Introducing Nexus 7 = google android tablet

Boom...



All my hard-work has finally paid off... now just need to spend it before they take it off me

PS: Also got the rest of the goodies!

Link to some screens

E.G ->

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Actually ended up using my Irish Card

It was a gmail account I created yesterday as test so decided to use it again today.

Currently downloading the books, magazine and anything else I can get my hands on, then going to spend the free monies and maybe some more books and few apps and then transfer them to my PC. I have a plan how to view them later

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You were using your American VPN?
Before it asked you to enter the credit card did it say please enter your credit card to claim the $25?

If yes to both of the above enter your credit card details as normal but location must be set as United States then enter the zip code and address.

I found (212) 9two5-5five99 and 10002 by googling a NY number and zip code

Also I turned off my vpn and checked the playstore in my browser (on PC) so only apps are showing but its still giving me the option to use my $20+ in my google wallet or my entered credit card

micks_address wrote: »

Anyway to do this without a credit card?

Umm not too sure, I'm not even sure it verifies my credit card details... well I was using the wrong country. You could probably use an online virtual credit card e.g. EntroPay and that may work but def worth it imo as...

balkieb2002 wrote: »

I have a plan how to view them later

My plan actually worked

I wiped the device again and I installed a custom rom I saw earlier MoDaCo Custom Jelly Bean ROM for the Nexus 7 and set the device up again using my irish internet and the same account.

That custom rom which keeps alot of the stock options but with some awesome improvements including landscape homepage, flash and quite a few other things but more importantly Disabled Jelly Bean 'disable apps on boot' feature.

This means I can access the apps that are normally frozen i.e. books, magazines, music etc and my free stuff from earlier appeared no problem. Was even able to download the free magazines for offline viewing :eek:

Edit: Haha now even have access to Google Wallet where they gave me a $10 prepaid card for when that service eventually comes here!
Also just bought new Batman game from the Play Store on the device and paid using my Google Play Balance which transferred across

balkieb2002 wrote: »

Umm not too sure, I'm not even sure it verifies my credit card details... well I was using the wrong country. You could probably use an online virtual credit card e.g. EntroPay and that may work but def worth it imo as...



My plan actually worked

I wiped the device again and I installed a custom rom I saw earlier MoDaCo Custom Jelly Bean ROM for the Nexus 7 and set the device up again using my irish internet and the same account.

That custom rom which keeps alot of the stock options but with some awesome improvements including landscape homepage, flash and quite a few other things but more importantly Disabled Jelly Bean 'disable apps on boot' feature.

This means I can access the apps that are normally frozen i.e. books, magazines, music etc and my free stuff from earlier appeared no problem. Was even able to download the free magazines for offline viewing :eek:

Edit: Haha now even have access to Google Wallet where they gave me a $10 prepaid card for when that service eventually comes here!
Also just bought new Batman game from the Play Store on the device and paid using my Google Play Balance which transferred across

this is pretty cool,

do you mind doing a step by step sometime when you get an opportunity

Anyone manage to pick up a Nexus 7 in Newry or are stock levels as bad up north?

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Feidhlim wrote: »

How do you unlock them!

He already answered that, use Titanium Backup and defrost them (you need to be rooted though) and they ain't much use to you once you do a they will refreeze once you restart hence why I'm using custom rom!

Cyrus wrote: »

this is pretty cool,

do you mind doing a step by step sometime when you get an opportunity

Yeah will do mate... most important things are your device is rooted (makes life easier), have access to a US VPN and you have patience
Its actually a fairly easy process and well worth it in the end.

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That's strange, no reason why it shouldn't work so - did you delete your details from the google wallet first or was there even anything in there?

Edit:: Doh I missed my 1000th post

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Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Glad you got it working and enjoy the free money

Never actually heard about that Switchme app, actually sounds really handy though my longwinded way of doing it was because I wanted all the free stuff. If you could disable the Jelly Bean 'disable apps on boot' feature then you could switch back to US account and grab the rest of the free stuff

Mr. Torvalds loves it

http://www.zdnet.com/linus-torvalds-reviews-loves-the-google-nexus-7-7000001510/

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Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Thanks so much for the step by step! And to balkieb2002 for his work on this! Just to clarify, did you also use a second, temporary google account for this? Or is the "American" card loaded onto your existing Google account?

catchmartin wrote: »

Thanks so much for the step by step! And to balkieb2002 for his work on this! Just to clarify, did you also use a second, temporary google account for this? Or is the "American" card loaded onto your existing Google account?

Afaik Captain Morgan used his original account for both steps. This is the better way to do it as that way you don't need to switch around your accounts all the time! I originally did it as I wasn't sure if my account settings were having an effect on the setup (turns out VPN is most important part so now I'm stuck with both accounts until my credit is gone (not too hard actually to change accounts in apps). I was also worried what may happen to my own account as that has my correct credit card details on it.

Once you set your account up with the "American" credit card you can login into the Google Wallet website and just delete it (or change it to correct settings). You'll also notice your Google Play credit in there.

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You can also use a handy little app from Play Store called DroidVPN, very quick and handy for setting up VPN to access stores.