I am looking to sale the phone out because I am still used of Iphone, I have done root and activated my google account with my Hero, so Can some body tell me how to reset my Hero back to original factory status.
Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=545588
That topic may help.
Go to Settings - Security - Factory data reset
It saids that it erases all data on the phone. And if you have rooted your phone you should probably unroot it first.
Do I need to unroot first before go to factory data reset?
mahlberg said:
Go to Settings - Security - Factory data reset
It saids that it erases all data on the phone. And if you have rooted your phone you should probably unroot it first.
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actually it does not matter what you do first.
But i would suggest to unroot first, because after factory reset the initial setup will start and you will be prompted to provide all different kind of stuff.
If you unroot first and factory reset its in first sale status and the new user will get the initial setup when he turns on the phone for the first time.
You don't have to unroot if you don't want to. Factory reset just clears the /data partition, to root you have made changes to the /system partition. So if you want to unroot to you have to do it separately (there are some tutorials in this forum)
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There's a defect on my Slide's slider (harhar) so I'm getting it exchanged, I had rooted it but hadn't installed Eng-Build or anything, I factory reset and I'm wondering if they'll be able to tell that I rooted? If so what else do I need to do to prevent them from knowing?
Put the ESPRIMG.img in root of your card, boot recovery, and run that as well...
Someone also posted a nandroid backup from stock unrooted phone, that will put your device back to original stock, undetectable that it was previously rooted.
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Doesn't ESPRIMG.img put me on the Engineering Build? I never flashed a new ROM, just put superuser.apk over there and it's gone after I factory reset it from within Settings -> Privacy.
wipe your data and wipe your caches, phone may reboot as if its out of the box.
Ok I noticed something and feel free to mention it if i've missed something, but when you do a factory reset from the stock rom, after the first boot up ALL the data is cleared, including specifically what phone number the phone is programmed for, meaning the first setup prompt has you do the activation call. However, I made my own custom rom with dsixda's rom kitchen, but when I do a factory reset from the custom rom, It doesnt ever ask me for this activation call, just procedes with the normal setup, Is that something that CWM or the custom rom simply cannot do? Or am I missing something? It seems like wherever this specific data is being stored is not being cleared. I've formatted all the partitions in the recovery menu and done a dalvik cache and data reset, still cant figure it out, its the only thing that I dont quite understand. It's not that I really need it to do the activation call but it's kinda a reassurance that EVERYTHING has been cleared (yea i'm kinda OCD about phone flashing and stuff) just hoping I missed something easy.
It will only do a true factory reset if you are on the stock recovery, as the wipe is performed from within the stock recovery on a stock rom. If you want to update your activation or make sure its fresh just dial *228 and select option 1.
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It will only do a true factory reset if you are on the stock recovery, as the wipe is performed from within the stock recovery on a stock rom. If you want to update your activation or make sure its fresh just dial *228 and select option 1.
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There is no Verizon in my country, so I use the Droid Incredible with my local operator. It means that I bought and got the used unlocked Droid Incredible. In my first attemp of flashing I did the factory reset from stock and my local operator setting were gone so I can not make call, SMS and internet. Now I return it back to the seller to set my operator setting again. My question are: in what area the operator settings are stored? ROM, Radio...??? Will the operator setting be erased when I do factory reset from CWM? Will the operator setting be erased again when I flash another ROM? How to avoid of operator setting being erased when flashing ROM?
Opperator settings are always cleared when you do a factory reset from hboot or from within the settimgns menu in a stock rom. You can use the factory wipe in CWM without wiping programing.
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Opperator settings are always cleared when you do a factory reset from hboot or from within the settimgns menu in a stock rom. You can use the factory wipe in CWM without wiping programing.
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I actually did not know that. Then again I never use the stock reset and probably won't knowing that info.
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tiny4579 said:
I actually did not know that. Then again I never use the stock reset and probably won't knowing that info.
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Well its not a big deal to wipe programing if your on verizon, you can just do a *228 option 1 (it will prompt you on first boot after reset). But if your on some other carrier it can really cause you some hastle having to take or send it to your current provider to get reprogramed as doing a *228 will try to contact verizon for programing. Im not sure where these settings are stored, as flashing a new rom or radio will not loose your programing so it must be stored below rom/radio level.
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Opperator settings are always cleared when you do a factory reset from hboot or from within the settimgns menu in a stock rom. You can use the factory wipe in CWM without wiping programing.
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Today I get my Incredible back and I encourage myself to flash a custom ROM and of course I wipe everything in CWM. Yes...the operator setting do not change or wiped, I still can make phone calls, SMS and internet. Thanks cmlusco
After unlocking & rooting if I "Factory Reset" will my phone be again locked and unrooted and do I have to repeat the process again??? (I want to Factory Reset once, to make more internal memory with link2SD)
I unlocked and rooted my WFS by installing CWM Recovery method given on the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437545
Youll be ok you wont lose root or unlock mate
Yes, you don't lose the root if you do a factory reset, but if then you install a non rooted ROM you'll losed it
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Factory Reset only clears your data partitions. Even if you flash a custom ROM, you'll still retain it after a factory reset. The user data will be reset along with the extra apps you installed.
Edit: I just realized that I am not in the Atrix forum but can't seem to delete the post. I apologize.
I rooted my Atrix 4g a couple of days ago and managed to unlock it yesterday. Now when the phone loads up I have lost root and continue to get "Can't establish reliable connection" when I try to add my Google account to the phone. Browsing the internet works and all things on the phone work except for what requires having a Google account (gmail, youtube login, android market).
I have read that the only solution to this is to do a hard reset. If I have unlocked am I safe to do a hard reset?
My other thought was to re-root and restore the Titanium Backup I took before unlocking. Maybe the system settings I saved would fix it? However when I go reboot to Fastboot and try ADB shell it no longer finds my device (USB debugging is enabled and my drivers must be up to date if I rooted three days ago).
If the easiest thing to do is just hard reset I am more than willing to do that I just need to know whether it is safe.
My phone was erased and reset remotely from one of the google accounts I was using. Now all recovery softwares require a rootef phone. All methods of rooting factory reset the phone. Will thr data be recoverable after two resets? Are there ways to root the phone without reseting. Currently on the latest stock build.
Sorry but I think the answer is no, it's the bootloader unlock process that will wipe the phone.
Hi everyone I had an unfortunate problem with my new Samsung Galaxy A72 and it is the following: Since I don't have a PC,
I can't get the phone into recovery mode for the moment to perform a "hard" reset and clean up the phone.
Is there a way to go into recovery without a PC or is it mandatory? Thanks to those who can give me an explanation.
If you are unrooted, the only way to reboot to recovery is with a PC. I think you can perform a hard reset within the settings in General management.
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If you are unrooted, the only way to reboot to recovery is with a PC. I think you can perform a hard reset within the settings in General management.
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Thanks for the reply however, it is absurd that Samsung forces me to have a PC to do a Hard Reset since now I also do not have one.
They do everything to complicate life...you could do a soft reset from settings but it wasn't what i wanted.
Hello and thanks again for the explanation.
Il Gerry said:
Thanks for the reply however, it is absurd that Samsung forces me to have a PC to do a Hard Reset since now I also do not have one.
They do everything to complicate life...you could do a soft reset from settings but it wasn't what i wanted.
Hello and thanks again for the explanation.
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You are correct, Samsung does some questionable things and this is no exception.
By the way, the reset from settings is pretty much the same as if you did it from recovery since all it's going to do is delete the data partition without media (I think, can't remember). I believe when you do it from the settings, it reboots to recovery and wipes from there anyway so it's pretty much the same thing. I really don't know what you mean with a "hard" and "soft" reset though.
I would consider a "hard" reset as formatting not only data but also system and the rest of the partitions, which can only be done with either a custom recovery or doing it with Odin (which requires a PC)
ShaDisNX255 said:
You are correct, Samsung does some questionable things and this is no exception.
By the way, the reset from settings is pretty much the same as if you did it from recovery since all it's going to do is delete the data partition without media (I think, can't remember). I believe when you do it from the settings, it reboots to recovery and wipes from there anyway so it's pretty much the same thing. I really don't know what you mean with a "hard" and "soft" reset though.
I would consider a "hard" reset as formatting not only data but also system and the rest of the partitions, which can only be done with either a custom recovery or doing it with Odin (which requires a PC)
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hello thanks for the reply.
If I remember correctly the soft reset from settings ago (reset or reset settings), hard reset instead from stock recovery
wipe cache and data and dalvik ... I think
And having no PC for now I will do the one from settings, too bad, but this samsung puts a lot of difficulties every year,
worse then it will also be the fault of Android 11 I don't know.