
Many people who have the iPhone/iPod Touch are still not able to install the FREE Applications because they don’t have an iTunes account as iTunes Compulsorily needs a Credit Card to create one !
I’ll explain in short how to get yourself a FREE iTunes Account without Credit Card !
Follow the Steps below :
1. Open iTunes
2. Click on iTunes Store from Left Side Pane.
3. At the very bottom of the page, select My Store as “United States”. (Other Countries are not tested)
4. Click on any FREE Application to Download as Shown in the Pic above :
5. The Page related to that Application will open. Click on Get App and you’ll get a Box as shown below :

6. In the Dialog Box Click on Create New Account.
7. Click on Continue.

8. Accept the License Agreement by Ticking the Check Box and then Click on Continue.

9. Fill in your Email ID, Password, Secret Question and Birth Date and click Continue.
10. Now as you see in the Image Below. You have another Payment Option which says “None“. Check that !
11. Fill in your Details and click Continue. (if you’re wondering what to fill in for Address, you can fill up any valid PIN Code and Fone No. ex. City: New York, State: NY, Zip: 10012, Phone: 212 226-3127)
12. You’ll now be sent an Email. Check your EMail, Verify your Account.
13. Congratulations ! You’ve successfully created a new iTunes Account, totally free and without using or exposing any Credit Card Information !

/\/\/\/\/\/\/OLD METHOD\/\/\/\/\/\/ : (Doesn’t Work now)
1. Open iTunes
2. Click on iTunes Store from the Left Side Pane.
3. At the very bottom of the page, select My Store as “United States”.
4. When the page opens at the Right hand side Under Quick Links, select “Redeem“.

5. Now Go to this site : http://www.tunecore.com/freealbum! You will get a Code from there.
6. Paste that Code in the Redeem Screen of iTunes.

7. You’ll be asked to Enter Your Apple/AOL IDs. Ignore that !
8. Click on Create New Account at the bottom left of that Window.

9. Enter your Details. Now at the Payment Screen you’ll see that Payment is Optional and None option is added.

10. Simply Select that None option and Click Continue !
11. Voila ! You’ve just created yourself a new iTunes Account totally FREE without any Credit Card !
Edit : Post Updated, new Method to get Free iTunes Account was added, Courtesy techwiredau.com.
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120 Responses to “Create Free iTunes Account without Credit Card”
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1. Cito Megalo Virus Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 1:55 pmGREEEAAAT!!!
Thank you! It worked quite smoothlz don here in Mexico.
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2. Soo Says:
August 5th, 2008 at 6:44 amit works!
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3. vince carter Says:
August 10th, 2008 at 10:21 amit says i still have to enter my name and adress & all that
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4. imran Says:
August 10th, 2008 at 10:45 pmwill they send a bill to my house? plzz reply
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5. Tanmay Says:
August 10th, 2008 at 11:24 pm@imran : No man ! Dont worry ! No bill or anything will be sent !
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6. King Says:
August 10th, 2008 at 11:28 pmperhaps that was once upon a time. because I checked today and you need a credit card ro open an account
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7. Morto Says:
August 11th, 2008 at 4:46 pmStill working for me.
a guy from the netherlands
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8. Tanmay Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 2:12 am@King : Still works fine bro ! Make sure you follow all steps…especially the 1 in which you need to click at Bottom left to Create Account !
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9. this sucks Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 7:13 amthis totally sucks it is so bad eeer it makes me want to cry!!!
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10. this sucks Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 7:15 amit still sucks and i am now crying
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11. Peter Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 9:30 amThank you so much!
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12. clyde Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 5:53 amhee guys i’m having a bit of problem here. i dont live in the states and what should i fill in for :city state and zip code?
pleace help me out…
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13. Tanmay Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 11:06 am@clyde : Put City : New York, State : NY, ZipCode :10027 Thats an example, you can also put any other US City you want and it works !
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14. sportmusic Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:49 pmthis is really working! i just created one!
this is cool for getting album artworks for my cd backups! thanks for this! this is heaven!
this is still working!
….from Philippines…
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15. Plumk Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 11:46 pmWill they send me a bill to my house if i “buy” Free apps from AppStore? Like Palringo,Remote,Twitterrific…i mean free goods…
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16. sportmusic Says:
August 14th, 2008 at 7:21 pmno they will not plumk….
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17. Tanmay Says:
August 15th, 2008 at 3:27 am@Plumk : No bill is sent ! For all the applications that you download…you’ll be sent a receipt at your EMail Address detailing all the FREE apps that you’ve downloaded !
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18. Daeshawn ballard Says:
August 15th, 2008 at 8:35 amit really works.. trust these steps!!!!
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19. jl500 Says:
August 16th, 2008 at 12:37 amIt worked!
And it is so easy!
Thanks a lot
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20. Zach Says:
August 16th, 2008 at 4:33 amwow, I just did this today, 8-15-08. It worked swell, thank you

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21. remo Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 4:50 ami didit from switzland and id works fine
Thanks alot
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22. dhil Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 10:52 amstill working!!! nice!
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23. Antonio Says:
August 21st, 2008 at 6:30 amOmg….Ty!
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24. KB Says:
August 21st, 2008 at 6:57 pmTHis is fanastic.
Create one in Australia ! Works fine as of 21-08-2008 -
25. jess Says:
August 22nd, 2008 at 6:49 pmdarn, i’m from Australia its not working
i hope i didn’t miss it by a day!…
it won’t except ‘none’ as a payment -
26. jess Says:
August 22nd, 2008 at 7:08 pmoh it works!!! thankyou thankyou
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27. SonGanon Says:
August 23rd, 2008 at 5:35 amwell it worked but i cant buy music. i add a song to cart i go to buy then i select none and nothin happens when i click ok
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28. Spencer Says:
August 24th, 2008 at 4:28 amHey Thank you so much. I couldnt put a credit card on my account, so you saved me. THIS WORKS GREAT!!!!!!!!
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29. sha Says:
August 24th, 2008 at 8:09 amThis gets me free stuff right?
not JUST an account…? -
30. john Says:
August 24th, 2008 at 12:45 pm….it dont work it said no optional thing it just said register id
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31. john Says:
August 24th, 2008 at 12:51 pmlawls nvm i got an account yay i love u :3
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32. shash Says:
August 25th, 2008 at 12:27 ami donno what should i enert in the address n phone num colmz
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33. anonymous Says:
August 25th, 2008 at 7:57 amlolz. guys!!! follow the instructions carefully… this worked for me as well as to my friends….hey TanMay thanks for sharing this info

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34. RaidenF Says:
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:40 pmLol..it really works/..not only i get to download the free apps form AppStore..but also to download the paid Apps For Free..yes..games like Crash Bandicoot 3D cart,MotorRacer and more..haha..I have around 100 ++ paid Games apps for free
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35. Danno Says:
September 4th, 2008 at 11:33 amIt doesn’t work in Australia
A red error message saying not allowed on country appears.
cheers,
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36. Danno Says:
September 4th, 2008 at 11:36 amWait.. I was able to create the free account from Australia, but I didn’t get the $34 from the redeem card.
Anyway thanks mate!
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37. Pankaj Says:
September 4th, 2008 at 1:34 pmI created two accounts..one with US and the other with UK. I am in India & when I try to download free applications it says that my account is valid for purchases in US itunes store only. Anybody has any idea ?? Thanks for the help in advance

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38. sarthakkkk Says:
September 5th, 2008 at 11:08 amhey guys can ny body plzz help me in telling what country should i select for us nd its pin code plzz guys need it for a free itunes account…. thnx in advance
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39. gast Says:
September 5th, 2008 at 4:48 pmWorked exactly as described : )
Thank you!
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40. hussein Says:
September 7th, 2008 at 5:31 amhey it worked for me..!! but i can’t buy anything from itunes like i only can get the free stuff..!! plz can anyone reply to my e-mail roll_it_down@yahoo.com thanks XD
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41. Tanmay Says:
September 9th, 2008 at 12:20 am@Pankaj : Bro make sure you’re iTunes Store is set to US. Do that by selecting Country at the very bottom of the iTunes Store Page. Then Sync your iPhone. You should be able to download Free Applications then…..
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42. SomwGuy Says:
September 9th, 2008 at 8:10 pmwhooOOOOhhh!! this actually works (still). here in the great white Kanada, it works flawlessly. I’ve been searching all over the ‘net for a way of doing this, and I’ve just downloaded my first app. and I +1 Tanmay’s comment above. I did all the stuff above, and then when I tried to download an app on my iphone it was like, “blah blah - only for the US store”. then I synced the iphone, and BOOM - works flawlessly.
awesome. many thanks.
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43. SomeGuy Says:
September 9th, 2008 at 8:16 pmoh… wait up - looks like the programs that I download and install simply crash and the phone returns to the home page… any ideas?
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44. SomeGuy Says:
September 9th, 2008 at 11:35 pmalright - Tanmay here helped me get this to work.
for some reason, when I downloaded an app directly onto my iPhone, from the onboard app store on the iPhone, that app wouldn’t operate. I had previously synced the iPhone and Mac, so this program was also shown on my iTunes. I ended up authorizing my computer (Store>Authorize Computer…) which it said I had already done, synced my iPhone again, and then unplugged and rebooted the phone. while rebooting, I went into the applications folder in iTunes, and clicked and dragged the app I was having trouble with, onto my desktop. then I deleted it from iTunes. and then pulled it back in. when I synced my phone the second time, it re-installed the program (this time, via iTunes, NOT directly from the apps store on my phone), and now it works fine.
so watch out; programs you get directly off the apps store on your phone, may not operate correctly without some fidgeting.
Sim
3G iPhone
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45. Chip Panarchy Says:
September 10th, 2008 at 7:12 pmHi
Thanks, works perfectly, Mac OSX 10.5.4 with the new iTunes 8.
Thanks a heap!!!
Panarchy
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46. Chip Panarchy Says:
September 10th, 2008 at 7:13 pmOh, forgot to mention, for country I put Australia, and I registered about 2 minutes ago.
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47. alex Says:
September 10th, 2008 at 10:19 pmhey i’m not in the US, followed all steps up to the phone part. do i have to enter a US phone no (which i don’t have, naturally) or what? pls help thx
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48. gilang Says:
September 10th, 2008 at 11:42 pmhey alex, try http://www.yellowpages.com and use any phone code area. im sure u can work for it..
thx to tanmay for this!
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49. andreea Says:
September 11th, 2008 at 9:32 amhi! i created the account, thanks for tips! i am from romania
but now I have an issue. each time i select a song (which is not free), i click on buy song, then i confirm the payment details (none) and then…nothing. no song is added in my library.what should I do? please help!!!
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50. Tanmay Says:
September 11th, 2008 at 4:02 pm@andreea : Hehe how can you purchase anything without Paying for it ?
If you want to Buy Songs you’ll have to Add a Credit Card to your Account.
With the current account you’ll only be able to Download all the FREE things such as Free Applications, Free Podcasts or Free Music if any.
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51. Simon Says:
September 12th, 2008 at 12:10 amJust to let you know that this also works if you select UK as the country
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52. Josh Says:
September 12th, 2008 at 7:14 amThanks SOOOO MUCH!!!! it works here in the US!!! for ppl sayin you need a credit card still its fine!!! plus, if you dont wanna enter your real adress, you dont have to.

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53. cutie Says:
September 13th, 2008 at 2:02 amTHANX A LOT ! U R THE BEST! U HELPED ME A LOT
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54. clark Says:
September 13th, 2008 at 8:12 pmcan anyone give me one of their free account it seems that i cant recieve the verification mail
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55. cutiebears Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 9:02 amwill this account expire?
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56. Tanmay Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 12:50 pm@clark : Use GMail ! Works fine !
@cutiebears : No, this account will never expire
So Enjoy 
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57. clark Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 1:44 pmnop still not
can someone give me a favor of creating an account for me -
58. yam Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 1:50 pmhi im yam from france. i was able to create an account successful but when im trying to download application in app store it says “your account is only valid for purchases in the us itunes store”. can anyone help me? thanks
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59. clark Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 1:57 pmcan you give me ur account?
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60. yam Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 2:03 pmyam_shilat2004@yahoo.com thats my account
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61. clark Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 2:06 pmpassword?
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62. clark Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 2:16 pmyam wats your password?
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63. Di Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 4:33 pmHey thanks for the tip, works when selecting Australia too.
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64. Tanmay Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 11:28 pm@yam : In your iTunes, set your Store to US. To do that go to the very bottom of the iTunes Store page and select US from there.
After that just Sync your iPhone, and you’ll be fine !
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65. gwapo Says:
September 15th, 2008 at 9:15 amIT WORKS OK!
DNT SAY IT DOZNT!
I’VE BUILT 2 ACCTS ALREADY!!!
me from THE PHILIPPINES!!!
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66. Liam Says:
September 19th, 2008 at 10:57 amWorks perfectly fine in New Zealand dnt no wat u aussies are complaining about
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67. Charles Says:
September 21st, 2008 at 11:50 amWell I have a very important comment about all this, if you still have iTunes 7 may it work, but with iTunes 8 is useless, the tunecore code generator don’t works anymore, and the applications says that the code has been used once, and if you start a new account process the no credit card will not appear, so if you need it, well in a PC maybe it’s easier to get the installer or a computer with this version of the app, than a Mac if you have your computer almost in everything automatic.
If you had the account by this way before the update, it’ll work fine with iTunes 8, algo for generating Genius Playlists, getting some album arts, not all CD’s can be found, and well the main objective downloading the iTunes store free content, like apps, music and othe stuff. Good Luck! -
68. Dustin Says:
September 21st, 2008 at 7:46 pmI have iTunes 8 and iPhone software v. 2.1, and this works perfectly fine for me. Keep in mind this only works on free apps, music, etc.
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69. Truls Drageset Dydland Says:
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:31 amWorks just fine! Thank you from Norway, it’s GREAT!!
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70. abhishek Says:
September 24th, 2008 at 12:40 amthanks dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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71. lashae Says:
September 27th, 2008 at 1:25 amThank you SOOOO much!! I was stressing about creating a account because I didn’t want to use my credit card. This was so easy allthough I didn’t get it the first time. Once I read the instructions a second time it was too easy. Once again thanks soooo much!!!!
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72. itune account for iPhone software Says:
September 30th, 2008 at 3:26 pmtried the Redeem Code:
Got code from http://tunecore.com/freealbum
The offer associated with that song code has expired.Does anyone know if this still work for getting an account to download software for iphone?
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73. NeeditunesAccountBadly Says:
September 30th, 2008 at 11:07 pmsame problem with #72
can anyone help us ?
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74. dustin Says:
October 1st, 2008 at 6:51 amwill you get some free cash, or is there a nother website for tht?
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75. NeeditunesAccountBadly Says:
October 1st, 2008 at 9:19 pmomg tunecore just dosent give anymore codes
This promotion is now closed.
Thank you!This promotion is now closed.
Thank you!OMGGGG
i wish they will give codes again!
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76. vkvick Says:
October 2nd, 2008 at 2:00 pmgive me a code!!!!!!!!!1
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77. Aquardz Says:
October 2nd, 2008 at 2:22 pmHmm… Promotion closed :/
Any other places that offers a promotion???
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78. chris Says:
October 3rd, 2008 at 12:34 amcan someone give me the code pls????
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79. Kai Josef Says:
October 3rd, 2008 at 1:07 amI don’t find the code.plz reply
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80. passer-by Says:
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:24 pmtry this. it doesnt need to redeem anything. hope it helps:) explanation and stuff all there…
http://techwiredau.com/2008/09/grab-a-free-itunes-account-for-any-country/ -
81. Tanmay Says:
October 5th, 2008 at 12:07 am@passer-by : Thanks bro ! I’ll update this Guide soon…..thanks for the link

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82. mrs. ipod nano Says:
October 7th, 2008 at 9:02 amthnx guys.
i wanted a free account without giving my credit card & it worked for me.australia. -
83. fwiwaha Says:
October 7th, 2008 at 6:16 pmfree code @ tunecore.com no longer exist from sept 30
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84. Jessie Says:
October 8th, 2008 at 8:38 pmOk, I updated my iTunes and now am not able to find the “none” option on the payment method. Is there any other way I can create an account without a credit card number or iTunes card? All I’m wanting (for now) is the album artwork…I have to create an account to get that though. Can anyone help me?
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85. Mr.LoveiTouch Says:
October 9th, 2008 at 12:44 amHEY DUDE: tell ya something
you
are
the IT WORKS !!!!!!!
best
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86. asas Says:
October 9th, 2008 at 7:52 amfkc ty i got genius working on ipod nano
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87. nelsun Says:
October 9th, 2008 at 12:11 pmwow! this is great! it works! i have been trying to have a itunes account for more than 2 years, this it the first time i successfuly have! go go go!! great
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88. mojtaba Says:
October 10th, 2008 at 5:57 pmVery good method!
visit us at http://iphone.cazisoft.com
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89. Sergios Says:
October 10th, 2008 at 11:22 pmgreat job man! thanks
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90. Kajik Says:
October 11th, 2008 at 5:44 amHey your a good Man!
Thank you for posting this threat - It did help me and resulted in getting me forward.
Cool Runnings
Kajik
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91. Hpa Says:
October 11th, 2008 at 1:25 pmI would just like to let you know that I owe you a kudos!
This guide worked like a charm.
And now, I’m enjoying my iPhone 3g, to the fullest!
WOOOOOOOOOTTT -
92. Kang Says:
October 13th, 2008 at 3:22 amReally Strange..I did all well and it still says something like ‘this ID was never used with itunes before…please review…’!!! =(
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93. jose Says:
October 13th, 2008 at 5:01 amcoool
in your face steve!
fuck off -
94. ckrrtje Says:
October 13th, 2008 at 1:50 pmcool i managed to set up an account. but when i click the buy song, i only downloaded the 30 seconds one. why is this so and how should i get the whole song?
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95. Tanmay Says:
October 13th, 2008 at 6:42 pm@ckrrje : You can only download Free Stuffs using this account. Free Stuffs Include Podcasts, Applications, and Free Music.
To download Full Songs you need to pay for it.
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96. Amit Says:
October 18th, 2008 at 12:18 amThanks a lot works like a charm
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97. Homer Simpson Says:
October 21st, 2008 at 8:44 pmooo men thats great…u rock!
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98. Homer Simpson Says:
October 21st, 2008 at 8:49 pmbut, you just can buy the free things?? (im gonna try9, but want to see wat you say!
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99. Tanmay Says:
October 21st, 2008 at 8:51 pmYep ! Only Free Applications, Games, Music, TV Shows and Podcasts can be downloaded.
For buying Paid Items you need to add a Credit Card !
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100. ROBY Says:
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:13 amTHANK YOU IT WORKEDDD
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101. Tanmay Says:
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:43 am@Roby : Congo m8 ! You made the 100th Comment on this Article
You’ve won yourself a free Subscription ! Just Subscribe to our RSS Feeds

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102. Tonny Brett Says:
October 24th, 2008 at 8:36 pmit’s not working.
This promotion is now closed.
Thank you!Tonny - Indonesia
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103. Tanmay Says:
October 24th, 2008 at 11:57 pm@Tonny : Bro that was the old method, which doesn’t work anymore ! I’ve updated the post with the newer one which works flawlessly !
Try it…
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104. shane Says:
October 26th, 2008 at 11:10 amholly fuk it works oh my god i could fukin kiss u right now dude shit thanks a shit load!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
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105. bea Says:
October 27th, 2008 at 7:40 pmIt doesnt work..
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106. SampleJunkieOne Says:
October 29th, 2008 at 5:39 pmMake sure u get to the sign in screen by clicking on a free App not by
clicking the sign in button.i thought i wasnt working at first but when u try to download a FREE APP it THEN gives you the “NONE” option in the billing screen…Worked For Me,,,
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107. yummypinays.tk Says:
October 30th, 2008 at 5:20 pmthanks! works here in manila philippines!
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108. Burghuling Says:
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:42 pmhey gr8 work…but that code website is not available no more..i got a brand new iphone and i wanna put apps on it…plz help…quick! thanx in advance
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109. nowegian Says:
November 5th, 2008 at 12:46 amThe first method worked in Norway too. Thx very much XD
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110. Jan Says:
November 5th, 2008 at 3:16 amdoesnt work
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111. tan Says:
November 9th, 2008 at 1:11 amits works, thanks dude. from Spore
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112. Avar Says:
November 9th, 2008 at 11:03 amuuf finally i have a free account,, thnx guys
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113. hl Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 10:51 pmOMG ure so graet for posting this :D:D finally got some things on my iphone ^^ really thank you
im from the netherlands ^^
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114. Sofia Says:
November 13th, 2008 at 2:20 amWOW !!! thank you a looot from Panama… we need more people like you in the world!! lol !

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115. shlomi Says:
November 15th, 2008 at 11:28 pmThanks!!! It Worked!!!

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116. alexl Says:
November 21st, 2008 at 9:25 amhey it didn’t work for me, I chose none but it said that the credit card expiration date has already passed but I didn’t put in a credit card.
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117. angad Says:
November 21st, 2008 at 2:37 pmi have a problem her. i get the none option fine but after filling everything it asks me to enter the payment card no., etc as if i had chosen some other payment method. please help me.
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118. Tahir Says:
November 22nd, 2008 at 1:09 ameven i was trying to make an account today in itunes….after selecting NONE option i filled up everything and pressed continue then it says the creadit card expiration date has already passed and i did not even put any card no.. alsoo so why the hell its asking for creadit card???
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119. Imad Says:
November 22nd, 2008 at 4:08 amWhen I select none, still it saying “You did not complete your form. Please enter your credit card number
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120. tellos Says:
November 22nd, 2008 at 1:24 pmSame thing here…I think this option is not available anymore… I hate them why do we need an account to download free apps.
it’s not really nice for us who don’t have a credit card
looking for a solution… do you guys have any???










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