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How to restore my phone back to how it would have came out of the box.

Basically I want to delete everything this on the phone including all the system files. Is there a way to restore the phone back to stock kind of like how you can restore an iPhone by pressing restore in iTunes. I don't want to factory reset because I want everything to be gone and put back on the phonekinde of like it's brand new. I don't want any garbage files in the system directory of folders. If there isn't please give me instructions on how to properly factory reset.

Depends..are you on stock to start out with or running a custom rom? If stock then just do a factory reset remember to clear your internal sd. If custom then use odin
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Teo032 said:
Depends..are you on stock to start out with or running a custom rom? If stock then just do a factory reset remember to clear your internal sd. If custom then use odin
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I'm fully stock but I also want the junk files that get created in the system directory to get deleted as well. Will a factory reset do this Anne what is the way to properly factory reset my device.

A factory reset would suffice, it's in your settings. I'm on aokp now so it's a bit different... Might be under privacy or something. if you're rooted and have cwm, you can superwipe and flash a stock rooted rom
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So choose backup and restore in the settings?

It should say factory reset, unless my memories fail me
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How to wipe clean Galaxy s3 to sell?

OK, so for some personal reasons, I'm forced to sell my Galaxy S3...
I have CWM on it, and its rooted (obviously) running stock touchwiz rom...
Thing is, I cannot just hit the factory reset in settings because it's missing some apps like Samsung services, s-voice, etc.. stuffs that I deleted...
So my question is, How can I 100% Wipe the 16GB memory free of my personal data and perform a clean install of STOCK Telus SGS3 rom on it?
THanks!!!

dk2000zx said:
OK, so for some personal reasons, I'm forced to sell my Galaxy S3...
I have CWM on it, and its rooted (obviously) running stock touchwiz rom...
Thing is, I cannot just hit the factory reset in settings because it's missing some apps like Samsung services, s-voice, etc.. stuffs that I deleted...
So my question is, How can I 100% Wipe the 16GB memory free of my personal data and perform a clean install of STOCK Telus SGS3 rom on it?
THanks!!!
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1) Flash the original unrooted stock ROM from your carrier in Odin
2) Settings > back up and reset > Factory reset. reboot.
3) Turn debug on, and adb shell back in just to double-check that your nukular launch codes aren't there anymore.

And make sure your binary/custom flash counter is at 0.
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zmore said:
1) Flash the original unrooted stock ROM from your carrier in Odin
2) Settings > back up and reset > Factory reset. reboot.
3) Turn debug on, and adb shell back in just to double-check that your nukular launch codes aren't there anymore.
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where would i find the unrooted rom? only found the rooted one :/
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phzi said:
And make sure your binary/custom flash counter is at 0.
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and how would i do that?
thanks
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dk2000zx said:
and how would i do that?
thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800878
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defnow said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800878
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counter already at 0 ... normal ?
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dk2000zx said:
counter already at 0 ... normal ?
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Yes, don't worry about that.
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DO NOT flash the AT&T firmware. Here is the proper firmware for your device http://www.hotfile.com/dl/162304546/3421015/I747MVLALE8_I747MOYBALE8_TLS.zip.html
Once you have downloaded it, unzip it and let me know what files are in there. It should be a .tar file.
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theROMinator said:
DO NOT flash the AT&T firmware. Here is the proper firmware for your device http://www.hotfile.com/dl/162304546/3421015/I747MVLALE8_I747MOYBALE8_TLS.zip.html
Once you have downloaded it, unzip it and let me know what files are in there. It should be a .tar file.
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Will it unrooot and uninstall CWM same time to make it as stock as possible?
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dk2000zx said:
Will it unrooot and uninstall CWM same time to make it as stock as possible?
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Yes, complete stock.
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theROMinator said:
Yes, complete stock.
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and if i flash that with odin will it trip my counter? and will it remove cwm ?
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dk2000zx said:
and if i flash that with odin will it trip my counter? and will it remove cwm ?
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It will remove everything and restore your phone back to when you first bought it. Yes you flash it with odin, it will not trip your counter since it's an official package.

danny6514 said:
It will remove everything and restore your phone back to when you first bought it. Yes you flash it with odin, it will not trip your counter since it's an official package.
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awesome thanks
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One last thing I would do is browse your SD card to see that there's nothing there. I have not tried a factory reset on the SIII, but on the Captivate and probably other phones, factory reset didn't wipe every directory.
See this for the very few directories it did wipe:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152181&highlight=does+factory+reset+wipe+sd+card
I did a few factory resets (but not recently) and only once do I recall having to copy things back onto my internal sd card from the copy on my computer. Every time I did one, I'd backup my internal sd just in case, do the factory reset and finish whatever else I was doing like a new rom, and then see what had to be put back on. But other than that one time, my Titanium backups, pictures, whatever have still been there. I tried out a lot of different roms on the Captivate and even the "full wipe" versions left the internal sd data there.
That one time I did need to copy it back was I think when I tried out the secret code to do a real wipe. Although I can't recall which it was.

Hope I did the right thing,
I flashed STOCK .tar with ODIN, rebooted phone onto stock, mounted to my computer, formatted memory (the 11GB or so), went on phone, did Factory Reset..
Hope its 100% CLEAN Wipped !

Dev forum
Look at the Dev forum there is a ton of information there.

relaxed83 said:
Look at the Dev forum there is a ton of information there.
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WOW mr.obvious... this is Q&A thread not like im dumb

Strange root problem

So, I was fully rooted (4.0.4 Stock) I just went in to try to remove another system app, using "System App remover" and it tells me that it cannot mount system R/W, so I go into root explorer, and go to system, and click the R/W button, and nothing.
System app remover was working fine before, as I have removed apps.
Any ideas?
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I just restored back to when I KNOW I had root, and it is doing the same thing.

idbl_fanatic said:
So, I was fully rooted (4.0.4 Stock) I just went in to try to remove another system app, using "System App remover" and it tells me that it cannot mount system R/W, so I go into root explorer, and go to system, and click the R/W button, and nothing.
System app remover was working fine before, as I have removed apps.
Any ideas?
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I just restored back to when I KNOW I had root, and it is doing the same thing.
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Maybe this time you denied SuperUser permissions?

Restoring nandroid backups has been nuking permissions for months now. You'll have to wipe and fresh install.
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RTFOP said:
Restoring nandroid backups has been nuking permissions for months now. You'll have to wipe and fresh install.
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What about Fix permissions? would that fix it?
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Interesting..............fix perms will fix it, but you can only go in once (system app remover), if you go out, and back in, it gives the same error

RTFOP said:
Restoring nandroid backups has been nuking permissions for months now. You'll have to wipe and fresh install.
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When you say wipe and fresh install, how would I do that with Stock 4.0.4?

idbl_fanatic said:
When you say wipe and fresh install, how would I do that with Stock 4.0.4?
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You don't need to fresh install. Grab the superuser flashable zip from androidsu's website (get the ARM one)
http://downloads.noshufou.netdna-cdn.com/superuser/Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip
Boot to recovery and flash it. Fixed it for me.

dankoman said:
You don't need to fresh install. Grab the superuser flashable zip from androidsu's website (get the ARM one)
http://downloads.noshufou.netdna-cdn.com/superuser/Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip
Boot to recovery and flash it. Fixed it for me.
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Giving that a try, will report back.
Nope........no go there.........

Any other ideas?
Thanks

Try supersu
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idbl_fanatic said:
When you say wipe and fresh install, how would I do that with Stock 4.0.4?
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If your recovery isn't stock, you should be fine. If it is, you'll probably have to Odin a custom one on your phone and go from there.
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RTFOP said:
If your recovery isn't stock, you should be fine. If it is, you'll probably have to Odin a custom one on your phone and go from there.
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But I was wondering what was meant by fresh install? the whole ROM?
I am using CWM

idbl_fanatic said:
But I was wondering what was meant by fresh install? the whole ROM?
I am using CWM
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Wiping everything and then installing. Darkside super and cache wipes first, then the ROM. Factory reset before you install can't hurt either.
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New gs3 user rooting this phone for first time

Hey guys, and so you know, I have rooted my vibrant, but i just have a few questions i could not find the answer to,weirdly
1. Factory unlock needed? Is there a different root procedure ( wouldnt be suprised)
2. The possibility of hardbricking, high or low.
3. Can I restore a backup of a different version of android if possible, and do i just need to wipe cache etc to flash the same version of android.
Thanks in advanced and sorry if this is noobish, just dont really have a lot of time due to school.
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iKoolkid said:
Hey guys, and so you know, I have rooted my vibrant, but i just have a few questions i could not find the answer to,weirdly
1. Factory unlock needed? Is there a different root procedure ( wouldnt be suprised)
2. The possibility of hardbricking, high or low.
3. Can I restore a backup of a different version of android if possible, and do i just need to wipe cache etc to flash the same version of android.
Thanks in advanced and sorry if this is noobish, just dont really have a lot of time due to school.
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1. Factory unlock...? The easiest way (at least for me) was using Odin to inject root into stock ROM.
2. As with any tinkering/modding with any Android device, there is always a risk of hard bricking, but if you follow the procedures carefully, you shouldn't run into any issues.
3. Not sure what you really mean, but as i always say, it's always best to flash fresh (full wipe)
hope this helps, good luck!

1) unlock not needed but if you want u can do it for free; check general section
2) less possibility of hard bricking unless u flash rom for different phone ; dont forget to backup imei number ; high possibility of loosing it.
3) restore from diffwrent version highly not recommend if you want bug free phone.

And that is how you turn you're soon to be rooted phone into a rocket ship with fireworks coming out of it!
With rainbow sprinkles!
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And also, i want confirm because my friend said clockwork will be wiped after first reboot after using, is this true? Or does is stay for as long as you wish.
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Umm, the clockwork recovery? It stays forever.
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Hey man. Welcome over to this side of the fence.
The Recovery gets saved into the recovery partition and will stay until you switch it out with another (TWRP) or stock. So that is a non-issue.
Being a fellow ex-Vibe user, I understand your questions. Same as the Vibrant you can flash/restore laterally and not have any issues as long as you wipe, reset, usual stuff. But also same as the Vibrant, you should not go from ICS to JB or JB 4.2 and back without a clean install (can always upgrade but going back is where issues come into play). And by clean install I mean Odin to reset the proper partitions. That is another thing. You should probably update your Odin. There is a thread around here with it or just get your Google on.
If you are on stock TWiz, you can use (your recently updated) Odin to flash mrRobinson's Root66 and it will be stock ROM but with Root. Way easier than the Update.zip scene we had on the Vibrant.
Another thing is that the internal is set up differently. The internal is set up as a /data/media partition. This means that if you Factory Reset with the Stock recovery, you will effectively wipe your whole internal SD. However, if you use CWR or TWRP, they won't wipe your internal SD unless you Format Data. I learned that the hard way on my tablet about a year ago.
Good luck
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iKoolkid said:
And also, i want confirm because my friend said clockwork will be wiped after first reboot after using, is this true? Or does is stay for as long as you wish.
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clockwork will stay forever unless you ODIN back to stock, which will replace clockwork with the stock recovery

WOODY! Glad to see you here. I missed your advice. Anyway, thanks for everything and i may root soon.
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Im also new looking to root, will rooting wipe everything in my internal? pix, vids, songs, sms etc? Sorry not exactly clear on the root process for this phone, also had vibrant (easiest way to root ever) and sensation (not hard either). But this is kind of confusing like I have to flash a fw thru odin that already has root?

aamir123 said:
Im also new looking to root, will rooting wipe everything in my internal? pix, vids, songs, sms etc? Sorry not exactly clear on the root process for this phone, also had vibrant (easiest way to root ever) and sensation (not hard either). But this is kind of confusing like I have to flash a fw thru odin that already has root?
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Its not the only way to root it, but if you do it that way you won't lose things in your SD anyway, only your data like apps and stuff.. An easier way is to just flash clockwork mod and flash superuser which will give you root, it will however trip your flash counter.. I've done it both ways
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serio22 said:
Its not the only way to root it, but if you do it that way you won't lose things in your SD anyway, only your data like apps and stuff.. An easier way is to just flash clockwork mod and flash superuser which will give you root, it will however trip your flash counter.. I've done it both ways
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will flashing cwm recovery then su then using triangleaway to reset meter be good? As in my counter will be back to where it is right now?

aamir123 said:
will flashing cwm recovery then su then using triangleaway to reset meter be good? As in my counter will be back to where it is right now?
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Technically yes, but if you go that route I would stay away from resetting it unless you really need to
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Btw with this counter does the number go up every time you flash a rom?
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daxecutioner24 said:
Btw with this counter does the number go up every time you flash a rom?
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Yes
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daxecutioner24 said:
Btw with this counter does the number go up every time you flash a rom?
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Yes
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No it does not
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How to factory reset after rooting

So yeah I've flashed cwm and I've flashed super su. Zip via CWM on my galaxy grand. So my question is how would I factory reset? My phone is going really slow and I'm wanting to factory reset it. How can I do that? can I just do it like that? Or would I have to unroot first and then do it?
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Joel16 said:
So yeah I've flashed cwm and I've flashed super su. Zip via CWM on my galaxy grand. So my question is how would I factory reset? My phone is going really slow and I'm wanting to factory reset it. How can I do that? can I just do it like that? Or would I have to unroot first and then do it?
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go to cwm wipe data and cache and dalvick cache and reboot or you can use this code *2767*3855#

kenxda33 said:
go to cwm wipe data and cache and dalvick cache and reboot or you can use this code *2767*3855#
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if wipe date and cache can I be able to factory reset it?
And would I lose my stuff if I do that

Joel16 said:
if wipe date and cache can I be able to factory reset it?
And would I lose my stuff if I do that
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yes backup your all sms contact apps use super backup and titanium backup for app and also internal storage

kenxda33 said:
yes backup your all sms contact apps use super backup and titanium backup for app and also internal storage
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So it's okay if I'm rooted right? I don't need to unroot or anything?
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Joel16 said:
So it's okay if I'm rooted right? I don't need to unroot or anything?
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Go to Cwm recovery, backup your phone,, press factory reset, option available on Cwm recovery.. After rest, restore from previous made backup. That's all.. It Will affect your rooting
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rejocie001 said:
Go to Cwm recovery, backup your phone,, press factory reset, option available on Cwm recovery.. After rest, restore from previous made backup. That's all.. It Will affect your rooting
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Can you please be a bit more detailed? like how would I use titanium back up and stuff?
EDIT: This is my brother's phone and he's the one who's asking these questions, just saying.