How to get Hearthstone’s new rare card back without spending $500 on a Samsung Galaxy phone

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is a game built for collectors, which is why it’s kind of a bummer when publisher Blizzard releases an item that is hard to get. But we’re here to make sure you don’t have to go without.

Blizzard has just released an exclusive new card back for its popular collectible-card battler, but here’s the problem: you can only get it if you play a game of Hearthstone on a Samsung Galaxy S6. That costs around $550 off contract and a hell of a lot more if you get roped into a contract with Verizon or AT&T. But buying things is for suckers, which is why you can follow our instructions below to get card back for yourself.

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And the best part is that you don’t even need to own a smartphone to do this.

Part I: Installing the Android emulator:

1. Download the Genymotion tool, which emulates Android, from the Genymotion website: https://www.genymotion.com/#!/download
2. You’ll have to create a Genymotion account, but it’s worth it.
3. Install the Genymotion app that you just downloaded.
4. Boot up Genymotion.
5. Say yes when it asks you if you want to create a virtual machine.
6. Log into your Genymotion account.
7. Once signed in, search the list of potential devices for: Samsung Galaxy S5 – 4.4.4 – API 19 1080×1920
8. Click through to select that device, and then start it up when you’re given the option.

Part II: Downloading Hearthstone

1. Once you have your virtual Galaxy phone running, hit the menu button on the right hand side.
2. Click “System Settings.”
3. Click “Security.”
4. Scroll down to “Unknown sources” and click it so that there is a check in the box.
5. Hit the home button.
6. Type “Amazon App Store” in the Google search bar at the top.
7. Scroll down to and click on “Amazon Appstore: Getting Started.”
8. Click the button to download that program.
9. Click at the top of the virtual phone screen and drag down to open the notification bar.
10. Click on the download to install it.
11. Now, click on the Amazon Appstore link that should appear on your home page (or in the list of apps).
12. Sign into your Amazon account.
13. Search for and install the Hearthstone app.
14. Do not launch the game yet.

Part III: Turning your virtual Galaxy S5 into a virtual S6

1. Hit the home button and open up your list of apps.
2. Click File Manager.
3. Click the menu button at the top left (it looks like a hamburger).
4. Click the settings cog icon on the bottom left.
5. Click “General Settings.”
6. Click “Access Mode.”
7. Click “Root Access mode.”
8. Click “Remember choice forever.”
9. Click “Allow.”
10. Still in the File Manager app, click on the hamburger menu button at the top left.
11. Click “System folder.”
12. Scroll down to and click on “build.prop.”
13. Select “Editor” and then click “Open.”
14. Find the following line: “ro.product.brand=generic”
15. Change “generic” to “samsung” (no quotations for any of this when you’re actually typing it).
16. Now hit the enter button to make a new line, and type the following: “ro.product.model=SM-G920F”
17. Click the disk icon on the top right to save.
18. Close the Genymotion emulator.
19. Start it up again.
20. Load up Hearthstone, sign in, and enjoy the fruits of your labor.