[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GedBlake:
Hi, Nazgulled...

I really don't think there is an easy way of transferring ownership,

other than with a factory reset

, and then setting it up as a new device, with a new owner.

A factory reset provides a complete and clean break from the previous owner to the new owner.

It also depends on how many accounts you have, and with which organisations.

For example, I have my standard Google account, my Guardian (UK newspaper) account, BBC account, and Facebook account (not that I use it much).

Further, using Chrome browser, I use it to login to multiple blogs, websites and forums (such as XDA), and it remembers my login and password details.

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Removing Google accounts is reasonably straightforward though...

On your Nexus 7

Go to SETTINGS>>ACCOUNTS>>GOOGLE...

Select your Google account, and then tap on the '3 dot' overflow menu at the top right hand corner of the screen, and select the Remove Account option.

(See attached screenshot.)

And then do the same for your mother's Google account, as it's a secondary account.

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Once both accounts are removed, tap BACK twice (to just SETTINGS>>ACCOUNTS) and select +Add Account, select Google and enter your mothers Google login details, username and password...

Or alternatively, just back out of everything to the home screen and then fire up the PlayStore or Gmail app, where you'll be prompted to enter your mother's Google account details.

You're now setting up the Nexus 7 with your mother as the primary Google account holder.

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One possible problem here that I can forsee, is if you've bought any paid-for apps from Google PlayStore using

your

(Nazgulled) Google account, and that you currently share with your mother, they will still be installed on the Nexus 7, but they will likely, at some point, fail the Google licence check... as you will cease to be the legitimate paid-for and licenced user of those apps on this device, the Nexus 7 (because

your

Google account will have been removed from the device).

This may possibly result in complete cessation of those apps, or experience some degree of limited/restricted functionality. This may not happen immediately. It could be days or weeks before this happens. It depends on how the apps (in question), and their developers deal with unpaid for, and thus unlicensed software.

Your mother may need to buy the apps (a licence) to continue to use them at some point, or alternatively, uninstall them.

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You should also clear the data of certain apps you currently use, as the primary user of the device...

Any email apps you happen to use, such as...

**Gmail

**Inbox

**MailDroid

Any browsers...

**Chrome and it's derivatives (Beta and Developer)

**Opera

**Boat Browser

**Maxthon Browser

Any banking or financial apps you also might have installed. This will clear username and password login details stored by these apps.

This is accomplished as follows.

I'll use Chrome as an example.

Go to SETTINGS>>APPS>>Scroll horizontally to the ALL tab...

Scroll DOWN to Chrome, tap to enter and tap the CLEAR DATA button.

The same method should be used for apps installed whose login details you wish to clear.

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Please don't misunderstand me... I'm not trying to impugn your relationship with your mother or the level of trust you have with her. But privacy is a consideration when transferring a device that has not been properly wiped. And I'm just pointing out the complexity of removing

your personal

data from a device...

without factory resetting it

... and which is the only surefire and guaranteed way of

cleanly

transferring ownership.

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If all the above sounds a bit messy, that's because it is!!!

I know from experience in the past, with Android devices, Windows PC's, and quite recently, an Apple Mac, that the most straightforward way of transferring ownership, is for the new user to begin with a completely blank slate.

And apart from anything else, a factory reset device generally tends to perform better, is smoother and is more responsive, once the accumulated detritus of months or years of use has been swept away.

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Hope this is useful to you... and good luck.

Rgrds,

Ged.