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Hi
JUST BOUGHT a new galaxy S2 in UAE
I need to access US android market to download Google voice as Its not available in UAE.
ANY Suggestions . ...
I m ready to reset to factory settings or whatever but wats the way to change default country
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No need to reset
Use marketenabler
For that i need to root the phone and the phone will become out off warranty. Is there no other way?
aloo89 said:
For that i need to root the phone and the phone will become out off warranty. Is there no other way?
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No, because the information that determines your phone's country of origin is in a file that can only be edited with superuser permissions (which is why you root).
If you want to change the phone location then you 100% have to root.
Another way to change country in the market is to use a simcard from an another country.
Thanks, Whats the best way to root then? For Galaxy S2
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rufy93 said:
Another way to change country in the market is to use a simcard from an another country.
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So, if change the simcard of someother country and factory reset my phone, it will access market of that country??
Then once i change the simcard back to my UAE card, the original market stays??
aloo89 said:
So, if change the simcard of someother country and factory reset my phone, it will access market of that country??
Then once i change the simcard back to my UAE card, the original market stays??
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I never needed to factory reset my phone, just insert the simcard and reboot the phone, and the market should have access to the american apps.
rufy93 said:
I never needed to factory reset my phone, just insert the simcard and reboot the phone, and the market should have access to the american apps.
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Yep, I kind of had the reverse. I worked in Egypt recently, and noticed with an Egyptian sim in my older Aussie SGS1, I couldn't see *any* apps in the market, but I was still getting notifications if an update was done for any app I had installed (and could do the update for all updated apps except paid apps). When I stuck the Aussie SIM back in again, bingo, full market.
Ultimately rooted the phone and installed market access. Am able to access other markets now
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cdesai said:
Use marketenabler
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MarketAccess is better than MarketEnabler.
Slightly different problem
I came to this thread looking for ways to enable the FULL Market (books, movies) in any country. When I'm in UK my Market on my Galaxy Tab shows all content, but when I move to another country (Angola) the Market shows apps only. Should I expect Market Access or Market Enabler to help here? I've tried both, they say they are working, but I still don't get access to books and movies.
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MarketAccess is better than MarketEnabler.
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cneal said:
I came to this thread looking for ways to enable the FULL Market (books, movies) in any country. When I'm in UK my Market on my Galaxy Tab shows all content, but when I move to another country (Angola) the Market shows apps only. Should I expect Market Access or Market Enabler to help here? I've tried both, they say they are working, but I still don't get access to books and movies.
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I'm not sure, but I'm at the same situation too, except my actual market doesn't even have books or movies in the first place, and changing countries (changed it to US) doesn't seem to make it show up either.
Just download the apk wtf
AShadowX said:
I'm not sure, but I'm at the same situation too, except my actual market doesn't even have books or movies in the first place, and changing countries (changed it to US) doesn't seem to make it show up either.
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Yes Google locked it up. Even though you can access the apps it is not possible to access the Books Music tab outside the alloted countries. It is possible if you use proxy servers that are located in UK or the US. I think there is an app on the market called market unlocker Pro which reportedly does this but I can't test this since proxies are blocked where I stay. Try it if you want.
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rufy93 said:
Another way to change country in the market is to use a simcard from an another country.
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Anyone knows if i can buy a simcard on ebay? which brand should I choose?
I'm from Brazil.
tkz
So, I live outside the US, however I set up my Nexus 7 on a VPN, it runs off the US play store, I got my 25usd in credit, I could rent movies and everything was great!
Just yesterday day I took my Nexus 7 out with me and connected it to an non VPN network. The Books, Magazines and movies all vanished.. Ok. Now that Im back home and on the VPN, the store is US again. However the apps have not come back. In the play store it says they are installed, but there is no open button, and they are nowhere to be found on the phone itself.
Is there a way to get them back? It seems odd that this could happen, if I lived in the US and took my Nexus 7 outside of it would this happen too?
Try going to Settings/Apps/All/Google Play Store and tap on "Clear data."
having the same issus over here cant do anything
I'm planning to buy N7 in september when i'm traveling to NYC. So if i buy something with "free 25$" in play store, do they just disappear when i'm coming back to home(Finland)? Actually, am i even gettin the "free 25$"? Or is it only for US residents?
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If you use Titanium Backup, you can unfrost those apps. Root is required for TB.
well i rooted my nexus 7 got the TB defrosted the app they appear on my N7 but now even on VPN turned on the google movie play still says not available to my counrty really frustrating but nothing i can do ):
Nonnisi said:
So, I live outside the US, however I set up my Nexus 7 on a VPN, it runs off the US play store, I got my 25usd in credit, I could rent movies and everything was great!
Just yesterday day I took my Nexus 7 out with me and connected it to an non VPN network. The Books, Magazines and movies all vanished.. Ok. Now that Im back home and on the VPN, the store is US again. However the apps have not come back. In the play store it says they are installed, but there is no open button, and they are nowhere to be found on the phone itself.
Is there a way to get them back? It seems odd that this could happen, if I lived in the US and took my Nexus 7 outside of it would this happen too?
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how did you get the credit? didnt it ask for a US credit card even if you had a US ip address?
antikryst said:
how did you get the credit? didnt it ask for a US credit card even if you had a US ip address?
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I just entered my regular (Irish) visa info and gave a New York zip code, I was kinda surprised when it worked.
Did anyone else Nexus 7 arrive without Play video, play magazine, and play books installed? I searched the play store and found it, but i cant download the apps. I tried downloading the apks and installing it and it installs, but it doesnt show up on the screen. I really need help!!! Please!
I really need these apps because its the reason i bought the tablet.
Also, I must mention that i purchased the tablet from Gamestop and I live on Guam(A U.S. Territory.)
I have a galaxy nexus with all the google play apps, but unable to get them on my tablet!
Any help will do!
Thanks in advance!
Did you buy a new, sealed unit?
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Unkn0wN671 said:
Did anyone else Nexus 7 arrive without Play video, play magazine, and play books installed? I searched the play store and found it, but i cant download the apps. I tried downloading the apks and installing it and it installs, but it doesnt show up on the screen. I really need help!!! Please!
I really need these apps because its the reason i bought the tablet.
Also, I must mention that i purchased the tablet from Gamestop and I live on Guam(A U.S. Territory.)
I have a galaxy nexus with all the google play apps, but unable to get them on my tablet!
Any help will do!
Thanks in advance!
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i believe that you dont see them because youre in guam, they arent supported there. you can always root your device and check if they are still in /system/app/.
Root and flash gapps
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simms22 said:
i believe that you dont see them because youre in guam, they arent supported there. you can always root your device and check if they are still in /system/app/.
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Its weird because my phone is able to access all these apps. My tablet is rooted and I checked /system/app/ and all are there but when I try to launch it, it "Activity not found - com.Google.apps.appname" know what I should do now?
Try checking through Titanium Backup if the app is frozen.
My nexus didn't show the App initially, but it was actually already installed, but was frozen by google due to country restriction.
I unfrozen the app using Titanium, reboot and seems to work fine.
Although I still have to use VPN and Market Enabler to access content on Play, but content I copy through USB seems to work fine on the app.
piepie22 said:
Try checking through Titanium Backup if the app is frozen.
My nexus didn't show the App initially, but it was actually already installed, but was frozen by google due to country restriction.
I unfrozen the app using Titanium, reboot and seems to work fine.
Although I still have to use VPN and Market Enabler to access content on Play, but content I copy through USB seems to work fine on the app.
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Thanks so much bro! Your method worked and thanks everyone for helping me!
Cheers!!
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Cheers!!
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Actually I have a quick question. Were you able to get the 25 dollar app credit and transformers movie? Because I wasn't able to get any
I don't have the 25$ credit as well, I don't think you can get the credit if you activated your device outside "USA".
Google also double checks the credit card address to confirm your country of origin as well.
Honestly it's not a big deal, there are many ways to get the movie.
I plug in and copied a few movies (including Transformer ) to nexus and they show up and play fine on Play Movie.
My only problem is Play Book & Play Magazine doesn't recognize anything not purchase through Play.
So I have to use other readers (Aldiko) which read my ebook, and magazine.
The interface is not bad, actually better then Play Book/Magazine, maybe give that a try.
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Another option, you can Root your device and try running Market Enabler + DroidVPN.
I was able to access the US version of Play and can download App without country restriction.
But I haven't tried purchase as I don't have a US address tied credit card.
The downside is VPN is slow, you have to upgrade Premium account. You may have better luck trying than I do.
But DroidVPN seems down these few days for Upgrading Premium account.
If anyone has other alternative for DroidVPN, please advise?
piepie22 said:
I don't have the 25$ credit as well, I don't think you can get the credit if you activated your device outside "USA".
Google also double checks the credit card address to confirm your country of origin as well.
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I activated in Australia with an Australian credit card and an Australian address and got the $25.
piepie22 said:
Another option, you can Root your device and try running Market Enabler + DroidVPN.
I was able to access the US version of Play and can download App without country restriction.
But I haven't tried purchase as I don't have a US address tied credit card.
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You don't need a US credit card. Just add a US address to your regular credit card
wmoore said:
I activated in Australia with an Australian credit card and an Australian address and got the $25.
You don't need a US credit card. Just add a US address to your regular credit card
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Cool, I will also give that a try.
I was always assuming the Credit Card must be US issued credit card.
Thanks.
piepie22 said:
Cool, I will also give that a try.
I was always assuming the Credit Card must be US issued credit card.
Thanks.
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I thought that too until I tried it. I even bought a magazine subscription
Hi.
the apps appear in my galaxy s2 but not on nexus 7. any reason for that?
i am able to read book on my play book s2 but play books n7 does not even appear on my tablet. why???
btw i am not in US
lp4u said:
i am able to read book on my play book s2 but play books n7 does not even appear on my tablet. why???
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lp4u said:
i am not in US
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Use Titanium Backup to defrost those apps and they will re-appear.
I just purchased my Nexus 7 yesterday and the default apps such as Play Books, Wallet, Play Magazines, Play Movies, Sound Search are all disabled by default. And after I enable them with Titanium Backup they are disabled after a reboot. When I try to use Play Books, none of my books will sync and a menu pops up saying I live in an unsupported country. I live in the United States and Play Books works without a problem on my S3. Oh, and the Play Books app also keeps having a menu pop up saying couldn't retrieve google play books library from google. Check your internet connection and try again. I've reflashed ROM. Done multiple factory resets. Wiped Play Books cache. Uninstalled and reinstalled with no luck. Anybody have a fix for this? And I bought the tablet from a local Sam's Club if that helps any.
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I just purchased my Nexus 7 yesterday and the default apps such as Play Books, Wallet, Play Magazines, Play Movies, Sound Search are all disabled by default. And after I enable them with Titanium Backup they are disabled after a reboot. When I try to use Play Books, none of my books will sync and a menu pops up saying I live in an unsupported country. I live in the United States and Play Books works without a problem on my S3. Oh, and the Play Books app also keeps having a menu pop up saying couldn't retrieve google play books library from google. Check your internet connection and try again. I've reflashed ROM. Done multiple factory resets. Wiped Play Books cache. Uninstalled and reinstalled with no luck. Anybody have a fix for this? And I bought the tablet from a local Sam's Club if that helps any.
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What ROM are you running? Is it an Android 4.1.2 or 4.2 ROM?
So you flash a ROM then restore the files from a backup you made with Titanium Backup? Are you restoring app + data only, not system data? What happens if you just install Books normally, it'll sync just fine with your Google account and everything, so you won't lose anything.
Or are you using a gapps zip file to flash after you installed the ROM zip? You're not using an Android 4.1.2 ROM with an Android 4.2 gapps zip are you?
jbreeze228 said:
I just purchased my Nexus 7 yesterday and the default apps such as Play Books, Wallet, Play Magazines, Play Movies, Sound Search are all disabled by default. And after I enable them with Titanium Backup they are disabled after a reboot. When I try to use Play Books, none of my books will sync and a menu pops up saying I live in an unsupported country. I live in the United States and Play Books works without a problem on my S3. Oh, and the Play Books app also keeps having a menu pop up saying couldn't retrieve google play books library from google. Check your internet connection and try again. I've reflashed ROM. Done multiple factory resets. Wiped Play Books cache. Uninstalled and reinstalled with no luck. Anybody have a fix for this? And I bought the tablet from a local Sam's Club if that helps any.
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Go into settings and check your date and time.. This is what google uses to determine where you are. Also be sure that your google account.. From there website has the correct time and date zone..
The above should resolve your problem and is the most likely and overlooked cause...
Good Luck .....
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What ROM are you running? Is it an Android 4.1.2 or 4.2 ROM?
So you flash a ROM then restore the files from a backup you made with Titanium Backup? Are you restoring app + data only, not system data? What happens if you just install Books normally, it'll sync just fine with your Google account and everything, so you won't lose anything.
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I'm running the stock 4.2.1. It's just rooted nothing else. Even when the device was fully stock I still had the same problem. I never restore date with Titanium Backup. I always redownload everything.
You're logged into your Google account and everything fine? If you were having this issue right out of the box, I'd take it back and explain the issue and get it exchanged, something doesn't seem right here.
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The only other suggestion would be is to contact Google, I've done that before with a Play Store issue/question, and it wasn't as bad as you'd think it would be. I'd explain the issue, and see what they say. Don't mention anything about being rooted etc, but it may be worth a shot there.
RMarkwald said:
You're logged into your Google account and everything fine? If you were having this issue right out of the box, I'd take it back and explain the issue and get it exchanged, something doesn't seem right here.
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The only other suggestion would be is to contact Google, I've done that before with a Play Store issue/question, and it wasn't as bad as you'd think it would be. I'd explain the issue, and see what they say. Don't mention anything about being rooted etc, but it may be worth a shot there.
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Yep all other Google services work like Gmail, People, Currents, cards saved on Google Now all that syncs fine. But Play Books just keeps doing the same thing over and over. I already check the date and time formats on tablet and on Google account from my computer and all was correct. I'd really hate to return it, it was the last one they had.
if it were me, id return to stock, unroot, and put 4.2.1 on and go from there...
mongonexus said:
if it were me, id return to stock, unroot, and put 4.2.1 on and go from there...
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Yep just did that and same results. Play Movies, Play Books, Google Wallet keep saying not available for my country. I live in Mississippi. Right now it is fully stock, locked bootloader, did a factory reset and still a no go. On the phone with Sam's now to swap it out.
before id return it , i would do a different download of the 4.2.1. and reflash like starting from scratch,, these 7s, flylikeamutherfuker for flashing and roll from there live happily google after,:cyclops:
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DONT PANIC ,, yet,lol
Sounds like your GPS is placing you outside of the country. Open maps and see if it thinks you're in Africa or Asia.
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I should have tried the gps without wifi on. Already got the new one and back home now. Tried it in the store to make sure it worked and I'm glad to say it does. They just got a new shipment in today so I lucked out. That nexus I returned must have thought it was still in China.
And thank you all for trying to help me! Really appreciate it. I love my new nexus 7 Had a Toshiba Thrive before this which I still have. This is my first nexus device. Really like the 7 inch screen and being able to hold it in one hand is a huge plus.
Glad you got this resolved, and glad you can enjoy your device!
- Sent from my US Cellular SGS3
So after being completely stock and updated to 4.2.1. I used the root tool to unlock bootloader. After it boots up play books, play movies, sound search, google wallet go missing. A factory reset doesn't work. Apparently the apps are there but disabled. After enabling in play store I get the not supported in your country. Like seriously wth.. this isn't my first rodeo. Decided to use the root toolkit but that was obviously a big mistake. Anybody else have this problem after unlocking bootloader?
Just to update those who care.. I called Asus and they ran the serial number and said it's a South American model. Wtf right? So I'm fixing to go return it and go buy a new one at Office Depot then call Asus while I'm there and have them check out the serial number to make sure all is good. Never knew it would be this difficult getting my Christmas present. Lol.
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I bought my Nexus 7 while I was in England. I am back in the US now but Play Store seems to still be set for the UK because prices are in £. I tried to buy a ebook and it wouldn't let me based on my location. I am not sure if its the store specifically or the tablet but I can't seem to work out how change the location. I don't think it is the tablet since I can access apps like hulu that wouldn't work out there. If anyone can help that would be great,
mike158158 said:
I bought my Nexus 7 while I was in England. I am back in the US now but Play Store seems to still be set for the UK because prices are in £. I tried to buy a ebook and it wouldn't let me based on my location. I am not sure if its the store specifically or the tablet but I can't seem to work out how change the location. I don't think it is the tablet since I can access apps like hulu that wouldn't work out there. If anyone can help that would be great,
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Its not a big problem to fix. There is no problem with the tablet location that's set by IP address. You need to log in to your Google account on the google play website and change country from UK to USA its to stop your currency ect changing if you go on holiday.
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I ended up having to change my address in Wallet and clearing the cache for the Play Store app.