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* '''site''': https://cash.app/ | |||
==2021-05-17 (Woozle)== | ==2021-05-17 (Woozle)== | ||
I started to create an account, but found I had already created one of which I have no record. How do I recover access? How do I tell CashApp to stop trying to set up a new account? | I started to create an account, but found I had already created one of which I have no record. How do I recover access? How do I tell CashApp to stop trying to set up a new account? | ||
A: Uninstalling/reinstalling the app reset its state. (Clearing all app data would probably also have worked, based on this.) The app asked me for an email address or mobile number; I guessed that I had used mobile instead of email, since I haven't been able to find any evidence of emails from them -- and that worked. | A: Uninstalling/reinstalling the app reset its state. (Clearing all app data would probably also have worked, based on this.) The app asked me for an email address or mobile number; I guessed that I had used mobile instead of email, since I haven't been able to find any evidence of emails from them -- and that worked. | ||
While trying to create that account, I discovered that it will reject email addresses that contain certain strings (e.g. "[https://www.reddit.com/r/CashApp/comments/eqif7m/unsupported_email_i_cant_use_my_email_for_cashapp/ flip]"). In my case, I had to change the address from cashapp2021@ to cshapp2021 -- so maybe "cash" is another red-flag word. It doesn't seem to be anything to do with the domain or the email server at that domain. | |||
==2021-05-18== | |||
Apparently although you ''can'' connect to an external bank account without a debit card, CashApp only supports transfers ''to'' such accounts. In order to move money from the external account into CashApp, you have to have a working debit card. | |||
==2021-05-29== | |||
Apparently there's also no way to add external accounts from the web UI; you have to use the app. | |||
The web UI texts a secret code to your phone for login; there's no password, and you have to have a textable phone number which they have to have on record. It may also require you to re-enter a bank card number for verification before it lets you in. | |||
==2021-06-17== | |||
Tried to send Wade money for eggs, but the transaction was declined (even though there was plenty in the account). Meh. | |||
Latest revision as of 13:35, 17 June 2021
- site: https://cash.app/
2021-05-17 (Woozle)
I started to create an account, but found I had already created one of which I have no record. How do I recover access? How do I tell CashApp to stop trying to set up a new account?
A: Uninstalling/reinstalling the app reset its state. (Clearing all app data would probably also have worked, based on this.) The app asked me for an email address or mobile number; I guessed that I had used mobile instead of email, since I haven't been able to find any evidence of emails from them -- and that worked.
While trying to create that account, I discovered that it will reject email addresses that contain certain strings (e.g. "flip"). In my case, I had to change the address from cashapp2021@ to cshapp2021 -- so maybe "cash" is another red-flag word. It doesn't seem to be anything to do with the domain or the email server at that domain.
2021-05-18
Apparently although you can connect to an external bank account without a debit card, CashApp only supports transfers to such accounts. In order to move money from the external account into CashApp, you have to have a working debit card.
2021-05-29
Apparently there's also no way to add external accounts from the web UI; you have to use the app.
The web UI texts a secret code to your phone for login; there's no password, and you have to have a textable phone number which they have to have on record. It may also require you to re-enter a bank card number for verification before it lets you in.
2021-06-17
Tried to send Wade money for eggs, but the transaction was declined (even though there was plenty in the account). Meh.