How to unlink Huawei from Google account

How to sign out of Google account without performing a factory reset

The fact is that when trying to delete their Google or Gmail account from settings, many users receive the following message:

“This account is required for some applications to work. You can only delete it if you perform a factory reset (which will delete all your personal data).”

Naturally, such a warning raises many questions for some people. Those users who have never dealt with the Android OS before are especially worried.

To reset your Google account without restoring factory settings, you can use two methods.

Method 1.

Open Settings.
Go to the Accounts section.
Select Your Google Account > Menu.
Select “Remove account”.

If this method doesn't work, try the second one:

Method 2.

Open Root Explorer or a similar system file manager.
Open the data/system folder and delete the “accounts.bd” file.
If you cannot find the file with the db extension, open the data/ system/ sync folders and delete the “accounts.xml” file.

Important: You need to open folders from your phone from the root directory of Android (internal memory of the device).
If you open the data folder in the root directory of a microSD card that is being used as external storage, you will not find the system folder in it.

Bypassing Google Account via “adding another call”

This option is used if there is no Internet connection or it is impossible to open the phone settings menu in any way. Insert the SIM card into the phone that needs to be freed from your Google account. Turn it on, then call from another number to a locked smartphone, accept the call, call up the additional menu and add another call. Enter a random set of numbers and add this combination to your contacts. Link the number to your Google account and, if necessary, create a new one and reboot your device.

How to log out of Google account after a hard reboot

The methods described above are not perfect. Firstly, they are not applicable to all phones, and secondly, it is not safe to give your own, even a former smartphone, into the wrong hands if some data remains on it. It is safer to erase all unnecessary information and return the device to its original state. However, not all so simple.

Recently, all Android smartphones have been using a new security option called FRP - Factory Reset Protection. Basically, only experienced users who often update the firmware of their phones know about it, and, of course, specialists from service centers, where they bring devices that are blocked after a hard reboot.

FRP does not make life difficult for the average user. This option is needed in order to protect important data (passwords, banking information, photos, etc.). Any attempt by an attacker in whose hands the phone is to gain access to data, and this may involve flashing the firmware to reset locking passwords and using specialized software, will require you to enter your login and password for your Google account.

But what if the phone needs to be returned to its “just out of the box” state, but FRP protection does not allow this?

Bypass Google account via SD card

This FRP reset takes place thanks to a pop-up message about the connected memory card, from which you can get to the system settings, proceed in order:

Insert the memory card into a working phone
In the notification, click OK, you will be taken to the storage settings
Click on "App Data"
Go to the "All" tab and find "Settings", click "Start"
Settings open, select "Backup and reset"
Now click on “Reset DRM” and confirm deleting the keys
Go back to Backup & Reset and perform a factory reset
Wait for your phone to turn on, now you are free from FRP Lock.

Easy Method to Reset Google Account

So, a factory reset has been done, and in order to be able to use the phone again, Google account verification is required. Registration data is either not accepted by the system or forgotten by the user.

Detailed instructions:

We connect the phone to the Wi-Fi network powered by the router (this is important!). Enter the password to log into the network.

Check the “Advanced” box in the network settings.
In the "Proxy Server" menu o.
Scroll down the options menu and enter any set of letters (Latin) in the “Proxy server host name” field.
In the “Proxy server port” field, enter 8080. Click “Connect”. And then in a new window “Next”.
The process of connecting to the network begins, but since incorrect data was entered manually, the connection does not occur. The message “No Internet connection” appears on the screen. Click "OK".
We automatically go to the previous “Network Connection” window. It should display a message written in red letters “No Internet access. Check your router or contact your service provider." This message may not appear the first time, so the connection process will have to be repeated.
Click on the red message. The Help window opens. Click the “More details” button.
We accept the terms of the agreement and select the country/region.
Scroll to the right on the information screens (Advice, Service, Me) until the HiCare screen opens.
Click “Start”. We give permission to access geodata. We accept the terms of use of Huawei Push.
Click on the text field (“enter a keyword…”). Enter any set of letters, for example, 6 Latin letters “A” and click on “Search” (the button with a magnifying glass on the keyboard).
In the next window, under the line “No results” in the “Offers” options, select “Email.” mail".
Click on the Gmail icon and hold your finger on it until the “About” screen opens.
In this window, select “Notifications” > “Other Settings”. In the “Settings” window that opens, click on the three vertical dots at the top right.
Select "Account Management". In the "What to use?" window Click the “Only now” button.
The “Accounts” window opens, scroll down the menu. Find the “System” section.
Click “Reset” > “Reset all settings” and click on the button with blue font “Reset all settings”. This inscription turns red.

IMPORTANT! Click on the red “Reset all settings” sign and after exactly six seconds press and hold the phone’s power button.

A screen appears with the options "Reboot" and "Shutdown".
Select "Reboot".
Click “Reboot” again. The phone reboots. This process may take some time, please be patient. After a successful reboot, the device is unlocked and can be used. The Google account has been unlinked.

This method works for different Huawei and Honor models - Honor 9 lite, Honor 7X, Huawei Y6 Prime 2021, Huawei P20 Lite, Huawei Mate 10 lite and other phones with EMUI 8.0, 8.2 firmware

Bypassing Google Account through “Keyboard Settings”

During the initial setup, go to the Wi-Fi connection page, then reset FRP Lock according to the instructions:

1. Select any network, open the keyboard by clicking on the password entry field 2. In the keyboard you need to call up the settings, how to do this depends on the keyboard, if there are several options:

Press Spacebar
Click “Change language”
Hold down the “Swype” icon
Press and hold the numeric keypad icon (123)
Press comma

3. Once in the keyboard settings, you need to go to another window, for example, call up the help window (hidden in the upper right corner under the vertical ellipsis) 4. Immediately after going to the new window, press the “Recent applications” button, a search engine line should appear there (if not appeared, try to continue moving through the windows until it appears) 5. Click on “Search” and enter “Settings”, select the “Settings” application

6. Open “Backup and Reset” 7. Oh and click on “Reset” 8. After rebooting, your phone/tablet will be free from Google FRP Lock!

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Hello friends, today we will look at a new way to bypass Google blocking on all modern Huawei devices with the March 2021 security patch.

1) Download the Go Launcher Z, copy it to a memory card, and insert this memory card into the phone.

2) Using the Talkback function, we get to the youtube application.

3) In the youtube application, under any video, click the three dots, and select “Share”, then share via Notepad

4) In the Notepad application, attach any photo, you can use a standard one from the gallery, and save the note with a checkmark. 4) Select share this note, the “as file” or “as picture” window appears

5) Select “as a picture”, and then share it via Google maps.

6) In google maps, first click on the button for determining coordinates, wait a minute, and then plot a route anywhere, personally, I chose the nearest city, and BE SURE TO START MOVEMENT ALONG THE ROUTE.

7) A voice assistant (microphone icon) appears at the top left, click on it and say “open Google” (in my case, the language became English, and I said “open Google”

Google Nau opens, enter Files in the search bar and select the appropriate file manager application from the list and launch it. From under the file manager, install the program from Go Launcher z that was previously downloaded onto the memory card

9) Next, from under the launcher, go to the phone settings and do a general reset.

10) The phone will reboot and will be absolutely clean out of the box.

Link to go launcher: https://yadi.sk/d/gsqq5mVI3Uh64Z