So about a month ago some d-bag got into my gmail and tried charging $500 to it. Goog caught on, stopped the transaction (yay!) , and froze my account (yay!... at first).
Now they won't unlock (boo!) it so I am stuck not being able to dload paid apps. Is it possible to set the market app so I can use a separate Google checkout account?
The idea of having to create a whole new Google login, moving all my contact, calendar, and mail over makes me think I'll prob just be visiting warez sites and sending donations to devs instead.
Any ideas?
(As a side note, does anyone know of a way to make phone contact with Google checkout?)
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
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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?
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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).
Hi,
I did a search and didn't find anything matching this query so please forgive me if I missed anything. I got my Nexus 7 yesterday and was trying to set it up. I wanted to set up a new username for my google account and link my youtube account to it. I did all this on the nexus and at the same point during set up I entered a credit card number to get my play voucher.
Now somehow in all my messing about with account names trying to link up my youtube and prefered email as my "google account" the £15 voucher for the play store got applied to the wrong account. I want to delete that one and just have my main one now but if I do that will I loose my google voucher or will I be able to get it on my main account?
I could just used the voucher on that account to buy the apps I want and the delete the account but how would that work if I ever needed to redownload those apps again, would I need access to that account to do so?
If anyone knows of a way I can transfer my google play credit to my other account that would be brilliant!
Thank you in advance.
Update: I tried deleting the old account and then resetting my Nexus and entering all my details from scratch but it says the voucher has already been claimed except now it is on an account that no longer exists. I think my best bet now is to email google and ask them to fix it. Does anyone know of a contact point?
I have 2 Google Accounts on my phone and about a month ago 4 beta apps suddenly started showing up in the playstore as being associated with the other account which is on another phone Even though that account never signed up for beta tester.
I have sent Google all screenshots and they keep telling me that its a Samsung problem. Which its not.
Its related to Google's Playstore which is propriety software belonging to Google and two Google Accounts which are stored on Google's Servers.
Has anyone else noticed this problem?
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling through playstore website on a computer but it does not solve the problem.