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Any way to recover/find the gmail that was attached to a phone? Read inside, unique.

I work for Sprint and a customer came in with a unique problem. He is using the stock rom, didn't have any backup whatsoever for his contacts whatsoever. The gmail that was attached to his account was inadvertently removed (gmail store data cleared, google apps etc.) I was wondering if there is any way to figure out what the gmail username was, or if the contacts are saved in cache/cookies anywhere else on the phone or SD card. He lost around 10 years worth of contacts so we are trying to recover those for him. Any ideas would be very helpful. Thanks in advance. He claims that one of the reps from another Sprint store set up his phone for him, but we have no way to confirm whether it was someone else or him who set up the account.

/data/system/accounts.db is where the account info is stored, if you use root explorer you can view the sqlite data (but not edit without another paid app)

So he doesn't know what his username is? I'm guessing that he didn't have Gmail before the phone but did he ever email a friend from the phone? If so maybe that friend knows it.

Gmail issue

From a pc i changed the password on my gmail. Now my phone is pissed because everything syncs back to that account. I tried to change it back from a pc but it wont accept it. Any way to change the password that my phone registers?
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From what I've heard, you have to add the google account with the new password, then uncheck the original account from syncing

Cant add the same account, guess I will have to make a new one.
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That really sux..surely someone has successfully changed their gmail password without having an issue on the device?

How about removing the account via Settings...Accounts and Sync and re-adding?
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[Q] New Nexus One Sign In Issues

Hi guys, first ever post on XDA, so hi to all...
I've just bought a brand new nexus one, rushed home all excited to start messing about with it. Updated fine to 2.2.1 but, when i'm trying to get into the market or gmail, it wont let me sign in with my existing gmail username and password. I know that I'm using the correct username and password.
I'm massively frustrated as I don't want to run two separate accounts and I want to crack on with my new phone!!!
I've got an existing htc desire, which is my everyday phone, surely you don't have to use a separate account on each phone, obviously I've got loads of apps on my original gmail account and want to be able to use one single gmail account.
Question: Can I use 1 gmail account on an htc desire and the nexus one simultaneously?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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This is weird. You should be able to sign in with your gmail account and password. Is it some kind of HTC Sense security feature? Also are you using Google Authenticator and the 2-step verification feature?

NexusDro said:
This is weird. You should be able to sign in with your gmail account and password. Is it some kind of HTC Sense security feature? Also are you using Google Authenticator and the 2-step verification feature?
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That should be it, turn off the 2-step and you will log right in.
Alternatively, try putting in one of those passwords they asked you to print out during the 2-step wizard.

hi there, thanks for getting back to me.
i am using the 2 step verification, which i thought might be the problem. i'm going to try to disable the extra security and see if that does the trick. mind you, i'm not even sure you can disable it. additionally, i've not heard of an htc feature that prevents simultaneous login, so i'm not sure it's that.
i think you've answered my question though, so far as i should be able to log in on both phones, so thanks

Dude, did you even read the pages when you set up 2-step auth? They very clearly explain that you will need to generate a special password for services that use Google, your standard password will not function.

hey guys, i've just turned off the 2 step verification and have logged in as normal.
thanks for the help

i did read the initial instructions but that was about three weeks ago and I'd obviously forgotten that particular part but thanks for the input. i'll go back and re-read the relevant sections.

[Q] I've lost the password+other questions ;_; please help me out!

I already checked out the other suggested thread but I have other questions so I thought I might start another thread...
I've lost the password, as said in the title, because I'd changed countries once and had to change my phone.
Now I'm back and have absolutly no idea as to what my password was........
But I'd always failed to synch my phone's contacts with outlook
so if I hard reset I will lose all my contacts, the messages and the photos.
1. Is there a way to hack my way through the password?
2. Or, is there a way to back up the contacts without having to hard reset?
If there is no other way, then..
3. I am absolutely sure I'd put in a password hint to help me remember, and I'd seen the hint appear the second last time I tried typing the password,
but this time I just can't seem to find the hints. How can I find it?

of which kind of password are you talking about?
Posibilities to Backup Contacts, Calendar,....
1. You can setup a exchange server for a gmail account, so you can sync your data with your google account, or microsoft exchange server
2. You can install MyPhone and synch witch your live account.

Thanks for the reply!
Oops I didn't specify the type of password.. my bad. sorry.
It's the password to the X1 that appears when I start up the phone!
Since I lost the password, there's nothing I can do right now,
no syncs, no nothing... and the contacts and such in it are really important to me.
Do the solutions you suggested still work if the password I lost is the one that unlocks the phone during the start up of the xperia X1?

do you mean the password of the sim card?
or the password you can activate in winmo for security reasons?
But i think you cannot find out the password.
if it is the sim password maybe my solutions could work. when you imported the contacts to phone.

[Q] Changing android email account

I'd like to change the e-mail address I use to log into the market/play store. I created the account a long time ago, and have since began using a different gmail account as my primary email, so I'd like to be able to change it if possible. The thing is, I want to keep the contacts and purchased apps currently synced with my old account under the new address. Does anyone know if I can do this?

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

You can have more than one account and set up what you want to sync with each account so I'd just use both. I have several accounts. I sync mail on all and only sync contacts, calendar etc with one.
Not sure you will be able to do it any other way. But maybe someone else can help.
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I think isn't possible to port market link from one account to another; maybe to only solution is to make a titanium backup of your data and try to restore after changing the account.
If you have TB pro you can try also to restore missing links of the paid apps you have.
If it don't work you don't lost anything 'cause you are working on an new "empty" account.
So :
- Make a TB backup of all your data and apps
- Remove your Google account
- Add your new account
- Restore data and apps
It should work.

Yeah there are ways around the fact, TB and syncing different accounts. Just wondering if there was an easier solution than I know
I'll just sync a couple accounts and make do.

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I'd like to change the e-mail address I use to log into the market/play store. I created the account a long time ago, and have since began using a different gmail account as my primary email, so I'd like to be able to change it if possible. The thing is, I want to keep the contacts and purchased apps currently synced with my old account under the new address. Does anyone know if I can do this?
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Not a hundred percent positive but dont think you can... I looked into it a while back

you have to reset your phone