That would be YOUR problem, not theirs. A debit card (otherwise known as a BANK CARD) under sensible ownership, should NEVER be used for ANY kind of purchases, even at a retailer. This is because the only thing between the card and your bank account is a simple 4-digit password. A CREDIT card, which is what you SHOULD be using for online purchases, comes with a special security feature... limited liability -- this means that if your credit card (or credit card number) is stolen and used, you are NOT responsible. If you use a BANK CARD and some theif clears out your bank accound, you're broke.
Anyhow, you can buy prepaid credit cards that will solve your problem, but judging from what you've written, I doubt that it matters. You sound like you're probably a child and mommy just bought you a new phone for your birthday. And your comments regarding the phone's usability are kind of retarded. In particular this: "i may have to return my phone anyway due to excessive problems, personally i think the market and software should have been stable and open 3-6 months before the release not 1-x months after release." ** FACT IS that it HAS been. In fact, since OCTOBER LAST YEAR. There IS no other phone as stable. The market IS open and functional. The fact that YOU don't have access to paid apps (whether it is due to their being provided or due to your inability to buy them) is NOT a function of "ready" or "stable". Don't go blaming the operating system for what your crappy CARRIER (rogers) failed to manage. And as a final point, it doesn't matter what phone you have, you STILL won't be able to buy paid android market apps. But with ANY other phone, you WILL be subject to random freezing, rebooting, complete and total lockups, etc. Good luck with that. On Jul 4, 12:35 am, Tumaru <[email protected]> wrote: > i only have a debit card and it says on the input form that that isn't > accepted > > On Jul 3, 12:30 pm, MrChaz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I haven't had anything but joy from phone. > > > To buy things you need to add a credit or debit card to your account. > > Click on the My Account link at the top of this page and I think you > > can do it in there. > > > On Jul 3, 8:12 pm, Tumaru <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > i may have to return my phone anyway due to excessive problems, > > > personally i think the market and software should have been stable and > > > open 3-6 months before the release not 1-x months after release. > > > > On Jul 3, 12:03 pm, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Don't get your panties in a knot. > > > > There are accounting/legal issues to bring the paid market to new > > > > areas. The first canadian carrier to carry an android device was just > > > > a FEW DAYS AGO (less than one month). Give it time and the paid market > > > > will be made available, or option #2 is to run a program called > > > > "market enabler". Do a google search for it. Note that market enabler > > > > requires root access, and yes, you can root your rogers/dream as of > > > > now (search for xda forum). > > > > > And FYI: The label "G1" does not in any way apply to your device. G1 > > > > is just what tmobile calls their *UNBRANDED* HTC Dream. > > > > > I further suggest that if you can't read (you suggest that the guides > > > > are "too long for me to read" - I can only imagine that this means > > > > that you are just barely literate), then you might just want to wait > > > > for a while until the accounting/legal issues have been dealt with. > > > > > On Jul 3, 1:52 pm, Tumaru <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > no offense but those stores don't have what i'm looking for, when i > > > > > want is a store that has more then just its own wares because a lot of > > > > > stuff i can't find in the those stores, like Zen Comic - Braid Beard. > > > > > anyway exactly how am i to judge the legitimacy of these app stores. > > > > > unlike the apple store that can't just run off to cuba these app > > > > > stores can. (run off to cuba is what i say when people give me things, > > > > > like they give me 4 dollars and i'll say "i'll take this and run off > > > > > to cuba with it". > > > > > > also could somebody tell me how to buy from the google store because > > > > > for some reason the help section of google thinks you already know how > > > > > to and just are worried about security or something and on top of > > > > > that, no email support. i wonder how ubuntu does it seeing as they > > > > > probably have less money then google. > > > > > > On Jul 3, 10:12 am, Disconnect <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > ...yeah cuz handago is a scam. Sorry to hear you insist on using > > > > > > only > > > > > > the google store, but maybe you should call rogers and ask when paid > > > > > > apps will be available there. (Or just get an iphone and use itunes. > > > > > > No reading or thinking required.) > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Tumaru<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > fyi, i have a off the shelf htc g1 dream and im in canada on the > > > > > > > rogers network. i have not been able to buy apps because i can't > > > > > > > find > > > > > > > anywhere to do on the google store and all the private stores look > > > > > > > like half assed scams. > > > > > > > > On Jul 3, 9:44 am, Disconnect <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > >> FYI the only people on that list who don't have access ot the > > > > > > >> google > > > > > > >> market is people outside supported countries. Dev phone owners > > > > > > >> can see > > > > > > >> paid apps (but not protected, and that includes some free apps > > > > > > >> like > > > > > > >> paypal) and most custom builds these days can see all apps for > > > > > > >> their > > > > > > >> country. > > > > > > > >> That said, thanks for offering your products elsewhere :) its > > > > > > >> very > > > > > > >> annoying to be unable to get apps when market is messed up (or > > > > > > >> when > > > > > > >> I'm testing something and I don't want my market data broken). > > > > > > >> More > > > > > > >> vendors should do that, both paid and free. (What is really > > > > > > >> surprising > > > > > > >> is people like twidroid, who offer it free but refuse to use > > > > > > >> alternative markets - andappstore, slideme, etc. Not selfhosting > > > > > > >> is > > > > > > >> one thing, but limiting yourself to google's market just seems > > > > > > >> weird > > > > > > >> and unnecessary to me.) > > > > > > > >> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Peli<[email protected]> > > > > > > >> wrote: > > > > > > > >> > Hi, > > > > > > > >> > We sell our apps also outside Android Market (there are many > > > > > > >> > people > > > > > > >> > who don't have access to the Market, like people with developer > > > > > > >> > phones, or outside of the supported countries, or with a custom > > > > > > >> > Android build) > > > > > > > >> > * Timesheet:http://www.openintents.biz/timesheet.html > > > > > > >> > * Obscura (picture > > > > > > >> > safe):http://www.openintents.biz/obscura.html > > > > > > > >> > Feel free to buy our apps if you like them :-) > > > > > > > >> > Peli > > > > > > >> >www.openintents.org > > > > > > > >> > On Jul 3, 5:51 pm, Tumaru <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > >> >> i have not found a single way to buy apps, i have been > > > > > > >> >> ignored on this > > > > > > >> >> forum many times now and am very angry. why is it so hard to > > > > > > >> >> buy apps. > > > > > > >> >> its like there is a wall between the people who know what > > > > > > >> >> they are > > > > > > >> >> doing and the people who don't and they can't mingle. > > > > > > > >> >> please answer my question or tell me where the real help is. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. 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