Adding multiple Gmail accounts - NO FACTORY RESET NEEDED

Question

1. First of all you need to go into the "Accounts and Import" settings of the gmail account that youre trying to add, this is done on your computer. 2. Verify that "Multiple sign-in" is enabled, if not click edit. 3. Enable the account by choosing "on or off", check the boxes that Google requires that you check then click "save". 4. Go back to your phone to add the account(s) add the required usernames and passwords. 5.You should have a list of gmail accounts, they arent in alpha order for some reason. a) From my limited experience the last account you checked manually is the last viewed. So you can switch between accounts by just clicking on it. P.S. Verify that your account(s) are enabled to sync. (mine were not syncing because of this setting). 1. Click the Gmail icon on your desktop 2. Click the "Menu" button. 3. Click "Accounts" 4. Click "Accounts" again 5. Click "Account Settings" 6. Make sure the Background Data check box is checked and make sure the "Auto-sync" is checked.

Answer 1

The problem that I've noticed with this approach is that some applications default to the original account. I'll bet some apps just can't deal with multiple accounts.
For example, I tried an app called "slider" or something like that ... a "stream" home page. Well, it kept prompting me to grant it access to the account that I had disabled. After all, disabling simply disables updates, not the account itself.
I wanted to switch accounts to something less obvious than my name to avoid auto-spam jerks. For now I'm living with the two accounts, and it's annoying.