I have had a lot of people ask me how to remove a gmail account from android without doing a reset on it, so i decided to post up the instructions here:
Needed:
Root
Root Explorer
(according to my theory it may work without root but i came up with a root method so this is how im doing it)(if someone is successful w/o root please post if it worked)
Instructions:
Make sure your phone is rooted (don't ask me how there are plenty of guides for all phones)
Download Root Explorer (or another explorer that can delete file system files)(adao is my personal choice it may work for this if does not require root)
Navigate to /data/system (seems this directory is already r/w because it write your gmail to here, hence why i think root may not be required)
Erase the file named accounts.db (This may also erase e-mail accounts, etc.)
Reboot device
Now there should be no gmail account (verify in settings->accounts&sync)
Add/Create your new gmail and done!
Please thank if you found this useful!
This guide is pretty simple i came up with it because i flash phones to Cricket and erasing the gmail on an optimus s is easier than dealing with f*****g Sprint ID.
Side Note: I'm not sure if i am allowed to post up root explorer apk if i am allowed would a moderator let me know so i can post it here. thanks.
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reserved to update info if root not required or additional methods found.
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/8032-change-associated-account-with-android-market/
*Not saying you kanged it as you may not have known, just showing it's out there elsewhere
Jiggity Janx said:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/8032-change-associated-account-with-android-market/
*Not saying you kanged it as you may not have known, just showing it's out there elsewhere
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haha i did not know i wish i had known though i wasted a good 5 hours figuring this one out.
o did try dis..it works..
but unfortunately also my vpn was disabled by this process..
luckily i had backup mu account.db so i paste it again..
and den my setup of vpn was restored..
as i result i had back to my orig prob..
doesnt change my google acc..
is there any way other tha this?
jejogo said:
Now there should be no gmail account
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Thanks for this!!
Quick question. Do you think there is a similar method to make Google Market re-generate its device signature. I cloned two nooks from mine (Nandroid backup and restore) one for my wife and one for my father. On the Market website, I only see one nook device. I have spoken at length to Google Market support. The general consensus is that cloning is the root (sorry!) of the problem. Google seem to be using a device signature, which is only generated at first startup.
Any thoughts Thanks.
Thanks for that
Really helpful.
Had to be root to proceed using terminal though.
Cheers
Ok, I admit up front I am an idiot and don't know what I am doing!
So I deleted that file, and even though I have it backed up, TB just hangs every time I want to restore it. If someone has a file I can download, and can give me clear directions as to how to reinstall it, I would be eternally grateful, as I realize after some reading of threads, etc, that that file actually controls ALL calendars. It's obviously a system file. I have Root Explorer, and I'm not sure how to even use that program. Please ask any questions I haven't answered here, and hopefully some kind soul can walk me through this. The package name is com.android.providers.calendar. My current phone/ROM is SGH-T769, Android 4.0.4
Thanks in advance,
Totally inept uesay
uesay said:
Ok, I admit up front I am an idiot and don't know what I am doing!
So I deleted that file, and even though I have it backed up, TB just hangs every time I want to restore it. If someone has a file I can download, and can give me clear directions as to how to reinstall it, I would be eternally grateful, as I realize after some reading of threads, etc, that that file actually controls ALL calendars. It's obviously a system file. I have Root Explorer, and I'm not sure how to even use that program. Please ask any questions I haven't answered here, and hopefully some kind soul can walk me through this. The package name is com.android.providers.calendar. My current phone/ROM is SGH-T769, Android 4.0.4
Thanks in advance,
Totally inept uesay
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Hello. I met you on IRC, my nick was "Potatoes".
Anyway, I saw your message after you quit. I'll try to walk you through fixing this.
First up, Try to follow this guide.
If that doesn't work, Use this guide. You can get the stock firmware here. You need an account, but it is free to create one.
Good luck!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! It's fixed!!!!! I had to go the Odin route, but it worked, and my calendar is back, YAYY!!
-uesay, much relieved
Hi all,
I hope someone will be able to help me! I have an s8+ model SM-G955FD. I was in the gallery and deleted an entire album (amazed it would even let me do that without confirmation). How do I get my lost videos/images back please? I have tried dr.fone which says the phone needs to be rooted and oneclickroot has said it can't be rooted yet. I don't particularly want to root my phone.
Please help!
Thanks in advance
Joe
Are you in the habit of logging into Google or Samsung accounts?
If so you may find they were backed up to the cloud, if not there are a number of apps on Playstore, one such is called 'DiskDigger Photo Recovery', all purporting to recover deleted files.
Thanks for your prompt response.
Unfortunately the videos weren't backed up. I've tried DiskDigger which is very good - it didn't find the videos and says I need to do a deeper scan for which a root is required.
Sorry to hear that. Were you at least able to salvage some or all of the photos?
kxdaorbit said:
Sorry to hear that. Were you at least able to salvage some or all of the photos?
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Yes I did thanks but the videos are an issue. I've been trying to use the phone as little as possible hoping I'll be able to undelete the files but so far I haven't found anything to do that.
Try this For Videos Recovery Without Root
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=video.recovery&hl=en
For Pictures Disk Drigger is best without root
Thanks very much. Great app in theory but in practice it seems to have copied all my whatsapp video to the recovered folder! I guess without root (which I believe can't be done for the S8), I'm stuffed.
I find someone says the GT Recovery and DiskDigger. But when I tried with them just find some small photos, no the original.
Hi, so some background, it has been a long time since I have touched custom ROMs or root access on an android device (back when the Nexus 2 released) so I don't really remember anything and know nothing about how the android environment has changed.
The reason for my post is that I was "hiding" sentimental/sensitive material in a folder associated with the Google Drive application using a file manager app (cut and paste into Drive folder) so that it wouldn't appear in Gallery scans, and when my drive app wasn't working as expected I (stupidly) uninstalled the update (can't actually uninstall the app on stock ROM) causing the folder to be wiped. Now I'm trying to find a way to recover the files but all the solutions recommended by a google search that I've tried require root and from what I know, correct me if I'm wrong, unlocking my bootloader to gain root access will wipe my internal storage which would probably defeat the whole purpose(?) of trying to recover information as it will overwrite the sectors. So does anyone know of anyway that I can recover this data from my device? I am willing to root as long as it will yield results.
tl;dr - need to recover files on stock P20 Pro (locked bootloader, no root), please help I am lost and a noob now
Thanks in advance!
P.S. This was (incorrectly) posted in the discussion forum before and I have requested it to be deleted
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Bump! Can anyone please help?
Bump? :fingers-crossed:
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Bump? :fingers-crossed:
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Stop bumping. You are simply in the wrong section. None of us has a Pro model. This is the P20-Forum. Not Pro, not lite. I can not understand why people see 3 different devices as one. Ask here. Good luck!
Hello,
I hope that this is the right side of the forum to describe my problem. I desperately need help. It's a long story:
I had on my Samsung phone the app of "Chrome", which I always use to surf the internet. Using the google browser IN THAT APP, I have downloaded lots of things (I'm a scholar, so I like to read and I use to download everything that I found interesting). I have updated the app and I was frustrated, because I couldn't take anymore screenshots while surfing in "incognito mode". So, I decided to delete the update: i went into "settings", then "apps", and then I have brought back the app of "Chrome" as it was when i bought my phone. Sadly, I then noticed that I had lost every file in my download folder; I had lost every file downloaded with that app.
I had not synchronized my Google account, I can do no backup. I'm so angry and sad because I've always thought that the files downloaded would have stayed in my phone until I and only I would have decide to delete them.
I have done a lot of research on the internet and I have found out that there are some apps that can recover a very large part of lost files. But, in order to do this, I have to root my phone.
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy J2 SM-J250Y/DS, and the Android version is 7.1.1. I have seen that rooting a phone could be very dangerous; also, to me is very complicated. But there is a program called Kingoroot, which, once installed on my computer, could (it's a possibility, I know!) rooting my phone easily.
What should I do? Should I try the rooting method? It seems to me the only way...
I ask you any suggestions... Please help me. I am a depressed student that, in this life, can only enjoy reading and books...
(I am Italian, and I hope my English is understandable. If I did any mistake, please forgive me.)
Sorry can't help you get what you lost back... I feel your pain.
After losing thousands of bookmarks over the decades I started using Colornotes to save my important bookmarks.
You can save the hyperlink with a title, color, and whatever text you want to add. If you punch the hyperlink it opens in the default browser.
The app allows you to save it's data to your sd card which you can backup on your PC.
Use ApkExport to make a loadable copy of the app to future proof it.
ColorNote Notepad Notes - Apps on Google Play
ColorNote® - Easy to use notepad for notes, shopping list, to-do list, calendar
play.google.com
Thank you very much for your reply.
But... If I root my phone, and if the rooting is done without any damage, is there a possibility to get most of my files back? Or, even if I root my device, I will never be able to recover them?
It sounds like it deleted the data when you rolled the apk back (to factory load?).
If so it's going to be very sketchy at best to recover them.
I guess history's been deleted as well?
There are many coders here that have far greater knowledge than myself with Chrome.
My understanding of rooting is very basic as with Chrome which I rarely use.
If no one else replies in a day or two, bump it back to the top. Hope you find a work around solution.
AlexiusFrigerius said:
But... If I root my phone, and if the rooting is done without any damage, is there a possibility to get most of my files back? Or, even if I root my device, I will never be able to recover them?
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Rooting Android by means of TWRP and/or Magisk ( keyword: SuperSU ) affects its /data partition where phone's data typically are housed. Therefore it cannot be excluded that data stored there is overwritten and can therefore no longer be restored.
jwoegerbauer said:
Rooting Android by means of TWRP and/or Magisk ( keyword: SuperSU ) affects its /data partition where phone's data typically are housed. Therefore it cannot be excluded that data stored there is overwritten and can therefore no longer be restored.
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Is there the possibility if deleted that it's still on the system cache and is there a way to recover it if so on a none rooted phone?
Maybe using ABD?
Don't some on the "one touch" root solutions claim to preserve the data?
Android doesn't have a recycle bin thus nothing gets cached. Deleting a file means nothing else than marking the space it occupies - whereever this disk space is located - as usable so that it can be overwritten by the system.
Have never used a "One-Click-Root" utility ...
blackhawk said:
It sounds like it deleted the data when you rolled the apk back (to factory load?).
If so it's going to be very sketchy at best to recover them.
I guess history's been deleted as well?
There are many coders here that have far greater knowledge than myself with Chrome.
My understanding of rooting is very basic as with Chrome which I rarely use.
If no one else replies in a day or two, bump it back to the top. Hope you find a work around solution.
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Yes, it's just like I told. And yes, even history has been deleted.
Thank you for your help! I will wait until someone may give me a solution, or a possibility for a solution.
jwoegerbauer said:
Rooting Android by means of TWRP and/or Magisk ( keyword: SuperSU ) affects its /data partition where phone's data typically are housed. Therefore it cannot be excluded that data stored there is overwritten and can therefore no longer be restored.
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Ok, I understand...
jwoegerbauer said:
Android doesn't have a recycle bin thus nothing gets cached. Deleting a file means nothing else than marking the space it occupies - whereever this disk space is located - as usable so that it can be overwritten by the system.
Have never used a "One-Click-Root" utility ...
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Thank you for your explanation.
jwoegerbauer said:
Android doesn't have a recycle bin thus nothing gets cached. Deleting a file means nothing else than marking the space it occupies - whereever this disk space is located - as usable so that it can be overwritten by the system.
Have never used a "One-Click-Root" utility ...
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Yeah I was aware of the overwrite issue but on an unrooted device I don't think you can access the system cache. Even if you could the data could be so juxtaposed from lose of file structure as to be unusable.
One-Click-Root worked on older versions of Kitkat allegedly.
So... I understand. But I want to try. I want to root my phone. But I have to know how and I must prevent my phone from all the risks.
blackhawk: you said that the "One-Click-Root" method worked only for Kitkat Android. But I have read here that with Kingoroot i could have a chance:
How to Root Android Nougat (7.0/7.1) | KingoRoot Apk
Root any Android Nougat 7.0 7.1 device with KingoRoot.
www.kingoapp.com
(It's important: I AM NOT SPAMMING Kingoroot, I just want to understand If I can trust what it's written in their site. Also, in the link, at the end of the page, there is written that I can root my phone with my PC, which, to me, seems a safer way. It's the main idea I had when I decided to write in this forum, because I wanted to know the opinions of people that are very able to use these methods and these kind of programs.)
AlexiusFrigerius said:
So... I understand. But I want to try. I want to root my phone. But I have to know how and I must prevent my phone from all the risks.
blackhawk: you said that the "One-Click-Root" method worked only for Kitkat Android. But I have read here that with Kingoroot i could have a chance:
How to Root Android Nougat (7.0/7.1) | KingoRoot Apk
Root any Android Nougat 7.0 7.1 device with KingoRoot.
www.kingoapp.com
(It's important: I AM NOT SPAMMING Kingoroot, I just want to understand If I can trust what it's written in their site. Also, in the link, at the end of the page, there is written that I can root my phone with my PC, which, to me, seems a safer way. It's the main idea I had when I decided to write in this forum, because I wanted to know the opinions of people that are very able to use these methods and these kind of programs.)
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You can try it; it will either work or nothing will happen. Even if it works it's likely those files are gone. Maybe better to chalk it up to another lesson from the University of Hard Knocks.
You could try contacting Google tech support to see if they have any ideas.
The last AT&T firmware update was specifically to block easy rooting by Kingroot; the rats learn quick.
blackhawk said:
You can try it; it will either work or nothing will happen. Even if it works it's likely those files are gone. Maybe better to chalk it up to another lesson from the University of Hard Knocks.
You could try contacting Google tech support to see if they have any ideas.
The last AT&T firmware update was specifically to block easy rooting by Kingroot; the rats learn quick.
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Thank you very much for your help. I understand: I must give up. But the most important thing is to learn something about anything we do. Anything could help for future situations.
"It's a shame to stumble twice on the same stone" (Polybius, 31,11, 5).
Thank you again. Goodbye!
AlexiusFrigerius said:
Hello,
I hope that this is the right side of the forum to describe my problem. I desperately need help. It's a long story:
I had on my Samsung phone the app of "Chrome", which I always use to surf the internet. Using the google browser IN THAT APP, I have downloaded lots of things (I'm a scholar, so I like to read and I use to download everything that I found interesting). I have updated the app and I was frustrated, because I couldn't take anymore screenshots while surfing in "incognito mode". So, I decided to delete the update: i went into "settings", then "apps", and then I have brought back the app of "Chrome" as it was when i bought my phone. Sadly, I then noticed that I had lost every file in my download folder; I had lost every file downloaded with that app.
I had not synchronized my Google account, I can do no backup. I'm so angry and sad because I've always thought that the files downloaded would have stayed in my phone until I and only I would have decide to delete them.
I have done a lot of research on the internet and I have found out that there are some apps that can recover a very large part of lost files. But, in order to do this, I have to root my phone.
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy J2 SM-J250Y/DS, and the Android version is 7.1.1. I have seen that rooting a phone could be very dangerous; also, to me is very complicated. But there is a program called Kingoroot, which, once installed on my computer, could (it's a possibility, I know!) rooting my phone easily.
What should I do? Should I try the rooting method? It seems to me the only way...
I ask you any suggestions... Please help me. I am a depressed student that, in this life, can only enjoy reading and books...
(I am Italian, and I hope my English is understandable. If I did any mistake, please forgive me.)
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Hi, I would suggest you can try free tool for Android Phone such as Stellar Data Recovery for Android which easily recover deleted files like, photos, audio files, videos files from your Android phone internal memory storage.
Source: https://www.stellarinfo.com/media-tools/android-data-recovery.php
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That drfone again. Scamware.
Do Not Use.
Drfone if used will encrypt "recovered" data and ask you to pay for it. After which the original data is gone leaving only the encrypted copy.
It is not free... not to be trusted!
Ran into this scam many years ago.