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From: AJL <noemail@none.com>
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Subject: Re: Unusable Android J5(6)
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 16:21:33 -0000 (UTC)
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On 5/14/25 8:36 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2025-05-14 10:48, R.Wieser wrote:
>> > Jorg,
>> > 
>> >>> 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 ?
>> >>
>> >> Remove the Google-account of your friend
>> > 
>> > "Remove the Google-account of your friend"
>> > 
>> > Thats the whole thing : *how* ?  My friend doesn't remember anything about
>> > his erstwhile, years old identity.
>> 
>> He uses a different identity on each phone? Normally, people use the 
>> same account when they buy a new phone.
>> 
>> 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.
>
>  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).
>
>(See: Home -> Devices -> select device (*if* still listed, because as I
>mentioned, longtime unused devices are not listed) -> Sign out)

I think this may be the same thing?

https://myaccount.google.com/device-activity

I use this to sign out my Google toys when I give them away to grandkids
 (and also reset them of course). But I don't see anywhere on that site to
 sign them back in. That apparently has to be done on the device. Likewise I
 don't think that move does anything to the device itself other than require
 a new sign in the next time it's used...