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Yes it's a shame that the globalized Google decided to sell N1 in USA and GB only...available in the rest of Europe in the spring...
Really I can't understand why after cloning iPhone customization (and not only...) Google decided also to clone the commercial strategy of the earliest Iphone 2G...Soon Apple realized that there were more iphone in Europe than in USA LOL!!!
Now how to get one in Italy? Who want to buy one for me...
THX in advance!
check e-bay...many on there for sale with worldwide shipping
icon57 said:
check e-bay...many on there for sale with worldwide shipping
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What about the activation button? Does anyone know if there is some kind of activation that binds the phone to the google account from where it is bought (or is this button only for the t-mobile phone)?
Is there anything else to consider before buying it (except the high price) from ebay and using it in Europe?
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check e-bay...many on there for sale with worldwide shipping
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Thanx for your answer.
I checked ebay and it would cost about 250$ over the real price. Really too much.
no, it only binds it to your google checkout account, not your gmail account.
so you will be able to activate it where you are
It may suck but different markets get different phones at different times. I don't know how many times I have seen a really cool phone only to discover that it will never hit the shores here in the US. This time it worked out that we got the phone.
I guess it comes down to you win some you loose some.
sennister said:
It may suck but different markets get different phones at different times. I don't know how many times I have seen a really cool phone only to discover that it will never hit the shores here in the US. This time it worked out that we got the phone.
I guess it comes down to you win some you loose some.
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Yes maybe you are right...but not considering a whole market like europe...like italy, where people go on purcheasing technology also in a bad economic period, would be an error!
Let me get one first. Then I can get into shipping out of country. I own an IT business and I have create multiple google accounts under that and perhaps get 5 for each account I make up. I want to make sure the phone can be activated etc before I start ordering phones that may not work later (screwing me and screwing others).
icon57 said:
no, it only binds it to your google checkout account, not your gmail account.
so you will be able to activate it where you are
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That means you have to activate it with the same checkout acc that buys the phone or just that you have to activate it with an us, uk, .. account?
seraph1024 said:
Let me get one first. Then I can get into shipping out of country. I own an IT business and I have create multiple google accounts under that and perhaps get 5 for each account I make up. I want to make sure the phone can be activated etc before I start ordering phones that may not work later (screwing me and screwing others).
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You have a PM
Eggii said:
That means you have to activate it with the same checkout acc that buys the phone or just that you have to activate it with an us, uk, .. account?
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I'll let you know once I get the phone.
Eggii said:
That means you have to activate it with the same checkout acc that buys the phone or just that you have to activate it with an us, uk, .. account?
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I believe 'activation' refers only to if you are just starting a new wireless plan. if you already have a SIM card, it should work right away, I think. someone please correct me if I'm wrong
icon57 said:
check e-bay...many on there for sale with worldwide shipping
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Yeah, at the 150% price
I'm also in Italy at the moment and I have mine on the way only I don't know if my method would work for you. I'm stationed in Sicily for the time being and I used a site called shipitapo.com. Not sure if this site would work for you but I'm willing to bet there is something similar. As for the purchasing part I just went to google checkout and setup my account so all the information was already in the system, including shipping address and credit card. Then I had my brother who is in the states log into my google account and purchase it for me. He just had to click a couple of links and because everything was already setup. Now its on the way. hopefully you can find something similar. Might be able to use a US proxy to be able to log into you google account and purchase it.
@SpiersA
good idea! I should need a brother, and in usa! About shipitapo.com, it's because Google won't ship it abroad?
Well, according to the iPhone wiki there are 6.4 million iPhones (of 33 million total) in the US alone. Considering Google is an American company, and the App Marketplace had first purchasing support in the US as well, it makes sense to distribute a handset with this much probably popularity in the areas that are easier to support first. Not to mention they partnered with T-Mobile US (an existing partner) for subsidized handset sales and will likely get a huge bump in volume just from that alone.
I have to agree with the earlier comment about how often I've seen really nice phones only to have them never show up in the US (or after they've already become quite out of date). It's nice having top-tier phones start in the US first and then move out from here. A truly global launch with so many new moving parts at once (new hardware, new version of the OS that might not be fully localized yet, thousands of market apps that still don't work with the DROID, etc) would be a total nightmare and make no sense at all.
And yesss...I found how to place an order from all over the world. Just placed mine from Italy. It has been easy...I will reveal it ad soon as I get shipping confirmation!
asci said:
Yes it's a shame that the globalized Google decided to sell N1 in USA and GB only...available in the rest of Europe in the spring...
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It wasn't actually that bad looking back eh?
i've never done this before so forgive my caution. i'm getting my wife an epic and the guy is going to meet me at a sprint store. is it just a simple matter of having an employee activate the phone with my wife's number? thanks in advance
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i've never done this before so forgive my caution. i'm getting my wife an epic and the guy is going to meet me at a sprint store. is it just a simple matter of having an employee activate the phone with my wife's number? thanks in advance
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He has to deactivate the ESN of the phone from his account then you can put your number onto the phone.
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He has to deactivate the ESN of the phone from his account then you can put your number onto the phone.
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thanks! can that be done at the store? he said they can get it all clear, make sure the phone will work and activate it. just looking for a second word on it
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thanks! can that be done at the store? he said they can get it all clear, make sure the phone will work and activate it. just looking for a second word on it
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Yes it can all be done at the store! You're making a good choice on the device
don't pay the seller until the device is confirmed working on your account.
That way he can't snatch-n-run :O
I would also like to add it's best to go with the seller of the phone to the Sprint store and have him deactivate the ESN on his account and then you reactivate it on your account at the same time. That way you know it's legit and you're not going to get ripped off by buying a phone that has been flagged. Once it's confirmed it's on your account, then you pay the seller at the store.
Plus at least the Sprint store is also a public place as well so chance of you getting robbed or cheated by someone unscrupulous from Craigslist is a lot lower.
So I just added a credit card to my google wallet as it instructed. I'm trying to buy an app with the credit but on the payment dropdown it only shows my credit card and no credit at all. Any way to check if I have google play credit?
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So I just added a credit card to my google wallet as it instructed. I'm trying to buy an app with the credit but on the payment dropdown it only shows my credit card and no credit at all. Any way to check if I have google play credit?
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I've had this happen when the purchase was more than the credit I had. How much is the app you're trying to purchase?
its only 2 dollars. Why can't I see my credit?
Two things:
1. Did you receive the "Your $25.00 Google Play balance is ready to use." email after setting up your tablet?
2. Do you have multiple GMail accounts on the tablet? If so, make sure you're making the purchase with the account you used to setup the tablet.
Is it still possible to get multiple $25 Play store credits? I searched for this info, but couldn't find it.
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Is it still possible to get multiple $25 Play store credits? I searched for this info, but couldn't find it.
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Not for me. I entered in all info, factory reset, entered it again , no dice.
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Phalanx7621 said:
Not for me. I entered in all info, factory reset, entered it again , no dice.
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No work-around that still works? I saw some people mention SwitchMe.
cg.voabc said:
Two things:
1. Did you receive the "Your $25.00 Google Play balance is ready to use." email after setting up your tablet?
2. Do you have multiple GMail accounts on the tablet? If so, make sure you're making the purchase with the account you used to setup the tablet.
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1. No
2. No
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http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2670129
Over there it says: "If you didn't recieve the credit, you may not be eligible to receive the credit"
Now what exactly determines if you're eligible or not? I mean I just got my nexus 7 today from bestbuy.ca
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1. No
2. No
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Over there it says: "If you didn't recieve the credit, you may not be eligible to receive the credit"
Now what exactly determines if you're eligible or not? I mean I just got my nexus 7 today from bestbuy.ca
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Do factory reset of your nexus 7. You will get the credit after that. I also faced the same issue after factory reset I got the credit and email too.
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Two things:
1. Did you receive the "Your $25.00 Google Play balance is ready to use." email after setting up your tablet?
2. Do you have multiple GMail accounts on the tablet? If so, make sure you're making the purchase with the account you used to setup the tablet.
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Do factory reset of your nexus 7. You will get the credit after that. I also faced the same issue after factory reset I got the credit and email too.
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this fixed it, thanks.
I'm planning on buying a used Nexus 7. Is it one playstore credit per device?
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I'm planning on buying a used Nexus 7. Is it one playstore credit per device?
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Yes.
I know why this US$ credit item is grey.
Just check my thread on this issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1881243
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So I just added a credit card to my google wallet as it instructed. I'm trying to buy an app with the credit but on the payment dropdown it only shows my credit card and no credit at all. Any way to check if I have google play credit?
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Do factory reset of your nexus 7. You will get the credit after that. I also faced the same issue after factory reset I got the credit and email too.
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worked for me, also the search function thanks to you too!
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Solved! I was able to design a Moto X for my business account by purchasing it at a Verizon store. Motorola then emailed me the redemption pin which let me bypass the 'upgrade eligibility checking' portion of the checkout. Instead I had a Moto X in my shopping cart for $0.00 (as was suggested by people in this thread). I did have to purchase accessories in a separate order though.
Well this is frustrating. After waiting the 2-3 months for MotoMaker to be released on Verizon, I go to checkout after customizing a phone and keep getting errors when trying to check my account upgrade eligibility. After talking to CS I find out the website only works with personal accounts and basically I'm SOL.
Verizon did say I could purchase a phone in store and they would give me a pin to redeem and customize it on the website. But according to Motorola CS the website would still make me check/verify my account.
Anyway, I'm just venting. Anyone else in a similar situation?
Edit: Has anyone ordered and customized a phone using a redemption pin? When you order it that way does it still ask you to verify your account with the last 4 of your SSN? I'm still holding out hope the Motorola CS rep was wrong and I could get around the verification step...
I am not really in the same boat as you, so I dont know if my experience is helpful.
I am in a family plan, I am not the account owner, but an account manager, so I could walk in to verizon store and get an upgrade by myself. To pass the phone activation page, I have my phone number entered, account owner's zip code, account owner's last 4 digit SSN, once it get pass that page, it asked for account password again, then the system allows you to choose what line within the plan to get the upgrade. And then credit check of me, billing info of account owner, shipping info to me, and then pay.
So after completing the moto maker purchase on Monday. I got an e-mail late Tuesday that said the Motorola Activation Team discovered an issue with phone activation. I got on the phone with them, waited 1 hour before someone picked up. The Activation Team asked for the same info, my phone number, my name, account owner SSN, account owner billing address, and then the team called Verizon (so I am on hold for another 10 min), using the same info to verify the onwer's account that my name matches(?). So after they talked, and all I got from the team was "I wouldn't said your phone is shipped, but you should received an email within 24 hours."
So my guess is, you will need corporate account owner info (something other than SSN?)?
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Well this is frustrating. After waiting the 2-3 months for MotoMaker to be released on Verizon, I go to checkout after customizing a phone and keep getting errors when trying to check my account upgrade eligibility. After talking to CS I find out the website only works with personal accounts and basically I'm SOL.
Verizon did say I could purchase a phone in store and they would give me a pin to redeem and customize it on the website. But according to Motorola CS the website would still make me check/verify my account.
Anyway, I'm just venting. Anyone else in a similar situation?
Edit: Has anyone ordered and customized a phone using a redemption pin? When you order it that way does it still ask you to verify your account with the last 4 of your SSN? I'm still holding out hope the Motorola CS rep was wrong and I could get around the verification step...
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I purchased a PIN in store but can't remember if it asked for my SSN. The checkout process with a PIN on Moto Maker was actually far less painful than their entire site experience.
640k said:
I purchased a PIN in store but can't remember if it asked for my SSN. The checkout process with a PIN on Moto Maker was actually far less painful than their entire site experience.
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I am glad yours is painless. I was really stressed out on Monday, asking other people's SSN for a phone. None of the customer service I talked to suggested this way.
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I am not really in the same boat as you, so I dont know if my experience is helpful.
So my guess is, you will need corporate account owner info (something other than SSN?)?
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So you received a redemption pin from the store and went back online later to customize it? Or did you customize it and enter your payment info at the store yourself at a motox kiosk?
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So you received a redemption pin from the store and went back online later to customize it? Or did you customize it and enter your payment info at the store yourself at a motox kiosk?
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I did not use redemption pin. 640K did. I did not been to the store, it was all online and phone.
I am guessing you deal with Verizon up front in the store, pay the money, get the pin, go back home, get online and customize it and use the pin, and it should say $0.00
Can I buy a Moto Maker device in-store?
You can purchase a voucher for a Moto Maker device in a store, but you’ll still have to design your device through the online Moto Maker studio.
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Cited from Verizon.
http://support.verizonwireless.com/support/faqs/Equipment/motox-designed-by-you.html
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I did not use redemption pin. 640K did. I did not been to the store, it was all online and phone.
I am guessing you deal with Verizon up front in the store, pay the money, get the pin, go back home, get online and customize it and use the pin, and it should say $0.00
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http://support.verizonwireless.com/support/faqs/Equipment/motox-designed-by-you.html
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Oh yeah rereading your original message now idk why I had gotten the impression you purchased it in store. As to your original question yeah I had tried the last 4 of the tax ID which replaces SSNs on corporate accounts. But it still doesn't work due to security reasons they said...
Anyway yeah that's what I'm hoping with the pin. That's the way it *should* work.
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Oh yeah rereading your original message now idk why I had gotten the impression you purchased it in store. As to your original question yeah I had tried the last 4 of the tax ID which replaces SSNs on corporate accounts. But it still doesn't work due to security reasons they said...
Anyway yeah that's what I'm hoping with the pin. That's the way it *should* work.
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yeah, I think getting the pin is way better, I mean you are dealing with Verizon directly, they could just look up your account right in front of you, the activation team in Motorola is really slow.
Good luck.
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...you deal with Verizon up front in the store, pay the money, get the pin, go back home, get online and customize it and use the pin, and it should say $0.00...
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this is exactly right.
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this is exactly right.
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So aafter going to the VZW store they informed me u can only get the pin online? Is that how you did it? Purchased it through verizonwireless.com first?
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So aafter going to the VZW store they informed me u can only get the pin online? Is that how you did it? Purchased it through verizonwireless.com first?
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i'm not sure i follow.
first, i went to a VZW store, and not a re-seller. second, they processed my purchase in-store and once the purchase was done, Motorola (almost instantly) emailed me my pin. once I had the pin, i could go to moto maker and customize the phone i purchased (if you purchased 32gb, you could only customize 32gb).
when you checkout with moto maker, your cart shows $0.00 and your order is processed.
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i'm not sure i follow.
first, i went to a VZW store, and not a re-seller. second, they processed my purchase in-store and once the purchase was done, Motorola (almost instantly) emailed me my pin. once I had the pin, i could go to moto maker and customize the phone i purchased (if you purchased 32gb, you could only customize 32gb).
when you checkout with moto maker, your cart shows $0.00 and your order is processed.
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Ok thanks. Then it is just that I dealt with unhelpful Verizon employees at that store. They said they couldn't process my purchase in the store and it had to be done online... Guess I'm going back down there...
is there a different store you can try, or maybe ask for a manager? your situation is different than my own, but i would press since the only way to get an X now is through the moto maker site.
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is there a different store you can try, or maybe ask for a manager? your situation is different than my own, but i would press since the only way to get an X now is through the moto maker site.
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Yeah, I went back down there and convinced them I needed to purchase the phone there and it worked! Thanks for your help man.
I've been trying to do this all week also, and went to my VZW store today to do this. They were very helpful and understood that I just wanted to pay for the MotoMaker Pin, but could not get a 32GB MotoX to attach to my business account. Wish I knew how your VZW person actually did it on their end, because the 2 people helping me couldn't find a way to make it work.
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I've been trying to do this all week also, and went to my VZW store today to do this. They were very helpful and understood that I just wanted to pay for the MotoMaker Pin, but could not get a 32GB MotoX to attach to my business account. Wish I knew how your VZW person actually did it on their end, because the 2 people helping me couldn't find a way to make it work.
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Hmm, I went through the normal upgrade procedures, although it was an alternate upgrade (or whatever, where they switched upgrade from one line to a different one). First, they selected the correct line. Then it took them a second to find the phone but they searched "moto maker" (I think, or motomaker) and found both the 16gb/32gb. After that, it was signing for the contract extension and data. Finally, Motorola emailed me the pin to my account email. The shipping address was pre-entered and couldn't be changed when I checked out on Motomaker.com, which is kind of a pain because it's at my parent's house in VT...but not the end of the world.
Good luck
Is it the first account to log in on the device or the account used to order it from the Google Store? I accidentally ordered mine from my work account, and I have all of my apps tied to my personal account. Do I just make sure to log in with my personal account first?
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On the Google Store page it says a promotional code will be emailed to you once the device ships. You should be able to apply that promo code to the Google account of your choice.
Typically, they send a redemption code to the email associated with the account. If they do this, as they have in the past, then you can actually use that code on any account.
That offer is valid for US only? What about Europe ?
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I hope they send it before they ship it so I can load up on play store goodies! Buy some of those expensive apps
Looking forward to it...might get a N6P store Case! Cool
Can this be used in google store or is it only good for market items? ie. apps,movies,books
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Can this be used in google store or is it only good for market items? ie. apps,movies,books
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Looking forward to it...might get a N6P store Case! Cool
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I read the fine print and I'm pretty sure it said play store only
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Looking forward to it...might get a N6P store Case! Cool
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Can this be used in google store or is it only good for market items? ie. apps,movies,books
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Google Play credit cannot be used on the Google Store, so only apps/music/movies/etc, but no cases or other accessories. And some subscriptions are excluded as well.
If it works the same way the Nexus 7's did, it'll load to your Google account when you sign in to the Nexus 6P.