Why am I getting this "item cannot be installed in your country" / Play Store

[sbi1]

Why am I getting this "item cannot be installed in your country" / Play Store

Not sure what happened but all of a sudden, few days ago, when I tried to installa new app I got this error message. It doesn't happen when I am updating existing apps, only when installing new apps. It downloads the file, but when installation starts this message pops up. Happened with two apps so far.
And yes, I am in the U.S.

Any idea?

 

[inspectagadget]

Not sure what happened but all of a sudden, few days ago, when I tried to installa new app I got this error message. It doesn't happen when I am updating existing apps, only when installing new apps. It downloads the file, but when installation starts this message pops up. Happened with two apps so far.
And yes, I am in the U.S.

Any idea?

What ROM and kernel are you using?

 

[michael1982t]

Im getting the same damn error! Even with market enabler supposedly working.Anyone found a solution. care to share

 

[Winklie]

FWIW a couple days ago the Play Store suffered an issue where you could not 'purchase' free apps, if you tried to install from your PC, nothing happened, if you tried to install from your device, you got the following error "Error Completing Purchase'. It was fixed after a couple hours. I wonder if the Play Store is having issues again or if it's checking devices differently now?

After Googling this, it's a known issue, I could not find any sure fire ways to fix it. The first post I found detailing it was in July 2011 on the Galaxy Tab (fix was to enable VPN) also there is this post here: http://www.thespicygadgematics.com/2012/03/how-to-fix-solve-this-item-cannot-be.html

 

[android addicts]

Some android apps developer use filters, most of the cases these filters use for non-USA citizens. However, its a regional restriction, there can be "Device restrictions, ROM restriction, career filters etc".