How to remove an exisiting Google account without wiping and WITHOUT root? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My phone was just stolen and so I am temporarily using an older Gingerbread device I had laying around. The problem is that my wife used it for a period of time and so its "locked" to her Google account. I realize that with root its fairly easy to disassociate the device from the primary Google account, but I have been unable to find out how to do it WITHOUT root. Can anyone help?? I really don't want to fully wipe the device if possible! The phone in question is running 2.3.4.

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Settings > Accounts >tap on account >Delete.

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RoberGalarga said:
Settings > Accounts >tap on account >Delete.
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You can't do that if it is your only account.
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(Frank) said:
You can't do that if it is your only account.
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Of course you can...
If not, it's easily solved: add a new account, and delete the another

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RoberGalarga said:
Of course you can...
If not, it's easily solved: add a new account, and delete the another
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That is incorrect. You are unable to delete the primary account associated with your phone, that is why I posted this thread. Does anyone know of another way??

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(Frank) said:
You can't do that if it is your only account.
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Even if you have two (or more) accounts it will not allow you to delete the "primary" one without doing a factory reset.....

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Hmmm this might help you. =)
http://support.google.com/android/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=168485#1079175

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Hreidmar said:
Hmmm this might help you. =)
http://support.google.com/android/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=168485#1079175
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So the link provided does give instructions, however the problem is as follows:
"Remove an account
You can remove an account to delete it and all information associated with it from your phone, including email, contacts, settings, and so on.
You can’t remove the first Google Account you signed into on the phone, except by deleting all personal information from your phone. See Privacy settings to learn now to do that."

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I am still stuck here, does anyone know how to sort this out?

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Not sure if this still works...I did this when I had my G1...go to Settings>applications click on all scroll down to Gmail and delete data.

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Unfortunately that didnt help...

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What else do you see in the application list? Is there a google accounts? Or maybe Google apps? Anything that starta with Google? Try delete that data

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webmaster said:
Unfortunately that didnt help...
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What if you reflash Gapps again? Just an idea.

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bryyyan said:
What else do you see in the application list? Is there a google accounts? Or maybe Google apps? Anything that starta with Google? Try delete that data
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So the list of services that include "Google" in the title include the following:
1) Gmail
2) Google Backup Transport
3) Google Calendar Sync
4) Google Contacts Sync
5) Google Partner Setup
6) Google Play Movies and TV
7) Google Play Store
8) Google Search
9) Google Services Framework
10) Google Sky Map
11) Google Translate
12) Google Voice

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yeah, you cannot delete the account ... You have only option to factory reset and again create a new one.
I did the same way... If any one knows let me know.

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Perhaps there is another way : I've don't tested it. You´re Phone must be rooted. You can delete the file " accounts.db. Find it in data > system >accounts.db. and Reboot the Phone.
But you will do it on your own Risk. Imho a Factory-Reset is the better way. :good:

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lecter100 said:
Perhaps there is another way : I've don't tested it. You´re Phone must be rooted. You can delete the file " accounts.db. Find it in data > system >accounts.db. and Reboot the Phone.
But you will do it on your own Risk. Imho a Factory-Reset is the better way. :good:
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Or he could edit the SQlite data trough an editor right ?

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lecter100 said:
Perhaps there is another way : I've don't tested it. You´re Phone must be rooted. You can delete the file " accounts.db. Find it in data > system >accounts.db. and Reboot the Phone.
But you will do it on your own Risk. Imho a Factory-Reset is the better way. :good:
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I dont want to root this phone, that is the problem.

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Hreidmar said:
Or he could edit the SQlite data trough an editor right ?
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Do you have more details about this method?

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What is it that you're worried about losing by doing a reset?