I have a Samsung s3 & tab 2 10". Have just purchased my 2 children a tab 3 each. Can I set up their tabs so the music on my Google Play account can be used across all devices, but I do not want the games they download being shared to my phone and tab?
Will I need to set them up with a new email account each or can it all run from the one account?
Hope this makes sense and someone will be able to point me in the right direction. Any advice will be useful
Thanks
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Lewis79 said:
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Haven't tested because I don't use them myself... but I think in 'User accounts' in settings, you can make them individual accounts and restrict what apps they have access to.
Edit - just re-read your post. Games they download shouldn't automatically install on your phone and tab, they'll just been seen in your 'my apps' section on the Play Store.
akhan47 said:
Haven't tested because I don't use them myself... but I think in 'User accounts' in settings, you can make them individual accounts and restrict what apps they have access to.
Edit - just re-read your post. Games they download shouldn't automatically install on your phone and tab, they'll just been seen in your 'my apps' section on the Play Store.
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This is correct between my wife and I we have a phone and a tablet each so 4 devices all linked to the same play account, we have different apps on all the devices, when one of us downloads some thing the other would not know unless you go to the account history. You can also set up multiple gmails on each device and then go in to the setting and set it as the main one or tell it not to download mails and what not from the other accounts.
davebug said:
This is correct between my wife and I we have a phone and a tablet each so 4 devices all linked to the same play account, we have different apps on all the devices, when one of us downloads some thing the other would not know unless you go to the account history. You can also set up multiple gmails on each device and then go in to the setting and set it as the main one or tell it not to download mails and what not from the other accounts.
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Thanks Akhan & Davebug.
Is this the same for music that is downloaded to the play account, will it play on all the devices. Like, dare I say the word, Itunes you can set up different play lists and load those to each device is this or something similar available on google play music??
Thanks in advance
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I got a 10.1 tab last night and it's great. I have one issue maybe you can help me with regarding the market and apps. My wife and I both have android phones and we are sharing the tablet. When I set it up and put in our email addys I went into the market and it was downloading all of the app we have on our phones. Cool feature if I'm replacing my phone, but not for a shared device that I don't need to be identical to our phones. Is there a way to not make it do this? The thought I have is to create a dummy account for both of us but then it seems like it will be weird to use gmail app and stuff like that.
Thanks!
wait what?
Are both you using the same Google Account?
No shared accounts. I put in both of our gmails under, settings then accounts. Now we can switch between the 2 accounts in the gmail app but I hate that the market downloaded each of our phone apps.
It's because there is a setting when you first ran the market or setup your gmail on the tablet. It's the option where you allow Google to download previously purchased apps off the market and because your phone uses the same account, Google assumes you want the same apps, if the app is compatible with tablet. Remember purchase can be paid or free apps. It won't sync again like that after the first time unless you decide to reformat and you don't uncheck that box again.
For example --
I paid for and downloaded TBP (Titanium Backup Pro) from online droid market to my phone.
I was going to pay for two more installs to wife and sons phone but came across Titanium Backup Wiki's Q&A on licensing:
Q. May I use the PRO license key on several phones ?
A. Yes, as long as these phones are linked to the Google account on which you purchased the PRO license key.
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Assuming "Google account" is synonymous with "gmail account", my wife, son and I have separate ones for personal contacts, emails, etc.
So won't my contacts, emails, etc. automatically synch to their phones once I link them to my Google account for TBP download and install? And if so, is their a way to prevent this?
Thanks for any guidance.
Anyone who can provide some guidance would be much appreciated.
Also, is this an appropriate question for this type of board, and have I posted in the appropriate forum?
You can add your acount to their devices and then in settings, go to accounts, and tap your email, and de-select the sync with contacts, mails, calendar, etc...
I dont know if it works, but let us now how it goes...
I agree with sotodebonk, that's probably the way to do it. Make sure you add your account first, for example on first boot or when market asks for it, then deselect all sync for your acc and then add theirs, and make sure all syncing is on for their accs
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Android devices support multiple Google account. Login on their devices as well and you can download the app on their devices.
Just for the hell of it though, you should make a family Google Account for Market purchases.
hi i just got the SGS3 last night and i have a few question i can't find answers to:
1- how or where do i go to download new widgets? app store only lets me see new apps, music etc.
2- is there a way to get notification for gmail so i see the (number) of new emails?
3- how do you sync music to android ? and fast way?
lostsoul565 said:
hi i just got the SGS3 last night and i have a few question i can't find answers to:
1- how or where do i go to download new widgets? app store only lets me see new apps, music etc.
2- is there a way to get notification for gmail so i see the (number) of new emails?
3- how do you sync music to android ? and fast way?
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1. There is no category in the Play store for widgets. Go to the Android App section and search "widget". This will bring up a list of widgets, but be aware that some only work with certain launchers.
2. (Assuming you've already set up your account) Click on the Gmail app, then click on your account, check the box for Email Notifications.
3. I uploaded my music to Google Play. You can stream from there or you can make your music available offline. I'm not sure how others handle their music.
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1. There is no category in the Play store for widgets. Go to the Android App section and search "widget". This will bring up a list of widgets, but be aware that some only work with certain launchers.
2. (Assuming you've already set up your account) Click on the Gmail app, then click on your account, check the box for Email Notifications.
3. I uploaded my music to Google Play. You can stream from there or you can make your music available offline. I'm not sure how others handle their music.
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To expand on the answer to #1... a lot of apps that you might install include widgets. For example, if you install Facebook, you'll find a Facebook widget in your drawer. In fact, this is how most widgets come, as part of a larger app. Some widgets come as a standalone (the ones you might find by just searching "widget")-- things like settings toggles and such -- but most come with apps.
And regarding #3... I use Google Play Music as well. It's fast and easy.
lostsoul565 said:
hi i just got the SGS3 last night and i have a few question i can't find answers to:
1- how or where do i go to download new widgets? app store only lets me see new apps, music etc.
2- is there a way to get notification for gmail so i see the (number) of new emails?
3- how do you sync music to android ? and fast way?
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3 - if you have mp3 files, just drag and drop in windows. that's what i do. i don't think any other methods would be simpler than that.
The weirdest thing to me... I type in "ducks without feathers" on my work or home pc and that same search shows up on my galaxy s3 a little while later. Im connected to a wireless network on both and signed in to google on all 3. Is this why? Does it work the opposite where things written on the phone show up on the computers? I find this invasive if i want to search something in private but it shows on my work pc? Anyway, just curious whats going on.
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The weirdest thing to me... I type in "ducks without feathers" on my work or home pc and that same search shows up on my galaxy s3 a little while later. Im connected to a wireless network on both and signed in to google on all 3. Is this why? Does it work the opposite where things written on the phone show up on the computers? I find this invasive if i want to search something in private but it shows on my work pc? Anyway, just curious whats going on.
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because you are signed in on your PC with your mobile Google account. so they save search history to your account...
if you think this is invasive, the. I think you should logout of Google for when your searching up these things you for some reason don't want recorded.
on a personal note, I would say delete your accounts and toss your phone and stop using the internet if you think linking search history that is only viewable to you is invasive. do you know how many things are tracking you web wide, not just search history on Google?
"Ducks without feathers?" :what::what::what::what:
Like stated above, search history is saved onto your Google account and synced. You can disable it in settings, though.
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"Ducks without feathers?" :what::what::what::what:
Like stated above, search history is saved onto your Google account and synced. You can disable it in settings, though.
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Where in settings exactly?
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because you are signed in on your PC with your mobile Google account. so they save search history to your account...
if you think this is invasive, the. I think you should logout of Google for when your searching up these things you for some reason don't want recorded.
on a personal note, I would say delete your accounts and toss your phone and stop using the internet if you think linking search history that is only viewable to you is invasive. do you know how many things are tracking you web wide, not just search history on Google?
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So you will search for ANYTHING on your work computer then? Its none of my employers business if i think i have cancer and want to search for symptoms on a personally owned device.
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So you will search for ANYTHING on your work computer then? Its none of my employers business if i think i have cancer and want to search for symptoms on a personally owned device.
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I personally wouldnt use a personal Google account at work honestly. less trouble period. a better solution I think would be to use a second account for business use only. limits potential vectors that something can obtain your PW, personal info and such.
Under your account sync options sync browser is one of the available selections.
Google History
I am having the same problem however, I am not searching FROM my PC , I am searching from my phone and it shows up on my work PC. I am not even logged in to my Google account at work! How is this happening?
It's not "Sync Browser"
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That doesn't stop it.
I've had "Sync Browser" disabled since shortly after I got the phone, because "Sync Browser" is a battery killer. (Before I disabled "Sync Browser," Settings->Battery showed 33% used by "Browser" when I'd done no web browsing on the phone at all; after I disabled "Sync Browser" that went to zero.) But even though "Sync Browser" is disabled on my phone, my google searches on the computer (in any web browser) are still showing up on the phone, almost immediately.
I also tried disabling "Sync Google+," "Sync Google+ Photos," and "Sync Google+ Uploads," but that didn't stop it, either.
I also tried disabling "Sync App Data," but that didn't stop it, either.
The only other Sync settings I have enabled are:
Sync Calendar
Sync Contacts
Sync Gmail
Sync People details
This is very annoying!
Ridicious
tuffluck said:
The weirdest thing to me... I type in "ducks without feathers" on my work or home pc and that same search shows up on my galaxy s3 a little while later. Im connected to a wireless network on both and signed in to google on all 3. Is this why? Does it work the opposite where things written on the phone show up on the computers? I find this invasive if i want to search something in private but it shows on my work pc? Anyway, just curious whats going on.
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SO RIDICULOUS! I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT I'M WATCHING UNFOLD???? YET AS YOU SEE BY SOME OF THE ANSWERS IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ANGER PEOPLE WHOM SHOULD BE ANSWERING THE CONCERNS YOU ARE REQUESTING. DEVELOPERS ON THIS VERY WEBSITE TELLING YOU TO DELETE YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT. ITS SCARY WHAT GOOGLE IS CAPABLE OF DOING, WE ALL HAVE PICTURES, DOCUMENTS, PRIVATE THINGS WE'D BE MORTIFIED WE DIDN'T KNOW WERE SHARED ALREADY. I MYSELF HAVE TROUBLE SEEING, I'LL TAKE A PICTURE OF SOMETHING I'M READING TO ZOOM IN, OR REFER TO INSTRUCTIONS INSTEAD OF 10 WINDOWS OPEN AT THE SAME TIME. I ASKED GOOGLE PLUS A QUESTION, AND IT SHOWS UP IF I GOOGLE MY OWN NAME, ABOUT GAME OF THRONES!!!! I SAY OKAY GOOGLE CONSTANTLY TO NOT HAVE TO TYPE ON MY PHONE. ONE SUGGESTION IS TO SEARCH "INCOGNITO" ITS RIGHT IN THE TOOLS ON GOOGLES MENU. GO TO (website blocked me from providing you the site) sign in there and look at everything one by one. it shows where you've been, where you've signed in, you can change all kinds of settings through that. Most of all fear google plus the most! Because they auto upload without permission your cameras pictures and aren't private by default. It used to be Picasa I think Google bought it. So much more,,,, For now start those suggestions
Think it may have to do with setting up a different gmail acct than the one I use with Google Play on previous ROM. regardless, now I just have a dozen or so generic apps instead of all my previously installed ones. Help!
If you change to a diffrent Google account only sideloaded apps (apps not loaded through Google) will stay on the device. All other apps has to be re-installed through the new Google account.
At least I think that's how it is...
asawi said:
If you change to a diffrent Google account only sideloaded apps (apps not loaded through Google) will stay on the device. All other apps has to be re-installed through the new Google account.
At least I think that's how it is...
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Yep, that's how it is. Play Store apps are linked to the account on your device. With that being said, though, you can also have two Google accounts on one device -- add another Google account in System Settings, and you'll be able to select which account is active when you're using the Play Store.
[Can't seem to add another gmail acct. under Settings...when I go under ADD Account and hit Google it takes me back to previous screen in Settings