[Android] Free 12 Months AI Perplexity Pro (Worth $300) with Samsung Device (VPN Required) @ Samsung Galaxy Store

Samsung is offering 12 months of Perplexity Pro for free to anyone with a Samsung device, for new or existing users. This offer is only available in the US, so we need a VPN and a bit of fiddling around to obtain it.

Tested on an S25, but appears to work for all Samsung phones and tablets. Not sure this would work with an emulator.

Start by uninstalling the Perplexity app if you already have it.

Step A:

1. Go into your phone's SIM manager and disable all of your SIM cards.
2. Turn OFF mobile data.
3. Turn OFF your location/GPS.
4. Connect to a VPN in the US. Chicago worked for me with PureVPN, but San Francisco didn't for whatever reason.
5. Go into your phone's App Settings for the Galaxy Store.
6. Press 'Force stop'.
7. Go to 'Storage' and press 'Clear data' and 'Clear cache'.

Step B:

1. Open the Galaxy Store app.
2. Search for the Perplexity app and install it. If you can't see Perplexity in search results, then repeat step A from scratch with a different US VPN location.
3. Open the newly installed Perplexity app and log in to your account (you can make a new one or use your current one).
4. An offer for a free year should pop up (pop-up didn't seem to appear when using an existing account, but still worked anyway).
5. It will show up as a 1-year free trial in your account on the Perplexity website, double check if you didn't get the pop-up.

Step C:

1. Turn your VPN off.
2. Now, do the same thing to the Galaxy Store as before: Force stop, then clear its data and cache.
3. Go back and turn your SIM card(s), mobile data, and location ON.
4. Open the Galaxy Store app one last time to make sure it changes back to Australian version.