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.
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I should be picking up a G2 on monday .
As a googlew phone I would expect it to sync with my gmail account but just to make sure.
Will it sync properly with google hosted domains?
Jay
Syns just fine with google hosted domains. Mine worked right out of the box.
bhayani said:
As a googlew phone I would expect it to sync with my gmail account but just to make sure.
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Technically, the G2 isn't a "Google Phone" in the same way the G1 is. Whilst both run Android, the G1 uses a Google build of the OS and is branded on the back with Google, whereas the G2 uses an HTC build of the OS, with several differences to Google builds.
However, both work fine with Google Apps for Domains accounts. You just need to log in with your full email address ([email protected]).
The only thing that doesn't work with these accounts is the checkout on the market, which tells you that Apps for Domains accounts are not support, but then allows you to link your payment to a regular Gmail account for purchasing purposes.
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Dave
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).
So I received a Nexus 7 today as a gift from a grateful client. I'd wanted one for quite a while and would have purchased one eventually, but through luck, I finally have an N-7. But having played with it for barely an hour, I'm concerned about privacy in sharing this device with my family.
You see, I want to use this on my existing Google account, so that dozens of apps that I've previously purchased for my Android phone (Razr Maxx) and Android Tablet (ThinkPad) can be installed on this device without having to re-purchase them all. However, to my great surprise and frustration, I can't seem to make the Chrome Browser logout of my account and stay logged out.. Using App Protector Pro, I can lock down the Gmail app and other apps that I don't want others using. However, even though there is a logout link in Gmail when displayed in the Chrome Browser, whenever I re-open the browser the home page it displays offers to let me sign into my Google account with one click.
I use Gmail to communicate with clients. I am required by law to keep their communications private. I absolutely cannot allow a family member to have access to my Gmail account under any circumstances. How can I let my spouse and kids use the Nexus 7 but make it impossible for them to get to my Gmail through the browser? Note: I have no such trouble on my ThinkPad, but it's running ICS not JB.
You can use switchme for user accounts its the best and probably the only app around here that makes you feel desktop like user account experience. For example after adding a password to your account you can create a new account for your children. New account will not have any kind of data from your account including user apps,cookies,history,mail accounts and even the wifi access points so nothing from your account .
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.switchme
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 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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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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