Has anyone managed to top up Google Wallet in the UK or anywhere outside of the USA? I've used my free $10 and it worked like a charm in McDonalds and it would be great if we could figure out a way to get it topped up without having to have a friend in the USA etc...
There's a method listed here:
http://www.modaco.com/topic/354635-region-device-root-patched-google-wallet-apk-11-r67-v4/
EddyOS said:
There's a method listed here:
http://www.modaco.com/topic/354635-region-device-root-patched-google-wallet-apk-11-r67-v4/
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Thanks for the reply however I cannot see any info in that forum with regards to topping up outside of the USA. Could you point me in the direction of which page it is?
Thanks again.
From that link...
"Topping Up
So you've installed the APK and spent your initial $10 at Greggs or maybe Mcdonalds. Healthy. Now you need to top up... there's a problem!
Google Wallet only allows you to load the prepaid card using a US card, which most of us accessing Wallet this way don't have! The card that you use needs to support AVS (address verification) with a US address, something that also excludes a number of US cards. I'm hoping that we as a community can collaborate to work out the best way to do this, but i've tried a few methods and i've chronicled them below. I'll update this post as more methods / information surfaces. I'm hoping we can find a low cost disposable Visa solution or similar that makes the process easy. Getting a US address is easy enough to associate with a card, just sign up (free) for US Unlocked.
BFPS- Virtual credit card in various denominations, configurable AVS address, use coupon 'modaco' for 5% discount - WORKING
EntroPay - Virtual credit card, turns out to be Malta registered and doesn't support AVS - FAILED
US Unlocked card - Virtual credit card, currently untested - UNKNOWN"
I found that extremely expensive. A virtual-card of US$50 for US$69 ? they are charging like 20% for the service alone.
This is so far what I've done.
-Went to Borderlinx to get an U.S. based address (borderlinx.com)
-I received an email with such address
-Went to EntroPay (entropay.com) to get a Virtual debit card using my UK details.
-Then after the card was set up and topped, I went to Google Wallet directly (wallet.google.com) and added the card using the Borderlinx address details.
-I tested the card in play.google.com, buying a game (where's my perry) and even though my account is UK based, I decided to make the EntroPay card my default and it charged me in US$ ($0.99 instead of £0.69). Checked in Wallet and the transaction was successful.
Next thing to do:
-Try to pay using Google Wallet in my Galaxy S3 in any Paypass vendor (Greggs, McDonalds, you name it). Since the card was accepted in Google Play, I guess it will be OK when I try to pay using the card in Greggs.
Keep in mind I'm using the latest version, the one that allows to use any card and pulls the cards you have used in Google Play.
Fingers crossed!
Seeing as they now accept Visa Debit and Mastercard it should be easier now
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Hey folks,
I 've been using an unlocked at&t samsung focus in Brazil for quite some time and as any user from unsupported country i've been limited to free apps in marketplace. I dont know if marketplace changed policy or not but today i bought a gold subscription for my xbox live account (which is the same as the one i use in wp7 - US Live Account) and magically everything is working now. I bought monopoly ($4,99) and sound recorder ($0,99) from wp7 marketplace without a problem.
When you buy a gold subscription in xbox they just validate your credit card information without verifying the address so i used my credit card and an US address. Now wp7 seems to be using the same credit card info from xbox live for purchases.
Can anyone confirm this works or mktplace really changed policy and has nothing to do with xbox live?!
This sounds really interesting, please someone to test and report if this works. Regards
Are your Live account registered as an U.S. account too? Otherwise I don't think that you shouldn't have been able to even download free Apps. To register an account in another country is the "official" workaround, the problem is to get a creditcard validated since they seem to check which country it's registered in nowadays.
Nop.
Tried to register my credit card using the same profile that I've used with my PSN account (wich works perfectly). But here, when I try to register my credit card, it gives me error.
It's annoying; I need to buy some apps. That is annoying and non sense.
nop. thats the point i didn't registered any credit card on my live account. I can't... like any other person living in unsupported country. What i did was making my xbox account gold (which happens to be the same US live ID i use for wp7) and voilà! xbox website doesn't check your location, you can use your normal credit card and input any US address to become gold.
After this step they don't ask for a credit card in my live account anymore, it uses the one i have in my xbox account. Since then I'm able to buy apps.
in resume:
1. Get your US live account and register/convert it on xbox live at www.xbox.com. (The liveid must be the same primary account you use on wp7)
2. Go gold using the US page ($9.99/mo if i recall). (Will ask you for a credit card)
3. Try to buy something in wp7 marketplace.
That's what i did and surprisingly worked for me.
also make sure you are in /en-us at xbox.com. Check the address bar. Force en-US if it redirects to your country.
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/joinlive?xr=shellnav
Is here anyone who tested this and can say its woking?
Please somebody else has tried this? I need to know.
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nope, not working
tried everything explained twice, showed up "give a correct credir card numbers"
superaca said:
nope, not working
tried everything explained twice, showed up "give a correct credir card numbers"
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Yes, I tried myself some minutes ago and this is BS, doesn't work.
damn...maybe i was lucky. My xbox subscription expired but i still have my credit card on their site and i have full access to marketplace. Bought 7 apps so far.
Lucky. Here didn't work.
This is really a JFYI thread as couldn't see one, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1810118 has the latest wallet api, and guide. All seems to be working here for me, so might be worth a go for those wanting to try.
Even got a UK visa debit card registered with the system, althought to be fair, not tried to use it yet (McD for breaky)
http://p.twimg.com/AzVWyttCUAAfgjX.png
Quick notes, remember to have NFC enabled, and to change the build.prop and then reboot before running the app for the first time.ni just used es file in root mode for everything, bu use whatever apps you feel comfy with I suppose.
even though it recognizes our cards, being in the UK doesnt allow us to complete the setup process using these cards... hopefully Google address this in the near future.
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even though it recognizes our cards, being in the UK doesnt allow us to complete the setup process using these cards... hopefully Google address this in the near future.
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Works fine for me... UK Card registered and enabled just fine!
However it's worth noting that McDonalds wouldn't accept it, payment declined, perhaps because Google wasn't allowed to debit the card. oh well...
Also using the same details to add funds to the Google Card does not work either.
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Works fine for me... UK Card registered and enabled just fine!
However it's worth noting that McDonalds wouldn't accept it, payment declined, perhaps because Google wasn't allowed to debit the card. oh well...
Also using the same details to add funds to the Google Card does not work either.
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Had a thought (well someone else did), you can go and change the address to a UK one by going into wallet.google.com and changing it there.
Done it, will try later. Unless I'm beaten to it...
Ok this works...didn't try adding a card though. It detected the card I had associated with my Google Account but I need a US address to activate it. So...bummer.
At least I can use the Google Prepaid Card.
here in Cyprus where I live, 97% of shops supports NFC payments, but rather than carrying my visa card, I prefer using my phone
I tried setting up google pay from apk mirror and installed it, the app said that my card is not supported (there is not a single bank that supports google pay here)
I created a (.boon contactless payment) which its a virtual card that supports google pay and I was able to set it up but google pay started uninstalling itself from my phone for no reason (even after I was able to add a card on it)
then I realized that I changed device and now I have the s9 (it is not rooted or anything else just yet)
so I went ahead to download Samsung pay! ...... I wasn't able to download it neither from google store or from Samsung store
so I went to download it from apk mirror again and the results are almost the same it doesn't allow itself to connect to the internet expect to show me the promotions and notices
I wasn't able even to connect my PayPal account
is there any alternate app that gonna give me the ability to pay in stores with my phone?
and sorry for my bad English, Thanks!
Barclaycard have their own payment system which uses the NFC it's separate to Google and aamaung
So I set up Google pay on my Chinese AL00 (I'm in the UK) and I was able to add my credit card to it, but, not my bank card. I tested at Starbucks on my commute today and it worked fine. Now I just need to finalize a way of getting my bank card on there as well.
I thought I would create this thread as I've seen a lot of people saying it won't work.
One strange thing, every time I pay for something it says mobile data for Google pay is disabled enable? And I click enable... Still it's working
Please share how did you add your card. Mine always ask me to contact bank no matter how many different card I tried
Tried to add my debit card that was working fine on my Pixel 5 and it ends up saying "Contacting your bank>>Card Couldnt be added"
Also tried linking my Paypal to contactless payments which it said same thing and try back later.
jdfrye said:
Tried to add my debit card that was working fine on my Pixel 5 and it ends up saying "Contacting your bank>>Card Couldnt be added"
Also tried linking my Paypal to contactless payments which it said same thing and try back later.
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Yeah, some bank debit cards don't support GPay and often PayPal doesn't as well.
Banks need to enable that feature on their cards and PayPal, I'm not sure if you can call them, have them enable it for your account.
OK this weirdly started happening to me after flashing the .36 update. I had 3 cards added from 3 different banks previously - after clearing out GPay, it only let me add one card, telling me the other 2 banks aren't setup to do GPay (which I know isn't correct).
Not sure if this is an outage thing, a .36 thing, or the way in which I updated the phone thing...
Checking in with my bank, apparently there's some issue with Visa cards at the moment - have you got a Visa card? Both of my two cards which aren't working (from two different banks) are Visa, so that much checks out at least
Try contacting your bank. It's all about them. It's just security check. It happens once in a while.
I had a similar issue when setting up my P6 Pro, it offered to enable GPay with my card (whilst initial setup), but then after authorization it gave me an error. Problem was that my creditcard company wanted a SMS verification and only the GPay App (and not the setup tool) supports that, so I had to manually re-add it later in the GPay App.
I have the same issue, can't add my starling card keeps saying contact my bank fs, gpay accepts starling but still can't do it
Olorin92 said:
Checking in with my bank, apparently there's some issue with Visa cards at the moment - have you got a Visa card? Both of my two cards which aren't working (from two different banks) are Visa, so that much checks out at least
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No I have a MasterCard. And it's the one that I use for Google subscriptions so I can't delete it. I'll call the bank today and see if it's a security issue.
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Try contacting your bank. It's all about them. It's just security check. It happens once in a while.
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Yeah this is a given. I'll be contacting today
just today PayPal was able to be added. Really was tired of contacting my bank anyway, everytime i reset my phone. Adding paypal seams so much easier
No issue getting my visa activated, but it's been previously activated on my previous phone for 5 years or so.
I had the same problem recently but my phone (4a5g) had an unlocked bootloader. When I read locked it it worked normally. The bootloader was unlocked because I was participating in the Pixel 4a 5G beta. It's working fine on my 6 pro.