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Googlemail/gmail account market problem

have read a bit about google changing the email settings to gmail and market not downloading apps and now this has happened to me i just wanted to see if there was an updated solution without doing a factory reset...please help

I looked into this a while back and found this on another site... I haven't actually done it yet, but it sounds promising!?
Change Google Account
If you want to change your primary gmail account for Gmail, its much easier.
Don not hard reset means set to factory defaults , by erasing all data and application , instead go to
1. Settings -> Applications ->Manage Applications ->
Here you have to "Clear Data" from
1. Gmail
2. Gmail Storage
3. Google Apps
4. Google talk and Talk services
5. and IM. (Would be rare to have this showing unless you are using Google IM)
clearing data is much simple just click on aplication and clear data.
the Dev also warns that Google Storage will want to keep filling up so do that one last before exiting Manage Applications section.
Then, of course, you must regularly restart your phone, when it comes back, you will need to enter your new chose gmail, then follow the instructions. You also should do a *228, 2 for OTA, but may not be needed. What may be needed is having to do a *228 , 9 (as previously instrcted at any Verizon Store when you bought the phone in the first place).
This method of changing the an Android devices primary gmail account actually works. So let's all stop the goddamn FUD that we can't change the primary email AND LET CUSTOMERS KNOW and/or right a batch file with a shortcut in Manage Applications so that we can just stop all this bickering. Now this next part is probably why Google, Android Market, Verizon employees, Motorola CS employees are all saying "it can't be done", is probably due to the next relatively complex procedure:
The apps PURCHASED need only be re-registered, but in order to NOT Download and pay for them again, you will have to remove your CC from the old gmail/Google Checkout and use it in Google Checkout with the NEW gmail you have chosen for your new Droid primary - sure beats re-DLing and installing all those apps. Unfortunately the CC has to be the SAME CC you used on the old gmail account otherwise you ARE stuck with re-purchasing the apps from the Market using the NEW gmail you have chosen along with the different CC/Google Checkout.
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i've changed my account to gmail since that is "official" still to no avail thinking just to reset it but how do i back everything up?

stewcp said:
I looked into this a while back and found this on another site... I haven't actually done it yet, but it sounds promising!?
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cheers this kinda helped but then i changed my account to "gmail.com" then it stopped

I created and added a secondary Googlemail account onto my Droid3 and would like to remove completely my old(first one). Unfortunately my Droid3 doesn't allow that to me, because it says I have to do a factory reset which I don't want. I manually switched within various applications from my old Gmail-Account to my new one. I also cleared data of all GoogleApps I found under Settings-->Applications-->Manage Apps-->All.
I rebooted the phone, but I'm still not able to remove this unwanted Gmail account. Why? How can I check and proof which applications my old account is assigned to?
any help appreciated

Market not working (download won't start) new Evo

Ok,
(Before those that have nothing to do start shouting, I have searched! I spend hours last night looking and time this morning looking. This error is NOT related to a googlemail/gmail switch..it is NOT related to internet connection..it is NOT related to some obscure cache issue [i think]. So now that caveate is out of the way....)
I cannot download anything from the Market. Here is the process as I see it...
- Open Market app from phone
- Find app I want and click download
- Go back to main Market screen and click download tab
- App sits there with a 'starting download process'
Now...if the error is somewhere there...can someone please tell me.
But...a few minutes later I get this...
- Alert noise goes off
- Alert says Google Talk authentication failed
- Go and stop the app in the running apps screen
- Find GTalk app on phone and start it up
- It hangs up on the Talk bubble screen with Signing in swirly thing just going round
- Eventually that alert noise goes off again
So...there seems to have been an issue many months back when UK customers switched from googlemail domains to gmail domains. But I have never had either. I am registered with google and I have one of my personal emails set up on that account. I can log into google, I can use Picasa, I can use the forums, etc.
Now, I already have three different email accounts to keep track of...do not need a fourth. But in a fit of desperation I tried to set up a gmail account last night. After 30 minutes of trying to find a user name I gave up. I do not want to be D.sablesurfer.432456 or whatever stupid azz suggestion it gives.
So...things I am wondering...
Is Google Talk integrated with Market somehow?
Can you just use Market with a regular Google log in?
How do I make google talk work since there appears to be no where on phone to change any settings?
Where is google talk looking on my phone for log in information?
Does this have anything to do with the weird sprint email address that seems to be registered to my phone? (Current username = [email protected]) (Obviously where my name would be my real name.)
Please help, the internet has been wholey useless in showing me an answer to this issue.

Oh...and if I log into google web page from phone...and choose Talk from the more menu...
....I am logged into Talk!!!
Yep, it just pulls right up with no complaints.

Ok, lots of looks no feedback.
I stopped by Sprint today and they say basically that my really old Google log in will not work. They said will need to set up an actual GMail account and replace it on the phone.
HOWEVER....there is NO way to replace it without the factory reset. Seriously? Has the Evo or HTC...or Sprint locked this thing down so much that you can never change accounts?
I changed password online...and the incorrect password screen ONLY lets me change password. The account name is greyed out.
I went into Manage Applications and the only button active is the Force Stop. The Clear Data button doesn't even exist. And after the force stop it still does not exist.
How does this make any sense? Really? People are NEVER going to change accounts? Sounds way too strict to me at moment.
So basically...unless anyone else has an idea...on the Evo (not heros or g1's)...I will have to do the factory reset tonight? This sucks.

Have you tried settings, accounts and sync, click on the google account and hit remove account?

Yup, no go. The default in the Evo seems to be permanently locked in. Well until you do the factory reset. I just posted my findings/tip over on general. This is a pisser for a newbie to android and as a LONG time programmer sucks to be locked in like that.

My market was useless earlier.
the name###@sprintpcs.com is just sprints username for you, it's used for network stuff

I'm having the same issue. tired the google search too ... wish I didn't have to do a hard reset... I hope somebody come up with a fix for this
EDIT:
Here's all that I did. I'm not sure which part fixed the issue.
*I un-synced Gmail (still didn't work)
*I deleted the pop Gmail account I had set up (still didn't work)
*I went into the market, canceled everything that was pending a download, then I re-synced Gmail, and set my pop Gmail account back up and BAM!!!! It worked. (Oh and I restarted after I did all of this)
Hope this helps...

Same problem here, hope someone with great idea can help. I am also struck on my HTC evo

Market still won't downlaod
I'm on JI6,
i have this problem that i cannot get the Market to download.
I didn't see and end to this story, only that it could be a Market problem.
But still i have this issue now for 3 days, i did most of the things in this thread.
nothing works ...
HELP

This happens to everyone.
Go to applications.
Click all applications.
Find market. Click market.
Click, clear cache, and clear data.
Restart.

I'm over that, clear the data of download manager ,and from the Market application, removed the update from the market , wifi on , wifi off .....
Still wont download

Then it's your internet if that does not work.
Check your firewall

what firewall , if i work in 3G ?

I'm having the same problem...I just flashed Myn's 2.2 RL3 and it is no different than it ever was. It's pissing me off. I've tried every solution that I could find.

I was having a similar issue with my Evo running OMJ's 4.5.
On the market.android.com site I would click install, select my phone, and it said my install would start shortly, but it never did. I scoured the net and found a fix that worked for me. Try this:
Menu -> Settings -> Appplicaltions -> Manage Applications
Select the 'All' tab
Scroll down and open 'Google Services Framework' -> Clear Data and Force Stop
Hit back and open 'Market' -> Clear Data, Clear Cache (if available), and Force Stop
Reboot
Open Market. You are going to get an error, be patient and let it sit for a moment and it will come up by itself.
You should be golden after this. Let me know how it works for you.

Why must people resurrect dead threads, do they lack the ability to read, the last post to this thread was in the first week of november, if this was still happening, this would be an active thread.

SOLVED Browser doesn't sync with Chrome

As per title & screen shot; haven't yet, in the 1,5 month that I have the phone, been able to sync. And always thought it was a known issue.
Apparently it isn't? Please share the wisdom..
Edit: Solved! See (& thank) post #7.

As stated in another thread, mine works fine... I'll try if I can walk backwards through my Chrome and see if there's something that could've been missed.
But right now, my 4 year old daughter wants explain what Robin Hood is all about

ZiCoN said:
As stated in another thread, mine works fine... I'll try if I can walk backwards through my Chrome and see if there's something that could've been missed.
But right now, my 4 year old daughter wants explain what Robin Hood is all about
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Lycka till! (= good luck)

+1. I havent been able to get it to work either

Right then....
Try, in your Chrome, and open this page:
chrome://settings/syncSetup
(Settings - Personal - Advanced settings for your account)
Check if your bookmarks are set to sync and only passwords are set to be encrypted.... Your phone will give you the error, if there are no bookmarks to sync
edit: *I believe people check the option to encrypt all data, which seems to confuse the phone... ONLY passwords should be encrypted*

ZiCoN said:
Right then....
Try, in your Chrome, and open this page:
chrome://settings/syncSetup
(Settings - Personal - Advanced settings for your account)
Check if your bookmarks are set to sync.... Your phone will give you the error, if there are no bookmarks to sync
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They're set to sync.. :-\

Found this:
12/16/11
Popular answer
This is pretty easy to fix without losing any data.
1) Disable sync in Google Chrome
2) Remove stored sync data in the Google Dashboard: https://www.google.com/dashboard
3) Enable sync in Google Chrome making sure to only encrypt passwords.
4) Disable and enable browsing syncing on the Galaxy Nexus.
Here:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=5a77a6aa3ddfb784&hl=en
Have no idea if it works, since I haven't had the problem, but maybe it's worth a try?

ZiCoN said:
Found this:
12/16/11
Popular answer
This is pretty easy to fix without losing any data.
1) Disable sync in Google Chrome
2) Remove stored sync data in the Google Dashboard: https://www.google.com/dashboard
3) Enable sync in Google Chrome making sure to only encrypt passwords.
4) Disable and enable browsing syncing on the Galaxy Nexus.
Here:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=5a77a6aa3ddfb784&hl=en
Have no idea if it works, since I haven't had the problem, but maybe it's worth a try?
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That's what you need to do. I had to do that when I first got my gnex. Has been working fine every since, even through rom changes, ect.
One thing to note, when you clear the data from the dashboard, it takes a while to finish. so wait before going to the next step.

Step 3: here is where I found the problem! My bookmarks are encrypted! I don´t know how to turn this option off...

Egoz3ntrum said:
Step 3: here is where I found the problem! My bookmarks are encrypted! I don´t know how to turn this option off...
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Paste this:
chrome://settings/syncSetup
in your chrome url-bar. Select the option to only encrypt passwords

Thanks guys, had just found a similar thread on reddit!

And what do you know.. It works!!

I'm still having this problem. Tried all the solutions, but they still won't show up on the phone.

RickROM said:
I'm still having this problem. Tried all the solutions, but they still won't show up on the phone.
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Allow at least 1 hour between steps 2 & 3.

Vangelis13 said:
Allow at least 1 hour between steps 2 & 3.
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I tried that, and it is still not working.

ZiCoN said:
Found this:
12/16/11
Popular answer
This is pretty easy to fix without losing any data.
1) Disable sync in Google Chrome
2) Remove stored sync data in the Google Dashboard: https://www.google.com/dashboard
3) Enable sync in Google Chrome making sure to only encrypt passwords.
4) Disable and enable browsing syncing on the Galaxy Nexus.
Here:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=5a77a6aa3ddfb784&hl=en
Have no idea if it works, since I haven't had the problem, but maybe it's worth a try?
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Should I do this on all computers that I'm syncing with or just one would do it?
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Redeeming 100GB Google Drive

Hi all,
I got my G4 and opened Google Drive app and it said click here to redeem the 100 GB offer. Once selected it said unable due to application needed to be updated. I updated and now can't find the offer. How do I get it to show me the offer like the first time?
Thanks

Did you try Force Stop and Clear Data / Cache for the Google Drive app?

I tried that but it seems in Android 5.1 you have to completely remove all user accounts. I guess when I have more time I'll try that, if not I'll have to factory reset the phone

I tried to force stop, clear data, clear cache. Uninstalled the update. Nothing no mention of the offer.
I tried removing all google accounts and that didn't work either. I will try to factory reset next week unless anyone has any other ideas?

magnus0322 said:
I tried to force stop, clear data, clear cache. Uninstalled the update. Nothing no mention of the offer.
I tried removing all google accounts and that didn't work either. I will try to factory reset next week unless anyone has any other ideas?
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Contact Google Support they always been topnotch for me

Also does it activate only once per IMEI, or is it by Google account?

If you skipped the offer, you get get back to it by doing the following:
In Drive, open the menu, go to settings. At the bottom (under "About"), click on the Product Tour. At the end of that tour, you'll be able to accept the offer.

starfcker69 said:
Also does it activate only once per IMEI, or is it by Google account?
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I was only able to activate it on one google account, so I assume it's once per IMEI.

My Verizon g4 appears to be completely missing the 100gb promo

sevin7 said:
My Verizon g4 appears to be completely missing the 100gb promo
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I'm having the same problem too, I tried to clear cache/data and force close and restart. Even after doing the tour a couple times it still doesnt work to show me the promo. has anyone else had luck?

n0x00ll said:
If you skipped the offer, you get get back to it by doing the following:
In Drive, open the menu, go to settings. At the bottom (under "About"), click on the Product Tour. At the end of that tour, you'll be able to accept the offer.
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This worked. Thanks for the heads up.

Are you with Verizon?
Just to clarify: this method worked with a Verizon phone?
I have a Verizon, and have not been able to get any of these methods to work: Clear Cache, Force Stop, Uninstall Updates, retake Product Tour.

ptrick2000 said:
Just to clarify: this method worked with a Verizon phone?
I have a Verizon, and have not been able to get any of these methods to work: Clear Cache, Force Stop, Uninstall Updates, retake Product Tour.
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I think we're out of luck with our Verizon g4's..sucks

No luck with Verizon here either.

I just tried on the initial setup on mine, that's not an option in the tour

Did anyone use with if they already have a promo? Like from a chrome book? Does it stack or extend the length?

Mine is T-Mobile
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I'm on T-Mobile and didn't have an issue with it working at all. Now have 115GB.

I just talked with a LG live-chat agent, and was directed to ask Google. Not sure where to start... any ideas?

Anybody know if this will be offered with the AT&T version of the G4?

Account & Sync Issue

Hello XDA,
Even though i use XDA website often, this is my first post so Cheers ! to everyone out there..
Need some advice and help on an issue im facing currently. I recently purchased Zuk Z2 plus on the amazon offer for 9k odd :cyclops: and as usual before i could go ahead and root the device, i wanted to check how it performs for few days. So i started to install basic apps like Evernote, Shareit, Whatsapp, Outlook, VPN, etc etc and after syncing my contacts via google email, as i normally use to on all my devices, i saw something called "CardDav" and "iCloud" in "Advanced Settings -> Accounts & Sync -> Add account" .. and at the same time im unable to open the option called "...Other" under Accounts & Sync. And whenever i click "Others", it returns back to settings page. So basically i have no control over accounts and sync. Is this a known bug ? and how do i remove these CardDav, iCloud stuff.
Can someone shed some light on how this gets installed ? because i dont find this on my other devices (Oppo A57, redmi note, oneplus 3). I know that its a protocol for syncing contacts and this has something to do with Google Contact Sync but i would like to have control over my accounts. Any help would be appreciated..
Thanks !
Rangetsu

How you got it for 9k??

himanshuahuja said:
How you got it for 9k??
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10999 on lightening deal and HDFC card offer..2k cash back.

Rangetsu said:
Can someone shed some light on how this gets installed ?
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Install 133 India stock ROM via QFIL and try again

sergsinger said:
Install 133 India stock ROM via QFIL and try again
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Cool, will give a try and let you know if it works Thanks !

For those who are facing this issue, i resolved it by a simple factory reset, before i went ahead and unlocked my bootloader. I have installed the same apps which i had previously installed and verified the settings each time after setting the app up.
Its been 2 days and i havent faced the issue which i had previously. I have installed few major apps which could possibly auto sync your contacts like Linkedin, Outlook, Facebook, Whatsapp etc. Now i dont find carddav or caldav in my system and able to control my "Other" option in "Account & Sync"
@admin, you can close this thread if needed

worked for me by uninstalling airtel's wynk app

also worked by uninstalling Alipay app