I signed out of a Google Account after adding another one, and it kept all my paid apps etc. Is there some downfall to this, or is this an easy way to share my apps with my family? Thanks!
Xygod said:
I signed out of a Google Account after adding another one, and it kept all my paid apps etc. Is there some downfall to this, or is this an easy way to share my apps with my family? Thanks!
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I have 4 Google accounts on mine I generally only use 1 for purchasing apps but occasionally accidentally use a different one. You don't 'lose' apps by changing account.
Once you've downloaded an app, it is possible to take the APK and install it on another device. Some apps phone home though and may call you out on this approach!
All apps you get from the play store are linked to the account and devices you were signed into when you got them. Many paid apps check for the linked account when they run out update to prevent you sharing them.
If you have the same account on multiple devices you can share, I do between my phone and my tablet, but my wife for example has her own accounts and own paid apps.
I don't want someone else with my Gmail account on their device. Mine is setup with 2 factor authentication anyway which requires a code which is sent via SMS to me to compete for extra security.
If you use your pc and log into the play store on the web you can see what apps are associated with that account and which devices they were loaded on.
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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
This is my first android device and I was wondering if anyone has a solution for multiple users. I don't want anyone to be able to access my email or just freely buy things through the tablet itself using my account.
I have already signed into my gmail account without thinking about it, because it is required to do most things with the tablet. This then pulled up all my emails. Since this tablet will be used by several people, I deleted the account. Should I just make a new dummy google account specifically for the tablet? Since I already signed into my account, they have sent my $25 to my email. Now I don't believe I can transfer it, but I'm curious if I can add my email account when I want to buy/install something, then delete the account and put it back to the dummy account while still being able to use whatever app I bought?
I just don't want to test these things out myself causing some other issue to popup (eg use my play credit, but apps/games/etc can't be used on another account).
Recently updated to 4.2 (yay!), and like it so far. I'd like to set up an account for my granddaughter (yup, I'm old). I've got the account set up (no Google Play account made), but when I went to add applications (that I've paid for under my account) the apps aren't on the device.
Any clue how I can use my account (and apps) on her login? As always, all help is greatly appreciated.
I guess we can can it work in progress Multi-User. There is no way to share paid apps between accounts for piracy reasons. Until they find a walk-around and possibly limit number of users who can be assigned or some sort of "special" offer for multiple-users you will have to re-buy apps.
One way to do it is to login with your account on the guest user, download the apps you want and then remove your account. The apps should still be available to the guest user, unless an app does a market check to see if it's bought by the guest.
This is in theory, I haven't tried it yet.
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Suppose Person A and Person B own a Nexus 10 and have logged into their user accounts. Both A & B own two different Android Phones. Now, A purchases an app on either of his devices. Would B be able to use the paid app? On which device(s)?
No. Think of the different users as two different tablets.
If you wanted to share, you could open the play store app, go to settings, and change the Google account to the other person's. This might not always be desirable, but it works great for me. I have accounts setup for my kids, and they each share my play account but retain their own email, calendar, etc. Setting a different account in the play store app does not affect the Google account associated with the device.
is there a way to share apps between two accounts? It's no problem for the free ones because I just need to install them from the playstore, but what about the paid ones? I don't want to pay for them again...
alfaomega93 said:
is there a way to share apps between two accounts? It's no problem for the free ones because I just need to install them from the playstore, but what about the paid ones? I don't want to pay for them again...
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Here is what I did for my 8 Year Old Daughters Nexus7 :
Set up my Daughter as the main user
Set up myself as a secondary user protected by PIN at lock screen
Install my Apps that my Daughter may like to use under my account
Temporarily add my google user account to the main user account (my Daughters account)
'Download' these Apps (installed on secondary account) to the main user account
Launch each app for DRM check
Remove my google account from the Main account
This seems to work for me, hope that helps.
alfaomega93 said:
is there a way to share apps between two accounts? It's no problem for the free ones because I just need to install them from the playstore, but what about the paid ones? I don't want to pay for them again...
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Try searching the play store, I seem to remember reading about an app that will do this for you on one of the Android blogs.
Mr_Loon said:
Here is what I did for my 8 Year Old Daughters Nexus7 :
Set up my Daughter as the main user
Set up myself as a secondary user protected by PIN at lock screen
Install my Apps that my Daughter may like to use under my account
Temporarily add my google user account to the main user account (my Daughters account)
'Download' these Apps (installed on secondary account) to the main user account
Launch each app for DRM check
Remove my google account from the Main account
This seems to work for me, hope that helps.
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This solution seems great, I will give it a try !!
Merry Christmas!