I changed my gmail password a day ago, but my phone does not require me to put in the new one. I can still access my gmail with the old password. Why?
Phone is rooted, sim unlocked , running android 2.3
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Your phone doesn't store the password, it has some kind of session key. I would have expected it to be invalidated when you changed the password, but apparently Google doesn't do that. You'd have to ask them why.
answered May 23, 2012 at 14:50
Are you sure that you are not seeing locally cached data? I just tried it my self and changed my Google password. Directly afterwards the GMail app wasn't able to send or receive any mails on my Desire with 2.3 custom ROM.
Warning to everybody who want to verify this on his own: If you try this on your own remember that you can not change your password back to the original one. Google saves it and you can never use it again!
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Wait what? You can never change it back? Do you have any link to the relevant support doc?– user13391Commented Jul 16, 2012 at 20:15
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I don't know if there is any support doc for that, but you can try it out: Just go to the password changing prompt and you will be shown a warning.– NovaCommented Jul 16, 2012 at 22:51
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And I have read in a forum that the password history is not just the last 10 passwords as it is common in corporate environments.– RobertCommented Jul 17, 2012 at 7:25