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So you're outside of the allowed paid apps territories and have recently found that you can no longer use MARKET ENABLER to gain access to paid apps. You might have found the german "o2" settings work, but those give you european targeted downloads and you want US targeted.
Seems that there is a problem with the MNC used by MARKET ENABLER. There are two android global properties called "gsm.sim.operator.numeric" and "gsm.operator.numeric", and these are the concatenation of the network MCC and MNC values, tmobile US was set to 31026, their MCC (mobile country code) is 310 (usa) and MNC (mobile network code) is 260 (tmobile US) -- whoops, maybe try 310260 instead. Yep, that works.
Enjoy!
Nice catch! I was wondering why ME wasn't enabling of late.
will change that in the rewrite of v3beta ;-)
I have a Rogers Dream and its rooted. Market Enabler just stopped working and I cant get it to work again. I tried the 3beta and even clearing the Cache numerous times. Nothing seems to work.
anyone have a fix?
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I have a Rogers Dream and its rooted. Market Enabler just stopped working and I cant get it to work again. I tried the 3beta and even clearing the Cache numerous times. Nothing seems to work.
anyone have a fix?
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Yeah, READ THE FIRST POST OF THIS THREAD.
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Yeah, READ THE FIRST POST OF THIS THREAD.
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I'd love to see how much of rif.org's traffic comes from xda.
Awesome! Thanks for the info.
Cheers,
Etienne
Not doing anything for me.
Hi guys
Maybe I'm misunderstanding something here, or just being dense, but I can't seem to see ME doing anything.
I'm running a rooted G1 on the Orange Switzerland network, currently with Cyanogen-Mod 4.04. When I run ME, it asks for root permission (granted), then says it's "doing stuff", then claims to have been successful. If I then check the APN's there are none there, none at all. Also, I still can't see any paid apps in the market.
Usually, or after ME's restore, I have two APN, namely 'Orange' and 'Orange MMS' with the respective settings needed for the local network.
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Hi guys
Maybe I'm misunderstanding something here, or just being dense, but I can't seem to see ME doing anything.
I'm running a rooted G1 on the Orange Switzerland network, currently with Cyanogen-Mod 4.04. When I run ME, it asks for root permission (granted), then says it's "doing stuff", then claims to have been successful. If I then check the APN's there are none there, none at all. Also, I still can't see any paid apps in the market.
Usually, or after ME's restore, I have two APN, namely 'Orange' and 'Orange MMS' with the respective settings needed for the local network.
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What does Market Enabler have to do with APNs? APNs are used for connecting to a cellular network. Market Enabler works by setting certain build properties to spoof that of a different network.
jashsu said:
What does Market Enabler have to do with APNs? APNs are used for connecting to a cellular network. Market Enabler works by setting certain build properties to spoof that of a different network.
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Almost.... they aren't build properties, they're cell-network properties and sim properties that are retrieved from the simcard and network upon connection. Market enabler overrides these network properties.
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Almost.... they aren't build properties, they're cell-network properties and sim properties that are retrieved from the simcard and network upon connection. Market enabler overrides these network properties.
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You're right. I was thinking of just the properties in general and let it slip.
So, could someone give me short description of how it would look when ME works? Just so I know where the problem might be.
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So, could someone give me short description of how it would look when ME works? Just so I know where the problem might be.
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Sure... when you go to market, it will show you $ priced applications. Thats how you know that it worked
Market enabler has 3 tabs; current settings, presets, and custom. When you activate a change on tab 2 or 3, the values shown on tab 1 will change to match.
Tabs? I don't see any tabs.
I see a banner at the top, showing 'Androidiani', then two buttons beneath that, 'Enable paid Apps' and 'Restore'. Below that, a balck field with green text, showing the status/results etc.
And at the bottom, a gray text field with thanks to the developers, and warning about using the app at your own risk.
Are we even talking about the same app here?
EDIT: Right, so I found out about the V3.0beta and installed that. After using the numbers provided in the first post of this thread, it's now working. There does remain one question though: Is it possible to somehow save your initial values, or the 'restore' what you had before enabling? My current settings are detected correctly, but they don't show up in the 'Settings List' Tab, and I can't find a 'restore' option like the last version anywhere. I know that rebooting will reset you to the original settings, but it's a bit annyoing to do that every time.
Still, many thanks for making this possible. It's a great tool, and I'll be recommending it to any other Android users in Switzerland.
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EDIT: Right, so I found out about the V3.0beta and installed that. After using the numbers provided in the first post of this thread, it's now working. There does remain one question though: Is it possible to somehow save your initial values, or the 'restore' what you had before enabling? My current settings are detected correctly, but they don't show up in the 'Settings List' Tab, and I can't find a 'restore' option like the last version anywhere. I know that rebooting will reset you to the original settings, but it's a bit annyoing to do that every time.
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If you read their issue tracker, it appears that they are planning on adding those features you are looking for.
Great, thanks for the info everyone.
Now, I have a slightly more devious question, of purely hypothetical nature of course .
Once I've installed a paid app, the apk shows up in /system/sd/app like all the others. If I then backup that apk to somewhere else, say /sdcard/temp, and uninstall/refund the app through the market....what's to stop me from just installing the copied apk afterwards?
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Once I've installed a paid app, the apk shows up in /system/sd/app like all the others. If I then backup that apk to somewhere else, say /sdcard/temp, and uninstall/refund the app through the market....what's to stop me from just installing the copied apk afterwards?
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Nothing. However, the app will not show up in the Market and thus you will not be able to receive updates.
In some cases, there are additional copy protection or rat-you-out features contained within the application. If the software asks for internet permissions, then there is most definitely a chance that there could be rat-you-out features.... I know I would.
@Rapax: das macht mer eifach nöd und wegem restore, ich lueg das i de nägscht version so öpis dine isch...
About APN's dissapearing, if you have APN config with specific SIM/Network settings (entered witch sim card/network this should be active) u could get a problem if this settings change...
And once again, this app is not intended for piracy, it's more the opposite, that people who live in non market enabled countries can still buy apps instead of having to rely on getting the apk from ipmart or something and not paying anything to the dev's.
Market Enabler 3.0.1 beta now available. Fixes T-Mo US operator codes (as noted in first post of this thread).
Since I have upgraded to cyanogens 4.19 and later builds using the new market, It seems that 95% of my downloads are unsuccessfull. I am living in China and love my phone but can only deduce that China is blocking downloads. This occurs over both wifi and edge connections.
Any ideas how to get around this??????
Is this because of the new radio required by google? Is this because of the new market? Is this simple a flat out great firewall of china block? Are there any proxies available for the market? Any alternative to market? SSlide is very limited. Thanks
I can synch, but even that is not very stable.
I have used my phone since the dudes long ago and no problems through all roms until the 4.19 series...
Currently on c 4.21 stable... dream G1
Have you tried a different ROM perhaps? Or at the very least wiped/cleared ext3 and put CM back on?
edited your hosts with:
74.125.93.113 android.clients.google.com
203.208.39.104 www.youtube.com
203.208.33.100 gdata.youtube.com
128.121.146.228 twitter.com
168.143.162.101 assets1.twitter.com
168.143.162.101 static.twitter.com
168.143.162.101 assets0.twitter.com
168.143.162.101 assets2.twitter.com
168.143.162.101 assets3.twitter.com
168.143.162.101 assets4.twitter.com
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74.125.93.113 android.clients.google.com
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this is real necessary for login google account & market due to damn&f**k GFW of china
I have tried the last 2 or three cyanogen roms. Also I have tried the stock google 1.6 dev rom. I have reformatted my partitions, and wiped several times. Thanks for your reply. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Doesn't China sensor certain things because it's an communist country? I'm not trying to be an ass, but that might be the reason. I think google sensors webpages and searches because of government regulations.
Ayerwin said:
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this is real necessary for login google account & market due to damn&f**k GFW of china
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Great! Can you tell me how to do this! It is so annoying! I am having a problem even using gmail.
It has been a long time since china blocked something.
you can replace your hosts file.
Since you live in china,why not go to
www.androidin.net & www.hiapk.com
I know about these sites... the only problem is I can speak some Chinese, but not read or write it .... I hardly have time to learn so I came here!
Thanks for any ideas.. any one know how to edit the hosts as the posster a couple of posts up described?
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Great! Can you tell me how to do this! It is so annoying! I am having a problem even using gmail.
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upzip attached and copy to /system/etc with SUFBS or RootExplorer.
or use below in windows "CMD"
adb remount
adb push "path of hosts file" /system/etc
try this
extract the 2 files to 1 folder,connect your G1 with your PC
than run push.bat and enjoy it.
You need android usb drivers&adb before doing this.
If mine doesn't work,try Ayerwin's hosts file.
replace mine hosts with his,than run push.bat.
mine method is simpler ^_^
I used the abd method from aryewin first , rebooted and tried to install the speech synthesis files from the market...It is downloading as I type this. Thank you. It is hard to say if it worked yet because 5% of the time downloads work. I will test it using the new hosts file today and report back as soon as I get some time. Thank you so much for your quick help there are so many things I use from the market this can really help if it is successfull.
i am also in china now, if you do a logcat you see that the market cannot estabilish an ssl connection
for me, a reboot (or using wifi with china unicom) fixes the problem
are you on china mobile (edge) or china unicom (umts)?
i think it is just temporary, as for me 90% of download works, and also i managed to buy 5 paid apps using market enabler
edit: putting youtube.com in the hosts file will make youtube work?? it sounds strange, che GFC is so strict in its checks (lol try to go on wikipedia to take a look for freegate, and see the epic fail, the page will load and then "magically" return an error)
i tried on my pc and i get
很抱歉，在 www.google.cn 上没找到您要访问的网页
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(cannot find google.cn)
this is because google tried to do the smart guy, and put youtube and google on the same ip address (to avoid ip blacklisting)
unfortunately the gfc is not stupid and will do DNS poisoning on some domains...
btw i can do everything with my g1 in china, everything works, gtalk, maps, push gmail, market (except youtube, twitter, facebook, and nimbuzz)
i am using china mobile (cmnet), maybe is that you are using cmwrap+cmwap? it is no wonder that it will fail to connect if you do so...
Checking back in I can say the new hosts file made the market run great the last three hours. Its great to have unlimited access again.
Yes, I am too using cmnet. Its too bad we cant use Chinese 3g with our g1. My phone has also worked great since I got it. The best phone in the world I have ever had.
It has been my experiance that China blocks sites differently in different regions and cities. Using China Mobile here.
If you are having a problem, I would suggest you using the host file in this thread. Has worked so far for me.
cyanogen 4.21
Thanks for everyones help.
(except youtube, twitter, facebook, and nimbuzz)
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I heard you can access twitter by android platform frome China and have seen people tweet from China using twidroid. I'm not sure if which service provider they use. But this may suggest something else wrong there.
Moreover, try to set your google service as .com instead of .cn. That one's totally useless. Massive amount of keywords are filtered out.
Good luck bro. It's really sad they are doing this do mobile network. Dunno what would happen to the iPhone network tho.
yes, it looks the market it is working good with the new hosts, but i cant tell for sure
adding youtube/twitter on the hosts file has no effect
the GFW does packet sniffing imho, it detects i am going on blogspot even if i am using a proxy!
btw, for the filtered sites, on the pc i don't care, i've setup a VPN from europe for that
you can replace google.cn with google.com, but it is not the same. you can use the automated translator, and the cached page feature only of the chinese website
and the result is the same
if you search for "freegate" on google.cn you get a warning "illegal search"
if you search for that on google.com you get a DNS error that will "kick you out" from all google-owned servers unless you do ipconfig /flushdns
btw there is a chance to use the 3g on the g1 in china, with china unicom (umts)
too bad, i went to 8 different china unicom reseller and none of them were speaking english, so i was "forced" to use china mobile (edge)
the china mobile agent insisted to give me the 30mb/month flat, as 2gb "is too much", and insisted to come back when the limit was reached
she was shocked when i come back the day after "how did you use all of the 30mb in a single day???"
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I heard you can access twitter by android platform frome China and have seen people tweet from China using twidroid. I'm not sure if which service provider they use. But this may suggest something else wrong there.
Moreover, try to set your google service as .com instead of .cn. That one's totally useless. Massive amount of keywords are filtered out.
Good luck bro. It's really sad they are doing this do mobile network. Dunno what would happen to the iPhone network tho.
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I'm in beijing, people in china must use proxy to visit twitter, like dabr. Market works for me without hosts change on cm4.2.1 and KiNgxKx ROM 2.0. Thanks for these great roms.
I can use china unicom 3g, it's works ok.
Hi all!!
Not been on XDA in a while, and only popped back on the other day and noticed there is now a Windows 8 section!
Been using Windows 8 since the Developer preview and moved onto the Consumer Preview the second it was released...
At the moment, im loving it, even on a Desktop im finding it easy to use with pretty much just the Metro interface.
My only problem is the following...
"Sorry, sign-in isn't supported in your region at this time"
I hate having things that dont work on my computer >.< haha
Is there any way to get around this at all??
I have done a big of searching but have not found anything about this anywhere, maybe in just a crap searcher! haha
Any help would be appreciated
Might be worth telling us what your region is
I am in Singapore, although I have a UK based Live account (with UK credit card).
I get the same error message...for instance on the Videos page, I guess because the videos for sale/download are simply not available in my region (guess it does IP region check?)
You might try connecting via a VPN to the USA? Can't say I bothered so much.
Im in the UK using a UK based hotmail account.
Bothers me as I cant see why they dont work, like the Xbox live section etc?
Well this pearl of wisdom was the first hit when I Bing'd your query...
Should answer your question
Hello guys,
I am new to the forum, so please excuse me if this isn't the right place to post this thread.
Okay, so my problem is really strange... I live in Bulgaria, and I purchased a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge from one of the carriers here - Telenor. Of course it came with lots of junk on it, including the annoying custom Telenor animation with sound on startup and shutdown, and a "telenor default theme" which replaces the S7 default theme. All this is very annoying so I decided to flash it thru Odin with the official Samsung firmware for Bulgaria, and it was awesome - no more telenor bulls hit, but I noticed that I can't play any videos while on LTE, and the GIF-s only load while I open them externally ( in the facebook's build in browser), also sometimes when I try to download a file from the default browser it fails. None of those problems occurs while on WI-FI. So I desided to flash again thru Samsung Kies 3, but since it requires a serial number - it flashes the Telenor firmware... Anyway I decided to see if the same problem occurs there, but no none of the problems occur. Some of the other differences I noticed between the firmwares is that when first initializing the new telenor firmware all of the text is in Bulgarian by default, and on the official firmware for Bulgaria by default the language is (I beleive) Polish, also the icon for mobile data is "4G" for telenor and "LTE" for the other one(which should be the same thing but still...). Sorry for giving so much info, but I really tried anything I could think of and I didn't came up with a solution... So basically now I am stuck with the Telenor branded firmware, because of the problems with the other one...
P.S. I downloaded the official firmware for Bulgaria from SamMobile- Bulgaria (BGL) (model number SM-G935F).
Thank you for your help
Why not get it below LTE then like 4g or 3g.....then try....
Hello, thank you for your answer. I tried to restrict the phone from using 4g LTE ny chosing "3g/2g autoconnect " in the settings, but the problem remains.
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Hello, thank you for your answer. I tried to restrict the phone from using 4g LTE ny chosing "3g/2g autoconnect " in the settings, but the problem remains.
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Did u set any data restrictions??try disabling powers saving mode and attempt again
Also goto settings>data usage is your background data on or off?
Make sure it's On and see if u restricted apps
Hello,
Background data is on, no power save, no limitations of any kind. It works fine for YouTube, messenger etc. Only Facebook videos and GIF-s ( pictures load fine) and browser downloads don't work
stunito0o0 said:
Hello,
Background data is on, no power save, no limitations of any kind. It works fine for YouTube, messenger etc. Only Facebook videos and GIF-s ( pictures load fine) and browser downloads don't work
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Or do this....settings>backup and reset or try the one above which says reset all settings
Nope, no change. I tried " reset network settings" and "reset all settings", but still no effect. Now I'm thinking could it be some carrier network setting ( proxy or whatever) that comes preloaded on the Telenor branded firmware, but has to be manually typed on the official Bulgarian firmware? I can flash the Telenor firmware again and check it, but I don't know what/where to look for...
I'm surprised they can advertise their a stuff on instead of it being a Samsung firmware
Is this it??
http://forum.youmobile.org/downloads/?sa=view&down=23500
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I'm surprised they can advertise their a stuff on instead of it being a Samsung firmware
Is this it??
http://forum.youmobile.org/downloads/?sa=view&down=23500
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Yes this is it, except the version for Bulgaria. Anyway It looks like I fixed my problem(I decided to test it for a day, before posting). The problem was that the Telenor branded firmware comes with preloaded Internet settings since it is obvious that you would use telenor, if you have a phone bought from telenor. But the official version for Bulgaria can't come with that settings since you can put a different Sim card in it. So I just dialed 123, and chose to receive a configuration sms, from the menu, for my Internet settings- BAM problem solved. The only thing that is still a mystery for me is how was it able to use other apps, but not to watch videos in Facebook and download files from the browser lol.
Just got my M3 from China because I wanted to get an LTE version, which is not available in the US.
I have set language to English, and set time zone to Pacific, but the tablet still thinks it is in China. Websites that are multi-lingual show Chinese characters, when I try to create a Huawei Id it says "County/Region: China" at the top.
Any idea how to change this? Seems like a nice tablet so far, and the LTE is nice (Google Fi), but I am not sure I am going to take the time to learn Chinese just to use it.
Thanks!
Dave
opendave said:
Just got my M3 from China because I wanted to get an LTE version, which is not available in the US.
I have set language to English, and set time zone to Pacific, but the tablet still thinks it is in China. Websites that are multi-lingual show Chinese characters, when I try to create a Huawei Id it says "County/Region: China" at the top.
Any idea how to change this? Seems like a nice tablet so far, and the LTE is nice (Google Fi), but I am not sure I am going to take the time to learn Chinese just to use it.
Thanks!
Dave
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I deleted or deactivated all Chinese applications. I manually installed Google Play. Installed its applications, including Google Chrome, keyboard, etc., and I only stayed at Hivoices Chinese characters. I have adjusted the default application to mine.
Thanks! I wound up doing the same thing. Was just hoping there was a way to tell the tablet where it really lives. Reminds me of the old DVD region days...
One related note, on HiVoice... I was playing around and got to the place where you can use your voice to wake up the tablet. It wants me to say something 3 times as my "wake up" word, but no matter what I try I cannot seem to get it to accept anything I say. It is telling me, in Chinese, what I should say -- and clearly I am not following directions well. Were you able to get the voice wake up to work, and if so - what was the trick?
Ditto re PlayStore, Google Launcher, Calender etc
If you change language to English US first, then option for USA should be available. Australia as country was available after changing language to English(UK) on my M3.
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Thanks! I wound up doing the same thing. Was just hoping there was a way to tell the tablet where it really lives. Reminds me of the old DVD region days...
One related note, on HiVoice... I was playing around and got to the place where you can use your voice to wake up the tablet. It wants me to say something 3 times as my "wake up" word, but no matter what I try I cannot seem to get it to accept anything I say. It is telling me, in Chinese, what I should say -- and clearly I am not following directions well. Were you able to get the voice wake up to work, and if so - what was the trick?
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did u get it to work, also, are you using att, how is the lte.