I am sorry... but I have an market question too
When we purchase an app from market, are they linked to our checkout account or the primary account on the phone?
Initially I was using my work account as primary, as I need to use the work calendar. Now that FROYO supports multiple accounts for calendar, I am using my personal account as primary so that I can now use chat. However, I am not able to see any of my purchased apps. I am using the same checkout account.
The account you use on the inital setup.
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My school uses gmail to supply our email..
So even though our account is not @gmail.com
Could I still use it for my primary account on my nexus one?
Snow_fox said:
My school uses gmail to supply our email..
So even though our account is not @gmail.com
Could I still use it for my primary account on my nexus one?
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I would imagine so. You should be able to use any Google account.
Be careful using a Google Apps account. If you ever leave the school you'll need to migrate everything over (and I don't even know if this is possible). Instead set up a personal Gmail account, and then add the school as a secondary.
artesea said:
Be careful using a Google Apps account. If you ever leave the school you'll need to migrate everything over (and I don't even know if this is possible). Instead set up a personal Gmail account, and then add the school as a secondary.
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Good advice since I think your paid apps are connected to the account used to buy them. You're not gonna be in school forever, so create your own personal account.
if i'm not mistaken we keep our account pretty much forever..
That was how it worked pre google anyway.. I dunno if that changed or not though
i have used google apps account as primary account before. However, here are a few things you should be careful about
1) As mentioned above, purchases are tied to primary account only. When i moved to gmail as primary account, i had to repurchase apps
2) Gtalk supports primary account only. So your primary account should be the account you use to sync contacts. else gtalk integration won't be of any use to you.
3) Google voice works on gmail account only. So if you want google voice to integrate with contacts, you have to use gmail as primary account
4) Fortunately FROYO allows syncing calendars on secondary account, but if you are 2.1, you can only sync primary account
Overall, I will advise you to use gmail account. you never know what features you may need in the future and gmail account will always have better support than google apps.
arkavat said:
i have used google apps account as primary account before. However, here are a few things you should be careful about
1) As mentioned above, purchases are tied to primary account only. When i moved to gmail as primary account, i had to repurchase apps
2) Gtalk supports primary account only. So your primary account should be the account you use to sync contacts. else gtalk integration won't be of any use to you.
3) Google voice works on gmail account only. So if you want google voice to integrate with contacts, you have to use gmail as primary account
4) Fortunately FROYO allows syncing calendars on secondary account, but if you are 2.1, you can only sync primary account
Overall, I will advise you to use gmail account. you never know what features you may need in the future and gmail account will always have better support than google apps.
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I, too, have a school-related gApps account that I need to relinquish next year and a personal Gmail account. However, due to the way my organization's gApps is set up, I need to use it as my primary account in order to fully utilize its features. (Specifically, I share my personal Gmail's calendars/mail/docs into my gApps calendar/mail/docs; the reverse is not fully possible with our organization's gApps setup.)
So anyway, even though I'm on Froyo, I have my gApps account as the primary for the reasons above since I originally set up the phone on 2.1 and my calendar is on my gApps account. This basically sucks, though, since all of my paid apps and other personal Android-related information (Wi-Fi password backups, bookmarks, etc.) reside on my "temporary" account.
However, I find that Google Voice, Gallery/Picasa, etc. still work fine as long as I have my personal Gmail account listed as a secondary. I can even switch between my personal and gApps account in Maps.
In summary, if at all possible, I also recommend using a personal account as primary. If you can't, then you can join me in hoping that Google eventually provides some way to transfer paid apps and settings...
hey,
is it possible w/ 2.3 to buy paid software w/ a google apps account?
i got a transitioned account, which means i have a full google account and google checkout set up and working on the desktop.
this is the bug i'm referring to
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2332
thanks.
I'd like to change the e-mail address I use to log into the market/play store. I created the account a long time ago, and have since began using a different gmail account as my primary email, so I'd like to be able to change it if possible. The thing is, I want to keep the contacts and purchased apps currently synced with my old account under the new address. Does anyone know if I can do this?
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You can have more than one account and set up what you want to sync with each account so I'd just use both. I have several accounts. I sync mail on all and only sync contacts, calendar etc with one.
Not sure you will be able to do it any other way. But maybe someone else can help.
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I think isn't possible to port market link from one account to another; maybe to only solution is to make a titanium backup of your data and try to restore after changing the account.
If you have TB pro you can try also to restore missing links of the paid apps you have.
If it don't work you don't lost anything 'cause you are working on an new "empty" account.
So :
- Make a TB backup of all your data and apps
- Remove your Google account
- Add your new account
- Restore data and apps
It should work.
Yeah there are ways around the fact, TB and syncing different accounts. Just wondering if there was an easier solution than I know
I'll just sync a couple accounts and make do.
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I'd like to change the e-mail address I use to log into the market/play store. I created the account a long time ago, and have since began using a different gmail account as my primary email, so I'd like to be able to change it if possible. The thing is, I want to keep the contacts and purchased apps currently synced with my old account under the new address. Does anyone know if I can do this?
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Not a hundred percent positive but dont think you can... I looked into it a while back
you have to reset your phone
hi all
I will be rooting NC and installing CM on it. I already have rooted droid phone with gmail account. I have some purchased apps.
So I have a question.
Do I want to use the same gmail so I use purchased apps on NC or do I create a new gmail account for NC?
Thanks
I used mine from my evo, it has all my purchased apps showing as purchased and ready for download to my NC.
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So do I need to change my B&N account to my droid gmail? I'm not going to run new ROM from sd card like others do. I'm just thinking straight forward droid on NC.
Your B&N login is separate, there should be no conflict. You can also have multiple Gmail accounts on a device if getting you mail is a worry. I use the same primary Gmail account on all my devices.
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Your B&N account is only used when you use the Nook app. All other Google apps will use your Google account. Since you already have gmail on your droid, it makes sense to just register your NC with the same account. If you enabled using Google to sync your apps, it'll automatically download the same apps to your NC (where compatible).
Hi all,
tried a search but had no results for my particular question.
The thing is: I would want to use the GMail app for a specific account. But I'm afraid the Google account I use in GMail will pop up in other apps such as Market and such. So: when I add an account to GMail is that account used in _only_ GMail or will it be stored as a Google account on the device?
Thanks in advance,
Marc