Trying to download an app only available to Australia

[Kenny202]

Trying to download a banking app through Google play, and coming back with a message not available in your country (Thailand)

I am using a VPN with an Australian server but no go

Is there a setting in Google I need to change? Maybe my location or something or do I need to clear memory or turn GPS off or something?

 

Appreciate any advice, and thanks in advance

[proton]

Use a VPN logged into an Aus server

[Crossy]

Try APKpure https://m.apkpure.com/ and download the .apk

 

Or you could try changing your Google account to Aus (Google how to do it).

 

 

 

[Kenny202]

8 minutes ago, proton said:

Use a VPN logged into an Aus server

Thats exactly what I am doing. No go

 

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

You'll need to change to the the Google Play Store in Australia.

 

https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/7431675?hl=en

Edited February 22, 2023 by Etaoin Shrdlu

[JaiMaai]

You need to change the country associated with your Google account. Your physical location or using a VPN will have no effect whatsoever.  The way I would do it is download it through a third-party site such as apkpure. There are also APK download browser extensions that will download directly from Google Play that you can sideload.

[JaiMaai]

Bear in mind that you can only change the country so many times in a certain timeframe so if there are other country specific apps that you need,be careful.

[Kenny202]

29 minutes ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

You'll need to change to the the Google Play Store in Australia.

 

https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/7431675?hl=en

Sorted thanks so much. Pretty easy per link changed my country on the play store app. Not sure if it made any difference but had the VPN through an Aussie server too. have the app now and all good. thanks for all the advise and replies ????

[wombat]

13 hours ago, Kenny202 said:

Thats exactly what I am doing. No go

 

try it without a vpn...a banking app could see your use of a vpn as potential fraud and reject it.

failing that find your banks Facebook page and message them direct

[brianthainess]

I have a similar problem, must have an OZ phone number, plus when my computer decided to reboot itself i'm now locked out of google and my old Yahoo email account.  

[Tropposurfer]

Subscribe to and Use a VPN e.g. NORD. This way you can direct your terminals URL point of origin anywhere you choose in the world and thus appear to be in Australia, or Katmandu  LOL ???? if this serves your purpose. 

[SportRider]

I do this for multiple locations.  It's easy.

 

First use a VPN to go to Google and make a new email account, as an Australian.

 

Second, add that account to your phone as a Google account.

 

Third, in PlayStore select the relevant account for the country you want.

 

From my experience, once you have the right geolocated Google account on your phone, you don't need a VPN after that.

 

Just to confirm.. the above works for me and I can access PlayStore apps for UK, UAE, Singapore, and Thailand just by switching to the right account on my phone... ????????

 

Edited February 23, 2023 by SportRider

[norbra]

4 hours ago, brianthainess said:

I have a similar problem, must have an OZ phone number, plus when my computer decided to reboot itself i'm now locked out of google and my old Yahoo email account.  

FYI I phoned my OZ bank from TH using a AIS sim gave account and security details they accepted my TH number and I have been receiving SMS no problems since

[brianthainess]

1 minute ago, norbra said:

FYI I phoned my OZ bank from TH using a AIS sim gave account and security details they accepted my TH number and I have been receiving SMS no problems since

I tried that, I want to increase my telegraphic from 10k to 50k but can't. they have my Thai number and my address NO must have an OZ phone number. the only way is to do it over the phone, but always get the runaround, especially if the ex-rate is up, kept waiting till 1k of phone credit ran out. OZ banks suck! 

[NextG]

9 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

I tried that, I want to increase my telegraphic from 10k to 50k but can't. they have my Thai number and my address NO must have an OZ phone number. the only way is to do it over the phone, but always get the runaround, especially if the ex-rate is up, kept waiting till 1k of phone credit ran out. OZ banks suck! 

1k of phone credit? Are you calling them direct from your mobile phone? 
With a call application, the rate begins at around 0.4 baht per minute for landlines up to 1.5 baht for National numbers.
That is from 2500 minutes for 1k. I doubt if they kept you on hold for forty hours ☺️ 

[NextG]

13 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

I tried that, I want to increase my telegraphic from 10k to 50k but can't. they have my Thai number and my address NO must have an OZ phone number. the only way is to do it over the phone, but always get the runaround, especially if the ex-rate is up, kept waiting till 1k of phone credit ran out. OZ banks suck! 

Why don’t you have an Oz number on International Roaming?

[brianthainess]

Just now, NextG said:

Why don’t you have an Oz number on International Roaming?

'Coz I left OZ 20 yrs ago.

[brianthainess]

3 minutes ago, NextG said:

1k of phone credit? Are you calling them direct from your mobile phone? 
With a call application, the rate begins at around 0.4 baht per minute for landlines up to 1.5 baht for National numbers.
That is from 2500 minutes for 1k. I doubt if they kept you on hold for forty hours ☺️ 

When using the cheaper rate of 7b a minute it tends to either, not connect or cuts out after about 20min, so i used the normal rate 

[norbra]

36 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

I tried that, I want to increase my telegraphic from 10k to 50k but can't. they have my Thai number and my address NO must have an OZ phone number. the only way is to do it over the phone, but always get the runaround, especially if the ex-rate is up, kept waiting till 1k of phone credit ran out. OZ banks suck! 

I used the phone banking portal not help desk number

[Aliflair]

@brianthainess do you have someone in Oz who can activate an Amaysim for you then mail it to you. Can receive SMS in Thailand for free, only need to top them up once a year min $10 to keep them active, just make sure you turn mobile data off on the phone you put it in.

Edited February 23, 2023 by Aliflair
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