Forgot Google account details - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Please can anybody help me?
My friend's phone got stuck in a bootloop the other day and the only way to recover it was to do a hard reset. The trouble being he has no idea what his Google account details are. He knows neither his email address or his password. He's never sent an email from his Gmail and never set up an emergency email account for recovery purposes. I've scoured the Internet for a solution but if all you have is your phone number, there doesn't seem to be any way to reinstate your account. His phone isn't rooted as he's not that kind of user. Can anybody help please?
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Ok, so he's created a new Google account but obviously can't access all the apps he's paid for. Is there any way to transfer his old account to his new account? Thanks.
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Sorry to keep bumping this thread but has nobody ever forgotten both their email address and password before? Any input would be welcome as people might find this thread in the future and find it helpful. Thanks.
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Hi all,
A friend has somehow managed to setup up a lock screen password. He then attempted many times to unlock but not with the correct password.
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Regarding the lock issue, just reinstall with seus or whatever rom you want and that'll be fine.
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Well how can someone not be able to recover the password,cmon mate..if he can't remember his password or any details to recover the password then his account cannot be that old, so tell him to make a new account and problem solved. It also sounds weird that he also cannot remember the unlock code for the phone so I don't know...
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The guy had some how managed to lock his phone while in his pocket. His account was created when the x10 first hit the market and he never had any reason to recall the account details.
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Title says it all, sorry for my noobiness, I just want to know why everyone is trying to remove it from the email apk? Cheers.
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okmijnlp said:
Title says it all, sorry for my noobiness, I just want to know why everyone is trying to remove it from the email apk? Cheers.
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Basically the Exchange Administrator can enforce security policies on the device, e.g. you must have a password or pin set. Not everyone wants to play that way.
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[Q] [Help] Gmail stopped syncing after a couple of weeks

Hello guys. I'm currently using a stock rooted 4.2 Galaxy S4. I used to own a china made android phone before this and the same issue happened as well so I'm pretty sure it's not due to the ROM.
My emails from gmail suddenly stopped syncing after a couple of weeks after adding my Google account. This has happened 4 times already and after Googling the problem I couldn't find any solutions. Neither restarting my phone nor clearing the Gmail app data from Application Manager helped. In the account manager it says that everything but email was able to sync successfully (according to the update date). The only solution I have found so far is to completely remove my Google account from the phone and add it again.
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knightandroid said:
Is sync turned on?
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As far as I know yeah as seen in my attachment
thoraine said:
As far as I know yeah as seen in my attachment
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I don't see any attachment. Did you try a factory data reset?
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Sorry yeah this is the attachment.
Have yet to try a factory reset...
Factory reset is what comes to mind for me. Just remember to back up your data first. Good luck
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