Hi Guys,
I am very new to this android platform. I had everysingle iphone and i just switched over. I bought an originally rogers, now unlocked, S3 which is rooted and loaded with the Ariel 2.0 Rom. I was wondering, if i go to Settings>backup and reset>Factory data reset.. will it brick my phone or anything? I just want to reset it with the Ariel 2.0 again and delete all my current data because the phone is pretty laggy.
Thanks
Nafizur
Really, 37 views and not a single person knows the answer? please help guys.
No, a factory reset should not brick your phone dude, in fact if you read most developers threads on here they recommend a full wipe prior to flashing ROMS anyway to assure a clean install.I would do it in recovery though not the method you mention
Make sure you back up what you dont want to lose though.
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Hello all, another noob, been lurking and reading for a while, getting ready to root my 14 month old EVO...have researched this question, but haven't found any solid answer as yet. I have all my apps, etc backed up, and was wondering if it really matters if I do a factory or a hard reset before getting my s-off? I thought maybe it would be best beings the phone has been in use now for a while, and don't want to run into any glitches during the root process....if I even will? any suggestions appreciated! Thanks in advance!
It is safe, but not necessary if you are going to use Revolutionary or unrevoked (for Froyo not Gingerbread). Just make sure you don't have HTC sync installed on your computer.
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That depends, are you going to keep the stock rom or flash a new one? If you are going to keep the stock rom, it can't hurt to do a factory reset first to clear up any glitches that may have happened. If you are going to flash a new rom, then it doesnt matter, as flashing the new rom will wipe everything.
Thanks, being a virgin at this, I'll probably keep the stock rom for a while, I just want to get rid of the bloat, and play around with it for a while...apppreciate your answers, great site, our IT guys at work are going to wonder why I'm spending so much time here!
Ok ive looked and looked for this but never found a clear answer. So here I go...
Hey guys I've been reading a lot about rooting, the pros and cons, well I've made my decision and I want to root it.
My number one reason for rooting is I want to delete unnecessary apps on the phone and I want to use DroidWall (Firewall) so my apps don't use up my data plan (this is costing me a lot when I enable 3G), and I want to use Titanium Backup to backup all my data. I don't want to use custom roms or anything like that, well at least not now, cause I dont feel confident yet.
Back to my question, If I root my Gio can I Hard Reset my phone from system recovery?? Or what is the equivalent of hard reseting on a rooted phone?? , Im afraid because this one time my Gio wouldn't go past the boot screen and I had to Hard reset from recovery menu, and since then it works just fine, but If I ever need to do this again, I want to be sure I can use Hard Reset like I did before.
I ask this because I googled this question and I got results that said "don't factory reset if you are rooted", "Never factory reset when rooted on (x phone)" but then I see many threads here that say "factory reset before and after (x process)" So im a little confused.
Thanks in advance
by the way Im on android Froyo 2.2.1 don't know if it matters
and my phone is unlocked and don't want to loose that if I ever need to flash it
edwardsa86 said:
Ok ive looked and looked for this but never found a clear answer. So here I go...
Hey guys I've been reading a lot about rooting, the pros and cons, well I've made my decision and I want to root it.
My number one reason for rooting is I want to delete unnecessary apps on the phone and I want to use DroidWall (Firewall) so my apps don't use up my data plan (this is costing me a lot when I enable 3G), and I want to use Titanium Backup to backup all my data. I don't want to use custom roms or anything like that, well at least not now, cause I dont feel confident yet.
Back to my question, If I root my Gio can I Hard Reset my phone from system recovery?? Or what is the equivalent of hard reseting on a rooted phone?? , Im afraid because this one time my Gio wouldn't go past the boot screen and I had to Hard reset from recovery menu, and since then it works just fine, but If I ever need to do this again, I want to be sure I can use Hard Reset like I did before.
I ask this because I googled this question and I got results that said "don't factory reset if you are rooted", "Never factory reset when rooted on (x phone)" but then I see many threads here that say "factory reset before and after (x process)" So im a little confused.
Thanks in advance
by the way Im on android Froyo 2.2.1 don't know if it matters
and my phone is unlocked and don't want to loose that if I ever need to flash it
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Factory reset is recommended both before and after flashing a new ROM. Doing it before flashing is very important because you can have bootloops and other problems otherwise.
I have personally done factory reset numerous times on my rooted gio and never faced any problem.
I see... By the way if I remove an unwanted app for example "Samsung Apps" will it be there again once I do a factory reset (or hard reset from recovery menu)??? Or will that app be gone forever? And also is a factory reset the same as hard reset (when you reset with the recovery menu)?? Sorry for so many questions but im new to all of this and dont want to mess up my phone.
By the way I wanted to share with you guys that I just upgraded my phone from Froyo 2.2.1 to Gingerbread 2.3.4 with Kies and it is much faster then before. I was afraid cause ive read many posts where other people were not happy once they upgraded. Now I can only imagine how fast it can go if I install custom roms in it.
It will be gone forever but samsung apps is good sometimes
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Ok thanks. I might not delete stuff afterall.
edwardsa86 said:
I see... By the way if I remove an unwanted app for example "Samsung Apps" will it be there again once I do a factory reset (or hard reset from recovery menu)??? Or will that app be gone forever? And also is a factory reset the same as hard reset (when you reset with the recovery menu)?? Sorry for so many questions but im new to all of this and dont want to mess up my phone.
By the way I wanted to share with you guys that I just upgraded my phone from Froyo 2.2.1 to Gingerbread 2.3.4 with Kies and it is much faster then before. I was afraid cause ive read many posts where other people were not happy once they upgraded. Now I can only imagine how fast it can go if I install custom roms in it.
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Factory reset = hard reset.
Yeah, people not much happy because of gingerbread lag. I used official 2.3.3 after froyo and it lagged the less out of all gingerbreads I tried after that. Then I switched to custom roms.
I hope your experience with official gingerbread remains good throughout because lags can get very annoying at times.
samydroid said:
Factory reset = hard reset.
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I was starting to get that idea since no one used both terms. Well thanks for your reply's I really appreciate your help. I will now root my phone and hope for the best, ill stay official until I get problems with lag.
UPDATE:
I rooted mi Galaxy Gio and have successfully done a factory Reset while rooted. So for any other person wondering the same as me, It is ok...
Ok before any of you get your rage faces on about someone asking a question, go to your corner and shush =p
Firstly, ive done my searching, and looking around, and no where is there any description about rooting when it comes to Data, and no data restore.. Im completely confused. They all say no data version will SAVE your data, and the other version says it will reset your data like a factory reset? Im confused by what this means. I just want to root, and have no service issues. I currently still use the phone, and its on my plan and used for day to day calls. I plan to install custom roms or what ever aswell but for now stay as stock.
Can someone tell me which version i should be using? I found http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=34 (Fi27 is my current version). If one of these like does a whole reset where id have to call sprint and get reactivated or something, i DONT want to do that one. Just make my system rooted, nothing else, no service reset, none of that. All help is appreciated.
No data means it doesnt include a data partition in the file so that all of your previous apps and settings stay in place. Data restore wipes and installs a new data partition like factory resetting before flashing a rom. No data versions can cause issues just like dirty flashing a rom can. Never use a no data when downgrading builds only when upgrading
I like to break stuff!
Thanks EViL for that, what he was trying to say is that a no data is recommended when you are going to upgrade within the same operating system, like ics to ics jellybean to jellybean.
No data will merge or use your current data with your new rom.
Reset data will wipe like a factory reset, you do a restore when your on ics and you want to go to jellybean or jellybean to ics.
If you are on ics or Gb and your going to jellybean restore will wipe all your current data so it won't bork your phone.
It does not get any more simple than this.
Pp.:thumbup:
sent from a jellybean filled epic touch.
I have tried everything and I have not been able to find anyone else on this site (in any on the forums) reporting this. I have been trying out 4.2.2 ROMS for a while now...and they are getting pretty good. Especially sense it only officially came out a month ago. But there seems to be a ~bluetooth~ "issue" of some sort in all the ones I have tried (that I liked). I am running Liquid with the latest everything and it rocks! ~But~ it doesn't let my bluetooth sleep, so it drains fast it if I don't turn it off. It is a big enough issue for me to go back to 4.1.2 until they improve these glitches.
That is when I discovered this weird problem. No matter which 4.1.2 ROM I flash or try to recover, I get hit with an encryption password. I am not a very creative guy; I can count all the passwords I have used in the last 20 years on one hand. I have tried every password I can thing of and nothing works. I have tried formatting the entire phone with CWM. I have tried several versions of different custom recovery systems. I cannot install a 4.1.2 ROM nor can I recovery one previously backed up. Today I completely unrooted my phone. Yep, I reversed the whole process, then tried to ODIN the original stock (un-touched, straight out of the box) ROM. Yep, it asked me for encryption code
Where can this be coming from? Why does it only happen with 4.1.2 ROMs? Please help Do I need to replace the SIM card maybe? The SIM card is the only thing I can't format.
Go into your stock recovery and wipe data, factory reset the device....g
You are my hero! I want to kiss and hug you!:highfive: I am in rooted stock now (4.1.2); from here I should be able to get into a 4.1.2 ROM that I like. I wish AxisM was available for N2 ( :
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!
gregsarg said:
Go into your stock recovery and wipe data, factory reset the device....g
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LOL...
Always welcome my friend....It's no problem...
And of course...happy flashing...
Just remember to use that method when going back to full stock, or rooted stock.
It's the only way to completely clean the device for stock usage...g
Hey guys, ill provide a little backstory first. when 4.2 came out, i upgraded my rom (PA) from 4.1.2 to 4.2.1 but i forgot to update my clockwork mod first so when i installed 4.2, it created a partition on my phone. so now there is storage only accesible when im on 4.2 and when im on 4.1 when all of this happened, my phone turned into a lag demon, it crawls around now to the point where doing simple tasks is near impossible. trying to make a nandroid abckup takes 45 minutes before i give up and do a battery pull so my question is
tl;dr what can i do to my phone to speed it up so i can make a nandroid backup,
what did i do wrong?,
how can i fix it?
and how can i COMPLETELY wipe my storage and start brand new? factory reset doesnt do enough i mean i want it be WIPED.
thanks for the help in advance guys
What is all this partitioning crap people are doing to their phones? Perhaps people shouldnt be messing with that. Anyway, maybe you should look into how to return your phone to stock with a factory image. Search for it.
but that wouldnt solve my problem of my phone being a slow piece of **** and two it wouldnt wipe my phone
benjewman said:
but that wouldnt solve my problem of my phone being a slow piece of **** and two it wouldnt wipe my phone
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maybe you should read the return to stock thread instead of complaining.
apparently fastboot erase userdata doesnt wipe the phone according to your reasoning
I believe it does wipe your phone. I'm not talking about a simple factory reset. I'm talking about flashing the stock image to your phone using your computer. It completely wipes everything and puts it back to stock.
Hold on, I'll link you to it.
EDIT: In case it wasn't obvious, I took the link from Zepius signature.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
oh man thanks for that link that should help me a lot. another question is how do i perform an adb pull for full storage and/or select files?