Wifi Xoom: Us mode trick (for apps and services) - Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

You do not need anything for US apps. No root, no prop files...
I just solved the problem yesterday...
---> Go to Google Maps
---> Settings Tab
---> Latitude
---> Settings Tab
---> Settings
---> Select "Set Your Location/Manually Select a location on the map"
---> "Point on map"
---> Go to anywhere in america tab and hold a point
---> Tap to select this point
Taddaaa, everthing is now open... Books, Earth paid apps everything... As long as you keep your latitude there ( only latitude app cannot be used, It will show you in US (mine is currently in nebraska) ) you can buy and use any app.
After that, you can just change it back to "Select your location..." (Be aware that when you select back to this option you may lose books and youtube)

I'm already in US so not a problem for me, but I want to congratulate you on such a clever fix. I hope that all of the non-US Xoomers discover this thread.

I'm already rooted and on brd's hc Verizon 3.1 image. So I have google books, video app, us market. I tried this method and it does not allow me to purchase books via google books, so I do not see any difference.

I have to update. You must have a rooted device and have paidappsenabler.
When you set your latitude to US and select tmobile from paidappsenabler, it works.
I have been using it like that for some time now.

RoryPG said:
I'm already rooted and on brd's hc Verizon 3.1 image. So I have google books, video app, us market. I tried this method and it does not allow me to purchase books via google books, so I do not see any difference.
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The difference is that if you're not rooted you can still get US apps.

Does this still work? Can't get it to on my UK Xoom WiFi

Doesnt work for me!! Damn, this would be to nice..., I really need it cause i dont have the google books app anymore!! Maybee someone can send me the apk!

oaz1 said:
Doesnt work for me!! Damn, this would be to nice..., I really need it cause i dont have the google books app anymore!! Maybee someone can send me the apk!
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Check withing astro if its still on the Xoom then unfreeze it using titanium backup.
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I tried this a few days back and couldn't get it to work. I'll retry now, post results.
[Edit] No, no. Didn't work for me. I wonder what OP did that made it work
Creating a new Google account, though, from the device itself... that did the trick for me. And tethering using a US wifi (basically masking the IP), but otherwise... nothing.
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Got it to show some US apps and the books tab (but not books app), but still couldn't install US apps.
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iammodo said:
Check withing astro if its still on the Xoom then unfreeze it using titanium backup.
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Hey, if it doesnt work for you, you can try this!! It worked for me like a charm!!
Get this app frome the store, called MarketEnabler!
After you installed it, select for example Verizon and try it again! I sent me the link to a app always per mail, dont know if the search work.

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[Q] Missing YouTube on my new Xoom

I picked up my xoom earlier tonight and have been playing with it but I cant seem to find the YouTube app. It says it is installed when I go in settings, but it doesn't show up in the app list. Am i alone on this one?
thanks!
Make sure you click "All" in apps (upper left corner).
If you're in "My Apps", you won't see YouTube, as well as many other apps that are pre-installed.
dreys said:
Make sure you click "All" in apps (upper left corner).
If you're in "My Apps", you won't see YouTube, as well as many other apps that are pre-installed.
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I'm also missing "Books"
When i click "All" the apps are not there
Also
When i click the
Books" icon it says "Application is not installed"
So i went to Settings | Applications |Manage applications |All
Books has 0.00B
Youtube 8.00KB
i factory reset about 3 times... 1st 2 becasue i was under impression that my google settings were syncing and try to download that apps from my phone to my xoom.
3rd time i didnt use a google account and still happening....
EL_G15 said:
I picked up my xoom earlier tonight and have been playing with it but I cant seem to find the YouTube app. It says it is installed when I go in settings, but it doesn't show up in the app list. Am i alone on this one?
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same with my new xoom... i cannot find youtube.
same problem for me guys. Are any of you in the UK? I just got my xoom wifi this morning.
Ive also noticed I can't see apps for tablets in the android market. Anyone worked this one out yet?
clemo71 said:
Ive also noticed I can't see apps for tablets in the android market. Anyone worked this one out yet?
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Did you buy your Xoom from UK? I bought mine from US and I also don't see featured apps for tablets.
About Youtube, it didn't show up under the apps for me too at first, but when I connected to internet and added a google account it magically appeared. It still shows only 8kb in system settings, so this is normal.
clemo71 said:
same problem for me guys. Are any of you in the UK? I just got my xoom wifi this morning.
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Sorry to go off topic but where did you get your zoom from?
Do a factory reset. This fixed it for several of us.
Settings -> privacy -> factory data reset
Missing YouTube Also
I had to exchange for a new Xoom yesterday. I bought it from Costco and cannot get the YouTube app to download. It shows that it is in my system, but it isn't under the apps.
The YouTube app did work on the original Xoom I had, but I can't get it to work on this one. I'm on my 3rd factory reset.
Side note, my 'Books' don't work either...like EL_G15, it says 'Application is not Installed'
They're not missing. They're corrupted. If you go to manage apps you'll see that they'll show 0kb size. Not sure what else we tried but I know specifically that after I rooted mine the youtube and books app were at 0kb. Factory reset fixed it.
On my Xoom the Youtube app works fine but still shows 0kb under settings menu, so I believe this is normal.
i purchased mine from eBay. Its a US unit that the supplier imported. I've tried 3 factory resets, but still no youtube.
Just to add - I just did a Factory reset on a Xoom that the YouTube app worked properly, now it has the same problem as my new one.
Are you familiar with logcat? If we can get details on exactly what's happening, might be able to help.
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Are you familiar with logcat? If we can get details on exactly what's happening, might be able to help.
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Hi, no never heard of logcat. What is it & where do i get it from? Cheers
Just in the park at the mo ill get back to you with details when I'm at a PC. If you do a quick search though, its an invaluable logging tool for android. Useful for finding problems.
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clemo71 said:
Hi, no never heard of logcat. What is it & where do i get it from? Cheers
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adb logcat > filename.txt
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funny thing with my xoom (canadian version from best buy) ... youtube is there, but the market shows it as not installed.
also no sign of books
google books is not available outside US.

[Request] Possible to modify vending.apk for Wifi Xoom?

The Xoom is released in Canada now. But the market is so bad compared to living in the USA.
For one, we don't see a 'Tablet App' section, so it simpossible to weed out tablet specific apps, this leaves me with so many FC's on apps. Real stupid by google..
Another ofcourse is we don't see apps such as Google books, Pandora etc.. this was fixable using rac's Market Enabler, but since the wifi xoom has no GSM it won't do anything..
So does anyone have any idea, perhaps modify the vending apk to seem it is located in USA
Thanks alot
Have you tried going to the marketplace from withing your browser? It is a bit more functional. It even shows which apps you have already installed without having to go into the my apps section.
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no difference unfortunately
The Featured tablet apps shows only some tablet apps (in US), not all tablet apps, so even this isn't a solution for your problem. Give it some time, i'm convinced that developrs will update their apps to support Honeycomb.
About the apps that are made for US customers, it should be possible to access US Android Market on wifi only Xoom by using US VPN and disabling other location services in setting, but I haven't tried it.
"Market Enabler "
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Have you tried copying the build.prop from a US Xoom? Just an idea.
i would go with build.prop before enabler. my wifi xoom does the market without issue and I didn't touch carrier status at all.
Market.enabler.wont work
Wifi xoom has no GSM
And I do have the USA xoom imported it
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I have a US imported xoom too. I connected to a VPN in US, cleared Market data from Setting/Applications and the market showed the Tablet Apps section. But... I tried buying apps and I got a message that it's not allowed (or something) by my carrier!!!
This is a stretch but perhaps its tied to your actual google account. An easy enough test would be for a US xoom owner to fudge a non-us address on their google account or a non US one fudge a US address. I believe this is how Amazon is filtering purchases in their new store.
You're right it must be tied to the google checkout account. Does anybody know if it's possible to buy using Gift Cards?
I've had customers purchase AR.Pro with a gift card, certainly.
salahag said:
You're right it must be tied to the google checkout account. Does anybody know if it's possible to buy using Gift Cards?
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well have you tried proving this theory..
by changing locaotin to USA on a google account and sign in with it
I might give this a go, would be interested to know if anyone else has tried it though?
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I got it to work! (sort of)
You have to be rooted
Download paid apps enabler http://www.cohortor.org/paidappsenabler/PaidAppsEnabler_v1.1.apk
Set the country as Us T-mobile
Got to Application settings and and clear data
Restart Market
I can now see Books
But Not featured tablet apps.
Ya thats one thing
but the features tablet apps is another, i dotn get why canadians cant see this wtf.
why cant we see apps that are meant for a TABLET in Canada
Ive thought long and hard about any sense in this, maybe laws etc.. but nothing made sense
this is plain STUPID
Featured tablet apps are not showed in Europe also, not even on a US Xoom.
Yup.same here but in Canada
Anyone know how to contact Google or petition
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Hi,
I think my situation can show a little light on the subject.
I live in TRNC (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus). And when I go to my office near the border, the market instantly changes to Euro, enabling me to buy the apps (not all of them shows on the market); and when I go to my home away from the border, the market changes to TL and I cannot buy anymore (Turkey and Google has a little catfight about tax so purchases are disabled)
What I am thinking is maybe the device staples your location by wifi (approx) and then it uses the location (not the provider details) to detemine in which country you are?
I don't know if this might help anyone but, wanted to share; hoping someone solves thes pain in the a.s problem. I am longing for books, youtube, earth and tegra games...
People you do not need anything. No root, no prop files...
I just solved the problem yesterday...
---> Go to Google Maps
---> Settings Tab
---> Latitude
---> Settings Tab
---> Settings
---> Select "Set Your Location/Manually Select a location on the map"
---> "Point on map"
---> Go to anywhere in america tab and hold a point
---> Tap to select this point
Taddaaa, everthing is now open... Books, Earth paid apps everything... As long as you keep your latitude there ( only latitude app cannot be used, It will show you in us(mine is currently in nebraska) ) you can buy and use any app.
After that, just change it back to "Select your location..." (Be aware that when you select back to this option you may lose books and youtube)

error while retrieving information from server. [RPC]

I seem to be having this strange issue with google market.
if I go to my apps, I only (according to play store) 1 app installed which is nit the case. Secondly, play store seems to think I have never purchased an app, eg, I have purchased titanium back up pro, but the store is yet again asking me to buy it at 4.99 where as it would usualy state 'purchased' and download. Secondly on trying to repurchase it states there was an error with the wallet, i then receive 2 emails a charge mail, and a refund message.
when i log in to the the play store on the web, it clearly shows apps that i have purchased in my account history with no price and the word 'purchased' but if I navigate manually, using search, it will state a price and ask me to pay
also i am using the same google account, i only have one.
below is an image of the error
Same problem, after cleaning cache problem disappears with bringing new one, f*&king blank page! No installed apps nor purchased asking me to buy it again. "All apps" tab is empty too. Damn wtf is wrong lol..
what rom are you using buddy?
I have the same problem.
The Google Play Market support could not help yet.
I think it does not matter what ROM on phone, this is a google play bug.
Yea i suppose, but looking on google play, its not under any known issues :/ looks like it may be a while before its fixed.
I contacted the customer support.
They could not solve the problem yet
it seems that the lost connection between Google account and purchased apps.
I sent some screenshots in Google Play support and I hope that the problem will be solved.
I advise you to contact Google Play support: [email protected]
I think if there is a lot of posts about this issue, it will speed up the solution
phew glad to see I"m not the only one. I'm hit with this as well on THREE different androids (one of whom is stock unrooted so its not my fault rofl).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24058132
I have also realized I am not getting application updates. its rare I go 3 days without a single update, maybe its because it thinks I have not purchased any apps lol
Any chances that your phone market local data is not yet synced properly with the google play ? I have seen that my apps (free or paid) is not listed out immediately right after I do a full wipe or flash a new rom with full wipe. But it will eventually show up itself after awhile with data/wifi connections. I personally didn't know how long it required to sync back but eventually they will appear back when I access the market again after I restored my personal data back.
By the way, did you guys try to check your account and performs a manual market sync in the Account settings section ?
yes yes and yes we've tried all the normal market fixes, downgraded market, uninstalled updates etc.
This issue is visible on multiple droids I own (including one unrooted stock) and on web market as well, its definitely server side
I'll check in on this thread too lol. I'm in exactly the same position. No response from google.
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Yep....i got same problem here in UK. I wondered if it was anything to do with the ROM im using? CM9 Kang galaxy Nexus. When i try to download from my phone i get error processing purchase. When i log in to google play on my pc..i select a download and it says this item will be downloaded shortly. But the download never arrives on my phone. Dunno what the problem is?
mgf8384 said:
Yep....i got same problem here in UK. I wondered if it was anything to do with the ROM im using? CM9 Kang galaxy Nexus. When i try to download from my phone i get error processing purchase. When i log in to google play on my pc..i select a download and it says this item will be downloaded shortly. But the download never arrives on my phone. Dunno what the problem is?
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It seems not the same problem. This is another google play problem...
This discussion about the problem when the purchased app not in app-list when I trying to download&install app, google play say that the app is not bought.
Google Play thinks I have not purchased any apps.
I noticed that going to play.google.com and trying to install apps that way would give me errors. Trying to view my apps would have a page error. All my apps on my phone are gone, but my tablet has them oddly. Weird!
dude2k5 said:
I noticed that going to play.google.com and trying to install apps that way would give me errors. Trying to view my apps would have a page error. All my apps on my phone are gone, but my tablet has them oddly. Weird!
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I have them on my phone and not my tablet! I think it might be related to market version whether or not they disappear device side. Can only assume the newest versions of market/store download the list from the server, rather than locally. Play.google.com doesn't work for me either.
Kurisu87 said:
what rom are you using buddy?
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XWLP2 4.0.3 stock for sgs2.. Web site is blank too so not rom related I think.
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I am also having the same problem after updating to OrDroid 1.7.5 from 1.7.3 hope this is fixed soon so I can install my apps from my backup.
I'm also have issues with my Galaxy S2 and Xoom
Same problem here with my Defy. I'm on CM7.2 Nightly build.
Just started having this problem a few moments ago on my Xoom. Cannot install any apps from the play market from my PC and keep getting server error when trying to access my apps on my xoom. Not checked my Galaxy S II yet... maybe a problem with Google?

"Your Google Drive is Not Ready Yet" workaround. Get your Google Drive NOW!

Hello all,
If you tried accessing your Google Drive, but it says that it is not ready yet, there is a little workaround I just discovered.
Follow these 2 steps:
(1) Go to the Google Play Store on your Android Device and download the app.
It will automatically log you in, and again give you the same screen stating that your google Drive is not ready yet.
(2) Switch screens internally in the app (meaning, switch to another account if you have more than one, or go into the settings of the app, or whatever) and then press the back button to go back to the main Drive screen. Exiting and reentering the app may work as well, but I don't know because I haven't tried that.
You will notice that once you go back to the app, the message is gone and you have full access to your Google Drive on your Android Device.
**It only gives you access on your phone though, website Google Drive will still not work until its ready**
Enjoy!
PS - Please don't comment things like "why not just wait" or some derivative of that. If you would like to wait, that's great, keep that to yourself. This is for those that don't want to wait. Thanks for understanding.
Edit -
Just found out btw, that you can also just upload directly to Google Docs (any file format), because Google Docs and Drive are going to be Merged and already reflects your 5GB storage amount.
Edit 2 -
Here is the desktop application for all those asking
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8UC9mheN6KZUlFHN0R2QU91TmM
Thanks! Didnt work for me, just signed me into google docs and didnt let me go back to the google drive screen, but good find anyway!
Interesting thing is that on my tablet it worked without any work-arounds, but on my desktop it still says its not ready.
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Just upload a file, and It's ready.
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mattmartin77 said:
Thanks! Also, it seems as though they removed the app from the store, so can you pm the the apk if you have it?
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I don't have the apk, but its still in the play store. I just checked. Search Google Drive rather than just Drive.
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Anyone have the desktop application? Thanks for the workaround by the way.
This appears to be gone from the market / play store / whatever it is today. Any chance of posting the apk?
Just got mailed... here is the download link for Windows https://tools.google.com/dlpage/drive#eula
vistagamer said:
Just got mailed... here is the download link for Windows https://tools.google.com/dlpage/drive#eula
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Thanks but link does not work if your drive is not ready
heya,
Hmm, I managed to update to Google Drive through Play Store, however, I'm having issues with step 2 - how do you switch accounts, or go to settings?
This is on a Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0.4 - there's no settings key when you're at that "Google Drive is not ready" screen...
Cheers,
Victor
ya same here i just tried. @vistagamer when did you apply for your drive to be on the waiting list?
This doesn't work anymore, switching between screens did nothing for me. Seems google patched the bug fast.
yeah. doesn't work for me either. Bloody Google are really bad at releasing stuff imo. ****, in Australia we are still waiting for official google music (both buying and using it!!)
Drive downloaded from the Play store for me today but wouldn't work. Came home from work and installed on my PC. Uploading files now and the app on my Kindle shows the new files...
I can only sign in to google docs on the drive app, and I cant switch back to the drive screen, so I dont think this works anymore...
tbolt running eternity r230
victorhooi said:
heya,
Hmm, I managed to update to Google Drive through Play Store, however, I'm having issues with step 2 - how do you switch accounts, or go to settings?
This is on a Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0.4 - there's no settings key when you're at that "Google Drive is not ready" screen...
Cheers,
Victor
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Just click the button in drive app (the one that you'd create a new document with), and click upload.
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Not working on my GSII, but still many thanks to OP.
Thanks!
took two tries on my Razr.. works great now. Thanks!!
Thanks
I appreciate the download for the desktop client. I installed it on all of my computers.
It doesn't work.
Either way, I a invite from google right after registering a request, so it may be the best way for now.

International Travel with TF 700

Oddly my transformer lost the google play books and google play movie apps while traveling in Europe. My Galaxy Nexus was unaffected despite sharing the same wifi connections. I understand they aren't available in the market..but odd they seemed to vanish from the transformers GUI. I had to uninstall and reinstall them the first time I reentered a country they were available in.
Anyone with similar experiences internationally? Kind of annoying if you can't trust it to keep the video and books app if you take content with you...
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Lol that sucks...
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amaddux said:
Oddly my transformer lost the google play books and google play movie apps while traveling in Europe. My Galaxy Nexus was unaffected despite sharing the same wifi connections. I understand they aren't available in the market..but odd they seemed to vanish from the transformers GUI. I had to uninstall and reinstall them the first time I reentered a country they were available in.
Anyone with similar experiences internationally? Kind of annoying if you can't trust it to keep the video and books app if you take content with you...
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I'll let you know if any of this happens to me since I'll be traveling to Europe soon.
Last time I was over there I had an update come through on my NexusOne and the language got switched so every time I searched it was in another language. It really only affected Google properties for mobile web but it was really annoying and it took a while to fix it.
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I'll let you know if any of this happens to me since I'll be traveling to Europe soon.
Last time I was over there I had an update come through on my NexusOne and the language got switched so every time I searched it was in another language. It really only affected Google properties for mobile web but it was really annoying and it took a while to fix it.
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Thanks, I'll be curious. It either happened in Belgium or Luxembourg. Since I traveled through several countries, I'm not completely sure. I noticed it in Luxembourg, but it could have happened in Belgium. I know it wasn't an issue in Germany or The Netherlands.
amaddux said:
Thanks, I'll be curious. It either happened in Belgium or Luxembourg. Since I traveled through several countries, I'm not completely sure. I noticed it in Luxembourg, but it could have happened in Belgium. I know it wasn't an issue in Germany or The Netherlands.
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This will be interesting. I am doing a 12 day cruise starting in Barcelona on September first. Hope this isn't a product wide thing...
Wifi acess point connection issues
bmw4l1f3 said:
This will be interesting. I am doing a 12 day cruise starting in Barcelona on September first. Hope this isn't a product wide thing...
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Did try to get to connect to a TP links based Acess point @ Beijing Marriott (exec room level flloor)
so when asked at F Desk they offered me rooms at non Exec Level ! NO !!
no such luck - TP links have a weird G freq as it seems not to comply with Int Stds etc
but funny enough the WIFI in the GOLD LOUNGE did connect
(saw acess point as DLINK)
I did get to G Store ( HK based ) just as Google Main page
Hope this is helpfull
amaddux said:
Oddly my transformer lost the google play books and google play movie apps while traveling in Europe. My Galaxy Nexus was unaffected despite sharing the same wifi connections. I understand they aren't available in the market..but odd they seemed to vanish from the transformers GUI. I had to uninstall and reinstall them the first time I reentered a country they were available in.
Anyone with similar experiences internationally? Kind of annoying if you can't trust it to keep the video and books app if you take content with you...
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That's normal. I have just the app section because the rest is not available in my country. When I go to the UK though all the services appear.
There was once a app called market enabler. IIRC it brings the full layout back. If you want to buy something though you've to use a proxy.
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Nebucatnetzer said:
That's normal. I have just the app section because the rest is not available in my country. When I go to the UK though all the services appear.
There was once a app called market enabler. IIRC it brings the full layout back. If you want to buy something though you've to use a proxy.
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Yes, I understand the market changing to only have the available sections in that country is normal. That happened on my phone and tablet. The Play Books and Play Movies apps completely going away from the device, that only happened on the Transformer.
This gets worse and worse...
I'm in the US now, and after my last reboot, the Google Play Books app went away, and no matter what I do, it won't come back. I have the Books section in Google Play, but when I select it, it says I need the newest Books app. It takes me to the market page, but there are no buttons to install or uninstall. I tried side loading it, but it still doesn't show up in the menu, though it does make the Uninstall button show up for the market.
Any ideas short of doing a complete reset?
I also tried manually re-installing the last US blob file, but that didn't re-add Books.
I guess the difference between your tablet and your phone is that the phone has a SIM card that tells Android what country it actually belongs to. The tablet has no SIM and therefore must rely on WiFi geolocation for that purpose.
If Google Books is missing and you can't install it from the Market, it's probably disabled or frozen (same thing, different terms). Try opening the Settings app, select Apps, select the All tab, scroll to the bottom and see if Books is there. If so, select it and click the Enable button and you should be back in business. If it's not there, something really weird has happened...
firetech said:
I guess the difference between your tablet and your phone is that the phone has a SIM card that tells Android what country it actually belongs to. The tablet has no SIM and therefore must rely on WiFi geolocation for that purpose.
If Google Books is missing and you can't install it from the Market, it's probably disabled or frozen (same thing, different terms). Try opening the Settings app, select Apps, select the All tab, scroll to the bottom and see if Books is there. If so, select it and click the Enable button and you should be back in business. If it's not there, something really weird has happened...
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As promised, I'm in Europe (Poland) and can begin to let you know what I'm seeing. I think the above quote MIGHT have something to do with it. I'm not sure of how your setup was @amaddux but, I'm completely on WiFi for now. I haven't seen a change and even the time was still GMT+5 (made for an interesting morning). Since this was all over WiFi everything is normal except for Play shows zl (local currency) for purchases.
Once I put a European SIM into my old phone (NexusOne GSM) and tether, it might change this. I'll keep you posted as I try different configurations and go to Germany.
firetech said:
I guess the difference between your tablet and your phone is that the phone has a SIM card that tells Android what country it actually belongs to. The tablet has no SIM and therefore must rely on WiFi geolocation for that purpose.
If Google Books is missing and you can't install it from the Market, it's probably disabled or frozen (same thing, different terms). Try opening the Settings app, select Apps, select the All tab, scroll to the bottom and see if Books is there. If so, select it and click the Enable button and you should be back in business. If it's not there, something really weird has happened...
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Unfortunately, Books is not listed under All, either alphabetically or at the bottom, so I think I qualify under the "something weird has happened" clause so far.
The steps to get here as far as I remember are...
Movies & Books goes away after a week in Europe, while in Luxembourg, right after a visit to Belgium. Once leaving Luxembourg, in Germany, I'm able to uninstall both Book and Movies and re-install them, using the market. They both show up again. 5 days later, I'm in the US again, reboot, both apps vanish again. Movies I'm able to un-install and re-install and all is fine after a reboot. Books I'm unable to Uninstall. It shows up in the Market, but with no button. Side loading it make the Uinstall button appear in the market, but does not let it run on the tablet.
Update: I did find Books in the Play Market My Apps All tab. I Uninstalled it there, which then gave me the "Update" button. Once I updated it from there, it seems to be back. A quick reboot keeps it. So back to normal for now, just hoping this doesn't happen everytime I leave the country.
Ok, so I've been in Poland and Germany. Everything is working fine, books/movies/etc. It knows where I am since the cost of apps in Play change to local currency (zl) and search results need to translate. I've only been on WiFi networks though, not using a European SIM
wolfman87 said:
Ok, so I've been in Poland and Germany. Everything is working fine, books/movies/etc. It knows where I am since the cost of apps in Play change to local currency (zl) and search results need to translate. I've only been on WiFi networks though, not using a European SIM
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Interesting. I was in Germany over a week with no issues also. It wasn't until either Brussels or Luxembourg that I had an issue with apps vanishing. I would bet on Luxembourg, since I only had access to "Apps" in the Market while there. Either way, everything is good for now.
amaddux said:
Interesting. I was in Germany over a week with no issues also. It wasn't until either Brussels or Luxembourg that I had an issue with apps vanishing. I would bet on Luxembourg, since I only had access to "Apps" in the Market while there. Either way, everything is good for now.
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I was only in Berlin. Specific cities shouldn't have anything to do with it. At least, I don't see why they would....
Glad that things are back to normal for you though. :victory:
wolfman87 said:
I was only in Berlin. Specific cities shouldn't have anything to do with it. At least, I don't see why they would....
Glad that things are back to normal for you though. :victory:
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They don't. It depends on the country.
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wolfman87 said:
I was only in Berlin. Specific cities shouldn't have anything to do with it. At least, I don't see why they would....
Glad that things are back to normal for you though. :victory:
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I should clarify, Luxembourg is a country, although it is also a city, but in this case the fact it is a country is what matters.
Going to SE Asia and downunder next week.
Let's see what's the story with Play there.
Getting ready for a lot of fun...
And stil w a i t i n g for JB!
amaddux said:
This gets worse and worse...
I'm in the US now, and after my last reboot, the Google Play Books app went away, and no matter what I do, it won't come back. I have the Books section in Google Play, but when I select it, it says I need the newest Books app. It takes me to the market page, but there are no buttons to install or uninstall. I tried side loading it, but it still doesn't show up in the menu, though it does make the Uninstall button show up for the market.
Any ideas short of doing a complete reset?
I also tried manually re-installing the last US blob file, but that didn't re-add Books.
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I took at trip to the Dominican Republic and lost access to the TV Shows section (after I had already purchased and downloaded a bunch of TV shows no less!)
I tried EVERYTHING to get it fixed, but for some reason, every time I would uninstall and reinstall the app, it kept giving me the "DR" version (you can see what version is installed in the Settings menu of the particular App).
I ended up having to factory reset the device.
skola28 said:
I took at trip to the Dominican Republic and lost access to the TV Shows section (after I had already purchased and downloaded a bunch of TV shows no less!)
I tried EVERYTHING to get it fixed, but for some reason, every time I would uninstall and reinstall the app, it kept giving me the "DR" version (you can see what version is installed in the Settings menu of the particular App).
I ended up having to factory reset the device.
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Had you tried clearing the data and cache or, uninstalling and reinstalling Play?

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