Backing up Android Apps

[BoldonLad]

can't... it's 'one' of dad's google accounts.. he creates one, forgets the login details and creates another, and another, and another. This one has a 3 in it, which suggests it wasn't the first account he created and forgot the password to

Can't you recover the password by following the "forgot password" link? This may of course require access to his Email account and/or mobile phone.

I realise now, I have been far too good to my offspring, I think, I will begin posing them problems, such as this, forthwith!

 

[MontyVeda]

turns out the googlestore app is no longer supported by my version of Android... so resetting would make no difference. Its a case of either buy a new phone or don't buy any apps

 

[Markymark]

Its a case of either buy a new phone or don't buy any apps

Sir, Sir, Sir, Me Sir, I know the answer Sir.

 

[MossCommuter]

turns out the googlestore app is no longer supported by my version of Android... so resetting would make no difference. Its a case of either buy a new phone or don't buy any apps

Crikey!

what Android version is it?

 

[Andrew_P]

Crikey!

what Android version is it?

Stonehenge V0.01 by the sounds of it...! Sorry @MontyVeda

 

[MontyVeda]

Sir, Sir, Sir, Me Sir, I know the answer Sir.

so do i... don't buy any apps.

It's just a phone after all. I have a PC for actually doing stuff on.

Crikey!

what Android version is it?

gingerbread.

I had a feeling it might be the age of the phone, it was a cast off from a septuagenarian.

 

[BoldonLad]

I had a feeling it might be the age of the phone, it was a cast off from a septuagenarian.

You are doing it the wrong way around, us septuagenarians are supposed to get our offspring's cast off technology!

 

[mjr]

Crikey!

what Android version is it?

If it is a plain Galaxy Ace and not one of the followups, it'll be Gingerbread which I think was Android version 2.3.6. It is possible to shoehorn a slightly later version onto it with unofficial CyanogenMod ports but the phone will be pretty slow, quirky and not really happy. If I remember correctly, one of the chipsets on that phone wasn't supported by AOSP after version 2 and Samsung chose to replace it in their range, rather than fund the missing software.