Just got phone from a friend and can't get his gmail account off the phone can any one help?
I already tried the factory reset
Are you sure u did a factory reset?
The normal way to do this would be to go into settings/accounts&sync => you will get a list of accounts being synced with the phone
then click on the google account u want to remove
this will open up another screen with options related to that account...At the bottom right, there will be a button to remove the account....and you are done!
this works on android 2.3.5, and should be similar on earlier builds too
A bit of assumption going on here :}
What rom is on the phone?
A factory reset and reformat of the sd card should normaly do the trick on win mo, and as said above its easy with droid roms
dron1349 said:
Just got phone from a friend and can't get his gmail account off the phone can any one help?
I already tried the factory reset
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Just add another gmail account.. once you do that you will have the option to delete your friends account. Having multiple accounts usually gives you the opportunity to delete the one you don't want.
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an123 said:
Are you sure u did a factory reset?
The normal way to do this would be to go into settings/accounts&sync => you will get a list of accounts being synced with the phone
then click on the google account u want to remove
this will open up another screen with options related to that account...At the bottom right, there will be a button to remove the account....and you are done!
this works on android 2.3.5, and should be similar on earlier builds too
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Yep and i tried removing the account but it says it is in use with another application and cant be deleted
OK here is the solution for this, this works I just tried it on my phone. OK you will need a file explorer with root access (root explorer is excellent) open root explorer find the DATA folder then SYSTEM folder, I believe the 3rd file is ACCOUNTS delete it then reboot. That's it. So it look like this /data/system
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Hi,
someone hacked my gmail account and changed the password + the recovery email. so i cannot change my password from my desktop. my mt3g was automatically updated with the password and it wants the new password.... is there any way i can change my password from my mt3g.....
PLEASE - i need help cause my credit card number is on there.
if I was you I would try to work with google to regain access to your gmail account. I would also call the credit card company and put a hold on the account until you get this all squared away
Other than that I have no idea how to hack the lost password.
You could boot your phone into recovery and reflash a rom. Then setup a new gmail and password until this all gets squared away.
X-i-phoner said:
You could boot your phone into recovery and reflash a rom. Then setup a new gmail and password until this all gets squared away.
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why would you reflash your rom? Just go into the settings menu and do a factory reset, then itll run you through the gmail sign in prompt
pack said:
why would you reflash your rom? Just go into the settings menu and do a factory reset, then itll run you through the gmail sign in prompt
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LOL yeah
Sometimes the thread starter would be better off without some noob suggesting a stupid solution!
Anyway's i dont think the one who started this thread is so stupid he doesnt know he can make a new google account, and also sure its far from the answer he's looking for.
Dont know the mt3g but none of the rom's i tryed had the posibility to change the password as far as i noticed. And anyway if any of them had this feature you should expect that it would prompt you for the current password before you would be able to change as a security.
Good luck getting your g-account back!
pack said:
why would you reflash your rom? Just go into the settings menu and do a factory reset, then itll run you through the gmail sign in prompt
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Don't even need to do that. Just go to Application Management, choose Google Apps and delete the data and the cache. Then launch gmail, and it will ask you to set up an account.
You keep all your other data this way.
i bought a hd2 with the desire build on it .. i cant figure out how too remove all the old contacts off of android i also cant figure out how to remove the old gmail account on it im not able to get in the market or anything withought having my google account on the phone can anyone help me on how to remove the old account i tried the settings remove account but it says "this account is required by some applications. you can only delete it by resetting the phone to factory defults . i also tried the factory data reset under privacy didnt remove the account either ... any helps appreciated thanks
its pretty simple just uninstall it and reinstall a clean version. heres the link... http://gamesquare.co.uk/desired5.htm
just donwload that and delete the files that arent usually there from the root of your memory card, and open the file up you just downloaded and put all the content on the root of your memory card
delete the data.IMG
delete the data.IMG it stores everything you do in your andriod, apps, txt numbers, settings when you reboot it will pause for "creating new data store" making a a new data.img and it should be like a first boot with the tutorials n such
jiggahj said:
delete the data.IMG it stores everything you do in your andriod, apps, txt numbers, settings when you reboot it will pause for "creating new data store" making a a new data.img and it should be like a first boot with the tutorials n such
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can i just delete it through the file explorer while in windows? i dont have the usb cable with me right now
There should be no difference between deleting over usb or the winmo fileexplorer.
yea
either or as long as you delete it b4 u boot into andriod you will be fine, if file explorer wont let you delete*it should* use total comander or what ever else
thanks guys everything worked as yall said it would deleted file and while booting android it said it was making a new one android booted and everything was reset.. i appreciate the help thanks again
k one more question bfor i deleted the data file my phone would stay connected to 3g while running android now it wont let use the internet(3g) while running android... it works fine on the windows though... what happend? i did a search couldnt find anything... phones using the desire build..
searched a lil more and found what i needed sorry...
jerbarr90 said:
searched a lil more and found what i needed sorry...
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Good lad. You're learning!
I am having the same problem with removing an old gmail account from the previous owner of the phone. After you deleted the data file, how did you get your internet/3g working again? I'm afraid to delete it before I know what to do afterward to make sure everything works when running android. I think I have the nexus one version on my hd2. Thank you.
jerbarr90 said:
searched a lil more and found what i needed sorry...
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Hi, how did you solve the problem? I had the same issue but I haven't been able to find the answer in the forums. Do you mind posting the answer here?
Search apn settings!
It should be epc.t-mobile.com
Should work fine but then u need to search mms settings
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Dear Experts,
i am new to this forum, recently i brought htc wildfire but i am unable to download any applications from android market, when i log in android market website it shows no android device found with this id try another id, this is same id which i was entered initial phone setup.
And also i am not able to open android market application in my mobile when i click on this its take some time to loading and immediately close the application.
I try many forums for the solution some people told me to make factory reset i did but same prob no use.
hope.......
regards,
if u're using stock rom it's a bit strange :s did you set your account google ?
Freshly format your phone. During initial setup add gmail account and after setup make sure you enable background data and autosync.
And first you need to use phone market application to download something. If it gives error wait for sometime and download again. Then you can even access market from browser.
And suppose if you format the phone and haven't added gmail account yet, then you cannot use market through browser until you add the account to phone and download atleast an app from phone market (actually accepting to market "terms of service" is enough. It comes for 1st time when you open market).
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Balino said:
if u're using stock rom it's a bit strange :s did you set your account google ?
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yes i have only normal gmail account its need any special account ????
Did you try to hard reset it? It will work. And make sure after the hard reset you have a WIFI/3G/Edge so you can follow the on-screen instructions and then try to download from the Market. You won't face any problems...
DestinyAwaits said:
Did you try to hard reset it? It will work. And make sure after the hard reset you have a WIFI/3G/Edge so you can follow the on-screen instructions and then try to download from the Market. You won't face any problems...
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hard reset mean factory reset ?? i did it but same problem no solution.
bharatgaddameedi said:
Freshly format your phone. During initial setup add gmail account and after setup make sure you enable background data and autosync.
And first you need to use phone market application to download something. If it gives error wait for sometime and download again. Then you can even access market from browser.
And suppose if you format the phone and haven't added gmail account yet, then you cannot use market through browser until you add the account to phone and download atleast an app from phone market (actually accepting to market "terms of service" is enough. It comes for 1st time when you open market).
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Dear i did according to ur procedure, i made factory reset but same problem
Is there anyway to setup a phone for a new user without logging into the market as yourself? Im actually giving my phone away to a smartphone illiterate relative, but I dont want to ask for their gmail login info to enable downloading from the market.
It seems if I login as myself, then the user cannot be removed. Anyway around this, anyother way to install apps without using the market?
Phen0m said:
Is there anyway to setup a phone for a new user without logging into the market as yourself? Im actually giving my phone away to a smartphone illiterate relative, but I dont want to ask for their gmail login info to enable downloading from the market.
It seems if I login as myself, then the user cannot be removed. Anyway around this, anyother way to install apps without using the market?
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I think if you sign in with yours you can go to accounts &sync and remove your gmail from the phone when your done
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Figured it out. For those with a similar Q in the future: use Root Explorer and go to /data/system/ find accounts.db and rename it to accounts.db.bak
Phen0m said:
Figured it out. For those with a similar Q in the future: use Root Explorer and go to /data/system/ find accounts.db and rename it to accounts.db.bak
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So then what happens? The other person just signs into the phone with their Google account and all is set up?
Wipe your phone
Why not just wipe your phone? And yea if you rename that with a .bak at the end the other user should be able to just create one. Only thing, renaming that file to .bak does is make it to where the system doesn't see it and it also keeps a copy on phone incase you want to revert back to it. If your selling the phone, dont rename it, delete that file if you ask me
I agree with sinister, just wipe it and give it to them, show them how to log in and call it good
We're comin from a pure power source.
I will suggest a factory reset...
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Lolllll n00b just do a factory reset..
Wait!!!! If you dont want to loose the apps,use titanium backup to backup your apps,then make a factory reset,then reinstall your apps from titanium...
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Hi, im asking me if its possible to delete or at least deactivate the current used gmail account on android so that it goes local?
Using ICS v1.0 by Tytung.
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There are two ways:
1. Wipe your phone
2. Push framework-res from your original rom zip via adb with right permission
For both ways making backup is highly recommended!
I just need to switch between local and gmail acc (if i need it).
So, there is no other way then using one of your two options.
If i push the orig framework to my current installation and replace them.. what will be the changes? Excepting as you said the removed google account..
Greets
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redplate said:
I just need to switch between local and gmail acc (if i need it).
So, there is no other way then using one of your two options.
If i push the orig framework to my current installation and replace them.. what will be the changes? Excepting as you said the removed google account..
Greets
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Gmail account, background and some sys settings will be resetted...
Ok, very great. Thank you!
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Remove GMail account without doing a factory reset
Look in:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313141
but phone must be unrooted.