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[Q] What happens when you change your CC info?

It seems that B&N use your credit card as your unique identifier rather than your email or something else. Maybe I'm wrong, but they needed it verified just to ship me a charger that will fit into the damn thing.
I refused to put in my CC # to register the nook as I don't see why you need to have that kind of info in an ereader all the time. I mean what a hassle if the thing gets stolen.
Anyway I used one of those alias CC#'s to register, but it will expire in a month.
What happens when it does? I'll need to add something else to buy any books of course, but will I lose content I've already got?

danbutter said:
It seems that B&N use your credit card as your unique identifier rather than your email or something else. Maybe I'm wrong, but they needed it verified just to ship me a charger that will fit into the damn thing.
I refused to put in my CC # to register the nook as I don't see why you need to have that kind of info in an ereader all the time. I mean what a hassle if the thing gets stolen.
Anyway I used one of those alias CC#'s to register, but it will expire in a month.
What happens when it does? I'll need to add something else to buy any books of course, but will I lose content I've already got?
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Pretty sure the CC is not stored or used in any way on the Nook Color, it's on the B&N Website.
In fact I did not register on my NC at all, I skipped it and did it at home. Then I logged in as that user on the NC, no credit card input etc.

danbutter said:
It seems that B&N use your credit card as your unique identifier rather than your email or something else. Maybe I'm wrong, but they needed it verified just to ship me a charger that will fit into the damn thing.
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B&N will register the device without a credit card (I did that )so if you have a CC# there that will 'expire' (assume it's a one time #) it will should not create a problem. Of course when you go to buy something you will need to supply a valid CC# at that time, just use another 'one time' #.
Also altho 'I feel your pain' about the microUSB, you are not alone.. it's a major problem for B&N and possibly the reason for the two week 'time out'. Cheers

Just an FYI, and kinda related, for recurring CC puchases, neither the vendor nor the purchaser has a credit card number stored on either system. The CC merchant (Sage, Trust Commerce, etc.) is the only one who does, and there is a GUID issued for that specific transaction and is tied to to the user account and vendor account combination, and cannot be used for anything other than transactions between those two parties.
A GUID does nothing for anybody who might hijack it. Thought it would be worth mentioning.

You will not lose access to any of your purchased content if the CC info on your account is modified. However, because each downloaded book is encrypted with a hash key generated using your name + CC#, you will need to delete the local copies of the files from your device and re-download a new copy of the book. The newly downloaded book will contain info associated with your new CC.

Thanks for all the replies. Every little bit of info helps!

How-to get paid apps outside the USA

Seriously s*cks how we (non US folk) are being treated like second rank citizens... but we won't let that stop us from getting our entertainment, will we
DISCLAIMER : I'm not responsible if your account gets banned, your gear vr goes up in smoke or your paid content is taken away at some point.
how to ...
1:
go to the play store and get the app HOLA
it's a VPN which will allow you to launch oculus home app as if you were in the USA
if you do it correctly, you will see all the paid apps
2: ***** APPARENTLY THIS STEP NOT REQUIRED .. ALL CC ACCEPTED *****
now you need a US based credit card ...
go to neteller.com, create an account
put some money in the account (many different payment methods)
choose to receive a 'Net+' card, basically a mastercard from Neteller
I have one, and even though I live in the Netherlands, it's accepted as a US card. (sometimes thats a problem, today its a blessing)
your card will come via snail mail in about 4-5 days
3:
in Oculus home, go to settings, add payment method
enter your CC details
they also want a state/city/zip ... just choose a US city and Google their zip codes.
This works 100% for me, however when you are not connected to the VPN your paid games and apps will not showup. And who knows, we are probably breaking TOS so they could potentially take the content away from you.

axewater said:
Seriously s*cks how we (non US folk) are being treated like second rank citizens... but we won't let that stop us from getting our entertainment, will we
DISCLAIMER : I'm not responsible if your account gets banned, your gear vr goes up in smoke or your paid content is taken away at some point.
how to ...
1:
go to the play store and get the app HOLA
it's a VPN which will allow you to launch oculus home app as if you were in the USA
if you do it correctly, you will see all the paid apps
2:
now you need a US based credit card ...
go to neteller.com, create an account
put some money in the account (many different payment methods)
choose to receive a 'Net+' card, basically a mastercard from Neteller
I have one, and even though I live in the Netherlands, it's accepted as a US card. (sometimes thats a problem, today its a blessing)
your card will come via snail mail in about 4-5 days
3:
in Oculus home, go to settings, add payment method
enter your CC details
they also want a state/city/zip ... just choose a US city and Google their zip codes.
This works 100% for me, however when you are not connected to the VPN your paid games and apps will not showup. And who knows, we are probably breaking TOS so they could potentially take the content away from you.
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You dont seem to need to do step #2, just use a US IP and put your credit card in normally.

Link to Hola on Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.hola
Thanks for the guide mate!

Do you guys have checked app permissions of HOLA VPN? And do you feel confortable to use your credit card through a free VPN that ask you access to your identity, position, device ID, etc?

dalamario said:
Do you guys have checked app permissions of HOLA VPN? And do you feel confortable to use your credit card through a free VPN that ask you access to your identity, position, device ID, etc?
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The folks at HOLA are not able to intercept the transaction, there is another layer of encryption. We are basically putting an SSL encrypted 'letter' into another encrypted VPN envelope... They can decrypt the VPN packets (and they must in order to forward them to the final destination) but not the SSL layer.
Although SSL is pretty broken, based on a broken trust model and broken code ... but in theory .. we should be ok.
HOLA can have all my identity info, device id, position ... have fun with it. They are providing me a valuable service for 'free'. I'm ok with that as long as they stay out of my bank account and dont steal my private pictures

Domen Lo said:
You dont seem to need to do step #2, just use a US IP and put your credit card in normally.
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Can you let us know what kind of CC you used ? Is it a Canadian one ? .EU ? Asia ?

axewater said:
Can you let us know what kind of CC you used ? Is it a Canadian one ? .EU ? Asia ?
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Eu card, works fine. Other continents work fine as well, judging from the posts on other forums.

Credit card companies are usually pretty good with customer protection against fraud so hopefully we should be ok
Sent from my SM-N910G using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

axewater said:
Seriously s*cks how we (non US folk) are being treated like second rank citizens... but we won't let that stop us from getting our entertainment, will we
DISCLAIMER : I'm not responsible if your account gets banned, your gear vr goes up in smoke or your paid content is taken away at some point.
how to ...
1:
go to the play store and get the app HOLA
it's a VPN which will allow you to launch oculus home app as if you were in the USA
if you do it correctly, you will see all the paid apps
2:
now you need a US based credit card ...
go to neteller.com, create an account
put some money in the account (many different payment methods)
choose to receive a 'Net+' card, basically a mastercard from Neteller
I have one, and even though I live in the Netherlands, it's accepted as a US card. (sometimes thats a problem, today its a blessing)
your card will come via snail mail in about 4-5 days
3:
in Oculus home, go to settings, add payment method
enter your CC details
they also want a state/city/zip ... just choose a US city and Google their zip codes.
This works 100% for me, however when you are not connected to the VPN your paid games and apps will not showup. And who knows, we are probably breaking TOS so they could potentially take the content away from you.
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Can you teach me on how I can install BBC i-Player on my Android phone from the USA?

So UK owners can't use their credit cards for payments on the UK release devises?

Any way to recover phone's serial number when it's no longer in your possession

Hello,
With my former employer I had a phone that I used my Samsung account with, problem is that Samsung account is registered with the work phone number I had at the time, so I can no longer login to my account because of 2 factor authentification being enforced onto my account (without my consent).
To regain access to my Samsung account I need to have the phone's Serial Number, how can I get it? I don't have anything left from the phone, but I used it regularly with Google Account, Windows, "Your Phone" app, etc....
Can I get it through Windows registry, logs or some online webservice?
Regards,

Where it was bought... especially if it's was a carrier phone.

It was bought by the company which I no longer have contact with.

That's not data normally shared. I'm not a fan of most multitiered security as it always causes me problems.

Doesn't it show you a serial number in the phone information?
Otherwise try this app once. The serial number is also displayed under the Personal tab...
Phone INFO ★SAM★ - Apps on Google Play
All-in-one INFO and TOOLS for Samsung devices.
play.google.com

Roger.T said:
Doesn't it show you a serial number in the phone information?
Otherwise try this app once. The serial number is also displayed under the Personal tab...
Phone INFO ★SAM★ - Apps on Google Play
All-in-one INFO and TOOLS for Samsung devices.
play.google.com
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she doesn't have the phone that she used to open the Samsung account anymore, that's how I'm reading it.

3mel said:
she doesn't have the phone that she used to open the Samsung account anymore, that's how I'm reading it.
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Ah ok. I have probably misunderstood that...
Then I don't see any possibility...

Roger.T said:
Ah ok. I have probably misunderstood that...
Then I don't see any possibility...
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I was gonna suggest yesterday that she bites the bullet and just rings her old employers and explains she's spent lots of money thru the account.
they'd probably say the phone has been scrapped by now, in that case back to Samsung and look for a contact us link.
she can't be the first person to face this scenario since they brought in 2FA. if she still has an email account attached that's something.

3mel said:
I was gonna suggest yesterday that she bites the bullet and just rings her old employers and explains she's spent lots of money thru the account.
they'd probably say the phone has been scrapped by now, in that case back to Samsung and look for a contact us link.
she can't be the first person to face this scenario since they brought in 2FA. if she still has an email account attached that's something.
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Mmmmm, humble pie... or minced meat pie?

General Warning - Remove Smarttag before changing Samsung account

So I got a Smarttag with S21 Ultra which I setup at the time in Feb but never really used and left in a draw.
Last week I deleted my Samsung account and created a new one due to Samsung not having an option to change your account country.
I then decided to try out the Smarttag again and found out that it was still linked to my old Samsung / Smartthings Account so I could not add it to the new account.
I tried all the ways to reset it but still got the message that the Tag is already in use and to remove it from SmartThings first.
Now I have no way to do this due to having deleted my account already!!.
I contacted Samsung support and they have told me there is no way to unlink it now for security reasons.
So my Tag is now e-waste and totally useless.
There is no warning when deleting your Samsung account to remove devices from the SmartThings app and no way to recover it.
Just as a warning for other Smarttag users.

If you could reset any smart tag without owning it, it would be useless as a tracking tag. Same reason you cannot factory reset a phone to clear the owners account when you steal it. Yes, it is a terrible waste but it is a security design. Maybe Samsung could allow them to be refurbished if they are proven to be legit so the waste is less.

lywyn said:
If you could reset any smart tag without owning it, it would be useless as a tracking tag. Same reason you cannot factory reset a phone to clear the owners account when you steal it. Yes, it is a terrible waste but it is a security design. Maybe Samsung could allow them to be refurbished if they are proven to be legit so the waste is less.
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Indeed but should be some safe way to get around this - email / sms link to your registered address or phone number.
Even option to recover account within 30 days would help.
I have the receipt and box showing serial number so can be proven it is mine if service centre could do something but support told me nope.
To have no option but to sling it in the bin is dumb, lucky it was on the Smarttag I got for free.

Sir,
I'm facing exactly the same issue with my galaxy smart tag.
The account I'm having now has 100% same id which I had in the account I deleted, only the country has changed from us to india.
Is there anyway out.....

Dr. Qaisar Anjum said:
Sir,
I'm facing exactly the same issue with my galaxy smart tag.
The account I'm having now has 100% same id which I had in the account I deleted, only the country has changed from us to india.
Is there anyway out.....
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Nope. Even with all receipts and boxes with details to prove it is yours there is no way to reset.

Samsung Galaxy s20 fe 5g sm-g781v can anyone please help frp!

I bought a s20 Fe 5G sm-g781v off on Mecri everything comes back clean the IMEI check the phones paid off I cannot bypass the FRP lock the new September security update Samsung cloud is not available restore data is not available can anybody please give me any suggestions that might help me unlock this phone I have receipts showed where I paid for it I can't seem to get help anywhere

take it to a phone repair shop, with your receipt and some ID.

Closest one is almost 80 miles away I'm a single father you want to come watch my kid

dugger42032 said:
I bought a s20 Fe 5G sm-g781v off on Mecri everything comes back clean the IMEI check the phones paid off I cannot bypass the FRP lock
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Talk to the Mecri seller about the issue. The simplest way unlock FPR is using original Google account password. Or you can download an APK to bypass FPR. Google search returns many tools to bypass.

I can't stand reading content when obviously someone needs real answers not being advised to take it to a repair shop. XdA is about people coming together to help share code and troubleshoot devices. Some of you guys are so green. You must not have made the cut to work for google.

GkHammer said:
I can't stand reading content when obviously someone needs real answers not being advised to take it to a repair shop. XdA is about people coming together to help share code and troubleshoot devices. Some of you guys are so green. You must not have made the cut to work for google.
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some people don't like giving out info that would be useful to people who steal phones.

I was successful on att version I was on Android 10 but I had to upgrade to 11 bootloader 2 to work..I used a moto g7 plus as my device to transfer google account with smart switch and it only worked with wireless transfer not OTG.. The software i used is the same in all the videos that boots you to chrome or YouTube after you disable antivirus and signature verification in windows 7/8/10/11....I found one updated video that had the most important information because i spent two weeks stuck on failure to launch chrome script and searching and I hate that Indian techno dub step music...lol... USE WINRAR ONLY TO UNPACK THE PROGRAMS WINDOWS UNPACK 7ZIP OR TERMINAL UNPACK FAILS.... then once you chrome YouTube scroll to version then feedback then find rom in search bar select Samsung store update then select smartswitch to restore backup google account and lock screen pattern... Profit..and no I didn't steal mine mine was an unclaimed repair bad info and 60 days later I'm the official owner registered on samsung.com and brought it back to att as byop....until I purchased carrier unlock from carrierunlocker.net for $25...
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dugger42032 said:
I bought a s20 Fe 5G sm-g781v off on Mecri everything comes back clean the IMEI check the phones paid off I cannot bypass the FRP lock the new September security update Samsung cloud is not available restore data is not available can anybody please give me any suggestions that might help me unlock this phone I have receipts showed where I paid for it I can't seem to get help anywhere
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I can help you with the frp if you like, let me know if you already solved it