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[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dskies:
R: Hide ICS Hotbar only?

ok for nova launcher but remember this: is it worth using a different launcher than stock one? what about battery consumption comparison between stock and any different one?
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Manny-:
I meant the back, home, menu hotbar on ics guys... (the black strip at the bottom of the screen)

Sent from my Razr I XT890
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arman68:
I did the same thing, but wanted to keep the status bar and launcher. None of the apps I could find did a decent job, and all the ones that hide both bars are a horrible hack: they kill the systemUI process at regular interval!

In the end, I found a very simple way to do it, with no additional resource needed, apart from an alternative navigation bar. See my post on the Post your RAZR i Homescreens thread.
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Manny-:
Brilliant!! Thanks

Sent from my Razr I XT890
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geo1997:
i'm trying

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working :)

but it's not good as Market Enabler way. Connection is a bit slow and need to start and stop the app when using it or not.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] merquise:
Yes well i believe that is if you are using Tunnel Bear..try Hot Spot Shield also, and VPN One Click..see which one works better for you :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Never doin't all that.

Here's my +1 for your initiative :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geo1997:
They are good. But the VPN works for the entire device, we can't choose an app in particular with Hot Spot Shield or VPN One Click.

TunnelBear can select a precise app but it's limited to 500mb as you said.

Finnaly I take this last one

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9300
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Asitaka:
+1 for the idea and graphic, but it doesn't work for me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmantaiwan:
Doesn't work in Taiwan. I have tried 4 VPN apps (all of the ones mentioned above). I have even tried using Market Enabler on top of the VPN but that didn't work either. I'm not getting in at all!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeremiya:
Works like a charm

I've tried a few methods from the OP, and most of them are working very easily. Some people are still having problems, but than again, some countries block VPN tunnels (so I've heard). I've found tunnelbear most stable and fastest for me.

I've also found out one interesting thing about the latest Play Store. After you clear it's data, it caches your "location" based on the IP of the initial access. What does that mean for our day to day usage? It's simple: you can run Play Store on VPN just to get the location cache, then stop the VPN and continue using Play Store as if you were in USA/UK! Btw, I'm not positive about this behaviour, but I have managed to buy an app with no problems at all while I was not connected to the VPN. Everyone feel free to tell me if this worked for you. It is working flawlessly for me, from Serbia.

Here's what you do in order to cache the location in your own play store:

1) Clear Play Store data

2) Start up your VPN connection

3) Open up Play Store, accept the prompt (at this point, wait until it's done loading at least the first page if your VPN is slow)

4) Exit Play Store (using back button)

5) Disconnect VPN

6) Run the Play Store again (without clearing data this time!)

7) Enjoy your full Play Store access with your own IP. No more slow VPN, yay! :)

If it doesn't work for you - I'm sorry, but you will have to use your Play Store only while connected to VPN (possibly you'll have to connect to VPN for any in-app purchases also). For me this works perfectly well.

PS: haven't tried rebooting my device, this might fail after a reboot even if it worked the first time!

Another PS: If we confirm this behaviour for every device, I'd like to see the OP edited so it contains this simple trick. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] merquise:
@Asitaka @jmantaiwan

Have you tried using it on 3G network or another Wi-Fi network if possible...the reason behind it may be that your ISP is blocking VPN services

@yeremiya

Well i wrote it in the OP, not as clearly as you did..i will add it...no problems :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeremiya:
Damn. Well, it serves me right to come off as a jackass for not reading the OP carefully enough. :)

I am sorry, I realized I've rediscovered the same thing you wrote about in the OP only after reading your reply. :blush:

Forget about adding anything, it's all there already. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geo1997:
Another way to do it with a VPN app like Tunnelbear :

cmlx message on Thread "market enabler cant fake my provider anymore" :

"I know many of you don't know how to use VPN (PPTP, L2TP, OpenVPN, Cisco IPSec, etc) or only have very slow free VPN to bypass this new restriction. In fact, you only need VPN just a few seconds to solve this on Android.

1, Turn ON VPN.

2, Go to Play Store.

3, No need to wipe the data or cache, just press the "menu" button and choose "accounts", then press your account which you are currently using.

4, Play Store is to be re-loading and pop-up a confirmation window, says "By using Google Play, you agree to the ... ", just accept it and you can see a new Play Store without restriction.

5, Turn OFF VPN, the status without restriction of Play Store can retain till next reboot your device, you can use wifi / 3g rather than slow vpn to get what you like."
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jwtiyar:
not working, and screw app my google play store no apps shown . i used vpn Shield.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmantaiwan:
Yes, I have tried 3 wifi networks and 3G. I have tried every method that has been updated to this forum and nothing is working.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlads:
Thanks man, will try this tomorrow.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mightykenneth:
I can confirmed that this instruction works well, but instead of selecting your current account, i created a new gmail acount.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdinaWuffet:
Owing to its encryption protocols, VPN is a better option than proxy to unblock YouTube, Facebook and other restricted websites. The encryption technology offers military grade security from hackers and sniffers. The only thing that matter is preferred a reliable VPN that's why I always use Hotspot Shield VPN on my MacBook as well on my iPhone while surfing the web. Moreover I can access Google play and my US iCloud account outside the US without having any problem.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkbladecr:
Tried every combination, clearing cache and data, and different VPN apps, but it doesn't work for me. Is it possible the new play store 4.0 is causing problems?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bombadier:
Would like to know that myself as I cannot get it to work either :crying:

Market enabler/VPN no longer works as there is a check on where the account was registered

http://goo.gl/8gvxS
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeetash:
no luck

yep, im having no luck following all the instructions here either .. maybe it has something to do with google play store blocking access to accounts that have a payment method that is not from the US (hence no access to the US store ) .. this is annoying android shouldnt behave this way .. its apples job !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkleroux:
Exactly what I needed, except for the fact that it also checks your google account to which country it was registered in. Followed your steps and also created a new google account (whilst vpn enabled) to get this to work.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brandonn12:
use free vpn like thefreevpn.net it could be helpful for you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geoffxx:
I had this problem as although I am from the UK I bought and registered my phone/google in Thailand, I jumped through hoops to get stuff like my banking app etc even when I was in the UK it still would not allow me to download my UK based banking app and bbc etc- the phone had a UK sim inserted and on UK wifi, I had to wipe out the phone in the UK and re-register with a new google account from there to get access to apps that I needed

I have a new phone coming and I'm going to use a UK vpn to connect to the internet for the first time with a new account then once I have installed all the UK based apps I need I will get back to my old account and all should be well - it is a pain in the a**se to have to do this

This thread is very useful for people but even with VPN if you have registered your device initially in another country it's not easy to reverse or undo the effects of that initial registration
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alwin006:
Am I the only one who can't use VPN anymore ? It just doesn't work for me, only with MY google account.

Its like, google locked my account to my country forever :'(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crnkoj:
Hmm, I've created my own vpn server in the US and using a second account and it works, but certain apps that are blocked in my country don't show up on my HTC one s running cm10.2, while they show up on my nexus 7 (2012) running cm10.2, as well as in the browser on my pc if I run it through vpn. And I can install those apps on the one s through the browser. It than auto updates those too. The thing is though I get the US store on the one s as well, just the apps are still hidden. It's a bit impractical like this. Anyone encountered anything similar?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gachana:
Works great!

Thanks immediately worked on my nexus 4 cyanogenmod 10.2 using teh tunnelbear.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GunPowder55555:
how to know it's usa store?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geoffxx:
I can still access my UK google playstore through flightmode vpn and switch to the account I created when I first got the phone - I have an earlier post on this thread explaining what I did
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ladduro:
I am in the same situation... Any fix for this ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bombadier:
The only fix I can suggest as google have changed something is to create an account in the country you are tunnelling into then it works.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ladduro:
FOUND A FIX !!!

I have disabled/paused account activity reports and deleted all existing reports.

In about 5 mins, I had full US Play Store access via VPN.

Let me know if works for you as well.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bombadier:
How do you mean ? how to disable pause account activity?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ladduro:
If you go to account settings, you have Account > Account Activity. In case this is enabled, it will store the location you are in. Pausing this service and deleting the history reports fixed the problem for me.

LE: another thing I have done in the process of trying to fix this, was to remove all addresses in Wallet and setup the default as US address. Maybe this will help too.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alwin006:
Do you have or had a credit card ? Did you register an US address ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ladduro:
I have a CC that I used with an US address.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neFAST:
Is this trick still working (I mean no MCC faking, only vpn)?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amrah:
Yup, works for me. Only VPN.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neFAST:
But only when creating a new account, right?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Muthzer the One:
Is it illegal to get access to the us store?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jfkoh84:
found one more ways.

Add a new google account and start VPN, and the playstore should have 2 account

1 for your origin country

1 for the VPN country
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alasgalux:
I did that too. Did it just to download Beats Music, but after closing the Play Store and open again (VPN on and new account) Google redirects me to the Brazil Play Store again ¬¬
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geoffxx:
also put the phone in flight mode then enable wifi and vpn
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alasgalux:
I think I found the answer:

1- Force Close the Play Store via Settings;

2- Turn Location off in the Settings>Google Account;

3- Turn VPN on;

4- Open Play Store and accept the terms;

5- Select the new account you created a while ago;

6- Bingo!

Edit: Beats Music service doesn't let me sign in, it's not available in my country! Somehow the app managed to discover my location, even with VPN on.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerSilva:
Hi all, How are you?

I have been trying to access USA Play Store using all methods described here, but with no success.

May someone help me please?

I am not sure If i missed something.

Before trying to access the USA Play Store I did the following as suggested:

After setting up Google Wallet with USA fake information using my Notebook through VPN access, then I tried all the methods described bellow:

Both methods (Method one and two) described above didn´t work at all, as my country Play Store still shows up for me.

Sometimes Play Store hangs when I try to launch it with all location settings turned off, and It doesn´t show its terms and policy to accept.

Please, May someone help me?Did I miss something?

Thanks in advance,

Roger
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerSilva:
Any help, please?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerSilva:
May someone help me, please?

Play store content is very restricted in my country =(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bombadier:
If you cannot get it to work then here is a thread where you can request free apps that are country blocked etc in the play store,its very active
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] merquise:
Try this also...turn on the airplane mode on the phone and disconnect from wifi and everything, you might as well turn it off.. Then go to a PC and log off from play store on the PC, clear cache and cookies from browser.. Then turn on VPN on the PC, start browser and go to play store..search for an app you want to buy and click to buy it. It will ask for log in info. Log in normally after that and you will have a chance to buy it. After that turn on phone or exit plane mode and the purchased app will start to download and install there..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xrad:
Aptoide

Some time ago I used the Aptoide store to get the netflix apk which isn't available in my country. I did some research about aptoide and found that it has some kind of a shady reputation, but it seemed to me that this is mostly based on the 3rd party repos which clearly shouldn't be trusted per se. But luckily Netflix is listed on the default repository so I feld considerably safe to use it.

What do others think of this approach? Reasonable or crazy?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerSilva:
Hi merquise,

thanks a lot for helping!

I did what you have suggested, but It din´t work.

So I subscribed to a payed VPN service, and I can browse through all USA Play Store content - using the payed VPN service.

However, I can´t buy anything, as every time that I try to buy something then Play Store web site shows a generic error message with no further information ("Server Internal Error").

I also tried to sing up for Google All access, but Play Store shows the same generic error with no further information ("Server Internal Error").

In summary, using a payed VPN service I can browse USA Play Store but I can't buy anything due to a "server error" .

Please, Does someone know what could be this problem root cause?

I also need to access Play Store in order to buy a Nexus device - not only to buy apps or any other content.

I appreciate any help you an give me,

Roger

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Hi bombadier,

thanks a lot for helping.

I am also interested to access Play Store in order to buy a Nexus device and sign up for Google All Access, not only to buy apps.

Thanks,

Roger
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] merquise:
Huh, it worked for a lot of people flawlessly...do try it again, it's important to clear cache and cookies on pc.. :)

For ordering the Nexus, as far as I know you need a valid address verified..don't know how can you pull that off if you don't know anyone from US or some other country where they can order Nexus...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerSilva:
Hi merquise,

thanks again for helping :)

I am not sure what is going on, because I do a browser history clean up (I check to delete all data) every time that I try to buy an app or sing up for Google All Access. However, cleaning the browser cache didn´t work for me.

I tried using Firefox and Google Chrome on Ubuntu 64-bits.

Please, Do you have any idea of what could be this issue root cause?

I see...Do you know how is this address verification ?

I am going to travel to USA and I am planning to buy a Nexus device from my country (using a VPN service) and send it to my hotel.

I appreciate any help you can give me,

Roger
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RedSkyRoad:
Can someone lease help me with getting Tunnelbear to open Google Music on the desktop browser? Google music keeps telling me I'm not in the correct territory even though LastPass picks up that I'm not home...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] merquise:
Maybe try with IE, I am getting good results with him...but remember you need to connect to VPN first before clearing cache and cookies :)

For the later part I really don't know...maybe ask someone who lives in US :) I hardly doubt that you will able to buy a Nexus and ship it to a hotel address...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerSilva:
Hi merquise,

thanks for helping.

I also tried creating a new Google account through VPN using USA IP address.

I have setup this new account with a fake USA address, and fake virtual mobile phone number (needed to verify the account).

However, I still can't access USA Play Store even using this new USA based Google account.

For instance, when I try to subscribe to Google All Access, then Play Store shows up an error processing my credit card.

Does someone know if there is a verification whether the real credit card billing address is checked?

I mean, Does Google billing system pulls from card's administrator the card address to validate it?

Thanks in advance,

Roger
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] merquise:
I don't know about that, but if the card is entered for the first time in the account and it's used a lot for the first couple of days buying or subscribing the Google might flag it as a suspicious because of alleged card or identity theft...try waiting for some time, like at least 2-3 weeks before trying to buy something..that's all I can think of :)

Edit: And I know that you may not like it but if you are faking a location try to restrict yourself only to app buying and IAP..any other service may add more suspicion because it is more region oriented :) so no subscription to Google All Access, Music, Movies etc.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerSilva:
Hi merquise,

thanks for helping again.

I see...I am not sure what kind of verification blocked my purchases.

I have tried to use a credit card that is registred on my old gmail account (the account linked to my country), May it block my purchases?

Should I delete my credit card on my other account prior adding it to the created USA account?

The main reason for me to access Google USA's PlayStore is to subscribe to Google All Access, Music and access similar content, because all the content available in my country is ridiculous (outdated ,blocked and full of restrictions ) and very expensive.

I appreciate any help you can give me,

Roger
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] merquise:
You know that may very well be the problem...same CC used on two different accounts from two different countries smells like card theft to Google..try to delete it from one account before adding it to another :) Also it might be a good idea to try with one of those pre-paid debit cards or even buying a Google Store credit...don't know how that works, never tried it before, but just an idea for you to consider :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diogope:
[MENTION=4924237]merquise[/MENTION] Is this a valid process, to change the current location of google play store?

I want to install the mortal kombat x in my device and the only place i find it is on my computer.

thanks ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] merquise:
[MENTION=5056076]diogope[/MENTION]

This method described in this post still works but IAP purchases don't work..you can try and change your address to some US address in your Wallet (be sure that you changed it everywhere in there..in settings and for your CC)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54055683&postcount=47
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emmalopez:
Zenmate
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GeorgeAlba:
I'm in Germany and I using this VPN IPVanish for accesing. Highly recommended. People in Germany, take a look of this website: Anonymweb.de. They have great reviews of VPN services.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LauraSmithMS:
Can I access Pokemon Go?

I am travelling to UAE soon I want to ask will my installed Pokemon Go work there? as it is blocked there and will I be able to access if I use my VPN to change my country to UK or US ? I use ExpressVPN for Android
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr.vandalay:
hey all,

i downloaded nordvpn , connected to usa server ,cleared chace and data on google play and services , restarted google play and still get the 'not available in your country' message.

can anyone confirm that this still works ?

running pixel xl , stock.

thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] darkside79:
Okay so I have been playing a lot of awesome games on my Note 2 without any issues at all. That was until I started playing the game. Great Big War Game. Runs great no lag or freezing but some major graphic issues. It has some lines running through the game landscape/map. Like this!

I tried reinstalling and changing some settings in the settings menu. Even redid a clean Rom install but issue still won't go away! This is the only game I have any issues with. Any ideas xda friends? Thanks a million!

Sent from my SGH-T889 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vardhan21:
how to change andriod apps icons
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stamatis:
You have to decompile the app, change the icon and compile it again.

If you cant do this, I think there is also an app at the play store;)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gogeta:
Which icon to change? ?

There are many icons..

wanna thank xda? here
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stamatis:
With this you can change any icon you want:rolleyes:

There is an app which can change the launch icon;)