtube was working fine. so i just go to
Menu -> Setting -> and uncheck Select All Apps . and just Select
1. Browser
2. Play Store
3. Talk
and after that everything is working fine for me.
You should also check this and have fun.
Regards,
Assassinoid

skillberry said:
i have done right till step 10,when i m going to check,website says''sorry you are not using tor''
where as tor icon is green in my notification bar,i am unable to open google play store
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Goto TOR settings menu and check if you have included Play Store in the list of apps that will use TOR or try option for All apps

To all having Problems in setup:
1.first check if you are rooted or not.
2.Check All apps through Tor Option. (compulsory)
3.Grant/Access The orbot when Superuser notification appear. (compulsory)
4.tick "default iptables" in settings menu.
5.Connect and check if you are connected through Tar.
6.If not, restart and double check these steps.
to those who are having Playstore, Gtalk Issues, kindly go to Manage apps and clear the data of playstore, or which ever application is facing the issue.

EM|NEM said:
I get that when i try to download anything from play store. I was able to update dolphin browser but after that i get that error on any other app.
Sent from my HTC EVO 3D X515m
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Restart you cell phone, connect the Orbot again, Clear Data of market store

cannot connect.
I am unable to connect to orbot. The light on the power button never turns green but stays yellows and it says "Orbot is starting".
I am living in a hostel at NUST and the wifi is through a proxy which I have to put in the browser (on computer) to access internet.
Please help me. I haven't been able to sync my gmail app for a week now plus play store doesn't work

Lock phone with galaxy watch app

I recently got Galaxy watch, and I'm using a note 8. and I used to have an LG R just wanna be able to lock my phone with my watch. Is there an app or do I have to root it? Please Help!

Hello,
So I think this will help you here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sm...o-lock-shutdown-phone-remotely-t3531315/page1
There is an app called 'Quick Settings' however if it's restricted in your region you may need root or vpn to access it, or at the very least have a copy of the .tpk and send it through SDB to the watch over wifi
Not sure if .tpks with region restrictions work when sideloaded on a region that isn't supported, I haven't personally tested this.
Edit: I see a quick settings by webapp in galaxy wearable but it kept telling me 'Installation Failed'
You may have better luck with it in your region, there's a gearfit2 quick settings from searching store on watch aswell but I couldn't seem to find the right apk/seems to only work for fit.
Cheers,

Enabling Samsung Pay

Hi,
If you have a Galaxy Watch without Samsung Pay enabled, is it enough to change the CSC with SDB (in my case to Australia) to enable it, or do you need to flash an Australian firmware as well?
Also, can you manage Samsung Pay on the watch with a non-Samsung android phone, like Huawei P20 (e.g configure payment cards)?
Thanks

Biermann said:
Hi,
If you have a Galaxy Watch without Samsung Pay enabled, is it enough to change the CSC with SDB (in my case to Australia) to enable it, or do you need to flash an Australian firmware as well?
Also, can you manage Samsung Pay on the watch with a non-Samsung android phone, like Huawei P20 (e.g configure payment cards)?
Thanks
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I don't know the answer to the first question but I'm using SPay in the S3F and OnePlus 6T with out any issue. It's the only way to get MST payment without buying a SS phone.
Sent from my ONEPLUS A6013 using Tapatalk

Biermann said:
Hi,
If you have a Galaxy Watch without Samsung Pay enabled, is it enough to change the CSC with SDB (in my case to Australia) to enable it, or do you need to flash an Australian firmware as well?
Also, can you manage Samsung Pay on the watch with a non-Samsung android phone, like Huawei P20 (e.g configure payment cards)?
Thanks
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I have a Samsung galaxy watch 42mm and Nokia 7 Plus, i live in India, since i got the watch there is no option of Samsung pay in Galaxy wear app. I manually installed latest Samsung pay plugin ( https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...n/samsung-pay-watch-plug-in-1-7-5906-release/ ) , and changed the region to Australia and after that when i paired the watch again with galaxy wear app Samsung pay is showing in it, and i then followed the instructions in the app to set it up.
I followed the below instructions samsung pay works on my nokia 7 plus.
You do NOT need root.
But this is how you do it.
1. So first, download SDBstarterKidv1 from the following link please:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74585286&postcount=330
WARNING: This will reset your watch, so make sure you back it up so you can restore it later.
2. Next make sure your watch is set up as follows:
- Debugging Mode turned ON
- Connect watch to WiFi and get its IP address (To find the IP address on Galaxy Watch: Settings > Connections > Wifi > Wifi Networks > [your network] > Scroll down to IP address)
3. Next, from SDBstarterKidv1 double click on 'install.bat' (it will not install, it just flashes a window, but this step is required)
4. From the subfolder data\tools double click on 'sdb.exe' (it will not install, it just flashes a window, but this step is required too)
After noting IP address of the Galaxy Watch, Launch ‘Ansicon.exe’ from sdb_2.2.60_windows-64\data\tools (this thing will open a command prompt window, and all the action is done here)
5. Type: sdb connect [IP of Galaxy Watch]
6. Look at Galaxy Watch, it will prompt you to accept a message
7. If you try the sdb connect [IP address] again, it will say "already connected". This means we are connected and good to continue.
8. Type: sdb shell and Enter
9. Copy Paste: launch_app csc-manager.csc-pre-configuration and Enter
So this lets you change the region of the watch. Now for me I changed mine to Austrailia. The code for Austrailia is XSA
Once the watch is reset, pair it back up with your phone.
10. Once pared with your phone you will need to:
- Turn on developer mode again
- Turn on debugging mode
- Turn off the watch and turn it back on again.
- You may need to wait a few minutes.
11. Once you have done this, you can open the Samsung Galaxy Wearable app and go to settings. When you scroll down you should see samsung pay.
If you dont see pay, hold down the back button (Top right button) on the watch till samsung pay opens up and follow the instuctions to set it up. But initially the Samsung pay app is not recognising my compatible Indian Debit and Credit card and not allowing me to add, i thought this might be that i had changed the region to Australia, but i tried again after an hour and then to my surprise i am able to add all my 4 cards to Samsung pay app , and it is working also, i tried a payment at NFC enabled terminal and payment works flawlessly
Enjoy your new watch with Samsung Pay enabled.

I tried to follow your procedure but I`m getting always a "failed to connect" message between PC and watch

peter7 said:
I tried to follow your procedure but I`m getting always a "failed to connect" message between PC and watch
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The fix is to go into C:\Users\{USER}\.tizen and ether delete that folder or delete the items in it. This changes your key to a new one which make the watch prompt you to accept the new key.
Make sure hidden files are shown in windows Explorer, if this thing doesn't work, then instal the tizen studio, and that will bring the .tizen folder in tha above-mentioned location, and then you can delete that folder
Sent from my Nokia 7 plus using XDA-Developers Legacy app

Hi thanks - on my PC is no tizen folder ?
Tizen studio ? I uderstand I have to install it on my PC ? Which version - any link?

Ok - now I`m a step further...I`m connected
launch_app csc-manager.csc-pre-configuration - when I say enter I will get "either wrong written or could not befound"

How can I know which region my watch is set on? I'm from Mexico and I can not use samsung pay, the model of my watch is SM-R800. Regards
ca_guri01 said:
I have a Samsung galaxy watch 42mm and Nokia 7 Plus, i live in India, since i got the watch there is no option of Samsung pay in Galaxy wear app. I manually installed latest Samsung pay plugin ( https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...n/samsung-pay-watch-plug-in-1-7-5906-release/ ) , and changed the region to Australia and after that when i paired the watch again with galaxy wear app Samsung pay is showing in it, and i then followed the instructions in the app to set it up.
I followed the below instructions samsung pay works on my nokia 7 plus.
You do NOT need root.
But this is how you do it.
1. So first, download SDBstarterKidv1 from the following link please:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74585286&postcount=330
WARNING: This will reset your watch, so make sure you back it up so you can restore it later.
2. Next make sure your watch is set up as follows:
- Debugging Mode turned ON
- Connect watch to WiFi and get its IP address (To find the IP address on Galaxy Watch: Settings > Connections > Wifi > Wifi Networks > [your network] > Scroll down to IP address)
3. Next, from SDBstarterKidv1 double click on 'install.bat' (it will not install, it just flashes a window, but this step is required)
4. From the subfolder data\tools double click on 'sdb.exe' (it will not install, it just flashes a window, but this step is required too)
After noting IP address of the Galaxy Watch, Launch ‘Ansicon.exe’ from sdb_2.2.60_windows-64\data\tools (this thing will open a command prompt window, and all the action is done here)
5. Type: sdb connect [IP of Galaxy Watch]
6. Look at Galaxy Watch, it will prompt you to accept a message
7. If you try the sdb connect [IP address] again, it will say "already connected". This means we are connected and good to continue.
8. Type: sdb shell and Enter
9. Copy Paste: launch_app csc-manager.csc-pre-configuration and Enter
So this lets you change the region of the watch. Now for me I changed mine to Austrailia. The code for Austrailia is XSA
Once the watch is reset, pair it back up with your phone.
10. Once pared with your phone you will need to:
- Turn on developer mode again
- Turn on debugging mode
- Turn off the watch and turn it back on again.
- You may need to wait a few minutes.
11. Once you have done this, you can open the Samsung Galaxy Wearable app and go to settings. When you scroll down you should see samsung pay.
If you dont see pay, hold down the back button (Top right button) on the watch till samsung pay opens up and follow the instuctions to set it up. But initially the Samsung pay app is not recognising my compatible Indian Debit and Credit card and not allowing me to add, i thought this might be that i had changed the region to Australia, but i tried again after an hour and then to my surprise i am able to add all my 4 cards to Samsung pay app , and it is working also, i tried a payment at NFC enabled terminal and payment works flawlessly
Enjoy your new watch with Samsung Pay enabled.
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BUT how about my carrier T Mobile ...will he still work ...because now my phone is saying we are no longer in Germany no now we are in for example Switzerland

AIKON1989 said:
How can I know which region my watch is set on? I'm from Mexico and I can not use samsung pay, the model of my watch is SM-R800. Regards
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When you do the step 9, it will show the installed csc on your watch, and then you can scroll up or down and select your desired region csc
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Great now I switched from Germany to Swiss BUT they do not accept german cards .....................
Any other country which will accept german cards ????

Thanks for your help i am almost Finished but I'm getting the answer despite my card is confirmed by the bank from Samsung pay App confirm your card

Hello . Curve cards now support Samsung pay. Do you think that is a way to get working Samsung pay in not supported country? On galaxy watch LTE?

tomaspavelka18 said:
Hello . Curve cards now support Samsung pay. Do you think that is a way to get working Samsung pay in not supported country? On galaxy watch LTE?
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Mine is also LTE and it seems we are out of luck. I use Samsung Pay on my phone but it seems I will not be able to change the CSC region cause it is a US LTE model.
If any wiz here know a way, let us know!

So curve will not work?
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You can definitely change the region on your watch but if the watch will accept curve ?

I think that Curve is win for people which there bank doesn't not support Samsung pay. So they get curve card (where they add there cards) and curve card add to Samsung pay.
Another case is that someone is in country what does not support Samsung pay. So there is a way that you change the CSC region and add curve card. That should work also.
Worst case is if you have LTE model of your watch, there is ( I think) no way to change CSC region and work with cellular data normally.
I hope that I am wrong about the last one and someone correct me and show me way how to get SP working in not supported country and still use my tariff from local operator.

I'm in Germany and changed via csc the region of my watch. My phone Tarif is German. I think you are right.
I tried to combine several cards with sp but without success. So I assume that curve will work either.

Well today I was curious and I change csc on my galaxy watch LTE with working esim (tmobile). From TZM (Czech tmobile) to AUT( Switzerland)
Before I did backup of watch. After change of CSC -> Samsung Pay shows up. I expected that. What I did not expect was that after restoring my backup the esim setup will work like before and it is.
I tried add some cards to Samsung pay but no succes. My bank doesn't support that.
Now I'm waiting for my curve card. It should work with SP.

tomaspavelka18 said:
Well today I was curious and I change csc on my galaxy watch LTE with working esim (tmobile). From TZM (Czech tmobile) to AUT( Switzerland)
Before I did backup of watch. After change of CSC -> Samsung Pay shows up. I expected that. What I did not expect was that after restoring my backup the esim setup will work like before and it is.
I tried add some cards to Samsung pay but no succes. My bank doesn't support that.
Now I'm waiting for my curve card. It should work with SP.
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I have an LTE version from US but the ZTO code fro Brazil does not show. Was that a similar case as yours? If so, how was the process? I know my bank accept Samsung Pay here, since I use it on my phone already.Let me know.
Cheers,

After step 9 watch showed me lots of CSC, AUT included. I followed instructions from page 1.

Galaxy watch Reactivation Lock : ON (SM-R800)

I have a Galaxy Watch SM-R800 and the Galaxy Wearables app installed on my S10+ but couldn't pair my watch with my phone. Both my phone and watch were bought in India, but I use them here in Italy cause I live here.
I used this watch for many days with no problem at all and then one day I upgraded my phone to One UI 2 (beta) and I encountered this bug with security module, which locked me out from entering the phone even though I was entering the correct Pin or passcode.
After that I rolled back my phone to Android 9 (stable) version.
So my assumption is that the procedure that I followed to upgrade my phone to One UI 2 might have caused this issue with my watch.
Firstly I created a Samsung account with my email which by default is Italian cause of location, but I had to sign up for the beta program using an India account. No beta testing in Italy.
As suggested on XDA forums by someone I had to delete my Italian Samsung account and create Indian account with same email if I want to enroll for the beta program, which I did.
So I didn't use the watch for few days and later when I tried to pair it with my phone it says, "Couldn't Pair your watch" (Try Again/ Cancel)
I'm using the same email Id for Signing In to finish the setup of pairing with which I initially setup both the Phone and watch. It sometimes says I am using a different account from the one I used earlier to setup. I'm definitely sure that I never used any other account of mine or a friend. (No others)
I need your help if someone has a solution for this situation.
Thanks,
Akhil Bellam.

akhilbellam said:
I have a Galaxy Watch SM-R800 and the Galaxy Wearables app installed on my S10+ but couldn't pair my watch with my phone. Both my phone and watch were bought in India, but I use them here in Italy cause I live here.
I used this watch for many days with no problem at all and then one day I upgraded my phone to One UI 2 (beta) and I encountered this bug with security module, which locked me out from entering the phone even though I was entering the correct Pin or passcode.
After that I rolled back my phone to Android 9 (stable) version.
So my assumption is that the procedure that I followed to upgrade my phone to One UI 2 might have caused this issue with my watch.
Firstly I created a Samsung account with my email which by default is Italian cause of location, but I had to sign up for the beta program using an India account. No beta testing in Italy.
As suggested on XDA forums by someone I had to delete my Italian Samsung account and create Indian account with same email if I want to enroll for the beta program, which I did.
So I didn't use the watch for few days and later when I tried to pair it with my phone it says, "Couldn't Pair your watch" (Try Again/ Cancel)
I'm using the same email Id for Signing In to finish the setup of pairing with which I initially setup both the Phone and watch. It sometimes says I am using a different account from the one I used earlier to setup. I'm definitely sure that I never used any other account of mine or a friend. (No others)
I need your help if someone has a solution for this situation.
Thanks,
Akhil Bellam.
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Hello. did you tried to reinitialise the watch?

The watch is locked (reactivation lock (not other security lock)) by original samsung account used when it was locked. You MUST NOT DELETE this account UNTIL the watch was UNLOCKED. If you delete the original account you will (never) not able to unlock the watch. (or use hack (paid) method))

I can help u have to use netodin and install combination file and then u have to remove reactivation lock and then install official firmware. Indeed a long and complicated process. Msg me on whatsapp 923107671256

Iron_UV said:
Hello. did you tried to reinitialise the watch?
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It doesn't work if you try anything else other than flashing it.
By the way I fixed my watch finally.
I had to use the firmware and other combination files, but I couldn't find them anywhere on the web.
And then finally I found this video on Youtube showing how to remove that re-activation lock on Gear S3. youtube . com/watch?v=Afx3RWWFSfg&t=1s
and I contacted the guy on Facebook.
He redirected me to his website, where I paid him a little money $15 and he provided me with the necessary files to do the task.
https: // electrovo.com/

akhilbellam said:
It doesn't work if you try anything else other than flashing it.
By the way I fixed my watch finally.
I had to use the firmware and other combination files, but I couldn't find them anywhere on the web.
And then finally I found this video on Youtube showing how to remove that re-activation lock on Gear S3. youtube . com/watch?v=Afx3RWWFSfg&t=1s
and I contacted the guy on Facebook.
He redirected me to his website, where I paid him a little money $15 and he provided me with the necessary files to do the task.
https: // electrovo.com/
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hi bro i have same watch R800 wich is samsung account lock. can you plz share your file with me ?

For Those who are facing problem on the galaxy watch SM-R800 i finally found the solution to by pass the Samsung Account it's a little long method but working fine

Question Enable ECG in non supported country

Hi XDA members and lurkers.
Background: I have a Pixel 7 pro and Pixel watch which are both sold in my country (Japan). ECG, however is not supported in Japan. It's yet to be approved (認可をまだ下りていません) The ECG app was visible OOB but after opening it, the user is prompted to complete the acceptance on the phone. However, acceptance(同意) is greyed out.
A member here, @AtMi, suggested to me in another thread to try a VPN. So I did.
My steps:
1. Download a VPN. I used Octahide VPN. it's free and and adfree.
2. I selected USA (LA as my location)
3. Change the Fitbit app location settings to USA.
4. Changed my phone's language interface(and therefore the watch's to English.
5. Rebooted the watch.
6. Opened the ECG app on the watch.
7. Success! I was able to complete the setup process. It continues to work without the VPN active.
*Note, I've yet to restart the watch or phone after success so I'm unable to verify if it's survives a reboot. I will update this thread if and when I verify.

TrustAugustus said:
Hi XDA members and lurkers.
Background: I have a Pixel 7 pro and Pixel watch which are both sold in my country (Japan). ECG, however is not supported in Japan. It's yet to be approved (認可をまだ下りていません) The ECG app was visible OOB but after opening it, the user is prompted to complete the acceptance on the phone. However, acceptance(同意) is greyed out.
A member here, @AtMi, suggested to me in another thread to try a VPN. So I did.
My steps:
1. Download a VPN. I used Octahide VPN. it's free and and adfree.
2. I selected USA (LA as my location)
3. Change the Fitbit app location settings to USA.
4. Changed my phone's language interface(and therefore the watch's to English.
5. Rebooted the watch.
6. Opened the ECG app on the watch.
7. Success! I was able to complete the setup process. It continues to work without the VPN active.
*Note, I've yet to restart the watch or phone after success so I'm unable to verify if it's survives a reboot. I will update this thread if and when I verify.
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TrustAugustus said:
Hi XDA members and lurkers.
Background: I have a Pixel 7 pro and Pixel watch which are both sold in my country (Japan). ECG, however is not supported in Japan. It's yet to be approved (認可をまだ下りていません) The ECG app was visible OOB but after opening it, the user is prompted to complete the acceptance on the phone. However, acceptance(同意) is greyed out.
A member here, @AtMi, suggested to me in another thread to try a VPN. So I did.
My steps:
1. Download a VPN. I used Octahide VPN. it's free and and adfree.
2. I selected USA (LA as my location)
3. Change the Fitbit app location settings to USA.
4. Changed my phone's language interface(and therefore the watch's to English.
5. Rebooted the watch.
6. Opened the ECG app on the watch.
7. Success! I was able to complete the setup process. It continues to work without the VPN active.
*Note, I've yet to restart the watch or phone after success so I'm unable to verify if it's survives a reboot. I will update this thread if and when I verify.
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Thanks for posting this as i was not able to use ecg in japan till now and apparently no one is asking why

Interesting. Thanks for sharing! So does it survive a reboot?

platway said:
Interesting. Thanks for sharing! So does it survive a reboot?
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Yes

i used WearOS Tools v5.0 to sideload com.fitbit.ecg.apk onto the watch. At first app would hang but this resolved after wiping app data+cache

The VPN trick didn't work for me today. I followed everything. :/
So if anyone could share the APK it would be huge help.

ystokar said:
i used WearOS Tools v5.0 to sideload com.fitbit.ecg.apk onto the watch. At first app would hang but this resolved after wiping app data+cache
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could you please share the apk? I couldn't find it anywhere. It would really help me out, thanks

visualtaggy said:
could you please share the apk? I couldn't find it anywhere. It would really help me out, thanks
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