An iPhone convert!

[apkeene]

Hi!
I am an iPhone convert, having upgraded to the SGS4 from an iPhone 4 this week! The phone is amazing! I've been lurking here since before deciding to make the plunge to Android and have found this site extremely helpful! Having got the phone I have already been able to install and get flash working thanks to a guide on here that was hassle free and worked.
One thing I haven't sussed out yet and am not sure where to post is how to access the play store of other counties. I would love to be able to download US, UK and Irish apps. On the iPhone/iTunes I had UK and US accounts and it worked fine. I have a VPN account for accessing the UK and US, but using it on the S4 and following instructions I've found on google for play store doesn't work. Whatever I do, I get the irish store. I've not got a credit card registered... Any advice where to post or even what to do would be most welcome!!
Thanks!

 

[zimlokks]

welcome to the forum apkeene!

ur gonna have to use a vpn such as hide ninja vpn here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cryptninja.vpn or root and use DroidVPN

 

[apkeene]

I have a subscription to hidemyass which I've been using for netflix to the US and BBC iplayer etc all from ireland. It seems to work from the S4 under the settings vpn section in that I can access geo restricted sites which connected to the VPN, but the play store is irish no matter what I do...

 

[zimlokks]

Ahh ok, u may need market enabler. here http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1175856&d=1341372763

 

[zimlokks]

ah crap ur gonna need root....

 

[apkeene]

Thanks for your quick replies Although I'm sure I'm geeky enough to get into "rooting" in Android at some point, probably not in my first week! For the main things I used to use the US/UK app store for on the iPhone, I've discovered that the android browsers work (e.g. for fox soccer or BBC iplayer) with the VPN on.