I want to perform a factory reset but I encrypted the phone using twrp and now it wont decrypt. Im currently using CM11 and cant change roms until I can perform the reset. I tried to perform the reset with TWRP and it wouldnt work so I switched to CWM and it still says it cant mount /data whenever i try to perform a factory reset. Can anybody give me a way to get around this?
jgilbody said:
I want to perform a factory reset but I encrypted the phone using twrp and now it wont decrypt. Im currently using CM11 and cant change roms until I can perform the reset. I tried to perform the reset with TWRP and it wouldnt work so I switched to CWM and it still says it cant mount /data whenever i try to perform a factory reset. Can anybody give me a way to get around this?
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switch to PhilZ touch recovery and factory data reset but use the second option which wipes everything in order to flash a new rom....but it leaves your pictures and music alone
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My GNex is boot looping, and all I did last was install the tasker app. I can't figure it out, it was working fine all night, then when I switched batteries, bootloop. I even tried to switch back with no luck just for kicks lol.
I can get into Clockwork recovery, but it will not let me access my internal data, I never could and its the one thing about Gnex that bugs me... Actually it pisses me off, because even when the phone is on and I tried to backup my phone, sometimes the transfer fails or stops!
I really don't want to format my phone I want my data back at least before I do a wipe. I did a backup in CWM but again mounting data, even usb mount won't work. Clockwork Recovery 5.5.0.4.
Any advice?
Do you still have the rom? If you do reflash it, you won't lose anything if you didn't factory reset.
biscuitownz said:
Do you still have the rom? If you do reflash it, you won't lose anything if you didn't factory reset.
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I don't know maybe somewhere, it was the first Jellybean rom. Even so how can I reflash, I cant get access to my data in recovery? =[
I found the rom, just need to know how to get into data/usb from CWM?
The simple act of flashing the ROM won't delete your data. Its why we have people delete it when switching roms
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I have been playing around with the nexus 7 installing apps and adding a different recovery.
I would now like to perform one final wipe of the device, reset it, and then make my pristine backup. I'm currently using Clockworkmod recovery. What is the best way to return the 7 back to stock?
Should I just reset/erase using Clockworkmod recovery? Also, will I need to delete my old Clockworkmod backup if I do not want it anymore?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Rick
C5Longhorn said:
I have been playing around with the nexus 7 installing apps and adding a different recovery.
I would now like to perform one final wipe of the device, reset it, and then make my pristine backup. I'm currently using Clockworkmod recovery. What is the best way to return the 7 back to stock?
Should I just reset/erase using Clockworkmod recovery? Also, will I need to delete my old Clockworkmod backup if I do not want it anymore?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Rick
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reset from recovery only resets the user data and depending on recovery, also the virtual sdcard.
It doesn't touch the /system files. You might have installed tweaks to the system. You might have installed root, changes to the slimport resolution, USB-OTG like stickmount may have made changes to debuggerd. None of these get reset with the reset from recovery.
The factory image blasts a factory image back onto the device, bootloader, recovery, kernel, rom, resets user data, etc.
So in your case if you really want to get back to stock before making a pristine backup, factory image is the better choice.
sfhub said:
reset from recovery only resets the user data and depending on recovery, also the virtual sdcard.
It doesn't touch the /system files. You might have installed tweaks to the system. You might have installed root, changes to the slimport resolution, USB-OTG like stickmount may have made changes to debuggerd. None of these get reset with the reset from recovery.
The factory image blasts a factory image back onto the device, bootloader, recovery, kernel, rom, resets user data, etc.
So in your case if you really want to get back to stock before making a pristine backup, factory image is the better choice.
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Thanks, the new image is exactly what I want to do. I'm still a little confused about the relationship between the recovery and the image though. If I flash the image again, will I lose my custom recovery and just return to the stock recovery? Is it just like a computer that the image is going to configure the tablet exactly back to the stock image or will I still have the Clockworkmod recovery? I know I can easily reflash the Clockworkmod recovery so not a big deal.
Thanks again for the help.
Rick
C5Longhorn said:
Thanks, the new image is exactly what I want to do. I'm still a little confused about the relationship between the recovery and the image though. If I flash the image again, will I lose my custom recovery and just return to the stock recovery? Is it just like a computer that the image is going to configure the tablet exactly back to the stock image or will I still have the Clockworkmod recovery? I know I can easily reflash the Clockworkmod recovery so not a big deal.
Thanks again for the help.
Rick
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Factory image flashes stock
1) bootloader
2) radio (for deb/LTE)
3) recovery
4) boot/kernel
5) system/ROM
6) wipes user data / virtual sdcard
7) wipes cache
So your custom recovery would be replaced with stock recovery.
sfhub said:
Factory image flashes stock
1) bootloader
2) radio (for deb/LTE)
3) recovery
4) boot/kernel
5) system/ROM
6) wipes user data / virtual sdcard
7) wipes cache
So your custom recovery would be replaced with stock recovery.
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Great, thanks. This is exactly what I'm going to do.
MY nexus restart itself on Andorid logo. Sometimes i can get to load but it hangs and restart. Cant take out the photos.
Can you somebody help me ?
I can reach recovery menu. I tried to wipe the cache but still the same.
run adb and getting error:
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted
using stock firmware 4.3 maguro GSM from google website
Try to do a factory reset in the recovery. Your apps and your app-date will be gone after that. Your pictures and other data on the "sdcard" won't be lost.
Make a backup before trying that.
nexus 3 has internal memory so cant take out the photos. i dont want to wipe data and factory reset becouse i loose photos. any more suggestion ?
Cliff666 said:
Try to do a factory reset in the recovery. Your apps and your app-date will be gone after that. Your pictures and other data on the "sdcard" won't be lost.
Make a backup before trying that.
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i did factory reset and wipe but still the same . can you help me somebody ?
I just restored my phone and some apps are not working correctly. it seems that the apps can't save any files to the android system or something. I am rooted and have stock touchwiz, android 4.4.2, and twrp recovery. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this?
Did you use twrp or stock recovery to reset the phone? Sometimes, stock recovery will work better.
audit13 said:
Did you use twrp or stock recovery to reset the phone? Sometimes, stock recovery will work better.
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TWRP
I'm finding a lot of apps can't write to the system. I just installed Titanium Backup and it can't create a backup location. RedReader Beta says error in cache storage and may be out of space. and zedge tells me download fail when I try to download anything.
Try doing a factory reset with stock recovery from the ROM, not the recovery menu.
If you were coming back from Android 12.x to Touchwiz I have read where it is sometimes necessary to format the internal sdcard to get all bits working correctly. If the factory reset from stock recovery, as suggested by audit13, doesn't work then try the format. Doing so will clear all apps and settings, be warned.
I will try try this when I get home this evening.
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I will try try this when I get home this evening.
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Make sure you are back on a custom recovery, such as TWRP, if you need to formate the internal sdcard. This will make it easier to flash a ROM from the external sdcard, since you just wiped the internal.
Hello!
Yesterday I installed Resurrection Remix Rom and it worked great. So I configured everything to my needs including setting the security to ask for a pattern on Restart. So everything is encrypted.
After a reboot the phone kept crashing and I tried to go back to my old system. Somehow I managed to set the security to none so I can revert to my old system. I then rebooted to Recovery but in Recovery it asked me for a password. I never set a password so I don’t know what to insert in here. I tried various stuff but nothing worked. I also can’t reboot back into the system without a password. It looks like my phone is still encrypted.
Is there any way how I can decrypt my files?
Can i "convert" my old pattern into a password and this will decrypt everything?
And if I am ok with losing my data, how can I just wipe everything and install a new rom?
Thank you for your help!
easiest way to delete all your data is via twrp, select everything in twrp wipe section and execute. your phone will be completely empty now. reconnect your phone to your pc and copy paste the rom and gapps and flash.
bonham1988 said:
easiest way to delete all your data is via twrp, select everything in twrp wipe section and execute. your phone will be completely empty now. reconnect your phone to your pc and copy paste the rom and gapps and flash.
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I was in TWRP and tried to Wipe just the Data and Cache partitions but it told me that it was unable to mount storage.
I thinkt that since don't know the password i don't have permission to mount partitions.
An0nYm3 said:
I was in TWRP and tried to Wipe just the Data and Cache partitions but it told me that it was unable to mount storage.
I thinkt that since don't know the password i don't have permission to mount partitions.
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Have you reflashing the stock recovery and doing a factory reset? After that you can reflash twrp and delete data. You can try if that works.
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bonham1988 said:
Have you reflashing the stock recovery and doing a factory reset? After that you can reflash twrp and delete data. You can try if that works.
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So you think i can mount the data partition again after a factory reset from the stock recovery?
I will try to flash the stock recovery when i get home.
I suppose i have to flash it via fastboot?
An0nYm3 said:
So you think i can mount the data partition again after a factory reset from the stock recovery?
I will try to flash the stock recovery when i get home.
I suppose i have to flash it via fastboot?
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I read it on xda that this process resolves the issue and yes it has to be done via fastboot in bootloader mode. Stock recovery is available on oneplus's website.
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bonham1988 said:
I read it on xda that this process resolves the issue and yes it has to be done via fastboot in bootloader mode. Stock recovery is available on oneplus's website.
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I just flased the stock recovery via fastboot and made a factory reset.
After that I could reboot back into the system without any security question.
Sadly, all data are gone, meaning it did also wipe the internal storage partition. This is a pity but I'm really glad to have my phone back.
Thank you for your support
An0nYm3 said:
I just flased the stock recovery via fastboot and made a factory reset.
After that I could reboot back into the system without any security question.
Sadly, all data are gone, meaning it did also wipe the internal storage partition. This is a pity but I'm really glad to have my phone back.
Thank you for your support
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Good to know it worked and sorry i forgot to tell you that it would delete all your data too.
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An0nYm3 said:
I just flased the stock recovery via fastboot and made a factory reset.
After that I could reboot back into the system without any security question.
Sadly, all data are gone, meaning it did also wipe the internal storage partition. This is a pity but I'm really glad to have my phone back.
Thank you for your support
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That's what a factory reset does, it wipes /Data
ghostofcain said:
That's what a factory reset does, it wipes /Data
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That’s right, but not always /sdcard
TWRP asks for a password even if you set a PIN.
enter your PIN - it should work.
my phone is encrypted running sultan's CM and TWRP asks me for a password when I go in, and my PIN works
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TWRP asks for a password even if you set a PIN.
enter your PIN - it should work.
my phone is encrypted running sultan's CM and TWRP asks me for a password when I go in, and my PIN works
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I definitely going to try this next time.