I have two Nexus tablets, a 10 for surfing, and a 7 for storing media. The latter has developed a fault (I won't bore you with the details) where content from one of the two sites I use for downloading books and music cannot be read/listened to off-line (on the 7) but can on the 10. I want to delete the faulty account on the 7 but leave it intact on the 10. So my question is - is it possible for me to delete my account details on the 7 without the action being duplicated over the Wi-Fi on the 10?
The problem is that answer would depend on the specifics of the software in question and how it’s been set up and configured on your system(s). I think you’d be better off looking for help or forums relating specifically to that software (if it’s any of the major ones, they’re bound to exist).
I just thought I'd get a quicker response on here; I mean when I buy books and music content on the 7, the 10 copies the same titles, so they must be connected (is it Bluetooth? I don't understand it all!). So although they communicate with each other for content, I just wondered if they'd copy each other with accounts and settings. Forgot to thank you - thanks
Sounds to me like the two devices are not connected with each other but are synced with the same amazon or whatever account that transfers the missing files when you log in. For instance when I buy something from Amazon, I can completely delete it from my computer and then download it again once I install their software without having to repurchase it. I have also been able to download digital copies of CD's I have purchased in the past from them.
Deckel is correct. Your two devices are not communicating with each other, but rather both communicating to whatever service you're using on the same user account. To directly answer your question, no, removing the account from one device will not affect the other (as long as you're removing the account itself, and not items purchased within that account).
Account deletion on the 7 (the main Google account then the 4 related Play.com platforms) wouldn't have been copied by the 10 but would have caused havoc for the content (books, music, apps and movies). The top brains at Google couldn't work out what had happened apart from 'a glitch': the remedy was a factory reset, which essentially returned the tablet to its pre-glitch state.
That fraternity never being slow to snatch up a job-for-life opportunity - if any of them read that I confidently predict there will be a stampede for some government research funding along the lines of 'We're close to discovering what a glitch is, and if only we had some funding for a decade or three we could find the definitive answer.' Take a leaf out of the astrophysicists' book, in other words. :wink
