Unlocked G1 and initial gmail account

[cacrus]

Hi ,

I just bought an unlocked Google G1 phone outside US . However I can not access Gmail or market place as it has some email account already configured and i am not sure whats the password. I have googled to find out how to reset this account and use my own gmail account .

Some threads suggest that resetting to factory defaults with proper local APN setting will do that , but since this is an unlocked Phone , my concern is that would it affect the phone if i do a factory reset ?

Is there a way to find out how the phone was unlocked ? proper TMobile code or jail broken ?

Does Factory reset helps in resetting the initial gmail account ?


Please help .

Thanks

[tread]

1. are you with t-mobile

2. if you are do you have the g1 internet?

3. theres no way to find out who did the unlock

4. "jailbreaking" a phone, as much as i hate that term, is not unlocking your phone at all... it may lead to an easier unlock, but its more associated with having administrator access to the phone that you previously may not have had

6. factory resetting the phone should cause no issues for you

5. if it was unlocked, what you can probably do is attempt a login, press the try again or back button, press the menu button and you should be able to enter your APN manually if you are using a different service

[cacrus]

No i am not with Tmobile, i am outside US .

I can access Internet over WIFI , Haven't checked Edge .

You mentioned attempt a login ? login where? to Gmail or market place . selecting gmail doesen't give anything , it stays at "your email will appear shortly" and menu button does not work at this point .
i receive notifications that sync was not succesful , when i select this notificaiton i get the login screen with the email address already defined which i cannot change .
as i received it like this . and probably this is the email address with which was used to unlock the phone .

At the Gmail screen when i press back it gets me back to the Home of applications .

thanks for your reply ,

[tread]

the login attempt i was speaking of was after you factory reset the phone, so the phone acts as its brand new out of box... there is a way to do it over wifi, i'll have to look that up and try and find it... if you have EDGE service and subscribe to a data plan with your carrier, factory reset the phone, attempt to login with YOUR address and password and follow the directions that i stated... try hitting the back button and opening up the menu

[cacrus]

Thanks for your quick reply again ,

I am looking forward for the wifi method .

[cacrus]

It worked for me ,
Thanks Tread for your responses.

I simply did a factory default reset from settings - SDcard ....Factory data reset
At the reboot provided my account information and defined the local APN setting as you recommended as well.
thanks again .

[singhlms]

Same thing with me .just bought an unlocked G1 Phone in Dubai. My Dubai SIM is working. I made APN settings of my carrier and is working fine. But my unlocked phone has a gmail activation in its reseller name and when ever I start the phone it can not srinc as I do not have a password for it. EVen if I have the password, it will be of no use to me. If anyone an advise me that how to activate my own g mail account. And if done it should not lock the phone.

Shall I also do the same thing as Cacus. Will I loose all my Contact info which I manully fed in yesterday.

(Now I did as per Cacrus and got everything ok...Thanks alot you both guys..)

[inportb]

You can change the account without resetting if AnyCut is already installed: make a shortcut to "Setup Wizard."

[nyckbe]

inportb: You are the MAN!!!!!

[cacrus]

Well , it actually worked for me the same day i posted my last comment , i should have posted solution earlier .

All i did was , used the factory reset from settings-SD card , and than rebooted ,
On the next reboot i entered my email address and detail and setup the APN from local telecom to connect to Google server to authenticate .

So i guess All you need to make sure is that you have a SIM which has Data servic gprs / EDGE enabled , eve if its not your SIM .