Here's the situation: I want to to be able to add my account to the kids devices so they can share my Music All Access. I do not want them to have access to the rest of my account such as email, hangouts, photos etc.
Is there an app or something that can specifically lock the account portion only in the settings app?
I find it amazing that something like this doesn't exist. I've found many security apps that lock the whole settings app but that's no good for me as they need to access wifi etc.
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Hello,
I am sure there are numerous applications for GPS tracking and remote controlling/wiping all the data and settings pattern/numeric access codes for your mobiles.
Problem is that executing these safety measures are somehow dependent on certain other factors and can have successful or unsuccessful consequences.
I am thinking of anything more basic and hassle free way of ensuring that even in worst condition I can have certain peace of mind that my critical gmail account data would not be accessed for unauthorized use. For example when it was unlocked for use and meanwhile it was lost or snatched how can I be sure that my google account information specifically gmail/maps are safe. I know I can change the password by reaching to a nearby PC, but that is not always a possibility.
I have got my Samsung Galaxy S2 for more than a month and just figuring out a safe way before putting it in active use.
An idea which I am thinking of is to have another Gmail account specifically for use with Android Phone, and import/export the actual "Contacts" only to this new email account. Since contacts are the most frequently used item, they would be in sync with the new email account, any delta changes would have to be replicated to your original gmail account as well.
I dont use Picasa, so it is of no importance to me to sync the pictures with picasa account.
For access to my actual gmail and other emails (like work email) I can use an add on email android applications like K9-Mail to configure the gmail as IMAP. To get access to this email program I can install any application which can password protect the access to applications and can reactivate the password after any time of inactivity. I dont know whether in such case would I get popup in the notification bar for new emails or not.
The only two most used applications now left are
- Maps and Latitude
- Google Plus
Now both of them need to be used with my actual gmail account, since all contacts and connection are related to my actual identity on google.
So i need to know that is it possible to use one gmail (fake/secondary) account on android phone just for syncing contacts and use another actual (primary/original) account for logging in the official google maps and google plus applications. I know even in this case the password needs to be changed in case of a mishap, however I can be a bit satisfied that all critical data in the email storage is safe.
I just need your opinions and suggestion on the mentioned procedure, or is there any other good and recommended practice for getting multiple accounts configured on Android Phone and selectively use the google accounts for different applications.
Thanks for your inputs.
Hmm...seems like everyone is so sure of the safety of their handset, no one even gives a s*** to think about the worst-case scenario of losing a device.
Cheers...hope everyone retains the droid for life..
Hi,
I think lots of people here hold back a little bit on how much data they expose to google. I have a specific question. When apps access address book, what address book are they accessing? The phone address book? What if it's a tablet, which has no address book, is it access your google contacts?
YOUR ACCOUNTS
FIND ACCOUNTS ON THE DEVICE
Allows the app to get the list of accounts known by the tablet. This may include any accounts created by applications you have installed. Allows the app to get the list of accounts known by the phone. This may include any accounts created by applications you have installed.
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I have an account used specifically for playstore and my tablet and phone. I also access my personal gmail through my tablet or phone, using a different account. Does that mean that Angry Birds knows about both the account used by playstore AND my personal gmail account?
Is there a better way to protect my personal gmail account?
Thanks!
coachclass said:
Hi,
I think lots of people here hold back a little bit on how much data they expose to google. I have a specific question. When apps access address book, what address book are they accessing? The phone address book? What if it's a tablet, which has no address book, is it access your google contacts?
I have an account used specifically for playstore and my tablet and phone. I also access my personal gmail through my tablet or phone, using a different account. Does that mean that Angry Birds knows about both the account used by playstore AND my personal gmail account?
Is there a better way to protect my personal gmail account?
Thanks!
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Is your device rooted?
If yes, you may use LBE Security, the current translated Version from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1422479 (mandatory for JB!).
With this app you can restrict all permissions for every app on you phone.
Good day
I have the HD2 with Android. This syncs via GMAIL contacts both ways.
Is there a way to
Sync from GMAIL to Phone only
or
Lock the contacts(people) but allow phone access <--- I have downloaded lots of locking apps from Google Play but once you choose to lock access to Contacts, this locks the phone too. So once you click on phone, the pin code is requested.
Any ideas?
Cheers
Does anyone have experience with profiles in KitKat? I have an LG G Pad (Verizon) and would like to allow my kids to use it (rarely) without access to my work information. I have tried two ways so far:
- Add Restricted Profile: this lets me allow access to apps I have installed and it sort of inherits some information from my Google accounts. However, I have been unable to get Play Music or Play Movies to work - it doesn't appear able to authenticate or get proper access to the base Google accounts. There are errors that seem to indicated that Google Play Services and not available to the restricted account. Am I doing something wrong? Why allow access to Play Music, if you can't get access to the music in any accounts?
- Add a new User: this will work for what I want to do, but I will need to re-setup everything, as it inherits nothing from my account. I will need to re-add the Google accounts, re-install any apps that are wanted, etc.
Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong? Or other options? I need to be able to keep the hotspot running in the background as well, to feed the other devices in the car.
Thanks.
Hi guys, there is a hard and kinda wierd one, but hopefully someone will be able to figure this out.
I'm using Huawei Y6 2017. Now I'm not too sure is this specific to this phone or it's more a general android app querry. If so, can admins please move this to correct place.
You know how some games or apps uses facebook account to sign in if you want to link it? Now If I have the example game installed, when I click to facebook sign in, a popup window shows allowing me to enter facebook mail and password. Which is fine. I would really like to keep it like this, but if I install a real facebook app, and use the same game, instead of popup window, game opens real facebook app. Now question is, is there a way how I can force a game to still use a popup log in, rather than facebook app without me having to delete real facebook app. Else, to force a game to use Facebook Lite app for signing in rather than main facebook app. Am I making any sense?
To explain why I need this, is becasue I have multiple facebook accounts. And on my main account I have disabled gaming platform fully. For games, I have another account and I have loged that one on Facebook Lite app, because my model doesn't support multiple facebook apps. Facebook app itself does supports multiple accounts, but that is kinda wierd as If i switch the facebook account in game, it switches in app as well, and when I return my main acc in app, game switches as well. I don't want to be switcing accounts all the time, as it's not convenient. Other reason is if i have single account registered only in my main facebook app, it doesn't offer me an option to login with another account or logout tempoary of current without saving that account in the app. It always forces game to use that single account which is loged in on facebook app.
Thank you all brainers out there who don't mind speding time to be looking into this.
Cheers to all!