Hi,
When I first got my phone a month ago and not knowing what I was doing, when prompted to log into a Gmail account, I set things up with my tertiary/third-most-used account. Little did I know the consequences. When I decided I wanted to now set the phone up with my primary account, I discovered that the only way to do so was with a hard reset!
Well, after going through that process and now wanting to download and install several dozen Market apps that I previously had installed (several of which I'd paid for), I logged into Market, only to find a message saying "No downloads from Android Market."
I assume that Market doesn't recognize my new Gmail address as belonging to the same person as the one I was using previously (even after I added it). Is there a way that I can associate the two accounts for Market so that I can get my apps back?
Thanks!
This might be a dumb question and a little too late, but is there a reason you NEED the phone set up with your most used account? If I'm not mistaken, it ought to be painfully easy to set the phone up with a second google account for things like gmail and calendar and such. You might even be able to get contact sync from a second google account, with apps and such just syncing from the old account that you already used for that purpose.
I'd have at least given that a try before doing a full wipe, but you might have reasons I haven't thought of yet.
Not a dumb question at all. In fact, I'm the one feeling pretty dumb right now, for jumping the gun like I did. I did have a couple of other reasons, but I'm beginning to see that it wasn't as
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(Well, that wasn't ready to go....)
...worth the cost. The other problem now is that I'm deluged by mail from my primary Gmail account. It also goes to my ISP account, where I can read it much more efficiently.
I can see another hard reset in my near future. :-(
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I can tell you from experience (I've flashed a few roms...) that a hard reset isn't nearly as hard when you're syncing to the google account that has all your contacts and apps attached to it...
Silas, you lost me. What do you mean that it isn't as hard? Because you don't lose as much data? Are you talking about doing a hard reset without switching accounts like I did?
Would I be better to reset again (not a big deal at this point) and go back to the way it was, or not? Would I get my apps back (I hope)?
FWIW, I use my Gmail accounts only to collect and back up my email accounts, and for quick searches. I thought I might start using Google Calendar, though, and thought it might be better to use the one in my main Gmail account. Possibly I could sync the same calendar to both accounts,though -- could I?
And finally, is there any way at all to get my paid apps back with my current setup?
Thanks, everyone.
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This might help you. Go into gmail and click the account address in the upper right corner. At the bottom is an option for adding an account. You should be able to let you apps back after adding that other account back. Hope it helps. If not, at least I tried.
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Well, I thought I had replied a couple of hours ago, and here's my message, still waiting to post. Sigh....
Thank you, ZeroRilix. Unfortunately, no dice.
When I did that, there were already three accounts there. After hard resetting and setting up my primary Gmail account, I had also set up my other two Gmail account in Accounts & sync in Settings. However, when I viewed them as you suggested, it said that neither of them had been synced. So I made sure that Contacts, Calendar, and Mail were synced for all three accounts. When I went into Market and viewed My Apps, all I saw were still the few I had downloaded since the hard reset.
Thanks, though....
No prob. Everything you've already tried should've worked. I might suggest contacting Android Market and letting them know what's going on. I have included the link to the appropriate form to fill out. Sorry your still having issues, and maybe they can help you further. If you get the issue resolved, post back here so users who might run into this same issue cam fix it. Good luck!
http://market.android.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=market_phone
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http://market.android.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=market_phone
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I thought for sure I'd replied to this, but I can't see my response anywhere. Don't know why I'm having such trouble posting.
Thanks very much for this. I sent a support request yesterday and will let you know what they say. Unfortunately, it's Saturday, and I assume nobody's there to answer. Why do things always go wrong on the weekend?
Hi,
Here's my latest update. Not wanting to wait till Monday or later for a reply from Market Support, I decided to try posting my question to the Android forum at androidforums.com. I got a couple of helpful responses and I'm back in business. Here's the thread for anyone interested:
http://androidforums.com/android-applications/335710-how-can-i-recover-my-market-apps.html OR
goo.gl/FhiLP
The short version is that I started over the way I had initially and all my apps downloaded automatically!
Thanks again for the help.
Hello
Since i got my Xoom, the facebook app have been a little dodgy.
Whenever i try to browse my friends list the app force closes. It has always been like this. Even the new version that came out today does this.
Anyone know a solution to this?
On my Nexus One this works fine.
And also, after adding an facbook account on the Xoom in Accounts, the facebook acount isn't visible like it's on a phone. How come?
I have the same problem I think I updated facebook 3 times since with no difference. really annoying if you wanna check yourself and friends in somewhere and then the dam thing crashes.
Hoping this will get fixed at some point
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Hello
Since i got my Xoom, the facebook app have been a little dodgy.
Whenever i try to browse my friends list the app force closes. It has always been like this. Even the new version that came out today does this.
Anyone know a solution to this?
On my Nexus One this works fine.
And also, after adding an facbook account on the Xoom in Accounts, the facebook acount isn't visible like it's on a phone. How come?
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Have you tried FriendCaster? It doesnt crash at all on our Xooms. I wound up buying the pro version because I just thought it would take Facebook forever to fix it.
FB app sucks on hc. I just use dolphin browser for my fb'ing. Saves the headache.
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Hi all, hope you can help me out with this one!
My scenario:
One phone active with small regional carrier(basically DI4G) (1)
One phone active with Verizon (DNA) (2)
One tablet (Nexus 7 Wi-Fi only) (3)
Many devices in pocket with much confusion when anything dings)
I am looking to be able to text from either phone using my tablet, and be able to text from 1 using 2 or from 2 using 1.
My current setup is desksms on both phones using different gmail accounts and tabletsms on both phones and the tablet.
This works OK for texting from 1 on 2 or vice versa, but the tablet can only be signed into one at a time and it is difficult to switch accounts. Does anyone have any suggestions for being able to text from both phones on the tablet at the same time?
Hoping someone else has a situation like mine and can shed some SMS syncing light on this for me It think I've purchased every SMS syncing app in the play store so paid apps are not an issue. Also willing to use multiple apps if necessary.
Thanks for any ideas
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kyleco said:
Hi all, hope you can help me out with this one!
My scenario:
One phone active with small regional carrier(basically DI4G) (1)
One phone active with Verizon (DNA) (2)
One tablet (Nexus 7 Wi-Fi only) (3)
Many devices in pocket with much confusion when anything dings)
I am looking to be able to text from either phone using my tablet, and be able to text from 1 using 2 or from 2 using 1.
My current setup is desksms on both phones using different gmail accounts and tabletsms on both phones and the tablet.
This works OK for texting from 1 on 2 or vice versa, but the tablet can only be signed into one at a time and it is difficult to switch accounts. Does anyone have any suggestions for being able to text from both phones on the tablet at the same time?
Hoping someone else has a situation like mine and can shed some SMS syncing light on this for me It think I've purchased every SMS syncing app in the play store so paid apps are not an issue. Also willing to use multiple apps if necessary.
Thanks for any ideas
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Hi kyleco,
you posted the question a while ago; hopefully my reply does not come too late for you.
I have been in a somewhat similar situation and I'll share with you how I solved it. I have two private phones with separate phone numbers like you. Usually I only want to carry one mobile device (HTC One and Galaxy S2) with me but still send and receive texts from both numbers. I have a Galaxy Tab 10.1 which I mostly use when I am watching TV and sometime I have my phone laying around the house and not with me.
I've been searching through the Play Store countless times until I found an App that helped me configure my devices so they operate in the way I want. I set up the mysms app(simply search for mysms in the play store) on both my phones and created two separate accounts. Then I installed the mysms app for my Galaxy Tab. Now I can sign into both accounts that I have on my smartphones and send text messages from their number.
To solve the problem with carrying two devices with me I downloaded the mysms mirror app on both phones ('mysms mirror' in the play store - free 30 days trial version available). Now I can sign into each account from both phones. The texts are sent with the phone number that I sign in with into the mirror app.
Pretty cool setup huh?
I hope my reply was helpful to you.
Hey Guys,
I have the latest gmail app on my nexus 4, running Android 4.4.3 KitKat. I am unable to download any attachments through the app, and it is beginning to bother me. I have had this issue over the past gmail app versions, and from 4.4.2 KitKat also. Pictures say they can't load, and any other files fail to download, and retrying doesn't help. A workaround that I can use now is saving everything i need to Google drive from within the gmail app, and accessing them from another app, but this isn't a permanent solution. I have tried wiping gmail cache, gmail data, and completely uninstalling gmail and reinstalling it from the play store after a reboot, all to no avail. None of the solutions I have found work. If you guys Know how to fix this, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Hi
I have the same problem!!?? it is very annoying please anybodies have a solution? I cant't open any attachment via gmail app always I use save to drive to see any attachment via my mobile device.
Hey,
I never solved the issue and from Browsing around it seems it happens to some people and not to others. I just use the drive workaround now, because I have nothing else left to try.
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Hi
Yeah the same as me, I feel tired of finding a solution for this problem. it is very wired that Google didn't mention this problem or solving it by newest version of gmail app because I found many threat talking about the same issue without a solution. many of member say to switch to K9 app instead of gmail app but the problem that in the k9 there are no categories like gmail ( Primary, Promotion, Social, Forums) I used them a lot because I don't like to get a notification when a new email come to one of these categories except Primary. these feature doesn't exist in another email app like K9.
Hello all,
I am finding the stock email app on my Mate 7 to massively let down a great phone.
The issues are:
- there doesn't seem to be a way to easily manually check for mail. On other stock apps I have used, you just drag down or similar to check the server,
-The email app seems to stop checking for emails half way through the day. The only way to fix it seems to be to reset the phone, and then all the messages come flooding in.
Is there a fix for these issues? Alternatively, is the a basic email app that works well, is free and has no apps?
Thanks!
Use gmail app instead