XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: alice.jones-donotspam@ptd.net   
      
   Jeff Liebermann wrote in message   
   hj0qabhqm97u1agoonf1leehb67j2hcan0@4ax.com:   
      
   > Bottom line:  You cannot effectively use your Android phone if you do   
   > NOT have a working Google account.   
      
   Jeff, I (almost) debate that sentence.   
      
   I think we *can* log out of almost all of the Google accounts.   
   I know I have tried (see details below).   
      
   Any advice for what I've missed would be excellent!   
      
   Here are all the Google Apps that I can think of on my phone:   
   https://i.imgur.com/p915GdC.png   
      
   1. Google Play Store*   
      Hamburger > {Settings, My account}   
      There does not seem to be any way to sign OUT of Google Play!   
      https://i.imgur.com/vqVFmUI.png   
   2. Google Search   
      HardMenu > Settings > Privacy & accounts > Google Account =   
      I seem to be signed out permanently.   
      https://i.imgur.com/KjcTYaN.png   
   3. Google Maps   
      HardMenu > Settings > Sign in   
      I seem to be signed out permanently.   
      https://i.imgur.com/O4iNdBL.png   
   4. Google Gmail   
      Hamburger > Sign in   
      I seem to be signed out permanently.   
      https://i.imgur.com/Pk96Ab6.png   
   5. Google YouTube   
      Hamburger > Sign in   
      I seem to be signed out permanently.   
      https://i.imgur.com/LRptwAH.png   
   6. Google Chrome   
      HardMenu > Settings   
      I seem to be signed out permanently.   
      https://i.imgur.com/cXUdO1t.png   
   7. Google Hangouts*   
      Automatically logs you in when you start the app!   
      Signing out kills the app!   
      HardMenu > Settings > Sign out   
      https://i.imgur.com/mq7Ttzd.png   
   8. Google My Tracks   
      HardMenu > Settings   
      Does not seem to have any log in capability   
      https://i.imgur.com/QIQA3oY.png   
      
   Every single one of those, I have long ago expressly logged OUT of   
   and I have never logged back in, and my phone seems to work just fine.   
      
   * The only ones I can't seem to log out of are Google Play, and Hangouts,   
   although I don't have to actually *use* either one of those in day   
   to day activities.   
      
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