Hey guys, just wondering if it's possible to change my main google account without factory reset? I know it was possible on older versions of Android, from what I've read, but is it possible on GB?
Thanks
Try the following:
Go to Settings -->Accounts & sync
Press on the account you want to be deleted
Press "Remove account" on the next screen
Tried that, when I select the dummy account I registered with it won't let me delete unless I do a factory reset
It worked for me on CM7. I added a second Google account and then successfully deleted that newly added account.
I tried to do the same the stock non-rooted sense rom, and got the same reply. Had to do the factory reset. Maybe it will only work on rooted phones, or perhaps only some custom roms. I don't know.. Is yout phone rooted? Do u run a custom rom?
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Yes my phone is rooted and is running CyanogenMod 7 (CM7), but I really doubt that this has to do anything with me being able to do what I've described, as this is a standard Android functionality provided by Google itself, and not a third party hack/addition.
BTW, are you trying to delete the only one currently existing account? Maybe if there is only a single account, then it cannot be removed... just a thought. I created an additional account just for the test and then deleted it, and did not mess with my true account.
The main account signed into on the phone is locked until you hard reset - no way to change it otherwise
Yeah, I'm on MIUI and I've added a second account but can't delete the first one. Which I don't care much about - but I can't change my Talk account to sign in with a different one, which is what annoys me..
Anyway, thanks for the help guys
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I recently purchased this awesome phone and it has been flashed to metro.. My daily phone is An Epic 4G on boost, so as soon as flashing to boost becomes possible I will be doing that.. My question is that I want to root this phone and I also need to delete the main Google account on it, and I was told that if I do a factory reset I will lose the flash.. With my Epic on boost, I could data and cache wipe from recovery and flash rom after rom and never lose my boost flash.. So I'm really looking for some pointers, best root method that will allow me to keep metro, and then a way to erase the original Google account on the phone.. thanks in advance for any help given.
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to remove the main Google account just add another google account and then delete the old one.
You could add the account by going into your gmail and
hit menu
click accounts
click add acount
add your account and it will sync up
or
you could go to the main setting of the phone and go to accounts & sync
hit ADD account
select google
then follow steps
once added go back and select the old google acct and hit Remove acct
Rooting shouldnt remove your flash the only thing that it will do is delete your mms settings for metro (i could be wrong so make sure first)
Hope this helps...
You can't delete the Google account that was used to setup the phone no matter how many accounts you add.. Not through the phone, haven't tried online but I haven't been able to delete from any android phone, always had to wipe data from can which causes much less damage to flash info that the factory reset option in settings.
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i delete my extra google account from my phone all the time but never tried to delete the one it was set up with but figured it would be the same process. Try login in your account online and see if its possible there.
Hello how can i delete account from android market since i used my acc for google to log in in the market on another phone since i needed to download some stuff but tommorow im going to sell the phone and i dont know how i can delete my acc.I cant use factory reset because it will wipe all the programs i downloaded
Settings>Accounts & Sync>Your Account>Remove Account
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It sais that i cannot be removed because it is used by some apps and the only way is the make facroty reset.Any other ideas ? Thank you
Another work around could be to change your account to different one. Or as a last resort factory reset it, but we only factory reset it when we selling our phone.
Change our google mail password than open GMail and refresh, it will tell you to put your new pass or acc, fill it with another one
hi there ive got hold of a friends phone and she wants to change the main google account but doesnt want to loose all the data is there anyway to get around this ?
cheers all help will be greatly appreciated
nope. sorry bud, the main account is tied into the phone as far as i know and you need to factory reset to remove it. but you can add more accounts..... and i think you can disable most of the orginal account. but if you want it gone you need to factory reset. there are several back up apps you could try to keeo the data and reinstall it again afterwards
good luck
I think that there is no way to change the main Google account that a device is tied up. You would better back up Applcations, Contacts, messages again Wipe User Data, then restore all the backed up items. Quite Long but this s the only way i know
1. Backup apps
2. Wipe data
3. Reinstall backed up apps
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Easy as pie last comment before personal sh1t takes over if the device is rooted goto /data/system and delete the accounts.db file and reboot Google main account removed have fun
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Yesterday my gmail was hacked. And now I can't access it. Then I full wipe and flash a rom but now I can't get pass the wizard set up because I need to log-in the hacked gmail because it was the last gmail that was sync on my device. What can I do? Please Help. Many thanks for the help.
Create a new gmail account that has a better password then use that to get past the wizard.
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That will not work in the new 5.1.1 update.
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veeny101 said:
Yesterday my gmail was hacked. And now I can't access it. Then I full wipe and flash a rom but now I can't get pass the wizard set up because I need to log-in the hacked gmail because it was the last gmail that was sync on my device. What can I do? Please Help. Many thanks for the help.
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reset the password via a PC/Google then try again with the new, correct password
I'm assuming you have the 2nd security option active of course if not.......................:crying:
veeny101 said:
Yesterday my gmail was hacked. And now I can't access it. Then I full wipe and flash a rom but now I can't get pass the wizard set up because I need to log-in the hacked gmail because it was the last gmail that was sync on my device. What can I do? Please Help. Many thanks for the help.
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It happened to me because I bought the phone used and the person forgot to disable that feature in Accounts & Sync.
What I did to make it work is to Downgrade to a 5.0 Android custom ROM (or official if you can, I couldn't, I don't know how and I'm not S-Off), and then sign in your account there, let your gmail account sync and then flash a 5.1 custom or official Rom from the same developer over it without wiping anything. Then you should be ok. Let me know if it works.
You could also try to reset your password and then wait 72 hours.
Has this been resolved yet? I have exactly the same problem..
when i install a custom rom (viper one 4.2.1 or 4.3) i get the following error please sign in using one of the owner's accounts for this device. when i install the RUU for AT&T developer i can log in just fine with my account.
anyone have any ideas on how to fix this problem?
Go back to your functioning rom and remove the google account (might want to do a backup first!). Then do the flashing etc and sign in with your account as a new device.
The problem is googles factory reset protection. Its designed to make the device useless if the phone is factory reset without being unlocked first.
The other way is factory reset from android settings, then flash, then sign in to your account as a new device.
Google needs to address the fact that frp is too strong and needs to add another way in to devices in the event of accidental lockout.
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I am having the same problem more or less.
I have bought a Nexus 9 from another person.
I did a factory reset today and I cannot sign in now.
Will this solution work? How do I go to funcioning rom, etc?
This is a "Google" security feature... When you wipe a device and then set it back up, if you didn't delete the Google account first, it will ask for those "original" credentials. Only way around it is to completely RUU the device back to the latest stock image. But I've heard some devices still have issues since the SN or IEMI is associated with the previous users Google account.
So, if you buy a new device... ALWAYS make sure the previous owner deleted their Google account first, or have them there when you go through the first few setup screens to enter their credentials....Then after you enter your credentials, you can reset it.
Just kind of mirroring what shivadow said
OH no! I am having this problem with a newer device!! Please help! It has been about 22 hours since I tried booting a custom binary with a non-unlocked OEM lock! I'm waiting to try to sign in to my Google account until 24 hours passes! I might have to wait 72 hours! Please review the post [LINK=http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help/s7-edge-canada-boot-to-twrp-t3509603]here[/LINK]...I don't know if I posted that right so cut and paste this if that link doesn't work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help/s7-edge-canada-boot-to-twrp-t3509603
Thanks in advance!!
Want to install lineage os but can't due to same problem
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Go back to your functioning rom and remove the google account (might want to do a backup first!). Then do the flashing etc and sign in with your account as a new device.
The problem is googles factory reset protection. Its designed to make the device useless if the phone is factory reset without being unlocked first.
The other way is factory reset from android settings, then flash, then sign in to your account as a new device.
Google needs to address the fact that frp is too strong and needs to add another way in to devices in the event of accidental lockout.
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I am having same problem with my old lenovo tab 3 7 . When i got it, i used it once and twice and then put it. now after a year or two, i want to install lineage and use it again as secondary device. but the problem is i don't remember which gmail id i used(i had 7 ids) and don't even have a clue about some accounts ids and passwords which i (currently using only 2 ids) don't use. And as usb debugging is disabled i can't do anything with my pc to get out of this situation.
Help!!!!!