Named data that needs to be “saved” urgently due to the ban on creating Google accounts on RF Phones September 26, 2024, 12:40

For some users, Google requires you to provide a phone number when registering; for others, it allows you not to use your phone for verification, but to confirm a Gmail account using a code sent from a letter to another Gmail account. In such cases, a Google account in the Russian Federation is created and works without problems.

• If you already have an Android smartphone that you have logged into your account on, it will continue to work as before and will not lock itself.

• Even if Google wants to leave Russia and blocks its services (or is blocked by the Russian authorities), your smartphone will not be blocked. In this case, the Gmail application, the Google application (along with search and news) will stop working, and the Google Chrome browser will slowly (10-30 seconds) open all sites, even those not related to Google, due to constant unsuccessful attempts to synchronize past website views and bookmarks with Google servers. You will not be able to download or update applications from Google Play, but you will be able to continue downloading applications from RuStore or updating foreign applications by downloading the .apk file from the browser on third-party sites (4PDA, Trashbox, etc.).

• If you buy a new Android smartphone during the blocking of Google in the Russian Federation, then when you turn it on for the first time you will not be able to add an account and you will just need to click “Next – next – next – skip – start” on the desktop, then install RuStore for Russian applications and manually download the .apk file for foreign applications. The smartphone will not force you to connect your Google account to it and will not be blocked.

• Your contacts (phone numbers, names) on your smartphone will not disappear anywhere, even if Google is completely blocked in the Russian Federation. You can also always transfer contacts from your smartphone to both the SIM card and the internal memory, or send them via Bluetooth in .vcf format or in any other way, and then restore them to a completely new smartphone by clicking on this file.

• Most of the time, you can log in to third-party (non-Google) applications using just your username and password. You can access your saved passwords in Chrome from a desktop computer or smartphone, even without the Internet (if you’re already signed in to your account), and even after Google is blocked.

• In applications and sites where two-factor authentication is used (requiring the entry of a code sent to an e-mail or mobile phone number), attention should be paid only to foreign applications. Because in most cases, Russian applications, in addition to being tied to an e-mail, are also tied to a Russian phone number. You can also reset your password at any time by sending a code to your phone, and then change your account e-mail from Google to Yandex, Mail.ru, Rambler, etc.

• Among foreign applications that require confirmation of entry by sending a code by e-mail, the most popular are game stores: Steam, EA Store (Origin), Ubisoft connect (UPlay), Battle.net, etc. Entry by code confirmation by mail also implemented Shazam, Firefox (if you need bookmark synchronization) and a number of less popular foreign applications. Now it makes sense to change your e-mail from GMail to a Russian service. Otherwise, if Google is blocked in the Russian Federation, and you buy a new laptop, reinstall Windows or buy a new smartphone, you will have to bypass the Google block in the Russian Federation in order to be able to log in to Steam and similar applications.