Google play store always asking for password

[burt_ie]

Hi all,

For some reason Google play store is always asking me for my password every time I purchase an app.
This didn't used to happen before so I am wondering if anything has changed?

Thanks


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[ametarasu]

Hi all,

For some reason Google play store is always asking me for my password every time I purchase an app.
This didn't used to happen before so I am wondering if anything has changed?

Thanks


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I am also noticing the same and it was not like that before. I am using Jelly Bean. It's annoying when doing in-app purchases from games.

 

[burt_ie]

Yeah I am on jellybean to... strange thing is I've been on jellybean for a while and it wasn't like this, it's just a recent thing that's started to happen over there last week. Are you running a custom rom?

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[mind9]

Password Prompting?

Yes, started happening on my Nexus 7 and kind of freaked me out thinking it may be someone trying to steal my password via an inapp purchase. Wish we got a notice from Google about changes to the purchasing process.

 

[acoogafosheeyas]

i used to have that problem all the time. then i rooted my phone and now its good

 

[burt_ie]

My tablet is rooted but I am getting it. I was really worried about it thinking it might be a rouge app trying to fool me into giving out my password.

Wish there was some official word on this.

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[jskd82]

Can't you just deselect it in the play store menu? I can do it on my GN.... If you have kids that use your phone you will appreciate this feature my son has charged some paplinko balls to my account before by not knowing what he was pressing..... that was an unexpected $19.99 charge :/

 

[ametarasu]

There is no such setting in Google play store. What you can do is set a pin.

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[burdman]

Setting a pin will let you just enter the pin instead of your password- at least it has for me so far

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[burt_ie]

I am the only one who uses my device and its a little annoying. I understand it's an extra layer of security and would be handy if my device got stolen but seeing as it never leaves the house its a bit pointless. Also there is no official word from google about it so I dont know if it is the play store or a rouge app.

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[08r3308]

I'm sure its new addition to play store my unrooted gnex and nex7 do it. You can also set up a pin too

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[frenchglen]

For me it seemed to coincide with my installing of google authenticator on my phone?

I have NOT set up two-factor authentication on my google account, so it's definitely not that. it's not even what that is anyway, which would be asking for the authenticator code, not account password.

This is SO annoying, is there no way to turn it off?

 

[jokesonme]

I was having this same issue, for me rooting my Galaxy S3 and deleting my google account from the settings page, and then re-adding it fixed the issue.

 

[sambartle]

Annoyingly this happens for me as well now on the nexus 4.. But not on my n7 or any other android device.

I believe the cause is Google Apps for me, I was a free apps standard customer and have been for years with no problems using it to sign into my android devices.

Then Google decided to stop supporting free version, although leave it running.. At that point I guess they moved it the business platform as the next day my phone wanted me to install Google device policies to comply with my organisations apps policy. (I've never set that up as you couldn't on free Google apps)

Ever since installing that it's asked for the password, strangely my other devices never asked for it too be installed and they don't prompt for the password.

I'll try removing it and see if that helps.

 

[NealJ777]

Setting a pin will let you just enter the pin instead of your password- at least it has for me so far

Has anyone else had success with just setting a PIN? I haven't purchased another app since making the change (this morning).

I am the only one that uses this device (Droid Razr - running JB 4.1.2 - "leaked OTA version") and it's already protected with a lock screen. It would be nice to get this turned off.

 

[frenchglen]

I must say I really am irate at this new inconvenience google has placed on me. Why did it suddenly ask me to enter in my (secure, complex, long) password EVERY time I want to simply purchase another app? Is it because I've been using my phone in other countries recently (with exotic IP addresses) and it set some red flag to annoyingly nag me every time now, for the password, in case I'm a thief?

NOT GOOD, GOOGLE.

I've set the PIN to replace my password so at least I don't have to cumbersomely load up the lastpass app and go into my google account entry and manually copy and paste my complex password every time I just purchase an app.

 

[NealJ777]

I set a PIN and can use that instead of the password.

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[burt_ie]

I set a PIN and can use that instead of the password.

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I set a PIN but it would not let me use that instead of my password...I still got to type out my whole password each time.

EDIT! Sorry I didnt see the option to use PIN for purchasing! hahaha

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