Google Wallet Activation - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

When you activate google wallet, you get $10, can you use that $10 for apps?

i think that 10.00 credit goes into your back card you activated. Its not that you activate the google wallet. i think you get the credit for using the nfc for the first time at a brick and mortar retailer.
I COULD Be wrong . i have had google wallet since the switched my google merchant to it years of using google pay customer here as well as i have a pay pal debit/ credit card . never use your real cards online or even paying for a meal out to dinner .

Rich_RH said:
When you activate google wallet, you get $10, can you use that $10 for apps?
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i have the same question, or even if we can use it to buy anything online would be cool, i don't think i want to go to a 7 eleven with my huge tablet and pay with it!

I think I heard it's for NFC purchases only.
So, go to a Starbucks nearby and get yourself something. :laugh:

How would that work. The nexus 7 is a WIFI only device, to use the Wallet app you need an internet connection.

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How would that work. The nexus 7 is a WIFI only device, to use the Wallet app you need an internet connection.
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I think i read it no longer needs an internet connection

i think our credit cards don't need internet connection, its on the nfc thingy
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Jordanooo said:
I think i read it no longer needs an internet connection
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That is correct. Tested wallet in two separate locations yesterday without being connected to WiFi. I freaked out a few cashiers. Lol
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Prob gonna spend mine at radio shack buying their ridiculous sale items.
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I can't add a new google prepay card... it's taken like 5 minutes of sitting doing nothing.
And mods: Can you please verify my account... I've been on for a long time, and this 5 minute restriction is really annoying...

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Places where Google Wallet works

Starting a thread where we let each other know different place where google wallet could be used. That pay pass app isn't the best for finding places and I've found a couple place not even listed on there.
I used google wallet at McDonalds, Best Buy, Rite Aid and Castnet Seafood in New Orleans. Feel free to share your experiences.
Idk but this is useful lol
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You can also download paypass locator in the market ....
rican408 said:
You can also download paypass locator in the market ....
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Did you not read the OP?
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rican408 said:
You can also download paypass locator in the market ....
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Lol fail.
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Jamba Juice is even promoting it. They have little pamphlets explaining Google wallet.
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Rem3Dy said:
Jamba Juice is even promoting it. They have little pamphlets explaining Google wallet.
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just went there yesterday! saw the device for my phone but i didn't update yet .I knew it would work with my phone.
I even asked the employee if that's for my phone and she said "i think it's for credit cards but i don't think it works" lmao.
Jeremiah239 said:
Did you not read the OP?
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Not well enough haha.
Wouldn't it work from any place that uses Blink from Visa or any contactless credit card system?
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alex15032 said:
Wouldn't it work from any place that uses Blink from Visa or any contactless credit card system?
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No just paypass visa has signed up for it so its just a matter of time til they are able to use them too.
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http://www.google.com/wallet/where-it-works.html
Man I can't wait till my Visa can be used, when its time to pay *****es will look in aw as I hold my phone in the air paying for ****
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vdub804 said:
Man I can't wait till my Visa can be used, when its time to pay *****es will look in aw as I hold my phone in the air paying for ****
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I had this effect in McDonalds yesterday. Female was ready to leave with me after seeing me use it. She was very basic though.
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vdub804 said:
Man I can't wait till my Visa can be used, when its time to pay ******* will look in aw as I hold my phone in the air paying for ****
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Word, dawg.
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vdub804 said:
Man I can't wait till my Visa can be used, when its time to pay *****es will look in aw as I hold my phone in the air paying for ****
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Its a well known fact that phones that are used to make payments are instant panty-droppers.
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No go in Australia - so far
Flashed Shopper and Wallet APKS onto my rooted stocked 2.3.6 Nexus S here in Australia.
The NFC component works - the shop's cash machine and wallet app 'talk' to each other, yet the transaction is declined. Also, can't add fund to prepaid card using Australian debit/credit cards.
Does any Master Card work or is it only Citi Cards? I would live to hook this to my standard MC Debit card if I could.
http://www.google.com/wallet/where-it-works.html
The where it works link is much more accurate I found today than the app they recommend that's for sure.
strifejester said:
Does any Master Card work or is it only Citi Cards? I would live to hook this to my standard MC Debit card if I could.
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It has to be a Citi MasterCard, no Debit cards
O and only "some" Citi MasterCards

Wallet on n7

So you may have noticed that the latest OTA brought us wallet on the n7. Is this usable considering we don't necessarily have data while shopping at a store? Does wallet require data?
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does a credit card require data? all it has to do is mimic the rfid signature that the wireless credit cards use.
*Edit* not meant to be as snarky as I just realised it sounds.
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I've been using Wallet since the day I got it at I/O and now you don't need data to use it. The NFC chip "remembers" the last balance on your account when you had a data connection on the device.
WinDroidGuy said:
I've been using Wallet since the day I got it at I/O and now you don't need data to use it. The NFC chip "remembers" the last balance on your account when you had a data connection on the device.
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so that means u can pay using Google wallet on nexus 7??
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lyrad12 said:
so that means u can pay using Google wallet on nexus 7??
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That's correct
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I can't picture myself going into a store and tapping my tablet on a pay pass machine. Its like taking a self shot with a tablet. Doesn't work
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adma84 said:
So you may have noticed that the latest OTA brought us wallet on the n7. Is this usable considering we don't necessarily have data while shopping at a store? Does wallet require data?
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It also says "Unsupported Device" which means it might not work at all. We won't know until a brave soul pops one out of his man purse & uses it.
tylerwatt12 said:
I can't picture myself going into a store and tapping my tablet on a pay pass machine. Its like taking a self shot with a tablet. Doesn't work
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I can see maybe using google wallet on n7 maybe at a coffee shop and that's about it. It just seems weird waving a tablet to pay for something, seems better with a phone maybe.
Is the free $10 google wallet credit still alive? And does it apply to the N7?
http://www.google.com/wallet/how-it-works-payments.html
gsrrr said:
Is the free $10 google wallet credit still alive? And does it apply to the N7?
http://www.google.com/wallet/how-it-works-payments.html
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Yes it does, I just got my $10.
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gsrrr said:
Is the free $10 google wallet credit still alive? And does it apply to the N7?
http://www.google.com/wallet/how-it-works-payments.html
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Yes.
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i didnt get it :-/
RMXO said:
It also says "Unsupported Device" which means it might not work at all. We won't know until a brave soul pops one out of his man purse & uses it.
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That's because you're rooted
It will still work, but Google plasters the disclaimer in the app.
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those of yall that are rooted remember to go into the settings in the google wallet app and reset it before you flash a new rom. you have to actually do this from in the app, not titanium or anyway else, from inside the app. there is a risk that you will bork your nfc( just for wallet purposes, not for android beam). i forgot to do that a few times when i flashed a new rom on my evo and everything is still fine for me. but yea seriously this is posted anywhere that google wallet was posted in the evo lte forums. im not sure of the validity of this but something yall should look into it. happy spending
I did it today at a local MCD's couple people looked at me puzzled but hey! I got free food thanks to the $10 credit!
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flash_beezy said:
I did it today at a local MCD's couple people looked at me puzzled but hey! I got free food thanks to the $10 credit!
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How do you the free credit?
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Signed up for Google wallet on my N7?
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$10 credit in Google Wallet?

Just curious if the 7 gets the $10 wallet credit other devices get as well.
The N7 gets $25 in credit upon activation.
Yes. I got it although it took a while to activate the prepaid card through Google. Eventually it worked though.
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But that's only if you never had a Google wallet account previously ..
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Smokuevo said:
But that's only if you never had a Google wallet account previously ..
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Actually...I signed into google wallet on my N7 (with the same Google credentials) and have a balance of $10 whereas my gnex has the balance from the 50 that I added of 32.XX. It appears to be two independent google wallet prepaid cards.
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But that's only if you never had a Google wallet account previously ..
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It's device specific, your Google account is only there for account protection. I have gotten the $10 credit on a Nexus S, VZW GNex, and a GSM Gnex
wes_s said:
Actually...I signed into google wallet on my N7 (with the same Google credentials) and have a balance of $10 whereas my gnex has the balance from the 50 that I added of 32.XX. It appears to be two independent google wallet prepaid cards.
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Yeah, that's kind of what I noticed too. Already had Wallet on my GS3 and the $10 prepaid card on that. Activated Wallet on my Nexus 7 just now and it appears to have it's own $10 prepaid card too. One odd thing did happen to me though: activating Wallet on my Nexus 7 appears to have deactivated my Citi card from my Wallet account on my GS3. Anyone else with similar experience?
i just have a quick question does the google wallet work even if you are not connected to wifi?
Yeah it does! Or it wouldn't be very useful would it
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I got my nexus 7 today but while doing the initial setup I skipped the google wallet step ( that is to get 15 GBP credit) ... Now m not able to find anything to get that credit. can anyone please tell me how can I get the 15 GBP credit now.. ?
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I got my nexus 7 today but while doing the initial setup I skipped the google wallet step ( that is to get 15 GBP credit) ... Now m not able to find anything to get that credit. can anyone please tell me how can I get the 15 GBP credit now.. ?
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Launch the App, and register a new account?
Which app?
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p_san_p said:
Which app?
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The google wallet app... it should be in your app drawer. When I launched it, it told me I could get the credit by signing up.
jaysus145 said:
The google wallet app... it should be in your app drawer. When I launched it, it told me I could get the credit by signing up.
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there is no google wallet app in app drawer.
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there is no google wallet app in app drawer.
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I haven't got it either.
Huh, I had it in the US version. Maybe try to download it from the Play Store?
jaysus145 said:
Huh, I had it in the US version. Maybe try to download it from the Play Store?
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for Google Wallet in UK it says "This item cannot be installed in your device's country. "

[Q] No payment/credit card = no payed apps :s

Alright since i do not have a credit card, and my maestro doesnt work for online payments,
i supose i dont have any solution left to get myself apps at all.
google doesnt let ppl in sweden to use prepaid google play giftcards, nor prepaid visa/mastercards such as spendon cuz on that last one your name have to be the same on the card as on your account. furthermore, since i live in sweden, paypal does not apply to me either since they only issue a card in the USA. so now what? is there any oher solution that can be done?
Move to North America?
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Move to North America?
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You know that was a really constructive reply man.. really..
If you have a phone that is linked to the same Google account as your tablet, purchase the app on your phone through whichever payment you usually use. After it's purchased, you can then download and install the purchased app on any device linked to your Google account. Alternately, go to the Play Store through your regular browser, and purchase through there.. push to your device, and you're good to go.
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jskeyes said:
If you have a phone that is linked to the same Google account as your tablet, purchase the app on your phone through whichever payment you usually use. After it's purchased, you can then download and install the purchased app on any device linked to your Google account. Alternately, go to the Play Store through your regular browser, and purchase through there.. push to your device, and you're good to go.
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well here is the problem.. i cant purchase apps.. please re read my post.
vibraloop said:
well here is the problem.. i cant purchase apps.. please re read my post.
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Are there any pre-payment cards available in your country you could use online in the same manner as a credit card?
EDIT refer to this thread on the same theme [add the three w`s to the address]
thelocal.se/discuss/index.php?showtopic=27636
My suggestion is get a credit card but request a limit.. When first got my credit card I had 5k limit, I told them make it 500. This helps control your spending
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If Google is rejecting your prepaid card because the name doesn't match, maybe you should solve that problem instead? Are you sure a regular card wouldn't have the same restriction?
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Free 50 Gb Google cloud storage

I discovered this by accident (& fortunately in time) that with a purchase of a new Moto G, if you access Google Drive within 30 days you can click to take advantage of an additional 50 Gb of cloud storage on your Google account for 2 years at no cost!
You snooze - you lose!
I think everyone who owns a moto g know this. no need to open a thread for this.
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Mine says the offer is expired? Wtf?
x4sper said:
Mine says the offer is expired? Wtf?
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I did not know about the offer and I am already using my Drive on a different gmail account (which has 15GB). There is nothing showing up after product tour either. Nothing to say redeem or already redeemed. Is there anyway to find this out?
how do they start counting these 30days? 30 days after purchase, 30days after first boot or 30days after first login to google services on the device?
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how do they start counting these 30days? 30 days after purchase, 30days after first boot or 30days after first login to google services on the device?
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In my case (XT1028 Verizon) I have never activated the phone so it appears the countdown started when I first entered my Google account credentials.
The first visit to Drive on the device starts with a tutorial & on the last page presents the clickable offer.
I've bought first the 8 gb version and activated the 50Gb promo, but soon after I discovered a dead pixel on the screen and returned the phone back. Misfortune did not allow me to exchange or buy a new one, since they were all sold out and I bought 16 Gb in another country, so now I both have 50Gb in GDrive and 16 Gb on the device Sorry for a little boasting So I guess the next guy who buys the fixed device wouldn't get google's promo, right?
Does it work if you have a custom ROM
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Riyanweb said:
Does it work if you have a custom ROM
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Why not try man? Just open Google drive and see if you get the offer(if the 30 days are not over yet).
The reason for me to skip this and several other simular past offers, is that it is temperary. With prices gDrive dropped I almost took a cheap subscription with Google. The reason I didn't is that Drive only works with Windows with all cloud files permanently synced on harddrive. I find that ridiculous. When I use cloud I want to spare the space on my hard drive. OneDrive and Box I can use in Windows without the need to have all those gigabytes of data on my hard drives at all times.
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The reason for me to skip this and several other simular past offers, is that it is temperary. With prices gDrive dropped I almost took a cheap subscription with Google. The reason I didn't is that Drive only works with Windows with all cloud files permanently synced on harddrive. I find that ridiculous. When I use cloud I want to spare the space on my hard drive. OneDrive and Box I can use in Windows without the need to have all those gigabytes of data on my hard drives at all times.
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You are not forced to have the app installed on Windows... You are not even forced to use the 65 GB you now have with it... Your logic beats Google.
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Does it work if you have a custom ROM
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Yes it does
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GPE phones don't get this offer, FYI.
I did got this upgrade without my knowledge. When I checked my google drive it says 65gb. Lol. Too bad I don't have plans in using it tho as I have a slow upload speed. I used otg if I have something big to store.
kiko321 said:
I did got this upgrade without my knowledge. When I checked my google drive it says 65gb. Lol. Too bad I don't have plans in using it tho as I have a slow upload speed. I used otg if I have something big to store.
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The downside of using cloud storage and not having optic fiber is that it's not really effective... We shall wait Google fiber worldwide and probably that will give us direct unlimited connection speed to Google.
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I didn't know about this and when I checked it said offer expired. Would a factory reset and sign in under a different Google account make the offer available again?
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kisrita said:
I didn't know about this and when I checked it said offer expired. Would a factory reset and sign in under a different Google account make the offer available again?
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No it won't...The free storage had to be claimed within the first 30 days after your first boot...
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pfufle said:
No it won't...The free storage had to be claimed within the first 30 days after your first boot...
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Bummer... But thanks for answering anyway.
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? Not available on the 4G version!
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? Not available on the 4G version!
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With MEGA you have 50GB free forever and not just for two years.

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