i don't know if anyone have posted about this before.

i just traded my nexus s with lumia 800 few days ago. had setup the phone with malaysia account, i found out that the marketplace in in malay and lacking xbox support. so i try to find a way to change to singapore account but most advise need me to do reset on my phone which i consider the last resort since i already bought a few apps.

so what i did was: Change my Xbox Account Region to singapore and update my billing info. just fill in the form and at the post code part, just put legit singapore post code. restart the phone (not sure if this is necessary) then after a while i get the marketplace in english and access to most apps that wasn't available before.

hope this helps for those in the same boat with me. i spend most of my day digging through google (which only shows old thread stating need to reset) until i found this solution

This post has been edited by z4520ft: Jan 22 2013, 05:46 PM

for starter, we should have 2 account. 1st; windoes live id which used for activation, 2nd; xbox account for market n billing. I assume u already have windows live id, so for xbox account just go to xbox.com and sign in using the same windows live id. In account, update your billing information as stated on previous post, which the main purpose is to set your region as singapore using valid singapore post code. The rest of the information doesn't matter mostly.

Someone please correct me if i'm wrong :-)

Glad that it works for you. =)

Refer to page 88 :-)

This post has been edited by z4520ft: Jan 27 2013, 04:01 PM

anyone updated their phone using zune trick? i'm trying it right now, afraid some problem happen

update: finish update, but turned out the same 7.5

update: thought it's failed, but actually i need to do 2 interim update before 7.8. now flashing for 2nd time

update: successfully updated

This post has been edited by z4520ft: Jan 31 2013, 06:08 PM

done updating my phone. btw what do you mean bluetooth share not available? i just downloaded it from the market. about the ringtone maker, haven't check it yet

just a few tips to make it easy (referring to the guide linked by ashdwoers)

the update notice may take more than 10 second at first attempt, so repeat the check until you get almost the same time on every check. take note on how long till the notice appear. let say the notice will come up 7 seconds after u click the 'update', disable your connection on the 6th sec. it take 2 time of minor update before the major one so that means you need to repeat the process for 3 times. good luck

it's good that my unifi is not so fast, took 7 sec so i can be ready. read on the comment section, it took 2 sec for some of them. way fast that it hurts

I set mine to singapore too but ringtone maker are not available for my phone

Nope, works fine

Which part u get failed?

Thought so. U can check a few pages behind, I already posted the trick. Good luck

selling my lumia 800. can check here..hehe

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f...0#entry59226373

very hard tu get sp on l800 without making it look ugly. u should be more concerned on the chrome panel. just use a few months only, the panel looks like been using for years

lol, forgot to note that i didn't use case for my phone because i hate the rubber mark that it makes on my phone, very hard to clean it. btw, even with case, the chrome panel still can get scratches, i don't know how it get there.