[Q] How to buy paid apps in a non supported country - Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi Guys,
My hotmail email ID is linked to my country however every time i try to add a credit card the default country is the UK and i am unable to change that. Any idea how i can get paid apps?
Thanks

Get a new Live ID, and remember to choose your country to US or UK (hotmail.co.uk or something like that).
And apply the new live ID to your phone.

I had this problem also.
I created a new Live ID. I set a random UK address (but real address!). Registered the new ID with my phone (i reset the phone to factory settings)
Then I added my card with the same UK address, even though my card is not registered in UK.
It worked. I managed to even buy an app.
Before this, with my old live account I got an error registering my credit card.

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dwensch said:
Hello,
i bought my trophy 7 in december, so i needed to make a live id with USA as country, because at that time Marketplace was not working in Belgium...
Now.. months later, apps are getting released from belgium, so you only can install them if you registered your phone with belgian live id
The only way to change my ID, is to reset the whole phone... so i lose all my contacts, messages etc...
Is there a way to change something in the registry?
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