Friday, September 23, 2011

[qwdzelfk] GMail mobile "From" gets changed offline

This bug occurs if you have multiple Gmail accounts on an Android device.  Android 2.2.2, Gmail 2.3.5, Motorola Droid.

1. Go to airplane mode.  (Or, be out of data reception.)
2. Start Gmail and select a Gmail account that is NOT the first account on the list of accounts.
3. Start composing a message.  You can see that you are composing FROM the selected account.
4. Save the message using the floppy disk icon, and exit the compose window.
5. Go to the Drafts label of the selected account and open the saved message.
6. You will see the FROM field get changed to a different account that the original selected account. (In my case, the first account on the list of Gmail accounts).  Further saves (unless you keep fixing the FROM field) permanently move the Draft to this different account.

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