Google Play Music has a limit of 50,000 free music upload storage. No one is going to hit that limit. That said, Google has a promo with Samsung were Galaxy S8 owners get 100,000 free upload storage.
I want that storage.
Back during the days of the Galaxy S3, Samsung had a promo with DropBox were owners of the phone get 50Gb free storage for two years. All they had to do was log in with their DropBox account on a new GS3. It was later found out that the promo can be activated on other phones by extracting the DropBox APK from the S3 and downloading it on any phone. I did this back then and it worked. Properly still works to this day, unless DropBox patched it.
You can find it here for those curious.
So I'm wondering, can the same thing be done with the Google Play Music promo? If so, where can I download the necessary file used to activate the promo?
Of course, this is assuming the promo works in the same way as the DropBox promo.
The Play Music promo most likely uses the device ID, model, etc. values hardcoded into the phone's firmware for that promo.
That said, if you "want that storage", buy a ****ing S8. It's a promo for S8 owners for a reason.
fonix232 said:
The Play Music promo most likely uses the device ID, model, etc. values hardcoded into the phone's firmware for that promo.
That said, if you "want that storage", buy a ****ing S8. It's a promo for S8 owners for a reason.
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The DropBox promo worked on any phone so long as you used the APK from the S3. Play Music is the same.
I own a Pixel phone. Not going to buy a crappy Samsung phone for this.
minymina said:
The DropBox promo worked on any phone so long as you used the APK from the S3. Play Music is the same.
I own a Pixel phone. Not going to buy a crappy Samsung phone for this.
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You don't wanna buy a "crappy Samsung" for this?
NO S8/S8+, NO "Google Play Music"-APK for you...
PS: I love the possibility to upload 100000 songs! :silly:
Thread closed.
Using the bonus upload storage meant for different OEM/devices is stealing and thus not allowed.
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That was released in the Amazon Appstore for free (for one day). I tried to get it, but it says that it's not available in my country. :'( Any ideas, guys?
Buy it from the Market then, anything short of that is piracy, which is not condoned on XDA.
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Buy it from the Market then, anything short of that is piracy, which is not condoned on XDA.
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QFT!!!!!!!
les02jen17 said:
That was released in the Amazon Appstore for free (for one day). I tried to get it, but it says that it's not available in my country. :'( Any ideas, guys?
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Just Google for it. Its not hard to find. It IS a huge apk though.
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Buy it from the Market then, anything short of that is piracy, which is not condoned on XDA.
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He said its not available in his country. If he couldnt get it for free he probably can't buy it.
If you haven't tried yet thoguh, heres the link to Amazon's appstore: http://www.amazon.com/Plants-Zombies-WiFi-Download-Only/dp/B0052UZIFA
Edit: he probably can't get it
• Amazon Appstore is only available to customers located in the United States
(quoted directly from Amazon Appstore)
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So if you can't purchase it where you are, google is your best friend.
can teh man said:
Just Google for it. Its not hard to find. It IS a huge apk though.
He said its not available in his country. If he couldnt get it for free he probably can't buy it.
If you haven't tried yet thoguh, heres the link to Amazon's appstore: http://www.amazon.com/Plants-Zombies-WiFi-Download-Only/dp/B0052UZIFA
Edit: he probably can't get it
So if you can't purchase it where you are, google is your best friend.
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But that is still piracy. No matter what subverting laws is not something a lot of people on here want to promote.
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But that is still piracy. No matter what subverting laws is not something a lot of people on here want to promote.
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If its not a law in his/her country, then its not subverting a law. Outside the US, they are not bound to our laws. Telling someone to google search is not telling them to break the law, what they do with this information is up to them. Its a moral issue, not a legal issue.
I purchased PvZ, but if they can't then what they choose to do is none of my business.
you sunk his battleship.
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If its not a law in his/her country, then its not subverting a law. Outside the US, they are not bound to our laws. Telling someone to google search is not telling them to break the law, what they do with this information is up to them. Its a moral issue, not a legal issue.
I purchased PvZ, but if they can't then what they choose to do is none of my business.
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But XDA is located in the US and promoting piracy is against forum rules
http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=263#td_post_81
"6. Do not post warez.
If a piece of software requires you to pay to use it, either pay or find your cracks and serials somewhere else. We do not accept warez nor do we permit any member to promote or describe ways in which Warez, cracks, serial codes or other means of avoiding payment, can be obtained."
you can get banned for promoting piracy!
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But XDA is located in the US and promoting piracy is against forum rules
http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=263#td_post_81
"6. Do not post warez.
If a piece of software requires you to pay to use it, either pay or find your cracks and serials somewhere else. We do not accept warez nor do we permit any member to promote or describe ways in which Warez, cracks, serial codes or other means of avoiding payment, can be obtained."
you can get banned for promoting piracy!
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I'm not promoting warez or piracy in the least, all I said was "go search google".
I've seen that in dozens of other topics, people saying to search google, sometimes even quoting exact file names or saying the name of the file sharing site. I'm not telling him which site to go to, what file name to search for or anything like that.
Hell, I'm not even promoting avoiding payment... there is no possible way for this user to pay for this, short of coming to the USA which just to purchase a effing $2 app is ludicrous.
just out of curiosity what country are you in les02jen17
btw: @can teh man, STOP PROMOTING PIRACY....LOL
I'm not the OP, but my country--in southeast asia--also doesn't allow me to get Amazon's Appstore to download the free apps. Which is quite a strange ruling because I am an Amazon customer and have purchased books and gifts before.
Anyway, I found the free internet trial version of Plants vs Zombie and downloaded it onto my PC. After playing it for half an hour, I decided I can't see the charm of the game. Of course there are others who like it--different folks, different strokes--but I'm glad I saved myself some dough.
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I'm not the OP, but my country--in southeast asia--also doesn't allow me to get Amazon's Appstore to download the free apps. Which is quite a strange ruling because I am an Amazon customer and have purchased books and gifts before.
Anyway, I found the free internet trial version of Plants vs Zombie and downloaded it onto my PC. After playing it for half an hour, I decided I can't see the charm of the game. Of course there are others who like it--different folks, different strokes--but I'm glad I saved myself some dough.
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I hate'em mofo zombies with all my garden heart.... Oh, I bought the gatling gun and it says I need a repeater which I do not see anywhere. Am I missing something?
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I hate'em mofo zombies with all my garden heart.... Oh, I bought the gatling gun and it says I need a repeater which I do not see anywhere. Am I missing something?
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The repeater is the pea shooter that shoots 2 at a time - the green one.
Feel so stupid talking about pea shooters fighting zombies
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so, im totally addicted to this game. just wondering what kind of strategy you guys are using to kill them mofo zombies.
I've been using the walnuts to block as many lanes as I can and concentrate on protecting the remaining ones with pee shooters. then let the mofo's stack up behind the walnuts and then BOOM!!! cherry bomb the f out of them. so much fun
can't believe my simple question became amn attempt to pirate something.
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just out of curiosity what country are you in les02jen17
btw: @can teh man, STOP PROMOTING PIRACY....LOL
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I'm from the Philippines, and believe me when I say it; I know everything there is to know about piracy--my country, unfortunately, are pioneers when it comes to piracy. But I was not attempting to get an APK illegally--I wanted to have something that was offered for free in the first place, and tell you what--if only the amazon appstore is available in my country, I'd gladly pay for the said app.
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If its not a law in his/her country, then its not subverting a law. Outside the US, they are not bound to our laws. Telling someone to google search is not telling them to break the law, what they do with this information is up to them. Its a moral issue, not a legal issue.
I purchased PvZ, but if they can't then what they choose to do is none of my business.
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XDA has strict no-piracy forum policies. What you're doing is supporting piracy wrapped up in loose wording to try and cover yourself. It's a weak argument I'd expect from an immature teenager, not someone trying to be beneficial to the XDA community.
What the OP *can* do is try to spoof Amazon or Market into thinking you're from a different country, and paying with a card. There's comments all over XDA where folks who don't have Market in their country spoof their IP, and put money into a Paypal debit card, and pay through that. It allows you to purchase it, even if you have to jump through hoops to throw your money at it.
If you're in an embargoed country with the USA, I can't promote any method for that - since that means legally you're not allowed to purchase US goods.
I may sound desperate, but I just wanted to suggest something:
Can someone who has access to the Amazon Appstore create a thread wherein he/she can upload and post the Free App of the Day .apk and update it everyday? Or at least post a link wherein we can download them apks, since they're free anyway?
It's just so sad for us located outside the US because we weren't blessed by such privilege. :'(
No offence intended, y'all, so please, no flaming. If you find my post offensive in any way, PM me and I'll remove it for you.
Thanks!
What you are proposing is against XDA forum rules, therefore it will never happen.
I don't believe it even works, does it? Isn't there some kind of DRM attached to the Amazon AppStore .apk files that makes sure it's attached to your Amazon account?
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I may sound desperate, but I just wanted to suggest something:
Can someone who has access to the Amazon Appstore create a thread wherein he/she can upload and post the Free App of the Day .apk and update it everyday? Or at least post a link wherein we can download them apks, since they're free anyway?
It's just so sad for us located outside the US because we weren't blessed by such privilege. :'(
No offence intended, y'all, so please, no flaming. If you find my post offensive in any way, PM me and I'll remove it for you.
Thanks!
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If you think its morally right to do that. Why not just find out what the app is, than use blapkmarket or 4shared to download it?
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Or at least post a link wherein we can download them apks, since they're free anyway?
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The point is... they are NOT FREE. They are paid apps that for a special deal, on that day only, is a free purchase via the Amazon Appstore (you can also access them from the Amazon website, but still need the Amazon appstore app to install them).
To link in any other method is to redistribute paid apps.
And it's already been posted that it's against XDA forum rules.
If the only thing stopping you from downloading what is most likely a $5 for free is a lack of Amazon account or not living in the United States, morally I see nothing wrong with that. But that's subjective, and if it's against the forum rules I suggest you just do as others said and find out what the app of the day is and go download the .apk online.
I suggest moving to the United States. It's not that bad here, promise.
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I suggest moving to the United States. It's not that bad here, promise.
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So long as you don't lose your job and get sick, that is.
I much prefer the Leonard Cohen view of America ... "the cradle of the best and the worst".
For anyone who doesn't know how the "free app of the day" deal at amazon works from a developer standpoint:
Amazon will tabulate the sales and pay the developer 20% of the full list price of the app for each "free" transaction.
Essentially, Amazon buys each "free" app purchase from the developer at a reduced cost.
If you pirate the app or download it from anywhere besides Amazon, on the day it is offered, then you still burn the developer out of the money that rightfully belongs to them.
Amazon does this to drive traffic to their web site, and to score more money in advertising and hopefully repeat business. But this app is not free like other free apps - Amazon still pays the owner of that app for each person who downloads it.
Please do not do what you are suggesting. It doesn't seem like a big deal at first, but knowing this now you will see how wrong it is.
I don't find your post offensive, a lot of people probably do not know this.
Hopefully this can serve to make more people aware of how the process works with Amazon.
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For anyone who doesn't know how the "free app of the day" deal at amazon works from a developer standpoint:
Amazon will tabulate the sales and pay the developer 20% of the full list price of the app for each "free" transaction.
Essentially, Amazon buys each "free" app purchase from the developer at a reduced cost.
If you pirate the app or download it from anywhere besides Amazon, on the day it is offered, then you still burn the developer out of the money that rightfully belongs to them.
Amazon does this to drive traffic to their web site, and to score more money in advertising and hopefully repeat business. But this app is not free like other free apps - Amazon still pays the owner of that app for each person who downloads it.
Please do not do what you are suggesting. It doesn't seem like a big deal at first, but knowing this now you will see how wrong it is.
I don't find your post offensive, a lot of people probably do not know this.
Hopefully this can serve to make more people aware of how the process works with Amazon.
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thank you for that info. its most helpful.
The OP might want to look into proxy services that mask you IP address behind a US address. Its how people abroad order books from Amazon & BN and music from iTunes.
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I suggest moving to the United States. It's not that bad here, promise.
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It looks worse and worse each day...
To the OP, can't you create an account in amazon even if you are from outside the US? Just seems kind of weird to me...but then again, I don't know.
Hello, I only published one app and was hoping it would at least get me my 25$ back.
I'm from Romania and I don't find 25$ to be a cheap price. The other problem with me being Romanian is that I can't open a merchant account, so I can only post free apps. My option was to use AdMob to get a little income. It wasn't much, having only gathered 4.40$ in 3 months. On top of that, my admob was suspended and I don't know why, I read the rules and as far as I know I didn't do anything wrong. I suspect someone purposely made fake clicks in my app just to mess with me.
I now decided to try Amazon App store, they let me publish paid apps even from my country. I know there were some people who asked for a paid version with no ads. I don't know how to deal with this situation now, I have the google play app which is free but it has a Donate popup. And then there's the same app (not yet approved) but without the donate links on the amazon app store.
Have you ever tried Amazon app store? Do people really buy apps there?
What do you suggest I do?
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Hello, I only published one app and was hoping it would at least get me my 25$ back.
I'm from Romania and I don't find 25$ to be a cheap price. The other problem with me being Romanian is that I can't open a merchant account, so I can only post free apps. My option was to use AdMob to get a little income. It wasn't much, having only gathered 4.40$ in 3 months. On top of that, my admob was suspended and I don't know why, I read the rules and as far as I know I didn't do anything wrong. I suspect someone purposely made fake clicks in my app just to mess with me.
I now decided to try Amazon App store, they let me publish paid apps even from my country. I know there were some people who asked for a paid version with no ads. I don't know how to deal with this situation now, I have the google play app which is free but it has a Donate popup. And then there's the same app (not yet approved) but without the donate links on the amazon app store.
Have you ever tried Amazon app store? Do people really buy apps there?
What do you suggest I do?
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I had bad experience with Amazon store, they take long time to approve apps.
Imo there is no good enough alternative for Google Play at the moment
Same here, rather bad luck with Amazon to date...
wststreet said:
Hello, I only published one app and was hoping it would at least get me my 25$ back.
I'm from Romania and I don't find 25$ to be a cheap price. The other problem with me being Romanian is that I can't open a merchant account, so I can only post free apps. My option was to use AdMob to get a little income. It wasn't much, having only gathered 4.40$ in 3 months. On top of that, my admob was suspended and I don't know why, I read the rules and as far as I know I didn't do anything wrong. I suspect someone purposely made fake clicks in my app just to mess with me.
I now decided to try Amazon App store, they let me publish paid apps even from my country. I know there were some people who asked for a paid version with no ads. I don't know how to deal with this situation now, I have the google play app which is free but it has a Donate popup. And then there's the same app (not yet approved) but without the donate links on the amazon app store.
Have you ever tried Amazon app store? Do people really buy apps there?
What do you suggest I do?
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I have tried amazon app store and publish it for free, i see your app is live wallpaper and as i know Kindle users do not like live wallpapers.
i suggest you try slideMe appstore.
Buddy... Wait till google add romania to the merchant list... ..
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Both amazon and getjar weren't really useful for me. I did get more traffic from the Opera store. Since my game focuses on in app purchases to make $ it's hard to get traction on any other store since currently I use IAB.
What kind of app did you have? Games I think are most successful with ads, but in the end it depends from app to app, I guess.
You can try Samsung App here: http://seller.samsungapps.com/
I have bad experience with Amazon. Low downloads and last weeks Admob ecpm is extremely low (about 0.05). Has anybody tried to integrate Amazon's banner ads?
Amazon app store is an avenue that developers are still figuring out how to utilize optimally for their purpose.
I agree with most of what has been said here... I don't get even 1% of the amount of downloads from Amazon as I do from Play. In my opinion it is just not Amazon's focus as Play is "THE" store front for apps. I think like most business ventures, it has a lot to do with timing. What kind of niche are your getting into. If super saturated, you may need to create a category within a category in order to reach new users.
You can win Kindle Fire HD now for integrating their api.
https://developer.amazon.com/sdk/mobileads.html
Agreeing with previous posters that Google Play doesn't have a good enough alternative yet...
Have tried SlideMe and Amazon and neither have got close to the Play Store in my case.
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Agreeing with previous posters that Google Play doesn't have a good enough alternative yet...
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True, but ARPU on Amazon is far better than on GPlay. Of course GPlay is x10 (at least) when it comes to its reach but if you have a good app, use Amazon's APIs (ads, inapps, etc.) and talk to them, you might get featured. My experience is they actually respond to emails
Amazon Appstore will not make you uber-rich but it's a valid option, much better than GetJar imho.
Hi
If I wanted to release an app on the Play Store for free but wanted the option that anyone can pay if they wanted to, how would I go about doing it? I dont want to have two apps, just one paid and one free.
Is it possible to have something similar to in app purchase but thats a way of thanking the dev? And does Google take a percentage from it? Or maybe PayPal link in the app?
Or any other methods?
You can use in-app billing to do what you need.
Google take 30% of your sales and as far as I am aware you are not allowed to link to paypal.
You can find a tutorial for in- app billing here or you can look through the official documentation here.
Good luck.
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You can use in-app billing to do what you need.
Google take 30% of your sales and as far as I am aware you are not aloud to link to paypal.
You can find a tutorial for in- app billing here or you can look through the official documentation here.
Good luck.
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Thanks
Ive seen apps that link to PayPal
ermacwins said:
Hi
If I wanted to release an app on the Play Store for free but wanted the option that anyone can pay if they wanted to, how would I go about doing it? I dont want to have two apps, just one paid and one free.
Is it possible to have something similar to in app purchase but thats a way of thanking the dev? And does Google take a percentage from it? Or maybe PayPal link in the app?
Or any other methods?
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Lol. Why would anyone pay for something that is available for free? No matter how better the application is, if it is available for free than i am never going to pay for it no matter what. And when it comes to your question's answer no you can't do that, Google Play isn't offering any such option. Yes Google takes 30% of your sales and so does iTunes.
alextodd said:
Lol. Why would anyone pay for something that is available for free? No matter how better the application is, if it is available for free than i am never going to pay for it no matter what. And when it comes to your question's answer no you can't do that, Google Play isn't offering any such option. Yes Google takes 30% of your sales and so does iTunes.
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Fact is, some people will pay for something that is free.
Most of the ROM's, apps etc on xda are free. They are done by devs that enjoy what they do and enjoy helping others. People donate to them as a way of saying thank you.
Also, in the past I've put apps on Google Play that are completely free, with a donate version that is exactly the same. People have used the free version, then bought the donate version because they liked it. It's all down to the individual.
Hello Do-Gooders,
I recently got a new phone the Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime w/ Android 5.1.1 Lollipop.
I need to find the free apk Plex app. For some reason I think this phone may be too new for a free apk Plex app for it. I'm seeing apk for Android 4, 4.4 and so now but not for Android 5.1.1.
Can someone please send me a link or can tell me a good apk app website to look.
Thanks a bunch,
For plex you can get it on apkmirror http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/plex-inc/plex/plex-android-4-17-2-488-android-apk-download/
Not working
Thanks but it didn't work. Keeps wanting me to pay.
I wasn't able to post a screenshot due to the fact that I'm a new user on XDA and don't have my 10 posts up yet Stupid Rule...
Do I need to root my phone or something?
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Thanks but it didn't work. Keeps wanting me to pay.
I wasn't able to post a screenshot due to the fact that I'm a new user on XDA and don't have my 10 posts up yet Stupid Rule...
Do I need to root my phone or something?
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The app is free but you have to pay for the service itself.
Not paying for the service is technically illegal so I wont post how to do it here.
finsfree said:
Thanks but it didn't work. Keeps wanting me to pay.
I wasn't able to post a screenshot due to the fact that I'm a new user on XDA and don't have my 10 posts up yet Stupid Rule...
Do I need to root my phone or something?
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plex app is on google play for free, and claims to support v 3 and up.
if the app requires you to pay for certain features, or whatever the app does, then pay for it, or go ask on some other forum.
quote from the forum rules you agreed to when you signed up,
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