google play region locked now? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

really sorry if this has been covered guys ...
but i'm on leaked stock, xxemb5 .. and i'd say over the last month or so (maybe longer?) my usual trick of VPN + market access ... to get into the US play store, from here in NZ ...doesn't work any more ... :/
has some thing changed?
ive tried both my vpn services, market access still has root access and working as per usual as far as i can tell ...
has good changed the way the play store checks for regions ?

no body?

Same issue here!and i searched this issue online,it seems that everyone complains about that Market Access doesn't work any more since last month.

It won't work, Google patched it
Sent from my GT-I9300 with a BIG

jaidev.s said:
It won't work, Google patched it
Sent from my GT-I9300 with a BIG
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well is there a workaround ?? :/

No there has not been a work around that we know of. Google is now using many things including where your email addy is registered at to set your market.
Wayne Tech S-III

zelendel said:
No there has not been a work around that we know of. Google is now using many things including where your email addy is registered at to set your market.
Wayne Tech S-III
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that is retarded ... i mean, what if i move countries ?
before it used to be based on a combination of IP and sim card, both worked around via vpn and marketaccess ....
but yeh now there must be some account info it's based off too .... any one know specifically what it is?
google account address details? google+ ? creditcard you have linked to yr account ?
average ...

sun-drop said:
that is retarded ... i mean, what if i move countries ?
before it used to be based on a combination of IP and sim card, both worked around via vpn and marketaccess ....
but yeh now there must be some account info it's based off too .... any one know specifically what it is?
google account address details? google+ ? creditcard you have linked to yr account ?
average ...
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Seems to be a combo of everything.
Wayne Tech S-III

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Purchase Cancelled - Cannot be installed in your country....grrrr

grrrrr.....can someone please help!!! I have seen multiple posts about this and I cannot believe there is not a long term fix.
Background
I have a GT 10.1 purchased from the USA...wifi only. I currently live in China. I have a Google account setup with a US credit card. I am using a VPN which gives a Utah IP address. I still cannot see most paid apps in Marketplace nor download and install many. I have many friends with iPads that do not have this restriction but I desperately want to stay with Android, but cannot believe Google has made this so frustrating.
Non-solution
Please do not recommend MarketEnabler. This app may work fine for some units if they have a radio but it does not work for wifi only devices.
Solution
I am able to get it to work following these instructions, but I have to do this every time and it is a pain....there has to be some setting or program that will make this easier. Can anyone please help me and the multitude of others that post about this same thing? There has to be some setting in build.prop or something that is controlling this. Thank you in advance.
1) Go into Settings>Applications>Manage Applications. Find Market and force stop it then clear cache.
2) Go into Settings>Accounts and sync and remove all of your google accounts. (I have not always had to perform this step but often it is required for some reason. Don't worry they are easy to add back and nothing gets deleted.)
3) Connect to a USA VPN.
4) Add back your main Google account that has an associated US credit card.
5) Open Market place and when you do you will have to agree to the terms and conditions again. Accept this. At this point you should be able to find and download most of those apps that you could not previously.
6) Now you can add back in all of your other Google accounts if you have more.
Please someone help us....there has to be an easier way!
Sorry to bother, but can anyone recommend a better way around this? Thank you.
ximoosea said:
Sorry to bother, but can anyone recommend a better way around this? Thank you.
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There are no solution for this. They are too stupid for this, too busy acquiring companies.
You realize that its not that hard to download the said application's apk and installing them directly to the tablet.
shaolinx said:
You realize that its not that hard to download the said application's apk and installing them directly to the tablet.
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Sorry but this is the problem....I know it is easy to sideload an application but the problem is that they cannot even be downloaded from the website. When I go to the Market from a PC it shows my tablet but it is greyed out and I am not able to just download the apk.
ximoosea said:
Sorry but this is the problem....I know it is easy to sideload an application but the problem is that they cannot even be downloaded from the website. When I go to the Market from a PC it shows my tablet but it is greyed out and I am not able to just download the apk.
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I believe he means sideloaded as in from different places on the internet. Have you tried the Amazon App Store?
tghockey07 said:
I believe he means sideloaded as in from different places on the internet. Have you tried the Amazon App Store?
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or perhaps, from some "side service" sites....
Just use Market Enabler, I have no idea why no one is aware of this aplication - I have been using it forever now.
Szadzik said:
Just use Market Enabler, I have no idea why no one is aware of this aplication - I have been using it forever now.
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Please reread the original post. Market Enabler does not work for Wifi only devices it only works for units with a radio.
ximoosea said:
Please reread the original post. Market Enabler does not work for Wifi only devices it only works for units with a radio.
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Give Root Toolbox a try, it has a change location feature for the market
his iammissi
ximoosea said:
grrrrr.....can someone please help!!! I have seen multiple posts about this and I cannot believe there is not a long term fix.
Background
I have a GT 10.1 purchased from the USA...wifi only. I currently live in China. I have a Google account setup with a US credit card. I am using a VPN which gives a Utah IP address. I still cannot see most paid apps in Marketplace nor download and install many. I have many friends with iPads that do not have this restriction but I desperately want to stay with Android, but cannot believe Google has made this so frustrating.
Non-solution
Please do not recommend MarketEnabler. This app may work fine for some units if they have a radio but it does not work for wifi only devices.
Solution
I am able to get it to work following these instructions, but I have to do this every time and it is a pain....there has to be some setting or program that will make this easier. Can anyone please help me and the multitude of others that post about this same thing? There has to be some setting in build.prop or something that is controlling this. Thank you in advance.
1) Go into Settings>Applications>Manage Applications. Find Market and force stop it then clear cache.
2) Go into Settings>Accounts and sync and remove all of your google accounts. (I have not always had to perform this step but often it is required for some reason. Don't worry they are easy to add back and nothing gets deleted.)
3) Connect to a USA VPN.
4) Add back your main Google account that has an associated US credit card.
5) Open Market place and when you do you will have to agree to the terms and conditions again. Accept this. At this point you should be able to find and download most of those apps that you could not previously.
6) Now you can add back in all of your other Google accounts if you have more.
Please someone help us....there has to be an easier way!
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If you have a SIM card from another country (your home country maybe?) , switch that into your SIM slot after removing you China Mobile/China Unicom SIM. Then you install the app with the foreign country SIM and once done, put in your China SIM once again
Source: I regularly do this to my HTC Desire and wife's Galaxy S2 and we live in China.
However, if you do not have SIM from another country, you're SOL. If you find out another way to do this, please let me know as well with the Note 10.1

Changing Amazon UK App to work in US

Anyone know how to change the Amazon app on my UK ROM i9100 to work in US, I reinstalled the APP but still get pounds instead of US $ and of course cant make purchases
Isn't it to do with what country your Amazon account is linked to?
I know with the Amazon App Store (which is US only), I had to create a US-only account to use it with.
TimmyRaa said:
Isn't it to do with what country your Amazon account is linked to?
I know with the Amazon App Store (which is US only), I had to create a US-only account to use it with.
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I do have a US account, but the APP that came with the phone is in pounds, dont have a UK account, I th
ink it has more to do with the country of origin of the ROM
I'd love to know if anyone figured something out with this. It has nothing to do with where you created your account. It's based on the ROM but I don't know what is needed to modify.
outsidah said:
I'd love to know if anyone figured something out with this. It has nothing to do with where you created your account. It's based on the ROM but I don't know what is needed to modify.
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there has got to be a hack to fix this, only had problems with amazon so far
Try over at the Modaco forums, I'm sure Paul posted how to do this, I think it's something to do with one of those prepay credit cards.
Turned out to be very simple
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii/98241-amazon-mp3-says-uk-version-im-usa.html
Proxy server?
Sparksltd said:
Proxy server?
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nope, just change UK to US English
Docsboard said:
Turned out to be very simple
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii/98241-amazon-mp3-says-uk-version-im-usa.html
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Wow! Thank you
Docsboard said:
I do have a US account, but the APP that came with the phone is in pounds, dont have a UK account, I th
ink it has more to do with the country of origin of the ROM
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You have to change the language in settings to English US.
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[Q] Google Play Store Developer account suspended, what should i do now?

So I bought a google play developer license to publish apps on the play store, and put in like 5 apps on the play store, all with good ratings and good number of downloads.
Recently i made an app for pinterest, since there was none and it got a good number of downloads and people liked it. But then the app got suspended and so did my account.
I tried contacting google, but no response from them. So now i don't know if my account will ever get reinstated or not?
Should i just make a new account? does anyone here have a similar experience? Please let me know as to what i should do?
any idea? anyone?
any news on this? I am having some major issues with my Play account as well....
micjenks said:
any news on this? I am having some major issues with my Play account as well....
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Only Google will be able to tell you for sure. No one here will be able to help you as it is all on them,
Google should let you know if account is suspended. Are none of your apps available in play store at all?
If not then google are only ones who can help you.
Dave
( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
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any news on this? I am having some major issues with my Play account as well....
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Nothing from google, sent them an email, no reply from them. Basically the account is just banned and i am assuming only way out of this is to just open a new account with a new email address.
androidrealsteel said:
Nothing from google, sent them an email, no reply from them. Basically the account is just banned and i am assuming only way out of this is to just open a new account with a new email address.
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Be careful doing this. If google catches you any hope of getting your account back will be gone and both accounts will be banned for good
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zelendel said:
Be careful doing this. If google catches you any hope of getting your account back will be gone and both accounts will be banned for good
Sent from my Inspire 4G using Tapatalk 2
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Zelendel is right. If your account was suspended because of your apps, which is only reason I can imagine that makes sense, as soon as they are uploaded to new account its probable they would be flagged by google.
It seems odd they wouldn't tell you why though as I had an app removed by google from us market because in description I used a three letter sentence mattel copyrighted (I didn't know as not in America) but they never suspended my account though so perhaps they mistakenly believe your code was some form of malware (their bouncer checks apps automatically and may have made a mistake) and that may be why?
Google are meant to explain why an account is suspended in an email to you. So somewhere you should have one. Check http://betterandroid.wordpress.com/...ccount-was-suspended-and-we-had-no-ideas-why/ to read about a developer who had similar experience. In their case it seems they were mistaken for a similar named publisher.
Dave
( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
Sent from my LG P920 using Tapatalk
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Zelendel is right. If your account was suspended because of your apps, which is only reason I can imagine that makes sense, as soon as they are uploaded to new account its probable they would be flagged by google.
It seems odd they wouldn't tell you why though as I had an app removed by google from us market because in description I used a three letter sentence mattel copyrighted (I didn't know as not in America) but they never suspended my account though so perhaps they mistakenly believe your code was some form of malware (their bouncer checks apps automatically and may have made a mistake) and that may be why?
Google are meant to explain why an account is suspended in an email to you. So somewhere you should have one. Check http://betterandroid.wordpress.com/...ccount-was-suspended-and-we-had-no-ideas-why/ to read about a developer who had similar experience. In their case it seems they were mistaken for a similar named publisher.
Dave
( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
Sent from my LG P920 using Tapatalk
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Problem is when asked the reason, i only get an automated email which says
"Thank you for your note.
Your Google Play Publisher account has been suspended due to prior
violations of our terms of service by this or associated accounts. You may
view these terms here: two links to policies
Please note that Google Play Publisher suspensions are associated with
developers, and may span multiple account registrations and related Google
services.
Please do not attempt to register a new developer account. Any subsequent
registrations without an explicit reinstatement will be closed and your
developer account fee not refunded.
We are unable to provide further details regarding this issue. We
recommend your utilizing an alternative application distribution system
and payment method for future orders."
So its like pretty much the account will never be reinstated. I must say i am really disappointed by Google's Help system. There is no way at all of contacting a real person from Google who could help you out in such a scenario. All their contact things respond with automated emails.
Google Play Store Developer account suspended, will I be paid?
I too had my account suspended today, 5 days before pay day. Will I be paid??
They make no mention about this.
Thanks!
yes you should receive payment in full for erything sold prior to suspension. At least I did
Thanks
Thank you so much for the fast reply!!
Do you know if the same is true for Apple?
I was also suspended from being an Apple Developer and am supposed to be paid on Sept 6, 2012.
I do not know, I'm a theme developer so all my iPhone products are sold from my website.
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micjenks said:
I do not know, I'm a theme developer so all my iPhone products are sold from my website.
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How long ago did u get suspended? Hopefully nothing has changed since then!
willow27 said:
How long ago did u get suspended? Hopefully nothing has changed since then!
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it was in July, so that was my August payment
micjenks said:
it was in July, so that was my August payment
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Thank you again for the fast response! Been so worried about not getting paid Tuesday.
willow27 said:
Thank you again for the fast response! Been so worried about not getting paid Tuesday.
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Will google close account after they suspened it? I so worry about this? Please help?
Yes
daotuanlinh said:
Will google close account after they suspened it? I so worry about this? Please help?
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As far as I know, when Google suspends your account, it means your account is CLOSED. At least mine was. Good luck!
sorry for digging up an old thread, but my account just got suspended today based on the third suspension of one of my apps. Has anyone had any luck getting their accounts reinstated? I've submitted an appeal but haven't heard back yet
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sorry for digging up an old thread, but my account just got suspended today based on the third suspension of one of my apps. Has anyone had any luck getting their accounts reinstated? I've submitted an appeal but haven't heard back yet
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I never heard back or got my account reinstated. Your best bet is to open a new developer account with a new Gmail Id

How i can unbanned my phone from apps ?

Hi Guys
i looked for answer everywhere I did not find the Final answer or the solution
Some applications in the phone When you violate the Terms of Use They will banned your phone to use Their services
For example: SnapChat
win you use multi account they banned you to use "snapchat" on your device again
The solution is by clear your "Google Play" data and delete all google accounts associated with your device and use new google account then that you can use "snapchat" again on your device.
but some apps whatever you did you still banned "blocked" from use their app
particulary i mean "BIGO LIVE" app, I did everything to remove the banned from device but i still banned
i change ip and clear google play data and i use new google account, I did everything, but nothing i still banned
i did no't break they Terms or roles
all that is my friend used my phone to sign in he's account when he done and sign out, i back to use my account again but when i sign in i see a message telling me your account has banned, so i tried to create new account i see same message and i tried to sign in with my friend account i see same message.
so how this banned stick on my phone ? when i do everything to skip this banned !!
Who knows the solution ?
I apologize, I use Google Translation and thanks for everyone help me to skip this banned in BIGO LIVE app
They banned you by your IMEI number. Think of it like a serial number. No way around it. Without buying a new phone.
zelendel said:
They banned you by your IMEI number. Think of it like a serial number. No way around it. Without buying a new phone.
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Thank you very much Mr. zelendel
I never thought this matter previously, are their any way to make fake IMEI ?
5ial said:
Thank you very much Mr. zelendel
I never thought this matter previously, are their any way to make fake IMEI ?
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Not legally no. And as such you won't find any info about it here.
zelendel said:
Not legally no. And as such you won't find any info about it here.
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Ok Mr. zelendel
Big thanks to you to help me in this problem, Now i can experiment new solutions and Thanks to you
Hi,
Can somebody help me..im so sory for my problem in bigo live.
I want somebody tell me how to unbanned my bigo account??
Please help me!
Muhdfazli said:
Hi,
Can somebody help me..im so sory for my problem in bigo live.
I want somebody tell me how to unbanned my bigo account??
Please help me!
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dont know if is legal asking this on xda development ...but u need atleast runing android 6.0 and then root your phone then instasll xposed framework then theres an module called xprivacy... search on Google how to emulate ur imei or unban tutorials using xprivacy
just buy a new cell phone
sorry for my question, if buy new devices or cell phone will that banned can solving or create new account with new google account?
Yogi account unbanned.
OP, is it worth this much trouble?
Examine your motivation(s).
Actions have consequences; consider this before you act.
I know for a fact that snapchat doesnt ban only the IMEI number, so it has to be something different.

googless lineage

as much as I love NOS, I hate google even more
anyone tried this?
any impressions?
Yeah it is microg. Block google from stealing your data and provide some more battery(in theory). It is a known thing.
scrubjay55 said:
Yeah it is microg. Block google from stealing your data and provide some more battery(in theory). It is a known thing.
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yeah, but this one is integrated into rom (lineage 14.1) <> should save same hassle making it work.....?
does it work, deserves a chance to abandon "legacy" NOS, anybody tried?
kenzo is "officially" supported :fingers-crossed:
I just figured out that they make builds for every device seperatly with built in microg. You can easily deodex the offical rom and apply signature spoofing patch but this seems also quite nice to me.
Thanks for this share.
What is microg? And what's the function? ?
rangga_ec said:
What is microg? And what's the function? ?
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A replace for gapps which dont touch your privacy and saves some battery(in theory).
scrubjay55 said:
A replace for gapps which dont touch your privacy and saves some battery(in theory).
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It's something like rom mod, or apk? Sorry i'm newbie.
rangga_ec said:
It's something like rom mod, or apk? Sorry i'm newbie.
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Why you hate google? It is your friend. Dont be afraid to use it.
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Why you hate google? It is your friend. Dont be afraid to use it.
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No i don't hate google ofc ? just curious what is microg. But nevermind, already download the file and can't installed on my phone lol
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Why you hate google? It is your friend. Dont be afraid to use it.
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f*ck google > they became as fascistic as apple
Heres what I hate.
I hate that I can not check and disassociate my frickin ebay app from remembering nightmares that a violated equifax credit report had to delete by the seven years law, as it automatically sussed from my device who I am somehow.
And Google, despite my having to permit them to funk every orifice my phone gots, doesn't easily show me a way to block ebay's violation of my privacy via the microsoft account that is somehow linked to the google account.
And whats more I dont wanna have to permit sms sending for the play services.
I hate the equifax certs. I hate the other certs from ssn thieves.
kruc Ire said:
Heres what I hate.
I hate that I can not check and disassociate my frickin ebay app from remembering nightmares that a violated equifax credit report had to delete by the seven years law, as it automatically sussed from my device who I am somehow.
And Google, despite my having to permit them to funk every orifice my phone gots, doesn't easily show me a way to block ebay's violation of my privacy via the microsoft account that is somehow linked to the google account.
And whats more I dont wanna have to permit sms sending for the play services.
I hate the equifax certs. I hate the other certs from ssn thieves.
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And another thing I dont like is GPS location services. I dont know how it works but it bothers me to be always immediately located by the country I am currently standing jn and spoken to in non english by my browser and app.

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