So I have 3 different Google accounts on my phone. Personal, work, and one that is shared with multiple people in the office for testing. I would like to block the phone from showing up in Android Device Manager for the shared account so as not to publicize my whereabouts to people that I work with. I would like to keep it enabled though for my personal account so I can actually use it if need be.
I already tried turning off location reporting for the shared account. No dice. Also from the "My Devices" page I can uncheck "Show in menus" which does make it not show in the Android Device Manager map dropdown list. Obviously this is a problem though since someone can just go check that box again and it shows my phone location.
The phone is rooted so I have access to be able to do whatever I need to so I can block it if possible. Any ideas?
diggitydogg said:
So I have 3 different Google accounts on my phone. Personal, work, and one that is shared with multiple people in the office for testing. I would like to block the phone from showing up in Android Device Manager for the shared account so as not to publicize my whereabouts to people that I work with. I would like to keep it enabled though for my personal account so I can actually use it if need be.
I already tried turning off location reporting for the shared account. No dice. Also from the "My Devices" page I can uncheck "Show in menus" which does make it not show in the Android Device Manager map dropdown list. Obviously this is a problem though since someone can just go check that box again and it shows my phone location.
The phone is rooted so I have access to be able to do whatever I need to so I can block it if possible. Any ideas?
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there should be a option to activate or deactivate each phone im trying to find more info hang in im doing the research for you
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try this out \
You can sort of do this - rename it, (I changed mine to "OLD") and turn off the "visibility in menu" so that it doesn't show up any more in the Android Device Manager. You can do this in the Google Play Store when you click on the gear cog on the right (setting)
Deltax82 said:
there should be a option to activate or deactivate each phone im trying to find more info hang in im doing the research for you
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try this out \
You can sort of do this - rename it, (I changed mine to "OLD") and turn off the "visibility in menu" so that it doesn't show up any more in the Android Device Manager. You can do this in the Google Play Store when you click on the gear cog on the right (setting)
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Yeah that is the thing I already tried. It does remove it from being visible in device manager, but anyone from work can log into the play store on their computer and just check the box back off to be able to track the phone. I feel like this would have to be a device level change to stop it from reporting on that account or else a co-worker could just reactivate it.
diggitydogg said:
Yeah that is the thing I already tried. It does remove it from being visible in device manager, but anyone from work can log into the play store on their computer and just check the box back off to be able to track the phone. I feel like this would have to be a device level change to stop it from reporting on that account or else a co-worker could just reactivate it.
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is that phone on a company phone plan? if not then they will need you google account email and password to change that
There are 3 accounts on the phone. The one in question is a shared account to use for App Testing from the play store. That shared account, everyone has the username and password for.
diggitydogg said:
There are 3 accounts on the phone. The one in question is a shared account to use for App Testing from the play store. That shared account, everyone has the username and password for.
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you could turn the location history and all gps features off or before logging out of the account delete your traces off the phone
Deltax82 said:
you could turn the location history and all gps features off or before logging out of the account delete your traces off the phone
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Based on what I have found the only way to do it is to remove the phone from the account. There is no work around at the device level that will allow me to keep the phone linked to the account, but block ADM while still using ADM with my personal account.
Looks like Cerebus will be the answer to this question. I might look into XPrivacy or something like that with Xposed to try and block it.
Android Device Manager Shared Account Fix
I was having this same problem myself with a shared account. Here is how I disabled Android Device Manager (ADM) on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S4) for the shared account.
1. Open settings
2. Go to the Accounts Tab
3. Click Google
4. Click the account that you don't want ADM running on
5. Disable "Sync Google Play services" and "Sync Location Reporting and Location History"
6. Jump up and down for joy that no one can track you on the shared account :victory:
RedRoosterFarm said:
I was having this same problem myself with a shared account. Here is how I disabled Android Device Manager (ADM) on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S4) for the shared account.
1. Open settings
2. Go to the Accounts Tab
3. Click Google
4. Click the account that you don't want ADM running on
5. Disable "Sync Google Play services" and "Sync Location Reporting and Location History"
6. Jump up and down for joy that no one can track you on the shared account :victory:
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Hi RedRoosterFarm. Both options are not available on my device. Running android marshmellow 6.0. Could you help double check if it's still available on yours?
I think i'm in the same boat as everyone here. I don't want my personal device to be lockable/erasable/trackable from my work google account. Even if the account is not shared, the google apps administrator still has the option of resetting your password with a new one etc. Not that i'm doing anything nefarious. I'm just a paranoid rabbit
jcoob said:
Hi RedRoosterFarm. Both options are not available on my device. Running android marshmellow 6.0. Could you help double check if it's still available on yours?
I think i'm in the same boat as everyone here. I don't want my personal device to be lockable/erasable/trackable from my work google account. Even if the account is not shared, the google apps administrator still has the option of resetting your password with a new one etc. Not that i'm doing anything nefarious. I'm just a paranoid rabbit
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I am still running android KitKat 4.2.2 (that might be the reason I have those options) and yes those options are still on my phone.
thanks
RedRoosterFarm said:
I was having this same problem myself with a shared account. Here is how I disabled Android Device Manager (ADM) on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S4) for the shared account.
1. Open settings
2. Go to the Accounts Tab
3. Click Google
4. Click the account that you don't want ADM running on
5. Disable "Sync Google Play services" and "Sync Location Reporting and Location History"
6. Jump up and down for joy that no one can track you on the shared account :victory:
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Those options are gone in Android M and N. So is removing the account the only solution? I need mail, calendar, contacts, hangouts from work account but don't want them to track, block or erase my personal phone.
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So did anyone else notice that the new Market has an account setting? Allows me to select different accounts. Does this finally mean that I can merge two accounts worth of apps? Family style?
dlang123 said:
So did anyone else notice that the new Market has an account setting? Allows me to select different accounts. Does this finally mean that I can merge two accounts worth of apps? Family style?
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Im not sure if you can merge 2 accounts, They have to have a way of preventing people from signing into a family members account and downloading apps that were bought thru said account. If not then it poses a serious problem for app developers and devs getting paid correctly. Unfortunately I dont have another account to test it on..
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"Your application purchases are tied to your Google Account and can be installed an unlimited amount of times on any device." See:
http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=113410
It works for watching movies rented on another account, too:
http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1283330
Keep in mind you do still have to add the additional Google account(s) to the phone, meaning the device will have access to all other Google services including Gmail.
so lets say I added my gmail account to my wifes phone and downloaded all the apps I have paid for to her phone..couldnt I just delete my gmail from her phone after and her phone would still have all my apps on it?
The documentation doesn't say, but most likely yes, and it'd be real easy to test it. Just add your account, download an app, remove the account, and see what happens.
Keep in mind, though, that without the associated Google account you won't be able to update those apps -- which is an enormous downside in the long run.
chiahead52 said:
so lets say I added my gmail account to my wifes phone and downloaded all the apps I have paid for to her phone..couldnt I just delete my gmail from her phone after and her phone would still have all my apps on it?
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I plan on just having a family account to buy apps on, and then add that to all the phones. But it use to be that it had to be the main account.. I haven't purchased any apps yet, recent iphone switcher, but now it appears to not have to be the main account... which is awesome cause google talk only worked with the main.
I have two Gmail accounts on my phone: a personal one and a business one (we subscribe to Google Apps at work). I use all the goodies like calendar and talk on both accounts, so it's important to have both. I put the personal account on the phone first (haven't determined if this matters).
Regardless of which account I make active in the play store, my work account is always selected when I try to make an in app purchase (such as touch recovery from Rom manager or 'unlock full' from Plague Inc and other games).
Are others experiencing this? Anyone know a fix? I just tried on stock jellybean via the following steps:
1. Add personal account
2. Install an app with in app purchase ability
3. Add work account
4. Open play, verify personal account is selected.
5. Try to purchase something 'in app's
6. It shows my work account. Open play store, work account now selected.
I don't do in app purchases much, but they seem to be getting more common, and it's annoying to remove the work account before every purchase.
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I have this same problem and have not figured out a solution for it. If you've figured out how to fix this, posting the solution would be awesome.
divinemyth99 said:
I have two Gmail accounts on my phone: a personal one and a business one (we subscribe to Google Apps at work). I use all the goodies like calendar and talk on both accounts, so it's important to have both. I put the personal account on the phone first (haven't determined if this matters).
Regardless of which account I make active in the play store, my work account is always selected when I try to make an in app purchase (such as touch recovery from Rom manager or 'unlock full' from Plague Inc and other games).
Are others experiencing this? Anyone know a fix? I just tried on stock jellybean via the following steps:
1. Add personal account
2. Install an app with in app purchase ability
3. Add work account
4. Open play, verify personal account is selected.
5. Try to purchase something 'in app's
6. It shows my work account. Open play store, work account now selected.
I don't do in app purchases much, but they seem to be getting more common, and it's annoying to remove the work account before every purchase.
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same here
same problem - please post solution!
Just ran into this problem too. My google apps account is automatically coming up for in-app upgrades, even though I don't have any play content (or credit cards or ...) associated with that account. Seems like a major flaw in google play. Can't select the other account, so I can't make any in-app purchases. Only solution (for one upgrade I had to buy) was to delete gapps account, make purchase, then re-add the other account.
Stupid. Please fix this google.
Same problem. I Can't test my own in app purchase for my own app. It keeps on selecting the first account on my phone that's also my developer account. Looks like some sort of bug.
Any progress?
Hi guys, I've noticed the same problem - did anyone get anywhere with it?
I thought it might be related to the order in which the accounts were added so I deleted both my accounts and added just the one that should be used for in app purchases. I then installed Microsoft OneNote mobile and went to its in app upgrade screen. It showed the correct account with payment details for upgrading. When I added the second google account though, the OneNote payment screen refreshed, even without me doing anything or having existed the app or even the payment screen, to show the newly added, wrong account!
So in order to make it work you'd have to remove one account, make the purchase with just one account set up, then add the second account. What a pain!
P3450 said:
Hi guys, I've noticed the same problem - did anyone get anywhere with it?
I thought it might be related to the order in which the accounts were added so I deleted both my accounts and added just the one that should be used for in app purchases. I then installed Microsoft OneNote mobile and went to its in app upgrade screen. It showed the correct account with payment details for upgrading. When I added the second google account though, the OneNote payment screen refreshed, even without me doing anything or having existed the app or even the payment screen, to show the newly added, wrong account!
So in order to make it work you'd have to remove one account, make the purchase with just one account set up, then add the second account. What a pain!
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what happened when you delete your primary account? I got this warning: "Removing this account will delete all of its messages, contacts, and other data from the phone." and i afraid to lose my data
Did you guys figure out a better way yet?
edw1nyang said:
what happened when you delete your primary account? I got this warning: "Removing this account will delete all of its messages, contacts, and other data from the phone." and i afraid to lose my data
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Data that was stored in the account is removed from your phone and gets back when you add it again
Still the same. Google is a horrible company when it comes to certain things. A bug like this at Apple would be squashed within a week.
Is there an official bug report somewhere for this to vote for?
divinemyth99 said:
I have two Gmail accounts on my phone: a personal one and a business one (we subscribe to Google Apps at work). I use all the goodies like calendar and talk on both accounts, so it's important to have both. I put the personal account on the phone first (haven't determined if this matters).
Regardless of which account I make active in the play store, my work account is always selected when I try to make an in app purchase (such as touch recovery from Rom manager or 'unlock full' from Plague Inc and other games).
Are others experiencing this? Anyone know a fix? I just tried on stock jellybean via the following steps:
1. Add personal account
2. Install an app with in app purchase ability
3. Add work account
4. Open play, verify personal account is selected.
5. Try to purchase something 'in app's
6. It shows my work account. Open play store, work account now selected.
I don't do in app purchases much, but they seem to be getting more common, and it's annoying to remove the work account before every purchase.
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Change the main account you want for in app purchases as Default by following steps below and u should do good
To change the default Google account when you are using the multiple sign-in, you need to Sign out of all accounts. Then log in to the Google account that you want to be the default first.
ive also attached an image if it helps:highfive:
shaik_u said:
Change the main account you want for in app purchases as Default by following steps below and u should do good
To change the default Google account when you are using the multiple sign-in, you need to Sign out of all accounts. Then log in to the Google account that you want to be the default first.
ive also attached an image if it helps:highfive:
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We said about in-app purchase cannot select account in Payment Options. Not on the web.
Solution that worked for me!
Hey Guys,
I had the same problem as you describe, what i did to make it work and not show my work account in app purchases.
1. Delete app
2. install the app from browser where you are logged in to you private account.
3. Enjoy.
Hope with works great for you guys
Roundabout, but it works
what you have to do (seems like last guy was saying this?)
1. is uninstall the app from your phone.
2. the only way to change it is to go from your PC browser (very important!) to play.google.com and log in with the specific account you're trying to use for IAP's on your particular app.
3. you should be able to install the app, then go back to your phone and use the IAP with the correct account.
hope this helps everyone!
solution:
1) uninstall the app
2) go to play store and switch to the account you want to use to pay from
3) find the app in play store and install again
4) make your in-app purchase
divinemyth99 said:
I have two Gmail accounts on my phone: a personal one and a business one (we subscribe to Google Apps at work). I use all the goodies like calendar and talk on both accounts, so it's important to have both. I put the personal account on the phone first (haven't determined if this matters).
Regardless of which account I make active in the play store, my work account is always selected when I try to make an in app purchase (such as touch recovery from Rom manager or 'unlock full' from Plague Inc and other games).
Are others experiencing this? Anyone know a fix? I just tried on stock jellybean via the following steps:
1. Add personal account
2. Install an app with in app purchase ability
3. Add work account
4. Open play, verify personal account is selected.
5. Try to purchase something 'in app's
6. It shows my work account. Open play store, work account now selected.
I don't do in app purchases much, but they seem to be getting more common, and it's annoying to remove the work account before every purchase.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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YehoshuaL said:
solution:
1) uninstall the app
2) go to play store and switch to the account you want to use to pay from
3) find the app in play store and install again
4) make your in-app purchase
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Have you tried this yourself? or is this the solution that made the most sense? I ask because this actually doesn't work.
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robnez said:
what you have to do (seems like last guy was saying this?)
1. is uninstall the app from your phone.
2. the only way to change it is to go from your PC browser (very important!) to play.google.com and log in with the specific account you're trying to use for IAP's on your particular app.
3. you should be able to install the app, then go back to your phone and use the IAP with the correct account.
hope this helps everyone!
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This worked beautifully, thank you!
Know source of the problem, did not solve it though
Hello guys,
It's my first post here. And I hope this contributes something to solve this problem.
I think the problem lies within the 'all app' drawer of the playstore.
Simply the 'all app' drawer of the main account on which you installed the app first, will connect to the app as long as multiple accounts are available.
You can see it in the playstore in 'my apps' - > 'all apps'.
Usually all once installed apps show up there.
But if you've first installed an app connected to your 'secondary account' on some phone, then install it on a phone with another 'main account' and your 'secondary account', the app will show up only in the 'all apps' drawer of the 'secondary account'.
I hope that was understandable
One similar approach to the former workarounds.
-> You must have a backup of your accounts (titanium backup for example)
-> delete the secondary account
-> install the app (it will show up in the 'all apps' drawer)
-> restore your accounts (the app will remain in the 'all apps' drawer of the main account)
-> the app will connect to the right payment settings while in-app purchasing.
Now if there is any easier way to disable one account during the setup or to just connect the app to the right 'all apps' drawer , the problem should be fixed maybe
Best eazyRidor
vulcZ said:
Have you tried this yourself? or is this the solution that made the most sense? I ask because this actually doesn't work.
Yes. That's what worked for me.
Read the instructions CAREFULLY that I posted and it ought to work for you, too.
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Uninstall the app
Go to Play Store and switch to the account you want to use to pay from
Find the app and install again
Make your in-app purchase
Hello everyone, i'm trying to solve a problem that I'm having with the Google now on the new nexus 5. The slide from left to right option on the home page to open the google now is not available on the nexus 5. I have uninstalled the updates, reinstalled the updates, cleaned the data, removed and re-add the account in the Google Settings - Search - Account & privacy - Google Account, but still i'm not having the option of google now and google cards to enable it. How i can fix this issue and enable the google now? Have in mind that the location services inside the location-settings says not available in Cyprus. is it this the reason or takes time to enable the google now from google because the gmail that is on the nexus 5 was on gingerbread phone before?
thank you
Have you tried long pressing on the home screen for the options and selecting Settings and enabling through there? I'm not sure about your location settings but this should enable Google Now.
zombicidal maniac said:
Have you tried long pressing on the home screen for the options and selecting Settings and enabling through there? I'm not sure about your location settings but this should enable Google Now.
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yes and also is the same to go from google settings-search etc
Are you a Google apps user? If so you need to enable Google now in the Google apps administration.
Have you changed your launcher? Google Now (slide from left) is only available on the stock launcher. (I don't think anyone has created a launcher with this option yet. (If so please share the info)
fergie_uk said:
Are you a Google apps user? If so you need to enable Google now in the Google apps administration.
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the email is not. can i enable it without to be google apps user?
hoopsdavis said:
Have you changed your launcher? Google Now (slide from left) is only available on the stock launcher. (I don't think anyone has created a launcher with this option yet. (If so please share the info)
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no im not
giwrgos said:
the email is not. can i enable it without to be google apps user?
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It's a Google service - you need a Google account. Create a Gmail account and log in to phone with that (or play store at least) and it should work - otherwise I would try the Google support forums.
alacrify said:
It's a Google service - you need a Google account. Create a Gmail account and log in to phone with that (or play store at least) and it should work - otherwise I would try the Google support forums.
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im using a gmail on the nexus 5
From the home screen, tap the google search icon (or aka the google now bar)
you should see something that says get google now
tap it and follow the steps and select your account
i had to do that on my nexus 5
I think people are trying to give you options to enable it from it's defaulted disabled state. It first needs to be activated (available) and since it isn't in your country then you can't do it via the normal methods. Your IP address is what enables or disables it based on country laws.
shotta35 said:
I think people are trying to give you options to enable it from it's defaulted disabled state. It first needs to be activated (available) and since it isn't in your country then you can't do it via the normal methods. Your IP address is what enables or disables it based on country laws.
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when i had the galaxy nexus and i was in Cyprus it was working fine. also on my nexus 5 is working fine as well
Did you also have the latest Google Search on your phone then too? Are they side by side? It might have been disabled since an older update especially being built into the phone now vs something you manually download and install.
Have you tried removing your Google account and setting it up again? It happened to me once (when I was setting up the phone without logging in to my Google account), and that was the only way to get Google Now back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2585018
rames said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2585018
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thanks you all . i have tried everything that you said, before i create the post. i will try to try what rames said. thanks anyway to all!!
Hello,
I have a common phone at home, generally used by everyone in case of emergency.
I have added my google account to same (my main account).
I have made an added another google account to the device.
I want this active to be active for any activity performed on the device..
Specially when installing stuff from playstore or watching youtube or using google app..
If there is anyway.
Or simply please guide me to remove my main account from 2 accounts available.
IODroids said:
Hello,
I have a common phone at home, generally used by everyone in case of emergency.
I have added my google account to same (my main account).
I have made an added another google account to the device.
I want this active to be active for any activity performed on the device..
Specially when installing stuff from playstore or watching youtube or using google app..
If there is anyway.
Or simply please guide me to remove my main account from 2 accounts available.
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settings /accounts/Google/
account you want to limit
uncheck services you do not want to sync
multiuser mode?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sitesearch.php?q=multiuser mode
sd_shadow said:
settings /accounts/Google/
account you want to limit
uncheck services you do not want to sync
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Thanks that temprarily resolves my problem,
Is there anyway, I can remove the main account from this device (I dont wish to flash that as it has tons of stuff to backup belonging to lot of people here).
I have added a new account, I want to keep this and remove main account.
Its a vivo v1 max device.
IODroids said:
Thanks that temprarily resolves my problem,
Is there anyway, I can remove the main account from this device (I dont wish to flash that as it has tons of stuff to backup belonging to lot of people here).
I have added a new account, I want to keep this and remove main account.
Its a vivo v1 max device.
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in account sync settings
top right there should be 3 dots for menu options
select remove account
Okay so I have a bit of a situation here which i hope may be resolved by one of the great people on this forum. Thanks in advance for taking your time to read and potentially help.
I am running android 8.1 (lineage os 15.1) on my Mi A1. I have it rooted and xposed. I was playing around with a module called "Device ID Masker" when i made the foolish mistake of randomizing all values and applying the changes. The module change my Hardware ID, serial, make/model, etc. But it also changed something called the Current Google Email. Randomized it to a different Google account. I cannot remove it from the module since there is no remove account option, and removing the account from the settings is impossible because the account does not show up among the accounts list! my phone is convinced that this is the Google account that i have to access all the Google products! obviously this account does not even exist (i checked) and every time i try to open any google app (play store, youtube, gmail) it crashes. The notification that cannot be removed says "Account Action Required" and when i tap it, it take me to a page that says you have been signed out, please sign in again. Signing in of course is not an option.
Things i tried:
1- Changing the account in the module to my actual account ==> same issue but now with my own account. When i try to sign in, it says it's already on the phone. But when i check the account list in the settings it is not there, even tho it was there just before applying the changes and rebooting.
2- Actually creating the random Google account ==> same issue but now when i try to sign in from the notification it keeps loading forever and won't let me sign in.
Not sure what to do here. ANY help would be great!
anyone?
dupreme said:
Okay so I have a bit of a situation here which i hope may be resolved by one of the great people on this forum. Thanks in advance for taking your time to read and potentially help.
I am running android 8.1 (lineage os 15.1) on my Mi A1. I have it rooted and xposed. I was playing around with a module called "Device ID Masker" when i made the foolish mistake of randomizing all values and applying the changes. The module change my Hardware ID, serial, make/model, etc. But it also changed something called the Current Google Email. Randomized it to a different Google account. I cannot remove it from the module since there is no remove account option, and removing the account from the settings is impossible because the account does not show up among the accounts list! my phone is convinced that this is the Google account that i have to access all the Google products! obviously this account does not even exist (i checked) and every time i try to open any google app (play store, youtube, gmail) it crashes. The notification that cannot be removed says "Account Action Required" and when i tap it, it take me to a page that says you have been signed out, please sign in again. Signing in of course is not an option.
Things i tried:
1- Changing the account in the module to my actual account ==> same issue but now with my own account. When i try to sign in, it says it's already on the phone. But when i check the account list in the settings it is not there, even tho it was there just before applying the changes and rebooting.
2- Actually creating the random Google account ==> same issue but now when i try to sign in from the notification it keeps loading forever and won't let me sign in.
Not sure what to do here. ANY help would be great!
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Uninstall the ID masker module, then reboot to recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache then reboot.
If that doesn't work, try factory resetting in recovery, then reboot and set the device up the way you want it again. This time, be more careful.
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