If you want to delete the Google account from a S12 either to sell your terminal, give it to a relative or friend, recycle it or if you have decided to switch to another Google account, you can do so by following the steps indicated below.
In the following sections, we will provide you with detailed, easy-to-follow instructions to perform this process safely and effectively. You'll learn how to unlink your Google account and how to make sure your personal data is protected during the process.
When delete the Google account from S12 we deactivate the FRP (Factory Reset Protection) of the operating system Android 6.0 Marshmallow, this is a protection that links the HomTom S12 to a Google account so that when it is rebooted or blocked due to loss or theft, ask for the Google account username and password.
Table of Contents:
Estimated time: 5 minutes.
1- First step:
To delete the Google account go to the settings of your HomTom, it is the icon of the gear wheel, the settings icon should be on the home screen or in the phone menu, you can access the main menu by dragging your finger from the bottom to the top of the screen.
2- Second step:
Go down through the settings of the S12 and look for the section called “Accounts”, click to access this section.
3- Third step:
All accounts linked to this HomTom S12 will appear, including in addition to Google accounts the rest of social media accounts such as Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, etc. Click on the account you want to unlink from this device.
4- Fourth step:
The data linked from this Google account (or the one you have selected) to the HomTom S12 will appear. Press “Remove account” to continue.
5- Fifth step:
A confirmation message will appear to avoid removing an account from the HomTom S12 by mistake, click on “Remove account” again to confirm. All data on this account will be deleted from the device.
After you delete the account, you may want to reset the S12 to its factory state and thus eliminate all data from the HomTom, to do this from “Settings” click on “System”, then “Reset settings”, then “Factory data reset” and finally “Delete all”.
This is the method for unlink Google account from HomTom S12 and erase all your data from the system settings.
Another more drastic method to erase the Google account in a HomTom S12 would be doing a hard reset or factory reset, you can check the instructions from the following link. It is a drastic method because in addition to deleting the Google account it resets the HomTom to its factory state and has to re-optimize all applications which takes more time than a simple deletion of Google account.
About the device:
HomTom S12 is a mobile/cell phone with dimensions of 65 mm (millimeters), 6.5 cm (centimeters), 0.21 ft (feet), 2.56 in (inches), and a screen resolution of 480 x 960 pixels.
It has a processor ARM Cortex-A7, a graphics card ARM Mali-400 MP and an internal memory of 8 GB (gigabytes).
The HomTom S12 comes from the factory with the Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system.
1 questions asked by users.
Imon_ - 17/03/2024 20:28
My Homtom S12 Mobile Rest Rest now You will need to activate the new Gmail. Don't know the old Gmail
Juan - 18/03/2024 08:26
If you don't remember your Google password or your device PIN, you can try to recover your password using a recovery email or phone number. More information here: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/7682439?hl=en