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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DRS2442:
Seems to work...

I haven't had any bounce yet or anything, it actually gives me an estimated ship date, so I'm waiting to see

Here's what I did:

Downloaded ProxMate for Google Chrome

Enabled it

After a minute or so, I proceeded to create a new google account

Selected US [I believe it's the default in this case]

Proceeded to the play store [still under the VPN]

Waited a few days as I waited for Google I/O

Finally decided to get it

Went back on on the account with the VPN enabled

Chose my International Prepaid Visa Card [Visa TravelMoney] with a US address that I had previously added so this process would go smoothly

Ordered it, having it shipped to a US address [different to that on my card]

So far it works.. Went from preordered to processing in one hour, and its giving me an estimated ship date.. I will update, but it seems like all my fears have been alleviated.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duanh:
My order has been cancelled twice now.

I used a VPN. Created a new Google account. Bought the phone using a prepaid CC (EntroPay). I set the billing address to a valid US address (where I used to live) and the shipping address to my mail forwarder.

It changed from processing to cancelled in about a day.

Sigh. Have I missed something and done something wrong?

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S running CM10.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DRS2442:
Is the prepaid CC a bank issued one? Google does billing address verification, so they will check your "bank" to see if your "address" is valid for use with that card. I had to go into my bank and add my skybox [shipping forwarder] address to my card. A bit of a security risk, but I have a prepaid card issued by them, so it isn't that much as compared to CCs.

Well its been more than 24 hours since I've ordered and the status remains the same... Shipping on the 23rd.. lets hope it ships then or before.

I do think my google music account is flagged however, because none of my purchases go through there. Probably because I keep switching from US to Trinidad and Tobago lol
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksrokiller:
How to call google play store number using google talk? if need for rma
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiemerckx:
For future reference:

I bought a Nexus 4 with my Belgian (KBC) Visa card yesterday (while filling in the shipping address as the billing address instead of my real Belgian address).

I have to note that I'm not shipping to one of those shipping services.

I received an email an hour ago that my phone is shipped.

So it still works.

I bought something small on the Play Store (a song) prior to using the CC to buy my Nexus 4 so maybe this flags your CC as valid and they don't check it anymore.

*edit* Maybe I should also note that for some strange reason, I've been able to use to American Google Play Store for months now without using a proxy/VPN/...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DRS2442:
Same here! As you can see from my signature, I've got my Nexus 4. And I live in the Caribbean (Trinidad to be specific). However, when I did create my new account using a VPN, and registered for play music and all that, well, I've had access to the US play store without a proxy or VPN ever since.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nemkre:
i bought the phone from google play last week. i am in turkey so i used a vpn. Created a new google account. My friend is in detroit so i gave his hotel adress and bought the phone with an internatinal visa credit card. Ship to his adress. After waiting 2days in pending status shipped my phone with the bumper. i choose 1-2days shipping and it came very fast.

Ai dont know if it is important but every step i used vpn to check the pending status.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zhoene:
I have tried it, and passed most of the stages but failed at the end.

For the shipping address, am i supposed to type the name of the card holder, or the name of the receiver?

Thanks.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArigatoLowLife:
To the one receiving. How can the mailman give a package to someone which it isn't addressed to?

Don't know if this have been mentioned (I didn't read all the posts), but for those without friends in the US, a mailforwarding service is also an option. It might cost you somewhere around 25 - 60 USD, but it depends on the weight and size. I doubt it will go as high as 100, since it's a small device.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cpaixao:
Thanks for enforcing that! I told it on the first post.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zhoene:
Yea, but i tried it your way first and then the other way, none of the methods worked.

They kept me saying that the address of the credit card should match the address of the package address. :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Asadroid:
you need to add your USA address to your international creditcard, adding the shipping address as a secondary billing do the trick
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ncx_x:
This morning, I followed the steps here (Used Hotspot Shield) and placed an order for a Nexus 4 at 10:17am EDT and other at 12:11pm EDT. Two Hours Later I received an email twice with this:

Not only my order was cancelled, but my Wallet Account was blocked until verification.

Did I did something wrong. Is it possible that they ar checking for US Card.?

Maybe 1 is the maximum allowable?

By the way I used an American Express from Colombia, which I have used many times on Amazon, Ebay (via PayPal), Newegg and other US stores without a problem.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3Duser:
Can someone clarify a few things for me?

If I manage to place an order to US address (mail forward company) - do I have to pay a shipping fee to this address?

And then I have to pay again the shipping taxes to my own address in Europe, right?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prof_mastermind:
The new price of 199.99$ is very encouraging. I tried doing it Yesterday and I failed:crying:

I created google wallet ID and added my credit card, with billing address from Egypy. I added the address of one of my friends in US as default mailing address. When I try to checkout it refused to accept this credit as payement option without a reason (obviously since it is from Egypt) and refuse to use the billing address in Egypt. It was very disappointing.

I think the payment would not be complete if I fakeen Billing Address in US as well. Since the credit company would not accept this transaction.

By the way, the final price was 222.94$ after adding 13.99$ for fast shipping in 2 days and 9.95$ Tax (do not know if these additional fees depend on state or not)

Please if someone have any idea or succeeded with something else, will be helpful to tell us.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Burrid:
Same here :crying:

Don't know what else to do than to pay for a whopping 430 euro instead of 250 euro :crying:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aeonoak:
Have you, or anyone, tryed to use entropay.com?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deadwings:
Anyone purchased a Nexus 4 after the $100 discount using this method?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Criatura83:
I did, using a VPN and it will be delivered tomorrow.

I now can access the playstore without the VPN, dont know why.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deadwings:
Hey, thanks for replying. Did you use a completely new credit card? Or unlinked from one google wallet to another? Also did you open a new google account for this purchase?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deadwings:
Can anyone help? Do I have to use a new card or unlink my current google wallet card to a new account?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Criatura83:
I used the same credit card I had on file with my existing account, the only thing I did was change the billing address to my moms in NY and I also Added that billing address to my credit card with my bank.

Package was already delivered.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bukva:
so, please help.

can I use entropay as credit card to purchase it from german playstore?

i have tried creating new account under proxy with dellivery to mailboxde but using my visa from croatia and google canceld my order...

so please help me!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mandrake333:
Can't get this to work either..

Have been trying to order from the german play store using VPN, mailboxde, a new google account and paying with my danish VISA. The order is accepted at first, but then I get a mail saying that the order has been cancelled.

Probably because of the card I'm using.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gravityz3r0:
I created a new dummy account using a free VPN (Hotspot shield) with everything pointing to US address, including my home and billing address. Then added 2 cards to my payment methods without problem.

To test, i add some random FREE song from google music to my account and check out with my credit card.

"Sorry, we were unable to process this request. Any charge will be automatically cancelled within 24 hours. Please try again after 24 hours."

Any idea? I tried with 2 different card with no success.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cpaixao:
Those people that are in trouble should make a time to read the tread - most likely the answer is on it already.

The transaction depends on several factors, as BinDB, if bank allows the transaction with a foreign billing address.

Also, from page 07 you can read this post:

In other words: the success of this method will always depends on your credit card, bank or country, as you can read on this post:

This thread is an tutorial to bypass Google restrictions. If you find particular restrictions like Economic Protectionist Measures, CC or Bank particular verification, you'll likely need additional steps to get done with this.

*add 1: Looks like Nexus 4 is sold out on US Play Store and seems it wont be restocked. Whatever... Nexus 5 is coming up!

*add 2: In some cases, when Google see you as an active customer, your Wallet account region may be permanently changed to US. This happened to me, for example. Now I dont even need a proxy to buy whatever from US Play Store: When I type the address on the browser, it directs me to US Store for default.

Also, this converting is effective to Google Play Store on Android (apk), so when you open up the app, you can see all sections even if not realeased on your country (Books, Music, Movies, Magazines...).

I dont know how exactly it works, but now my account works like this.

Thanks everyone for following my thread and feel free to help each other, as I dont have enough time to pass by very often. :fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f.anderzon:
I was able to order (a nexus 7), but it was cancelled pretty quickly.

I had to create a fresh google account, changing my credit card/billing address on wallet was not enough.

The hola extension for chrome that I use for netflix and bbc content works for google play too, as a really easy way to get around the ip-checking. Once the extension is installed you just have to click the hola icon when visiting google play and select US.

Really good thread for information. I think everyone who are sharing their result are performing a valuable service.

Will wait for the money to get unreserved from my card, and then see if there is something else worth trying. :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calypsoSA:
Has anyone tried using an American credit card with an American address and then sending to a freight forwarder in a different state?

VPN is not working for me, so just gonna get a friend in America to process for me, but I would like to send the device straight to the freight forwarder to make it easier for everyone.

I just want to get my ducks in a row before the nexus 5 launch.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calypsoSA:
Anyone tried https://www.usunlocked.com for a virtual US card to use on the play store?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedy56:
I live in Croatia and have a friend in Germany. I would like to order Nexus 5 when it comes out (via G. Play.de) and send it to his adress.

I have a Visa debit card.

So, if I want to do this I have to write his (friend) address as billing address and shipping address?

One thing that bothers me is this - Google will probably see the billing address on my card statement and find out that isnt the same as billing address on my G. Wallet account.

I´ve read a little about this on web and most of them did that without problems.

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Will this work or not?

Thank you!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedy56:
Anybody?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calypsoSA:
The answers you are looking for are already in this thread. Unfortunately it seems that Google will not accept any cards which do not match the shipping address country.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lodberg:
You could just transfer the money to him and let him order it :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calypsoSA:
OK i have tried to use the USunlocked credit card to process this order and give me an american billing address, but I get this error:

Your Google Order #15731260465432498277.1510242615691295 with Google Inc. is currently on hold. An attempt to charge your Visa-2235 for failed. This may have occurred because of insufficient funds, or as a precautionary measure against fraud. You may see authorizations on your billing statement for a declined charge. Occasionally, the authorization for a charge may be approved, but the actual charge for the order declined. Contact the customer service department for Visa-2235 for help with resolving this payment issue.

If you'd still like to receive this order, make sure to update your payment information in your Google Wallet account, rather than placing a new order. If you place a new order with updated payment information, any pending orders will resume automatically. If valid payment information isn't provided within 7 days, the order will be cancelled. Update your payment information at https://wallet.google.com/updatePaymentMethod

Anyone know how to get around this problem? There is enough funds, so thats not the issue.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesebastian:
Is this method still possible? I plan to buy a Nexus in Italy and ship it to Verona using a non-italian credit card and a "new created" italian google account (with Italian VPN).
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedy56:
Same with me, but I`ll use German Play Store and Tor Browser :fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calypsoSA:
Not working so far. Google seems to be one step ahead. :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koolbrader:
I can't seem to access Australia's Google Play Store even when using VPN services. I've been trying the whole day to use multiple VPN services but nothing works. I can access US Play Store and the UK Play Store using VPN but not the Australia Play Store. Any ideas how to overcome this?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tomaco:
Well, I don't know how it was in the past, but now you can access play store in other country if you a) have credit card from that country associated with google account or b) don't have ANY credit card in your google account. VPN won't help.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koolbrader:
Oh? Well I do have only 1 credit card in my Google Wallet which is from Australia and tied to my Australian address but I still get the message "Sorry! Devices on Google Play is not available in your country yet" when I try to open the Play Store Device page. FYI, I'm currently in Malaysia on business.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gormsen:
Now I'm up 'n running with a working tor connection.

I had to create a new Google account using the tor network, I did however put in my creditcard info in my normal Chrome browser.

Just tried to buy a Nexus 7, and got as far as typing the shipping address before i cancelled.

I live in Denmark, and am planing to buy the Nexus 5 on the UK Playstore, when it releases.

Have a great limbo everyone ;)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cpaixao:
Tango down

Looks like Google did something right before the Nexus 5 release. Not good at all.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gormsen:
I didn't have any problems ordering the Nexus 5.

Make a new Google account, and use the Tor network, then you shouldn't have any problems either :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nyeko_92:
Nexus 5 TorNetwork guide to buy outside US?

Can you show us a guide or how to use tor network to buy nexus 5 from play store?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedy56:
Did you use "billing address method"?

How did you get into cart with Tor. I´ve tried but didnt succeded so I switched to TunnelBear and than I could get into cart.

Im plannning to buy it from Germany with that method.

Sorry for bad English ;)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gormsen:
Well, mostly Google would be you friend, but because I'm in a good mood due to having bought the Nexus 5, I'll give you a guide :)

1. First you need to download the Tor client/package. Here: https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en

Go for the browser bundle, it makes everything much easier.

Unpack it and move it to you desktop (for convenience) - Open the client by clicking the icon "Start Tor Browser.exe"

2. Now you have to configure the client to work with exitnodes. This is done in settings. First check this:

Then click this and check all six options.

So far so good. Now exit the client, close it completely.

3. The next thing you'll have to do is finding the fingerprints you want to use. I used fingerprints from the UK, 'cause I wanted to buy the Nexus 5 on the UK Playstore.

Go to this page for fingerprints: http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/index.php?SR=CountryCode&SO=Asc

You can sort the different nodes as you want to. Now choose 3 from the desired country. Just for the convenience of it, lets say UK.

Click the name of the router to access it like in the pic, choose a router with long uptime, since they are more reliable.

Then copy the Fingerprint into Word, Notepad or whatever.

Do this until you have three fingerprints.

4. Go back to your Folder with the Tor client. Go into the folder "Data", then the folder "Tor". You should see a file named "torrc" Right-click this and choose "Edit" (Use Notepad or Notepad++ if you have that)

Now write:

ExitNodes {insert fingerprint 1}, {insert fingerprint 2}, {insert fingerprint 3} (remember to remove the spaces in the fingerprints)

StrictNodes 1

It should look something like this.

Now save, run your Tor client again, wait for it to say "Connected to the Tor network" or something like that, It will open the browser, and you're good to go.

5. Create a new Google account with address in you chosen country, in this case UK.

6. Open your normal browser (Chrome, Firefox etc.) and go to Wallet.google.com

Input you credit card details, still with the same address as before.

(I did it this way, because I don't fully trust the Tor network..)

7. Go back into the Tor browser. go to https://play.google.com/store/devices

Order Nexus 5

Profit

Hope you enjoyed my little guide, if it doesn't work, you have done something wrong. But don't worry, just delete the folder, unpack it again and start over. This is far easier than finding out what you did wrong.

Also some fingerprints don't work, like Torland1 and Torland2 from UK.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzyur:
Pending

Thanks for that, its worked sofar! Mine just says "Pending". Did yours say pending for a while? :s
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inkogn:
Nexus 5 ordered to friends address using his address as shipping and billing. So far so good. Order in pending mode as there is no stock currently. Pre-authorization is visible on my bank account.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesebastian:
[MENTION=3263237]cpaixao[/MENTION]

I just purchased a N5 in Italy using a different "Billing Address" (not the real one). I only used my real CC Number and my real cardholder's name.

The order was placed fine by now. but "Verified by VISA" didn't appear.

And now I'm on queue for 2-3 weeks......

The Warehouse is at IRELAND, based on your experience, do you think Google will verify billing address? Or just my Name/Surname and CC Number?

EDIT: My CC says "Pre Authorization": 498 USD. That means it's going to be accepted?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] retskrad:
I installed TunnelBear and I managed to be able to order a Nexus 5, but the problem is I live in Sweden and I don't know what address I should write in the order. I need to use a US forwarding service to ship the device to Sweden for me. Any help?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cpaixao:
I really don't have a guess... It may or may not be. You can also send a email to Google if you will (I did it last time).
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Instantisimo:
Its definitely different than last year. This year is not possible to use card which is not registered in the state you are buying from. Tried.

Google first pre-authorized one euro to check if there is enough of money on my account, next day pre-authorized whole amount and on the third day I have received an email which say this:

Your Google Order #xxxxxxxxxxx with Google Commerce Ltd is currently on hold. An attempt to charge your MasterCard-xxxx for €408.99 EUR failed. This may have occurred because of insufficient funds, or as a precautionary measure against fraud.

So I tried to change billing address to my real address. Its not possible because Google won't accept it. So it is not possible to have there in-state address nor is possible to have there real address.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesebastian:
Mmm thanks for share this...

I think i'm going to call VISA right now.

I have the pre-authorization in my balance and i think it's better to let Visa know that I'm the real buyer.

[MENTION=4689447]Instantisimo[/MENTION], this issue occurred to you just before the shipping process? I placed my order last Thursday (2 days passed) but the shipping will start on November 15th.

Your order's Google warehouse was in Dublin? (Ireland).

EDIT: Visa told me there is no need to do anything because the payment was already authorized, is up to Google now, not to Visa. If Google cancel it, i hope they give me a chance to change the CC to a resident one.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Instantisimo:
You can use Thanks button instead :P

Seriously now:

U'll maybe be more lucky than me. I have tried to change the address, but Google told me he is not going to use card with Czech address :D

I have one tip for you - maybe it is enough to have real name - I had there name of company which ships me phone over border. But maybe I've tried to place there my name.. Sorry I really don't remember, the decline mail wake me up at 3am so I don't have absolutely clear mind about it :D
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesebastian:
"Thanks" given!

Well that could be the issue, the cardholders name must be real (I think it's more important than the address). (I used another name on shipping address because a familiar will receive it, but used my real name on billing address).

Funny thing is that I'll use this phone at the shipping country because I'm moving there the next year, but i don't have a CC from there yet.

BTW where did you buy it? US or Europe Play Store?

Maybe the US Play Store is more restricted than the European, mainly, because it's cheaper there and they receive all kinds of purchases.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Instantisimo:
lol, thanks :D

German..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesebastian:
Order is shipped. The tracking number not activated yet.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] autogarsas:
So how its going for you guys? Someone managed to order this year?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesebastian:
[MENTION=1187986]autogarsas[/MENTION]

My order has been received.

I bought from the Italian play store.

Inviato dal mio Galaxy Nexus