Good day all
Question
since the canada date was push back i ended up ordering one online from the States
When i got it i made my samsung account under a postal code from the states and one of the states, so i could get the OTA update since i wasnt sure if i get it if i used my proper address in canada, but i can use my market places and got the apps i bought for my phone and stuff on the tab too
but now that i have the media hub i want to download some tv shows or movies, but when i go to add my visa , i can put eveything in right, but it wont let me put my canada province and postal code in, it only gives me states and the US postal codes opens
to fix this do i have to delete my samsung account of my tab? and if i do will it reset it to factory data? lose all my music and apps and have to redown load them again?
right now im over in afghanstan and dont have the best net so it takes awhile to download stuff , so if i have to have my tablet reset it might not be worth it until i get back home
sorry if i wrote too much and spell mistake
any help is much appericated
thanks
jay
I think that the only way to delete the Samsung account, is to factory reset the device.
UKseagull said:
I think that the only way to delete the Samsung account, is to factory reset the device.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Based on my experience trying to get MediaHub functioning, this is correct.
Sent from my GT-P7510 using Tapatalk
Related
Hi there,
New user to Android/SGS2, enjoying the phone very much but one persistent problem I have been experiencing:
I am trying to logon to Windows Live Messenger through either Social Hub / IM app. When I try to add the account, the error "Error Occurred" keeps popping up but gives no details. Does anyone know how to work around it?? I've been searching for a solution but really couldn't find anything...
If I've posted this in the wrong section or if someone has already asked the question on here, I apologize.
Regards,
MW
Don't you need a Samsung account to log in?
I could be wrong!!
I did set up the samsung account...
Although I never got any communication on activation from samsung for activating the account but I have the account on the phone.
In order for the IM and push email feature to work, you need to have an active Samsung Social Hub accout. I found out the hard way after having done a hard reset.
First, what country are you're at? I'm in the USA on at&t, if you are in the USA (bad news):
In the USA, samsung social hub is not supported, so I had to download a 3rd party app called "enabler codes" and it changed the market app world region to fool my Galaxy SII to think I was in Australia, and the samsung social hub feature did finally work "perfectly", until I found out my market app would not download any (none) US compatible app as simple as paypal, eBay, Soundhound and so on...so I had to end up doing a hard reset to restore.
I used MarketEnabler (must be rooted) to switch to AU (Telstra) to set up my google chat account. I have since switched back to my original Market and the ability to create other accounts is still there.
FYI Also, running on the AT&T network.
MeanWoman said:
Hi there,
New user to Android/SGS2, enjoying the phone very much but one persistent problem I have been experiencing:
I am trying to logon to Windows Live Messenger through either Social Hub / IM app. When I try to add the account, the error "Error Occurred" keeps popping up but gives no details. Does anyone know how to work around it?? I've been searching for a solution but really couldn't find anything...
If I've posted this in the wrong section or if someone has already asked the question on here, I apologize.
Regards,
MW
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm having the exact same problem in Canada using an unlocked phone from the UK. I called samsung's social hub here in Canada and all the said was do a factory reset, which I don't advise as it made no difference. I tried making a social hub account online and I get another error message saying my IMEI can't be used. Anyone have other suggestions? Perhaps I may to resort to rooting and follow the method outlined previously.
thanks
I had a horrible experience in which I switched to the same Australian market and could not go back to my US at&t settings. Last time I had to do a hard reset b/c for some reason my market place was not showing no USA apps at all, simple apps like paypal, fb, eBay and so on...
In the end I had to do a hard reset. and I'm back to step one.
Will give it another shot today.
Woo Hoo!
This worked like a champ for me.
1. Download MarketEnabler
2. Back up your original settings...
3. Switch to Telestra (AU)
4. Input your IM settings.
5. Restore your original regional settings.
All is working great!
Thanks for the thread.
Hey did you experience the market apps for US disappearing?
Mobs69 said:
This worked like a champ for me.
1. Download MarketEnabler
2. Back up your original settings...
3. Switch to Telestra (AU)
4. Input your IM settings.
5. Restore your original regional settings.
All is working great!
Thanks for the thread.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
MeanWoman said:
Hey did you experience the market apps for US disappearing?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No problems thus far.
First off i wanna send a big whats up to the forum and am glad to be here hope to be here a while and lookin forward to as much help as i can get as am new to the Android os . now lets get it on i have a Samsung Galaxy S2 and when ever i try to add my Samsung account to the phone i keep getting this error processing failed can any one help with this .
thanks to every one in advance
Hello
Try resetting your phone or downloading Samsung kies to you're computer and do it on your computer that way, also an update might help
Hope this helps
Definitely a factory reset. Given you've only just got the phone this shouldn't be too much of an inconvenience.
thanks guys i'll let you know how it goes
Yep definitely post back & let us know how it goes. I completely messed up setting up my google account when I first got my phone, wouldn't connect to servers properly, etc, etc. Did a factory reset & was able to set it up just fine. I'm thinking this should do the trick with the Samsung account.
mrbiggzz79 said:
thanks guys i'll let you know how it goes
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
jus got home one question b4 i do a factory rest . i rooted my phone will i have to reroot after i factory reset
I think you just need to enable background data transfer in settings - accounts and sync - and check background data. You might lose root after factory reset - get superuser from market.
Sent from outer space by aliens on tapatalk using SGS2
hey fam am back still can't sign in to samsung account i did a factory rest and enabled back ground data still nothing. any more ideas
fixed
Market Enabler it helped
Hi,
I'm running official AT&T ICS build in my Galaxy Note.
Long story short, I was trying to buy FIFA 12 for 0.25c in the latest sale at google play but it didn't show in my Note's Google Play. Looking in the web I could see that FIFA 12 was on sale for 0.25c but when trying to buy it would not let me add it to my device (SGH-I717) or if done from the Note, it would tell me that the app was incompatible with my device. I looked around and there are plenty of posts and web sites with related info but I just wanted to post here a set of simple steps that worked for me for the AT&T Galaxy Note so people don't have to go and try a million things like I did.
- First I rooted my device. (I'm not going to post any instructions for this, search in this forum.) (and I'm not sure it would work without rooting since we will have to modify a system file)
- Second I installed ROM Toolbox Lite (the free version),
- I run the ROM Toolbox and went to the Root Browser tool.
- I went to the folder system and then I opened the build.prop file with the "Build properties" app (when you select the file to open, it will show a bunch of apps to choose from).
- I changed the values from the following two properties (it might work by changing only the model property but I did both)
from:
ro.product.device = SGH-I717
ro.product.model = SGH-I717
to:
ro.product.device = Galaxy Nexus
ro.product.model = Galaxy Nexus
I restarted the Note and voila! all the applications that were not showing before in Google Play are showing now and I could buy them. Not only that but I could also buy them online away from my Note.
The only draw back I noticed is that Swype was not working after the change, I assume the app was checking for the right model number since it's an app that came exclusively with the Note. But you can just revert back the changes and the apps the were supposed to be incompatible will still be working.
I'm sure there are other models we can use and will still work and that some apps will show for some models and not for others so it's a question of trying.
I did not change the dpi in my phone, still as default 320. I tried to change it and it actually made the apps to not show up in Google Play even with the right changes in the properties.
I hope it's useful to somebody.
Cheers.
= Profitoral =
wow! thanks for that!
I was frustrated because i wanted the video maker app and a few others. now i can try for them again!
maybe you can help me with a problem i am having with google play...specifically the option to bill for apps thru my carrier (it is missing)...i wanted to get those 25ยข apps. i called at&t and google and after various cache and data clearing and making new google account and much research on here and many other things, i still have no answers. i get the option to use credit card or redeem gift card and at first had option to bill my carrier, but that led me to "there was an error, please try again bla blah blah". when i cleared the cache and data, that option to bill thru the carrier disappeared. Like you i am also runningon my i717-- the at&t ics upgrade (never tried any other roms) and my note is rooted - of course. i had some apps frozen but have restored them. i tried uninstalling and reinstalling google play updates. i did the root first then upgraded to ics (i think...anyway i followed directions i found at xda to the letter. i never deleted any apps just froze them. i never had any prroblems after root and upgrade to ics till now! any ideas? thanks for your time...really!
@mamaboo....you are using cellular data and not wifi to download and purchase the apps?
carrier billing....
Thanks for your suggestion!
i am using cellular data with wifi turned off. i reconciled myself to using a debit card but i really want the billing thru at&t and it just wont work...i have tried all they have suggested at at&t tech support except a master reset. that is just too time consuming right now although imay do one soon just to start fresh. i researched and saw that quite a few ppl have this same problem.
If i find a solution, i will post it here. Maybe i just ned to unroot, i dunno!
i am glad i had the debit card, there are some great apps for a quarter! i missed the first two days and there were some apps i would have definitely gone for. you just cannot beat that price!
i feel like a kid in a candy shop, i bought 8 really good apps and spent only $2.00! and a 900 plus page book--a really great read--for $3.99!
Funny thing is......I am using a Rogers Note with the stock rooted Rogers ICS ROM on it. I am also on a non smartphone data plan. Also I have carrier billing blocked on my account. And I have the carrier billing prompt available. Are you sure you are looking in the correct place?
After selecting the price you get the screen with the "Accept & Buy" prompt. Before selecting "Accept & Buy", right above it you will see the line with "Pay With." All the way to the right will be a drop down menu arrow. Select that arrow and I get a new menu with: Bill my AT&T account, Visa xxx-xxxx, Add card, and Redeem.
Seems strange if it is not there for you. Help file says it should be there as long as you are on cellular data, you aren't behind on your cellphone bill, and you do not have carrier billing blocked through ATT.
carrier billing...
my phone at first gave me the carrier billing option right where you said it should be. but clicking on it gave me a message that said something like "THERE WAS AN ERROR....PLEASE TRY AGAIN" no error number or other info. i called at&t and they had me clear the cache in the google play app...nothing...then clear data...nothing except now there is NO option to carrier billing anymore. i did a battery pull with phone on, i uninstalled google play updates then reinstalled, then i made a NEW google account. between each thing i tried, i checked for the carrier billing option and nothing again. the last resort is a master reset....unless i find an answer here. i have been using google play all morning and with a debit card...at least that worked. i am so mad i missed those first few days of apps because if this. i actually went out and got the prepaid card from walmart....only other thing i can think of is the purchase block i had put on the other phones on my account. at&t says it is not blocked on my phone, but maybe i should have them remove it from those phones just to see...sorry about typos (I think i got them all corrected!)..i am waiting to see if tapatalk goes on sale! think i will just get it anyway....
You say your phone is rooted, right? How about replacing the google play with an older version from the gingerbread ROM?
Hmmm, that sounds like a project to try. everytine i uninstall google play updates, it goes right back and installs them. I am not sure how to do it but i am willing to give it a try. anything but the dreaded master reset for now. and i know that is something i probably should do just to 'clean house' sometime soon..
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using Tapatalk 2
profitoral said:
Hi,
I'm running official AT&T ICS build in my Galaxy Note.
Long story short, I was trying to buy FIFA 12 for 0.25c in the latest sale at google play but it didn't show in my Note's Google Play. Looking in the web I could see that FIFA 12 was on sale for 0.25c but when trying to buy it would not let me add it to my device (SGH-I717) or if done from the Note, it would tell me that the app was incompatible with my device. I looked around and there are plenty of posts and web sites with related info but I just wanted to post here a set of simple steps that worked for me for the AT&T Galaxy Note so people don't have to go and try a million things like I did.
- First I rooted my device. (I'm not going to post any instructions for this, search in this forum.) (and I'm not sure it would work without rooting since we will have to modify a system file)
- Second I installed ROM Toolbox Lite (the free version),
- I run the ROM Toolbox and went to the Root Browser tool.
- I went to the folder system and then I opened the build.prop file with the "Build properties" app (when you select the file to open, it will show a bunch of apps to choose from).
- I changed the values from the following two properties (it might work by changing only the model property but I did both)
from:
ro.product.device = SGH-I717
ro.product.model = SGH-I717
to:
ro.product.device = Galaxy Nexus
ro.product.model = Galaxy Nexus
I restarted the Note and voila! all the applications that were not showing before in Google Play are showing now and I could buy them. Not only that but I could also buy them online away from my Note.
The only draw back I noticed is that Swype was not working after the change, I assume the app was checking for the right model number since it's an app that came exclusively with the Note. But you can just revert back the changes and the apps the were supposed to be incompatible will still be working.
I'm sure there are other models we can use and will still work and that some apps will show for some models and not for others so it's a question of trying.
I did not change the dpi in my phone, still as default 320. I tried to change it and it actually made the apps to not show up in Google Play even with the right changes in the properties.
I hope it's useful to somebody.
Cheers.
= Profitoral =
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
SWEET! I followed your instructions and was able to download Google Wallet
beware
Hey
I changed the file to the galaxy nexus for my rooted telus i717d and it bricked the phone. I was unable to boot and unable to flash to recovery. I had to send the device in for repair. I got the device back , but just a warning!!!!!
I changed my sgh-717 att to galaxy nexus and only difference was it went just as far but with new error saying file can't be found. Then changed to sgh-747 sgs3 which I also own that was compatible withe the apps I wanted. But same outcome. Ended up just restoring apps I wanted with my sgs3's backups. Also try an app that spoofs the phone to another which ended up bricking phone but I still was able to restore my boot and system files from a nandroid backup. So I'll just use blackmart for now which doesn't check phone Id. Must be because I'm running slimrom 4.1.1 your method might work only on ICS builds. Thanks anyways
joshuablair said:
Hey
I changed the file to the galaxy nexus for my rooted telus i717d and it bricked the phone. I was unable to boot and unable to flash to recovery. I had to send the device in for repair. I got the device back , but just a warning!!!!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wow never heard of this :/
Sent from my Nintendo 64
joshuablair said:
Hey
I changed the file to the galaxy nexus for my rooted telus i717d and it bricked the phone. I was unable to boot and unable to flash to recovery. I had to send the device in for repair. I got the device back , but just a warning!!!!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wrong! That's NOT possible by changing build.prop. You did something else that broke it. Please don't mislead people with false statements and bad information.
95% of problems are user related.
IM on ATT and did this and was able to download google wallet. Only problem is when i open google wallet it say its not compatible with the device or Carrier
doubleonegative said:
SWEET! I followed your instructions and was able to download Google Wallet
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
did it work though? Ive been trying to ge it to work for a month
doubleonegative said:
SWEET! I followed your instructions and was able to download Google Wallet
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Atrix2destroyer said:
did it work though? Ive been trying to ge it to work for a month
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Only reason I did this was to get google wallet. Just says not compatible with my device ... nothing about carrier...
Final Steps!!!
I was trying to do this for my Note 2 with Saurom ROM, but it didn't work, until I did the final step found in another forum.
Go into the Settings screen, select Applications, select Manage Applications, tap the All category, and select the Google Play app. Clear its cache and data, and then restart your device
It works now and I'm prompted to update 50 other apps, lol.
I'm using cyanogenmod on a s3 and on my phone neither of those where in that file, closest one was brand and that was associated with Samsung. Any suggestions?
Had my damn phone stolen, some prats smashed my window through and took everything. I've tried installing all of those tracking apps, but it seems my phones either constantly turned off, or has been wiped.
But I've had another idea! One day they are bound to use my phone, and set up another google account with it. I was wondering, is there anyway that I could find out what google account they use?
Thanks
If you've registered your phone in the Samsung account... You will be able to track it from the Samsung my account website..
Have you installed any third party app which provides phone tracking such as cerbrus or Avast? If you have.. It's gonna be a lot more easier.. Hope that the thief's haven't done a full wipe and a factory reset on your phone!
Hope you find your phone back!
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
they've probably wiped the phone and there's nothing you can do besides have the police track it by imei.
if they haven't, install Lookout Plan B
kylepsp said:
. I was wondering, is there anyway that I could find out what google account they use?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
no. you can't find out anything after it's been wiped
PS don't ask any more questions in this section, it's against the rules
Yea I've been down the installing apps route, nothing so far. So I wont be able to see when another google account signs into my device at all?
Keep trying with Plan B, it's probably out of battery, at some point someone will charge it up and turn on. I'd keep trying everytime I had a chance for a week....
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
kylepsp said:
So I wont be able to see when another google account signs into my device at all?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
as I said, you won't be able to retrieve any information at all from a wiped device
Anyone have any experience with the 2014 NOTE 10.1 RETAIL MODE APP???
I have used this type of product on a Blackberry Playbook and was wondering if it worked the same way, In the retail mode on the Playbook you can do most functions but when you leave that mode everything that the user did is erased and the tablet goes back to the way it was before activating the demo mode.
It also would play a video if not touched for a preset time.
There is a password that you need to activate it, anyone know the password for this version as well as the one for the 2012 Note 10.1?
UPDATE I figured out the password and at this time I would not recommend that you activate the retail mode. It does not work the way I though but I'm still messing with it. Seems that it my need to be factory reset to get it off..
Will update with more details as I find them.
2nd UPDATEThis demo works nothing like the one that is on my Playbook.
WARNING
YOU CAN NOT REMOVE THIS APP AND YOU MUST DO A FACTORY RESET TO GET RID OF IT.
Password
So whats the password?
Im using the password working on every other Samsung Galaxy device but it dont seem to work on this 2014 Edition,
Please help! :good:
Solarnnn said:
So whats the password?
Im using the password working on every other Samsung Galaxy device but it dont seem to work on this 2014 Edition,
Please help! :good:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Don't think you know what you are getting yourself into with this App.
When you run this app it will disable parts of you tablet and add media files. You need a password to disable it and I did not figure that one out. The only way to get rid of the app is to do a factory reset.
If you want any of the songs, photo's or video that it puts on the tablet make sure you save the files onto your computer or to the cloud as it will erase all of them when you do the factory reset.
If you are still dead set on trying the app I will only give you a hint as to what the password is .......... the password is one of the words in the devices name.