I just spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to figure out what turned out to be a simple answer. Not having found the answer anywhere online, I'll post it here in case someone else is going through the same thing.
I rooted my son's Kindle Fire with KFU (thanks to everyone who has contributed scripts & helpful postings on that topic), launched Google Play and made a mistake by logging in under his older google account. Although the Google help claimed I should be able to switch to any account currently in use on the device simply by going to menu | accounts under Google Play, it was failing to recognize his other account, which was in use for email, and Google Play wouldn't let me configure an additional account.
The key: The account must be in use in another *Google* application (seems obvious in hindsight). If email is only set up with the original Kindle email app, the google system doesn't see it, and only some of the google apps have the "add account" function.
Solution: Use Google Play under the "wrong" account to download the free GMail app. Setup GMail with the "right" account. Return to Google Play. Menu | Accounts | select the newly set up account and you're good to go.
You should have been able to add another account under settings / accounts & sync / add account / Google.
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brizey said:
You should have been able to add another account under settings / accounts & sync / add account / Google.
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Probably on stock.
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jmcoffey said:
Probably on stock.
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on stock there shoudl be an app called "Account and Sync Settings" or something to that effect, you'll need to add the new Account.
then when you log into the market you can go to settings and account and select the other as the default account..
BUT: This isn't always 100% I've had issues where where it occasionally reverts back to the initial account.
Google really makes it a PITA when this happens.. I wiped my phone and did this exact thing, and it felt like it was pretty much a pain.
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tmccarty said:
I just spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to figure out what turned out to be a simple answer. Not having found the answer anywhere online, I'll post it here in case someone else is going through the same thing.
I rooted my son's Kindle Fire with KFU (thanks to everyone who has contributed scripts & helpful postings on that topic), launched Google Play and made a mistake by logging in under his older google account. Although the Google help claimed I should be able to switch to any account currently in use on the device simply by going to menu | accounts under Google Play, it was failing to recognize his other account, which was in use for email, and Google Play wouldn't let me configure an additional account.
The key: The account must be in use in another *Google* application (seems obvious in hindsight). If email is only set up with the original Kindle email app, the google system doesn't see it, and only some of the google apps have the "add account" function.
Solution: Use Google Play under the "wrong" account to download the free GMail app. Setup GMail with the "right" account. Return to Google Play. Menu | Accounts | select the newly set up account and you're good to go.
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Thanks a lot for the solution. Gmail was the key to adding another account. Once I created the Gmail account for the new corrected account, I was able to choose that profile in other parts of Google (like Play Games) on the Fire.
Then, how do you delete the wrong account ?
Thank you so much !
I am using a Fire HD 10 (2017) and my wife accidentely added her Google account below my profile. Since the stock version does not provide "Account and Sync" below settings: how can I remove a Google account from my profile? Removing the account from the device using another device does now work since the device always tries to re-authenticate the removed account. This is driving me insane. As a bonus the Gmail app crashes since then...
So when I first got my HTC One M8 it prompted me to choose which google account would as my default account. Does anyone know how to change this again? I purchased an app on one account, then when I re-add my other Google account it wants me to purchase that app again.
What you can do if you have multiple accounts that you have purchased software on is merely not worry about what is default and simply add the other google account.
Then after its added open the play store app, tap the left side 3 bars to bring up the menu, where you see your current account should have an arrow pointing down to the right of it, this will let you select another account to use with the play store.
i ran into a problem when using fire phone: i can't get my synced contacts in my google account. I installed google account manager, google play and gg play service. Can you help me? Thank much
Sn33z3x said:
i ran into a problem when using fire phone: i can't get my synced contacts in my google account. I installed google account manager, google play and gg play service. Can you help me? Thank much
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I still remember how I had that problem.
All you just do is enable Auto Sync by going into settings -> Applications & Parental Controls -> Prevent/Allow non-Amazon app installation - > Auto Sync. Or just simply search for "auto sync" in the search bar in settings menu. Then wait for some time for the contacts to sync.
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Hi there,
I have the same problem, so far, no contacts on the fire phone, auto sync is activated...
any ideas?
You have to add your gmail account in "Settings" - "My accounts" - "Manage e-mail accounts" - Add Account", then you will be able to sync Calendar and Contacts. You do not have to use amazon email app.
My friend has asked me to put kodi on his firestick for him but he hasnt set up an Amazon account yet. I have installed kodi using my amazon account then deactivated my account. To test I used my dad's account to see if kodi was in the apps menu but it wasn't.I had to go to manage applications to get to it. [/size] Is there any way to easily open kodi when a new account is added?
Hello,
I have my main google account added to my phone, today I tried adding my tablets account to the dual messenger section of Location History.
I went to:
Settings -> Location -> Location History (second account, one with orange and 2 circles).
This gave the option to add an account. I added my second google account and now it shows in the location history, BUT NOT under the google accounts section. So I am unable to remove it.
I did try adding it to the phone as a google account and then deleting it hoping it would remove but it is still showing under the location history and there is no option there to be able to remove it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.