[MickyFoley]

If your phone isn't rooted, this tutorial maybe won't work for you!

You maybe know the problem: Second account added and now the account is bound to the phone. If you try to remove it, the phone probably requests a factory reset.
A message pops up with "This account is required by some applications. You can only delete it by resetting the phone to factory defaults."

I had the problem too and didn't want to reset my phone. Dunno why android complains about that. Sure, if i would had bought some apps, ok. They would be bound to my account. But i didn't. Also if i, i had a 2nd account added. Anyways - too much blabla from me - here we go:

Requirements:
• Root Explorer (can be found here in the board)

1. Open Root Explorer and access the directory "/data/system/"
2. Scroll down and find the file "accounts.db"
3. Optional: Copy the "accounts.db" to your sd-card
4. Simply delete the file
5. Reboot your phone
6. Done!

Note: The system will add the file automatically new. There is no risk to brick your phone - guaranteed.
If you bought apps with this account, you shouldn't do this. Also you have to relogin from your phone to access your mainaccount.

Undoquestion: Is it possible to revert this steps?
Answer: Yes. Just relogin with your account(s) and your're done, or copy your saved "accounts.db" from your sd-card back to the "/data/system/" directory, and overwrite the existing one. Don't forget to reboot after copying the file back.

greetings

thanks for the great tips!

[RiseOfTheDropBears]

Bookmarked.

The way I always did it was by just creating a dummy account, and then adding my real one (so if I ever needed to sell or return the phone, no big deal). But this right here is really, seriously useful.

there is another way I found in the youtube, and I've tried it, and it work like charm

1. Install Root Explorer
2. Set it to R/W which is Re writable instead of R/O which is Read Only
3. go to System/framework folder
4. Look for framework-res.apk
5. Rename it to framework-res.apk.bak
6. then rename it back again to the original name which is the framework-res.apk
7. exit Root Explorer, then enter Android Market, when you enter Android Market, it will force close, don't worry, it's normal
8. Reboot your smartphone
9. Tada! all your gmail account is deleted, now just enter your new gmail

[Xecution]

Times change quickly as does technology and security measures... In tech-years it`s been about 60 something years. Unfortunately, none of these will work in modern times and OS versions. With that said, don`t get a ZTE BLADE Z MAX (Z982/983) because it`s $#&! being stuck in FRP with no B/L unlocks.