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Paid apps on new Gmail account

I've searched a few times and can't really find much on this, but I'm about to root my G1 (the T-Mobile version) and that means fully wiping it. I've got a few apps including open home and SNesoid on there that are paid for and linked to a gmail account I'm wanting to get rid of. When I reinstall everything on the phone I want to use a fresh gmail account with a new user name but I'm not sure how I would get those paid apps transferred to that account. Anyone know of a way to do this?

danielelias said:
I've searched a few times and can't really find much on this, but I'm about to root my G1 (the T-Mobile version) and that means fully wiping it. I've got a few apps including open home and SNesoid on there that are paid for and linked to a gmail account I'm wanting to get rid of. When I reinstall everything on the phone I want to use a fresh gmail account with a new user name but I'm not sure how I would get those paid apps transferred to that account. Anyone know of a way to do this?
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Well there is no way you can get them from the market back because thats all linked to your account and with a new account you would have to buy them again. Make backups of all your apk's and for the protected ones pull them using adb.

If I am correct, all you have to do is "relink your market account to your "credit card" info and it should be there. :]

OK perfect. I will probably do both just to be safe. Thanks a lot.

There seems to be a method detailed in the thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4127574&postcount=5

Hi if i were to buy a app and then cancel the credit card for my gmail account would i still get updates for the app i purchased

M..N said:
Hi if i were to buy a app and then cancel the credit card for my gmail account would i still get updates for the app i purchased
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Technically the credit card is on your google checkout account, not your gmail account. And as long as you've paid for an app (and not refunded it) you should be able to get updates for it on that google account as long as the developer provides them.

ok thanks for that but would i still get the app updates if i cancel my google checkout account?

M..N said:
ok thanks for that but would i still get the app updates if i cancel my google checkout account?
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It's likely that when you attempt to redownload an app you had previously purchased but uninstalled that the market backend parses your google checkout account for a record of having purchased an app. Since there's no way currently to remove checkout from a Google account, there's probably no way you could get into a situation where your checkout history became unaccessible for the market backend.
Of course until someone has any actual experience in this matter, all I wrote above is just an educated guess.

I just flashed a new ROM and configurated it with my Google Apps Account.
Then I went to Market and searched for a app I had bought with my normal Google Account which is connected to Checkout.
Market asked me for a gmail Account because the Apps account does not work for buying at the Market and I entered the GMail account informations and still had to buy the app I still have bought before?!
How can I tell Market to show me the apps I still have bought? And yes, I bought it with the same credit card, I did not make any change at checkout

I would contact the developer of said app and explain the situation and provide your info and see if he will honor it. I don't see where a dev would have a problem sending you an apk providing you proved that you purchased it.

got it with with Tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4127574&postcount=5
Thanx @all

[Q] Closing down Google Voice service

How do you remove the Google Voice Service from you Google account. It's looking like I'll have to delete my Google Account and Master Reset my phone to get rid of Google Voice, cause they don't let you remove the service from you account and it doesn't allow you to remove the physical phone from the Google Voice settings...
Has anyone found out how to close down Google Voice the way you can close down Google Buzz or Blogger?
Would really suck to have to change my entire email address just to get rid of this ****.
EDIT: Oh, so you can't remove this service. Guess it's time to start going to 100k different places and changing my email, send out mass notices, and create a brand new Google account. I can't believe this ****...

N8ter said:
How do you remove the Google Voice Service from you Google account. It's looking like I'll have to delete my Google Account and Master Reset my phone to get rid of Google Voice, cause they don't let you remove the service from you account and it doesn't allow you to remove the physical phone from the Google Voice settings...
Has anyone found out how to close down Google Voice the way you can close down Google Buzz or Blogger?
Would really suck to have to change my entire email address just to get rid of this ****.
EDIT: Oh, so you can't remove this service. Guess it's time to start going to 100k different places and changing my email, send out mass notices, and create a brand new Google account. I can't believe this ****...
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You don't have to use Google Voice but you do need a google account. What you can do is via a computer, change your Google Account password, then your Android will prompt you to update it. At that time you should be able to enter a new google email/password and you would be good to go.
If you are looking for a new e-mail address, you can keep your old and always forward to your new. I hope I understood your question and answered it.

Get a phone number with Skype or other VOIP service (or use your work phone). Edit your settings in Google Voice to make that number active. Removed your mobile number.
Better?

https://www.google.com/voice?pli=1#phones delete the phone number from there and deactivate the GV, what's the big deal?

You can't remove the only number on Google Voice.
I'm not paying for another number just to do this.
Already in the process of moving everything over to another email address.
I'll just get rid of the account, after I have T-Mobile change my phone number.

Why do you need to remove it? Just stop using the service....
-bZj
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It had my number in it. I wanted it out. I changed my number this afternoon and moved everything over to my Live acct.
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N8ter said:
It had my number in it. I wanted it out. I changed my number this afternoon and moved everything over to my Live acct.
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Just replace forwarding number with some other number like gizmo5 and and then log off Google voice service on your phone. that should take care of it.

Way to take the hard road and complain while doing it.
You were given some good options, not sure why you felt the need to create a thread and ignore all advice...

Let's just leave the troll alone no need to conduct an exit interview.

^ true... true.

So my dad lost his gmail password...

Whe he bought his evo he went to the sprint store. Long story short a rep set it up for him, he told the rep what he wanted and what his security question was. Why he didnt do it himself, is beyond me. Anyway, now I rooted his evo for him and went to restore gmail/contacts etc and he cannot remember his password. So we played the google games and emailed them etc etc they are saying they cannot give us our password because we didnt give them enough info to prove its us. So now he's short on his contacts right?

Sounds like it. Unless he has them backed up already somewhere (you can export to a csv or xls file when you're logged in) he's probably screwed. You should be able to get google to reset it by giving them the right information, but sometimes you have to have that set up ahead of time (like a recovery email account or something of that sort).
See if he can dig through his brain and remember it.

yeah ohwell haha. i mean I thought he would have known it, but I bet the rep ****ed it up. Hmm.. Ifilled out the form again but I doubt its going to work. kinda crazy that there is no other way for them to give it to you. I mean I see they have an SMS recovery option but no where to put in your phone or anything.

mroneeyedboh said:
I mean I see they have an SMS recovery option but no where to put in your phone or anything.
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Yeah that would have to be set up ahead of time...otherwise, anyone could steal your password by providing their phone number. How is google going to authenticate you without a lot of information besides a password? They're just trying to cover their asses.
I totally understand your frustrations though, I had the same problem with steam, and when they said they sent an email to the recovery account, it was to my old hotmail address that I hadn't used in years...huge headache.

true true, but there has to be some way around it. Or something haha.

There is a way around it. Google ask's you to setup and alternate email address for recovery and I get the screen all the time that ask me to add a phone number just incase. So its not that there isnt away around it. Its that your dad hasnt taken the proper steps to avoid the situation.
Also click the contacts button, go to menu, and click export/import, back up your contacts be exporting them to the sd card or restore your contacts by importing them from the sd card. However, your dad doesnt sound like the kind of guy that exported them to an sd card. I am basicly only telling you this so you can make him aware of the option so he doesnt loose them in the futur.

twilk73 said:
There is a way around it. Google ask's you to setup and alternate email address for recovery and I get the screen all the time that ask me to add a phone number just incase. So its not that there isnt away around it. Its that your dad hasnt taken the proper steps to avoid the situation.
Also click the contacts button, go to menu, and click export/import, back up your contacts be exporting them to the sd card or restore your contacts by importing them from the sd card. However, your dad doesnt sound like the kind of guy that exported them to an sd card. I am basicly only telling you this so you can make him aware of the option so he doesnt loose them in the futur.
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Not when you set up an account on the phone tho. He never uses it let along on a PC. So that option wouldnt be available to him. Unless they changed it since I signed up on my Hero a year or so ago.

I had the same thing happen to me but my daughter set up phone to have the pattern password and she is 5 so she didn't know what she did. I tried to figure it out but couldn't. After a number of tries I got locked out and had to enter gmail but I forgot that too. Called Sprint and they got it for me it was saved to my aol account he gave it to me and end of story good luck
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if you backed up before you flashed you can restore that, make a backup in titanium backup the green files, and accounts and sync (red), go back to the new rom and install titanium by downloading from their website then restoring your backups

Well I unrevo. His phone, and didn't think about it. I was unaware that he didn't know his password.lol
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if he remembers the email address and the answer to the security question you can reset the password on the gmail website

or take his contacts off an older phone as a last resort!

apristel said:
or take his contacts off an older phone as a last resort!
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Yeah thats the route he'll most likely have to take. He didn't add many new numbers but he did add some key ones... Oh well, mofo shouldn't have lost his password lol.

, but I bet the rep ****ed it up.
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The rep did nothing wrong, its not his/her fault. Sorry, but your dad should have remembered his password, or wrote it down somewhere.

sitlet said:
The rep did nothing wrong, its not his/her fault. Sorry, but your dad should have remembered his password, or wrote it down somewhere.
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lolwut. you made sure he or she typed it in right for him? kk
But I know for a fact she spelled the secuirty question wrong. he uses it all the time and he hasnt changed it and well he was born there. So he knows that, but that too wont work.

mroneeyedboh said:
lolwut. you made sure he or she typed it in right for him? kk
But I know for a fact she spelled the secuirty question wrong. he uses it all the time and he hasnt changed it and well he was born there. So he knows that, but that too wont work.
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you tried all spelling variations that the rep might have typed in?

yeah man.. its ok though. Im not here for people to argue back and forth tho ya know? Not saying you at all, just in general. Ive seen gmail/google sign-ins act funny before too. Like when I googled it earlier alot of people had to disable CAPTCHA for instance on the PC to make it work. And even when I sign in on my PC I get a CAPTCHA even with the right passworl. Guess its a security measure.. too secure IMO>

I wish we could help you other than suggestions which you might have already tried, good luck I hope for the best

NewZJ said:
I wish we could help you other than suggestions which you might have already tried, good luck I hope for the best
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Its all good bro thanks!
Well haha maybe you can help me on something else lol. Can you read aLogcats? My phone drained DEAD in 12 hours of it sitting here idle over night.. I have a thread in both Q and A and General.

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[Q] password ulock

i bought a phone off the internet and it says enter password to unlock is there a master code so that i can get into it?

Is it MT4G? Also how do I know that you didn't steal the phone? There are ways to bypass logon password, sim password, pattern sig. Send me the proof that you bought it and ill tell you howto bypass. I don't really wanna help thief's or folks who found other peoples phone and don't want to return it.

I'd say not to help, because they would have contacted the seller for the password and also nobody would sell their phone without doing a complete wipe, which would have also removed their password. My bet is that it's stolen or that they bought a stolen phone, either way it was still someone's phone being stolen.

Ya man I had dev-hd2(leo1024) stolen last year on Dec2010. I even left the kid message and voicemail saying I would pay him 600 cash if he returned it. I have massive amount of data on it and it was fully customized by me. Most damage was business phone numbers which I lost and till today I don't have those contacts.

TmpUsr said:
Ya man I had dev-hd2(leo1024) stolen last year on Dec2010. I even left the kid message and voicemail saying I would pay him 600 cash if he returned it. I have massive amount of data on it and it was fully customized by me. Most damage was business phone numbers which I lost and till today I don't have those contacts.
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Do you have a google account? Your contacts should have synced to your google account, so you should still have them, just log in to Gmail on your computer.

jdkoren said:
Do you have a google account? Your contacts should have synced to your google account, so you should still have them, just log in to Gmail on your computer.
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This was on Win6.5.X 29XXX base and no google/tmob sync enabled. Other than Android none use it nor rely on it as it was my pure dev phone. Was at the bar with gf and lost it didn't even have gps or remote wipe installed as I left in hurry right after I flashed new COM build.

TmpUsr, T-Mobile even has a contact backup app. I rememebr my Shadow running 6.1 had that app. Either way, Backing up should be followed religiously

TmpUsr...did you check your tmobile my-account contact manager?
My contacts were backup up there without me even knowing!

I keep an app called Seek Droid for this occasion. If it gets lost or stolen I can enable GPS from my phone and track it down or even wipe the phone or SD card. Can also get recent call lists. Of course its pointless if they happen to find the program installed but its not listed in the menu so they would have to look for it to find it, which the average thief would not do.

[Q] Help please, stolen N10

My parents, away on holiday, just had the holiday rental place turned over and their stuff stolen including the Nexus 10.
Is there Anything I should do? I don't think it had any bank details etc on it but does have parents email set up (so that needs a new password)
And has my gmail account linked to it, so that needs a new password.
Is there anything else?
If it matters, it's on stock ROM, I'd unlocked it to get stick mount working and titanium backup, think I left the bootloader unlocked.
Thanks

Neilroot said:
My parents, away on holiday, just had the holiday rental place turned over and their stuff stolen including the Nexus 10.
Is there Anything I should do? I don't think it had any bank details etc on it but does have parents email set up (so that needs a new password)
And has my gmail account linked to it, so that needs a new password.
Is there anything else?
If it matters, it's on stock ROM, I'd unlocked it to get stick mount working and titanium backup, think I left the bootloader unlocked.
Thanks
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Change all relevant account details immediately. You'd be surprised what someone could get out of a login, especially if you were using a browser that caches/syncs password information (like Chrome). If you do use Chrome, you may want to clear all saved Chrome Sync data-- it's a pain, yes, but that's what you sign up for if you're going to use a syncing service.
In all likelyhood, your device is just going to get wiped and sold (sorry, but it's probably true unless they get confounded by a custom recovery [if you're using one]). Before you reset the password though, you may as well try to push one of the after-event anti-theft apps out on the market (like Android Lost or Plan B) to your tablet in case the thief is stupid enough to leave the tablet on or connect it to Wi-Fi. You never know!
You also may as well try to get your S/N and forward that to local authorities. You may get lucky.

Cheers.
I bought it for them as a present at Christmas so I guess my Google account may have the s/n. I also set it up for them so although mum created her own gmail account I think the tablet is still linked to mine. How do I push a theft app to it and NOT my nexus 4 or my old Desire (now my mum's mobile)?

Neilroot said:
Cheers.
I bought it for them as a present at Christmas so I guess my Google account may have the s/n. I also set it up for them so although mum created her own gmail account I think the tablet is still linked to mine. How do I push a theft app to it and NOT my nexus 4 or my old Desire (now my mum's mobile)?
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Go to the Play Store online, search the names of the apps I mentioned, and hit the INSTALL button. It'll bring up a window showing compatible devices; choose the relevant one and away you go. Keep in mind that these are by far and away not bulletproof solutions, and it's more of a "why not" thing than something to rely on.

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Go to the Play Store online, search the names of the apps I mentioned, and hit the INSTALL button. It'll bring up a window showing compatible devices; choose the relevant one and away you go. Keep in mind that these are by far and away not bulletproof solutions, and it's more of a "why not" thing than something to rely on.
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Thanks. From my phone I can install them on it (my phone), but can't seem to push the app to another device.
Oh well. This is what insurance is for.

Neilroot said:
Thanks. From my phone I can install them on it (my phone), but can't seem to push the app to another device.
Oh well. This is what insurance is for.
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The insurance is going to be a lot more reliable than these apps. But yes, you can do it from your phone-- but you won't be able to do it in the Play Store app. You need to do it from the browser version (just navigate to play.google.com, and if it redirects you to the app, go to Settings > App > Play Store > Clear defaults and try again).

Excellent! Prey is now pushing....if it connects that is. So....do I wipe or do I go for location and a photo? Wipe I think!

Neilroot said:
Excellent! Prey is now pushing....if it connects that is. So....do I wipe or do I go for location and a photo? Wipe I think!
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You may as well go for the location first and send the wipe immediately after. If the app is any good it should handle the requests sequentially.