I have two Gmail accounts on my phone: a personal one and a business one (we subscribe to Google Apps at work). I use all the goodies like calendar and talk on both accounts, so it's important to have both. I put the personal account on the phone first (haven't determined if this matters).
Regardless of which account I make active in the play store, my work account is always selected when I try to make an in app purchase (such as touch recovery from Rom manager or 'unlock full' from Plague Inc and other games).
Are others experiencing this? Anyone know a fix? I just tried on stock jellybean via the following steps:
1. Add personal account
2. Install an app with in app purchase ability
3. Add work account
4. Open play, verify personal account is selected.
5. Try to purchase something 'in app's
6. It shows my work account. Open play store, work account now selected.
I don't do in app purchases much, but they seem to be getting more common, and it's annoying to remove the work account before every purchase.
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I have this same problem and have not figured out a solution for it. If you've figured out how to fix this, posting the solution would be awesome.
divinemyth99 said:
I have two Gmail accounts on my phone: a personal one and a business one (we subscribe to Google Apps at work). I use all the goodies like calendar and talk on both accounts, so it's important to have both. I put the personal account on the phone first (haven't determined if this matters).
Regardless of which account I make active in the play store, my work account is always selected when I try to make an in app purchase (such as touch recovery from Rom manager or 'unlock full' from Plague Inc and other games).
Are others experiencing this? Anyone know a fix? I just tried on stock jellybean via the following steps:
1. Add personal account
2. Install an app with in app purchase ability
3. Add work account
4. Open play, verify personal account is selected.
5. Try to purchase something 'in app's
6. It shows my work account. Open play store, work account now selected.
I don't do in app purchases much, but they seem to be getting more common, and it's annoying to remove the work account before every purchase.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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same here
same problem - please post solution!
Just ran into this problem too. My google apps account is automatically coming up for in-app upgrades, even though I don't have any play content (or credit cards or ...) associated with that account. Seems like a major flaw in google play. Can't select the other account, so I can't make any in-app purchases. Only solution (for one upgrade I had to buy) was to delete gapps account, make purchase, then re-add the other account.
Stupid. Please fix this google.
Same problem. I Can't test my own in app purchase for my own app. It keeps on selecting the first account on my phone that's also my developer account. Looks like some sort of bug.
Any progress?
Hi guys, I've noticed the same problem - did anyone get anywhere with it?
I thought it might be related to the order in which the accounts were added so I deleted both my accounts and added just the one that should be used for in app purchases. I then installed Microsoft OneNote mobile and went to its in app upgrade screen. It showed the correct account with payment details for upgrading. When I added the second google account though, the OneNote payment screen refreshed, even without me doing anything or having existed the app or even the payment screen, to show the newly added, wrong account!
So in order to make it work you'd have to remove one account, make the purchase with just one account set up, then add the second account. What a pain!
P3450 said:
Hi guys, I've noticed the same problem - did anyone get anywhere with it?
I thought it might be related to the order in which the accounts were added so I deleted both my accounts and added just the one that should be used for in app purchases. I then installed Microsoft OneNote mobile and went to its in app upgrade screen. It showed the correct account with payment details for upgrading. When I added the second google account though, the OneNote payment screen refreshed, even without me doing anything or having existed the app or even the payment screen, to show the newly added, wrong account!
So in order to make it work you'd have to remove one account, make the purchase with just one account set up, then add the second account. What a pain!
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what happened when you delete your primary account? I got this warning: "Removing this account will delete all of its messages, contacts, and other data from the phone." and i afraid to lose my data
Did you guys figure out a better way yet?
edw1nyang said:
what happened when you delete your primary account? I got this warning: "Removing this account will delete all of its messages, contacts, and other data from the phone." and i afraid to lose my data
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Data that was stored in the account is removed from your phone and gets back when you add it again
Still the same. Google is a horrible company when it comes to certain things. A bug like this at Apple would be squashed within a week.
Is there an official bug report somewhere for this to vote for?
divinemyth99 said:
I have two Gmail accounts on my phone: a personal one and a business one (we subscribe to Google Apps at work). I use all the goodies like calendar and talk on both accounts, so it's important to have both. I put the personal account on the phone first (haven't determined if this matters).
Regardless of which account I make active in the play store, my work account is always selected when I try to make an in app purchase (such as touch recovery from Rom manager or 'unlock full' from Plague Inc and other games).
Are others experiencing this? Anyone know a fix? I just tried on stock jellybean via the following steps:
1. Add personal account
2. Install an app with in app purchase ability
3. Add work account
4. Open play, verify personal account is selected.
5. Try to purchase something 'in app's
6. It shows my work account. Open play store, work account now selected.
I don't do in app purchases much, but they seem to be getting more common, and it's annoying to remove the work account before every purchase.
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Change the main account you want for in app purchases as Default by following steps below and u should do good
To change the default Google account when you are using the multiple sign-in, you need to Sign out of all accounts. Then log in to the Google account that you want to be the default first.
ive also attached an image if it helps:highfive:
shaik_u said:
Change the main account you want for in app purchases as Default by following steps below and u should do good
To change the default Google account when you are using the multiple sign-in, you need to Sign out of all accounts. Then log in to the Google account that you want to be the default first.
ive also attached an image if it helps:highfive:
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We said about in-app purchase cannot select account in Payment Options. Not on the web.
Solution that worked for me!
Hey Guys,
I had the same problem as you describe, what i did to make it work and not show my work account in app purchases.
1. Delete app
2. install the app from browser where you are logged in to you private account.
3. Enjoy.
Hope with works great for you guys
Roundabout, but it works
what you have to do (seems like last guy was saying this?)
1. is uninstall the app from your phone.
2. the only way to change it is to go from your PC browser (very important!) to play.google.com and log in with the specific account you're trying to use for IAP's on your particular app.
3. you should be able to install the app, then go back to your phone and use the IAP with the correct account.
hope this helps everyone!
solution:
1) uninstall the app
2) go to play store and switch to the account you want to use to pay from
3) find the app in play store and install again
4) make your in-app purchase
divinemyth99 said:
I have two Gmail accounts on my phone: a personal one and a business one (we subscribe to Google Apps at work). I use all the goodies like calendar and talk on both accounts, so it's important to have both. I put the personal account on the phone first (haven't determined if this matters).
Regardless of which account I make active in the play store, my work account is always selected when I try to make an in app purchase (such as touch recovery from Rom manager or 'unlock full' from Plague Inc and other games).
Are others experiencing this? Anyone know a fix? I just tried on stock jellybean via the following steps:
1. Add personal account
2. Install an app with in app purchase ability
3. Add work account
4. Open play, verify personal account is selected.
5. Try to purchase something 'in app's
6. It shows my work account. Open play store, work account now selected.
I don't do in app purchases much, but they seem to be getting more common, and it's annoying to remove the work account before every purchase.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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YehoshuaL said:
solution:
1) uninstall the app
2) go to play store and switch to the account you want to use to pay from
3) find the app in play store and install again
4) make your in-app purchase
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Have you tried this yourself? or is this the solution that made the most sense? I ask because this actually doesn't work.
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robnez said:
what you have to do (seems like last guy was saying this?)
1. is uninstall the app from your phone.
2. the only way to change it is to go from your PC browser (very important!) to play.google.com and log in with the specific account you're trying to use for IAP's on your particular app.
3. you should be able to install the app, then go back to your phone and use the IAP with the correct account.
hope this helps everyone!
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This worked beautifully, thank you!
Know source of the problem, did not solve it though
Hello guys,
It's my first post here. And I hope this contributes something to solve this problem.
I think the problem lies within the 'all app' drawer of the playstore.
Simply the 'all app' drawer of the main account on which you installed the app first, will connect to the app as long as multiple accounts are available.
You can see it in the playstore in 'my apps' - > 'all apps'.
Usually all once installed apps show up there.
But if you've first installed an app connected to your 'secondary account' on some phone, then install it on a phone with another 'main account' and your 'secondary account', the app will show up only in the 'all apps' drawer of the 'secondary account'.
I hope that was understandable
One similar approach to the former workarounds.
-> You must have a backup of your accounts (titanium backup for example)
-> delete the secondary account
-> install the app (it will show up in the 'all apps' drawer)
-> restore your accounts (the app will remain in the 'all apps' drawer of the main account)
-> the app will connect to the right payment settings while in-app purchasing.
Now if there is any easier way to disable one account during the setup or to just connect the app to the right 'all apps' drawer , the problem should be fixed maybe
Best eazyRidor
vulcZ said:
Have you tried this yourself? or is this the solution that made the most sense? I ask because this actually doesn't work.
Yes. That's what worked for me.
Read the instructions CAREFULLY that I posted and it ought to work for you, too.
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Uninstall the app
Go to Play Store and switch to the account you want to use to pay from
Find the app and install again
Make your in-app purchase
Hello, i have 3 gmail accounts in my phone, one for contact, other for work, and another one is personal, i like have separetes purpose account, but sometime i have internet problems and i need direct download apk and install it without use playstore and sometime i forgot change account and they appear in wrong account, so i want know it it is a way that android ask me in which account it will be installed, and another question about account, i sometimes install diferents app only for test it and choice one, but all them are attached to a account so i should go to my playstore and manually tell playstore that forget it. Is there a way that install a app unlinked to any account?, Thz
So I have 3 different Google accounts on my phone. Personal, work, and one that is shared with multiple people in the office for testing. I would like to block the phone from showing up in Android Device Manager for the shared account so as not to publicize my whereabouts to people that I work with. I would like to keep it enabled though for my personal account so I can actually use it if need be.
I already tried turning off location reporting for the shared account. No dice. Also from the "My Devices" page I can uncheck "Show in menus" which does make it not show in the Android Device Manager map dropdown list. Obviously this is a problem though since someone can just go check that box again and it shows my phone location.
The phone is rooted so I have access to be able to do whatever I need to so I can block it if possible. Any ideas?
diggitydogg said:
So I have 3 different Google accounts on my phone. Personal, work, and one that is shared with multiple people in the office for testing. I would like to block the phone from showing up in Android Device Manager for the shared account so as not to publicize my whereabouts to people that I work with. I would like to keep it enabled though for my personal account so I can actually use it if need be.
I already tried turning off location reporting for the shared account. No dice. Also from the "My Devices" page I can uncheck "Show in menus" which does make it not show in the Android Device Manager map dropdown list. Obviously this is a problem though since someone can just go check that box again and it shows my phone location.
The phone is rooted so I have access to be able to do whatever I need to so I can block it if possible. Any ideas?
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there should be a option to activate or deactivate each phone im trying to find more info hang in im doing the research for you
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try this out \
You can sort of do this - rename it, (I changed mine to "OLD") and turn off the "visibility in menu" so that it doesn't show up any more in the Android Device Manager. You can do this in the Google Play Store when you click on the gear cog on the right (setting)
Deltax82 said:
there should be a option to activate or deactivate each phone im trying to find more info hang in im doing the research for you
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try this out \
You can sort of do this - rename it, (I changed mine to "OLD") and turn off the "visibility in menu" so that it doesn't show up any more in the Android Device Manager. You can do this in the Google Play Store when you click on the gear cog on the right (setting)
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Yeah that is the thing I already tried. It does remove it from being visible in device manager, but anyone from work can log into the play store on their computer and just check the box back off to be able to track the phone. I feel like this would have to be a device level change to stop it from reporting on that account or else a co-worker could just reactivate it.
diggitydogg said:
Yeah that is the thing I already tried. It does remove it from being visible in device manager, but anyone from work can log into the play store on their computer and just check the box back off to be able to track the phone. I feel like this would have to be a device level change to stop it from reporting on that account or else a co-worker could just reactivate it.
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is that phone on a company phone plan? if not then they will need you google account email and password to change that
There are 3 accounts on the phone. The one in question is a shared account to use for App Testing from the play store. That shared account, everyone has the username and password for.
diggitydogg said:
There are 3 accounts on the phone. The one in question is a shared account to use for App Testing from the play store. That shared account, everyone has the username and password for.
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you could turn the location history and all gps features off or before logging out of the account delete your traces off the phone
Deltax82 said:
you could turn the location history and all gps features off or before logging out of the account delete your traces off the phone
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Based on what I have found the only way to do it is to remove the phone from the account. There is no work around at the device level that will allow me to keep the phone linked to the account, but block ADM while still using ADM with my personal account.
Looks like Cerebus will be the answer to this question. I might look into XPrivacy or something like that with Xposed to try and block it.
Android Device Manager Shared Account Fix
I was having this same problem myself with a shared account. Here is how I disabled Android Device Manager (ADM) on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S4) for the shared account.
1. Open settings
2. Go to the Accounts Tab
3. Click Google
4. Click the account that you don't want ADM running on
5. Disable "Sync Google Play services" and "Sync Location Reporting and Location History"
6. Jump up and down for joy that no one can track you on the shared account :victory:
RedRoosterFarm said:
I was having this same problem myself with a shared account. Here is how I disabled Android Device Manager (ADM) on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S4) for the shared account.
1. Open settings
2. Go to the Accounts Tab
3. Click Google
4. Click the account that you don't want ADM running on
5. Disable "Sync Google Play services" and "Sync Location Reporting and Location History"
6. Jump up and down for joy that no one can track you on the shared account :victory:
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Hi RedRoosterFarm. Both options are not available on my device. Running android marshmellow 6.0. Could you help double check if it's still available on yours?
I think i'm in the same boat as everyone here. I don't want my personal device to be lockable/erasable/trackable from my work google account. Even if the account is not shared, the google apps administrator still has the option of resetting your password with a new one etc. Not that i'm doing anything nefarious. I'm just a paranoid rabbit
jcoob said:
Hi RedRoosterFarm. Both options are not available on my device. Running android marshmellow 6.0. Could you help double check if it's still available on yours?
I think i'm in the same boat as everyone here. I don't want my personal device to be lockable/erasable/trackable from my work google account. Even if the account is not shared, the google apps administrator still has the option of resetting your password with a new one etc. Not that i'm doing anything nefarious. I'm just a paranoid rabbit
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I am still running android KitKat 4.2.2 (that might be the reason I have those options) and yes those options are still on my phone.
thanks
RedRoosterFarm said:
I was having this same problem myself with a shared account. Here is how I disabled Android Device Manager (ADM) on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S4) for the shared account.
1. Open settings
2. Go to the Accounts Tab
3. Click Google
4. Click the account that you don't want ADM running on
5. Disable "Sync Google Play services" and "Sync Location Reporting and Location History"
6. Jump up and down for joy that no one can track you on the shared account :victory:
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Those options are gone in Android M and N. So is removing the account the only solution? I need mail, calendar, contacts, hangouts from work account but don't want them to track, block or erase my personal phone.
Hello,
I have a common phone at home, generally used by everyone in case of emergency.
I have added my google account to same (my main account).
I have made an added another google account to the device.
I want this active to be active for any activity performed on the device..
Specially when installing stuff from playstore or watching youtube or using google app..
If there is anyway.
Or simply please guide me to remove my main account from 2 accounts available.
IODroids said:
Hello,
I have a common phone at home, generally used by everyone in case of emergency.
I have added my google account to same (my main account).
I have made an added another google account to the device.
I want this active to be active for any activity performed on the device..
Specially when installing stuff from playstore or watching youtube or using google app..
If there is anyway.
Or simply please guide me to remove my main account from 2 accounts available.
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settings /accounts/Google/
account you want to limit
uncheck services you do not want to sync
multiuser mode?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sitesearch.php?q=multiuser mode
sd_shadow said:
settings /accounts/Google/
account you want to limit
uncheck services you do not want to sync
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Thanks that temprarily resolves my problem,
Is there anyway, I can remove the main account from this device (I dont wish to flash that as it has tons of stuff to backup belonging to lot of people here).
I have added a new account, I want to keep this and remove main account.
Its a vivo v1 max device.
IODroids said:
Thanks that temprarily resolves my problem,
Is there anyway, I can remove the main account from this device (I dont wish to flash that as it has tons of stuff to backup belonging to lot of people here).
I have added a new account, I want to keep this and remove main account.
Its a vivo v1 max device.
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top right there should be 3 dots for menu options
select remove account
hi
I have 2 User profiles in my phone for various reasons...
Both profiles use the same gmail account..
When I do that on the Google Find My Device portal 2 devices show up with the exact same name, for each profile..
Is there a way to control the "name" of the profile, so I can differentiate between the two or just have it show only the admin profile, on FMD.
I think this problem will also occur on the web version on the Google Playstore...
G
FWIW: I am on Lineage 18.1 with the latest opengapps.
ghatothkach said:
hi
I have 2 User profiles in my phone for various reasons...
Both profiles use the same gmail account..
When I do that on the Google Find My Device portal 2 devices show up with the exact same name, for each profile..
Is there a way to control the "name" of the profile, so I can differentiate between the two or just have it show only the admin profile, on FMD.
I think this problem will also occur on the web version on the Google Playstore...
G
FWIW: I am on Lineage 18.1 with the latest opengapps.
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As far as I know, Find My Device is associated to the Google account that is signed in on the device, not to user accounts on the device. If you want to have separate accounts on the device and have Find My Device be able to differentiate between the two accounts, you will need to create a separate Google account and have both Google accounts signed in on the device with one user account associated to your original Google account and the secondary Google account associated to your other user account. Then, when you use Find My Device, it will be able to find each account separately but will probably only show whichever account you are actually logged into at the time, you'd probably have to switch to the other account in order for Find My Device to show that device. In other words, when using Find My Device, you will only be able to see the account that you are currently signed into the device with at that time but not the other account unless you log into that account and then it probably won't be able to see the other account that you just signed out of.