Thursday, December 29, 2011

How to purchase items from new Android Market Place

Hey Guys,

As many of you, i have been looking for a way to purchase and install items from market which are not available in our countries. Tried many different market enabling apps and finally found a way to work it out.

The app I am using is called "MarketAccess" which is available here http://amip.tools-for.net/wiki/android/marketaccess With the app installed (and provider faked of cause) i was able to install free items from the market which are not available in my country/region, but not purchase items! Frustrated, i put on my thinking hat and came up with this silly work around :P

To purchase Items on your mobile
  1. Install MarketAccess and fake the provider
  2. Go into Android Market and install a free app
  3. From your computer visit http://market.android.com (Yes you have to go in from your computer, doesn't work from the phone's browse)
  4. Search for the app you want to purchase and purchase it :D

Once you have purchased and installed the item from http://market.android.com you should be able to purchase items from your phone's android market as well, but until you do a reboot! If you do a reboot you most probably would have to do all those again.

I have tested this one my phone which is a Nexus S running ICS and a Galaxy S2 running 2.3.7. Let me know in the comments if this works and your device and OS and i'll update this post.

Cheers :)
Posted by Ahmed Khusaam at 05:04
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4 comments:

  1. Hey! I did not understand "Search for the app you want to purchase and purchase it :D"

    How do you purchase the app if purchases are not allowed in your country? When I try to purchase it, Market asks me to enter payment details and only allows credit cards from countries where paid apps are available. What am I doing wrong?

    Thanks!

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  2. Hey,

    I first setup Google Checkout (now Google Wallet, i believe) and added the payment methods and then went on to purchase the app. That way it asks you to select a payment method instead of filling out one.

    This works for me, hope this helps :)

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  3. Hello,

    would MarketAccess work on a galaxy TAB 10.1 with only Wifi, with no SIM card slot?

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  4. Hi Srdjan,

    Im not sure never tried it on a android tablet as i dont have one. But please let me know how it goes :)

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