Hello XDA-People!,
With a little intro, I live outside the US. I also live in a country that is yet to officially have Windows Phone 7 and/or Market Place. So I had to create an American account, that said, Microsoft was not accepting any credit card I try to use. (Because my account was US, they wanted a US cc)
I came accross this website, that allows you to create virtual credit cards. I tried one of their cards and it worked ! I was even more surprised than happy.
Anyway, here is the link to the website: https://www.entropay.com.
Some important highlights :
I have been with them for about 9 months, haven't experienced any issues.
They will (probably) ask you to verify your account by sending governmental identification documents, which was PITA for me btw.
Their service is completely free, except they take 4.95% of what you load onto your cards.
They do not accept applications from the USA.
To load a virtual card, first you need to link a credit card.
Wow, we even need a workaround TO PAY THEM MONEY?
Good luck.
Working great, thanks!
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Just thought i'd ask this here as i know a number of you use for devices for reading
Where's the best place to get e-books from either free or purchase.
In either txt, html, or PDF format. The reason is i have just bought the sony portable reader, (what a amazing device it is), problem is you can only buy books from the connect e store if you live in the USA, and I'm in the UK
So any sites would be great.
Cheers...........
"problem is you can only buy books from the connect e store if you live in the USA" <-- that is weird. It is like saying, 'the email will only send to people in the USA'
Anyway, try this
http://www.memoware.com/
FOZZER said:
Just thought i'd ask this here as i know a number of you use for devices for reading
Where's the best place to get e-books from either free or purchase.
In either txt, html, or PDF format. The reason is i have just bought the sony portable reader, (what a amazing device it is), problem is you can only buy books from the connect e store if you live in the USA, and I'm in the UK
So any sites would be great.
Cheers...........
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You may also try http://www.fictionwise.com/ good collection including free books
I Know I e-mailed e connect store support and they reply was they will only accept payment with a US credit card ( they are a little hard to get in the UK ) and no plans for a UK release.
I'll have look at the sites provided though
Thanks....
I found a lot of free books at:
http://www.mobipocket.com/freebooks/default.aspx
I even found some Dutch/Flemish books there, good thing because it's my native laguage.
one of my favorite authors is at http://sennadar.plebian.net/
He has two long fantasy series and a short sci-fi book.
J-Man5
this might be a bit obvious i tend to get most of my books (those out of copyright anyway) from Gutenberg where they're all free to download.
i usually download them as zip files and view/read them with the last free version of ubook
This is a good site for various free ebooks - alot of current releases available.
http://www.baen.com/library/
Also I'll look up the address for the free download of the cd images of david webers books (honour harrington series and others - all sci-fi)
Hello!
I got some money for Christmas and I want to use it to buy myself some hosting. I wanted to pick HostGator or HostMonster but what I want to do with the space is against their policy.
I need some server space to host all our family pictures with FTP access for everyone to upload their own pictures. We all have a camera and it's a pain in the butt to reunite all the pictures after the holidays especially with my parents not being together.
I'll also host my Wordpress blog on it so I need some bandwidth (about 70 clicks a day, nothing bad).
Anyone has a good host to suggest?
try godaddy, perfect
ather90 said:
try godaddy, perfect
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agree, my friend have ever offer me wit this one of web hosting..
Bluehost doesn't allow personal file hosting. :S
N1c0_ds how is whatever you're going to do against hostgator policy? I have to tell you now. Hostgator has the BEST customer service of them all. THE BEST. no joke. I love it. Would never give it up. I would use it until they actually tell you that you can't use it, which they probably won't.
use one of the following:
myjethost.com
1-nethost.co.uk
I am sure that myjethost.com will give you unlimited space and extra features if you tell them that i told you to sign up. Also i might get them to give you a discount of upto 50% or more.
My PayPal account went unverified and I can't do anything about it without a credit card. I guess I'll have to wait before I get a new web host for my blog and Gecko.
Hi I just figured out a way to get unrestricted access to google books , magazine, movies and TV from outside the US. {I am from india}
It involves no rooting or side loading. I am editing the video on how to get it done, will upload as soon as i finish. you will get the $25 free credit too using the following work around.... wait for it....
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Hi I just figured out a way to get unrestricted access to google books , magazine, movies and TV from outside the US. {I am from india}
It involves no rooting or side loading. I am editing the video on how to get it done, will upload as soon as i finish. you will get the $25 free credit too using the following work around.... wait for it....
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i assume it involves using a US VPN?
Plus you need a US credit card in order to buy any of the said magazines, books, movies etc... So it's pointless.
heh, I just want the $25 credit!!
Not really,
i'm out of USA, and could buy a movie and a book with a US VPN + International credit card.
Just give a US Zip code, the billing address vs register are not checked.
but my problem is: when i back to my N7 or my Gnexus i couldn't see the movie because it recognize that i'm out of US (My Google play movie version ends with "br").
boto said:
Not really,
i'm out of USA, and could buy a movie and a book with a US VPN + International credit card.
Just give a US Zip code, the billing address vs register are not checked.
but my problem is: when i back to my N7 or my Gnexus i couldn't see the movie because it recognize that i'm out of US (My Google play movie version ends with "br").
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Yes it works but I have seen people with suspended wallet accounts because of these fake addresses. People were crying even on this forum because of this issue. Not everyone face this problem but probably they do random checks.
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saadi703 said:
Yes it works but I have seen people with suspended wallet accounts because of these fake addresses. People were crying even on this forum because of this issue. Not everyone face this problem but probably they do random checks.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
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good to know, i will take off my "fake" address, i have no reason to keep it if i couldn't see what i'm buying...
the way is wait for google decide to sell stuff in my country...
I have searched everywhere to no avail. I tried registering through a student account at DreamSpark but it doesn't have my school registered. I need to develop apps for this phone but I can't afford the $99 payment for unlocking the set. I can't do anything and its frustrating. Is there no other way to unlock Wp8? I need to make money by app development. Is there any way to get a code to access DreamSpark or any unofficial way which might void my warranty but allows me to develop apps? I need your aid.:crying:
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I have searched everywhere to no avail. I tried registering through a student account at DreamSpark but it doesn't have my school registered. I need to develop apps for this phone but I can't afford the $99 payment for unlocking the set. I can't do anything and its frustrating. Is there no other way to unlock Wp8? I need to make money by app development. Is there any way to get a code to access DreamSpark or any unofficial way which might void my warranty but allows me to develop apps? I need your aid.:crying:
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Unfortunately, if you can't register through DreamSpark, you'll have to pay the $99. I would go onto the DreamSpark page and contact them and ask about potentially getting you an account even though your school isn't listed as one. I'd probably contact your school also just in case. See if Microsoft and your school can work together and make this possible. Other than that, I don't know of any way you could get a dev unlock besides paying the $99.
Dreamspark
Hey,
I had the same problem, tried to sign up and gave me the error that it could not find my school, not even with the email.
However, if you have access to the msdnaa site(microsoft software) then you definitely have a dreamspark acct and have the same problem I had.
2 solutions:
1. If you have a ISIC card(international student card, which every student should have), Great! signup with that and voila, done.
2. fidle with the school's name until you find the correct one, mine had 3 different ones, only one of them had my acct.
Good Luck,
I'm Loving the 520!!!
We don't have those IDs in Pakistan I used my friends instead
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snickler said:
Unfortunately, if you can't register through DreamSpark, you'll have to pay the $99. I would go onto the DreamSpark page and contact them and ask about potentially getting you an account even though your school isn't listed as one. I'd probably contact your school also just in case. See if Microsoft and your school can work together and make this possible. Other than that, I don't know of any way you could get a dev unlock besides paying the $99.
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Hi,
I have a question irrelevant to the thread. I was using Android and the IM and chat applications used to run smooth in background thereby letting me stay online. Now, I use Lumia 520, I can't do the same. I wonder, is it impossible to develop such apps like Nimbuzz & Ebuuddy, to run in background and let peop;e receive instant notification ?
Push notifications only. They're close to instant, but not perfect; there may be a delay of some seconds or even a few minutes. Apps such as IM+ use this to implement something that is close, but not quite exactly, what you're asking for.
Background apps are a major battery life problem, so Microsoft has prohibited then except in specific scenarios (the only one that's close to what you describe is the BackgroundAudioStreamingAgent, used to allow something like the Pandora app to keep streaming music while you do other things). While it's probably possible to abuse that agent to do an always-connected IM app just fine, I doubt Microsoft would allow it into the store. The battery life of WP8 is one of its selling points; with near-identical hardware, WP8 can get 1.5x to 3x the battery life of Android, from the examples that I've seen.
To the OP, if your school doesn't offer .edu emails or verification, you can send the Dreamspark team an email with proof that you are a student (here in germany, we have a "Schülerausweis", Google Translate student ID card) and they'll verify you, at least they did or me.
djfalcao said:
Hey,
I had the same problem, tried to sign up and gave me the error that it could not find my school, not even with the email.
However, if you have access to the msdnaa site(microsoft software) then you definitely have a dreamspark acct and have the same problem I had.
2 solutions:
1. If you have a ISIC card(international student card, which every student should have), Great! signup with that and voila, done.
2. fidle with the school's name until you find the correct one, mine had 3 different ones, only one of them had my acct.
Good Luck,
I'm Loving the 520!!!
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how to register if isic not available any other solution for free
started couple of days ago an error started popping up when i tried to buy an icon pack from play store that said i cannot purchase anything due to high risk and have to wait 30 minutes. started searching around the web and found out this is a security measure to protect users and thought to myself OK and waited; after an hour the same error; slept on it and tried the next day and same thing so i contacted google and they said i have to send my ID and Credit Card pictures that i never added to google since i always use Google Play Cards and so I DID, after couple of hours they emailed me that they have reinstated my account and its ready to use so i tried to purchase the damn icon pack again and BAM; same error. emailed them again and they said i should wait few hours, went to sleep and tried next day after 9 hours and ... same error.
emailed them again and responded with this:
"I know you have been cooperative working with us to get to the bottom of this and we highly appreciate that. I have now gone ahead and brought this issue to the review specialist and I'm really sorry to inform you that the specialist determined that this account must stay closed due to violations of our Terms of Service. (Per the Google Payments Terms of Service, Google Payments Corp. reserves the right to change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Services at any time, including availability of the Services or any Service feature, without notice and without liability.) I'm afraid that my team can't discuss the specific circumstances of this or any account closure."
so, they can suspend your account and render your money useless or in other words take it for themselves and you cant do anything about it because you agreed to it when you started using the service.
NOW im not posting this to rant but:
1. was a lesson for me in this, to read the agreements carefully and do a research before i agree to it.
2.if you are like me and dont wanna add a credit card to your account, add a gift card that has nearly the amount you need and not more in case something like this happens.
3.hoping this could help someone else in anyway.
and all these years i thought APPLE was the evil one and practices these kinda costumer services.
Ehm all that over an icon pack phew just get the apk