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[Q] How I can switch my live id accounts without resetting phone?

Hi,
Any ideas how to change my main live id account on phone without resetting it?
Thanks in advance

+1. Need this to change my location for Marketplace.

i don't think u can and if you do find out please share.

k_aftab said:
i don't think u can and if you do find out please share.
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You need to hard reset it guys...

walshieau said:
You need to hard reset it guys...
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thanks, just learnt it hard way . it's 2nd hard rest in a week.

Resetting Dev Phone
Hi
I've a wp7 dev phone, If I reset the phone, will that erase the dev apps (ex: start Kitl)?
(I need to change my Windows Live ID)
Thanks

I am also looking for an answer

baalazamon said:
Hi,
Any ideas how to change my main live id account on phone without resetting it?
Thanks in advance
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If the ui doesn't allow you to choose between different liveid's, that's a huge fail for me personally. How would you save contacts to different accounts, etc ?

ohgood said:
If the ui doesn't allow you to choose between different liveid's, that's a huge fail for me personally. How would you save contacts to different accounts, etc ?
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You can use multiple accounts, but you can not change/remove the main Live ID without resetting the phone. App purchases and settings are linked to the main account.
When creating a contact (or an email, appointment, ...) you get to choose which account it will be linked to.

[Q] Changing Primary Email Account

I am trying to change the primary email address associated with my phone and don't want to reset my device. I have looked elsewhere and the only solution that would work is to clear the data from the "Google Apps" program. However, that program does not exist on my phone. Does ANYONE know have a workaround to get this to work? I cannot believe that this is a hard-fixed setting!
Thanks

this may help you ....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1146967
Cant find the same solution for 9100 yet tho

Have you tried going into gmail >
menu > accounts > add an account. Then just add the account you want to use on your phone.
Then backout to home screen hit menu > settings > account and sync > remove account.
Then just remove or unsync the account you no longer want to use and snyc the new one with google?
You can have multiple accounts.
I hope this helps.

Thanks for the response guys.
@killercownz
I saw this solution somewhere else but first wanted confirmation that it worked and second I don't have root access on the phone. I only have a mac in the house and cannot root from it. I did try for an entire day and could not get it to work. If there was another way to gain root access to that directory to change the name then I would happily try. I am really trying to keep the phone stock at this point.
@Jerry D
Thanks for the response. Unfortunately when I do that it doesn't do what I want it to. I have 3 gmail and 1 exchange account on the phone. I know how to sync all three email accounts while only syncing contacts from one account and then sync calendar from another. What I want to do is to replace the default account that syncs up to gtalk and the marketplace. It seems that the only surefire way to do that would be to do a factory reset. I've cleared the cache on all of the programs, removed accounts, readded them, etc. It seems that the setting is permanent somewhere in the phone. I've even found a program that would allow me to access the original setup program but it crashes (doesn't force close, just exits) every time I try and use it.

I heard that a program called Erazzer can reset the master account. There is free version in the Market. Never tried it myself though.

THANK YOU
AntonX said:
I heard that a program called Erazzer can reset the master account. There is free version in the Market. Never tried it myself though.
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This is the perfect solution, thank you! I still have to find a computer to root my phone with but hell, I'm willing to take that chance in comparison to resetting the phone. I can't believe that through all of my searches that this has not been mentioned ANYWHERE!
Thank you!!!!!!!!

Good thread. I learned something today. Thanks guys
@Karmakills
When I first got my phone I didn't have a computer and wasn't knowledgeable/comfortable enough to feel safe about rooting from a friends or families computer. I knew I needed to root though.
What I did was print the step by step instructions off of xda and then went to a nearby computer repair shop. I explained to the guy in there that I wanted to root and gave him the detailed instructions.
He easily rooted my phone using SuperOneClick and charged me $20. Maybe that is something you could do...
I'm a little more knowledgeable now and got a laptop so I do it myself on occasion.
Good Luck with your rooting and modding!

Can't download from marketplace. Account indicates I'm a child?

Setting up a new phone for my cousin and she's 20 years old. Anybody know why this message is coming up? I checked her hotmail and her birthday is set as Aug 1991.
Thanks in advance
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dtboos said:
Setting up a new phone for my cousin and she's 20 years old. Anybody know why this message is coming up? I checked her hotmail and her birthday is set as Aug 1991.
Thanks in advance
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Has she or you synced any other live services? i.e. Zune or Xbox?

Not syncd to Xbox maybe Zune. I will check that. If she's synced to Zune what would be the cause?
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dtboos said:
Not syncd to Xbox maybe Zune. I will check that. If she's synced to Zune what would be the cause?
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This is a speculation, but somewhere on Microsoft Answers it says re-adding the account helps. Also if you haven't gone through massive changes in the phone, it will be worth to try a hard reset. The during start up skip logging into the live services, let the phone reboot and after a reboot try accessing market, it will ask to log in - at that point enter the live ID etc. This way you would re-add the account for zune, xbox and other live services too.
Also, if her twitter/LinkedIn are linked with windows live ID, and if they have slightly different D.O.B. - it might be a cause. I've had similar issue with XBOX sync but wasn't much of a problem as most games were 16+ and it thought I was 19.

No massive changes. All I've added was her hotmail account. I tried resetting the phone already but will try it again and then reboot > market > login. Not sure what else to do after that besides make her a new account which she doesn't want.
I'll give this a shot and see how it goes.

Thanks drupad2drupad. Got it figured out last night. Signed into her account on zune and it prompted me for her 'parental' email since hers was created when she was 15 or so with her dads help.
Once I did that it set her account straight.

dtboos said:
Thanks drupad2drupad. Got it figured out last night. Signed into her account on zune and it prompted me for her 'parental' email since hers was created when she was 15 or so with her dads help.
Once I did that it set her account straight.
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That is what I was going to suggest. There is a similar issue on xbox with problems caused by child accounts. I believe that there is a way to promote the child account to an adult one but I don't remember what it was exactly. I'd recommend doing this though to avoid future problems.
Edit: Here are the steps for xbox live
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945418
According to this it should nag you to promote it
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952588

[Q] Hard reset: Get back to Tango

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i did a hard reset of my wp7 device, but how can i get back to tango? device says im up to date, but the os surface is just like a old wp version...

spankx said:
Hey there,
i lost access to my windows live account. Is there any way i can backup my contacts?! Htc Trophy, Wp Tango, no unlock.
thx!
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You can still find the contacts in your phone, right?
If so then you can use this app for example
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/backup-contacts/e39fae14-46a8-447e-a708-ca31c39d7688
Then if you want you can import them to new windows live account using outlook for example.

Thx..too bad i cant use the marketplace anymore with this account issue
Guess ill have to annoy the ms support then, after that is all about the pen and paper method =//

If you have gmail ,just sync them , and your done!

My contacts dont sync, cause they were stored as ms contact type..

Changed topic.

What version of OS do you now have after reset? Tango ver is 8773 or 8779.
If you have a lower version then try to force the update through Zune by disconnecting your lan cable as it attempts to check for updates etc.

your a little bit too vague here
what did you have, device and version, what went wrong for your to do a hard reset, what do you have, now (version) and finally what is it you want
your mention tango but the chat seems to be more about live syncing issues so its a little unclear
can you elaborate a bit?

Locked iPhone 5

Hello! I am an Android User. I found my old iPhone 5 and it is on iOS 8. I don't want to upgrade it but I reseted it to factory settings and I have to log in into my iCloud. But it tells me that I need a code. I don't have a Mac so please help me!

Mihaicelmare YT said:
Hello! I am an Android User. I found my old iPhone 5 and it is on iOS 8. I don't want to upgrade it but I reseted it to factory settings and I have to log in into my iCloud. But it tells me that I need a code. I don't have a Mac so please help me!
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Set up and use iCloud for Windows
With iCloud for Windows, the photos, documents, and bookmarks on your PC are updated automatically on your Apple devices.
support.apple.com

Fytdyh said:
Set up and use iCloud for Windows
With iCloud for Windows, the photos, documents, and bookmarks on your PC are updated automatically on your Apple devices.
support.apple.com
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I fixed it. No need

Mihaicelmare YT said:
I fixed it. No need
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OK. Do post some detailed instructions for the next guy that stumbles upon your post.