Well, here's something that may or may not be telling: I emailed one of the users that had this problem after a factory reset, and I got a notification back saying the email couldn't be delivered. That lends some weight to the theory that they used a different account the second time around.
- Mike On Nov 17, 9:40 am, "nEx.Software" <email.nex.softw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Please let us know the outcome, as if this is not the case then we > should elevate this. > > On Nov 17, 9:38 am, Mike <michaeldouglaskra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'll ask and find out. I understand how using a different email > > address would cause this issue. > > > - Mike > > > On Nov 17, 9:31 am, "nEx.Software" <email.nex.softw...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Hmm, I have never lost track of my paid apps when resetting my phone > > > (which I do quote often). > > > Are you sure they are using the same email address? > > > > On Nov 17, 9:24 am, Mike <michaeldouglaskra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > I've had several of my users email me to tell me they had to do a > > > >factoryreseton their phone for some reason or other. The problem > > > > is, they had purchased apps installed and the Android market app loses > > > > track of this information when the phone isreset. > > > > > My only solution to their problem is to go into my checkout account, > > > > refund their money and ask them to repurchase my app. > > > > > Am I correct in assuming that Google decided to only check the > > > > PackageManager on the device to determine if an app was purchased or > > > > not? Is there really no other means of determining that an app was > > > > purchased? Surely this information about the purchase is kept on a > > > > server somewhere (which is why I can see the purchase information with > > > > Google Checkout) Also, since the user of a phone must login with a > > > > Google account in order to use the market, can't you just correlate > > > > the user's purchased apps with their login account and bypass the > > > > phone altogether? > > > > > I'm probably missing something, but I wanted to let you know its a > > > > source of frustration to have to deal with this when I consider this > > > > issue the responsibility of the market infrastructure. > > > > > - Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
