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I went to sleep last night awaiting my first day at sixth form. My G1 was going to be there for internet browsing whilst looking for information (school intranet is very unreliable) but I woke up with a slightly different issue. An ! mark. Turns out somebody had hacked my google account overnight and changed my password. i can now no longer access any google features, including any synced things on the phone, all because of some pesky hacker (of course not aimed at the wonderful 'hackers' on here such as drizzy, twisted, cyanogen, jac etc).
However, I only have one email address so I did not provide an alternate, and to reset my password requires me to know the date i started using my account, which I haven't got a clue. Does anybody know what I can do in this position? Thanks a lot
Tucka
tucka20 said:
I went to sleep last night awaiting my first day at sixth form. My G1 was going to be there for internet browsing whilst looking for information (school intranet is very unreliable) but I woke up with a slightly different issue. An ! mark. Turns out somebody had hacked my google account overnight and changed my password. i can now no longer access any google features, including any synced things on the phone, all because of some pesky hacker (of course not aimed at the wonderful 'hackers' on here such as drizzy, twisted, cyanogen, jac etc).
However, I only have one email address so I did not provide an alternate, and to reset my password requires me to know the date i started using my account, which I haven't got a clue. Does anybody know what I can do in this position? Thanks a lot
Tucka
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You can wipe your phone and create a new account. Then in the mean time just email google and see what they can do for you.
yep, thats an option. however I have purchased numerous apps (copilot being the most expensive) that are linked to the account and that I will lose.
Also, I emailed them and they said I didn't provide enough information on my account to get it back. How the hell am I supposed to know the dates I started using 1. the account 2. youtube 3. Google calendar?
Why not just provide me with a security question?
tucka20 said:
Why not just provide me with a security question?
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I'm wondering if you are interacting with a real Google password recovery page. From my account page the only password recovery options are:
- Secondary email (optional)
- SMS (optional)
- Security question
At no point does it ever indicate it would recover my password using something as arcane as the date I first started using Google services. By the way, I highly recommend the "Write my own question" option for the security question. Choose a question that describes a very particular characteristic of one of your heirloom or keepsake possessions.
https://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/request.py?ara=1&hl=en&contact_type=ara&ctx=ara
Besides a secondary email account (which i don't have) it is not possible for me to do this! I am really pi*sed off with google at the minute, and am considering selling the G1 because of this. I am an ebay seller with items currently on and use my gmail address with confidence for that account, and unfortunately I can now no longer send/ receive emails to customers. THANKS A LOT GOOGLE
tucka20 said:
https://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/request.py?ara=1&hl=en&contact_type=ara&ctx=ara
Besides a secondary email account (which i don't have) it is not possible for me to do this! I am really pi*sed off with google at the minute, and am considering selling the G1 because of this. I am an ebay seller with items currently on and use my gmail address with confidence for that account, and unfortunately I can now no longer send/ receive emails to customers. THANKS A LOT GOOGLE
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Any reason why you couldn't recover using the regular account recovery screen? It should use your security question.
I'm not sure why you're angry at Google, when your own computing practices are what probably caused your account to be exploited (probably weak password or trojan installed a keylogger)? Regardless, Google is just practicing normal due diligence for account recovery. Account recovery has to use information that only you know (and which you possibly might not even know yourself).
If you're concerned about your eBay sales, go into your eBay preferences and change your registered email.
I dont have another email address, and have no intention of creating a new one! My password is a mixture of numbers and letters (UPPER and lower case) and I have a separate laptop that handles ebay sales so the only thing that the laptop accesses is ebay website/paypal/gmail and its running linux.
The only other time i use my gmail account is on my g1.
The reason I am angry is because this is the only company I have ever seen with security measures this tight! Even when a friend lost his paypal password it was a simple DOB/ security question thing.
I go to recover password, and it asks for my email address. I then type it, and it tells me I don't have a secondary address to receive my security question and to fill in the form posted above. That is all I get, no security question!
tucka20 said:
I dont have another email address, and have no intention of creating a new one! My password is a mixture of numbers and letters (UPPER and lower case) and I have a separate laptop that handles ebay sales so the only thing that the laptop accesses is ebay website/paypal/gmail and its running linux.
The only other time i use my gmail account is on my g1.
The reason I am angry is because this is the only company I have ever seen with security measures this tight! Even when a friend lost his paypal password it was a simple DOB/ security question thing.
I go to recover password, and it asks for my email address. I then type it, and it tells me I don't have a secondary address to receive my security question and to fill in the form posted above. That is all I get, no security question!
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Looks like your stuck getting another email address and trying to work up the Cust. Serv. chain at google...
tucka20 said:
I dont have another email address, and have no intention of creating a new one! My password is a mixture of numbers and letters (UPPER and lower case) and I have a separate laptop that handles ebay sales so the only thing that the laptop accesses is ebay website/paypal/gmail and its running linux.
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That does sound like a pretty secure setup.
Well I guess the best you can do is just try filling out that password recovery form. It doesn't appear that dates for the times you first started using specific Google services is necessary. Worst case scenario you could just guess. Since you already don't have any access now, I reckon you have nothing to lose. Good luck!
Greetings all. I’d like to ask a very strange question for someone that use android phones for a long time (now I’m using Nexus S). However, please bear with me for this introduction before I ask my question. Forgive me if it’s not repeated somewhere:
I’ve noticed in Nexus S that I can’t add contact/event locally. They should be @ google account or @ exchange account. And since I’m forwarding all my emails (POP3, hotmail, yahoo) to gmail for reading and replying, I could figure out that google knows the following about me:
- My emails (gmail and other email accounts)
- My Voice – Voice Search
- People I talk to (details, pictures, address, birthdays… ) – Contacts
- Events in my life – Calendar
- What I browse – Browser, Youtube, & Google Search
- My handwriting – Gesture Search
- Where I go – Maps
I also could understand that google prevented Facebook Sync because of they can’t access friends details!!
This really scared me. MY QUESTION IS:
Is there a way to save my contacts and events locally? I can remove gmail (use email app) instead. I can also remove Voice Search, Google Search, & Gesture Search. Alternative browsers are available too.
Use a flip phone if you are afraid of storing your information via cloud.
The point of a Nexus phone is to experience the Google experience.
you forget the govt listens in on every call you make... damn, if you're gonna be so pendantic, buy a cheap payg phone and not a smart phone
Should you really be posing such a question on an open forum?
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I guess the answer is quite simple: If you don't trust them then don't use their products
It's not that I totally trust them, but things they collect are what most ppl already know about me. When I go somewhere, I use Facebook or Foursquare check-in. My calendar contains nothing but public holidays, public events, and meeting schedules. I never used gesture search or google voice so biometric data collecting is not a problem anyway
And if your entire life is filed on your phone or at least part of it, just think of the fact that big brother watches anyway, technology is becoming part of the road to consumption people depends on these devices now a days ........
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See it in an positive way: You've got a backup of yourself for the case you've been erased accidentally!
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Lets be honest, why would Google care about the average Joe's personal information? I think the president or secret service should be asking "could I trust Google" instead of one of us. I DO NOT MEAN TO SOUND RUDE SO SORRY IF IT SEEM THAT WAY. JUST STATING MY OPINION.
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the better question is... can we trust apple? humancentipad?
but like I said in a previous post: if Google abusively used someone's information then everybody would panic and stop using their products. hell, look at Sony. I'm sure Microsoft's shares for Xbox significantly increased and people feel more comfortable on that platform.
Disable Syncing by tapping Menu -> Settings -> Accounts and Sync.
I believe this eliminates the account requirement; haven't tried it myself though as I'm not so paranoid without cause.
Use cyanogenmod without the google apps.
You can save contact information locally by the way, when you add a contact just choose "phone" instead of google account.
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Greetings all. I’d like to ask a very strange question for someone that use android phones for a long time (now I’m using Nexus S). However, please bear with me for this introduction before I ask my question. Forgive me if it’s not repeated somewhere:
I’ve noticed in Nexus S that I can’t add contact/event locally. They should be @ google account or @ exchange account. And since I’m forwarding all my emails (POP3, hotmail, yahoo) to gmail for reading and replying, I could figure out that google knows the following about me:
- My emails (gmail and other email accounts) (Use maildroid)
- My Voice – Voice Search (Delete with titanium backup)
- People I talk to (details, pictures, address, birthdays… ) – Contacts (Use Cm7 it asks you to save it on gmail or not)
- Events in my life – Calendar (you can use any other calendar software)
- What I browse – Browser, Youtube, & Google Search (Use firefox 4.0.1)
- My handwriting – Gesture Search (Delete with titanium backup)
- Where I go – Maps (Use igo or ndrive)
I also could understand that google prevented Facebook Sync because of they can’t access friends details!!
This really scared me. MY QUESTION IS:
Is there a way to save my contacts and events locally? I can remove gmail (use email app) instead. I can also remove Voice Search, Google Search, & Gesture Search. Alternative browsers are available too.
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10 char.......
Simple question that puts an end to all this ****ty non-sense:
If you have these concerns NOW, then why the hell did you bought the phone in the first place ?
my account is temporarily suspended for violating the community standards, which I have no idea what does it mean.
apparently, every account without real name will be suspended sooner or later. according to Google discussion board, large number of people is facing this problem now, especially those with names like mine (sony ericssone community), iphone, XDA ...etc. please read the following
http://www.google.com/support/profiles/bin/answer.py?answer=1228271
so I had to change my name to my personal name and ask for appeal and wait for them to reactivate my account. this seems to be stupid for me. if we want to make group or something, what should we do???? and where is the openness that google keeps mentioning in each of their articles?????
I finally found the answer, if you want to have any of the groups names, you need to have a business account, which as you all know is not available yet, so you need to wait
yes, all non standard name accounts will be shut down
which i think is something else that is a +1 over facebook. you don't have a million different crappy little pages pestering you all day long.
just create a hangout...
then add it here. http://gphangouts.com/
too bad, i enjoy your daily news.
and hangout is not work on phone, which there's huddle which not working on computer.
thanks alot
I will be back as soon as they reactivate it
Hi everybody
my account is finally reactivated after I changed my name. I wish xda change their name before they get suspended as well.
we are currently over 250 members and everyone is wellcome
here is my link
https://profiles.google.com/113070422033274639984
I made a post a few days ago asking how I could reset my Xoom after I forgot the lock pattern and the google email/password.
But now it's gone, even under my profile it not showing the new post - could someone please please tell me how to do this again.
Well I solved it anyway, followed this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079504
Return it to the owner you stole it from. No way you could forget the pattern and your email address. You could simply go online to gmail.com and reset the password.
THEIF!!!
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Return it to the owner you stole it from. No way you could forget the pattern and your email address. You could simply go online to gmail.com and reset the password.
THEIF!!!
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I agree
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Well it does sound pretty fishy, and I know I would never forget my Gmail address, both my sister and brother-in-law both made Gmail accounts for their Android phone and never use them. They remain logged in to their phone, and are very basic users(so never need to allow permissions or type in their passwords), so I could see them getting into a similar situation. The real question is why the heck would anyone not be using Gmail as their main email (While I really think Gmail is superior to all others, I wasn't serious enough with that question to need hotmail/yahoo/whatever fans tell me all the great features about their email, how Google steals all their users info, or why hotmail isn't just and old 90's crapware that people are too lazy to switch from. Was just poking a little fun. To each their own. Even crappy hotmail users.).
did you forget your name too?
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Well it does sound pretty fishy, and I know I would never forget my Gmail address, both my sister and brother-in-law both made Gmail accounts for their Android phone and never use them. They remain logged in to their phone, and are very basic users(so never need to allow permissions or type in their passwords), so I could see them getting into a similar situation. The real question is why the heck would anyone not be using Gmail as their main email (While I really think Gmail is superior to all others, I wasn't serious enough with that question to need hotmail/yahoo/whatever fans tell me all the great features about their email, how Google steals all their users info, or why hotmail isn't just and old 90's crapware that people are too lazy to switch from. Was just poking a little fun. To each their own. Even crappy hotmail users.).
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I'm a crappy hotmail user still!
I do know two people who 'forgot' their password to their gmail, and one who forgot their username as they too set them up only for their phone and never used them for anything.
silly, silly people...
although i imagine with a xoom in hand most people would know their gmail by then - or they'd have got themselves a iPad
My wife is on her third gmail address because she keeps forgetting what it is. She only uses it for her phone account and not email. I did explain that it would be easy to recover but she just said it was easier to make a new one...
Also, I work in IT Support and the number of people who forget basic things like username, password, email address, even phone extension if it's not written in front of them is astounding.
It's amazing how some people are so judgmental.
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My wife is on her third gmail address because she keeps forgetting what it is. She only uses it for her phone account and not email. I did explain that it would be easy to recover but she just said it was easier to make a new one...
Also, I work in IT Support and the number of people who forget basic things like username, password, email address, even phone extension if it's not written in front of them is astounding.
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Yeah working in IT slowing makes you lose hope in people. I get calls saying "My pc is dead" and it will be unplugged or "Everything is closing as i open it." and they will have something on top of the keyboard pushing the Esc key.
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Yeah working in IT slowing makes you lose hope in people. I get calls saying "My pc is dead" and it will be unplugged or "Everything is closing as i open it." and they will have something on top of the keyboard pushing the Esc key.
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I kid you not, I once had a homeworker call me to say that their laptop had died. Went through some troubleshooting with them for a few mins until I mentioned maybe plugging the power lead into a different socket. "Oh that won't help, we've had a black out all morning".
She'd been using the laptop on battery power.
Honestly, I do not find it hard to believe that someone would forget their gmail address when some people can't even remember that computers need electricity to work.
Those are examples of the general know nothings in the world. People who spent a good amount of money on a xoom instead of a ipad do not fall into this catorgory,
This is not some phone you can get for cheap or free on a contract from a carrier and just have to make a account to use it. He stole the thing. His story is bull****.
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yet he knew to come to xda of all places to ask for help instead of yahoo answers or something?
yes, i forgot my email address for my galaxy y... what do i do to reset it?
thanks
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i have a gmail account which i usually use for my moto defy. however, i used a new gmail add for my galaxy y. and sort of forgot it since i do not use it as my primary email. huhu. i must have misplaced the username and password for the galaxy y. do i have to restart or factory reset it? please help me how? thnaks guys
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yes, i forgot my email address for my galaxy y... what do i do to reset it?
thanks
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i have a gmail account which i usually use for my moto defy. however, i used a new gmail add for my galaxy y. and sort of forgot it since i do not use it as my primary email. huhu. i must have misplaced the username and password for the galaxy y. do i have to restart or factory reset it? please help me how? thnaks guys
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a) totally wrong forum, this is for motorola xoom
b) storys like this sound fishy. We can't tell if it is true or if you just found the phone somewhere. Thus I don't think anyone is willing to help you.
c) why would you use different gmail accounts on your devices? I see only disadvantages, as you will have to buy apps twice if you want to use them on both devices, contacts dont sync, etc.
d) try to remember the gmail-account. Maybe you set up a secondary mail address when you set the gmail account up, maybe that sent a confirmation to one of your other accounts. Maybe you told somebody about your new gmail account...
e) maybe try to take it to the shop where you bought the phone, maybe they'll help if they are able to determine if your request is legit.
f) that's it for me in this thread.
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I made a post a few days ago asking how I could reset my Xoom after I forgot the lock pattern and the google email/password.
But now it's gone, even under my profile it not showing the new post - could someone please please tell me how to do this again.
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You'd have to be a completely idiot to think anyone would fall for this......
You've heard all your likely to hear on this subject.
If you can't "remember" your unlock pattern, or your Google account password, or the information needed to recovery the Google account password. Then its about 99.9% likely that its not your device, nor Google account.
In the 0.1% chance that your for real, then your only option is to contact Google. To do that, search Google.
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Hi all,
Bought a unlocked G6 about a month ago after owning a G3. So far I am really happy with it, however it bugs me that the "Me" contact does not pull the information from Google - i.e. the Duo app is not shown there, the address (work or home) from Google isn't there neither. Is there a way to link the information?
Thanks for your time and looking forward to your replies.
Wasn't this suppose to be automatic?
Well, that would have been my thought but it doesn't work on my phone for some reason.
This is still bugging me massively, am I the only one in this situation?
I've just checked on my G6 and it doesn't show any info for me at all.
Update: I've just added my home address using the edit function and now my info does show.
Indeed if you edit the contact info it will show.
My point is that the contact should be pulling info from your or mine Google account information and it doesn't.
Well for me contact syncing doesn't work at all on stock(/fulmics) rom.
I've re-added some colleagues a couple of times only to lose them again on full wipes.
Everything working as it should now on LineageOS.
SweetthD3ViL said:
Hi all,
Bought a unlocked G6 about a month ago after owning a G3. So far I am really happy with it, however it bugs me that the "Me" contact does not pull the information from Google - i.e. the Duo app is not shown there, the address (work or home) from Google isn't there neither. Is there a way to link the information?
Thanks for your time and looking forward to your replies.
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Starting with Android 5.0, multiple user accounts are allowed to be set up on an Android phone. Maybe your gmail info is deliberately not linked to the phone's own number to prevent "other" users of the phone (who may have different gmail addresses) from using those info?
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Starting with Android 5.0, multiple user accounts are allowed to be set up on an Android phone. Maybe your gmail info is deliberately not linked to the phone's own number to prevent "other" users of the phone (who may have different gmail addresses) from using those info?
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This is possible, I have three gmail account for myself on the phone. However, technically it would be really easy for them to make you select which account you would like to be your main one.
Anyway, thanks.