Ok, as I promised, here it is! A full and complete, auto-explanatory thread, that will give you all directions how to buy anything from Google Play Store, even if you'll not located on US :laugh!!! :laugh:
First, a little common Q&A:
1 - Q: Is that that possible?
A: Yes, not just possible but very usual and operative.
2 - Q: Is that easy?
A: Double easy, just some steps.
3 - Q: Is that safe?
A: Relativity, yes. Living is not safe at all.
4 - Q: Will I need to move to US?
A: Of course not. Neither asking someone from there for buying that for you.
5 - Q: Does it needs an US credit card?
A: No.
6 - Q: Does it needs an International credit card?
A: Yes.
7 - Q: Will Google ship my device outside US?
A: No, sorry. If you dont know someone that can take and deliver it to you, you'll need some forwarding service as US BOX, etc.
8 - Q: Is that Legal?
A: I never had trouble with that, but I have to be honest here: No. Let me explain: Google Terms and Services which is found on http://play.google.com/intl/en-US/about/terms.html , read item 3.1. ; Also, you might read on http://play.google.com/intl/en-US/about/music-terms.html , item 5.2. But if you live outside US and have an Google Music account, Google Voice or whatever Google service that is only provided on US, you already stepped on these terms. However, you may want to create a new Google Account for doing this, avoiding any risks.
Well, have to advise you're the only responsible for your acts from here. You're aware of that..
Lets begin!
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This method consists on faking you're living on US. For doing that, we'll need an International credit card for purchasing the product, an Google Account + Google Wallet account for accessing Play Store, and a tool which will fake an US environment. On purpose of adding security layers, you may need some additional tools and steps.
1 - Assuming you're already registered on Play Store and Google Wallet, log on at wallet.google.com and click on "Payment methods".
Click "Add Card" or Account (add new credit or debit card)
Fill all fields with your card info, except "Address", which will attribute special attention.
On "Adress", you will need to set an US valid address. Google doesnt checks if is it US credit card - they cannot does that because many people that born on their countries, have accounts on theirs countries, jobs on US. Doesnt have US credit card or credit count, but have an US Address.That in mind, Google checks billing address.
Ok, that was the first step. Done? Great!
Now, because since Google released Music Store, their's security system "checks" your IP location for only agreeing to give access for US residents, we'll need to pretend there we are. Google will check this condition on some cases while you're logged on restrictive services as Music, Device Stores, etc, e.g when you will click to purchase something, or paying something, etc. That said, we'll need to keep logged as US resident until we get finished with what we're purposed to do.
Also, there are several way for doing that step (VPN, Proxies, etc) but I'll teach only one here - the one I think is most balanced between safe and easy to use.
EDIT: You can use Unotelly also. Its easier to configure. www.unotelly.com
The way is TOR. If you dont know TOR, pls research about it. You'll need to know some tips for running this the way we want, but basically, you'll need an US secure fingerprint. I recommend you chose an server thats is running on secure ports as 443 HTTPS, but despite all TOR data is cryptography, keep in mind that its not a guarantee that you're are safe, as you're still vulnerable to attacks techniques such as man-in-the-middle.
Also, you can read this for doing that http://www.guptamayank.com/how-to/change-ip-address-to-any-country-specific-ip-address-tor Otherwise, you'll need to be clicking on "Use new identity" every time 'till you find an US identity.
If you arent comfortable to use TOR, I'll have to advice you that its the safer free way, in my opinion, since you know well the fingerprint you're using. You also may want to pay some VPN service, or ask someone that lives on US for providing its computers as proxy for you, whatever.
Also, you may want to use Tails, which is the most complete and safe solution for that. Free. You'll need to download and burn it, so boot from it.
2 - Download and configure (or keep switching identities) TOR : https://www.torproject.org/download/download.html.en
Launch TOR. Be sure you're using an US fingerprint and access play.google.com
3 - Now you can test if you're able to purchase something on US Google Play Store. You can do that by adding some free music. Free songs are counted and listed as *US$0.00* on Wallet. It will prove that you done.
Now that you notice you can purchase any books, songs, movies, on Play Store, you'll such as able to purchase devices as well.
As I said early, Google doesnt ships devices outside US. Find some forwarding service or ask someone on US to take it for you. No doubt that asking some friend for doing that is the cheaper choice, as you'll may need to pay taxes when device arrives in your country. But some forwarding services are very skilled on avoiding these taxes when product gets the customs.
4 - Have a nice shopping!
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Someone said it doesn't work for buying devices... I will give a try...
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Won't the payment be blocked when the fake US address associated with the credit card isn't the same of the CC registrant?
ludalex07 said:
Won't the payment be blocked when the fake US address associated with the credit card isn't the same of the CC registrant?
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Yup......they state this specifically when it comes to purchasing of devices.
http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2411816&topic=2451685&ctx=topic
Also, at this time, the country of your credit card must match the the country to which you're shipping.
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ludalex07 said:
Won't the payment be blocked when the fake US address associated with the credit card isn't the same of the CC registrant?
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I dont think so. The Google Statement which can be found here http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2411816&topic=2451685&ctx=topic says:
A Virtual Credit Card (VCC) cannot be used with your purchase in the device store. Also, at this time, the country of your credit card must match the the country to which you're shipping.
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Its clear for me. I am asking to ships to US. My billing address is US. Whats up?
Then, http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2505684&topic=2451685&ctx=topic, item 4, quotes:
Confirm the billing address listed in your Google Wallet account matches the billing address that appears on your credit/debit card statement
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Well, here we would have a problem, but, notice that is same statement that rules the Music Store, and you're able to purchase songs. So, I dont expect any further issue on doing that.
I know many people did this way for purchasing Nexus 7, Google always check the billing address country with the billing address in the file of your card, if not identical then canceled your order, hold your account in Google wallet and sent email to ask you for some verification papers like your passport or driving licence and copy of your card statement , after 2 days they send other email to tell you that your account now again active , then you can make device order again and every thing going smooth . Thats happened to about 99% from people which make this way, only one or two lucky persons there order goes without verification process.
The two disadvantage for this way that you will lose some days and may be stock will be finished and have to wait some other times, second that your first order money will reserve for sometime in your card account and mostly will have to use other money for 2nd order.
Shouldn't the thread be re-named to a countries not listed in the google play store?
cpaixao said:
I dont think so. The Google Statement which can be found here http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2411816&topic=2451685&ctx=topic says:
Its clear for me. I am asking to ships to US. My billing address is US. Whats up?
Then, http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2505684&topic=2451685&ctx=topic, item 4, quotes:
Well, here we would have a problem, but, notice that is same statement that rules the Music Store, and you're able to purchase songs. So, I dont expect any further issue on doing that.
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But the credit card we are using, the country doesn't match the US address we have faked. So it still works? Only the shipping and billing address are faked as US, but they know the credit card used isn't from US.
The main thing is, many have tried and have their orders rejected because their credit cards ain't issued with US address. Your method doesn't seem to work around that. Have you actually tried and found it working in the Play Store for devices? Afaik they are more lenient with other Play Store purchases, but damn anal about the devices section.
kenkiller said:
But the credit card we are using, the country doesn't match the US address we have faked. So it still works? Only the shipping and billing address are faked as US, but they know the credit card used isn't from US.
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Well, unless I had missed it, can't remember had read on whatever Google statement or rule that they'll only accept US credit cards. If they did so, pls mentioning that line for us will be very helpful!
owenmurr said:
Shouldn't the thread be re-named to a countries not listed in the google play store?
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There are countries listed on Play Store that still cannot purchase some products or services.
cpaixao said:
Well, unless I had missed it, can't remember had read on whatever Google statement or rule that they'll only accept US credit cards. If they did so, pls mentioning that line for us will be very helpful!
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Yeah, but doesn't this line means that at the minimum the country listed as shipping to has to be the same issuing country of the CC used?
Also, at this time, the country of your credit card must match the the country to which you're shipping.
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Your example only gives a US shipping address, which doesn't match CC used. How to work around that with the steps you've listed so far?
kenkiller said:
Yeah, but doesn't this line means that at the minimum the country listed as shipping to has to be the same issuing country of the CC used?
Your example only gives a US shipping address, which doesn't match CC used. How to work around that with the steps you've listed so far?
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This never hampered me from purchasing music and movies on US Play Store, why should this block for now, said that is the same statement which rules both Music and Devices store?
However, you may be right, and on that case, we'll have another strategy hiring some service to buy it for you, as shipto, myusa, sq-liquidations (the best one for me), and you'll have to add about 10% more to final price.
This thread confuses me. I'm not in the US. I'm in Canada. I can buy apps from the play store just fine with my CDN CC. The Nexus 4 is listed in Canadian prices for me when I look it up on the Play Store ($359 CDN for 16GB). Are you saying that despite all that, I still won't be able to buy the Nexus 4?
I have set up TOR and was able to get to the nexus page. However when i tried to do a checkout at the cart, the page just loads forever
Any idea what went wrong?
Hi,
I am from Czech Republic and my friend is going to travel to USA after a few days. Is there any way, he can buy me NEXUS 4 even he doesn't have US credit card and his card isn't registrated to US address?
thanks
LLCoolLS said:
This thread confuses me. I'm not in the US. I'm in Canada. I can buy apps from the play store just fine with my CDN CC. The Nexus 4 is listed in Canadian prices for me when I look it up on the Play Store ($359 CDN for 16GB). Are you saying that despite all that, I still won't be able to buy the Nexus 4?
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There is Google Store for Devices in Canada, so you will have no problems with purchasing Nexus 4.
Akopop said:
Hi,
I am from Czech Republic and my friend is going to travel to USA after a few days. Is there any way, he can buy me NEXUS 4 even he doesn't have US credit card and his card isn't registrated to US address?
thanks
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I think it will only be sold online, even if you'll be at US.
Leion said:
I have set up TOR and was able to get to the nexus page. However when i tried to do a checkout at the cart, the page just loads forever
Any idea what went wrong?
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Check your fingerprints.
cpaixao,
I can't figure out if your method works for devices or multimedia only? Can someone confirm?
I live in Croatia and have friend visiting Atlanta in early December. I'm trying to figure out if it is possible to make order from Croatia and have it shipped to his hotel address in Atlanta. Credit card is also issued in Croatia.
meljuga said:
cpaixao,
I can't figure out if your method works for devices or multimedia only? Can someone confirm?
I live in Croatia and have friend visiting Atlanta in early December. I'm trying to figure out if it is possible to make order from Croatia and have it shipped to his hotel address in Atlanta. Credit card is also issued in Croatia.
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I dont want to be rude, but, read the title of the thread again...
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So, here's the thing. I have a friend living in the US who is coming over to India in about 10 days.
I want to order a Nexus 7 that is delivered to his house & he will bring it with him when he comes here.
I figured out how to access the US Play Store [using a proxy that spoofs an US IP].
Now, can I use my Indian credit card and enter a US billing address ?
Are there any other steps I need to take so that the order goes through ?
If anyone has placed an order or has any experience doing such stuff, I would really appreciate you input.
sidthegreatest said:
So, here's the thing. I have a friend living in the US who is coming over to India in about 10 days.
I want to order a Nexus 7 that is delivered to his house & he will bring it with him when he comes here.
I figured out how to access the US Play Store [using a proxy that spoofs an US IP].
Now, can I use my Indian credit card and enter a US billing address ?
Are there any other steps I need to take so that the order goes through ?
If anyone has placed an order or has any experience doing such stuff, I would really appreciate you input.
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Can your "friend" not buy it for you using his credit card and you pay him out later? He can pick it up at any retail store stocking N7.
Most CC cards need the billing address to be specified on the file, I suspect transaction with your own CC will be denied.
Besides, have you been reading the forums yet? All the 12-13 manufacturing defects this tablet has?
What will you do if you get a lemon?
hashibahoohaa said:
Can your "friend" not buy it for you using his credit card and you pay him out later?
Most CC cards need the billing address to be specified on the file, I suspect transaction with your own CC will be denied.
Besides, have you been reading the forums yet? All the 12-13 manufacturing defects this tablet has?
What will you do if you get a lemon?
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Nah, I couldn't ask him to pay for it.
If I give a US billing address [fake], will the transaction be declined ?
As for the defects, I am worried, but as ASUS seems to releasing the Nexus 7 in India in a few months, I will get warranty soon enough. But, I definitely hope I get a defect-free tablet.:fingers-crossed:
Anyone have any ideas on how to do it ?
Bump ?
You can open US play store using Market Enabler...
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bumenoo said:
You can open US play store using Market Enabler...
Sent from my E15i
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But that is just for the Play Store on a android device. I cannot order a Nexus from within an Android phone, can I ?
sidthegreatest said:
But that is just for the Play Store on a android device. I cannot order a Nexus from within an Android phone, can I ?
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Hi there,
I'm a reseller in other country. My customers want to buy google nexus so much that I have to find a way to order it from play store.
I will ship the items to a cargo service in US and then export them to my country.
In the purchase step, I added my international VISA card with billing address is the cargo service address and the shipping address is the same. I did it well and ordered about 200 items last month. However prior last three days, google immediately canceled my all orders if I place new order. I don't know whether google implement their policy about using the US-credit card payment policy more strictly.
sidthegreatest said:
So, here's the thing. I have a friend living in the US who is coming over to India in about 10 days.
I want to order a Nexus 7 that is delivered to his house & he will bring it with him when he comes here.
I figured out how to access the US Play Store [using a proxy that spoofs an US IP].
Now, can I use my Indian credit card and enter a US billing address ?
Are there any other steps I need to take so that the order goes through ?
If anyone has placed an order or has any experience doing such stuff, I would really appreciate you input.
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You can use your CC, with the REAL billing address. Although from what I've learned, it is possible that your account might be suspended.
But DON'T PANIC.... If it does, write to customer service and provide your ID and CC scans to prove you are not fraud...
There are cases here in China that passed through.
Good luck.
coolkid1712 said:
Hi there,
I'm a reseller in other country. My customers want to buy google nexus so much that I have to find a way to order it from play store.
I will ship the items to a cargo service in US and then export them to my country.
In the purchase step, I added my international VISA card with billing address is the cargo service address and the shipping address is the same. I did it well and ordered about 200 items last month. However prior last three days, google immediately canceled my all orders if I place new order. I don't know whether google implement their policy about using the US-credit card payment policy more strictly.
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I encountered the same problem recently. Called Google Play support and apparently there is some CC processing issue since Sunday and was still working on it which is consistent with your experience. So just have to wait I suppose. Unless of course the CS is misleading us although he has no reason to do so.
Anyone successfully ordered devices from Google in the last 3 days ?
fylim said:
I encountered the same problem recently. Called Google Play support and apparently there is some CC processing issue since Sunday and was still working on it which is consistent with your experience. So just have to wait I suppose. Unless of course the CS is misleading us although he has no reason to do so.
Anyone successfully ordered devices from Google in the last 3 days ?
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OMG, you 're so nice. I think I'm the only one meet this problem ( . I'm very frustrated 5 days because I cannot place any order on google play store. Do you have skype or email that we can contact and share information about ordering bulk google nexus 7?
I created many gmail account to tried place order with 3 different international debit cards but there's no positive result. I received some emails with the same content:
Hi there,
Thanks for your patience in this matter, my name is Paul E. and I will
help you sort this out today. I really do know how frustrating these
things can be.
According to our records, this purchase was cancelled by our system for
security reasons, but this appears to have been an isolated case that has
since been resolved. I've taken a look at your account and confirmed that
you have not been charged.
Though your order has been cancelled, you may notice activity on your
credit/debit card for this order. Please be assured that the amount on
your card statement is an authorization, not an actual charge, and the
authorization will automatically be removed from your account within 1-14
business days, depending on your bank.
Though we're not able to re-instate cancelled orders, you're welcome to
try your purchase again. If your orders continue to be automatically
cancelled, please do write back and let me know so that we can alert the
proper team and ensure that your orders go through properly.
I hope that answers your question, but feel free to ask any other Google
Play questions you have. I'd also like to let you know to expect a short
anonymous survey about your support experience in the next few days; we
keep trying to find ways to improve our customer support, and your
feedback will definitely help.
Best,
Paul E.
The Google Play Support Team
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alexjx said:
You can use your CC, with the REAL billing address. Although from what I've learned, it is possible that your account might be suspended.
But DON'T PANIC.... If it does, write to customer service and provide your ID and CC scans to prove you are not fraud...
There are cases here in China that passed through.
Good luck.
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How can you use non-US billing address? I tried but I cannot place order with non-us billing address.
More problems ordering apps
Hi,
Ok, so hopefully someone has a suggestion.
I've been able to order apps just fine using Proxmate extension on Chrome.
The other day it stopped working.
I had my programmer create a proxy to try and get through, and still no luck ordering.
One possible problem is I tried probably 20+ times to order as we were trying to debug the process.
Now, I have an employee of mine in the US loglin to my account, and try to place an order for an app and it gives her the same error - that the order could not be placed for a technical reason.
Anyone have any ideas how I can get around this? I can log in just fine, but can not purchase. If they suspended my account, I would imagine that I would not be able to even login - but that's just a guess.
Any ideas would be most appreciated.
Thanks.
Today I am trying to buy the Nexus 4.
My card keeps getting declined.
I tried using my TD Visa Debit Card, - It Declines.
So I tried using my Fathers VISA Credit Card
It declines as well.
I live in Canada.
I have purchased many apps from the google Play store using my TD Visa Debit card no problem.
I don't know what to do
Edit: Solved. check here for solution http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37389814&postcount=8
imtiax said:
Today I am trying to buy the Nexus 4.
My card keeps getting declined.
I tried using my TD Visa Debit Card, - It Declines.
So I tried using my Fathers VISA Credit Card
It declines as well.
I live in Canada.
I have purchased many apps from the google Play store using my TD Visa Debit card no problem.
I don't know what to do
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"Declined"? I would suggest you call your financial institution and alert them of your purchase. Are you entering the same/ correct billing and shipping address as on your cc files?
You can't buy a device from Google Play (U.S.) and have a delivery address outside of the US. Apps are different as they are not physically mailed out.
I had this as well when I first tried to order - just call up your bank to authorize the transaction, as they're probably blocking the transaction due to fraud measures.
I'm with Santander, and they're very cautious - I had to call them and give security details before they would allow the transaction.
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kzoodroid said:
You can't buy a device from Google Play (U.S.) and have a delivery address outside of the US. Apps are different as they are not physically mailed out.
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He's probably buying it from the Canadian Play Store.
sav_uk said:
I had this as well when I first tried to order - just call up your bank to authorize the transaction, as they're probably blocking the transaction due to fraud measures.
I'm with Santander, and they're very cautious - I had to call them and give security details before they would allow the transaction.
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He's probably buying it from the Canadian Play Store.
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I don't think it's available yet on the Canadian Google Play so that's why I thought he was trying to buy it on the U.S. site.
kzoodroid said:
I don't think it's available yet on the Canadian Google Play so that's why I thought he was trying to buy it on the U.S. site.
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It's available in US and Canada and Germany and now UK stores.
Make sure the delivery address is the same as the address on the credit card as that could be a reason its denied. And if your using your Father's CC then the order would have to be in his name, with his billing address info (if different from yours) as Visa would deny it if it was in your name not the name of the person on the credit card.
I called Google and they pushed it through. They said it was an error in their system.
Got it working with my dad's credit card.
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Yea. Welcome to the club!
imtiax said:
I called Google and they pushed it through. They said it was an error in their system.
Got it working with my dad's credit card.
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Sorry for bumping this thread, but this is happeneing to me. Im in the U.S. and ive used 2 credit cards and even bought 99 cent apps with BOTH of them to make sure they work and they do, but the card is declined for the nexus 4. What was the number you called? I cant find it
I'm in Canada. I just called Google customer service and they manually pushed the order through for me. It was some security thing on their end. that blocked the order from initally going throuhg.
jimbohurt said:
Sorry for bumping this thread, but this is happeneing to me. Im in the U.S. and ive used 2 credit cards and even bought 99 cent apps with BOTH of them to make sure they work and they do, but the card is declined for the nexus 4. What was the number you called? I cant find it
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I found these numbers to contact Google.
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I found these numbers to contact Google.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
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WOW, they said it couldnt go through cause my shipping and billing address's arent the same? But my billing adress is a PO box so i literally cant make them be the same. This feels wierd. Especially because it asked for the shipping and the billing, its like, if they have to be the same why have me fill both of them out? I buy things online a lot, probably too much, and have never ever ran across this issue.
jimbohurt said:
WOW, they said it couldnt go through cause my shipping and billing address's arent the same? But my billing adress is a PO box so i literally cant make them be the same. This feels wierd. Especially because it asked for the shipping and the billing, its like, if they have to be the same why have me fill both of them out? I buy things online a lot, probably too much, and have never ever ran across this issue.
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So I'm guessing you cant buy the phone?
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scream4cheese said:
So I'm guessing you cant buy the phone?
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It says right on the Playstore site you cannot ship to P.O. Boxes and Military addresses (APO's).
https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2411789?hl=en
kzoodroid said:
It says right on the Playstore site you cannot ship to P.O. Boxes and Military addresses (APO's).
https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2411789?hl=en
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Yeah, which is fine and fair, its cause UPS wont ship to them, thats normal. Most my purchases i cant ship to my po box and thats fine. But this is the first time a place wont let me buy without shipping to my billing adress, which is a po box.
But thanks for the comments guys, my sister ended up being nice enough to purchase it on her credit card and ship to her house, so i got it
I can't seem to find an answer for this in Google. Was wondering if anyone could help me figure it out.
My mother wants to buy a Nexus 10. She lives in Luxembourg, but spends about 2 months every year visiting us in the US. (She is here now, preparing to buy tablet). She wants to access the US Play Store, both here and at home in Lux. Is this possible? What would we need to do it set it up that way? Is using a US credit card enough or are we going to need some kind of Market Enabler app? VPN/Proxy?
Thanks!
KestrelX said:
I can't seem to find an answer for this in Google. Was wondering if anyone could help me figure it out.
My mother wants to buy a Nexus 10. She lives in Luxembourg, but spends about 2 months every year visiting us in the US. (She is here now, preparing to buy tablet). She wants to access the US Play Store, both here and at home in Lux. Is this possible? What would we need to do it set it up that way? Is using a US credit card enough or are we going to need some kind of Market Enabler app? VPN/Proxy?
Which makes me wonder, when I go to visit her in Lux, will I be able to use my Nexus 10 there and access the play store?
Thanks!
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You would be able to access the playstore from most countries. The country would remain the one to which your google account is linked and I guess so will the currency.
For example, google movies weren't available where I live around till a month ago. They wouldn't show up on my play store earlier. However, they would show up on my sister's playstore when she visited from London. In simple terms, she was accessing Playstore UK from New Delhi, India.
In answer to the question about the US playstore regarding your mum's tab, I guess you will have to buy a tablet preferably with a US credit card (though this might be overlooked) and definately register it to a US based gmail account. Be sure to register a credit card on the playstore and google account which works in the US.
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You would be able to access the playstore from most countries. The country would remain the one to which your google account is linked and I guess so will the currency.
For example, google movies weren't available where I live around till a month ago. They wouldn't show up on my play store earlier. However, they would show up on my sister's playstore when she visited from London. In simple terms, she was accessing Playstore UK from New Delhi, India.
In answer to the question about the US playstore regarding your mum's tab, I guess you will have to buy a tablet preferably with a US credit card (though this might be overlooked) and definately register it to a US based gmail account. Be sure to register a credit card on the playstore and google account which works in the US.
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Thank you
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I'm afraid the above answer may be wrong; it certainly is for Google Play Books. I live in the US, have an Android tablet (Asus TF101 running a Jellybean ROM, tested and working fine with Google Play and with numerous purchases in the US), and it was activated and regularly used for well over a year in the US. My Google account to which it is linked has been used regularly in the US for quite a few years. And to top it all off, the account is linked to a credit card issued in the US, by a US credit union.
Despite all of the above, when I went to purchase a book while travelling overseas on a two week vacation recently, the purchase was denied on the grounds that I was not in the US. It may work briefly, I don't know; I'd been overseas for maybe 9-10 days when I tried the purchase.
However, it was utter childs' play to circumvent this. All I had to do was buy VPN access (it so happens I already had it), go in through the VPN to get a US IP address, and hey presto... The Play store let me make the very same book purchase it had just refused me.
So yes, a VPN is the answer. I used WiTopia, which is US$50 annually or US$6 per month.
https://www.witopia.net/products/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1978281
This thread might make clearer which credit card to use. You can read the credit card related part.
As for the reply by the person above me, as he has tried purchasing from google playstore while travelling he might have a better idea about that, though I am sure US playstore, movies, music, books etc would be available to you abroad as UK playstore is for my sister. As per what he says, buying from them might be a problem.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1978281
This thread might make clearer which credit card to use. You can read the credit card related part.
As for the reply by the person above me, as he has tried purchasing from google playstore while travelling he might have a better idea about that, though I am sure US playstore, movies, music, books etc would be available to you abroad as UK playstore is for my sister. As per what he says, buying from them might be a problem.
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Oh, yes. They're available abroad, they just don't let you buy (at least some) products.
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When I travel led to Canada it showed me the Canadian play store and I could not access the US play store.
I thought I would share my experience with both products and why I chose to go with Samsung Pay as my digital wallet. Let me know your thoughts if you have used them both.
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The last 4 numbers on the card within the app have to be the actual numbers of your card, because if you have multiple cards from the same bank, you would never be able to know which is which.
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That's what I thought about as well at first. At Least with bank of america and citi cards are all different colors. I don't have two blue, red or black. I did an informal survey of friends and they pulled their cards out and didnt seem to have two visa, mastercard or amex. Just one of each. hmmm
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The last 4 numbers on the card within the app have to be the actual numbers of your card, because if you have multiple cards from the same bank, you would never be able to know which is which.
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Exactly... With one of my banks I have 3 Visas (2 are debit cards) and they all look identical other than the numbers.
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That's what I thought about as well at first. At Least with bank of america and citi cards are all different colors. I don't have two blue, red or black. I did an informal survey of friends and they pulled their cards out and didnt seem to have two visa, mastercard or amex. Just one of each. hmmm
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I have 2 visas that are identical.
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It's kind of a no brainer for those with the choice...
Wallet's a clunky mess. If I use it at Walgreen's I have to: enter or bypass my loyalty number, choose credit or debit, and confirm the amount. Softcard, Apple Pay, and Samsung Pay all are/were "tap and go." Maybe Android Pay's improved but I'm not married to Google and I trust Samsung more then them not to monotize me.
Android Pay requires you to use a lockscreen PIN so no fingerprints. Fail.
My US Bank cards arrive next week so I can start using it personally. But from comments and videos Samsung Pay sure looks quick and easy to use.
What difference does which you choose make? They all do the same thing and Samsung's lock on using legacy magnetic stripe machines is kind of a big differentiator.
Am I missing something? Does anyone here have positives for using Android Pay?
So I went to Staples today and noticed they had the new card readers that say Android Pay and Apple Pay on them so I was like cool I'll try android pay for the first time...and it failed with a error so I quickly switched over to Samsung Pay and it worked without a hitch so needless to say that Samsung Pay is the clear winner. Even if Android Pay did work Samsung Pay is still the king!
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It's kind of a no brainer for those with the choice...
Android Pay requires you to use a lockscreen PIN so no fingerprints. Fail.
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Android Pay requires a lockscreen period. It doesn't care if it's a pin or fingerprints. I am using Android Pay on my Note 5 and have my lockscreen set to the fingerprint reader.
I would never use a phone with no lock screen, so that requirement doesn't impact me.
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BarryH_GEG said:
It's kind of a no brainer for those with the choice...
Wallet's a clunky mess. If I use it at Walgreen's I have to: enter or bypass my loyalty number, choose credit or debit, and confirm the amount. Softcard, Apple Pay, and Samsung Pay all are/were "tap and go." Maybe Android Pay's improved but I'm not married to Google and I trust Samsung more then them not to monotize me.
Android Pay requires you to use a lockscreen PIN so no fingerprints. Fail.
My US Bank cards arrive next week so I can start using it personally. But from comments and videos Samsung Pay sure looks quick and easy to use.
What difference does which you choose make? They all do the same thing and Samsung's lock on using legacy magnetic stripe machines is kind of a big differentiator.
Am I missing something? Does anyone here have positives for using Android Pay?
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What are you talking about? Wallet is tap and forget. Open app, put in pin, tap device on reader. That's all you ever have to do
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Will Verizon folks get Samsung pay?
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Ya, the fact that Android Pay supports my credit union and that I can't use Samsung Pay at all.
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Ya, the fact that Android Pay supports my credit union and that I can't use Samsung Pay at all.
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That one's kind of a given.
Anyway, Wallet updated itself to Android Pay a couple of days ago so I got to play with it. Did anyone here use ISIS/Softcard? Compared to the old Wallet it worked great and was literally "tap and go" so you didn't have to deal with picking debit or credit and answering "enter rewards number?' and "is amount OK?" That's the way Apple Pay works. I was hoping with the Softcard purchase things would have improved but they haven't. The only improvement in A-Pay I noticed is not having to launch the app to use it. If the device is alive and unlocked it'll work. Any other big enhancements I missed?
I've been in the S-Pay beta since it launched but I haven't been able to use it because none of my cards were eligible. I hated my bank so moved everything over to US Bank and all my "stuff" came in Thrusday including a Visa check card and credit card. Some S-Pay observations...
Not related to S-Pay, but US Bank really wants to make sure it's you using your "stuff." My check card came Thursday but you can't activate it without signing up for online banking. Fine, but you need your bank assigned PIN to do that. It ships separately so I had to wait until Friday when it arrived to access anything or put my card(s) in S-Pay. US Bank has a three step verification process: user designated User ID, followed by a user selected picture with audio (the dog picture barks) with a user assigned field naming the picture which has to be entered at each verification, and then a password. If someone hacks my account and can get past all that they deserve what's in it.
Adding the cards wasn't smooth sailing either. The credit card went in fine but at the end it listed options to validate the card for use with S-Pay. The only option was to call US Bank. I thought with a techish product like mobile payment being required to pick-up the phone was a bit old school. It may be a US Bank vs. an S-Pay thing. The debit card kept failing when I tried to put it in because with all the ID's I had to create I forgot to sign in to mobile banking and answer a half dozen questions to officially activate the card. It was fine after that and I got a different US Bank number to call to get permission to add the card.
App-wise S-Pay feels so much more logical and complete than A-Pay. In the example above where I had to call the bank their was a dialer icon to make the call from within the verification page I was on. The cards you enter are all swipeable and the last card used becomes the default until you use a different card. If you tap the card all your activity is shown and at the bottom there's a "customer service" expandable field with actionable links to the banks website and phone number. There's also a button that allows you to directly open your bank's app, use it, and when done you're returned to where you were in S-Pay. Once you enter your fingerprint at the sales terminal to make a payment there's a count down bar that shows S-Pay's reading so you know when it's ready and active. Little stuff but it makes S-Pay feel complete.
You can set how you want to access S-Pay for making payments in any combination - directly from the lock screen, directly from any home screen, or even when the screen's off. The last one's cool and works like taking a note on the display with S Pen when the phone's off. All are invoked by swiping from the bottom of the display. Leaving the above "off" requires you to launch the app yourself to make a payment. Pretty cool stuff.
So I had fun using it today for errands. I hit three magnetic terminals at Home Depot, Walmart, and Circle K. All three worked well and in one shot. The Walmart terminal was ancient and was literally held to its dock with duct tape. I was counseled by Walmart and Circle K staff that I can't use my phone to pay just as the register completed the sale. Priceless. I used it via NFC at Walgreens and it worked like Apple Pay and Softcard with no post recognition interrogation - just tap, pay, and done. Happy.
Needless to say because I have a choice I disabled Wallet/A-Pay. On AT&T you can't delete it because it's a pre-installed app. I'm not sorry to see it go and going back to it from Softcard was painful. Samsung's set a pretty high ease-of-use bar for Google to match. When I was setting up S-Pay a system pop-up asked if I wanted to replace A-Pay as my mobile payment choice. So people that want to use both will have to go in to settings to toggle between them.
Sorry for the long post. Mobile payments are going to be huge and I find this stuff interesting. Hope some others do to.
You don't have to toggle anything to go between apps. You set android pay as the default, and choose prioritize forward application. That way, when spay is open, it is used to pay. If it's closed, android pay is used. As of now, android pay supports Amex and s-pay doesn't. It also stores loyalty cards and brings them up automatically when near a store.
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What are you talking about? Wallet is tap and forget. Open app, put in pin, tap device on reader. That's all you ever have to do
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You actually don't even have to open the app. You just tap the terminal and because you set your default Tap-to-Pay method in the settings it knows what app to use and because Android Pay allows you to set a default card it knows which card to use. I just tap, scan fingerprint and it payment goes through.
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You actually don't even have to open the app. You just tap the terminal and because you set your default Tap-to-Pay method in the settings it knows what app to use and because Android Pay allows you to set a default card it knows which card to use. I just tap, scan fingerprint and it payment goes through.
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Yeah, I know that is how it works now with Android pay. But with wallet you needed to enter your pin to make a purchase.
I haven't used any of these yet or even read up on it. last night was the first time i've seen any of this in action when my brother used Android Pay to make a payment. but, is internet access required? or does it work like how you could just tap your card on certain terminals (like what I used to do with my bank card)?
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I haven't used any of these yet or even read up on it. last night was the first time i've seen any of this in action when my brother used Android Pay to make a payment. but, is internet access required? or does it work like how you could just tap your card on certain terminals (like what I used to do with my bank card)?
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I don't think it needs Internet. Google wallet payments did, but I don't think android pay or Samsung Pay does. Not 100% on that though.
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I don't think it needs Internet. Google wallet payments did, but I don't think android pay or Samsung Pay does. Not 100% on that though.
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hopefully not. at many grocery stores, I can barely hang on to any signal. i'll probably play around with them this weekend.
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tallazzPilipino said:
hopefully not. at many grocery stores, I can barely hang on to any signal. i'll probably play around with them this weekend.
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Apparently you can do a few transactions without a data connection on Android pay.
FYI.....Only applicable if paid via website and not PayPal
http://www.androidpolice.com/2018/0...ts-credit-card-fraud-buying-companys-website/
https://www.technobuffalo.com/2018/...eports/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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Heard the news. Called my credit card. Luckily there weren't any other purchases except for the 5T. Blocked it anyway for peace of mind.
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Happened to me
Account hacked too
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Happened to me
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I used a Chase Credit card to buy my 5T and today received a note that my e-mail address was changed on my Chase account (to an e-mail account I never used). I use a password program generated password full of gobbledygook number and letters so I couldn't figure out how it was hacked. I spent an hour of the phone with the fraud unit and they couldn't figure it out, only speculation. They just didn't know if it was associated with OnePlus or not. The hack didn't charge anything but drained the account of reward points. Chase is making me whole again, but I still suspect it was from OnePlus based on all the complaints. I guess it's PayPal for me for all future Asian purchases.
Update: OnePlus disables credit card payments on its website in wake of reported security breach | Phone Arena
If you've done any credit card payments on OnePlus.net, it's advised you keep an eye on your payment history and statements.
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yeah, bought the phone in december and the CC got compromised yesterday.. still waiting for the bank's investigation though
From OP:
Dear user,
We are deeply sorry to inform you that following an attack on our systems, your credit card data may have been compromised. This data includes the card number, expiry date and security code that you entered at oneplus.net.
As soon as we were made aware of the attack, we launched an urgent investigation. We suspended credit card payments and have been working with a cybersecurity firm to reinforce our systems.
We recommend that you check your card statements and report any charges you don't recognize to your bank. They will help you initiate a chargeback and prevent any financial loss. If you run into any problems, or need further guidance, don't hesitate to reach out to us.
Meanwhile, we are looking for a suitable way to offer one year's credit monitoring to affected users. Credit monitoring is a service that alerts you to any abnormal or fraudulent use of your credit card. We will be in touch over email with details on how to claim your credit monitoring.
Once again, we cannot apologize enough for this incident and the trouble it may have caused you. We have informed the relevant authorities to monitor your card status, and will take measures to ensure this never happens again. If you have any questions, our customer support team is available at [email protected].
Our deepest apologies,
The OnePlus Team
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Wow!!! OnePlus says up to 40,000 customers were affected by credit card security breach
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Wow!!! OnePlus says up to 40,000 customers were affected by credit card security breach
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Yeah, saw that. Probably a good time to just proactively call your credit card company and report it lost/stolen and reference the data breach and have them issue us new cards. I just ordered my phone last week, so I may be in that breach.
I guess I was one of the lucky ones (this time) as I used PayPal. I think I used PayPal so that I could have the charge billed to my AMEX card. I don't recall if their CC processor took AMEX and I wanted to get the purchase protection with the card. Either way, I had enough fraudulent transactions/identity theft last year including taxes fraudulently filed using my identity that hopefully I can skip this incursion.
My card was charged for yahoo advertising space, I quickly cancelled the card but now feel super pissed about how OnePlus is handling the situation. I don't need any credit monitoring, my bank takes care of that (I have some added services) - I'm thinking about getting a refund and going full pixel 2 xl. This is such a ****ed up situation.
What do you expect them to do? I'm not beating you up asking but I'm curious because offering credit monitoring is what they all do in data breaches and as the horse is already down the road there is little more than can do. We'll see if they were sloppy in their security practices as it moves forward but for now we don't know that end of it. I do find it odd that you're considering Google which had a data breach more than 30 times larger as a go to answer.
This isn't to say I'm not POed, I've been trashed by Equifax, Tmo, Premara, and one other I cant even think of right now and here I am canceling my card and getting a new one sent in this latest bit of fun. The first time I remember being hopeful that I had taken my turn at being unlucky and that perhaps I wouldn't be hit again. Time and experience has changed that to me becoming fully confident I'll be right here again before long because it's pretty obvious the thieves are better at getting our data than companies are at protecting it.
I wont even buy anything online if I cannot use PayPal. I've always considered entering your CC information into a web page as about as secure as giving it over the phone.
It appears that OnePlus was following industry standards:
While OnePlus appears to have been following standard industry practice for encrypting data before sending it to the credit card processor, the problem appears to be a small window of opportunity, after the user has entered their data into the web form and before they hit submit. A tiny snippet of code, placed in the right place on OnePlus’s webpage, could capture the relevant credit card information and send it directly from the user’s browser, without the unencrypted credit card info ever being seen by OnePlus. That explains why only users who entered a new number into OnePlus’s system were affected by the breach, not users who had a saved credit card or used PayPal.
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In today's day and age, it's not a matter of if, but when your personal data will be compromised. I have dealt with data breaches, from Equifax, T-Mobile, BCBS, Home Depot, IRS and more. I have even suffered identify theft and tax fraud as a result of one or more of these breaches. They all offered credit monitoring, it's all they pretty much do. The best thing you can do, IMO, is stay on top of your financial and personal data via monitoring etc.
Not sure I would be bail on OnePlus because of the issue, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
Meh, it happens to all sorts of companies, not much they can do once the damage is done. I just had my card issuer issue a new card, just to be safe.
If you want to stay safe you need to use cash... Face to face transaction (and hope the guys friends aren't hiding in the next room waiting for you to flash the wad of cash)...
Unfortunately as the world gets more technical, so do the thieves...
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I used a Chase Credit card to buy my 5T and today received a note that my e-mail address was changed on my Chase account (to an e-mail account I never used). I use a password program generated password full of gobbledygook number and letters so I couldn't figure out how it was hacked. I spent an hour of the phone with the fraud unit and they couldn't figure it out, only speculation. They just didn't know if it was associated with OnePlus or not. The hack didn't charge anything but drained the account of reward points. Chase is making me whole again, but I still suspect it was from OnePlus based on all the complaints. I guess it's PayPal for me for all future Asian purchases.
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You should have a unique email address for your bank accounts. Do not use it for Paypal, as that email is public.
Also consider two-factor authentication.
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If you want to stay safe you need to use cash... Face to face transaction (and hope the guys friends aren't hiding in the next room waiting for you to flash the wad of cash)...
Unfortunately as the world gets more technical, so do the thieves...
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Cash is safe? You know how many people get mugged and robbed for cash in fake meet ups from eBay or Craigslist? haha
Online, all you have to do is cancel your card or dispute a charge. Face to face you have physical danger to worry about. Face to face, I switch from concealed carry, to having a Glock 19 openly on my hip. lots of people prey on face to face meets because they know that you are showing up with a wad of cash.
Happened to me. They hit my account on Wed. I know because I used a card I never use online for this one purchase. My bad but sucks either way