Multiple users on Jelly Bean

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Hi,

I'm not sure if this is the best place to put this but since I'm kind of new I don't have much of a choice anyway...

My father is getting a Nexus 7 in the next few days and since I'll be using it a bit I've decided to put a custom ROM on it. I'm going with Paranoid Android because of the whole tablet UI thing, but I was wondering if it has a multiple user system, since I didn't see it listed in the features. I noticed an option for it on my Xylon ROM on my Galaxy Nexus and I'm not really sure how it works... Does it just change which Google account the device is linked to? Ideally it would be cool if I could set up a different launcher for each account. Anyone got some input?

Are you using 4.2 version of the Android. Nexus 7 came out with 4.1 and it should have probably updated now. But pls check if you are running 4.2, only then you can setup multi user. yeah and the different launcher thing . it is possible.

Originally Posted by senthilrameshjv

Are you using 4.2 version of the Android. Nexus 7 came out with 4.1 and it should have probably updated now. But pls check if you are running 4.2, only then you can setup multi user. yeah and the different launcher thing . it is possible.

Yep, it's 4.2. I actually noticed it's a feature of Android in general and not a ROM addition.

So how does one switch users? Is there something similar to the Windows login screen?

Re: Multiple users on Jelly Bean

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Multiple users is actually available in all versions of Jelly Bean.

The user files are located in /data/system/users/

And user data is stored in /data/user/

The default user, primary account, is user 0.

You can download an app called User Management that will allow you to create new user accounts.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....appaholics.um

There is also another app called SwitchMe Multiple Accounts that does this with a GUI for switching users like you would on your computer.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....apps.switchme

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Re: Multiple users on Jelly Bean

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Using the app User Management here is what I get when I create a Guest account then hold the power button to bring up the power menu.




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Thanks for the info, that second app looks great! I look forward to trying it out.

How can you bear to use that font though?

Re: Multiple users on Jelly Bean

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Originally Posted by bnenenenen

Thanks for the info, that second app looks great! I look forward to trying it out.

How can you bear to use that font though?

The font? It doesn't bother me at all. It's one of my favorite fonts to use.

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