My mother got a Galaxy S8 on April 20th with me...Best. Phone. Ever.
Against my better judgement, I allowed my mother to do the initial device setup. Today she started receiving messages that she needed to put in her Gmail password again to "authorize" her account with this device/program. She kept swiping them away for fear of a Malware installation attempt. When I arrived we acknowledged the 5th or 6th same notification and it was legit, but I still don't know why Gmail worked just fine on her device until today (from April 21).
Here is what I discovered:
She didn't put her Gmail address in during device setup. Instead, she waited until the process was over and went into Settings > Accounts and added her Gmail address as a generic "Email" account rather than correctly selecting to add a "Google Account". So, she receives her emails and can access them through both the GMail app and the default EMail app. Occasionally, there are some odd sync issues, so I would rather she were on a proper "Google Account" setup.
So, my question is, If I remove her bla_blah@gmail.com Email account and then select to put a proper "Google Account" on her device with the same blah_blah@gmail.com account, will I be facing a disaster? I began the process of removing the generic email account and I paused when the pop-up said that I would lose all contacts and photos, etc. associated with that account. That's when I decided to come here and ask. Will removing the generic Email account erase anything that won't be put back on her device as soon as I add her Gmail Account properly?
If it were my device I'd just roll the dice and do it, but considering it's her phone...ya know?
Thanks for any help that can be offered.
