Re: Unusable Android J5(6)

On 2025-05-15 14:17, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-05-14 17:36, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-05-14 10:48, R.Wieser wrote:

Jorg,
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Recovery of what please ?  And how would I do that (see the above) ?
Also,
how would that make the phone forget my friend, accepting me as its new
owner ?

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Remove the Google-account of your friend

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"Remove the Google-account of your friend"
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Thats the whole thing : *how* ?  My friend doesn't remember anything about
his erstwhile, years old identity.

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He uses a different identity on each phone? Normally, people use the
same account when they buy a new phone.
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He could login into google in a computer, and there find the list of
devices, and drop the one. The old phone should accept this, if it gets
internet.

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    Do you know how to actually "drop" the old phone? The only thing I
see, is a 'Sign out', but AFAIK if a device is signed out, it is still
linked to the Google Account, because you can just sign back in).

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I haven't actually looked, because I do not want to actually unlink any
of my devices by accident.
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But google finds it. :-)
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How to Remove a Device from Google Account on Desktop
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     1 Go to the "Security" page in your Google account settings.
     2 Locate the device you want to remove under "Devices you trust."
     3 Click on the three-dot menu icon next to the device name, then
select "Remove."
     4 Google will ask you to confirm removal of the device.
     5 The selected device will now be removed from your Google account.
     6 Repeat steps 2-4 for any other devices you want to delete by
removing trust.
     7 Once done, recheck your devices list to confirm the removed
devices no longer appear.
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Following these steps allows you to easily prune and declutter your
connected devices list from a desktop computer.
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<https://reolink.com/blog/how-to-remove-a-device-from-google-account/>

    These instructions are - at least currently - not quite correct.
    In step 2, there is no such "Devices you trust" list (and the account
search facility only points to help articles, not to account items with
that name.
    If you search the help facility ('(?)') on 'trust', you'll find the
help item 'Add or remove trusted computers'. But the 'Remove computers &
devices from your trusted list' part of that help item just refers to
Security -> Manage all devices, where you can select a device, but can
only select '[Sign out]', *not* "Remove"!
    Bottom line: This procedure only allows you to sign out - *if* the
device is still listed, i.e. not unused too long -, but not to remove
it. (And, AFAICT, not even remove it from your trusted list, because
you can sign out and back in on a trusted device. A trusted device is a
device where you don't have to perform the 2-Step Verification.)

I tried on "Find my device". For two seconds there was an entry that said "factory reset device", and something else, but it got replaced with another text.
It displays a map, and three options:
Play a sound
Secure device
Ah, now I see factory reset again! It appeared after "play a sound". worked. Initially it could not find it, but play a sound worked.
It has changed where, but the option is there.
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Cheers, Carlos.