I tried looking around Google and could not find an answer. I have a few questions with Android Pay when travelling abroad.
I'm currently in the USA and have Android Pay working.
Question 1: I'm travelling to Spain this weekend. From what I've read Spain doesn't have Android Pay yet. Does that just mean if someone lives there they can't sign up. Since I already have a credit card that's linked and set up with Android Pay can I use it in that country?
Question 2: Also, can I set up PayPal to Android Pay? I'd prefer to pay a merchant with Paypal so I can avoid international transaction fees that my credit card will impose whenever I use it.
If this is the wrong section moderator feel free to move but I figured general Q&A would be the best location.
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Hi,
Guys, I wanna buy an at&t phone that requires a new contract, However I dont have SSN... i know i cant do that online but can i buy one from a store ( att store, fry's, bestbuy,...) and tell the store keeper that i'm gonna activate online to avoid him asking for my SSN, can i do that??
also, I read somewhere on the web that if i entered the ssn as all 9's the credit check will fail and att will propose to convert the contract account into prepaid, is that true..
thanks,
Engineer
they will check your credit upon purchase, not activation.
If you sign up for a 2year contract to get the discounted phone and don't have a ssn, this means you don't work in the US or have permanent residence. To give a fake one constitutes fraud, theft, etc.
Your best bet is to find yourself a phone on eBay or other sales source and see if you can get it activated without doing anything you shouldn't do.
engineer05 said:
Hi,
Guys, I wanna buy an at&t phone that requires a new contract, However I dont have SSN... i know i cant do that online but can i buy one from a store ( att store, fry's, bestbuy,...) and tell the store keeper that i'm gonna activate online to avoid him asking for my SSN, can i do that??
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I don't want to pry into why you are in the US and don't have an SSN, but you generally need one to obtain any sort of credit in the US.
If you have a legitimate reason for not having an SSN (for example, I used to have a restricted K visa that did not allow work) then you can apply to the SSA for a non-work SSN.
When you receive the card it will be endorsed to say that you cannot work but it should be sufficient to register for credit.
I forget the exact details of the process, but you can get a form from their website, http://www.ssa.gov
Failing that, your only option would be to buy a handset online for cash.
MrHorus,
He could be an international student. International students are not allowed to obtain SSNs from the Social Security Department unless if they have a legitimate employment offer somewhere, which will most likely be an on-campus employment.
And TC, don't bother going around the system, it's been around much longer and whatever loopholes you think you can exploit will be more than likely met with brick walls the size of Texas.
Go and get employed wherever you are and then apply for a SSN (and stop thinking you even have a chance of going around the system, cause if you even had a chance of going around it, you wouldn't have asked XDA for help on the matter).
I don't mean to be harsh, just want to make sure I get my point across.
Good day.
MrHorus said:
I don't want to pry into why you are in the US and don't have an SSN, but you generally need one to obtain any sort of credit in the US.
If you have a legitimate reason for not having an SSN (for example, I used to have a restricted K visa that did not allow work) then you can apply to the SSA for a non-work SSN.
When you receive the card it will be endorsed to say that you cannot work but it should be sufficient to register for credit.
I forget the exact details of the process, but you can get a form from their website, http://www.ssa.gov
Failing that, your only option would be to buy a handset online for cash.
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Hello,
first of all I am from Germany. I am an 18-years-old student and want to sell my apps on the WP Marketplace. I've already entered my banking information on the App Hub.
Now my questions are:
Do I have to register a business in Germany to be able to sell apps on the Marketplace?
How will I have to pay taxes? Is it only the taxes in Germany?
I know that I also have to send the W-8BEN form to Micorsoft.
Thanking you in anticipation!
as student (University not school) your are allowed to earn a specific amount without paying taxes (I don't know the exact amount).
Otherwise you may need a trade Certificate (Gewerbeschein) which you can get at any district administration for like 20€ or something. and there. There is also a tax allowance where you don't pay anything.
Just google "Kleingewerbe".
Ok thank you, that really helped me!
1st of all please apologies me if i post in wrong thread, I an new here.
I have recently made an icon theme for nova/apex/adw launcher.
I am student and have no credit card neither bank account to pay play store 25$ first time fee.
I wanted to ask someone who already has google play publisher account can also post my app for 1.99$ and after few months he could return my money i earn from my app?
Even though I can't help you with this, I do advise that you do background check of the dev...
And whatever dev you choose, it shall be at your own risk as XDA will not be able to help you in money matters...
a.cid said:
Even though I can't help you with this, I do advise that you do background check of the dev...
And whatever dev you choose, it shall be at your own risk as XDA will not be able to help you in money matters...
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I totally agree with you, money even makes most honest man blind but i also have no other option .
I would strongly advise against this. Are you able to use a pre-paid credit card?
wseemann said:
I would strongly advise against this. Are you able to use a pre-paid credit card?
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I know its not a good and trusted way but as i said above i also have no other option and no i am not able to use pre-paid credit card.
As a "student", how old are you ?
Are you located outside of the United States of America ?
If you're in the USA, just get a bank account - many, many bank accounts are completely and absolutely free. I know that a segment of the US population does manage to get by without a bank account - but not having one is COSTING you money in check cashing fees and the like.
I'm not a rich person and I come from a family that was below the poverty line for many years - yet I've had a bank account since I was nine years old. My parents wouldn't have signed me up for one if it had cost money.
Go to a bank or credit union - ask about a free checking account. Get one.
If you are under 18, your parents or any other person over 18 who trusts you not to bounce cheques can help you get a bank account. Or give your parents the $25 and use their account or do chores or something.
If you are outside the USA, refer to whatever procedures are in your country. I have to be skeptical that you could be in a country where you can access reliable computing and internet but not be able to open a bank account (you can even do this on-line these days - and you can cash cheques with some bank's mobile apps - so it's possible to even circumvent location from a physical branch as a factor in being able to open one). I'm sure it's possible, somewhere, but I find it difficult to believe.
I mean, if this developer is going to give you the money less the initial $25... how were they going to send it to you ? Letters can be lost in the mail legitimately. If they are going to write you a personal cheque... how are you going to deposit it ? What if your theme doesn't sell that well and you end up paying WAL*MART just to give you whatever's left ?
Is this developer supposed to keep writing you cheques as long as the app is being sold ?
Are you going to give THEM a cut for doing this ? They'd have to pay postage, after all. Or at the least spend time out of their day to pay you your likely small beans - when they could be running their own business.
Who's going to do that ?
Solution : Get a bank account. Deposit money.
Other Solution : Get a friend or someone you actually know to help you set up a bank account and/or loan you $25.
Pennycake said:
As a "student", how old are you ?
Are you located outside of the United States of America ?
If you're in the USA, just get a bank account - many, many bank accounts are completely and absolutely free. I know that a segment of the US population does manage to get by without a bank account - but not having one is COSTING you money in check cashing fees and the like.
I'm not a rich person and I come from a family that was below the poverty line for many years - yet I've had a bank account since I was nine years old. My parents wouldn't have signed me up for one if it had cost money.
Go to a bank or credit union - ask about a free checking account. Get one.
If you are under 18, your parents or any other person over 18 who trusts you not to bounce cheques can help you get a bank account. Or give your parents the $25 and use their account or do chores or something.
If you are outside the USA, refer to whatever procedures are in your country. I have to be skeptical that you could be in a country where you can access reliable computing and internet but not be able to open a bank account (you can even do this on-line these days - and you can cash cheques with some bank's mobile apps - so it's possible to even circumvent location from a physical branch as a factor in being able to open one). I'm sure it's possible, somewhere, but I find it difficult to believe.
I mean, if this developer is going to give you the money less the initial $25... how were they going to send it to you ? Letters can be lost in the mail legitimately. If they are going to write you a personal cheque... how are you going to deposit it ? What if your theme doesn't sell that well and you end up paying WAL*MART just to give you whatever's left ?
Is this developer supposed to keep writing you cheques as long as the app is being sold ?
Are you going to give THEM a cut for doing this ? They'd have to pay postage, after all. Or at the least spend time out of their day to pay you your likely small beans - when they could be running their own business.
Who's going to do that ?
Solution : Get a bank account. Deposit money.
Other Solution : Get a friend or someone you actually know to help you set up a bank account and/or loan you $25.
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I live outside USA and im at the moment 15. A friend of me who lives in uk (thought we are friends for 3 years) he agreed to create publisher account for me, but after he went to register he said it has only credit card method and i never use credit card but only paypal for online shopping, so he disagreed to create.So i was thinking someone honest could handle my app then the money i earn can be sent to his paypal account so he buy something for me and send it to me.I also have no honest friend on internet except him.If you think you are honest and can handle this then from my earning from app you can take 25$ or if you already has play publisher account then its great.
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I live outside USA and im at the moment 15. A friend of me who lives in uk (thought we are friends for 3 years) he agreed to create publisher account for me, but after he went to register he said it has only credit card method and i never use credit card but only paypal for online shopping, so he disagreed to create.So i was thinking someone honest could handle my app then the money i earn can be sent to his paypal account so he buy something for me and send it to me.I also have no honest friend on internet except him.If you think you are honest and can handle this then from my earning from app you can take 25$ or if you already has play publisher account then its great.
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Are you able to get a prepaid debit card (like one of those Visa gift cards or similar) in your country? Don't quote me on this, but I believe you may be able to use one of those (and you won't need a bank account or heck even an ID to buy one). Let me know if that's a viable option for you, as I have a few friends whom are also in similar situations.
Hi,
I have a weird question. I even don't know whether I'm posting in the correct section or not. Admins, please move this question to the correct section.
In the US, most of the cell phone sales are through Carriers. But its not in the developing countries. Its a more prepaid market.
That means, we go to Walmart, and buy grocery and similarly, we buy cell phones and recharge cards and refill our account.
Mostly it is prepaid market. But in the US, its mostly postpaid market and contracts.
Is there any way, I can get some details, about the carriers, on the whole, - not of each individual carriers, source of income.
Example : Lets say 100 people need cell phones. How many are walking into any of the carrier's stores and signing up a contract and how many are going online on amazon or ebay or craigslist and buying their cell phones and plans online?? and how many are going in for walmart, target, bestbuy, frys, and buying a cell phone and plans available there.
Does a report of this nature exist?? I'm not sure.
I'm trying to find myself online, but cannot find one.
Thanks a lot for the help. Its for one of my school work's project. I need to develop more on that, with graphs, pie charts, and strategies/suggestions.
Thank You and peace.
Hello everyone. Thanks a lot for your time and attention.
I am here to request for assistance with my prepaid Samsung A13 and A03 for my brother. We acquired the aforementioned prepaid phones in a neighbouring country Kenya while we worked there. We came back home Uganda when we had paid 93% of the price on each of the phones. We had opted for monthly subscriptions but all have expired and the phones are locked. It's now six months without subscription. We have paid more than 95% of the purchase price.
We want to use the phones but we can't travel to Kenya to make a subscription because it's expensive.
Kindly guide me how we can unlock the phones for ever and make them ready for use without having to pay subscription?
Thank you for your time and attention good people.
Note: These phones are not carrier locked. They are vended by a company called M-Kopa. The company is not a Telecom company. This company offers mobile devices to the public for purchase on a pay as you go basis. Payment can be daily, weekly or monthly. The phones come with administration software installed for locking the phone out of use after expiry of payment.
Kindly check out the vendor's website for details
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Kindly advise how to unlock
May be this guide helps:
How to unlock a phone on every carrier in 2023 | Digital Trends
Want to break your smartphone out of carrier jail? Here's a guide on how to unlock your phone so you can change carriers or use it while traveling abroad.
www.digitaltrends.com
xXx yYy said:
May be this guide helps:
How to unlock a phone on every carrier in 2023 | Digital Trends
Want to break your smartphone out of carrier jail? Here's a guide on how to unlock your phone so you can change carriers or use it while traveling abroad.
www.digitaltrends.com
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Thank you for your time and attention.
Note: These phones are not carrier locked. They are vended by a company called M-Kopa. The company is not a Telecom company. This company offers mobile devices to the public for purchase on a pay as you go basis. Payment can be daily, weekly or monthly. The phones come with administration software installed for locking the phone out of use after expiry of payment.
The devices are not network locked.
Kindly check out vendor's website
Balbuenna said:
Hello everyone. Thanks a lot for your time and attention.
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Greetings. While we appreciate your plight, XDA does not condone any methodology or discussion used to circumvent any mobile vendor, or carrier restrictions placed on devices
until they are paid in full. To do so would be inviting legal trouble as described in XDA Rule #9:
9. Don't get us into trouble.
Don't post copyrighted materials or do other things which will obviously lead to legal trouble. If you wouldn't do it on your own homepage, you probably shouldn't do it here either. This does not mean that we agree with everything that the software piracy lobby try to impose on us. It simply means that you cannot break any laws here, since we'll end up dealing with the legal hassle caused by you. Please use common sense: respect the forum, its users and those that write great code.
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Sorry for the inconvenience, and thank you for your understanding.
Thread closed.
-Regards: Badger50