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Thursday, December 12, 2013

Access US or UK Play Store from any country

Most of us are aware that some of the apps in the play store country specific and cannot be downloaded in other countries. Here's a guide for the people who are searching to access to the US or UK or whatever Google Play Store. You can even download free or paid apps, music, films, books, which are blocked in your own Play Store country.

The method is based on the VPN and good thing is that it doesn't require any root access. VPN stands for Virtual Private Network and works on a principle of intermediation where between you and target host sits another VPN host which redirects your requests and thus making target host think that it is you instead of the VPN host.


Access US or UK Play Store from any country

Requirements:

  1. A VPN app (always try to opt for secured one)
  2. VPN subscription for a good bandwidth (unlimited or 100MB/day or 500/month)
  3. Google account

VPN:

Download a VPN app
- TunnelBear VPN - Free : US or UK, need to subscribe, 500MB/month (you can easily upgrate to 1G with a tweet)
- or Vpn One Click - Free : 17 countries, "no traffic limit"
- or Hotspot Shield VPN - Free : US?, "unlimited bandwith" 
- or Hideman VPN - Free : 16 countries, 5h/week free
- or DroidVPN - Root needed - Free : US, need to subscribe, 100MB/day
- or Tigervpns VPN - Free : US or UK or JP, 100MB demo
- or Viatun (Android 2.0-2.3.7) / VIATUN 4 VPN (Android 4.0 and up) - Free : many countries, need to subscribe, 3 days (1GB limit)

Access US or UK Play Store from any country

Access US or UK Play Store from any country

Procedure:

  1. Start the app and launch the VPN (search for the country you want or US if you don't know).
  2. Open the Play Store App.
  3. Press the "Menu" button and choose "Accounts", then press your account which you are currently using, and OK.
  4. Play Store will be re-loading and pop-up a confirmation window, says "By using Google Play, you agree to the ... ", just accept it and you can see a new Play Store without restriction.
  5. Turn OFF VPN
  6. Go back on Play Store, the status without restriction of Play Store can retain till next reboot of the app or of your device. You can download free or paid app.
  7. You have to do again this process if you want to change again the Play Store country.

Be careful while purchasing paid apps in Play Store. Don't worry if some apps won't work even after downloading from the Play Store. This may happen because the app has internet verification while initialization process.

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