Android / google account problem

[B2GS3]

I'm stunned by this. I had a google account but no gmail account. My established email address was my primary email account in my google account. When I tried to download apps from google play I was told that I had to have a gmail address. I kept hitting a warning which said "no gmail" or something equally as annoying. So, I opened a gmail account (I really didn't have much of a choice it seemed) and promptly found that my established email address is now pushed to the back and my ugly gmail address flashes up whenever I use my google account.

Much searching later I find that I am not alone in my frustration at this. However, since the only things I found where on google's own forums, I thought it was still worth asking the the question here. How to I restore my original email address as the primary email address in my google account?

Or is this some sort of underhand way of google trying to force Android users into using their flaky email service?

 

[KENNECTED]

I'm stunned by this. I had a google account but no gmail account. My established email address was my primary email account in my google account. When I tried to download apps from google play I was told that I had to have a gmail address. I kept hitting a warning which said "no gmail" or something equally as annoying. So, I opened a gmail account (I really didn't have much of a choice it seemed) and promptly found that my established email address is now pushed to the back and my ugly gmail address flashes up whenever I use my google account.

Much searching later I find that I am not alone in my frustration at this. However, since the only things I found where on google's own forums, I thought it was still worth asking the the question here. How to I restore my original email address as the primary email address in my google account?

Or is this some sort of underhand way of google trying to force Android users into using their flaky email service?

I'm not clear. You have a Google Account, but no Google mail (Gmail)?

How did you set up your phone without a gmail account?
Why do you label gmail as "flaky"?

Are you looking at this account on a desktop or your mobile device?

 

[B2GS3]

I'm not clear. You have a Google Account, but no Google mail (Gmail)?

I had a google account without gmail. Yes. Because I already have an email address that I wish to continue using and have no need for another.

How did you set up your phone without a gmail account?

I didn't. The three shop told me that I needed a google account. When I set up the phone I entered my email address that I use for my google account (my name @ my domain name .com) and everything went ok.

Until I tried to open android market (before it turned into something else) at which point the phone flashed up an error message with the words "non gmail google account".

I searched for an answer online and the answer was to simply add a gmail account to my google account. No problem. I opened a gmail account. But that relegated my real email address to a secondary position with my gmail account now being the primary email address for my google account.

Again, another search online found that I wasn't the only person with this problem.

Why do you label gmail as "flaky"?

Because google are flaky. All they care about is advertising revenue and treat their users like livestock.

Are you looking at this account on a desktop or your mobile device?

Both. Doesn't matter how I interact with my google account, my email address has now been permanently replaced with a gmail address. Something that I find unbelievable.

 

[Rush]

How to I restore my original email address as the primary email address in my google account?

Tap on link below: I'm sure you'll find how to get this situation straighten out. If you have any other concern(s) thereafter, please feel free to ask.
Here You Go!

Good luck.

 

[B2GS3]

Tap on link below: I'm sure you'll find how to get this situation straighten out. If you have any other concern(s) thereafter, please feel free to ask.
Here You Go!

Good luck.

Thanks for the link but none of those results apply to the problem. Perhaps I didn't explain it well enough.

I already had a google account WITHOUT a gmail account. My existing real email address was the primary, and only, email account registered with that google account.

Android forced me to open a gmail account in order to use the phone.

When I opened a gmail account my real email address was removed as the primary email address in my google account and relegated as secondary.

I'm just trying to put them back the correct way around. My real address as my primary google account address just like it always has been.

Unfortunately, as evidenced in the following link, it would appear that google deliberately make this impossible, for reasons best known to themselves. As always.

Google Groups

Has anyone successfully turned back the clock on their google account, after being forced to open a gmail account, in order to restore their original address to primary status in that google account?

 

[Rush]

Has anyone successfully turned back the clock on their google account, after being forced to open a gmail account, in order to restore their original address to primary status in that google account?

Not that I've known of. I've checked for an answer for your concern, but i cannot find anything to what you need to do. Hopefully, someone with this kind of knowledge will eventually chime in to assist you.

Your thread is in one of our most active forums - so I'm sure it will no doubt be seen by one of our many experience members.

Sorry that I couldn't be of better assistance.
Good luck.

 

[davidchsw]

I am not sure I understand this right, so if this is no help I apologize. The only activity in your new Gmail account will be when you buy apps. Set your Gmail account to forward all mail to your preferred account. This is what I do because I don't use Gmail either.