Help Apps from used gTablet

[dutchinseattle]

I bought a used gTablet on Craig's List ($275, with carbon fiber skin, screen protector, two AC adapters, and dock---pretty good deal, I think!), which I'll pick up this week. That person is running the latest VEGAn custom ROM, but I will probably want to try out some of the other ROMs out there as well before deciding which I'll use.

If there are any apps on the tablet that the previous owner purchased, can I simply back them up and put them back on the tablet after installing a new custom ROM or won't that work because the tablet will be registered to someone else at that point (me rather than the previous owner)? (I apologize for this question, but I'm new to the Android world, so I don't quite know how the apps market works.)

Thanks!
Ron

 

[dutchinseattle]

Also, is there anything I should ask the previous owner to do before handing over the gTablet to me? He said he would wipe the apps and user cache, but I'm wondering if there's anything else he should do.

Thanks!
Ron

 

[SolidOrange]

if he wipes the data and cache, there will be no apps on the tablet when you get it. i wouldn't worry about using the previous owner's apps anyway; decide for yourself what you want, downloads only take about a minute on wi-fi.

 

[xmr405o]

if he wipes the data and cache, there will be no apps on the tablet when you get it. i wouldn't worry about using the previous owner's apps anyway; decide for yourself what you want, downloads only take about a minute on wi-fi.

Just to add, if the previous owner happened to use Titanium back up to back up his apps, then you can restore the apps that you want to keep. I'm not sure if he's going to do that for you.

If he erased his data, all you have to do is download Titanium back first from the App market then perform a restore for each app you want. Just make sure you only restore the app not the data.

 

[SamuraiBigEd]

Just to add, if the previous owner happened to use Titanium back up to back up his apps, then you can restore the apps that you want to keep. I'm not sure if he's going to do that for you.

If he erased his data, all you have to do is download Titanium back first from the App market then perform a restore for each app you want. Just make sure you only restore the app not the data.

That is only if the Titanium back up file is still on the sd card.