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Obtaining the Galaxy Gifts Card Back & 3 Free Packs
Last night the Galaxy Gifts card back promotion went live and is only available to those with a Samsung Galaxy S6. We’ve put together a guide on how you can do this from the comfort of your own PC using an Android emulator. This guide was inspired by n4ru’s guide.
This requires that you have Amazon account to use their Appstore. You can create one for free on the Amazon website. You can later use this account and emulator to buy Hearthstone packs cheaper than normal when Amazon runs Amazon Coin promotions!
This will work on Windows, Linux, and Mac. We’ve got instructions and a video below to help you get your card back and card packs.
Quote from HearthPwn
- Download Genymotion, an Android Emulator. (Download requires account login, you can create an account or try one of these)
- Direct downloads: [MAC OSX] [Windows with VBox] [Ubuntu 32] [Ubuntu 64] [Debian 64]
- Run the Genymotion installer. This can take a bit while it downloads the needed files, so be patient.
- Run Genymotion, add a new virtual device as it prompts you to.
- Login using your account or one of the bugmenot accounts to display all the devices you can create.
- Select “Samsung Galaxy S5 - 4.4.4 - API 19 1080x1920” from the available virtual devices. Hit next, hit next again. Finish. Launch the newly created virtual device.
- Go to Settings -> Security and then enable “Unknown sources”.
- On the search widget at the top of your home screen, search for “Amazon Appstore”. Click on “Amazon Appstore: Getting Started” to get to the download page. Download it.
- Pull down your notification frame, click on the downloaded AmazonApps-release.apk. Click next, click install, click open. Login with your Amazon account.
- In the search bar at the top type in Hearthstone. Download it by clicking on Free and then Get App. Once it finishes downloading, your device will ask if you want to install it, say yes. Do not launch the game when it is done downloading!
- Go to your apps and open up File Manager. Click the menu button of your emulator (or press ctrl+m) to open the menu. Hit the Settings button at the bottom left. Click on “General Settings”. Look for “Access Mode” and set this to “Root Access mode”. Select “Remember choice forever” and then click “Allow”.
- Once again open the menu, this time click on “System folder”. Inside of this look for a file named “build.prop” which should be at the bottom. Click on this and open it with “Editor”.
- Find the line “ro.product.brand=generic”. Change generic to samsung.
- Insert a new line after the previous line and type in (with no quotes) “ro.product.model=SM-G920F”.
- Save the file by using the save icon in the top right of the app.
- Close the emulator by hitting the X button. Launch it again and then go to your app screen and start up Hearthstone. Login with your Battle.net account to get your card back. Don’t forget to login to each region which you want the card back in.
- Bonus: If you’ve never played a game of Hearthstone on Android before, you can get a free card pack by playing a single match within the emulator.
Deck Spotlight: Budget Friendly Decks!
Today we're doing things a bit different with our spotlight - we're showcasing 11 decks!
WingsOfWax has been hard at work over the past few weeks crafting an excellent selection of budget decks (and guides!) for the community, some of which you may have seen in our top decks widget. In this list, every class is represented with a popular budget-friendly archetype.
The following decks have been built to stay under 2000 dust and assume that the player using them has unlocked the Naxxramas adventure, which for the record is a fantastic purchase if you don't already have it. BRM cards have not been included as the cards within it aren't entirely necessary for solid deck building.
Will you be taking any of these decks out for a spin on the ladder?
Deck | Cost |
---|---|
Zad + Combo Druid | 1900 |
Hybrid Hunter | 1080 |
Mech Mage | 1360 |
Tempo Mage | 1200 |
Aggro Paladin | 1820 |
Control Priest | 1400 |
Burst Rogue | 1380 |
Tempo Oil Rogue | 1960 |
Mech Shaman | 1580 |
Zoolock Aggro | 1340 |
SMOrc Warrior | 920 |
Card Design Competition #25
Our twenty-fifth instalment of the card design competition is underway, and you're invited to create a card of your own. This week's theme is "HS Top", which requires you obey the following rules:
- The card must be a minion;
- The artwork must contain a character with a beard;
- The effect must activate off of the minion taking damage.
An excellent example of a card which meets these requirements is none other than Grim Patron.
The submission phase closes on July 21 at 18:00 UTC, so get those entries in! You can submit your own card in the submission thread, or comment on other cards in this week's discussion thread. Don't forget you vote on your favourites by using the voting button!
Card Design Competition #24 Winner
Congratulations to literleck for winning last week's More Than Meets The Eye competition with Druid of the Talon!
Confirmed September 15, 2018: The promotion still works. I also figured out a final trick on how to get BOTH the "Android Tablet" AND "Android Phone" packs! (something nobody here has solved before!) So that means you get 3 packs for the Galaxy promotion, and 2 packs for the two Android Phone/Tablet devices! Total of 5 packs and a cardback! My guide below will say how to do the Tablet pack!
This guide works for both Mac and Windows users! But a WARNING FOR MAC USERS: DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH "NOX PLAYER" OR *ANY* OTHER ANDROID EMULATORS. The NOX player CANNOT change device/model info on Mac (I spent 4 hours deep in the system files and there's no way to do it on Nox). The ONLY EMULATOR THAT LETS YOU TWEAK THE DEVICE DETAILS IS GENYMOTION!
Step 1: Download Genymotion Personal Edition: The free version of their emulator. You need an account to be allowed to download but it's easy to create one.
Step 2: Install and create a "Samsung Galaxy S5 - 4.4.4 - API 19 1080x1920" device as the official guide above says. Some of you may react that "the Hearthstone promotion is only for S6 devices", but we'll FAKE our device details to look like an S6 in a moment, so trust me, just pick S5 as the guide says!
Step 2 Sidenote: If you get some issues later such as "Hearthstone" complaining that your device is not supported (as some people have mentioned), just beware: You need to choose "2 CPUs" inside the device config in Genymotion. I first set it to 1 CPU and it was not enough to allow Hearthstone to launch. You should also try to set the RAM to 2048 MB, which is what I used (I hear lower amounts don't work).
Step 2 Other Sidenote: You SHOULD go into the device settings ("settings icon" next to the device name in genymotion) and set the device screen to "Predefined: 1024x600 - 160dpi". This will massively boost the game performance. Trust me, you DON'T want to click around in Hearthstone GUI with "5 fps lag-hell". So just do yourself a favor and lower the device resolution here before you go on with the rest of the guide, to make the game smooth!
Step 3: Start the device, and go into android's Settings, then under Security, enable "Unknown Sources". This will let you install apps from the web.
Step 4: Open Browser and search for "Amazon Appstore". You will find their site, so just click around on it until you see Amazon's "Download" button. Click it and do the download. Then press the "Home" button in the Genymotion toolbar to go back to the Android home screen.
Step 5: Open the "Downloads" application, and click on the downloaded .apk file, and install the Amazon Appstore.
Step 6: Open Amazon Appstore, and create/login to your Amazon account.
Step 6 Sidenote: You can create a fake email when signing up if you don't care about Amazon's store. But if you ever want to buy Amazon Coins to use to get Hearthstone packs cheaply (google it; it's a famous technique) then you should setup a real account. And yes, for people in Europe: You CAN buy Amazon Coins and then spend them on European hearthstone packs. Google it...
Step 7: Search for Hearthstone in the Amazon Appstore, and download it. But DON'T click "Open/Launch" when the installation is complete! (It's no problem if you open it, but it's a waste of time... We will open it later, after everything else is done...)
Step 8: Go to your Android apps and open up File Manager. Click the menu button of your emulator (or press ctrl+m) to open the menu. Hit the Settings button at the bottom left. Click on “General Settings”. Look for “Access Mode” and set this to “Root Access mode”. Select “Remember choice forever” and then click “Allow”.
Step 9: Once again open the File Manager's menu, this time click on “System folder” to navigate to it. Inside of this look for a file named “build.prop” which should be at the bottom. Click on this and open it with “Editor”.
Step 10: Add these two lines at the bottom: "ro.product.brand=samsung" and "ro.product.model=SM-G920F" (do not include any " quotes on the lines). That's the model number of the Galaxy S5 phone.
Step 11: Also look for two existing lines: 1) "ro.product.model.geny-def" and set it to "ro.product.model.geny-def=SM-G920F", 2) "ro.product.brand.geny-def" and set it to "ro.product.brand.geny-def=samsung".
Step 12: Save the file, then Restart the device, by closing it with the X (Windows) or Red circle (Mac). Then start Hearthstone. On its first launch it will do a 1.3 GB (currently) download, so wait for that... Then login. Note that the region switching button (Europe, America, etc) at the login screen is bugged in the emulator. You will have to mouse around BELOW the button until you see the region-button get a golden glow. Then click, and you'll get the region switch screen. Also note that the login screen is VERY laggy for me (at least), but just be patient and slowly type in your login details.
Step 13 (3 classic packs + card back): On the first login, you will be INSTANTLY rewarded with the 3 "Samsung Galaxy" classic packs, and the card back, as soon as you login to the main menu! (If this doesn't happen, you need to check all steps above carefully, and maybe restart the device again.)
Step 14 (1 extra classic pack): Click on Play mode, then Casual, then start a game. And immediately concede when it begins. You will then be given the "Android Phone" reward (if you haven't done it before): 1 classic card pack.
Step 15: Close hearthstone and go back into editing the "build.prop" file again. Go to the absolute bottom, and add a new line with this text: "ro.build.characteristics=tablet". Then save the file and restart the device so that the change takes effect.
Step 15 Sidenote for curious people: You don't have to edit the device model. It doesn't matter that we're still using "SM-G920F" (Galaxy S5 Phone). The only thing that matters is that we're now setting the characteristics to "tablet" to force the Android OS to run in "tablet mode", which will make Hearthstone think you are using an Android Tablet. So don't worry about the device info.
Step 16 (1 extra classic pack): Start Hearthstone again. Go to Play mode, Casual, start the game. Then concede. Now you will be given the "Android Tablet" reward (if you haven't done it before): 1 classic card pack.
Step 17: Enjoy your 5 classic packs + card back. And if you want to buy packs with Amazon Coins (google the trick), you can now keep using THIS emulator for that purpose. Because you've installed Hearthstone via the Amazon store, so you CAN redeem your Amazon Coins in THIS version of the game! (You don't have to OPEN the packs here though. Just buy them, then open them on your real device).
Lastly: There is no emulator to fake an iOS device, so you cannot do the "iPhone" and "iPad" awards (2 more classic packs) via any emulators. But friends with Apple devices could perhaps help you by letting you login via their devices, if you want the final two "Apple device"-specific packs! (Just remember to LOGOUT from their devices again via the "Switch Account" menu option, so that your login details are forgotten from their device afterwards.)
YEAHH!! 4 packs and 1 backcard.
Piece of advice for Mac users as of May 2018:
1) Follow carefully this tutorial here.
2) Follow also #369mave8rick_cz lines edit posted up here.
So you'll have 4 edits to do in build.prop:
Adding
--> ro.product.brand=samsung
--> ro.product.model=SM-G920F
and
Editing
--> ro.product.model.geny-def=SM-G920F
--> ro.product.brand.geny-def=samsung
Thanks for the tips.
Is he still working now? I can't find the Hearthstone app in the Amazonda I think I need to change my country, but there's no country,-changing section in the settings. Please help
https://gyazo.com/e8f8a4d4b8b346d9d223cac4ce16293c
The heck why can't I launch it?
Edit:
In case anyone cares, had to enable virtualization in my BIOs under CPU settings, then change the amount of CPU cores for my virtual device in genymotion to 2, it launched.
I don't suppose anyone can tell me if this is still suppose to work? I got as far as searching for Amazon Appstore. This is what I get: Webpage not available. The webpage at http://www.google.com/m?hl=en&source=android-launcher-search&q=Amazon playstore apps could not be loaded because: net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED. What can I do to get around this, if possible. Thanks to anyone who knows what I should do. Oh and how do I make sure I pick US, so my card back is awarded to my current battlenet account? Thanks.
Helping with ANDROID / IOS / SAMSUNG GALAXY GIFTS
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HeyGuys, just got 3 packs and cardback, so it still works perfectly.
http://www.hearthpwn.com/news/946-obtaining-the-galaxy-gifts-card-back-3-free-packs
You just need to strictly follow the steps on video.
Activate VT in Bios.
Make everything this guy posted:
http://www.hearthpwn.com/news/946-obtaining-the-galaxy-gifts-card-back-3-free-packs#c369
I have core i7, and hearthstone didn't launch.
So I entered the settings of VM machine, and changed processors to 2, and base memory to 3000 mb.
And it worked.
If u cant find amazon appstore app (not shitty underground), here is the direct link:
www.amazon.com/appstore_android_app
Got only 1 epic tho.
Still happy. Kappa.
Doesn't work for me... it says that Virtual Box isnt downloaded in my computer when it is... :(
iT SAYS YOUR DEVICE DOES NOT MEET REQUIREMENTS.
OOps caps
Did that and still saying the same error message in the virtual device.
It keeps trying to download some Amazon Underground, I can't find the Amazon Appstore like the one on the video.
Hi. I've followed the guide and your suggestions, but I still cannot get it to work... I've added the two lines that the guide tells you to add, and I copied all the other lines that were missing from the video, and nothing happens when I enter Hearthstone.
Here are some screenshots of the File Manager: http://imgur.com/a/fLS9E
it's still working fine
I dont understand.. I did everything right, downloaded the amazon apk thing instead of underground and everything looked like in the video except for the two code lines had an extra bit to them something like : ro.product.brand.def-geny=Samsung and the other one was ro.product.brand.def-geny=SM-920F (from memory). Other than that i did everything exactly liike in the video. My game opened, i login'd into my battle net account but when i went in i simply did not get the rewards.. no bugs no nothing. just no rewards idk why
You need to add lines
ro.product.brand=samsung
ro.product.model=SM-G920F
in any place. I add right above the ro.product.cpu.abi=x86 and it works for me. I also have ro.product.brand.def-geny and other line but htey not seems to be working. Gl.
Thanks for letting me know you didn't need to reinstall Hearthstone. I had to restart genymotion, but after that, I got it. Yay!
doesn't work any more, you cannot even download the amazon thing, it just crashes every time after reverting back to the start 3 times. I run a pretty high end PC so this is not the issue.
anyone know how to get this working... it seems all these ways to get card backs just don't work now.
When i start the game i get the message: Failure to initialize! Your hardware does not support this aplication,sorry!
My Virtualization is enable and i done everything i rooted it done changes in that build.prop file.
Can any1 help me and tell me some solution?
https://netdeck.n4ru.it/free-galaxy-gifts-cardback-and-3-packs/#toggle-id-2
try this in section Common Errors