Hi,
For example, on my galaxy s2, i pictures, movies, apps and whenever i did a hard-reset everything was deleted.
But on galaxy nexus the only thing i notice gets deleted is the apps i install, so the pictures are still there, and the files i create are also still there. I've also tried with a full wipe tool, but still they're there.
Is there something wrong with my phone, or there's no hard-reset like the s2?
I have Android revulotion HD rom with Original stock kernel.
Darwichee said:
Hi,
For example, on my galaxy s2, i pictures, movies, apps and whenever i did a hard-reset everything was deleted.
But on galaxy nexus the only thing i notice gets deleted is the apps i install, so the pictures are still there, and the files i create are also still there. I've also tried with a full wipe tool, but still they're there.
Is there something wrong with my phone, or there's no hard-reset like the s2?
I have Android revulotion HD rom with Original stock kernel.
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Ive actually noticed this myself the last time I "wiped" my device and found the same thing. Pics, etc were all still there even though it put me through the steps for setting up my phone again as it did when I first got it.
Why IS this happening?
yiannisthegreek said:
Ive actually noticed this myself the last time I "wiped" my device and found the same thing. Pics, etc were all still there even though it put me through the steps for setting up my phone again as it did when I first got it.
Why IS this happening?
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I know, but is this a bug, or is there another option for erasing everything on the sd beside doing it from the pc?
thanks
If you factory reset from the settings menu it is supposed to be a full wipe. If you factory reset from recovery it does not wipe the SD card.
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joshnichols189 said:
If you factory reset from the settings menu it is supposed to be a full wipe. If you factory reset from recovery it does not wipe the SD card.
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Are you really sure of this, because as i said, i was doing a factory reset as it should be done, but i still have my pictures, and the root file i created =(
Darwichee said:
Hi,
For example, on my galaxy s2, i pictures, movies, apps and whenever i did a hard-reset everything was deleted.
But on galaxy nexus the only thing i notice gets deleted is the apps i install, so the pictures are still there, and the files i create are also still there. I've also tried with a full wipe tool, but still they're there.
Is there something wrong with my phone, or there's no hard-reset like the s2?
I have Android revulotion HD rom with Original stock kernel.
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I was having this terrible experience while I was trying to do a factory reset before flashing a new build from AOKP. Nothing was deleted, and I tried like 3 times : Factory Reset in Android, Wipe Data in Recovery, etc...nothing changed.
Finally, I flashed back the stock rom 4.0.2 from Google and did a factory reset and it worked, everything was erased including pics, musics, apps, etc.
So obviously it's a bug. You can ONLY do a factory reset in stock rom (ics) but not in a custom rom (AOKP or Android HD, ...).
Hope it helps.
heo_con184 said:
I was having this terrible experience while I was trying to do a factory reset before flashing a new build from AOKP. Nothing was deleted, and I tried like 3 times : Factory Reset in Android, Wipe Data in Recovery, etc...nothing changed.
Finally, I flashed back the stock rom 4.0.2 from Google and did a factory reset and it worked, everything was erased including pics, musics, apps, etc.
So obviously it's a bug. You can ONLY do a factory reset in stock rom (ics) but not in a custom rom (AOKP or Android HD, ...).
Hope it helps.
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Recovery WILL NOT DELETE YOUR PICTURES.
Ever. If they are on your virtual SD card, they will NOT BE DELETED.
joshnichols189 said:
Recovery WILL NOT DELETE YOUR PICTURES.
Ever. If they are on your virtual SD card, they will NOT BE DELETED.
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Sorry I didn't make it clear. I understand that Wipe Data in Recovery will leave things untouched in sdcard.
heo_con184 said:
Sorry I didn't make it clear. I understand that Wipe Data in Recovery will leave things untouched in sdcard.
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Alright haha. Sorry not trying to be a jerk but just tired of explaining it to some people who don't read (not you )
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heo_con184 said:
I was having this terrible experience while I was trying to do a factory reset before flashing a new build from AOKP. Nothing was deleted, and I tried like 3 times : Factory Reset in Android, Wipe Data in Recovery, etc...nothing changed.
Finally, I flashed back the stock rom 4.0.2 from Google and did a factory reset and it worked, everything was erased including pics, musics, apps, etc.
So obviously it's a bug. You can ONLY do a factory reset in stock rom (ics) but not in a custom rom (AOKP or Android HD, ...).
Hope it helps.
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joshnichols189 said:
Recovery WILL NOT DELETE YOUR PICTURES.
Ever. If they are on your virtual SD card, they will NOT BE DELETED.
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joshnichols189 said:
Alright haha. Sorry not trying to be a jerk but just tired of explaining it to some people who don't read (not you )
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If you're meaning me, then if you also would read, then you would understand, that i was saying factory reset, AND recovery mode wipe, so i mean, i tried everything i could. But heo_con184 explained everything for me now, and now i know it's the ROM 4.03 that can't do this.
thanks
I've got an similar problem, but in my case "wipe data/ factory reset" from recovery mode doesn't delete anything. When I choose "wipe data/ factory reset" in recovery and then choose to reboot after it tells me it finished deleting, it just boots like nothing has changed. It doesn't aks me to setup my phone (Galaxy Nexus). I also tried to wipe the cash in recovery. I also tried "fastboot oem unlock" which should delete data as an side-affect (for security-reasons). I tried CWM (ClockWorkMod recovery) to do a wipe of cash, dalvik-chache and a reset with CWM. But after all this affords every time I boot my device it shows the home-screen with all the app-logos arranged in exactly the same positions as I have arranged them (not the default positions and I'm not asked to go through setup). After showing me the homescreen for a few seconds, it reboots (thats the reason why I want to do a reset).
Has anybody an Idea how I could get my phone to work again?
Maybe flashing the OS (https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images)?
The strange thing is that I have never modified the OS. I have always only used the automativ OTA updates.
Neinkob said:
I've got an similar problem, but in my case "wipe data/ factory reset" from recovery mode doesn't delete anything.
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Probably its a hardware-problem https://www.androidpit.de/forum/584276/google-galaxy-nexus-galaxy-nexus-speicher-system-kaputt
Darwichee said:
If you're meaning me, then if you also would read, then you would understand, that i was saying factory reset, AND recovery mode wipe, so i mean, i tried everything i could. But heo_con184 explained everything for me now, and now i know it's the ROM 4.03 that can't do this.
thanks
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Have you tried wiping internal storage ? Wiping data wipes installed apps , your info like email and just returns you to a state of re-setting up the rom . I would think you'd need to also wipe internal storage where pics , music , downloads , nandroids etc and everything else is stored . I'm not saying it's not a bug , just asking if anyone having the issue has tried that from recovery .
One more thing to the guy who wanted to wipe everything to install a custom rom . There's absolutely no need to wipe internal storage to flash a rom . If you were installing a new version of windows would you delete all the drives where your pictures and everything else you've ever collected just to put windows on c drive ? Absolutely no you wouldn't . This is about the same thing .Wiping system , data , cache and dalvik is all you ever need to do going from kitkat to Lollipop or anywhere else . NO NEED . Recovery's and custom roms are set up like that to protect the people who might accidently wipe all their treasured stuff from storage and then crying for days at the loss .
My A100 is rooted (not touched the bootloader/installed custom ROM) - when i do a factory reset my understanding is that it will still remain rooted (I used ZeroNull's simple rooting method).
So when it's reset - do I simply re-install the Superser app and then Titanium backup - and then reinstall the backed up apps I want - or is there some step I'm missing here?
Thanks!
Factory reset is just that, goes back to how it was from the factory for the rom. In case of stock, no root. Just redo the root again. Or just check for root after the reset, but I doubt it stays.
Edit: after re root use TiBu to restore whatever you want, as its the same rom restore data too, unless some bug is why you want to reset.
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pio_masaki said:
Factory reset is just that, goes back to how it was from the factory for the rom. In case of stock, no root. Just redo the root again. Or just check for root after the reset, but I doubt it stays.
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Just did a factory reset. As expected it wiped everything - but I was still left with root access.
Darkbulb said:
Just did a factory reset. As expected it wiped everything - but I was still left with root access.
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Ok good to know, thanks for letting us know. I didn't run stock long enough to do a reset on, but my other phones and tabs lost root.
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Note that if you deleted any apks and do a factory reset, they are not restored. I deleted several apks for many of the preinstalled apps, and after I did a factory reset, they were not restored. So a factory reset does not really return the tablet to the state it was from the factory(no root, all system apps installed), rather it wipes all user and app data.
Yeah I should probably have mentioned it doesn't do much, if anything, to /system. Any changes there are likely left alone, which is why root stayed. The last time I did a factory reset was on my evo and it lost root for some reason. Same with my rooted stock nook, before cm7.
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Is it beneficial to flash the factory image if you have flashed lots of ROMs recently?
I was thinking of doing this when 4.2 is released but was curious if it would actually make a difference.
Nah.
Just factory reset + clear cache in cwm will do.
Mach3.2 said:
Nah.
Just factory reset + clear cache in cwm will do.
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However, a true fresh start would be reflashing factory images, custom recovery, etc
bk201doesntexist said:
However, a true fresh start would be reflashing factory images, custom recovery, etc
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Actually, flashing a stock image doesn't take 5 minutes lol.
Mach3.2 said:
Actually, flashing a stock image doesn't take 5 minutes lol.
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So we both agree. OP, start fresh from factory images.
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Thanks for the replies. Backing up and restoring the SD card after flashing the factory image shouldn't cause any problems either correct? I don't want to lose all my pictures and other files.
KnappyRoot said:
Thanks for the replies. Backing up and restoring the SD card after flashing the factory image shouldn't cause any problems either correct? I don't want to lose all my pictures and other files.
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Back up everything you need on your computer. Re-lock & then unlock the bootloader, that will wipe everything clean. Then follow procedure to flash factory image, look for efrant's post in general.
Vangelis13 said:
Back up everything you need on your computer. Re-lock & then unlock the bootloader, that will wipe everything clean. Then follow procedure to flash factory image, look for efrant's post in general.
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no need to relock/unlock, either pass '-w' to have fastboot wipe userdata partition or just 'fastboot erase userdata'.
userdata is at /data, i think.
I use the fastbook -w update command and it deletes all information.
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Well I flashed 4.0.4 factory image and restored my SD card. When I try to move files on the SD card I keep getting message that file can't be moved. Am I missing a check box somewhere?
My next idea was to re-flash factory image, root, then manually restore files from my computer. Any other easier suggestions?
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I accidentally deleted some system files from my phones. I want to ask that will restoring my ROM will bring me back those files or is there any other way so you can tell that as well.
The files I deleted were related to sound so now there is no sound on my mobile phone now. I also want to tell you that I am using stock android 4.2.1 rom.
Restoring is your best bet. If you have CWM you can also restore a nandroid, reflash, or factory reset.
If you have a backup to restore that should work. Factory resetting the device will not as it just formats /data & /cache leaving /system the same as it was before. If you dont have a backup you can fastboot flash the /system image from a Google factory image.
thanks
Thank you for the reply.
didn't work
The restore option didn't work. What should i do now?
fallu said:
The restore option didn't work. What should i do now?
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Did you factory reset before restoring the backup? Yes?
Then you need to start fresh = flash stock through fastboot.
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hello everyone. i'm having a problem my phone is running extra slow. i'm rooted on stock, dealing with the official crap 4.3 fw. i tried to factory reset my phone. i wiped the data,cache, dalvik and fixed permissions. after the factory reset super user, internal files and teamwin recovery is still on my phone. once i start installing any apps the phones starts to run like the first gen android. i need help. i would like a complete full wipe that will revery everything completely back to stock.
i've already searched before making this post. i didn't see anything any results that had problems of these files staying on phone.
Odin back to stock. You will need the 4.3 tar.
Or go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47812894
Make sure you format data and system. Factory reset only wipes data, txt, contacts, apps but not system apps like superuser.
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csmasn said:
Odin back to stock. You will need the 4.3 tar.
Or go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47812894
Make sure you format data and system. Factory reset only wipes data, txt, contacts, apps but not system apps like superuser.
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thanks for the info. i fixed my problem before having the chance to see you reply. i guess that is the only way to do it on 4.3 while on 4.12 that's all i did to get back to stock it wiped everything including super user. i will bookmark this info for future issues with this crap fw. thanks again for the info.