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Using the Amazon Appstore from outside the US (including paid apps)

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Started by PaulOBrien , Apr 02 2011 03:40 PM

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 10:13 AM

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Great stuff, working for me with Google's address, "+1" as the phone number, and the first AMEX test card from the PayPal list (the Visa ones didn't seem to work).

Thanks Paul!

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Posted 19 December 2011 - 11:03 PM

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This worked great for a couple months but the last three days the purchases would fail. I had been putting off updating to the 2.1.0 version which kept appearing in the notification area because I thought it might break this method but because I couldn't get the free app any more I thought I had nothing to lose but the new version just force closes all the time.

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Posted 20 December 2011 - 09:07 AM

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View PostJeremy123, on 19 December 2011 - 11:03 PM, said:

This worked great for a couple months but the last three days the purchases would fail. I had been putting off updating to the 2.1.0 version which kept appearing in the notification area because I thought it might break this method but because I couldn't get the free app any more I thought I had nothing to lose but the new version just force closes all the time.

Still works for me if I connect using my Private VPN (from Modaco Plus). Otherwise the app fails to authenticate. I wonder if the latest update checks for the region.?

Goodbye WinMo! Hello Android :o)

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Posted 20 December 2011 - 10:10 PM

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Can confirm they are now checking IP's.
I am in Australia and it now only works VIA VPN to US. If I turn off VPN purchase fails.

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Posted 20 December 2011 - 10:15 PM

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View PostBohdans, on 20 December 2011 - 10:10 PM, said:

Can confirm they are now checking IP's.
I am in Australia and it now only works VIA VPN to US. If I turn off VPN purchase fails.

Yeah - it's been bust for me too from Ireland. VPN here we come...

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Posted 21 December 2011 - 03:17 AM

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View PostThe Soup Thief, on 20 December 2011 - 10:15 PM, said:

Yeah - it's been bust for me too from Ireland. VPN here we come...

Working just fine for me from Australia with no VPN.

I have not updated the app to the latest version - I just ignore the daily Update reminder notifications.

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Posted 21 December 2011 - 02:06 PM

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As a test I changed the cc to a test amex account and that works without the need for the VPN. (as mentioned above) but when switching back to a visa, it needs the VPN. Never thought I'd  have need of an amex account :-)

Goodbye WinMo! Hello Android :o)

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Posted 21 December 2011 - 09:56 PM

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I noticed this problem too, today. As suggested by some others above, I put in a test amex card number, and it worked. No need for vpn. Thanks for the tip :-)

Edited by silverrow, 21 December 2011 - 09:57 PM.

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Posted 28 December 2011 - 05:19 PM

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Same here in UK, wasn't working. Changed the credit card details to the first Amex number and back to downloading fine! Cheers

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Posted 06 January 2012 - 12:19 AM

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Thanks for the tip, until now using this app from the UK resulted in the "This application is not available in your region", however since changing Credit Card to Test AMEX , back on track.

I only go for the free app of the day anyway

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Posted 11 February 2012 - 03:14 PM

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Thanks for the heads up. I was using the Discover card but recently the app kept telling me the Amazon App Store was not available in my region. Changing to the American Express card resolved that.

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 05:04 PM

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but use the vpn make my account banned

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Posted 04 May 2012 - 11:57 PM

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i can confirm this trick still works, thanks!  :)

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