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[Nexus 5 General] Sn00ky:
I truly hope they haven't found what's happening with those orders outside Google play store countries :mad:
[Nexus 5 General] randomhilton:
tried multible pc's and accounts... :(
[Nexus 5 General] jimlad:
well thanx for trying but i get the "Sorry! Devices on Google Play is not available in your country yet." so the Goog are able to see through the TOR disguise?.. I'm off to Old BLighty for xmas thought i would buy one for my son and it saves 50 euros on the ripp off Dutch price :( {sigh}
[Nexus 5 General] Gormsen:
Well, it worked for me.

Did you create a new Google account when using Tor? Otherwise you'll get that error that message you described.

And guys, as I've said earlier: a lot of people have reported problems when ordering from Germany, please try the English Google Play instead.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] miHah:
Yes I found a solution = http://www.handtec.co.uk/

You can order VAT free (if you are a business owner like I am, or you know someone that has his own business to order that for you) and the price is 404EUR. With shipping to my country all added = 420eur which is great. I'd otherwise pay 410 for device + shipping to Germany on play store, but after all that you have to ship your package to your country what makes Handtec a lil cheaper :))

If you don't own any business than you'll have to pay the full price which is arround 480eur.

About Play Store - no solution
[Nexus 5 General] mrso5:
Problem

Google play took my money from bank card but no any confirmation email, and know it refund my money but no any email from them that I am declined or something. Any suggestion ??
[Nexus 5 General] Sn00ky:
Did the error message come up when you clicked accept and pay button? :/
[Nexus 5 General] miHah:
exactly :)
[Nexus 5 General] PutzDF:
My friend, i'm with the same error, i need to buy one Nexus 5 and send it to US but i got always the same error like yours, you manage a way to pass thought it?;)

Thanks
[Nexus 5 General] YSYSY:
I'm getting "unsupported payment method", tried about 4 different international cards, creates a german google user (using a german VPN) and tried to send it to a local german address, all failed.
[Nexus 5 General] alex_herrero:
Guys, as stated before, valid payments require that your billing address is in US and it can be validated with your card.
[Nexus 5 General] Sn00ky:
Got the same error with mailbox.de forward service. Can't order from UK play store cause I want the package in Czech Republic. IDK what to do now.. :(
[Nexus 5 General] faldicek:
Why you ordering from UK, why not from German google play? If you are from the Czech Republic it is easier. I also ordered from Germany, Certainly it is cheaper.
[Nexus 5 General] Sn00ky:
I am ordering only from German play store cause it's cheaper and easier. OP suggested ordering from UK, but it's more of a hassle.
[Nexus 5 General] Sn00ky:
Ppl I ordered it !!. The thing is that google recognizes the Tor network and probably prevents the purchase. When I made a German acc in Tor, it was associated with the German play store. Now I entered in that account in Chrome and voila, the play store still opens without Tor browser (I am outside Germany). Just ordered as if I am in Germany, although not. Purchase was accepted, pending status. :)
[Nexus 5 General] Gormsen:
Great to hear. I will add this to the OP if it is okay with you :D
[Nexus 5 General] Sn00ky:
Sure, let's just hope that the phone will be shipped and google doesn't track my little trick. :D

Edit: One thing which concerns me now is that on the confirmation e-mail it says that I bought from...Google Ireland?? Any thoughts if that's ok?
[Nexus 5 General] faldicek:
That's okay, headquarters for Europe is in Ireland, the phone will send from the warehouse in Holland.
[Nexus 5 General] triciopa:
I can't order :( trying from Mexico shipping to USA. I can add payment method and shipping address but after clicking buy I get "Sorry, we were unable to process this request. Any charge will be automatically cancelled within 24 hours. Please try again after 24 hours" alongside a broken (and presumably worried) robot.

Tried all of the variants of this method including sn00ky's

oh well..
[Nexus 5 General] Sn00ky:
Just after 2 days ordering, it's shipped now, success! Many many thanks [MENTION=4033185]Gormsen[/MENTION] for the guide! :victory:
[Nexus 5 General] dehsA:
I last bought two Nexus 5s on launch day without the need of using Tor.

I did use the much simpler TunnelBear combined with a Google account I specifically created for ordering devices on the Play Store.

I've always used my US shipping address as my billing address for my non-US credit card.

With this method, I've bought four Nexus 4s, a Chromecast and two Nexus 5s.

Have things recently changed or what?
[Nexus 5 General] td32:
I ordered my first nexus4 form france using a service called "F.A.O.P.S.French-address"

http://faops.frenchaddress.surinternet.com/epages/box18568.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/box18568/Categories/ContactForm

The website is not that much organized but you get very good support by mail(her name is Caroline).

I just placed my order using a proxy and setting as shipping address the address given by the service with my name attached at the top.

Once the package arrived at their address they contacted me and offered a fast shipping with DHL for the cost of 25euro(france to italy in 1 day)

One last thing, there is a 1.5euro fee at sign up and that is only paid once.
[Nexus 5 General] angelvg:
Hi guys,

I write how to unlock geographic location with OpenVPN.

This tutorial work in

* Android (without root)

* FreeBSD

* GNU/Linux

* Mac OS X

* Windows

Is write in Spanish, but have auto translation to English

The bad for some people (maybe) is pay €5 for the OpenVPN account with blackVPN, but if you find buy in Google Play Store and the Tor is complicate...

http://www.angelcontents.blogspot.com/2013/12/openvpn.html

Bye

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Version: Android 4.3

Changelist: 1938685

Build date: 21.10.2013

Product Code: INU

AP/PDA: I9500XXUEMJ8

CP/MODEM: I9500DDUEMJ5

CSC: I9500ODDEMJ5

RF Cal: 2013.5.3

HW Rev.: MP 0.800

Antutu Benchmark 4.1.1 -> 26390
[Nexus 5 General] porga:
Hello everyone and thanks for useful hints. I am buying from Croatia, and I tried to make purchase with Master card (opened in croatian bank) on german Google play, from TOR network. I opened new account (german IP), new wallet, opened mailbox.de account, and entered my credit card + mailbox.de data in Google wallet.

Then I went to Google play DE and started purchase process. Everything went well until payment "submit". I got error "technical reasons" and I got canceled confirmation on my e-mail.

Then I read about problems with payment from Tor network. So I tried with regular Firefox browser, just entered proxy address form here:

http://www.proxynova.com/proxy-server-list/country-de/

Opened Google play, initiated payment and Viola, payment went all the way!!!. I checked my bank account and I can see that Google collected money (so card from HR was not the problem, but TOR).

Now we have to wait to see will delivery go as should, or Mailbox.de will be the problem (I hope not).

I'll keep you all posted, but thank you all for suggestions and help. I hope this will help someone as well.
[Nexus 5 General] Sn00ky:
Exactly my case but ordered without VPN in chrome, google just bonds the location with the account (Tor Germany). I also use mailboxde.com delivery services and it was shipped, on its way do Zittau. :) Congrats!
[Nexus 5 General] porga:
I do not know can you access Google play without german PROXY, because it reported that "Google play is not available in your country" when I tried.

P.S. You are correct, but you have to be logged in your DE created account when accessing Google play. Seems it does check Google account, not your current IP.
[Nexus 5 General] dehsA:
Ordered the LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition last night and it was shipped about 6 hours later.

Never had to go through the hassle of setting up Tor...
[Nexus 5 General] Gormsen:
If you want to you can write a guide, and I'll add it to the OP? :)
[Nexus 5 General] dehsA:
1. Download and install the TunnelBear client from www.tunnelbear.com.

2. Create a new TunnelBear account.

3. Sign in to TunnelBear.

4. Choose your country of choice and turn the knob to ON. In this example, we will be buying from the US Play Store, so choose United States.

5. Once connected, go and create a brand new Google account which you will exclusively use for ordering devices from the Play Store. To be on the safe side, use Incognito/Private Browsing/InPrivate Browsing mode.

6. Sign in to your Google account and add devices to your Play Store cart.

7. At checkout, add your US shipping address (if you're buying from the UK Play Store, add your UK shipping address).

8. Add your non-US credit card number, expiration date and security code.

9. For billing address, use the name on your credit card but for the address, use your US shipping address. Google should not be picky about this.

10. Buy.

Next time you want to buy from the US Play Store again, repeat steps 3, 4, 6 and 10.
[Nexus 5 General] Gormsen:
Thanks mate, I will add it to the OP once I have some spare time :)
[Nexus 5 General] porga:
I just want to report that my new Nexus 5 arrived (TOR + GooglePlay + Mailboxde.com) and it is kicking. Thanks everyone.

Few questions. What is about warranty? I did not received printed invoice with the phone, so I presume that one I received on e-mail is valid one?

If something goes wrong where do I send the phone? Also, how long warranty lasts on Nexus 5?
[Nexus 5 General] marniel647:
Does google US play store ship the D821 version when you purchase it?
[Nexus 5 General] TicasRo:
nexus 5 shipping dilema

i didn't understand exactly what are the steps to ship it from google play (germany in my example) to me (in Romania) .when i choose the card billing information what address do i insert there ? cause it asks me for a real street and postal code address ? Do i need to make a virtual mailbox and insert that address to my google walet billing ?
[Nexus 5 General] Gormsen:
Google does not ship to other countries. Therefore you must have some other company/service to do this for you. Search the internet or look at what other people in this thread have used to ship Nexus 5 to their countries :)
[Nexus 5 General] mbj1974:
My Brother and I have been trying to order 2 Nexus 5 phones. The problem is when we try to pay using Google wallet, it wont accept our creditcard. We get a messege saying something about a "technical error", contacted Google and they say its because our creditcard country does not match the delivery country. They wont let us buy it and you cant get the 32gb version here :(

Anyone know a way around this?
[Nexus 5 General] porga:
Everything is explained in this thread. Take some time and read it from the beginning and you will find your answers. Make sure you have international card (check in your bank if you can use your card for internet payments).

I know my masercard is charged without any problems, once I left TOR network.

Warranty is what I am concerned with now, because LG Croatia told me that they do not service phones bought from Google directly.
[Nexus 5 General] Quiksilver78:
I'm interested in this.

When I contacted Handtec, they said that the upcharge of 406GBP is for UK customers only and if you are NOT in the UK, you pay 339GBP (plus shipping of course)
[Nexus 5 General] Quiksilver78:
How exactly does mailboxde.com work?

Did you have to pay anything extra like VAT or anything of that sort? What address do you use to ship your items?
[Nexus 5 General] Miqueas111:
I've manage to get the N5 from Peru (South America). Thanks god I could! :)
[Nexus 5 General] dimkov:
how much money it cost you? Everything. Tnx
[Nexus 5 General] porga:
VAT is paid for the phone, you cannot pay it twice if you are in EU. YOu get virtual german address with your name on it, when you register on Mailboxde.com.

YOu can precharge amount for the shipping (I asked their customer service how much to pay). Prices are OK, not expensive.

When phone arrives they notify you by e-mail and you fill forwarding request and pay with your credits.

Quick and clean. Regards,
[Nexus 5 General] Quiksilver78:
Right, but who places the order and what credit card to use?

I get the whole, "add credit to your account (409 euros for 32GB for example)" part but who or how does one place(s) the order? Mailboxde.com themselves? Did I totally misunderstand?

I ask this because I am in the CZ and I'm trying to place my order via the play store myself (using Tunnel Bear) and at checkout, my order is quickly shut down because - I presume - my credit card is not a German one.\\

Which credit card did you use (if at all)? a German one or a Bulgarian one or a different one?
[Nexus 5 General] faldicek:
I also order from the Czech Republic and i pay with Czech credit card and no problem.

Odesláno z N5
[Nexus 5 General] Quiksilver78:
How exactly did you do it? it seems my card is getting rejected (I use Raiffeisen Bank)
[Nexus 5 General] faldicek:
I have account in GE Money Bank and Master Card. In google store I entered billing and shipping address generated from mailboxde.

CZ: Mám účet u GE Money bank a platební kartu Master Card. Při koupi v Google Play Store jsem zadal vygenerovanou adresu ze služby MailboxDE.
[Nexus 5 General] Quiksilver78:
Diky!

I will give it a try again - I don't understand why it doesn't work. I'm in Brno btw :)

Are you using a specific proxy service to connect to the Google Play store? Also, I'm assuming you ordered it via the Google Play Store in Germany?

This is killing me!
[Nexus 5 General] faldicek:
I followed this manual: http://www.sidonn.net/objednani-google-nexus-4-z-nemecka/
[Nexus 5 General] Quiksilver78:
Do you recall what proxy server you used? not sure if it has to do with the fact that I am at work, but so far I'm striking out with almost all the proxy servers listed. www.whatismyipaddress.com always picks me up in Switzerland no matter what lol
[Nexus 5 General] faldicek:
Unfortunately, I do not know. I ordered immediately after launch. You gotta keep trying until you find the functional. I also tried it several times.
[Nexus 5 General] Quiksilver78:
Screw it. I give up. Doesn't work for me at all :(

I think I'll pick it up locally instead (16GB) why oh why don't they sell the 32GB virtually anywhere accross Europe
[Nexus 5 General] faldicek:
Try to wait a while, I heard that 32 gigabytes version should start selling in the Czech Republic in the first quarter of this year. The CZC already have it on offer but the exact delivery date is not yet known.
[Nexus 5 General] Quiksilver78:
Interesting.

It is still cheaper than Handtec ... the exchange rate including shipping is over 14,000 CZK

their page says that they'll get stock this month :D
[Nexus 5 General] Marnixelmo:
Allright guys, got my Nexus 5 32GB delivered yesterday!

If you guys are interested in how I did it, keep on reading (:

First, I've set up my TOR browser to use a German IP to trick the google store. After that was functioning correctly, I browsed to "mailboxde.com" to set up my German post address. That was fairly easy to do and I got all the required information in my registration mail.

After my mailbox was set up I went to my TOR browser again and registered a new email address and set up my google wallet (not yet with credit card info). The information acquired from mailbox has to be in the fields.

Field set up

I browsed to the play store again to set up the order.

The 32GB was my favorite since there's no SD-slot. So, I placed the order and used my dad's international credit card to order the phone (the creditcard is unlocked for all country's which has to be done by your bank). I had to pay €408 for the phone there (with service costs).

I got a confirmation mail from google that the order was successful and it they told me that it was send to the address on thursday. On thursday it already arrived on the place of destination (Zittau, Germany) and I got an e-mail from "mailboxde.com" that there was a package arrived in my postbox. Once it arrived all I had to do was put some credit on my account (again with a creditcard). I've stored €18 on my account since I ensured it for €500 (transfer method at "mailboxde.com"). Then it was send to my home address and I got track&trace codes to track the order that was transported by DHL.

I've got my phone on saturday so it didn't took that long for them to transport it. I placed the order last week saturday so it took exactly one week to get to my house.

It's the latest (312k) model and I freakin' love it!!

Good luck! (:
[Nexus 5 General] haiderwa:
Hallo,

What is the best package forwarding company for the us to the Netherlands?

Thanks

Haider
[Nexus 5 General] Gormsen:
Great to hear that mate, welcome to the Nexus community ;)

Why do you want to order from the US? The American model doesn't work on LTE in Europa :)
[Nexus 5 General] haiderwa:
Hi

I want to order the chromecast and the google case for the nexus 5

Greats

Haider
[Nexus 5 General] Gormsen:
Okay, I don't think a lot of people have ordered the N5 from US and shipped it outside. I would recommend doing some research on your own, look at some reviews and then make a decision.

Post your experience in here for others to enjoy :D
[Nexus 5 General] Marnixelmo:
I've used mailboxde.com. It's simple to use (check my other post to see how it's done) :good:
[Nexus 5 General] faldicek:
but he was asked to send from the U.S. to the Netherlands...

Odesláno z N5
[Nexus 5 General] wolff76:
I'm using Shopfans and Shopotam. These companies mostly works with ex-USSR countries and have only russian sites. But they could ship to any country using USPS. Also you could use Shipito.com (I've never used it).
[Nexus 5 General] andreas_h92:
credit card

hello, it might be written again but there are a lot of comments to read!

So my question is, what about the credit card? If i order from uk play store, credit card must be created in uk bank? thnks
[Nexus 5 General] Gormsen:
Nope, it has to be international. I just used my Visa which was created in Denmark. You should ask you bank if you have any questions regarding how to get one :)
[Nexus 5 General] andreas_h92:
ok thanks :D
[Nexus 5 General] Gormsen:
Use and press the "Thanks" button in stead of saying it. Everybody appreciates it more and it doesn't clutter up the thread ;)
[Nexus 5 General] andreas_h92:
i keep getting this error when i click pay button

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

Any ideas???:confused:
[Nexus 5 General] Gormsen:
Well, obviously you've something wrong, which method did you use? :)
[Nexus 5 General] andreas_h92:
i finally ordered :D it was credit card problem. funds were blocked for some reason and the amount needed for the phone wasn't in the card, and i just transfer some money to my card and BAM, in 2 days they will ship it :D

i used tunnelbear like somebody told here. :D now let's hope borderlinx do their job fine :P
[Nexus 5 General] Gormsen:
Congratulations mate, you won't regret it ;)
[Nexus 5 General] fortyc:
I'm in process of buying Nexus 5 from "non google play" country. :)

Can someone tell me what happened if you have some problems with your phone ( screen, buttons, etc). How can you send it back with RMA under warranty?

Has someone any experience with that?
[Nexus 5 General] Gormsen:
Well, you'll have to ship it to Google in the country where you bought it from. I don't know if you'll have to use a service to get it back to your own country again or you can pay Google for the shipping. I wrote them a couple if months ago, and the only thing they said was that they don't cover shipping cost out of the given country.

Hope this helps? ;)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MORSTE1:
Does anyone know when this should come out from Three (UK)? I really need it to go back to stock so i can send my phone back for repair under warranty.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magero:
this RUU Programm cant be leaked by normal Poople, it cames out from people who work in htc center, illegal...

so you can wait,wait,wait..... wait.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MORSTE1:
Noooooo i need it fast fast fast!
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] king200:
I'm using CarbonRom is both HD and HD+ and this problem is the same for both. Today, I made a phone call and the person wasn't getting enough volume and the words were garbled. I tried the headset with Google Voice search and VoiceToText in other apps. It is evident that the mic isn't working correctly. I tried a different wired headset and the result was the same. For reference the headsets are a Klipsh S4A and stock that comes with Galaxy S3. The onboard mic works as expected. I paired a Bluetooth headset and, surprisingly, that worked the best of all.

Sometimes this is a kernel issue. I reflashed the rom without the fstrim kernel and that made no difference.

I am thinking that this is a bug that may be in the various Android, custom roms and that's why I didn't post only in CarbonRom thread. It may even be a problem with stock. I don't think there are many people that use a wired headset with mic. I make phone calls with MagicJack.

Maybe a few people that have a headset with mic can try and report back if this is a problem for the particular rom they are using.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x000x:
someone here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2388088 mentioned it worked with cm 10.1, maybe that one would work for you
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verygreen:
Yes, I can confirm this issue, apparently.

I'll try to see what could be done.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] travismorgan:
Hello, im new to the whole andriod scene..i have a galaxy s4 sch-i545. just switched over from apple...last night i did the new update, then i realized you cant root that firmware.so i used odin and tried to downgrade to I545VRUDMI1...my device is sch-i545...when i clicked start in odin to downgrade, it ran, but Tthe end failed. BUT now wen i try to turn my phone back on its in odin mode and says FIRMWARE UPGRADE ENCOUNTERD AN ISSUE. PLEASE SELECT RECOVRY MODE IN KIES AND TRY AGAIN. wont even go in recovry mode, but when i hit the volume down+home+power button i get back to the screen asking if i wana go into download mode, i hit the vol up boton and im back at the downloading... do not turn of target screen...please help i only had this phone for 2 days lol. the odin program reads the phone but always fail. ive tried a few stock firmwares, still nothing!!! help please! heres the error i always get in odin.

<ID:0/007> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> COMBINATION_I545VRUAME7_I545VZWAME7_690088_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/007> Odin v.3 engine (ID:7)..

<ID:0/007> File analysis..

<ID:0/007> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/007> Initialzation..

<ID:0/007> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/007> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/007> sbl1.mbn

<ID:0/007> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/007> sbl2.mbn

<ID:0/007> sbl3.mbn

<ID:0/007> rpm.mbn

<ID:0/007> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/007> FAIL! (Auth)

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Centinno:
I suggest you go to this link (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2504408) and follow the instructions within the various other threads exactly as they indicate. You cannot screw this up if you follow it correctly. I screwed up my phone, followed these instructions, and am now in a stable 4.3 rooted state.

Also, make sure to use at least Odin 3.07.

Good luck and report back! And be patient!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] riker147:
If you took the update to MJ7, you can't go back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] travismorgan:
i did the update last night, then i tried to downgrade now itsstuck at that screen still...so theres no way to fix it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] -Lawless:
Take a look here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2505690