Hello,
I lost my phone last night, when I went out. I have stock Gingerbread, I was wondering if it was possible to somehow track my phones location, as my GPS and internet connect are always on. Any help in greatly appreciated.
Chalky94 said:
Hello,
I lost my phone last night, when I went out. I have stock Gingerbread, I was wondering if it was possible to somehow track my phones location, as my GPS and internet connect are always on. Any help in greatly appreciated.
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Install Plan B remotely https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb
Thank you so much!
Hopefully your phone will be somewhere with phone signal.
Hi, I wonder the Plan B will still work if the phone got formatted/hard reset to factory setting or simcard been removed?
Tzhiwei said:
Hi, I wonder the Plan B will still work if the phone got formatted/hard reset to factory setting or simcard been removed?
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No, you have to be logged in to you google play account (with gmail).
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No, you have to be logged in to you google play account (with gmail).
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Then have to login with my own gmail account or any account will do? It's obvious that the thieft will use diff gmail account right?
Tzhiwei said:
Then have to login with my own gmail account or any account will do? It's obvious that the thieft will use diff gmail account right?
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You can remotely install apps onto your phone by signing into play.google.com with your Google account, selecting an app to install, and then selecting a device. If you are logged into your Google account on a phone, that phone will be listed as one of your devices. The app is then installed onto your phone, regardless of whether or not you have your phone on-hand at that time. This is how the app 'Plan B' works.
So to summarize: yes, you still need to be logged into your Google account on the device.
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You can remotely install apps onto your phone by signing into play.google.com with your Google account, selecting an app to install, and then selecting a device. If you are logged into your Google account on a phone, that phone will be listed as one of your devices. The app is then installed onto your phone, regardless of whether or not you have your phone on-hand at that time. This is how the app 'Plan B' works.
So to summarize: yes, you still need to be logged into your Google account on the device.
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Ok, got it. Thanks Upichie... and Yogosun too..
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Ok,
Just going to through this up in a thread of its own. If this info needs to be added to a newbie's thread fine, but I have not seen one.
This is a lesson learned with the Evo that as a NEW android user I was completely unaware of:
--You MUST have a GMail account. An old Google account will not work.
--You only get ONE CHANCE at entering the correct account for your phone set up.
It seems that while other android phones have tricks to work around changing accounts...the Evo does NOT. You must do the factory reset from...Menu > Settings > Privacy > Factory data reset.
YES you will lose all the screen customizations you made, all the emails you have set up, all the settings you wanted.
NO you do not lose data as all my test pictures are still there.
The GMail account must be set up BEFORE you try to add it to the phone. (This seems to be the gist of lots of stuff on internet and this is way I did it. Set it up through my old Google account before adding to the phone during the set up process.)
There you go. Very important and frustrating tip for those of us that are new to android and especially to the Evo.
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are you sure?
you can't just got Accounts and Sync and change it there?
I can't imagine why not
You can't go to menu>settings>accounts and sync>google and remove your Google account?
if your rooted you can easily change google accounts
i found this goodie back in the hero days messing around with accounts.db
adb shell
sqlite3 /data/system/accounts.db "delete from accounts where type = 'com.google';"
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Either he doesn't know any better, or hes a troll
BAleR said:
Either he doesn't know any better, or hes a troll
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Luv you too.
No, you cannot just go Accounts and Sync...tried it. When you go into the google account you have a button below that says...'Remove Account'. When you try you get two pop-ups. First says you will lose account information. Second says you must do the factory reset.
So...anyone else want to call me a troll before they actually TRY what they are suggesting? 'Cause I tried three different approaches I found when searching. None worked.
TrevE said:
if your rooted you can easily change google accounts
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Yeah, phone only about 4 days old and still figuring out if she will be moving in with me or returned to the pound. So no rooting yet.
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Luv you too.
No, you cannot just go Accounts and Sync...tried it. When you go into the google account you have a button below that says...'Remove Account'. When you try you get two pop-ups. First says you will lose account information. Second says you must do the factory reset.
So...anyone else want to call me a troll before they actually TRY what they are suggesting? 'Cause I tried three different approaches I found when searching. None worked.
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Or maybe I just don't know any better, I don't have this problem with my phone, I've accidentally entered my Google account incorrectly and I always just re-entered it and it worked just fine.
My first post wasn't directed in any way negative. I just didn't know any better
Well, I'm pretty sure I've had my gmail account for about 3 years and it synced right up; worked on my mom's as well and then I made a new one for the dad.
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Well, I'm pretty sure I've had my gmail account for about 3 years and it synced right up; worked on my mom's as well and then I made a new one for the dad.
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Not being rude, but this has nothing to do with what I said in my tip. <shrug>
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Not being rude, but this has nothing to do with what I said in my tip. <shrug>
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Then you aren't being entirely clear on what your point is. I have no idea what you are talking about given that I know for a fact that:
A> I am usually drunk when I try roms, which usually require a full wipe and account info on 1st boot...which I usually screw up.
and most importantly,
B> That the day I got my phone I forgot my password for a good 5 minutes at radio shack and tried wrong passwords repeatedly until I got it right.
Not to mention
C> I have changed gmail accounts multiple times, even in those brief hours while I was still 100% stock.
...and I have no idea what a "google account" is otherwise. It very may well be 'a thing', but I have no idea what it is.
If I managed to evade your point, please--for the sake of the forum and your own well being--articulate it a little better.
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Then you aren't being entirely clear on what your point is. I have no idea what you are talking about given that I know for a fact that:
A> I am usually drunk when I try roms, which usually require a full wipe and account info on 1st boot...which I usually screw up.
and most importantly,
B> That the day I got my phone I forgot my password for a good 5 minutes at radio shack and tried wrong passwords repeatedly until I got it right.
Not to mention
C> I have changed gmail accounts multiple times, even in those brief hours while I was still 100% stock.
...and I have no idea what a "google account" is otherwise. It very may well be 'a thing', but I have no idea what it is.
If I managed to evade your point, please--for the sake of the forum and your own well being--articulate it a little better.
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Your Google account is basically your Gmail account. All though I do believe it is a seperat account. It also allows you to link youtube, latitude and a few other Google tools or services.
Hmmm, Home screen, menu, settings, applications, gmail and or market, then clear data, and or clear cache ... worked for me... then I had to re-enter my password and user name, ill be damned if i didn't screw it up. Not even drunk, course i didn't forget it for 10 minutes, just about 30 seconds.
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Your Google account is basically your Gmail account. All though I do believe it is a seperat account. It also allows you to link youtube, latitude and a few other Google tools or services.
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That's what I assumed, but, you never know. Google is a little to smart to go for anything less than a unified ID. Having a handful of disparate and overlapping accounts (and their associated 'sign up process') seems like an annoying waste of time, storage and bandwidth.
Btw, I'm not trying to be a ****. If you are in fact having these issues it may be an isolated incident.
I had the same issue as the original poster. I believe what is being said is that the "google" account you enter the very first time, is the one used for your identity on the phone, and to change it requires a factory reset on the Evo.
Personally I have 3 google accounts, one is gmail and the other two are google apps. All of my contacts are under a google apps account.
Well, turns out, if you enter your gmail account not knowing the difference when you originally setup the phone, it stays stuck in there and won't let you change it without doing a full factory reset. I realized I needed to use my google apps account instead and had to factory reset to change it.
This is of course before I attempted any rooting fun, I had just came from WinMo on a Touch Diamond previously and hadn't read up on how any of that worked at the time.
Hope this helps clarify things.
Can't you just go to setup and redo your setup??
Nvm just tried nogo me =stupid
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Not being rude, but this has nothing to do with what I said in my tip. <shrug>
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sablesurfer said:
--You MUST have a GMail account. An old Google account will not work.
--You only get ONE CHANCE at entering the correct account for your phone set up.
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Well, condiering I've had my gmail account for over 3 years and used it to set my evo up with, it's not new - it was 3 years ago but it sure wasn't new when I got my evo. Therefore, an old gmail/google account works just fine.
And, I just added me other gmail account without any problems. Gave me the options to sync mail, contacts, ect., too.
I think were missing your point here...or something.
total fail dude...
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That's what I assumed, but, you never know. Google is a little to smart to go for anything less than a unified ID. Having a handful of disparate and overlapping accounts (and their associated 'sign up process') seems like an annoying waste of time, storage and bandwidth.
Btw, I'm not trying to be a ****. If you are in fact having these issues it may be an isolated incident.
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I know what you mean, in a way. I guess it just depends on the person and the what your needs are. iGoogle for instance, you can set up your own home page, you can add all kinds of different widgets like latitude, translate, local search, wiki, tv guide. You can be updated when concerts and such are appear in your town. I love latitude, I just link it to my phone, if anyone ever stole my phone I could just go to my google page on my pc and id automatically know the location and I'm pretty sure theres a free service for this same thing that adds the ability to send messages, not texts, to the phone and wipe it if you want. Pretty dang useful if you ask me. I love it, I just open mozilla and everything is there, mail, rss feeds and news, weather everything
larrybiggs said:
I had the same issue as the original poster. I believe what is being said is that the "google" account you enter the very first time, is the one used for your identity on the phone, and to change it requires a factory reset on the Evo.
Personally I have 3 google accounts, one is gmail and the other two are google apps. All of my contacts are under a google apps account.
Well, turns out, if you enter your gmail account not knowing the difference when you originally setup the phone, it stays stuck in there and won't let you change it without doing a full factory reset. I realized I needed to use my google apps account instead and had to factory reset to change it.
This is of course before I attempted any rooting fun, I had just came from WinMo on a Touch Diamond previously and hadn't read up on how any of that worked at the time.
Hope this helps clarify things.
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Ok, this makes since, I guess I never noticed because I have one account. I KNOW that if you enter in an incorrect user/pass it will just promt so. then just re-enter
How can i delete my device from list in google play? once I logged in to my group email from college and now every one can install any app on my phone -_- there is only option to delete device from list but anyone can again turn it on.
unfortunately you cant at the moment. you can hide them from the list, but thats pretty useless.
You can however go into Settings>Google>Click on gmail>menu>remove account. This will make it so that people cant install apps on the phone, but it will still show up in the list.
-_- rly? it's good to know that ~100people can install apps on my phone
What is more funny? i can install apps on my all old phones that i sold and there is no way to contact with google.
ok I did a full wipe, and now the phone is on the list, but you can not install anything on it
robakrobak said:
What is more funny? i can install apps on my all old phones that i sold and there is no way to contact with google.
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It would only install them if the device was still connected to your account. As for your phone, go to Play Store and select the account you want it linked to. My old Nexus S still shows up in Play, but the phone in now connected to my wife's Gmail account, so only apps installed from her account make it to the phone.
that did not work in my case. I removed the account from the phone, even with that i could install apps on my phone.
Hi all,
I have a slight issue with the new google maps. Basically I have a gmail account which is linked to my domain (google apps). Now when I go into the "people" app, I can see my contacts have their address in their details. But when I open up the new google maps and search my contacts, it does not show my contacts address in the search bar.
Secondly (i think this is related to the same issue), if i try to use Google now "Navigate Home" command, it does not recognise my home address. It asked me to put in my home address and when I do that and click save I get an error that the address could not be saved.
Any idea what is going on with my phone? I have tried resetting the phone but it didnt help.
Thanks
2 things may be going on here. For it to work your contacts have to be associated with the same account as you're signed into maps with.
Second, I remember reading somewhere that it currently does not work with contacts associated with a business account.
Solutions Etcetera said:
2 things may be going on here. For it to work your contacts have to be associated with the same account as you're signed into maps with.
Second, I remember reading somewhere that it currently does not work with contacts associated with a business account.
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I am logged into my account in the maps too. I guess youre right about the business account. Has google mentioned anywhere that when they will support it?
saudkhan said:
I am logged into my account in the maps too. I guess youre right about the business account. Has google mentioned anywhere that when they will support it?
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Google rarely says "when" LOL. Here is where I spied that disclaimer...
https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/3131570?p=maps_android_contacts&hl=en&rd=1
While I don't have a business account, I have seen a number of complaints about this or that not working right with Google app accounts, and it seems that some of these have been going on for years... so I wouldn't hold your breath.
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Google rarely says "when" LOL. Here is where I spied that disclaimer...
https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/3131570?p=maps_android_contacts&hl=en&rd=1
While I don't have a business account, I have seen a number of complaints about this or that not working right with Google app accounts, and it seems that some of these have been going on for years... so I wouldn't hold your breath.
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Sad times!
Thanks for the help though!
I can concur that if you have a google apps for business account it's not pulling in your contact details.
Why would they remove this???? it was working before the update.
I've been using Google Maps/Navigation to get to and from clients and now because I have a google apps for business account where all my contact details are saved.
Crazy!!
cotc2001 said:
Why would they remove this???? it was working before the update.
Crazy!!
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Growing pains. Google releases a lot that is unfinished. This is just another brick in the wall.
I don't think this was removed in the strictest sense of the word. I believe the old behavior looked in the local contacts data as i was previously syncing over iCloud, and it worked. After the update i had to change my syncing to Google Contacts online to get contacts from a maps based search.
Guessing this new behavior is more efficient as now both the places and contacts search are online.
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Growing pains. Google releases a lot that is unfinished. This is just another brick in the wall.
I don't think this was removed in the strictest sense of the word. I believe the old behavior looked in the local contacts data as i was previously syncing over iCloud, and it worked. After the update i had to change my syncing to Google Contacts online to get contacts from a maps based search.
Guessing this new behavior is more efficient as now both the places and contacts search are online.
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Google maps seems to be working (i can look up my contacts addresses) in android 4.3 even though on the link you gave me it still says that google apps business accounts wont have this functionality. One thing which is annoying me now is that since I updated my phone to android 4.3, if i say "Navigate home" to google now, it doesnt work at all (before it used to ask me to tell where is home). it just shows me random results relating home (not mine) on google.
I remember reading that in another thread, or was that you?
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I remember reading that in another thread, or was that you?
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it is me :$ no one was replying there. i might delete it over there because i dont think we are allowed to discuss this is two places.
Don't have 4.3 yet so I can't check it here.
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Don't have 4.3 yet so I can't check it here.
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if you want then you can download and install the official version manually But thanks for the help
Just wanted to let everyone know that google has resolved both of these issues recently thanks google for listening
Still having the same issue with my contacts not coming up because i'm on a google apps for business account
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Just wanted to let everyone know that google has resolved both of these issues recently thanks google for listening
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In 4.3, I am still seeing no lookup of local contacts unless they belong to the same account that maps is logged in to.
Solutions Etcetera said:
In 4.3, I am still seeing no lookup of local contacts unless they belong to the same account that maps is logged in to.
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Thats strange.. Did you guys do a fresh install? I did that. Maybe thats what made the difference. Every time there is an update i format everything and do a fresh install. Its just a habit
saudkhan said:
Thats strange.. Did you guys do a fresh install? I did that. Maybe thats what made the difference. Every time there is an update i format everything and do a fresh install. Its just a habit
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Yup just did a hard reset and re install of all apps and still no go.
If I do a search for one of my contacts they don't come up at all, just businesses or locations with a similar name (now just got to go into all my apps now and put in all the logins and passwords ......doh!!!)
cotc2001 said:
Yup just did a hard reset and re install of all apps and still no go.
If I do a search for one of my contacts they don't come up at all, just businesses or locations with a similar name (now just got to go into all my apps now and put in all the logins and passwords ......doh!!!)
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Google has just turned a good app into something bordering on useless.
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Google has just turned a good app into something bordering on useless.
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I wasn't able to search for my contacts either. I had my web history turned off. When I turned web history on, they showed up on both the web based version of Google Maps, and the Android version of Google Maps. (I don't understand why this should be required.)
I have not tried this using a google apps account.
Hope that helps.
Turn on/off your web history here: https://history.google.com/history/settings?hl=en
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I wasn't able to search for my contacts either. I had my web history turned off. When I turned web history on, they showed up on both the web based version of Google Maps, and the Android version of Google Maps. (I don't understand why this should be required.)
I have not tried this using a google apps account.
Hope that helps.
Turn on/off your web history here: https://history.google.com/history/settings?hl=en
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To everyone looking for a solution. This truly works for me. I went to Google Now - >privacy & account - >Web history on
Hi, Just got S5 and for some reason google sync did not sync any applications or wifi password to my phone and i don't know how to force it... i am manually installing all apps, but passwords would really like to sync with google. any ideas how to force it? I still have them on my old phone...
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Hi, Just got S5 and for some reason google sync did not sync any applications or wifi password to my phone and i don't know how to force it... i am manually installing all apps, but passwords would really like to sync with google. any ideas how to force it? I still have them on my old phone...
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Google doesnt sync WiFi passwords. Those are saved in the phone, not to your google account. You have to manually enter all WiFi passwords on the new phone.
Gargamel198024 said:
Google doesnt sync WiFi passwords. Those are saved in the phone, not to your google account. You have to manually enter all WiFi passwords on the new phone.
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Yes google does. It just usually never works
jjlean said:
Yes google does. It just usually never works
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Damn, learn something new everyday.
Yup very annoying. It says right on the setup screen it syncs wifi passwords but I've never seen it work.
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Yup very annoying. It says right on the setup screen it syncs wifi passwords but I've never seen it work.
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It has always worked for me actually... no matter what phone or tablet, wifi passwords always synced... but with S5... it's like it does not even know me...
I'll add that the network names and passwords were there for me as well when I activated my account on the S5. I was actually kind of surprised to see it all there.
Looks like I'm one of the unlucky ones it didn't sync for. Anyone find a way to force a sync from Google or a 3rd party workaround? I'm trying to get passwords from a rooted VZW GNex to a rooted VZW S5. I already tried backing up the Wi-Fi access points on the GNex in TiBu and restoring them on the S5 but no go. Thanks in advance for any ideas anyone might have.
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Looks like I'm one of the unlucky ones it didn't sync for. Anyone find a way to force a sync from Google or a 3rd party workaround? I'm trying to get passwords from a rooted VZW GNex to a rooted VZW S5. I already tried backing up the Wi-Fi access points on the GNex in TiBu and restoring them on the S5 but no go. Thanks in advance for any ideas anyone might have.
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You can download Wi-Fi recovery from play store on both devices, on the one with all your Wi-Fi password hit export file then on the s5 you can import the file, then your all set.
I would *NOT* recommend using app for exporting WiFi data, mentioned above. Looking at the reviews many are saying that it doesn't work and is malware, which is actually feasible since it requires root. All the app is really doing is copying/pasting the /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf file. So instead of trusting a badly reviewed root-required app just get Root Browser and copy paste the file.
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After a hard-long internet search I've discovered that there's an alternative way in which you can eventually recover the information from google's own servers since that's where your device (or past devices) backups/backed up your data. The following link is a guide to this option.
http://jftr.de/2014/01/fairphone-and-android-backups-to-the-google-cloud/
As a reminder, you're the only one responsible for any possible damages involved when "tinkering" with your phone. Adb and root are necessary, so please refrain yourself from continuing if you don't even know these words!
Cheers
In Settings/System/Backup there is only the message "Backup service isn't active".
Same thing shows in Drive app settings under Backup and Reset
When I go to Settings/Google Account/Backup to try and turn it on, it just turns back off as soon as I leave the page.
New 6T running 9.0.11, no root, primary google a/c is a g suite manage a/c.
Any suggestions/help will be appreciated
Backup doesn't work on G Suite accounts. You need a normal @gmail.com-account for backup.
The phone also has other non gsuite should. Can I somehow turn it on using them?
I am pretty sure it worked on my lg v20 using the same accounts
eslonim said:
The phone also has other non gsuite should. Can I somehow turn it on using them?
I am pretty sure it worked on my lg v20 using the same accounts
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Yes, if you choose that account for backup. That's how I do it using both G Suite and non-G-Suite accounts.
Thanks, but I can't seem to set it to backup into the non-gsuite account.
I tried from Drive (set to that account) and from Google accounts - no go.
How do I go about turning backup on for the non-gsuite account please ?
eslonim said:
Thanks, but I can't seem to set it to backup into the non-gsuite account.
I tried from Drive (set to that account) and from Google accounts - no go.
How do I go about turning backup on for the non-gsuite account please ?
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In Settings -> Google -> Backup. Click account and select your gmail.com]-account.
That's how I do it and it works as it should.
My primary account is also a G Suite-account.
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In Settings -> Google -> Backup. Click account and select your gmail.com]-account.
That's how I do it and it works as it should.
My primary account is also a G Suite-account.
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That's what I thought, I have changed to a standard @gmail.com account, but the backup switch still goes off. There must be another factor or switch that is related. The switch goes blue and turns on, but when I hit the back and then look again, it is switched off. I am attaching two screenshots just in case there is something I am missing . Clearing Drive storage and cache didn't help, same with Backup Transport.
Second screenshot shows Drive message, and what happens when I try to change account
But I didn't get to this until late in the setup process, and I really really don't want to do a hard reset without even a backup.
Thanks for helping any other ideas?
That's a bummer. Try clearing cache/data of all Google apps, like Play Store, Services etc. hopefully something will resort the issue.
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That's a bummer. Try clearing cache/data of all Google apps, like Play Store, Services etc. hopefully something will resort the issue.
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Thanks, I did that before I posted originally. If I delete the corporate account or the user account temporarily - what will be the effect on the apps/phone?
I am willing to try that even though the settings will all have to be redone.
eslonim said:
Thanks, I did that before I posted originally. If I delete the corporate account or the user account temporarily - what will be the effect on the apps/phone?
I am willing to try that even though the settings will all have to be redone.
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Can't see anything bad happen. I would try it. Then just re-add it.