Change default Google account [SOLVED]

I am having the same issue trying to change my primary gmail account (for my Motorola Milestone ? in Canada, which I gather is called a Droid elsewhere)

The problem is when I go to
Settings -> Applications ->Manage Applications -> Google Apps
There is no ?clear Data? button (not at all) just a ?clear cache? and when I do that it still doesn?t let me change the primary email. I cannot figure out how to delete the 8.00 KB of data in Google apps which I assume is my primary gmail account.

How do you overcome this or find the ?Clear Data? button for Google apps?

Thanks
 
I am having the same issue trying to change my primary gmail account (for my Motorola Milestone ? in Canada, which I gather is called a Droid elsewhere)

The problem is when I go to
Settings -> Applications ->Manage Applications -> Google Apps
There is no ?clear Data? button (not at all) just a ?clear cache? and when I do that it still doesn?t let me change the primary email. I cannot figure out how to delete the 8.00 KB of data in Google apps which I assume is my primary gmail account.

How do you overcome this or find the ?Clear Data? button for Google apps?

Thanks


BTW - I am on Android 2.1 (phone rooted and unlocked)
 
Thanks for this but it doesn't work on mine!

HTC Hero running Android 1.5.

I have cleared all the Google apps as described, but still now getting the fault message:-

"Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server.

This could be a temporary problem or your SIM card may not be provisioned for data services, if it continues please call customer care."

However it's not a problem with the SIM or the Wi-Fi as it worked perfectly before I changed the GMail address.

Any ideas - I also have an unlocked phone so am reluctant to do a hard-reset
 
hii i tried that too but it is not showing me google talk or any google application in manage application...so pls tell me how do i do this?

also pls tell me how do i transfer my contacts from my nokia phone to galaxy S...how to create smileys in sms....lol i hv so many questions to ask?
 
I tried to do this on my rooted HTC Aria, and it didn't work. I found another method that worked great for me. If you open up the sqlite db in /data/system/accounts.db you will find 8 tables. Select all of the records from the accounts table, and note the _id of the record corresponding to your google account. Some of the other tables in the db have constraints referencing the accounts table, so you must first delete all records from the other tables that reference your google account record. Here's an example of the sql.

delete from grants where accounts_id = [your account ID];
delete from authtokens where accounts_id = [your account ID];
delete from extras where accounts_id = [your account ID];
delete from accounts where _id = [your account ID];

Once this is done, you should restart your phone, and run the setup app to set up your new google account. Please note that all of this database work was done after I took the steps outlined by wartsolio. Chances are, you will still have to do as wartsolio said too.
 
Hello Guys! - I think you might want to change the status of this Thread to UNSOLVED...LOL Here is my problem : I bought a HTC HD2 with FROYO. The problem is that i cannot REMOVE the default google account. I even added another google account and tried to erase the initial one. For some reason the initial one stays as the DEFAULT ONE. I even tried what you guys said, with clearing all the data from the application management. Here is the catch: Even If i do a factory reset, the phone restarts in WINDOWS, not in android....after i boot up the android....it loads the same google account... DAMN! I'm stuck here!...Any suggestions? Is there any like config file that i have to erase the email or somehting like that? Your Help is greatly APPRECIATED! Happy Gobble Gobble!
 
I am trying to do this on my Droid X. GMail is not listed on the Manage Applications list. Is there another way to change the default account?

Norm
 
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