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Me_Me

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I want to delete a Gmail Account from my phone without doing a factory reset, Is it possible?

I had logged into Gtalk and Gmail, through one of my Gmail Id's, but I do not want to use that account as a primary account. I realize I can add as many accounts as possible to Gmail, but there is no option to add another account to Gtalk.

I want to delete the Gmail account or atlaest be able to add another account to Gtalk, without doing a factory reset. Any help is much appreciated.
 
If the account you want to remove is the master account with which you set up the phone, then yes you can only remove it with a factory reset.

If you purchased apps you'll have to repurchase them if you factory reset and then use another master account to set up.
 
Well, the problem is, we can have as many accounts in Gmail but not in Gtalk. The first signed in account becomes the only account on Gtalk.
But removing any account requires a reset.

I am hoping someone can help me remove these without really having to reset.
 
Instead of using the stock Gtalk app, install a 3rd party im app, like imo.im or ebuddy. I believe you can then login to as many gtalk accounts as you like.
 
Wow!! So there's really no way to get rid of that?!?!


I probably wont need to take a third party app, I think I can download Gtalk again from Google, Once I get rid of the Gtalk installed in my phone.
How can I get rid of that Gtalk (entire application) from my Phone?

Also, has anyone downloaded MSN on Androids, I found there were many, I'd like to know which is the best. Also, is there a voice talk facility in Gtalk or MSN Messenger on phone?
 
You can do this if your phone is rooted:
All you have to do is use Root Explorer and go to /data/system/ find accounts.db and rename it to accounts.db.bak so I could just name it back if I had a problem instead of doing a restore. I also did a Nandroid backup.. Reboot your phone and goto settings>accounts and sync>add account and your good to go!!!!

**I would definitely recommend doing a NANDROID backup before, just in case you delete the wrong file accidentally.
 
alegalalien said:
You can do this if your phone is rooted:
All you have to do is use Root Explorer and go to /data/system/ find accounts.db and rename it to accounts.db.bak so I could just name it back if I had a problem instead of doing a restore. I also did a Nandroid backup.. Reboot your phone and goto settings>accounts and sync>add account and your good to go!!!!

**I would definitely recommend doing a NANDROID backup before, just in case you delete the wrong file accidentally.
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Me_Me said:
I want to delete a Gmail Account from my phone without doing a factory reset, Is it possible?

I had logged into Gtalk and Gmail, through one of my Gmail Id's, but I do not want to use that account as a primary account. I realize I can add as many accounts as possible to Gmail, but there is no option to add another account to Gtalk.

I want to delete the Gmail account or atlaest be able to add another account to Gtalk, without doing a factory reset. Any help is much appreciated.
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Hi. It is not necessary to root your phone/tablet

This procedure has worked fine to me:
Important: check that the phone/tablet is in "USB debbuging" mode


1)connect phone/tablet

2) run the following command on terminal on your pc


lsusb

it will show something like this

Bus 001 Device 025: ID 18d1:deed

numbers in bold are the vendor ID

3)run the following comands on you terminal pc

sudo vi /etc/udev/rules.d/50-android.rules


add the following line

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="18d1", MODE="0666"

finally change permissions and restar service


sudo chmod a+rx /etc/udev/rules.d/50-android.rules
sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart

4) go to the adb path (you can download in the link below: file adb_unix.rar) and run

chmod +x adb

5)disconect phone/tablet and run:

sudo ./adb start-server

6)connect phone/tablet again in debbug mode and run

./adb devices

Your window terminal will show something like this:

List of devices attached
0123456789ABCDEF device

It means everything is ok, your are now conected to your device.

7) run this command to get a shell from your device:

adb shell

8) this is the easiest part: rename accounts.db to reset gmail account

run the following commands:

cd /data/system

look for accounts.db

mv accounts.db accounts.db.bak

9)Reboot your phone/tablet and that
 
lalo450, any thoughts on whether a non-google corporate account (probably microsoft exchange) also resides in the same accounts.db file???

I borrowed my cousin's Samsung Stratosphere to try android (and nope, I am not an iphone user either, I'm more physical keyboard in hand blackberry types). He has had the phone for a month or so and it turns out he did not have a google account setup on the damn thing, only his corporate exchange account! I had no idea how @#$@#$!@#$!@#% ******ed things are going to be and blissfully used my google account when I started the Market app for the first time. Imagine my shock when the damn thing decided to sync my gmail account with his phone! I cancelled syncing, then went to the menu and disabled all sync options, then looked around the marketplace and played around a bit, finally decided Im done experimenting, time to return the phone, and delete google account, NOT WITHOUT A HARD RESET, it tells me!

I'll probably get flamed for this, but I think this is by far the most ******ed idea I've ever come across, to NOT allow me to change accounts on the damn phone! I cannot give the phone back to my cousin in this form, nor can I hit reset now because that will mess up his corporate stuff, nor even can I try rooting the phone because again, I cannot risk ANYTHING with the phone, so I am basically screwed ... Then I found your method ...

But, even assuming I manage to do all of this correctly, will renaming accounts.db also mess up his corporate account which is syncing with the phone currently? If it will, then what I need to do is open up accounts.db and get rid of just the google accounts! Any thoughts on this at all?
 
On my phone (Android 2.3.5): I went to "Accounts and syncs" and then selected the account that I wanted to delete from the manage accounts section. It then gives you option to either sync the account or delete the account.I was able to delete my gmail account from the phone.
 
alegalalien said:
You can do this if your phone is rooted:
All you have to do is use Root Explorer and go to /data/system/ find accounts.db and rename it to accounts.db.bak so I could just name it back if I had a problem instead of doing a restore. I also did a Nandroid backup.. Reboot your phone and goto settings>accounts and sync>add account and your good to go!!!!

**I would definitely recommend doing a NANDROID backup before, just in case you delete the wrong file accidentally.
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this is solution,atleast for me..........on my i9000 market was downloading app forever,after i did this,earlier mentioned,my market is ok,downloading and installing in a second and i didn't have to do a factory reset............ :) thanks again
 
You can't do it from the Gmail app. As UKseagull said, tap the Menu button then 'System settings > Accounts & sync', long-press on the account you want to delete and select 'Remove account'.
 
hi do like this, it might help.. goto--application,--select gmail--delete the data there. all gmail data will be reset, and ur account will be deleted.
i hope it wll help, do let me know.,
 
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