How to buy Clash of Clans Gems using GCashAmEx

Wanna buy Clash of Clans Gems but you don’t have credit card? Worry no more, Chief! You can now buy Gems using your GCashAmEx! GCash American Express or GCashAmEx is a virtual prepaid card which you can use to make online purchases. GCashAmEx is connected to your GCash mobile wallet. It’s like a credit card, but without an actual card. I find this safer rather than having a credit card that you can lose. No GCashAmEx and/or GCash mobile wallet yet? Click this link to learn how to register online.

If you have GCashAmEx already, you can now proceed on buying Clash of Clans Gems by following these steps:

Step 1: Dial *143# then press 8 as GCash and then look for the GCashAmEx Virtual Pay section.

Step 2: Sign Up and follow the remaining prompts. You should have a GCashAmEx virtual card now and a free subscription to my-shoppingbox.com

Step 3: Go to your inbox and check the my-shoppingbox.com email. There’re credentials there that you’re going to use to Log-in to my-shoppingbox.com.

Note: When you create a GCashAmEx account, you are automatically enrolled in that service.

Step 4: Go to your dashboard and fill in all necessary details. Fetch your US address and telephone number. You’re going to use that later when you sign up for Google Wallet.

Note: Every user with GCashAmExhas their own unique US address so don’t worry.

Step 5: Go to www.google.com/wallet

Step 6: Click the “Payment Method” and then "Add a debit/credit card".

Step 7: Fill in all necessary details including the US address and telephone number; use the details given by my-shoppingbox.com.

Step 8: There’s Php46.00 or $1 verification charge that will be deducted from your account which you can refund after 2-3 days. This verification test is to make sure that your card is active. FYI, PayPal also has this kind of verification so it’s pretty standard.

Step 9: Once your GCashAmEx is already verified, you can now buy gems or even gold coins and elixir on the Clash of Clans’ store!

Step 10: Run your Clash of Clans application, then go to “Shop”.

Step 11: Select the amount of gems you wish to buy. A dialogue box will then pop-up saying “Pile of Gems”, with your GCash Amex. Just press “BUY” and you are ready.

By the way, these steps are for Android users only. For IOS users, its same process starting from step 1 to step 4 with the difference being that IOS users are going to use the my-shoppingbox.com credentials to sign-up on Appstore. They have to then choose US on billing address instead of Philippines. If you have an existing account on Appstore, all you have to do is log-in then change your address, use the billing address given by my-shoppingbox.com and then add your GCash Amex information.

Congratulations! You have more gems now! Enjoy!

Check out How to buy Clash of Clans Gems using Globe load! :)

Source: http://forum.supercell.net/showthread.php/282686-GUIDE-Philippines-How-to-buy-CoC-Gems-with-GCASH-AMEX

Link: http://www.globe.com.ph/help/gcash/amex/application-and-subscription

Buy Clash of Clans Gems without Credit Card

“Your village is under attack!”“You are being raided by EvilPerson69!”. Have you ever received those notifications from your phone? Frustrating, right? Especially when you’re in the middle of collecting 1250 trophies to achieve that “Sweet Victory” toward a 450 gems reward that you can use to buy a third builder. Those Clash of Clans gamers with credit cards are not bothered about this since they can buy gems any time they want. That’s the problem of gamers who don’t have a credit card, but worry no more Chief! You can now buy gems, gold coins, or even elixir using your prepaid load or postpaid bill!

This promo started last August 20, 2014 when Globe Telecomm, one of the biggest Telecommunication companies in the Philippines allowed every Android users to purchase apps or in-app item from Google Play Store by charging the cost on a user’s regular Globe load or postpaid bill. According to Globe Telecomm’s Vice President for Digital Media Glenn Estrella, ”Globe has always prioritized a differentiated customer experience. Our goal is to provide products and services that make our customers' lives easier and more convenient, especially now that more and more people are going mobile. The convenience of purchasing your favorite apps and in-app items using your Globe load or postpaid bill really makes a wonderful difference to our customers' overall experience with Globe”. That means you can now buy gems, gold coin, and elixir using your Globe or Touch Mobile (TM) SIM card with regular load or on your postpaid bill. So far, this promo is only applicable to android users only, as Globe offer apps and in-apps purchase at Google Play Store only. But don’t worry, Chief! If you are an IOS user, you can use GCashAmEx to purchase gems from the Clash of Clans’ store! GCash American Express or GCashAmEx is a virtual prepaid card connected to your GCash mobile wallet.

Click here to know how to buy gems using your GCashAmEx.

No GCashAmEx or GCash mobile yet? Register by following these steps:

Step 1: Dial *143#

Step 2: Press 8 for cash, then 1 to register. Just follow the remaining prompt, then you’re done!

Note: GCash mobile wallet and GCashAmEx is different services. The steps given above are for GCash mobile wallet only. To get GCashAmEx, follow the steps below to register online:

Step 1: Go to www.globe.com.ph/gcash-amex

Step 2: Find and select “Register”

Step 3: Enter your mobile number and email address

Step 4: Globe will send the passcode via SMS

Step 5: Verify the displayed details, and then enter the passcode given by Globe

Step 6: You will receive the GCash American Express Virtual Card Digital Handbook with Account Details and Shipping Address together with the Terms and Conditions via email.

Step 7: To open your Digital Handbook, enter the passcode sent via SMS from Globe.

Step 8:  You will receive MSB to activate your MSB Account via email.

For more information, visit http://www.globe.com.ph/help/gcash/amex/application-and-subscription.

Tip: If you are an IOS user, there’s an alternative way to use Globe load to buy gems by simply registering your Clash of Clans’ existing game on Google Play.

Check out How to buy Clash of Clans Gem using Globe load.:)

Factory Reset Will Not Make Your Phone Squeaky Clean

You’ve only waited for your free Sun load to expire. After two years of service, finally, you are ready to let go of your first-ever Android phone you bought from your first job. Hey, everybody needs a fresh start. Even departing from your old Smartphone is a logical step to have a new phone, duh. You weighed the pros and cons. Instead of selling it online, you decided to hand it down to your younger techie brother. Considering there are newer models out there, who will bother to buy your old unit, anyway? You have searched for your dream phone. All you have to do is to let the old one go, and then it is about time to do the hardcore Android factory reset.

 

Android factory reset is the no-turning-back-point where the phone will restore to its default settings the way it was shipped from the factory. From a technical standpoint, TechTarget defines it as “a feature that erases all device settings, user data, third-party applications, and associated application data from an Android device’s internal flash storage…” What are the reasons we opt to do a factory reset? Maybe the phone lags or hangs. It freezes when you open or switch to a new window or return to the home screen. The phone pops a lot of “force close” window when it should not be in the first place. A virus got into your Android’s system. In a lighter note, you are planning to sell or dispose of your device.

This process is synonymous to cleansing your phone or – so we thought. But, DidYouKnow that security software giant Avast discovered something distressing you wished you could demand your phone back from the buyer and perform a real data wipe out? Avast bought 20 second hand phones on eBay that claimed they were “wiped” using Android factory reset. To test if they were clean they downloaded online and ran FTK (Forensic Toolkit) Imager. This software could restore deleted data and it is free for everyone. Did Avast succeed? Yes, sorry to say, they did.

What did they find out? As posted on their blog, they were able to retrieve “more than 40, 000 stored photos; 750 photos of women in various stages of undress; 750 emails and text messages; 4 previous owners’ identities; one completed loan application; and more.” Quite scandalous, isn’t? When we say scandalous, they even recovered “below the belt” selfies… Oh, you know what we mean.

Based on their study, and we will explain it in a more layman’s term, imagine a file cabinet of a resigned employee. This said employee labeled the cabinet as “available” for turnover so a new employee can re-use it. What he failed to do was to remove all the contents or files inside the cabinet. This is the same as a factory reset. Scary, isn’t? You assumed that your phone’s contacts, images, text messages, and other sensitive information were non-existent against prying eyes. Avast proved this was wrong. Now, we have to look for alternative methods better than Android factory reset.

This experiment, however, only involved older versions of Android according to Google. We do hope that recent versions have already built-in security restrictions against data recovery tricks. Just to play it safe, perform a data encryption first before hitting the factory reset button. An encrypted data is similar to a garbled text and it is unreadable to non-authorized people. You need a passcode to decrypt or read it. Using this method, your data and your identity will be safe against cyber attacks or the itchy hands of your techie brother.