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[Q] How to access the Amazon app store from outside US ?

Hi Guys,
Firstly thx for the great community and all the rooting information and guides. This is my first post, I am not a developer but just briefly interested in coding side of things. lets just say I'm more Mechanical than technological ;-)
Came to this forum to ask some help, I saw the guide on getting to the Amazon App webstore outside the US, but the workaround is not working now.
I wasn't able to get through to the webstore even after trying all the steps mentioned in the guide at this link>
btevrythng {DOT}blogspot {DOT}com/2011/03/how-to-use-amazon-ap
Has anyone tried to access this store recently from Australia / or outside US ?
I tried with a Fake US name / country neutral gmail address / Correct but fake (Google maps) postal address and US CC card number from fakenamegenerator.com .
I also Uninstalled my previous kindle app and the App store attempts,
I am running out of ideas on what am I doing wrong or if Amazon have now plugged this loop hole ? Are they tracking Ip addresses to check locations ? Can anyone who has tried to access the store recently please confirm their results ?
Any ideas on what I am doing wrong ?
Have tried many other things that I found googling them, Just wanted to get to the App store to get the free app of the day.

there is a way...
follow the steps provided at this blog: spimi-tech.blogspot.com
tried it and it worked like a charm

You can also try to tunnel your internet connection through VPN (for instance using (overplay net).

shimonelbaz said:
follow the steps provided at this blog: spimi-tech.blogspot.com
tried it and it worked like a charm
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Tried this and it works, but how much is it reliable? It is ok for free apps, but when I start purchasing apps with my real non-US credit card, do I risk being blocked?

[APP][2.2+] Market Unlocker 3.0.8 - support Android market 3.4 and Amazon appstore

Hi all, i'd like to introduce my free app Market Unlocker to you.
It's similar to MarketEnabler which let you access paid apps in Android Market, but add funny functions as
1. Support Android Market 3.4
2. Support download & buy paid app in Amazon Appstore outside USA.
As you might have known, android market and amazone appstore will stop you from downloading and tell you that it's not supported in your region. Why? Because the server's checking your ip address countries as well as your provider. For amazon users registered with us credit card and billing address, it's frustrated when you're not in usa.
Market Unlocker will force visiting Market and Appstore via a proxy, that makes traffic looks like from USA. Unlimited access any more.
Find out more details in Android Market by search "Market Unlocker". I also attached an apk, but check out from android market is still recommended.
Believe it will help you.

Looks promising. It is a [ROOT required + Acquire IMEI] app.
But I cannot find a working US proxy yet to test its function (download apps from Amazon). What a pity.

getting a working USA proxy is hard

Pick up where to get working proxy in Q&A of Android market app descriptions. Google also...
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Works great on my SGS2.
However, I tried it on the alpha ICS roms. (from samsung). It could not get su access and force closed. Might be about my setup though.

Does not work on CM9 alphas too.
Is it an ICS problem?

Hmm tried on nook color with cm9 preview and the market change works, yet the proxy setting says "invalid ip address or port number"

Thanks, i will try

Question
Hi! I just installed your app to see what is about.
I opened the app, then slide left to Market, then clicked in USA Verzion, then slide right to Home, then selected Enable Unlocker, but then I dicided to unistall.
After I uninstalled you app, I went to Market and all the apps is in $, but im from portugal, i use €, I notice i changed the country from my market,
now the question: How can I change back to portuguese Market? where I can see apps in €?
I installed again the app and selected: Back to default market, but nothing happends, still in $...

The_MutenRoshi said:
Hi! I just installed your app to see what is about.
I opened the app, then slide left to Market, then clicked in USA Verzion, then slide right to Home, then selected Enable Unlocker, but then I dicided to unistall.
After I uninstalled you app, I went to Market and all the apps is in $, but im from portugal, i use €, I notice i changed the country from my market,
now the question: How can I change back to portuguese Market? where I can see apps in €?
I installed again the app and selected: Back to default market, but nothing happends, still in $...
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Reboot and clear market data
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Hi, thanks for your work.
Currently I try to download the GMail App, because the App isn't in the german Market.
I was able to fake the provider to Verizon USA and configured a proxy I found in the web. But the GMail App isn't available yet.
What went wrong?
The proxy??

could not make it work.

I bought the Pro version, got a proxy configured automatically and managed managed to buy and install fifa12 from the US market using these steps:
1. Turn on flight mode
2. Enable Market Unlocker and auto unlock
3. Got to system Setting => Applications => Manage applications => All => Market, and click “Clear data”
4. Reboot phone
5. Turn on Wifi/3G
6. Wait google service sync-up completed or refresh in Gmail.
7. Open Market Unlocker, enable proxy
8. Open Google Play. Buy your apps.
Turn off flight mode.
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My question is this, if the device is rebooted with proxy off or flight mode is enabled and disabled, do we still need to do the above steps to be able to buy apps from the US market?

works good on my sgs

is it just me or does this app no longer work ?
for example enable it then use with or without proxy and i still can't download or use google wallet, whereas before i could.
Something has changed...

akpidis said:
I bought the Pro version, got a proxy configured automatically and managed managed to buy and install fifa12 from the US market using these steps:
My question is this, if the device is rebooted with proxy off or flight mode is enabled and disabled, do we still need to do the above steps to be able to buy apps from the US market?
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But Wouldnt doing the steps above erase the apps that I already have in my account?
For the record the doesnt do a thing in my phone...

It this working for anyone?

Downloading app that's not available in your country and/or your device

You need a rooted device. There are few applications that do not need root, but I do not know about them.
And I am not responsible for any damage caused to your device.
Not available for country
I was told there are so many ways but none of them are working now due to some restrictions by Google and I am able to download the applications that are not meant to my country (India) and that are not meant to my device.
In order to do that, we need a VPN application which makes the servers think that you are browsing from the allowed country. But that's not it. You should also have a Google account that's created in that country. So if you want to download an application that is only available for USA, you should have the Gmail account created in USA (in our case, USA servers).
There are so many VPN applications availabe on the store as well as from unknown sources to download.
I have tried VPN One Click, Hideman VPN, and DroidVPN personally and liked all of them. I was not really sure that these are well trusted, I will leave about them to you so you better check the review before you download them.
Basically, we are here trying to bypass your service providers IP address and make the online services (websites or play store) look like you are connected from a different country. So download your choice of VPN application and install it. In our example, let us think we are downloading an application that is meant for USA. Once the VPN is installed, set it to access through USA servers.
Now open a web browser and check yourself that you are directed to the USA based websites when search for something. Once that's done, create a dummy Gmail account. Once created, open Play Store, tap on settings > Accounts > Add Account. Now add the dummy account to your Android device. Make sure the Play Store shows both the accounts. It doesn't matter which was set to default, you can always change it. After you have added it, the apps will be downloaded/synced. You don't need to sync all your device data to this dummy account.
Now we have to delete all the data of the Play Store. Go to Settings of your device > Apps/Applications. Search for Play Store and tap on "Clear Cache" and "Clear Data" then Force Stop the app.
Now Re-Open the Play Store and you should be asked to accept the Terms of Services (make sure the VPN is still running and account of Play Store should be set to the dummy Gmail account). You should be placed in the USA based Play Store. Now you can search for the app and download it.
Not available for device
This will be helpful if you want to download an app that's not available for your device but you want to try it.
There are again so many apps that makes masks Play Store service. Out of which I have used is called one that's called Market Helper.
Download and install this app to your device. Open it and choose the type of device you want to make your device look like. In this case, we again are trying to download a Galaxy S3 supported app on non supported device. So select the type of your device as Phone and the phone as Samsung Galaxy S3. Set the Operator to USA and AT&T or anything else. Once all set, tap on Activate. Now go to Play Store and search for the application that's not available for your device.
Note : If you are trying to download an application that's not available in your country and also for your device, you need to setup both of the above instructions.
If you are having difficulty after trying everything, unlink your Credit Card details from your Google Account. You will have to log into Google Wallet to remove it.

Cannot connect google servers
Hi,
When i try to add new account it returns an error:
"Couldn't sign in"
"There was a problem communicating with Google servers.
Try again later"
Any idea? I used Hideman VPN.
Edit:
I was getting this error after typing password and next.
I don't know if it has any effect but turned off my phone, removed sim card
connected via VPN again, just entered google play with existing account and it asked a prompt from me for terms of usage. Accepted and searched for the application i tried to install which was not avalible for my country. (It should be actually but wasn't able to install after i rooted and installed PAC ROM 4.3.1)
Thanks again!

I want to install a game that is only available for philipines but these vpn blockers dont have a pinoy ip. Is there a solution to this?
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Many Thanks,,
Finally I can download ifruit from rockstar games
:good::good::good:

diamond_4g64 said:
I want to install a game that is only available for philipines but these vpn blockers dont have a pinoy ip. Is there a solution to this?
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Try two apk downloader i like best, evizo apk downloader(download chrome extension first) or APKPURE.COM online apk downloader(search your game and sideload on your phone)

Hello Can Anyone Help Me, I Download Psiphon And I Have Two Account. Primary Account Not Working And Is Still Same When I Use Psiphon And Secondery Have A USA Market. I Unlink Credit Card And Home Address In Primary Account But Still Not Working have Anyone This Problem?

GioKupreishvili said:
Hello Can Anyone Help Me, I Download Psiphon And I Have Two Account. Primary Account Not Working And Is Still Same When I Use Psiphon And Secondery Have A USA Market. I Unlink Credit Card And Home Address In Primary Account But Still Not Working have Anyone This Problem?
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have a look here https://www.apkmirror.com/
lets you dl apps directly, then install them.

andronado said:
Hi,
When i try to add new account it returns an error:
"Couldn't sign in"
"There was a problem communicating with Google servers.
Try again later"
Any idea? I used Hideman VPN.
Edit:
I was getting this error after typing password and next.
I don't know if it has any effect but turned off my phone, removed sim card
connected via VPN again, just entered google play with existing account and it asked a prompt from me for terms of usage. Accepted and searched for the application i tried to install which was not avalible for my country. (It should be actually but wasn't able to install after i rooted and installed PAC ROM 4.3.1)
Thanks again!
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Hi,
Is this app really safe to use? It won´t steal data or hurt my phone, right? Thanks in advance.

You can do this job by using Rocket VPN which is free and safe to use.

Updating google play country
Ok so I contacted google today as I was trying to download an app that was restricted in the previous country I was in.
I had previously tried using vpns etc with no luck (LG G3)
Since this is my first post I am not permitted to post links yet, so add https:// to the start of each url
Below is their troubleshooting guide to fixing the issue, I'm assuming that putting in any country you like would allow you to access that countries store.
The content available in Google Play varies by country, and we use your home address in your Google payments service account to help determine which version of Google Play you see.
If you're having issues viewing your country's version of Google Play, please try the following troubleshooting steps (ideally using a browser on a desktop or laptop computer, but on a mobile device will work also):
1. Sign into payments.google.com and click the Settings icon on the left.
2.Click Edit next to the "Name and Address" and update the address (please note this is different from the "Address book" which holds shipping addresses).
3. Open the Google Play website and navigate to any paid item available for download at play.google.com/store/apps.
4. Click to begin a download until you reach the 'Accept and buy' screen (no need to complete the purchase).
5. Close Google Play and clear your browser cache if you're on a desktop or laptop computer.
6. Clear the cache and data of the Google Play Store, Google Play services, and Download Manager.
7. Wait 30 minutes.
8. Re-open Google Play. You should now see content that matches the country in your home address.
If these steps don't resolve your issue, you can also try purchasing a paid app and refunding it within the 2-hour return window in place of Step 4 above; however, returns like this can only be done in the Play Store app at this time.
If the country for your Google Play account still hasn't updated, please remove and re-add your Google account from your device.

There's a member who did Develop an APKMirror app here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3450564
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[Q] Google Play account region locked, any solutions?

Hello
My google account has unfortunately been locked to my home country, so that the only store i'm able to load on play.google.com is the danish store.
It doesn't work with a US VPN, but my test account works fine and connects to the us store.
Also i'm able to buy and rent movies and tv shows on youtube.com by going directly to youtube.com/movies, but doing the same thing on play.google.com, just tells me that the category i'm looking for is currently unavailable in my country.
Iv'e tried searching around, but i can't find any information that would help me unlock the account again.
Does anyone know if it is possible to unlock a region locked google account, so that it will access what ever store matches my IP?
Thanks

I'm interested in this too. I hope there is a way to bypass the regional restrictions.

I thought I was the only one
It just doesn't work for me, and only with MY google account.
Its like, google locked my account to my area/region forever :'(
I'm in french caribbean and my main country is France

Not sure bout it but try using Google DNS it unlocks most of the sites n is fast :thumbup:
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I don't know if this could help you, I hired unblock-us and configured their dns to run on my home and office routers by default. After a month or two I got the US region.
You can also try to set up your google play pay method to a US credit or debit card, I also did that. Nowadays I have the full unlocked version of google play.
I'm sorry I don't know a lot since I'm not a dev but that helped me.

I am also very interested in this topic. I know this used to be a simple issue where VPN and clearing app data could get you around the region restrictions. However it seems that this is no longer viable.
I have been looking for a way around without using a local credit card or billing method to no avail...
anyone got any leads at all??

Google Wallet outside US - Tap to Pay working (no root required)

Ok, you've got Moto X with NFC but you'd like to use that for something. Motorola Skip would be a nice option if you can get one from US for 10-15$.
Still not enough? Let's get Google Wallet installed:
1. download Google Wallet 2.0-R163-v18-RELEASE APK (http://www.apk4fun.com/apk/7185/ or alternatives)
2. install Google Wallet and open it; it will tell you to move to US, ignore it but check out change country link in that pop-up message
3. temporary change home address to City: Clearwater, State: FL (Florida), Post code: 33760, street/name can stay the same
4. clear data for Google Wallet app, uninstall it and reinstall it from the same APK
5. set up VPN in phone settings: VPN Type: PPTP / VPN Server Hostname: bestvpnusa.com / VPN Username: bestvpnusa.com / VPN Password: 1183 (http://www.bestvpnusa.com/) or search for something safer like pureVPN (trial account: 2.5$). Connect to it.
6. reopen Google Wallet. Behold the magic: enter a new pin and enjoy
7. deactivate VPN connection, change back home address, setup a credit card in Google Play or Google Wallet PC interface if you don't have one already
8. open up Google Wallet, it should load without problems. Activate Tap to Pay option from My Wallet window, activate Orders Tracking if you like, just don't get too excited by Send Money menu link because it requires to verify you US identity (which you don't really have, remember?)
9. look like a total geek when using pay pass terminals in the real world. Some recent users reported that international transactions are declined, but you won't know for sure until you try it.
Setup worked for me in Europe, let other know if it works for you too.

Works, kinda
rioachim said:
Ok, you've got Moto X with NFC but you'd like to use that for something. Motorola Skip would be a nice option if you can get one from US for 10-15$.
Still not enough? Let's get Google Wallet installed:
1. download Google Wallet 2.0-R163-v18-RELEASE APK (http://www.apk4fun.com/apk/7185/ or alternatives)
2. install Google Wallet and open it; it will tell you to move to US, ignore it but check out change country link in that pop-up message
3. temporary change home address to City: Clearwater, State: FL (Florida), Post code: 33760, street/name can stay the same
4. clear data for Google Wallet app, uninstall it and reinstall it from the same APK
5. set up VPN in phone settings: VPN Type: PPTP / VPN Server Hostname: bestvpnusa.com / VPN Username: bestvpnusa.com / VPN Password: 1183 (http://www.bestvpnusa.com/) or search for something safer like pureVPN (trial account: 2.5$). Connect to it.
6. reopen Google Wallet. Behold the magic: enter a new pin and enjoy
7. deactivate VPN connection, change back home address, setup a credit card in Google Play or Google Wallet PC interface if you don't have one already
8. open up Google Wallet, it should load without problems. Activate Tap to Pay option from My Wallet window, activate Orders Tracking if you like, just don't get too excited by Send Money menu link because it requires to verify you US identity (which you don't really have, remember?)
9. look like a total geek when using pay pass terminals in the real world. Some recent users reported that international transactions are declined, but you won't know for sure until you try it.
Setup worked for me in Europe, let other know if it works for you too.
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I've had Google Wallet installed I'm in Canada. I mostly use it to store loyalty cards. Don't know how I got it set up but I never had to go through all that. It even updated through the play store! I do have my primary google address set to a US address though so I guess that's why.
I can't get a Canadian card to work but I set up a US credit card in wallet and it worked. Tap and Pay also works. Well sort of. You are able to get the credit card terminal (in Canada) to recognize the card but the payment will be declined instantly, probably because the virtual google card that all purchases go through does not work outside of the US. (See https://support.google.com/wallet/answer/3222630?hl=en.) Anyways, I know that its not the actual plastic US credit cards problem because using the actual card allows the payment to go through (with a exchange fee of course).
So, basically you have a app that only keeps track of your loyalty cards and orders. Not bad but not great either.
I would love to be proven wrong though, if anyone has successfully used wallet to tap to pay outside of US AFTER google got rid of the prepaid card, please do share. (In the beginning Google had a prepaid card set up that you could deposit funds into and it worked everywhere, but they got rid of it)

After 2 days Wallet stopped working complaining again about country. This useless thread can be deleted.

rioachim said:
After 2 days Wallet stopped working complaining again about country. This useless thread can be deleted.
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Does any of you discovered some way to use Tap N Pay in Europe or Google Wallet with tap and pay?

I just read apple pay is launching in Canada in nov
Kind of sad google isn't here yet