Resetting your google account password, Resetting your google account password 17 – Google ANDROID 2.3.4 User Manual

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Android basics

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Android User’s Guide

settings to Google servers; and to take advantage of other Google services on your
phone.

Important If you want to restore your settings to this phone from another phone that was running

Android release 2.0 or later, you must sign into your Google Account now, during
setup. If you wait until after setup is complete, your settings are not restored. (See
“Google services” on page 18.)

If you don’t have a Google Account, you’re prompted to create one.

If you have an enterprise Gmail account through your company or other organization,
your IT department may have special instructions on how to sign into that account.

When you sign in, your contacts, Gmail messages, Calendar events, and other
information from these applications and services on the web are synchronized with
your phone.

If you don’t sign into a Google Account during setup, you are prompted to sign in or to
create a Google Account the first time you start an application that requires one, such
as Gmail or Android Market.

When you sign in, you’re prompted to enter your username and password, using the
onscreen keyboard. For information about navigating the touchscreen and entering
text, see “Using the touchscreen” on page 22 and “Using the onscreen keyboard” on
page 32.

Resetting your Google Account password

If you have a Google Account but have forgotten your password, you must reset it
before you can sign in. Go to http://www.google.com, click Sign In, click “Can’t access

When you’re finished, touch Done on
the keyboard (or press the phone’s

Back

button) to close the onscreen

keyboard, so you can touch the Sign in
button at the bottom of the screen.

Touch to open the onscreen keyboard, to
enter your Google Account username.

Touch to enter your password.

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