Thats a fair point L!TH!UM, it is more of a rant. I only posted here as the google accounts seem to work lovely on the web but not on Android. Do you have an idea of where I can post this? There are plenty of other google groups but I don't know one specifically. I'm also interested if anyone else has had this experience.
On Aug 15, 12:52 am, "L!TH!UM" <[email protected]> wrote: > After reading your message, it sounds like you aren't really asking or > commenting about Android specifically but rather your google accounts > and their differences. Perhaps this is not the forum you need for > such a question/comment/rant. > > On Aug 14, 2:43 am, Chandler3224 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all. I've been looking to post for a while but haven't exactly > > found the right place to post. Since this is the "watercooler" of > > Android, I thought I'd post here. > > > Now, first and foremost, my experiences with Android have been > > positive. Although slow starting, Android is slowly coming into its > > own and I think people are starting to realise that. However, it > > hasn't been without its problems. > > > I'm talking about Google Apps (for domains). This is such a grey area > > for the G1, surprisingly, and this is where most of my problems lie. > > I'll start with the experiences I've had. > > > 1. When first using the phone you are asked to sign into your Google > > Account. "Fine", I tell myself. I'll use my Google Apps account. This > > works, flawlessly. I'm ecstatic. I login and my contacts, calendar and > > email are synced. Straight away. Amazing. > > > 2. Let's check out the Market. Hang on, my Google Account isn't > > supported. I've just logged in with my Google apps account and that's > > fine but the Market refuses. After a few tries I end up going to my > > computer and creating a Gmail account, specifically for the Market. > > Fine, this is just for apps. Consider it a security feature, > > protecting your apps. Brilliant, I'm buying and downloading apps to my > > hearts content. 5 flashlights, 4 soundboards, 3 weather apps, 2 social > > networking apps and 1 video player later and I'm happy. > > > I've been Youtube for a while now and had an old youtube account. I > > was given the option to link the account with a Google account so I > > used my Google Apps address. Doesn't work. Interesting. > > > I've kind of figured out by now that a Google apps account != Google > > account. So I go off, create an actual google account with my Google > > apps email address. That's fine. Created. Done. I have access to > > webmaster tools, analytics etc. > > > I go back to Youtube and link the accounts. All done. My favourites > > can be access by logging in with my Google Apps email address. > > Huzzah. > > > 3. Time to checkout Youtube on the phone. It's all fine. I'm browsing, > > I'm watching, I'm laughing. However, my favourites have disappeared. > > Hmm. Not sure what's happening here. I press My Account and I'm > > greeted with a login box again. "Some applications can't be access > > with your [email protected] account". I'm confused. I've created an actual > > Google account with my hosted email, no different than using a hotmail > > address, but it's not being accepted despite having the same > > credentials. Okay, just login again. Not accepted. Okay, I'll use my > > Youtube account. Not accepted. I get frustrated and exit the app. > > > Suddenly, a notification appears. Apparently there is now a Sign-in/ > > Sync error. "Your password isn't valid". There is no username box, > > instead there is my Market email account. It's waiting for a password. > > At this point I'm really confused, I haven't tried anything with my > > Market account. I haven't changed the password, so why should it have > > changed? I enter the password, it disappears. I assume this is for my > > Youtube app. I re-enter the app and go to My Account. Once again, it > > asks for a login. > > > Basically, I now can't use the account that I normally use to login to > > the web based youtube. All my favourites, subscriptions, friends are > > gone. I have to create a brand new account, which is highly annoying. > > > I've now given up. Some parts of the phone sync (admittedly, the > > important parts). However, to this day, I'm still confused. > > > Why does Android accept a Google Apps account for some function but > > not for others? Surely they all go through the same login procedure by > > now. I've actually though about dumping Google Apps jsut so I can have > > a fully integrated experience with my phone. Then again, I could just > > go and get an iPhone. I don't want to, I have faith in Android for the > > future, but at the moment it annoys the crap out of me. > > > Is this likely to be resolved in future? Or do I have to accept the > > fact that Google account != Google apps account even though I have > > used my Google apps account to CREATE a Google account. > > > I think this is more of a rant then a question but, to try and neatly > > round it all up, what's going on? > > > Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
