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Re: What actually happens when you delete your Google Play account entirely?

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On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 12:02:08 -0700 (PDT), bob haller wrote:

> i am curious about the results

So far, so good...
http://i.cubeupload.com/tCMjpj.gif

1. In a privacy ploy, I often delete and remake my (random) google play 
account, where nothing bad happens, especially since my "real" gmail is via 
K9mail and since I never purchase apps (as a matter of course).

In fact, I don't even bother to write down the random new password, since 
it's only used once, at the time of creation.

And, better still, creating a new Google account on a phone doesn't require 
SMS or call verification, which a Google account would normally require if 
you created it on a computer.

2. This time, I didn't remake it. I just deleted the old one. So far, 
nothing bad has happened. 

3. I did bring up Firefox to the F-droid app, and downloaded the F-Droid 
APK to the Firefox default location /mnt/sdcard0/Downloads/FDroid.apk (I've 
never been able to *change* that Firefox default location!).

3. I used ES File Explorer to move that APK to where I store APKs, which is 
at /mnt/ExtSdCard/data/software/apk/FDroid.apk

http://i.cubeupload.com/VPHd7r.gif

4. I tapped that FDroid.apk in ES File Explorer, which installed FDroid.

5. I now have an FDroid app instead of a Google Play app, for installing 
software. http://i.cubeupload.com/bY1OED.gif

F-Droid has three window panes:
a. Available http://i.cubeupload.com/tCMjpj.gif
b. Installed http://i.cubeupload.com/m8QeSk.gif
c. Update http://i.cubeupload.com/Ear37O.gif

6. It's interesting that FDroid will even *update* my existing Google Play 
apps (but I never update unless I have to, simply because newer versions 
are often worse than the older ones)

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What actually happens when you delete your Google Play account entirely? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-31 00:33 +0000
  Re: What actually happens when you delete your Google Play account entirely? Meanie <meanie.brat@gmail.com> - 2016-07-30 22:02 -0400
    Re: What actually happens when you delete your Google Play account entirely? F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2016-07-31 14:33 +1000
      Re: What actually happens when you delete your Google Play account entirely? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-31 20:27 +0000
      Re: What actually happens when you delete your Google Play account entirely? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-31 20:27 +0000
        Re: What actually happens when you delete your Google Play account entirely? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-01 21:57 +0000
          Re: What actually happens when you delete your Google Play account entirely? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-02 18:19 +0000

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