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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Although you do not need root to install it, if you are not in the U.S., you need root to use it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tlangan:
If I had a new Nexus, I would wait for Google Wallet to be available in Canada. Of course, if curiosity got the better of me, who knows? I might try it.

I was using a new Nexus yesterday. Face unlock works well. On my Nexus S, with 4.0.3 ROM, overclocked to 1200 MHz, face unlock works slow to setup, and once set up, recognizes face less that 40% of the time.

The screen is beautiful on the Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tlangan:
Hamburger at McDonalds - Google Wallet offline

I just bought a hamburger at McDonalds using google wallet.

I had data off on my phone.

It worked. Receipt is for $1.46, and they gave me the hamburger.

****

Right after I made the purchase, there was the transaction screen that showed. It had merchant, date, amount*, payment card, location, notes. *It said amount will show shortly. I am still waiting for it now, even though I turned data on, and am now back at work using WIFI.

Just now I went into add funds, then exited, it said balance updating. It lowered my balance, so the transaction took.

In Transactions I see McDonalds $1.43, but $1.44 came off my balance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cmscritic:
Nice

Very cool, I'll have to try this out. Also in Canada..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] utsutsu:
Thanks!

I just wanted to chime in to say that I got this working thanks to this thread, and others on this forum.

I am in Manitoba, have a Rogers phone, flashed to yakju 4.0.2. So far, I've made a couple of purchases and successfully loaded up an additional $100 vanilla mastercard.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dinan:
Well I used marketenabler and got Wallet working, so yea free $10 from google. Where exactly can I use this though? Haven't lived in Toronto that long so I'm not sure which places take it.

Also for funding are you guys funding it in USD and taking the FX hit every time?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Maresch:
Any chance I can get such a credit gift card delivered to germany? I have family in the US, but theyre much to busy to get this organised for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Paverdude:
unlocked, rooted, flashed cwm, installed google wallet apk all with Galaxy nexus Toolkit, ran market enabeler and then wallet

All is good, set up prepaid card, go my $10 credit

runs good, on my way to try it out

Worked at Petrocanada, ran market enabler, then G wallet, entred my pin and used at the till got a pop, chips and choc bar, all on google

guy at the till thought i was riping him off till the recipt came out
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Paverdude:
picked up a $50 VMC, loged on to wallet and tryed to upload wouldn't work

went back to vmc websit and clicked register, them back to G Wallet and added funds, added $45 worked charged 45.65 for fees, should have added $49

I was tempted to use Leavenworth pen as the address, but decided against it. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] utsutsu:
Yeah, it costs a few bucks essentially to load the card up. It's the price we pay for being early adopters!

Go get the free app from the market called PayPass Locator. It should load up a map with some business highlighted. Here in Winnipeg it seems like Robins Donuts, Tim Hortons, Shoppers Drug Mart, McDonald's, Superstore, and most gas stations so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 4u2nvinmtl:
I have a Google Wallet Account linked to my US account but I cant launch the app from my phone. "Not supported: Unfortunately Google wallet has not yet been certified in you country or on you device / carrier." Any I ideas? I assume proxy I'll be trying that next...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
You need to be running market enabler or something like that before you open Wallet.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 4u2nvinmtl:
Works great! Damn Google gives 10$ just for signing up! I don't know how they can afford this but Mc D's is on big G to night!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RioRyan:
New user here, running CM9 Kang Milestone 2 from ROM manager on Nexus S

Had to flash google wallet pre-install.zip followed by wallet.apk to get it working

Got my $10, used it at Tim's last night. Also noticed that $0.01 more came off the balance than the transaction states.

I wonder, when this launches in Canada, will we get screwed because we are signed up as americans? I would be concerned that my e-mail address is now registered as an American Wallet user.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ArmanUV:
I'm running AOKP which already had wallet. I got a $100 vanilla mc for 105.95 from Zellers, ran market enabler and it all went fine.

I was able to take $98 out of a $100 Vanilla mastercard, which is weired because on the back of the card it says there is a 2.5% "currency margin" fee. It actually took 98.35 from the card:

I advise everyone to get the most expensive card you can get. This way, you pay the minimum activation fee and considering the $10 google gives you, you actually make a profit. Of course, this is only for the first time. After that, it doesn't make sense financial wise. You're practically overcharged 2-5% overall, and frankly I don't see it as being that much more convenient. Until Google officially introduces wallet for canada, I won't reload my account anymore.

The reactions you get are pretty hilarious though :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] seannlim:
I'm going to San Francisco in a couple weeks. If I use wallet down there, will I still be charged conversion rates? Or do I just get charged in USD?

Thanks

Sean
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonnyg1097:
I hope google wallet is usable soon in Canada I cant wait to start using it (properly).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ArmanUV:
No. The conversion happens when you change the card. Google basically withdraws from the prepaid card and then it uses its own system to handle purchases.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] simplymuzik3:
Can I use it without an internet connection?

I have it all setup with my 10$, but I'm doing this on a secondary phone with no sim, so I won't have an internet connection when I try to make a purchase. Will it still work?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] inedible:
Set this up yesterday on my Galaxy Nexus. Installed fine once I upgraded to 4.0.3. When I signed up they gave me the $10 credit, and today I bought a $100 vanilla MC and promptly added it.

Now, when I go to wallet.google.com and sign in with my gmail account, it asks me if I want to start new service. When I try to buy apps from the market, it says please add a credit card, and has no option for my google prepaid "card". This bothers me a great deal, since I wanted to use at least some of that to buy apps.

So, I'm 100% sure I put in the right email address when signing up for wallet, since I got the confirmation email there, but it's like I have two google wallet accounts now, one within the app that has $107 on it, and one on the market and wallet.google.com that has no money on it at all.

Any fix for this?

Also, when I went to mcdonald's today, it said "chip data invalid" and then "card read error". I'm hoping this is just an issue with mcdonald's reader or something, since it's starting to look like I've sunk $100 into something I cannot possibly use in any way.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ArmanUV:
I can't use my prepaid card for the market either.

Overall, I feel the same way. The whole experience is not really worth it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] plucky duck:
Question, since what Google did to Google Wallet today has anybody been able to successfully add any more funds to the prepaid account?

I got my vanilla MC today, but wasn't able to add anything. Not sure if it's because I really need to wait out the full 24hrs before the MC becomes fully functional or whether it has to do with Google's action today.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ArmanUV:
I can't even access my prepaid card anymore. It says it's not available at this time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] plucky duck:
USER ID is back up and I'm again able to add money to the prepaid account via the Vanilla Mastercard.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] arshad14:
Did not work at Tim Hortons today

Was anyone able to use their google wallet after Google fixed their security hole? I tried using it at Tim Horton's but it said that it detected the scanner but the transaction was unsuccessful and to ask the cashier if it worked. Anyone try it lately?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kudzaikun:
i can also confirm that i have not been successful to get it to work, at both Tim H, and super store, i just added credit from a vanilla MasterCard, would hate to see it go to waiste.

Someone confirm if it has been working for them, that would be awesome.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] takedownx:
For me Google Wallet worked in Canada today. I paid 2.52$ at McDonalds in Montreal, Canada, on february 19th. It was my first purchase, with the 10$ Google Card.

I used my Nexus S, on ICS 4.0.3, ROM cm-9.0.0-RC0-NS-signed.no.v2.p1, and Google Wallet v. 1.1-R48v4 installed. I use Market Enabler also to fake TMobile.

It was very exciting. Took a while (about 2 hours) to have Merchant infos updated in the "Transactions" section (before update, I was getting PayPass Merchant, and no transaction amount).

So I can confirm it works. I don't know if it works anywhere else, but at McDo, it seems to.

Hope it gives you hope!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xiophyte:
Worked for me yesterday. Bought coffee at tim hortons in Markham, Ontario with it using the free 10$ from Google.

I have a GSM Gnex runing AOKP M3. I also didn't have to flash another gWallet APK. The one that came with the rom worked.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] angeloposteraro:
Works for me at McD's and Loblaws, however, after a day or so all my transactions say "cross-boarder" and are charged at $0.01 and it loses the previous transaction information. so my $1.46 Mcds transaction from one day will suddenly become cross-boarder transaction and say .01$ the next it still shows the location in the map as mcd's but has no merchant name and as said the cost becomes .01.

Still works perfectly to pay tho, and my balances are update accurately, its just the transactions.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrnovanova:
funds not added

I purchased a 50$ prepaid card and tried adding it to my google wallet using an american adress and I keep getting "Google wallet prepaid card funds not added". This is what I get on my VMC page.

Vanilla® Prepaid MasterCard® Card

Card Account: 0385	Original Gift Card Value: $50.00

Card activated on: 28-Feb-2012 8:46:35 AM

Total Holds/Preauths (-) what is this?	$0.00

Total Debits(-)	$0.00

Total Credits(+)	$199.94

Available Gift Card Balance	$50.00

4 transactions found, displaying all transactions.1

Transaction Date	Transaction	Debit	Credit

02/28/2012 08:46 AM	INCOMM

990400 Gift Card Activation Gift Card Activation:Credit	$50.00

02/28/2012 08:42 AM	INCOMM

970200 Denied Denied : Delayed Redemption	$49.98

02/28/2012 08:37 AM	INCOMM

970200 Denied Denied : Delayed Redemption	$49.98

02/28/2012 08:32 AM	INCOMM

970200 Denied Denied : Delayed Redemption	$49.98

Any body had this happen to them before?

Do I have to wait 24h?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
If you bought a $50 card, you cannot add $50, you need to knock off some for the CAD/USD exchange rate. Try adding $48 or $49.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrnovanova:
I thought of that I did 49,48 and45 even 30$ and it didn't work
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrnovanova:
Waited 24h still not adding funds. I even changed a number in the cvc code and got the same answer which means it doesn't even get to the point of verification. Has anyone been able to add funds since wallet has been back online?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slinkz:
It took a couple days for me until i could add funds. A user ID number appeared and then I could transfer 24$ of a 25$ vanilla card.

Problem now is that at the POS, the handshake doesn't complete. I just keeps saying "sending".

Anyone else experience this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] csi123:
I read somewhere on the web that the prompt for the SSN will only be triggered after loading up the card for more than $100 3 times.

Anyone (I meant Canadian) who has successfully reloaded their wallet more than 3 times?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] t3xboar:
I have reloaded about 6 times now. live in montreal. works fine until about a week ago.

now unfortunatly it's kicking up the " not certified in your country " error.

on a side note @mrnovanova that error occures when the store activation didnt go through fully yet. first time it gave me that and i looked into it, their faq says that there is a time delay for 100% card activation due to fraud. the fix was to wait few hours and it added the cash no problem. bought my card at 10pm at jean coutu and waited until about 11:30 for it to work. you do have to remove some cash due to excahnge rates. so try 24$ instead of 25 type thing etc...

in canada you get flagged for anything over 99$ using our vanialla prepaids to refill it seems. so dont bother. add like 50$ at a shot to make your total ammounts. not 1 huge payment of 500$ lol.

*******************

I reflashed a working nandroid backup and got my wallet back with the correct prepaid ammount. then 15-20min later that @#$@#$@#$ " not certified in your county" error came back.

anyone else with this issue?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrnovanova:
It's been 3 days I've tried numerous times and I still keep getting the "google prepaid funds not added" message and that's it. I give up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bt1980:
I was able to reload $49 onto Google Wallet with a $50 Prepaid Vanilla Mastercard from Shoppers Drug Mart in Ontario. Using the $50 option failed.

I had to register the card with a US zip code and use a US address; but used my real name, phone number, and email address.

It took about an hour from buying the card before it was activated. All attempts to use it before then failed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] anarchos:
SuperSU temporary unroot

I just discovered that if you are using SuperSU (a newer, arguably better Superuser) you can set yourself as T-Mobile using Market Enabler, temporarily unroot by deselecting "Enable superuser" in SuperSU's options and then Google Wallet will not give you the unsupported device or unsupported country errors. Not sure if that will help anyone, but I think it was pretty cool that Market Enabler seems to still be working after SuperSU has been temporarily disabled.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AfzalivE:
Read that as "I will then fund gonewild again" :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deadpool2727:
Google/The Money Network cut me off because I'm not a US resident :( I kept getting a declined error when trying to use Wallet despite having over $200 on the card. They said that the only way that they would take the hold off my account was if I could prove my US residency.

I funded the card with an American Express prepaid credit card that I purchased while I was in the states. I'm not sure if this was why they flagged my account, maybe I shouldn't have used the hotel's address to activate the card.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kodath:
same here i had 80 bucks left and they cut me off too. they said they would credit me back the amount though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AfzalivE:
Kinda unrelated but this happened to me when I was buying from DailySteals just now but after I made a new Paypal US account and added this card to it, it got approved on DailySteals too (the card, not the paypal account)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lexcyn:
Is this still working in Canada? I just installed and activated a pre-paid on my Gnex and going to try at Timmies ... I just don't want to get there and have it not work LOL
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MatAuc12:
I started getting "declined" at the register earlier this week..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ArmanUV:
bought subway an hour ago

footlong turkey and ham on honey oat with lettus, tomatoes, banana papers and olives : DELICIOUS
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 420SYN:
In my experience only 1 out of 5 transactions actually go through. It seems pretty hit or miss so I'm opting to wait until it's actually in Canada. It does feel nice using it but the fees for using the vanilla mastercard are way to high, then there's the exchange rate. And it doesn't work most of the time. (could be bad paypass terminals i guess).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lexcyn:
OK so it's hit or miss.

I guess I will just remove it and wait until it's available here.

It's really too bad though, I mean I honestly do not understand what's taking them so long. If they keep waiting, Paypal is going to come out with their solution first.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ArmanUV:
Yes it's hit and miss due to minor incompatibility between wallet and some pay pass locations. I notice that if it works at one specific place, it always works.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RobbieCrash:
Yeah, the only problems I have are at locations with off-brand (ie: not bank provided) terminals. Little mom and pop shops don't always work, but the major places do.

I'm now having a bigger issue with adding funds via a vanilla MC. Registered to my US address, under my US phone number, but no dice.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ninjai117:
I had google wallet working flawlessly on 4.0.3, I flashed 4.0.4 and installed the APK for wallet and the terminal text kept flicking back and forth between "Authorizing" and something else that I can't remember. I have $2.02 left and I wanna use it! haha.

I cleared the on wallet and the initialization procedure went smoother than it did last time (I had a weird bug where it kept bringing up the tutorial the first time I installed it on 4.0.4) so I'm wondering if it will work now....

but nothing says awkward like "check this out! I'll pay with my phone..." and have it not work.

Sounds like there's nothing we can really do about re adding funds though...? Wallet will realistically never come to Canada. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andouille:
Since I rooted my GN 2 days ago I was thinking might as well try GW!

I installed it fine using the APK and the market enabler, then I rebooted my phone and now I have that unsuported device showing up even if I use the market enabler (I think I might have opened it once without activating the ME, do I need to re-install? what are my options?

Guess I will wait before going to get a vanilla card!

Andouille

GN with AOKP on 4.0.3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spriggs169:
never mind found my answer a page back

---------- Post added at 05:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:47 AM ----------

how did they what u to prove it with a ssn? they just cut me off getting declined after i added$97.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kodath:
I just called money network and they had transfered me to someone by the name of Sasha? and she explained that I was in Canada blah blah trying to using GW. I juts told her I was a Canadian Resident and she said that she would refund the amount back onto my prepaid master card (which I received 3 days later) :D

EDIT: she never asked me for my SSN since I told her I was not a US citizen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Haadkoe:
FWIW, Vanilla also sells US Dollar cards. Haven't tried one yet, nor do I know if there is a price difference, but it would avoid the whole issue of not being able to load the full amount of the card to your wallet.

Also, spoofing Tmobile didn't work for me... however, spoofing AT&T did. App appears in the Market and is downloadable/updatable. :)

I've only used the wallet for a few transactions, but I found that it seems you have the hold the phone so the lower half touches the paypass receiver (more or less, anyway). The first couple times I tried I held it sideways so that only the top half of the phone was touching, and it didn't work.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evangelion01:
From what I'm reading, people are being cut off after using a Vanilla mastercard? Was this immediately after topping up or a while after?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tlangan:
Can no longer top up using Vanilla MC

I have had GW working on Nexus S with 2.3.6, 4.0.3, and 4.0.4.

Last used it 11Apr12 to buy $3 breakfast promo at Subway (excellent deal for good food!)

***

I got my original $10 from Google, and used it.

Later I added $20 using Vanilla MC, and continued to use GW.

At one point, of course, GW was unavailable while they fixed security issues.

After a few weeks I got the email from Google saying sorry, and received the additional $5.

GW has been working for me since then. My balance was there + $5 extra. It has worked for me at Subway, McDonald's, and Tim Hortons. When I first start GW, it tells me there is a newer version, but I have not updated to it.

Today I tried topping up using Vanilla MC, just like I did before. It did not work. Uncertain why it would not work, I tried many times, vary amount, name, etc. Sometimes it prompted to verify my identity with a Name, Address, SSN. I put in my SIN, but it did not work.

I agree that Google has now tightened updating with Canadian funds credit cards. You could probably do it, if you had a legitimate SSN, name, address (that is, you are a US citizen, topping up your GW with Canadian funds credit card.)

It will be hard to get past SSN/name/address verification. I might call Money Network to get the straight talk from them.

For now, I will leave the $29 balance on my Vanilla MC.

It will be sad if using GW in Canada has come to an end.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tlangan:
GW in Canada has ended

I called the Money network.

They confirmed a change in behaviour.

You can not longer top up your GW with a prepaid card. Vanilla MC is a prepaid card. If you try 3 times and fail, then it starts asking you to confirm your identity. It wants your Name, Address and SSN. Of course, Canadians do not have SSN, we have SIN.

If you can get past the identity verification (e.g. using your wife's SSN) then you should be able to top using a US credit card.

Rats. GW good times in Canada have ended for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dan96815:
I went to a tims in richmond hill kept getting declined anyone can comment on what places work?

Thanks..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] patsissons:
The End?

So is GW in Canada basically dead for now (minus the free $10 from google)? Seems utterly ridiculous that the only problem with GW in canada is that we can't fund the wallet.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hitshot:
I wanted to use Wallet but from what I'm reading it no longer works?

Is there really no way I can use this service now?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hitshot:
does no one know of any way I can use this service anymore
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tjex:
Having the same problem, I re-installed, then it re-appeared. Vanilla MC isn't working, the funds don't go through. I guess we have to wait until GW is released in Canada :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evangelion01:
Have you used the Vanilla card successfully before?

Can anyone else confirm that the Vanilla MC method is no longer working? Or has anyone had succes witht the Vanilla MC in the past two months?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tjex:
Tried today, three times.. The funds didn't go through.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bt1980:
It is now asking for a US Social Security Number (which it never asked for before) so there is no way around that without a legit Name + US SSN + US Address.

Topping up with Vanilla MC is dead.

Also I noticed my last 3 McDonald's visits Google Wallet was declined; but I had success buying a sandwich at Subway (Queen/Duncan in Toronto) today with GW.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yoda_to:
Can not pay with G Wallet

I bought a $50 Vanilla MC @ Shoppers Drug Mart, registered it with US zip and successfully loaded onto my phone (this was about a month ago or so)

Google Wallet is showing a balance of $60 ($10 Google gift + $50 from Vanilla) and when I did online balance check on Vanilla card, it showed $0

Since then I tried to use Google Wallet in McDonalds, Tim Horton's, Loblaws, Cineplex Odeon and none of them work. On the phone it says "Payment Sent" but the merchant terminal shows transaction failed.

Under G Wallet transaction history, all transactions remain in "Payment Sent" state and never update.

Has anyone seen this behavior? Any ideas?

Using Apex ROM:

Google Wallet Version 1.1-R57v5

OS: yakju IML74K Galaxy Nexus test-keys
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sheytoon123:
Hi guys,

Thanks a lot for everyone's help in this thread. I just used the free $10 from Google today at a Petro Canada in Richmond Hill. I guess there's no way to re-fill it, but at least for those who are wondering if it is working, it worked fine for me today!