Sorry for the noobish question — I couldn't find an exact answer to my question anywhere else — but what exactly does a factory reset do? All I know so far is that it doesn't break root and that it wipes your apps. How does it affect recovery, ROM and kernel, etc? I want to reset my phone because I am getting slow boot times in cm7/evo-deck and because I want to do the wake-lock/android system battery fix, in which a reset is required. Will I be all set just doing a Titanium backup?
Also what is the best way of doing a factory wipe — through the bootloader or through AmonRA? Is there a difference?
Thanks.
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How do I do a full wipe? I just want to make sure I am doing it right, because I had Slideme5r1 in my MTS and tdid a wipe to install SlideMr4 I believe it is and was able to install it except my availble space is now only 87.59 mb.
Can some one guide me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance
Any one? I am affraid of loosing root and I know this is a stupid question, but I am really not sure of the consequences.
Do you have root with clockwork recovery?
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yes I do. Do you have any suggestions or a process I can follow?
riverajuan said:
yes I do. Do you have any suggestions or a process I can follow?
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Boot into clockwork recovery and wipe cache and factory reset
Its real simple.
If you need any other help regarding your phone, you can pm me anytime.
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I tried thathttp, but I still got the same results.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715180
This is what I flashed.
Im running clockworkmod right now and i never had the error you are reporting.
You should be able to wipe in cwm recovery.
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I tried thathttp, but I still got the same results.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715180
This is what I flashed.
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did you use the clockwork recovery from the rooting thread? That's the one to use when all else fails. you can wipe from bootloader too...
So I am getting a sensation (on my way to Nexus Prime) and I am going to sell my G2 that is rooted.
The buyer wants it rooted, so I need to know a) that factory reset will not get rid of root, and b) how to restore to stock OR that factory reset won't mess with CM7.
Additionally, I will be transferring my files (music, app data, etc) to my computer to use on the new phone, but I need to know which files need to stay on the G2 sd card for the new owner. (CWM, etc).
I rooted with visionary/gfree.
Thanks in advance, n sorry if I am repeating questions already asked.
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brian314g said:
So I am getting a sensation (on my way to Nexus Prime) and I am going to sell my G2 that is rooted.
The buyer wants it rooted, so I need to know a) that factory reset will not get rid of root, and b) how to restore to stock OR that factory reset won't mess with CM7.
Additionally, I will be transferring my files (music, app data, etc) to my computer to use on the new phone, but I need to know which files need to stay on the G2 sd card for the new owner. (CWM, etc).
I rooted with visionary/gfree.
Thanks in advance, n sorry if I am repeating questions already asked.
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A factory reset shouldn't do anything to root or CM7, I've had to reset a few times and never ran into issues. If they want the stock ROM, you can download a rooted stock from here and flash that for them.
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A factory reset is the exact same as wiping data/cache from recovery when you flash new roms. Can do it with ANY rom. As far as stock, just make sure you save your original nandroid backup which u should of made before flashing any other rom. As far as sd card, just don't delete the clockworkmod folder and if you are going to leave games or something don't delete associated folders if there is saved data you want to share.
To be honest the only thing on sd card I would remove is personal stuff..dirty pics, regular pics, videos etc etc
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you can do a factory reset, or just completely wipe and reflash. It wont effect CM7 or root.
as for the SDcard, take what you need off of it, and format it (as a safety precaution IMHO).
Thanks, folks. Appreciate the help!
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Im new all this rooting and rom stuff and yesterday morning i successfully rooted and inststalled the jellybomb 14.0.0 jelly bean rom thanks to qbking77's on point videos. so the question is... how can i switch which rom im running? i like the jellybeen roms and im looking to explore more to see which better suits my needs. ive heard of doing clean/dirtry instals or something of the sort but i want the best and safest way possible so i dont run into any bricking trouble. please help?
Ok, read up on how to flash a recovery
Download the rom of your choice and place it.on your sdcard. Once you do that you can install roms by booting into recovery and finding the zip for the rom you want to flash and selecting it through the "install zip from sdcard" option
Now a clean install is whenyou wipe all partitions, aka blocks of your phones memory, (details farther down) and then install the rom zip. This method minimizes the chances for problems to occur after installing
A clean flash involves:
Formatting system
Formatting / Clearing data (also known as a factory reset)
Wiping cache
Wiping / Clearing dalvik cache
Now a dirty flash is when you just flash the new rom zip over whatever you're currently rumning, without clearing anything. This method is only recommended when flashing an updated version of the same rom, and even then, the nature of some updates can require you to do a clean flash.
One more thing, DO NOT flash any roms, mods, or zips for the international version. That usa surefire way to brick your debice because the partitions are completely different.
To learn more about how android and this.stuff works, I would suggest heading over to xda,university.com
Thanks for the info. What is the best way to back everything up? I backed everything up wen I installed th jb. Rom and went to restore and couldnt find anythingband had to start from scratch.
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Roni P. said:
Thanks for the info. What is the best way to back everything up? I backed everything up wen I installed th jb. Rom and went to restore and couldnt find anythingband had to start from scratch.
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Backup via CWM (RECOVERY) is mainly for restoring the same rom or going back to the rom you were running if experimenting, Now, can use apps such as Titanium backup to save all the other settings, apps and things. Once you flash your new rom, download it, open program and can restore your stuff that way. Personally, I'll wipe, start from scratch, sometimes i'll download an app i never use, and it just allows me to clear out the useless ones.. Happy flashing!
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Thanks for the info. What is the best way to back everything up? I backed everything up wen I installed th jb. Rom and went to restore and couldnt find anythingband had to start from scratch.
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Yes as said above, a backup through recovery (also called a "nandroid" ) stores an EXACT image of the current state of your device. Meaning all data, all system files, all apps, radios, etc. Backing up through an app, like Titanium Backup, only backs up certain things like apps and app data
Basically, if you're trying any experimental stuff that may break your system (for example, flashing a new modem or testing to see if a certain kernel works), then a nandroid is the way to go because you can restore to an exact image of a state when everything was working
Yea I did that the 1st time and couldnt recover anything. Is there a certain way I should recover or maybe I did something wrong? Im not sure. Sorry if im sounding stupid but I cant return my phone if I screw it up so im tryin to be as safe as possible. Hopefully thats understandable
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Press volume up home button and then power button don't let go till Samsung screen comes up bought 10 ish sec. Once let go phone should go into cwm, clock work mod recovery. See if you have that first
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Yea I did that the 1st time and couldnt recover anything. Is there a certain way I should recover or maybe I did something wrong? Im not sure. Sorry if im sounding stupid but I cant return my phone if I screw it up so im tryin to be as safe as possible. Hopefully thats understandable
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No no, its recovery
The recovery is basically something that allows you to install zips, it doesnt actually have much to do with recovering anything lol
But first do what was suggested right above me to check to see if you have a recovery installed
To get a more detailed description of what a recovery is and what it does, you can get over to xda-university and read through the "as user" section on recoveries
Think cwm has saved a few phones on here. Me I don't use a pc. Easy just with phone. If he's deleted his folder should he recoveR then it would bring that folder bk?
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Well yea I kno I have a recovery I use cwm... I jus need to kno how I can actually save my phones content... I dont wanna start fresh everytime I decide to flash a new rom
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OK titanium bkup. But don't restore all things if your backing up at lot as will save 4.1.2 4.2.1 and 4.2 2 and so on. Don't want to mix as fc will happen
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Okay silly question. I have my ouya modded and google play installed but keep having issues. In the event I get tired of trying to resolve these issues. Will performing a simple factory reset completely wipenaway all these mods or will I need to reflash the firmware? And if its a reflash of official firmware where would I obtain the file(s) to do so.
Thank you in advance
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First it depends on what mods you've done. Like factory reset won't undo xposed framework or anything you've put into /system. All it does is wipe your data.
Second here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2440485
I apologize if this is covered elsewhere, I did not come across the question or answer in my search.
I have a Rogers Note II (GT-N7105/SGH-I317M).
It is running stock touch whiz 4.1.2. I had been running custom roms, but after their various issues, I am going with stock samsung at the moment.
I have TWRP installed as the custom recovery, and I used it to restore my backup I took right after rooting.
Not having any issues, but I am simply wanting to know if I can go into Settings >> Backup and Reset and the perform a factory reset of the phone to erase all apps and data.
I am not trying to unroot the phone or anything like that. This phone is a work phone and I am going to be turning it in for the Note 3 next week. I would like to erase my content before doing so, again, not trying to unroot it (I have the tools such as Triangle away, stock firmware and Odin) just want to do a wipe and reset it for the next person who may use it.
So again, the question. If I factory reset via settings will there be any issues or will it simply go back to a rooted blank rom with no apps data?
Or will I end up with a mess?
Thanks for the help!
Factory reset will only wipe your personal data that you entered nothing will affect system or any modifications on it you will see no mess just a clean phone
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Factory reset will only wipe your personal data that you entered nothing will affect system or any modifications on it you will see no mess just a clean phone
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So I essentially will have a rooted phone with a romantic that is set back to stock? Which is exactly what I am trying to achieve.
The fact that I have twrp installed makes no difference?
Exactly it will not affect system you will have clean stock rooted with twrp installed
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Thanks...
I did this many times before with rooted and romed htc devices running things like cm and insert coin + sense but I wasnt sure how pick an already picky Samsung rom would be when rooted.
Cheers