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Sold 7" Tablet, Gmail account removal

PostPosted: October 4th, 2011, 12:03 pm
by DualFever
Hey all

I sold my 7" android tablet on ebay, but it still has my gmail account on.

I'm finding it hard to remove this. A factory reset isn't working, and I can't clear the GoogleApps data from the Manage applications menu.

Is there anyway i can manually remove the GoogleApps.apk data?

Or remove the account some other way.

-Dual

Re: Sold 7" Tablet, Gmail account removal

PostPosted: October 4th, 2011, 1:14 pm
by DualFever
Found the File!

Had to open Root explorer(download the app if you dont have), then browse to Data/System, rename accounts.db to accounts.db.bak, restart the system. (need to be rooted)

Then accounts are removed! Even the default one that android doesn't let you remove

Re: Sold 7" Tablet, Gmail account removal

PostPosted: October 4th, 2011, 3:17 pm
by Detection
You must not have been resetting it properly, a full factory reset would take it back to "Factory" settings.

Normally done by powering on the device and pressing a combo of buttons to enter the recovery menu before it boots

I don't remember exactly what they are on the scroll

Re: Sold 7" Tablet, Gmail account removal

PostPosted: October 4th, 2011, 8:35 pm
by Charlie
The factory reset only works with the Scroll, if you have the power adapter plugged into the Scroll and switched on.