Hello, yesterday I flashed a new rom on my desire, and when i tried to download some apps that i have bought before, the market shows me the payment screen again.
Do you know why is this happening and how can i fix it??
Thanks
Have you recently changed your googlemail to gmail?
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no, but i use my google apps username often(for the same google account), you think that is the case??
harisled said:
no, but i use my google apps username often(for the same google account), you think that is the case??
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Quite possibly.. if you keep changing it might just need a few hours to re-sync.
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Here is what i have done:
I have been using my Google Apps username ([email protected]) which can be used to redirect to the Google Account that i have on the Gmail ([email protected]) for the Google services that aren't provided for hosted domains.
The previous orders have been charged on the Gmail Account ([email protected]) since there can't be a Google Checkout Account on a Google Apps domain.
Yesterday when i set up the phone i used the Gmail username, and after searching those apps it asked for payment.
So, what is wrong with all this? Since the apps are bought in the [email protected] email, what is the problem with Android Market?
I also have to say that i use market enabler since i live in a non-supported country and faked to the US carrier.
This is really troubling :S
I contacted the support of one of the apps and they advised to buy again and they will refund the previous charge.
Unfortunately this is not a good solution even though it is fair :|
harisled said:
Here is what i have done:
I have been using my Google Apps username ([email protected]) which can be used to redirect to the Google Account that i have on the Gmail ([email protected]) for the Google services that aren't provided for hosted domains.
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If I understand you correctly, when you original purchased your apps you used your [email protected] account which is a Google Apps for Domains account.
Since the Market doesn't allow Google Checkout with Apps for Domains accounts, when you purchased it would have asked you to use an alternate [email protected] account.
Assuming this is the case, your purchases are still linked to your original [email protected] account (which is fine), but you have now logged into your phone directly with your [email protected] account. It seems that the GMail account is only required to link with Google Checkout, and your apps are not linked to this account.
If you reset your phone and log back in again as [email protected], you should be ok.
I also use an Apps for Domains account, and I can tell you that this works fine for me.
Regards,
DAve
I see..
Well I had changed to the gmail login for some reasons so I suppose I have to buy the apps again :|
Thanks for the reply though
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A slightly lengthy attempt to summarise the (often contradictory) advice on this issue.
The problem: Google is allowing UK users to change from @googlemail addresses to @gmail. Many users report persistent messages that google talk authentication has failed and downloads from the market are freezing.
How to make the change (READ the rest of this before you do!): Login to your Google mail account and go to settings/account. You will see a small link offering the option. Some users report a need to do this twice before it 'sticks'. (Baed on my experience, I suspect the change takes some time to propagate - see final note here). You can reverse this change in the same way.
Solutions (or not!)
1. There is no 100% reliable way to change the gmail account details on your phone without a factory reset.
Some users recommend clearing the Google Apps data from within Apps Manager which then prompts you to set up the account details again. This option is grayed out for many
Some have recommended changing your account password. For me this did not allow me to change all the account details on the phone
2. You can set up a second gmail account on the phone with the @gmail details. However this may not allow you to delete the @googlemail account although some have suggested it does. You will recieve copies of all emails on both accounts!
3. Do a factory reset. Back up all your data, take a deep breath and go for it! Seriously, this did not actually result in a lot of work for me as I don't have a truckload of apps on the phone. You have the choice of reverting to the @googlemail account (which is what I did) or setting up with the new @gmail details. From what I can gather the latter approach does not result in problems with re-installing paid for apps - but no promises!
NOTE: You will receive email sent to either @googlemail or @gmail on your old @googlemail account so you could just start using @gmail as your address and forget about the problem!
...and finally. Having gone through all of the work associated with a factory reset to @googlemail, I discover that Google has reset my account to @gmail anyway and everything seems to be working OK! I do wonder if changes to accounts are propagating very slowly. (I also wonder if Google knows what it is doing, but that's another story)
Hope this is some help
I had this problem and corrected it by reverting back to @googlemail.
But what gets me is that considering how widespread this problem is, is the overwhelming silence from Google.
NineToTheSky said:
I had this problem and corrected it by reverting back to @googlemail.
But what gets me is that considering how widespread this problem is, is the overwhelming silence from Google.
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Probably because most UK Desire owners have phones from Orange, and they've removed Google Talk (although they've handily left the service running!), so this isn't going to be a problem for them. Also, a lot of people have always known that you could always ignore the `googlemail` thing and use gmail.
Why bother?
Any email sent to [email protected] is received by [email protected] anyway..
Fon22
Why bother? Because, as the OP says, if, in the UK, you change you address from googlemail to gmail, you won't be able to download anything from the App Market.
is there anywhere we can ask google to provide android switchover instructions?
You know you don't have to put the @ when setting up an account.
When I set up both my G1 and my Desire I just signed in with the Google user name.
Just to add my bit, I'm a Google apps account owner, my domain is not gmail or googlemail its simply hosted by Google and even though I've done nothing its stopped working for me also on my desire. I get the same googletalk auth error and can't download anything from the apps store either.
Interestingly, even from my pc, if I goto googletalk it won't let me in either, yet email and other Google apps like docs and calendar work no bother. Selecting Google talk gives a 404 unauthorized.
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Just to add my bit, I'm a Google apps account owner, my domain is not gmail or googlemail its simply hosted by Google and even though I've done nothing its stopped working for me also on my desire. I get the same googletalk auth error and can't download anything from the apps store either.
Interestingly, even from my pc, if I goto googletalk it won't let me in either, yet email and other Google apps like docs and calendar work no bother. Selecting Google talk gives a 404 unauthorized.
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I got exactly the same as this, after everything working brilliantly for 3 days!! I have now setup a gmail account to sign the phone up with and the turn all sync off for it, thrn setup my Google for domains and setup the calendar through exchange and everything is working fine...its a big faff, but it will works well: )
I did do a lot of reading and apparently Google for domains doesn't work with Google talk full stop... BUT why work for days with no problems!! Stupid!!
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I have a google account ***@gmail.com and this is linked to my google apps e mail ***@customdomain.com.
I don't use the google account gmail address at all, only the google apps account. Presumably, my phone (when I get it) will ask me for my google account details so which should I use?
I see from another thread that paying for apps necessitates a google account login that is linked to google checkout rather than a google apps login. I don't want to get things too complicated but at he same time I want all of my contacts to be synched with my google apps account rather than my google account.
Does this make sense and can anyone suggest what I should do?
I definitely don't want the main e mail address and contacts list to be my @gmail.com address. Thanks
Don't sweat it! It isn't a problem.
Set up your phone with your Google Apps for Domains account.
Everything will work just fine, up to the point when you want to purchase some apps from the market. It will then just ask you for another account to link to Google Checkout, purely for purchasing purposes only - all your purchased apps will still be linked to your Google Apps for Domains account.
Regards,
Dave
Awesome, Thanks
Hey!
Yesterday I installed CM7 after deciding it was stable enough for what I need my phone for (Thanks to the Dev's who made this possible!)
I've run into a minor set back. I installed the gapps, as listed in a tutorial on here, but I can't get my gmail to work.
I can log in, but it won't sync. I've gone into Acounts&sync, yet no gmail account was there, and when I try to add one, all I get is FB, Twitter, Corporate and Google. No gmail in sight.
Is it just me being a dosy sod? or is it not yet impleneted into the port?
Thanks!
have you changed your baseband, to your region.
That worked a treat for me
Yeah I have, I can get gprs/3g fine.
I just can't add any accounts other than FB, Twitter, Google, or Corporate.
I can't even add any other emails.
No idea at all?
welshice said:
I just can't add any accounts other than FB, Twitter, Google, or Corporate.
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There has never been a "GMail" account under Accounts. The "Google" account is what's needed for GMail.
download 'market enabler' from the google market, install it, use it to switch your region to T-mobile US or Verizon US, then restart google market, search for Gmail and install
as gkkovacs already said, google is the gmail account
just input your credentials in the google tab
Ahhhh okay! I was just being dowry. Thanks for the help!
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Here is the scenario.
I have my Samsung Epic. I purchased a Samsung Epic for my wife. She has her own Gmail account so when I configured the phone, I configured it for her gmail account. I would like to use a couple of the apps that I purchased in my Market on my wife's phone. I know how to add my account to my wife's phone, and get my paid apps to show up in her market. Here is the problem.
I would like to keep her phone on her market. How do apps that do license checks work in this scenario???
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Here is the scenario.
I have my Samsung Epic. I purchased a Samsung Epic for my wife. She has her own Gmail account so when I configured the phone, I configured it for her gmail account. I would like to use a couple of the apps that I purchased in my Market on my wife's phone. I know how to add my account to my wife's phone, and get my paid apps to show up in her market. Here is the problem.
I would like to keep her phone on her market. How do apps that do license checks work in this scenario???
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So you're trying to use a single user license for multiple phones? Gotcha...
P.C. answer: She has to purchase each paid application under her account if she plans on utilizing any of them.
Non-P.C. answer: Given what you are trying to accomplish (pirating software for your wife's device), this may or may not work with multiple phones accessing the same Google account. You can have more than 1 Google account on the phone. After you have added the 2nd Google account to the phone, press the menu soft key and select "Accounts" within the Market. Select which account you wish to use. This also means that your wife will also have access to your Gmail, calendar and all that is Google for your account.
I highly think Google did not intend people to share their account with others (family, friends or etc.) to circumvent the purchasing of Market applications. Whether they properly coded their software to prevent such actions is a different matter. I guess you will find out.
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So you're trying to use a single user license for multiple phones? Gotcha...
P.C. answer: She has to purchase each paid application under her account if she plans on utilizing any of them.
Non-P.C. answer: Given what you are trying to accomplish (pirating software for your wife's device), this may or may not work with multiple phones accessing the same Google account.You can have more than 1 Google account on the phone. After you have added the 2nd Google account to the phone, press the menu soft key and select "Accounts" within the Market. Select which account you wish to use. This also means that your wife will also have access to your Gmail, calendar and all that is Google for your account.
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I am not asking about theft. I thought that I read on Google that purchase of an app allows me to use it on all of my devices. Since my wife's phone is on my Sprint account, under my name, I thought that this was legit.
http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=113410
I know the example isn't exactly like my scenario but the verbiage states "Your application purchases are tied to your Google Account and can be installed an unlimited amount of times on any device". There is nothing there about simultaneoius uses.
As for your non-PC answer, I can set my wife's phone to non sync my e-mail and calendar, but I am more concerned about the license check. How does that work with multiple market accounts?? How does the license check work?
What about folks with a phone and a tablet? I've been curious about this.
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What about folks with a phone and a tablet? I've been curious about this.
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With the market and Amazon market I have all apps that I purchased on all of my devices. He would have to set it up with his gmail as main one and then add hers. He could then set it not to synch his gmail on her phone. He may like it to synch his calendar on her phone. Lots of families do that.
Hope this helps.
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lancelane said:
With the market and Amazon market I have all apps that I purchased on all of my devices. He would have to set it up with his gmail as main one and then add hers. He could then set it not to synch his gmail on her phone. He may like it to synch his calendar on her phone. Lots of families do that.
Hope this helps.
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Exactly this I have all of my apps on both of my phones
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lancelane said:
With the market and Amazon market I have all apps that I purchased on all of my devices. He would have to set it up with his gmail as main one and then add hers. He could then set it not to synch his gmail on her phone. He may like it to synch his calendar on her phone. Lots of families do that.
Hope this helps.
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And what if she wanted to purchase an app on her Google account? Would her account have to be primary to use the paid apps?
The account doesn't have to be set as "primary" per se. Just set up husband account on wife's phone, and set to not sync contacts etc. Open the market app, soft key menu, select account. Select husband account. Download app. Re-set account in market to wifes account.
The market will find updates for both her and his accounts automatically for installed apps on her phone.
I have two gmail accounts of my own, and apps installed from both. It's basically the same thing as what OP is asking.
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Wow. I didn't realize you could do that. Nice to know. Thanks for the info.
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with the older version of the market, the purchaser had to be the main gmail account on the device. with the new market, it doesnt matter who is #1 or #2.
I set up a seperate "family" gmail account so we can share paid apps across our devices without having access to each other's gmail. I have a few paid apps on my own account from before I did this, but I can always log into one of their phones and download the apps, then delete the account. Only issue there is won't get updates unless I log my account back in.
Good to know this.. was a bit vague about the TOS..
All good suggestions. Here's one more:
You could get AirDroid (available off Market) to export the paid app of your choice from one phone and transfer it to another phone. It's quick and easy.
Plus I recommend AirDroid as a generally useful app anyway. =)
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All good suggestions. Here's one more:
You could get AirDroid (available off Market) to export the paid app of your choice from one phone and transfer it to another phone. It's quick and easy.
Plus I recommend AirDroid as a generally useful app anyway. =)
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Yea you can also use a file manager with root permissions or Titanium backup to get the apk and install it on any device you want.
However, the easiest thing to do is use a single account to purchase all applications on and sync that to each device. Families do this all the time. 1 account for all paid apps and sometimes pictures, then their own personal account for mail and etc.
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Yea you can also use a file manager with root permissions or Titanium backup to get the apk and install it on any device you want.
However, the easiest thing to do is use a single account to purchase all applications on and sync that to each device. Families do this all the time. 1 account for all paid apps and sometimes pictures, then their own personal account for mail and etc.
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Done this with Google Music as well. It's nice having one central family gmail account so everyone can share music, pictures and apps.
Plus Google Play allows you to set up a pin number on individual devices to keep my kids from trying to purchase paid apps without telling me. This is the one feature that the Amazon App store is severely lacking. I have no problem using my Amazon account on my wife's phone, but I won't put it on my kids' as there's no parental controls to block one click purchases other than in-app purchases.
I have just had my Galaxy Tab S 10.5 back to Samsung to have the Battery replaced,on boot up it restored the default apps but the apps I purchased from Google Play are not there,if I go to my apps in the Play store I have to pay for all my apps again,i thought once I had bought the apps I did not have to pay again.how do I get my apps back without paying again.Thank You.Longlegs
If you paid for your apps though the Google store your apps are linked to you gmail email address, just click on the account tab in the google play app on your tablet.
I have 30 paid apps, i did not think i had that many.
John.
You never have to pay for your apps again. Log into your google account you originally used when you bought the apps.
John and ashyx thanks for your reply,i got into my google account and my apps were there except my three most expensive apps were missing,now I bought these apps about 4years ago when my google account was linked to a different e mail address to the one I use now,there is a drop down with my 3 G Mail addresses but these are not the ones I was using when I originally bought the apps.Thank You.Longlegs
Do you mean your two expensive apps are linked to your old gmail email address, I had the same problem years ago, I dont know if google allows you to transfer apps from one gmail account to another by now, maybe somebody else does.
John.
John at the time I was not using gmail,they where linked to my old freeserve e mail,now one app costs £30 the other £15 I do not want to pay again if I can help it.Cheers Longlegs
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John at the time I was not using gmail,they where linked to my old freeserve e mail,now one app costs £30 the other £15 I do not want to pay again if I can help it.Cheers Longlegs
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You can't, your account is linked to a google mail address. I.E. your google log in.
ashyx thanks if I go into Google Play on my old Motorola tablet all my apps are there and it shows my old e mail address not the gmail address I use now.is there anyway you can get apps from one tablet to another,Cheers Longlegs
You must have created a google account initially before downloading the apps on your Motorola. Look under settings then accounts. You should see your google log in.
Also remember if you have an up to date device, but the apps have not been updated then they will be incompatible, so they won't be able to be downloaded.