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[How to] Redeem a Play Gift Card from outside the US

Hey All!
There is a guide available on how to redeem your Google Play Gift Card from outside the US.
You can read this post here.
Hope it helps!
- reevester

What does this has anything to do with S2??

Prashanthme said:
What does this has anything to do with S2??
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Well, I have an S2 and I tested it on an S2!
But on a more serious note, Mods can move this to a more suitable thread if needed.

Great share thanks
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ALso mate do you know any way it i can cheat the play store that im in UK or US instead of India?

anshmiester78900 said:
Great share thanks
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ALso mate do you know any way it i can cheat the play store that im in UK or US instead of India?
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Market enabler...
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sahibunlimited said:
Market enabler...
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Thanks mate .!
Also can you tell me how can i make a US Gmail id ?

anshmiester78900 said:
Thanks mate .!
Also can you tell me how can i make a US Gmail id ?
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Sign up for a GMail account using a US based proxy (P.S. - this is mentioned in the blog post!)

Is there a way to get it to redeem on Canada for an existing account? What if I actually go to the USA? Seems it is not possible but what do they propose you do if you move?

This method requires making of a new Email account with a US region... is it not possible to maybe CHANGE your current primary gmail accounts region to the US...?? I dont want to have some other email address which has all my paid apps on it... whats strange is iv given my email to someone in the US to redeem a card for me right there, Yet its Still saying the card not valid in your region... :S

Google doesn't let you change it. I have discussed it in length with them and "escalated" the issue only to be told that "if you move, you have to make a new account to change the region". My Canadian account and all its content, then, is completely useless. Hope they modernize and fix this soon. They seem to think it isn't a big deal having to manage multiple accounts.

Sean09 said:
Google doesn't let you change it. I have discussed it in length with them and "escalated" the issue only to be told that "if you move, you have to make a new account to change the region". My Canadian account and all its content, then, is completely useless. Hope they modernize and fix this soon. They seem to think it isn't a big deal having to manage multiple accounts.
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But that's ridiculous... I found where you can change your account region from... but its still giving the same error... that is by far the dumbest thing iv heard... a person is supposed to make a new email address just cuz he migrates...?? And what to do about all the other places your old email id has been in use........ jeez...
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Send complaints to them and log tickets. Their poor service won't get any better if people don't speak up!

Sean09 said:
Send complaints to them and log tickets. Their poor service won't get any better if people don't speak up!
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They actually just responded to my email a bit back... what they had to say was you need to have some credit card linked to your account, which has a billing address of that country where you want your account to be associated with... once you have that don't then you can redeem the card, if the credit card entered is a U.S card...
They sent it along with steps of what exactly needs to be done... if you want can post it here...
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If you could, because I undertook those steps only to have the box greyed out to change country code. On contacting them again after complying with their US Credit Card demands they then told me it cannot be changed once set to Canada - I have to make a new account for USA. They are probably hoping most people can't do step 1 before breaking it to them that it doesn't matter if they do, since it won't change anyways.

Sean09 said:
If you could, because I undertook those steps only to have the box greyed out to change country code. On contacting them again after complying with their US Credit Card demands they then told me it cannot be changed once set to Canada - I have to make a new account for USA. They are probably hoping most people can't do step 1 before breaking it to them that it doesn't matter if they do, since it won't change anyways.
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Thanks for contacting us about country support for Google Play. We use the billing address of your default payment instrument in Google Wallet to help determine your home country for accessing the Play Store. Our collection of content can vary by country, so your view of the Play Store may differ from what others are seeing when you travel outside of the country listed on your default payment methods billing address. Please note that you must have a valid payment method with a billing address located inside a country in order to access that country's Play Store. If you're having issues viewing your intended country's Play Store, the US is going to be your permanent residency, and would like to change your default payment method or update an existing billing address in Google Wallet, please use the following steps:
1) Sign into your Google Wallet account to manage your payment methods (https:// wallet.google.com/manage/paymentMethods) 2) Add a new card or change your default payment instrument to one with a billing address located inside your desired country 3) Open the Play Store and navigate to any item available for download 4) Click to begin a download until you reach the "Accept and buy" screen (no need to complete the purchase) 5) Close the Play Store and clear data for the Google Play Store application (Settings > Apps > Google Play Store > Clear Data) or clear your browser cache 6) Re-open the Play Store. You should now see the Play Store that matches your default payment instruments billing country. If you haven't yet added a payment method to your account for the first time, please add a card directly from the Play Store with a billing address that matches your intended country location. Then, follow steps 3 through 6 to show your intended country's Play Store. If you believe that you're experiencing a different location-related issue, please first verify if the country of your primary payment method matches your intended country. If the countries match, please provide any screenshots and additional details that might help me resolve your issue. We appreciate your feedback as we continue bringing more content to Google Play. Thank you for reaching out!
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I've not been able to get any proxies to let me make an American email account...

"Don't be retarded"
Yup,
I am Canadian and bought two $25 Google Play gift cards on one of my frequent trips to the United States only to find that I cannot use them in Canada and even when I go to the States.
The whole idea was not to have to offer up a credit card to Google. Why would I need the gift cards if I could use a credit card?
When I complained to the Google support line, I got a lame story about "exchange rates". Duh! The money had already changed hands!
I know that I can create a new bogus gmail account when I am traveling to the States and do a factory reset of my device but ... hey!? ... I've never heard of a retailer who would want to discourage a sale.
Google should update it's corporate motto.
Just venting. My apologies for the unhelpful post.
Cheers.

hey i can help you to it
just email me the google play gift card code and your gmail and password so that i can attach it to your account at [email protected]

[Q] Google Play Store - Stuck in Spain :-/

Hi,
For some reason my S3's Play Store only ever gives me results from Spain (where the handset has been) but I'm in Belgium
I've tried various ways to 'relocate' it correctly, to no success. Also I've tried tweaking my Google account settings via the web and it did nothing.
Anyone have any ideas please?

is this a help section?

Are you by any chance still using a Spanish SIM?

Hi,
Nope, actually it's never even had a Spanish SIM in it. My original GMail account dates back to when living in Spain tho.
All the best

kuntstubble said:
Hi,
Nope, actually it's never even had a Spanish SIM in it. My original GMail account dates back to when living in Spain tho.
All the best
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Google is now using many things to make sure people can only use the store for their location and the country where the gmail account was set up is one of the things they take into account. Along with where it was sold at.

Simple guess you have Spanish firmware or CSC .
jje

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2228961
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Hey,
Nope, it's actually purchased in Belgium, but I've changed the CSC to the United Kingdom and run the latest UK ROM on it.

Looks like your country is changed to Spain, try set it to Belgium

Yes, but where exactly? This is the question

try to clear play store data and cache then reboot

The problem is your Gmail account.
Look for the deep setting of your Google account...

Julianocas said:
The problem is your Gmail account.
Look for the deep setting of your Google account...
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I've looked everywhere, really I have. Can't find anything.

Google play music all access: help please!!!

Hi everybody!
i'm struggling with a problem regarding google play music all access:
i just want to subscribe for the service starting with the trial.
i'm from italy and actually i live in the uk, since i've been in the uk i've used the play store in british pounds.
now i want to subscribe to the service but weirdly i see the page in italian with the price in euros and i just can't pay with my british credit card.
i reported this to the google assistance but after a few weeks they still can't find a solution!
the only think i can do is asking the community!!!
other informations:
google wallet: linked british address and british credit card
google play: all shown in pounds, previous purchases in pounds
it isn't a cache problem of the app, i've got the same problem on other devices and on the web as well.
now guys thanks for the help (sorry for my english!)

They mentioned this is due to the policy of the country IP. You need to log into Google Dashboard and change your location to UK. Also they mentioned normal browsing for a few days or weeks with a UK IP the change will be automatic. I used to be able to view the US Play store the same way but now I can't.

Region set to US instead of UK NOTE 4

Have a google account and the region is set to the US instead of the UK, dollar signs are shown and UK apps are not available as it says it's not available in your country.
Have made alterations to google wallet as described on google, but this hasn't made any difference, everything I can see I've changed and it's still showing dollars instead of pounds.
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers.

Fixed issue myself, altered everything within Google wallet, changed: address, bank card, billing address, and the sim card.
This fix was not for myself but for a friend.

App cannot be installed in my country???

Hi all,
I've recently bought this gorgeous Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, and I'm using it on O2 (UK), and I have a good mobile plan (with international calls) from my wife's contract, but I can't find the app Talk2Go in playstore. If I look after it on google, I can access playstore (for that app, apart that it's working fine) but I'm getting the message "This item cannot be installed in your device's country". The same message I'm getting by accessing playstore from PC. How can I install it from playstore (in order to get usually updates of the app)?
I have installed the apk (which isn't the latest build, but it's working fine) though from google, but, like I said, I want the playstore version.

Same issue with O2 app. I'm guessing there's an issue on my phone somewhere but I can't realize where?

check your software version, if the phone was manufactured or bought outside of the UK . It has the wrong software on it.
It recognizes playstore from a different country. simply flash the latest O2 software and the problem should be corrected.

Some apps are only for certain countries..
Try to VPN it, if it doesnt work.. make a new account for that region just to download apps...

which version should be? I have now:
what do you mean by new account for that region?

So

did you previously use it outside the region that you reside in now....just make a new playstore confirm your bank acc make a small purchase and just refund it should change location to where u reside make sure the bank is from where u currently reside in and try again if not then you are gonna have to proxy your connection by an app

no, I bought it from a local guy, hard reset and added my sim, and with UK card in google wallet. I've called google 10 min ago reporting this issue, and it's on going.