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[General Questions and Answers] fvc2000:
But thats the thing.

Everybody that seems to be getting these problem uses nexus with 4.2.2

It seems that after google gets informed through the new google service app about your true location. It fixes you forever there.

My wife has a razr i and she is like u.

My friends that have galaxies also can do as I used to.

The ****tiest thing is. After my android locked me to my home country play store... Even on desktops i'm locked out of the us play store. The store which I had most stuff. Tv shows, apps, etc. And i just can't access them. (Apps i actually can, but not my shows anymore).

And I've seen many people getting this same behavior.

And no solution.
[General Questions and Answers] DanDroidian:
Well, one thing you can try to do is contact Google.

I know that myself and several other expats here that have credit cards attached to their accounts had their ability to purchase apps randomly suspended over the past 6 months or so.

We all were requested to send scanned copies of our IDs and US billing addresses, and after we did that we were able to make purchases again.

(that might be unrelated, but thought it is at least worth mentioning)
[General Questions and Answers] fvc2000:
That IS a great advice...

Let's hope it woks.

Is there a specific email to complain?

Tks!
[General Questions and Answers] DanDroidian:
It was through a link I had to follow and answer multiple choice questions... Basically, it was my Google Wallet that was frozen.
[General Questions and Answers] fvc2000:
I'll try that...

But since I don't REALLY live in USA... i don't know how will I prove it.
[General Questions and Answers] BC01:
AW: Play Store Now Only Allows Access Based on Country of Google Account, Not SIM or

Its interesting. I deleted my CC from my account but still same issue. No access to the full store with VPN One Click. Otherwise i connected my mothers account (never filled in a CC) and it works without any problem.

:confused: :mad:
[General Questions and Answers] dipesh9717:
Guys i have tried this trick on my device and is working even after change in play store policies....try this one it will really work

Check it out now..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2178044
[General Questions and Answers] mbeltoft:
Not working
[General Questions and Answers] sargorn:
I've got an idea if anyone wants to give it a shot and report back. I can't presently try this as I have Play Store balance left over (from my Nexus 7 free credit) which is in Yen. (which is what is currently locking my address to my Japanese address).

Jump over to your wallet (wallet.google.com) and hit the Settings Cog button thing.

Change your "Home Address" from whatever country to your US country address.
[General Questions and Answers] Hazyman:
I don't think this will work. Read through all the posts, I can tell I'm facing the same issue but my case it odd.

I lived in Australia but now my main account stuck in US market, in anyway I can't switch back to home country. Account profiles set to Australia, credit card address in Australia, SIM card is Australian, market unlocker switched back to Australia, cleared all data with Google Play, Google Play Services, Google Service Framewok, no luck. Though I'm glad I can still access US, but now Australian store is having specials. And I'm concerning I will not be able to purchase devices in Australian Google play. My other account doesn't have this problem at all, weird!
[General Questions and Answers] mbeltoft:
Just tried it but no go - I deleted everything in my google account that could assign me to a specific country and added an US address but I'm still locked to Denmark
[General Questions and Answers] BC01:
I got it!!! ... in my case.

Here in Austria only Apps are available in the Play Store. But in Germany Books, Video and Music.

This was my Way:

- First step was to delete my Creditcard (with Austrian Adress) in Wallet

- Force Close the Play Store App and delete Cache and Data

- Restart Mobile

- Activate VPN OneClick or other VPN Programm (i don't know if its necessary, but i did it)

- choose you country

- Open the store an accept the terms

- Go to an Pay-App and click on buy

- Insert your Creditcard again with your German (LogoiX) or UK/US (Borderlinx)

- ... wait ... and recognize the full expirience!!

My mistake was to insert the LogoiX or Borderlinx adress and the CC in the browser with Wallet and VPN.

It only worked for me when i added the CC in the Play App!

Maybe it will work for you also!

Sorry for my english an good luck!
[General Questions and Answers] mbeltoft:
Sv: Play Store Now Only Allows Access Based on Country of Google Account, Not SIM or

Did exactly as described but still nothing. As soon as I try to go to play store via Google books i get a Web page saying it's not avaliable in my region :(

Sendt fra min Nexus 10 med Tapatalk2
[General Questions and Answers] fvc2000:
What you are saying is that when I restar the phone and go to play store on android, and accept the terms... I will still not have full access... But AFTER I make a purchase and add on the app my CC with an US address. I will then be "unlocked"?

But shouldnt the the terms reappear?! To accept the new playstore location?

Tks
[General Questions and Answers] mbeltoft:
okay I tested it again this morning and got a bit further

Now i can access the US Play Store but I cant download anything - I get the error BM-PP-11

I've tried to google it but can't find it anywhere

Edit: new error when trying to download a frre tv episode: BM-PP-19

Edit 2:

Okay now i've succesfully got a free episode of breaking bad from the google play store. I'm still not able to buy anything.

What i did after the above steps:

While still connected to US VPN i cleared data on the google wallet app and then sat it up again. this took about 5 minutes but it let me choose my danish CC i added earlier in Play store.

Then while still on VPN I could 'buy' a free episode of breaking bad - and play it after without being connected to VPN

I then tried to buy a $1 magazine while connected to VPN but here i get either a timeout error or BM-PP-11 error
[General Questions and Answers] cmlx:
Even I can see paid apps w/o VPN, I cannot search paid ones, :confused:
[General Questions and Answers] webwude:
I tried to set everything to the german shop (I live in Austria), as I am german, I have a german credit card and adress - without vpn, music works (even purchasing a free song), books work (purchasing a free book) - only movies still fail due to error "bm-pp-19".

If I try to use google play on a pc, I get an error message while trying to purchase or rent a movie...
[General Questions and Answers] xSheetGames:
china play store

very interesting thread. can anyone tell me how china is doing in terms of the play store? i heard the rumour, that in china there is no play store at all...
[General Questions and Answers] skingg:
There is a Play Store. Just there isnt any paid contents. Market Unlocker used to have access to China's Play Store.
[General Questions and Answers] Sorans:
same dHistri

I was following this thread with interest and then, I thought I should at least try to do some of the stuff suggested.

I did the following to be able to download paid applications on the store.

- Used one of my Google accounts to switch completely to Japanese, G+ language and all (though it's most likely pointless)

- Made a new Google Wallet with a fictional name and a random Japanese Zip code.

- Used my Visa debit card for the credit card information and it was ACTUALLY accepted even though the name and the zip code were wrong !

And after switching accounts on my Nexus 7, I succeeded in accessing the Japanese Google Play Store and purchasing an application (an SRPG named Tactics Union)

Also, I was using a VPN but I think it's also pointless by now, right ?

I honestly didn't think my debit card would be accepted, especially since Japanese accounts tend to be very strict when it comes to this kind of information.
[General Questions and Answers] fvc2000:
I also managed to do this with a new account on my phone... New google wallet, etc.

It all works.

The problem is with the main account you/we use on our androids.

This one got locked.
[General Questions and Answers] Sorans:
Yes, but I honestly don't care about it that much since I'm not committed to the Google Play store. And my main is probably locked to the American store which is alright.
[General Questions and Answers] Hazyman:
They do have actually, just no paid app shown up.

my finding regarding this issue if it helps, I've tried twice and it worked.

very simple, connecting to VPN for a certain long time. The first time I connected VPN and went asleep, the next morning after refreshing Google Play, market changed. The second time I connected VPN just for an hour then the market changed.

I don't know why, but as long as it still work, I can live with it for now. However, my other accounts can be switched promptly like long ago.
[General Questions and Answers] szabogabor10:
I had this problem too.

I changed the address of my Hungarian CC to a London one and now it works like a charm with my UK VPN. I see the UK Store even on my unrooted phone with a Hungarian SIM. On my computer I always see the UK Store with all the books, movies, music etc. with my Google account no matter what IP I use.
[General Questions and Answers] mbeltoft:
Sv: Play Store Now Only Allows Access Based on Country of Google Account, Not SIM or

How did you change the address of your CC? Is it somewhere in the Google account settings?

Sendt fra min Nexus 10 med Tapatalk2
[General Questions and Answers] sargorn:
It may have been reverted in the last few days. I've managed to get access back to the US store.

Here are a few of the things I tried:

* US VPN/Market Enabler (this is how it used to work).

* Used up my Yen Play store balance. (still have 98y with nothing to buy).

* Stayed connected to a US VPN for an extended time.

* Deleted cards and readded.

* Attempted to buy something from the Japanese store, with the US card. (This gave me a price in dollars when confirming - if I had to guess this step was the key).

* After "using" (or just attempting to use) the US card, the old clear data, force close, VPN + Market Enabler worked.
[General Questions and Answers] lordlad:
nope..still doesn't...not for me at least.
[General Questions and Answers] defsix:
Ok , this has been bugging me for the past few days, tried Market Unlocker with and without a VPN on my Tablet S and Xperia Z and it just won't work. I used a VPN on my laptop and I still can't access different Markets. Everything still priced in my local currency.

After a bit of digging around it appears to be ties to a few things. 1st , your country setting in https://www.google.com/settings/account?hl=en and then go to email settings and change the country here. 2nd , payment options I already have a UK card on a UK address as default payment method (this didn't work as it was) but my second card was for my local country so I changed both cards to a UK address. Cleared cache and app data on both devices, waited about 10 minutes. Logged on through a VPN on my laptop to Play and the UK Market appeared at last ! Then logged onto play on both my devices , without a VPN , using Market Unlocker to set them to UK providers and bingo we have UK Play!!

I know its a long way round, but at least we have access to all the Google Services now, as for switching countries again to get country specific non google apps, I haven't tried. There are other ways to get these non-pay apps.

For non pay apps I guess you could use a Modded Store to get you the non-google stuff.
[General Questions and Answers] Geo1997:
Modded Play Store apks don't work.
[General Questions and Answers] mbeltoft:
Sv: Play Store Now Only Allows Access Based on Country of Google Account, Not SIM or

But can you buy anything from the UK Store? Movies, tv shows, books, magazines?

I have tricked my way into the us play store but I get errors when I try to but anything other than apps

Sendt fra min Nexus 10 med Tapatalk2
[General Questions and Answers] defsix:
Yup. Just tried it now. Changed method of payment to my local countries card. Bought a magazine, downloading now. No problems!
[General Questions and Answers] szabogabor10:
Go to Google Wallet, then click on "Payment methods" on the left and click "Edit". After that add a new address.
[General Questions and Answers] lordlad:
tried what you did and change every settings to US, login to VPN, etc........still doesn't work.. :( im already at wit's end.
[General Questions and Answers] mbeltoft:
I've got it to work :D

see my earlier post on how I got into the US playstore but couldn't buy anything.

This was due to my Danish credit card.

So i signed up with www.entropay.com that gives you a virtual US Visa card

I put that into my google wallet and now I can buy magazines and TV series (and prolly movies too - haven't tried yet) - only little flaw is that i have to be on VPN to do it

so i connect to a US vpn (tunnelbear), go in to Play store and buy what i want, disconnect VPN and download it :)
[General Questions and Answers] defsix:
Did you change all your card address in google wallet ?

I did the misses phone and it took over an hour, with repeated force closing of the play app and wiping of app data & cache.

---------- Post added at 12:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:15 PM ----------

I don't need to use a VPN any more to access the UK one. Obviously I am not going to go changing after all the hassle i had the first time :D

Are you sure you still need the VPN ?
[General Questions and Answers] mbeltoft:
I just tried 'buying' a free tv episode without VPN and i get server error BM-PP-19

When i connect via VPN it works without any errors
[General Questions and Answers] webwude:
Same here - besides movies everything works fine (apps, books, music). Seems that for movies still some IP check is in place...
[General Questions and Answers] defsix:
Ok, so just tried to purchase a movie. I tried this through the Movie app, TV shows don't show up when I click through to the UK Play Store. I tried the movies and I'm getting the same error's as the rest of you. Bring on the UK VPN and try again. First time, no problems on a non UK card too.

In the end it's irrelevant, the stuff is still overpriced. £2.99 for a 10 year old SD and £4.99 for it in HD. I'm a member of a large distribution system so I get my pick of stuff anyway in any format I want...

It's just the way Google has to go about segregating it's available media to some countries and not others thar drives me crazy.

Sent from the brain via my Xperia Z & XDA PHD
[General Questions and Answers] lordlad:
Still can't...this is what i tried.

Changed all my address to US in gmail, google account settings and google wallet.

deleted all my credit card tied to my local address (i'm from singapore) in google wallet and add a new virtual credit card from entropay. I can confirm this card is working as i've successfully added it in my US Playstation network account.

Cleared cache and stop google play store app in my nexus 4 and 7.

wait for like erm....10 minutes?

Connect to VPN via hotspot.

Verified i am coming from a US IP address using www.strongvpn.com

use market unlocker to change my carrier to Verizon (US).

and the end result is.....................still default to my local singapore play store... :'-( *SOB* *SOB*
[General Questions and Answers] defsix:
I've just had trouble doing this with a third account. It just wasn't working for me, I did everything the same as before and still no good.

Eventually I decided to use a device I had already got the UK market on on and add the account I was having trouble with on that device too ( so 2 accounts on that device) and bingo, UK market, wiped cache / app data on the 2nd accounts main device. Resigned in and nów I have UK store for that account too. Removed the 2nd account from other device and still working perfect. No VPN needed unless purchasing movies.

Hope this helps.

Sent from the brain via my Xperia Z & XDA PHD
[General Questions and Answers] auralzx:
I sure hope Google is doing something about this, maybe let us choose our regions for apps at least -_-

VPN used to work, but I have no idea how to change the country of my Google Account.

Perhaps Google Now is being used to find out our real countries.
[General Questions and Answers] FuzzyBlacken:
This problem is also faced when ordering Nexus devices from India
[General Questions and Answers] kibox:
can someone ask an apk from this guy

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=32821103&postcount=6

can someone ask an apk from this guy

and share it here.

EDIT

Its an old post.

But based on that it is possible that new leaked version 4.0.16 could allow access to restricted material...
[General Questions and Answers] Benfran:
I've been trying many solutions for the past weeks, and the best one is this:

- Force close Play store, and wipe all data

- Open market enabler, and select the network you want to fake (for US, T-Mobile works best).

- Open any VPN client, and connect to a US Proxy. I'd suggest Tunnel Bear as the best one.

-Open Play Store, and that's it. You can view and download any app as if you were in the US with T-Mobile.

Now, if someone has ever paid any app with his account, for this solution to work, you have to create or use another google account, and follow the same steps as above. But once you're inside play store, change the account to the newly created.

It's long but it works !
[General Questions and Answers] DanDroidian:
That part isn't true though. I've made dozens of purchases with my main account and can jump from market to market with it.
[General Questions and Answers] auralzx:
doesn't work
[General Questions and Answers] PALMPIL0T:
Sorry mate, now google locks your region based on your sign-in location. There's nothing you can do about it. Even a US VPN won't help!
[General Questions and Answers] coyotte.yoyo:
I have a quick solution :

Create a new Google account with a US credit card (prepaid for example) and a US address.

Connect to a VPN (TunnelBear in my case)

Login with the new account

Now, you are logged to the US store

I try all the proposed solutions, but this is the only one which is working for me !
[General Questions and Answers] aisyahelzahra:
Have anyone tried this way? I don't know how to purchase US credit card...

Sent from my Xperia mini pro, Asri Aisyah El Zahra
[General Questions and Answers] coyotte.yoyo:
I bought mine on eBay for 20€ (amount credited on card : 25US$)
[General Questions and Answers] abovequator:
The opposite problem

I'm having the opposite problem (which is contrary to several comments in this thread)

I live in India and have India CC. My play store has been India play store for several years now. But, I couldn't order Nexus4 with India CC, so I grabbed an opportunity to go to US for a few weeks for work. Created a US bank account, got a US CC (well, actually a debit card) and ordered the Nexus4.

Now, I'm back in India and I've deleted the US CC and US delivery address info from wallet. But, my account is now converted to US account and only connects to US play store (both on mobile and computer). I would prefer to connect to India play store and most of my relevant apps/books/movies are there. India specific apps don't even show up in search (ex. Bookmyshow), within the mobile interface.

This is seriously an annoyance. Cannot get any of the above suggestions to work either!
[General Questions and Answers] newalopez:
Yes, the real problem is that google determines your country from an "unknown and secret way" , I also have a nexus 4, from the playstore, with US account, but now, I have my country specific market, from one day to another, it's supposed to have the 'US only' as you, but not, for me happened to switch alone to country specific.

I really prefer the US one, because In my country I can't find any of those things, I wanted to buy the wireless charger for example...
[General Questions and Answers] kibox:
racism

now this is racism.
[General Questions and Answers] DanDroidian:
I'm still able to jump between markets, and my account is connected to a US credit card.

#justsayin
[General Questions and Answers] segads:
Yes I try an app and error!! Well I download aptoide and download that app..
[General Questions and Answers] lordlad:
Kinda disappointed that till now, nobody knew the 'science' behind the region switching for google play. Also, it is very bureaucratic of google to do it without announcing anything. What if i am migrating to another country soon and do not want to create a new google account just for that?
[General Questions and Answers] coyotte.yoyo:
Someone tried my solution ?
[General Questions and Answers] bradwombo:
I am screwed and cannot get updates anymore for some of my apps.

I am Australian and have Aus Credit cards; but I now live in Japan. I purchased a new Sony Xperia Z in Japan but now it has switched to the Australian markets only.

All the app updates for the Sony applications on my phone no longer work because I cannot access the Japanese area of Google Play.

Actually the phone tells me that there is an update available; as soon as I click on the button it opens Google Play but then drops back to the Google Play entry screen.

Grrrr. Come on Google change it back I cannot even use the phone with all of the functionality that the carrier is providing anymore!!!!
[General Questions and Answers] kibox:
I want to try something that worked for me.

Who will give me his Google password in pm, and what market you want?

Delete card before of course.
[General Questions and Answers] auralzx:
Nice try but I think that's against xda rules.
[General Questions and Answers] kibox:
ok, I will try to post how to do it in next days, 90% sure it will work for everyone, you can even switch to market you want

EDIT

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39901540#post39901540
[General Questions and Answers] DanDroidian:
:what:
[General Questions and Answers] fvc2000:
Something very crazy is happening at Play Store...

Tonite I was given BACK access to US Play store, and then it went off back to Brazil... than back to US... than back to brazil...

Without VPN access!

Even bought a song and a book in US Play store with my Entropay Card with US address and valid US phone (that I always had on this account)

And when I tried connecting to my vpn to check if I could make everything steady... it suddenly stopped, and kicked me back to brazil.

On the PC browser, and on the phone app... at the same time.

It looks like google is really tracking us, and in realtime.
[General Questions and Answers] auralzx:
This makes me want to ditch Android altogether -.-
[General Questions and Answers] DanDroidian:
Contact them and tell them what markets you want access to before getting bent out of shape.
[General Questions and Answers] auralzx:
Hahaha i'll try but I only have a local credit card but i've bought apps from the play store with it before through MarketAccess
[General Questions and Answers] inmydream316:
not working even using VPN

Like others said it’s not working anymore.

I am in US and trying to enter Japan or korea’s market.

It used to work with VPN but now it doesn’t work anymore even using VPN.

I think google locked my account in USA.

So I tried my dad’s account since he has tablet.

I logged in his account using VPN and it worked!! Could access other countries’ app market.

I tried again with my account and not working.

So my assumption is they locked my account where I live which is USA even though ip address is changed.

What if I really moved into different country? I will be locked with USA app market only.

Come on GOOGLE!!!!