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How to buy Nexus 4 (or whatever) from Google Play Store *Outside* US

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...

Google wont let me buy a Nexus 4

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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scream4cheese said:
I found these numbers to contact Google.
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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

Samsung Trade-In Site Not Working

I've tried several times and the site tells me my IMEI and Wi-Fi MAC Address is not valid. I removed them from the site for protection.
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alhadee12 said:
I've tried several times and the site tells me my IMEI and Wi-Fi MAC Address is not valid. I removed them from the site for protection. View attachment 2971368
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Yeah this is bull. Same thing here.

DrexelDragon said:
Yeah this is bull. Same thing here.
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I was hoping I wasn't the only one experiencing this problem.

alhadee12 said:
I was hoping I wasn't the only one experiencing this problem.
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Are you entering in the new devices imei and wifi mac address? make sure they are connected to the same network or wifi? This is making me really anxious.......

Virusbetax said:
Are you entering in the new devices imei and wifi mac address? make sure they are connected to the same network or wifi? This is making me really anxious.......
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Huh? Wifi network they are connected to means nothing.

Virusbetax said:
Are you entering in the new devices imei and wifi mac address? make sure they are connected to the same network or wifi? This is making me really anxious.......
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Yes, I pulled the information directly from the status section of the device.

DrexelDragon said:
Huh? Wifi network they are connected to means nothing.
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Just trying to offer some helpful advice . Anyways i felt that maybe Samsung verified you had the device in your hand by doing the wifi mac address thing by detecting that you are currently connected to the wifi with that device. i dunno......

Same here, maybe it has to do with these phones schedule to be released on the 17th and they may not have the IMEI's active in their systems.
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I was able to submit my Sprint Note 2 through the website. I had two hex numbers under device status. The shorter number didn't register but went through when I submitted the longer hex number. For my Sprint device, the longer hex number had an additional two digit prefix.

LaDoyers said:
I was able to submit my Sprint Note 2 through the website. I had two hex numbers under device status. The shorter number didn't register but went through when I submitted the longer hex number. For my Sprint device, the longer hex number had an additional two digit prefix.
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You entered your note 2's imei and wifi mac?

gbert15 said:
You entered your note 2's imei and wifi mac?
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Yes. Folks at tmobile said the site is to verify that the trade-in device has clean esn etc.

I did NOT write down my trade in devices' imei or wifi mac address.... because in noplace on the samsung promotion site did it say we had to.
But i believe it's the note 4s info that you have to input? I got on a chat with a samsung rep and she said it is because the note 4 is officially released for us on 10/17 so starting Friday the site will work for us.

slickmastajay said:
I did NOT write down my trade in devices' imei or wifi mac address.... because in noplace on the samsung promotion site did it say we had to.
But i believe it's the note 4s info that you have to input? I got on a chat with a samsung rep and she said it is because the note 4 is officially released for us on 10/17 so starting Friday the site will work for us.
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You're correct, the site does not specify whether it's trade-in device or new device. I guess we have a month and half to figure it out.
I'll post some more details as soon as I hear back from Samsung. I mailed the documents through usps.
Edit: I found the instructions under official rules of the page. It's the numbers for the pre-ordered device and not the trade-in device. Resubmitting documents tomorrow lol.

LaDoyers said:
You're correct, the site does not specify whether it's trade-in device or new device. I guess we have a month and half to figure it out.
I'll post some more details as soon as I hear back from Samsung. I mailed the documents through usps.
Edit: I found the instructions under official rules of the page. It's the numbers for the pre-ordered device and not the trade-in device. Resubmitting documents tomorrow lol.
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The site says, "We'll also need your new device's IMEI or HE'D MEID
and Wi-Fi MAC address."

LaDoyers said:
Yes. Folks at tmobile said the site is to verify that the trade-in device has clean esn etc.
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I guess u got the reason why I asked now! Yea its the note 4 numbers not the trade in device! I think most of the guys from tmo doesnt know about the trade in and just goes by what they read!
Hope everything goes well man!

Am I the only one that didn't get a packing slip from tmobile or a receipt. ..what are you guys using for the document upload portion of this???
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stillbrad said:
Am I the only one that didn't get a packing slip from tmobile or a receipt. ..what are you guys using for the document upload portion of this???
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Pre-ordered mine in store and made sure they printed out a receipt showing the trade in! Not completely sure it went through though! After submission it didnt give me an error message but I went back to the start of the page! No confirmation received other than the coupon code for samsung accessories!
Can anybody confirm what happened to them upon submission?

gbert15 said:
Pre-ordered mine in store and made sure they printed out a receipt showing the trade in! Not completely sure it went through though! After submission it didnt give me an error message but I went back to the start of the page! No confirmation received other than the coupon code for samsung accessories!
Can anybody confirm what happened to them upon submission?
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Well the fact that it went through means progress? Lol

Thing was i started off putting in the email ad then clicked submit and left! Resumed during the afternoon and input the numbers needed and the jpegs of my receipt! After clicking submit it went back to the first page so now I am iffy if that was good enough or what! :what:

gbert15 said:
Thing was i started off putting in the email ad then clicked submit and left! Resumed during the afternoon and input the numbers needed and the jpegs of my receipt! After clicking submit it went back to the first page so now I am iffy if that was good enough or what! :what:
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Let's say for some reason come November 30th and it turned out it didn't work out for anyone? What are our options considering we were all scammed??

Free Netflix for Note4/S5/Tab S - Starting Jan 4 - 2015

According to Sammobile.com
Someone who can understand these rules better let us know...
-> https://samsungpromotions.com/netflix/en-us/Rules
Do we all get it as long as we can provide proof?
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Netflix Promotion Link:
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https://samsungpromotions.com/netflix/
Samsung Promotions Link:
Code:
http://samsungpromotions.com/
On the image it also says something about Milk Subscription... Netflix I think is for 1 year? unless I'm wrong!
Question is do we "WHO already Have note4" are good for this promo!? I really hope so it would be amazing!
SOmeone who knows more about this let us know!

It's only available if you make a new purchase.
From the terms:
"The Qualifying Purchase item must have been purchased during the Offer Period, and any receipt submitted must have a transaction date within the Offer Period. Limit one (1) Offer per household. Offer requests in excess of the foregoing limitation will not be honored or acknowledged."
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Thrill3d said:
It's only available if you make a new purchase.
From the terms:
"The Qualifying Purchase item must have been purchased during the Offer Period, and any receipt submitted must have a transaction date within the Offer Period. Limit one (1) Offer per household. Offer requests in excess of the foregoing limitation will not be honored or acknowledged."
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Meh I got excited for a sec lol.. Samsung always comes up with those random dates :/ no love for others lol.

patt2k said:
Meh I got excited for a sec lol.. Samsung always comes up with those random dates :/ no love for others lol.
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well, i mean, they did do that whole "$200 off" deal for trading in a phone worth $10.....

jayochs said:
well, i mean, they did do that whole "$200 off" deal for trading in a phone worth $10.....
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Yea I got my phone 1 day too late lucky me right?

Not to sound like an idiot but searching for a simple answer as I already assume by the writing - fine print that I don't qualify.
- Already been a Netflix Subscriber for several years and currently paying per month on their service.
- Bought my Verizon Galaxy Note 4 back in October/2014 upon release date already.
I assume the later disqualifies me. Just looking for confirmation that I am reading this correctly

lazer9 said:
Not to sound like an idiot but searching for a simple answer as I already assume by the writing - fine print that I don't qualify.
- Already been a Netflix Subscriber for several years and currently paying per month on their service.
- Bought my Verizon Galaxy Note 4 back in October/2014 upon release date already.
I assume the later disqualifies me. Just looking for confirmation that I am reading this correctly
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You are correct, you would need to purchase the device between January 4 and 17 to be eligible.
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Whats sad about this.. If people wanted to be a real ass and stoop to low levels. Like most deals they go back during return times so people who just purchased are not short changed, well what happens is they could go back and do return and new purchase. This is why most deals like this go back past weeks to avoid store return periods. It would be dumb for people to do but yet some people would do it for spite to get a neyflix deal.

It seems prizelogic is running this promotion.
Good luck!

Where there is a will, there is a way.
Enjoying my free year of Netflix now. They sent me the approved email this morning and the code for Netflix. I assume the, "+MilkMusic" is just the regular free one as there was no mention of it in the approval email.

What about Dev Edition?
Has anyone tried to register with the Dev Edition? When you register it asks for IMEI and Wireless MAC. I bought a couple of them and neither IMEIs are working. Comes back as invalid IMEI.

lazer9 said:
Not to sound like an idiot but searching for a simple answer as I already assume by the writing - fine print that I don't qualify.
- Already been a Netflix Subscriber for several years and currently paying per month on their service.
- Bought my Verizon Galaxy Note 4 back in October/2014 upon release date already.
I assume the later disqualifies me. Just looking for confirmation that I am reading this correctly
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Photoshop the receipt and your golden

Ding, ding, ding. We got a winner!
BTW- The promo started a week ago and it's only a limited number of promos that will be offered, even if they run out before the end date.

ljv said:
Has anyone tried to register with the Dev Edition? When you register it asks for IMEI and Wireless MAC. I bought a couple of them and neither IMEIs are working. Comes back as invalid IMEI.
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I tried with the DE (bought on the 8th), same result as you, invalid IMEI

bbeelzebub said:
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Enjoying my free year of Netflix now. They sent me the approved email this morning and the code for Netflix. I assume the, "+MilkMusic" is just the regular free one as there was no mention of it in the approval email.
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So how did you get them to approve you

Got a VZW Note4 on 1/4/15 and submitted it that night. On the 9th, I got an email saying they received my submission. Have not received the activation code yet though. The fine details at registration said it may take up to 3 weeks.

Finally got the Dev edition to register. It still said invalid. After getting this email response, I did as stated and it went through.
Thank you for your interest in the Netflix Gift With Purchase. If you are receiving an Invalid IMEI/ Serial Number message, please return to the site and enter your information again. If the error pops up and you believe your claim is valid, please close the error message, make sure your receipt is still in the uploaded field, and hit submit again. The next screen will tell you to verify your image. Select continue and your claim will be submitted. A confirmation screen and email will follow.
Thank you,
PrizeLogic Support

transportguy said:
Got a VZW Note4 on 1/4/15 and submitted it that night. On the 9th, I got an email saying they received my submission. Have not received the activation code yet though. The fine details at registration said it may take up to 3 weeks.
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I submitted the same day and got mine this past Monday.

ljv said:
Finally got the Dev edition to register. It still said invalid. After getting this email response, I did as stated and it went through.
Thank you for your interest in the Netflix Gift With Purchase. If you are receiving an Invalid IMEI/ Serial Number message, please return to the site and enter your information again. If the error pops up and you believe your claim is valid, please close the error message, make sure your receipt is still in the uploaded field, and hit submit again. The next screen will tell you to verify your image. Select continue and your claim will be submitted. A confirmation screen and email will follow.
Thank you,
PrizeLogic Support
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Just wonder what are you using as the receipt? The conformation email?

I just scanned the receipt that came in the box.

Why I chose Samsung Pay over Android Pay

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.
https://youtu.be/GNN2lOKAlEA

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

harlenm said:
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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ebpman said:
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!

BarryH_GEG said:
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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BarryH_GEG said:
Am I missing something? Does anyone here have positives for using Android 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.

fchowd0696 said:
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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harlenm said:
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.

bigboi3021 said:
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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tallazzPilipino said:
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.

harlenm said:
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.