International Travel with TF 700

[amaddux]

Oddly my transformer lost the google play books and google play movie apps while traveling in Europe. My Galaxy Nexus was unaffected despite sharing the same wifi connections. I understand they aren't available in the market..but odd they seemed to vanish from the transformers GUI. I had to uninstall and reinstall them the first time I reentered a country they were available in.

Anyone with similar experiences internationally? Kind of annoying if you can't trust it to keep the video and books app if you take content with you...

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[gmfeny]

Lol that sucks...

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[wolfman87]

Oddly my transformer lost the google play books and google play movie apps while traveling in Europe. My Galaxy Nexus was unaffected despite sharing the same wifi connections. I understand they aren't available in the market..but odd they seemed to vanish from the transformers GUI. I had to uninstall and reinstall them the first time I reentered a country they were available in.

Anyone with similar experiences internationally? Kind of annoying if you can't trust it to keep the video and books app if you take content with you...

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I'll let you know if any of this happens to me since I'll be traveling to Europe soon.

Last time I was over there I had an update come through on my NexusOne and the language got switched so every time I searched it was in another language. It really only affected Google properties for mobile web but it was really annoying and it took a while to fix it.

 

[amaddux]

I'll let you know if any of this happens to me since I'll be traveling to Europe soon.

Last time I was over there I had an update come through on my NexusOne and the language got switched so every time I searched it was in another language. It really only affected Google properties for mobile web but it was really annoying and it took a while to fix it.

Thanks, I'll be curious. It either happened in Belgium or Luxembourg. Since I traveled through several countries, I'm not completely sure. I noticed it in Luxembourg, but it could have happened in Belgium. I know it wasn't an issue in Germany or The Netherlands.

 

[bmw4l1f3]

Thanks, I'll be curious. It either happened in Belgium or Luxembourg. Since I traveled through several countries, I'm not completely sure. I noticed it in Luxembourg, but it could have happened in Belgium. I know it wasn't an issue in Germany or The Netherlands.

This will be interesting. I am doing a 12 day cruise starting in Barcelona on September first. Hope this isn't a product wide thing...

 

[Ausmike]

Wifi acess point connection issues

This will be interesting. I am doing a 12 day cruise starting in Barcelona on September first. Hope this isn't a product wide thing...

Did try to get to connect to a TP links based Acess point @ Beijing Marriott (exec room level flloor)
so when asked at F Desk they offered me rooms at non Exec Level ! NO !!
no such luck - TP links have a weird G freq as it seems not to comply with Int Stds etc


but funny enough the WIFI in the GOLD LOUNGE did connect
(saw acess point as DLINK)

I did get to G Store ( HK based ) just as Google Main page

Hope this is helpfull

 

[Nebucatnetzer]

Oddly my transformer lost the google play books and google play movie apps while traveling in Europe. My Galaxy Nexus was unaffected despite sharing the same wifi connections. I understand they aren't available in the market..but odd they seemed to vanish from the transformers GUI. I had to uninstall and reinstall them the first time I reentered a country they were available in.

Anyone with similar experiences internationally? Kind of annoying if you can't trust it to keep the video and books app if you take content with you...

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That's normal. I have just the app section because the rest is not available in my country. When I go to the UK though all the services appear.

There was once a app called market enabler. IIRC it brings the full layout back. If you want to buy something though you've to use a proxy.

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[amaddux]

That's normal. I have just the app section because the rest is not available in my country. When I go to the UK though all the services appear.

There was once a app called market enabler. IIRC it brings the full layout back. If you want to buy something though you've to use a proxy.

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Yes, I understand the market changing to only have the available sections in that country is normal. That happened on my phone and tablet. The Play Books and Play Movies apps completely going away from the device, that only happened on the Transformer.

 

[amaddux]

This gets worse and worse...

I'm in the US now, and after my last reboot, the Google Play Books app went away, and no matter what I do, it won't come back. I have the Books section in Google Play, but when I select it, it says I need the newest Books app. It takes me to the market page, but there are no buttons to install or uninstall. I tried side loading it, but it still doesn't show up in the menu, though it does make the Uninstall button show up for the market.

Any ideas short of doing a complete reset?

I also tried manually re-installing the last US blob file, but that didn't re-add Books.

 

[firetech]

I guess the difference between your tablet and your phone is that the phone has a SIM card that tells Android what country it actually belongs to. The tablet has no SIM and therefore must rely on WiFi geolocation for that purpose.

If Google Books is missing and you can't install it from the Market, it's probably disabled or frozen (same thing, different terms). Try opening the Settings app, select Apps, select the All tab, scroll to the bottom and see if Books is there. If so, select it and click the Enable button and you should be back in business. If it's not there, something really weird has happened...

 

[wolfman87]

I guess the difference between your tablet and your phone is that the phone has a SIM card that tells Android what country it actually belongs to. The tablet has no SIM and therefore must rely on WiFi geolocation for that purpose.

If Google Books is missing and you can't install it from the Market, it's probably disabled or frozen (same thing, different terms). Try opening the Settings app, select Apps, select the All tab, scroll to the bottom and see if Books is there. If so, select it and click the Enable button and you should be back in business. If it's not there, something really weird has happened...

As promised, I'm in Europe (Poland) and can begin to let you know what I'm seeing. I think the above quote MIGHT have something to do with it. I'm not sure of how your setup was @amaddux but, I'm completely on WiFi for now. I haven't seen a change and even the time was still GMT+5 (made for an interesting morning). Since this was all over WiFi everything is normal except for Play shows zl (local currency) for purchases.

Once I put a European SIM into my old phone (NexusOne GSM) and tether, it might change this. I'll keep you posted as I try different configurations and go to Germany.

 

[amaddux]

I guess the difference between your tablet and your phone is that the phone has a SIM card that tells Android what country it actually belongs to. The tablet has no SIM and therefore must rely on WiFi geolocation for that purpose.

If Google Books is missing and you can't install it from the Market, it's probably disabled or frozen (same thing, different terms). Try opening the Settings app, select Apps, select the All tab, scroll to the bottom and see if Books is there. If so, select it and click the Enable button and you should be back in business. If it's not there, something really weird has happened...

Unfortunately, Books is not listed under All, either alphabetically or at the bottom, so I think I qualify under the "something weird has happened" clause so far.

The steps to get here as far as I remember are...

Movies & Books goes away after a week in Europe, while in Luxembourg, right after a visit to Belgium. Once leaving Luxembourg, in Germany, I'm able to uninstall both Book and Movies and re-install them, using the market. They both show up again. 5 days later, I'm in the US again, reboot, both apps vanish again. Movies I'm able to un-install and re-install and all is fine after a reboot. Books I'm unable to Uninstall. It shows up in the Market, but with no button. Side loading it make the Uinstall button appear in the market, but does not let it run on the tablet.

Update: I did find Books in the Play Market My Apps All tab. I Uninstalled it there, which then gave me the "Update" button. Once I updated it from there, it seems to be back. A quick reboot keeps it. So back to normal for now, just hoping this doesn't happen everytime I leave the country.

 

[wolfman87]

Ok, so I've been in Poland and Germany. Everything is working fine, books/movies/etc. It knows where I am since the cost of apps in Play change to local currency (zl) and search results need to translate. I've only been on WiFi networks though, not using a European SIM

 

[amaddux]

Ok, so I've been in Poland and Germany. Everything is working fine, books/movies/etc. It knows where I am since the cost of apps in Play change to local currency (zl) and search results need to translate. I've only been on WiFi networks though, not using a European SIM

Interesting. I was in Germany over a week with no issues also. It wasn't until either Brussels or Luxembourg that I had an issue with apps vanishing. I would bet on Luxembourg, since I only had access to "Apps" in the Market while there. Either way, everything is good for now.

 

[wolfman87]

Interesting. I was in Germany over a week with no issues also. It wasn't until either Brussels or Luxembourg that I had an issue with apps vanishing. I would bet on Luxembourg, since I only had access to "Apps" in the Market while there. Either way, everything is good for now.

I was only in Berlin. Specific cities shouldn't have anything to do with it. At least, I don't see why they would....

Glad that things are back to normal for you though. :victory:

 

[Nebucatnetzer]

I was only in Berlin. Specific cities shouldn't have anything to do with it. At least, I don't see why they would....

Glad that things are back to normal for you though. :victory:

They don't. It depends on the country.

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[amaddux]

I was only in Berlin. Specific cities shouldn't have anything to do with it. At least, I don't see why they would....

Glad that things are back to normal for you though. :victory:

I should clarify, Luxembourg is a country, although it is also a city, but in this case the fact it is a country is what matters.

 

[Jdor]

Going to SE Asia and downunder next week.
Let's see what's the story with Play there.
Getting ready for a lot of fun...

And stil w a i t i n g for JB!

 

[skola28]

This gets worse and worse...

I'm in the US now, and after my last reboot, the Google Play Books app went away, and no matter what I do, it won't come back. I have the Books section in Google Play, but when I select it, it says I need the newest Books app. It takes me to the market page, but there are no buttons to install or uninstall. I tried side loading it, but it still doesn't show up in the menu, though it does make the Uninstall button show up for the market.

Any ideas short of doing a complete reset?

I also tried manually re-installing the last US blob file, but that didn't re-add Books.

I took at trip to the Dominican Republic and lost access to the TV Shows section (after I had already purchased and downloaded a bunch of TV shows no less!)

I tried EVERYTHING to get it fixed, but for some reason, every time I would uninstall and reinstall the app, it kept giving me the "DR" version (you can see what version is installed in the Settings menu of the particular App).

I ended up having to factory reset the device.

 

[wolfman87]

I took at trip to the Dominican Republic and lost access to the TV Shows section (after I had already purchased and downloaded a bunch of TV shows no less!)

I tried EVERYTHING to get it fixed, but for some reason, every time I would uninstall and reinstall the app, it kept giving me the "DR" version (you can see what version is installed in the Settings menu of the particular App).

I ended up having to factory reset the device.

Had you tried clearing the data and cache or, uninstalling and reinstalling Play?