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| Thread ID: 150264 | 2021-11-10 19:23:00 | factory reset on an android phone | Tony (4941) | Press F1 |
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| 1481938 | 2021-11-10 19:23:00 | I'm thinking of giving my old (but still perfectly useable) Android phone to a needy friend. I'm planning to do a factory reset first, but is there anything else I need to think about? | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1481939 | 2021-11-10 20:38:00 | First remove it from the list of devices owned by you held by Google. If you do not your password is rquied to reactivate it. | CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1481940 | 2021-11-11 00:57:00 | Interesting! How to do it, CliveM? | bk T (215) | ||
| 1481941 | 2021-11-11 01:43:00 | Interesting! How to do it, CliveM? Ha! I was about to ask the same question. I looked on my Google DAshboar5d and the only hardware reference I could find was to my current phone. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1481942 | 2021-11-11 01:56:00 | Ha! I was about to ask the same question. I looked on my Google DAshboar5d and the only hardware reference I could find was to my current phone. If it is not there you should not have a problem. I sold a phone on TM a few years back and although I had done the Factory Reset bit the new owner could not use it until I went in and deleted it from the list of hardware held by Google. If you have never used it with your Google account I guess that does not apply. |
CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1481943 | 2021-11-11 02:08:00 | If it is not there you should not have a problem. I sold a phone on TM a few years back and although I had done the Factory Reset bit the new owner could not use it until I went in and deleted it from the list of hardware held by Google. If you have never used it with your Google account I guess that does not apply. So this is from the Google Dashboard, right? Can you give us a step-by step? |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1481944 | 2021-11-11 06:31:00 | Go into your google account on your PC and under the security tab, scroll down to Your devices. Mine shows my laptop, my Linux desktop and my J8 phone only. |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1481945 | 2021-11-11 07:09:00 | This link shows what Gary has already told you. gadgetstouse.com | CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1481946 | 2021-11-11 07:55:00 | Right, that does show the old phone. I've now disconnected it. Thanks guys. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1481947 | 2021-11-15 01:17:00 | Nice. I got a phone a couple of years back that acted like I needed to set it up, so when I did it had all the owners contacts on it. | the_bogan (9949) | ||
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