Don't beleive in what you see

Thanks adobe, you made pictures of life more ideal, like they could never be in reality. But don't let stupid people ruin the fun.
http://photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com

Android Market and Iranians

Finally I got my hands on Samsung galaxy S. It's a an android phone with super amoled screen which I really loved, andriod 2.1(I hope it gets 2.2 sooner). I had htc hero and nexus one before, so this is not my first ride on android, but it's pretty good.
The problem with android phones in Iran is, android market blocks Iranian IPs and Iranian SIM Cards. Here are what I did to overcome these

1- Android does not support proxy server. Not for market anyway. So we need a vpn connection, PPTP or L2TP both do. Android has builtin supports for these so it's a GO!
2- I remember spending a day on my nexus one, sniffing traffic and wonder why it crashes without any message. Well it seems market client sends sim card information, to show relavant apps to the carrier. and if it sees Iran. Bingo. Answers 403 Forbidden to all requests.
There are two solutions, either put your phone in flight mode, and enable wireless afterwards, or use a app called My Market that allows you to choose the carrier which is sent to market.

There is another solution of downloading apk files to sd card and install them, but this is far too easier.