Fad
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I just bought a HTC hero G2 as a temp phone its a used handset and for some reason I cant set up my own email account it seems locked to the previous owners mail account.
So at the moment I cant seem to get rid of it so I can register the phone to my own account so I can access Apps Market.
I really dont want to reset the handset as I have just had it unlocked!
Help please 
[Edited on 03-05-2010 by Fad]
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
I just bought a HTC hero G2 as a temp phone its a used handset and for some reason I cant set up my own email account it seems locked to the previous owners mail account.
So at the moment I cant seem to get rid of it so I can register the phone to my own account so I can access Apps Market.
I really dont want to reset the handset as I have just had it unlocked!
Help please
[Edited on 03-05-2010 by Fad]
will need to reset it im afraid as it holds an email as a security measure.
however, htc's should be unlocked anyway? there was no gid locks applied to htc's??? 
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Fad
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Yes there are this was a tmobile G2 and now I have it on o2
Man this sucks it needs a reset 
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bubble
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Yes there are this was a tmobile G2 and now I have it on o2
Man this sucks it needs a reset
aaah the g2, yeah these were locked.
tbf, id be surprised if resetting it would enable sim lock again.
but dont blame me if it does
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Fad
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Yeah I think it needs to be rooted before I do the reset as it may restore the handsets factory defaults
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PaulW
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Resetting it won't re-enable the SIM lock, all it will do is restore everything back to factory defaults (so connection settings, interface theme, etc) thats it...
If you root it, you will be flashing a generic firmware anyway, so no Tmob branding.
tbh, if its just a temporary handset, just perform a factory reset & then apply the O2 settings for the connection. Besides, it's not uncommon for the HTC's to be very lightly branded if on Tmob anyway.
[Edited on 03-05-2010 by PaulW]
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pow
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NONONO DONT DO THAT!!
Go to Settings, Applications, Manage Applications, Find Google Mail/Gmail, tap on it then press erase/clear cache... Then open Gmail up and put in your details 
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Fad
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Will try that out Pow and will see what happens cheers!
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Fad
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Didnt work Pow wow 
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Jambo
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you have to reset it to change gmail details. No other way
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Fad
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Bugger
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pow
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What happened Fadders? Worked for me...
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Fad
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Nothing it just brings up an old googlemail account regardless
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pow
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Even if you clear the cache on the gmail app? And the Market Place?
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