You might want to add the description of your reproduction steps and symptoms on http://b.android.com/3111 and/or http://b.android.com/3260
JBQ On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 2:21 AM, Chandler3224<[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > -- Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru Software Engineer, Android Open-Source Project, Google. Questions sent directly to me that have no reason for being private will likely get ignored or forwarded to a public forum with no further warning. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. 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