Create US iTunes Account without credit card

(1) Open iTunes and change iTunes store to United States.

(2) Goto App Store of US and Click to buy a free app

(3) Choose to create a new account and enter email address and password and other questions. Choose none for payment method to create a new iTunes Account. Enter a valid US address (find it in Google), you need valid and matching city (e.g. Piscataway), state(e.g. NJ) and zipcode (e.g. 08854) and telephone number (3 digits for area code and 7 digits for telephone number) e.g. (852)9123456.

If you want to find a valid address in US, you can also make use of Google Map in iPhone. For example, first search a city say San Franciso, then search Starbucks.

(4) If you want to add Store credit to your iTunes Account to buy paid app,
buy US iTunes gift certificate from ebay (search here) or from your friend in US (tell him to email you the Activation Code and the Card Serial Number)

My first Hello iPhone Program from SDK

Create a US iTunes account now,then you can get your iPhone Application from AppStore in June.

Read instructions here to create iTunes Account

Create US iTunes Account (if you are outside US and don't have US credit card)

see here for the latest instruction for App Store purchase without US credit card information
http://tungchingkai.blogspot.com/2008/12/create-us-itunes-account-without-credit.html


Recently there were problems upgrading of iPod Touch to firmware 1.1.3 for countries where there is no iTunes Music Store. Below is one of the methods that you can create US iTunes Account.

(1) Goto this website http://www.tunecore.com/freealbum
and get a Redeem code (see below screen dump) to redeem it in US iTunes Store (you need iTunes Application in your PC/Mac)
Code Expiration: September 30th, 2008

(2) Open iTunes and click iTunes store. Look at the right handside and found the quick links. Click the “Redeem” under quick links.

(3) Enter the code you copied from Step 1.

(4) Choose to create a new account. Enter a valid US address (find it in Google), you need valid and matching city (e.g. Piscataway), state(e.g. NJ) and zipcode (e.g. 08854) and telephone number (3 digits for area code and 7 digits for telephone number) e.g. (852)9123456 and you own email address. Choose none for payment method to create a new iTunes Account.

You find a valid address in US, you can also make use of Google Map in iPhone. For example, first search a city say San Franciso, then search Starbucks.

(5) Then you will get 34 free songs from iTunes and these songs will goto your "purchased" playlist. Now you can grab the Album Art and free song of the week.

(6) Buy US iTunes gift certificate from ebay (search here) or from your friend in US (tell him to email you the Activation Code and the Card Serial Number)




(7) Redeem your gift certificate in iTunes and start enjoy purchase songs and videos or upgrade your iPod Touch to Firmware 1.1.3 (you need US$19.99 + tax)

(8) Sometimes, the activation code of the gift certificate is difficult to read, after a few retries, you will be presented with a help link that put you to another screen and ask you to input the activation code and card serial number from the bottom left hand side of the iTunes gift card (as per screen dump below)

(9) Alternatively, even with no value in iTunes account you could get free iTunes songs from here

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