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Selling a Touch pro question

I have a T-mobile HTC Touch Pro 2 that I paid to unlock and am about to resell it. I want to reset it back to factory settings using the volume up/down method. Will doing this return it to a locked state or will it still be unlocked?

it will be unlocked. also it only reset the current rom. So if you have a custom rom then hard reset will give you a clean install of that rom

I havent installed any other roms on it..just factory instalation..but I want to erase all of the messages..internet settings ..and phone numbers...ok..thanks

beeobee1 said:
I havent installed any other roms on it..just factory instalation..but I want to erase all of the messages..internet settings ..and phone numbers...ok..thanks
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Yes, following the steps you mentioned is known as a "hard-reset", and will erase all user data and apps put on the phone since it was new (or since the last hard-reset). However it will still be 'unlocked' (assuming you're referring to a SIM- or carrier-unlock).
FYI, you can also perform a hard-reset simply by choosing the "clear memory" icon in start>settings.

Having Issues Flashing My CN Model

Hello everyone.
So I recently attempted flashing my CN ZF2 to WW and I followed the steps and everything from the Official Guide Here. Once I was done with the command prompts on ADB I unplugged my phone and restarted it. Once I plugged it back in I realized that my computer wouldn't recognize my phone. I restarted my computer and reinstalled input drives but I would still get no response. I even realized that I couldn't even take the phone off USB debugging. Every time I would try unchecking it from the settings menu the phone would automatically reset itself.
I thought I followed all the steps correctly, but obviously my phone is acting a lot different now and I really need someone to lend me some help. Thank you.

Try factory reset
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yakub234go said:
Try factory reset
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I'm trying to avoid factory resetting since it's quite a hassle setting everything up again on the CN model. Although, if there are no other options left I will most likely resort to it.

awkwardviolence said:
I'm trying to avoid factory resetting since it's quite a hassle setting everything up again on the CN model. Although, if there are no other options left I will most likely resort to it.
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Just to be clear (based on above), a factory reset will not revert your device back to CN. It's a misconception, only because a typical user is not meant to tinker with system functions. The system is modified to WW, and there is no flip-of-a-switch to go back.
Rather, a factory reset will just wipe your cache and userdata (so you will need to set your apps back up again).

joel.maxuel said:
Just to be clear (based on above), a factory reset will not revert your device back to CN. It's a misconception, only because a typical user is not meant to tinker with system functions. The system is modified to WW, and there is no flip-of-a-switch to go back.
Rather, a factory reset will just wipe your cache and userdata (so you will need to set your apps back up again).
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I am aware, but thank you. I never successfully flashed my phone to WW so a hard reset will still revert it to it's original CN settings.

You could try just clearing your cache from recovery to see if that helps. Just be aware it takes ages and will appear to be doing nothing so whatever you do don't try and power off the phone because you think it is stuck.
BTW why do you want to convert to WW? You can root, unlock boot loader, flash TWRP , change kernel, install xposed, install playstore etc on the CN firmware.
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URGENT : Recovery, ADB, new update

Hi. I realy need help, i try to do what i want to do from 2 hours and nothing to do, i can't. I have this rom installed on my zenfone2 551ML :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zen...-unofficial-cyanogenmod-12-1-nightly-t3164144
Now, i want back on stock rom. I tried restore my backup, but when it starts, com.process.gaps or something like it, i can't go further than select language, time, account google, and the pop up com.process"etc" appear each second.
So i reflashed the rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/zen...-unofficial-cyanogenmod-12-1-nightly-t3164144, 0817 version. i have install driver, adb, everything, ton install the new update stock asus. (from here : http://www.asus.com/support/Download/39/1/0/13/Lk0Sg1Ulh0Ph49Hl/32/ ) but nothing to do, i can't use adb sideload to do it cause adb devices don't work when i'm in TWRP, Advanced, ADB Sideload and swipe to start Sideload.
I realy need your help or i will cry soon.
Thanks.
If you don't understand what i say, it's normal, i'm french. French people are bad in everything except food and beverage.

Good question

Unable to remove Secure Startup

A friend of mine has the same phone as I have - a OnePlus 3 which we both bought at launch. When he got it, he activated the secure startup in the start up configurations - I didn't.
After a while, he changed his mind to go to CyanogenMod (I always help him with flashing stuff, getting him TWRP, try to explain everything) so I got him the (back then) latest CM. The problem was (and still is) that his secure startup still shows up. He doesen't want it anymore, so do I. I go nuts asking him every time to unlock TWRP / his phone just to change something.
Until now I was always able to answer his questions - I read this forums all the time, and google is my best friend. However it seems that no one actually has this problem, or at least isn't really aware of it. The secure startup is an option under settings, but even if we disable it, after a reboot it shows up again. It shows up even after formatting the whole phone. I deleted all of the partitons, but it still shows. I have no clue where it actually is saved, since it remembers not only the language the phone was prior set to, but also the "welcome message".
Is it in the bootloader? If so, how do I get rid of it?
Another idea was to install an old backup of the original OS, but he doesen't have it anymore. My idea was to recover the backup, then disable the settings in hope that the system thinks "well ok, the hash seems to be the same so ok, I let you through with it".
Any help would be great, since I really have no idea anymore.

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A friend of mine has the same phone as I have - a OnePlus 3 which we both bought at launch. When he got it, he activated the secure startup in the start up configurations - I didn't.
After a while, he changed his mind to go to CyanogenMod (I always help him with flashing stuff, getting him TWRP, try to explain everything) so I got him the (back then) latest CM. The problem was (and still is) that his secure startup still shows up. He doesen't want it anymore, so do I. I go nuts asking him every time to unlock TWRP / his phone just to change something.
Until now I was always able to answer his questions - I read this forums all the time, and google is my best friend. However it seems that no one actually has this problem, or at least isn't really aware of it. The secure startup is an option under settings, but even if we disable it, after a reboot it shows up again. It shows up even after formatting the whole phone. I deleted all of the partitons, but it still shows. I have no clue where it actually is saved, since it remembers not only the language the phone was prior set to, but also the "welcome message".
Is it in the bootloader? If so, how do I get rid of it?
Another idea was to install an old backup of the original OS, but he doesen't have it anymore. My idea was to recover the backup, then disable the settings in hope that the system thinks "well ok, the hash seems to be the same so ok, I let you through with it".
Any help would be great, since I really have no idea anymore.
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Just a thought.
May be the phone picks up the settings from your Google account. Try setting it up as a new phone after wiping and flashing either with a new Google account or with no account and see if the issue returns.

__revolt__ said:
A friend of mine has the same phone as I have - a OnePlus 3 which we both bought at launch. When he got it, he activated the secure startup in the start up configurations - I didn't.
After a while, he changed his mind to go to CyanogenMod (I always help him with flashing stuff, getting him TWRP, try to explain everything) so I got him the (back then) latest CM. The problem was (and still is) that his secure startup still shows up. He doesen't want it anymore, so do I. I go nuts asking him every time to unlock TWRP / his phone just to change something.
Until now I was always able to answer his questions - I read this forums all the time, and google is my best friend. However it seems that no one actually has this problem, or at least isn't really aware of it. The secure startup is an option under settings, but even if we disable it, after a reboot it shows up again. It shows up even after formatting the whole phone. I deleted all of the partitons, but it still shows. I have no clue where it actually is saved, since it remembers not only the language the phone was prior set to, but also the "welcome message".
Is it in the bootloader? If so, how do I get rid of it?
Another idea was to install an old backup of the original OS, but he doesen't have it anymore. My idea was to recover the backup, then disable the settings in hope that the system thinks "well ok, the hash seems to be the same so ok, I let you through with it".
Any help would be great, since I really have no idea anymore.
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Format whole device leave nothing. Use this chance to convert data to f2fs. Then the password will be gone. And you will have an empty phone to start afresh with

[HELP REQUEST] WILL PAY TO WHOEVER HELPS ME GET THROUGH THIS SOFTBRICK

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rodagola said:
Hello everyone on xda, please bare with me. Here's my story
I own a Redmi Note 8 pro, chinese rom model. It was running miui 11.0.3 over android 9 If I recall correctly.
Ok so... I was tired of some of the china apps pushing their notifications over and over and auto installing stuff, so I looked up how to apply adb commands to remove such bloatware, which was a fairly simple process. I copied and pasted a list of safe stuff to delete I found around some forums.
then... there were some other packages I checked out using an app called "app inspector", which directly tells you which app is under which package (totally useful for this purpose).
I tried to be careful not go overboard since I don't have any root access, or custom recovery, and wasn't really planning to have these, just wanted to keep this as my simple daily driver cellphone, but also perform this little maneuver to get rid of some bloatware.
little did I know, I was about to somehow softbrick it. More info: I did not use a screen lock method other than the "swipe up".
Ok, so I uninstalled some packages I cannot remember exactly how they went, but they had the terms "xman" and "yman" on them I think, I wasn't so sure about them because I looked them up on the web yet they didn't appear anywhere. I think they went something among the lines of "com.android.miui.xman". I also uninstalled 2 or 3 more, but after googling, they seemed unsuspecting.
Anyways, I'm aware there's a command to reinstall the packages because they're still on the phone's ROM image. That is in case I had to restore anything back to normal. Turns out I later rebooted the phone and when it launches the lock screen, I keep swiping up but it won't take me over to the actual MIUI launcher. The screen is frozen on the lock screen.
I'm not freaking out at this time because I still tried to connect the device to the pc, and it still shows as connected, I then go to the adb console and type "adb devices", it is still recognized, however, it says next to it that it is unauthorized... damn it. So now I might not be able to run the commands that allow me to reinstall the exact packages that are rendering the phone softbricked (I guess), plus I'm not really sure which package caused this.
After about a minute or two on the lock screen, the phone takes me to the "redmi-recovery 3.0",
which displays 3 options:
Reboot to system: which basically forms a loop
Wipe date: godforbid... really don't want to do it since I likely had many files not backedup
Contact miassistant: not sure what to do with this, says "pcsuite.mi.com" at the bottom
on the miassistant option you can apparently sideload stuff, idk how to go about this, maybe it allows me to install a slightly upgraded ROM, which in turn will work the same as if it was an OTA update (so it will keep my data as it was instead of wipe)? Because the point is not to erase my user data!!
I'm not sure how to feel or what to do without losing my pictures, notes and documents
I have hopes this situation can be turned around back to normal, and like the title implies... I'm WILLING to PAY you through paypal or something to WHOEVER offers to guide me through in the best way possible. Please if you have the knowledge/experience don't hesitate I'll also be grateful timelessly.
I'm not an expert at these scenarios so I might as well ask on xda where most are really skilled! Thanks in advance to those amazing souls
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tldr;
If you can boot into fastboot mode you can just flash a official MIUI fastboot ROM:
Xiaomi Firmware Updater (where you can download official MIUI ROMS): https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/
This is the current hard unbrick method: https://telegra.ph/Installing-Redmi-Note-8-Pro-firmware-via-SP-Flash-Tool-01-21
It should also work in your case and there's even a video guide.
This is another video guide for fixing a hard brick:
Both methods above will format your phone though (afaik all data will be lost).
Compass.

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rodagola said:
are these the kind of roms that you unzip and have the BL, AP, CP, CSC files? I could try that, but I've heard installing home_csc will not override/wipe my personal data. If this is what you meant, can you confirm? Or do you reckon these linked video tutorials would not wipe the data?
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Nope, it doesn't.
If you can boot into Fastboot, flash the ROM using Mi Flash, otherwise, use this tutorial:

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Compass Linux and juliusjr have told you the method, so I will just add supplemential infos.
In your case, I think simple upgrade will do the trick, dirty flash is applicable both via fastboot flash (mi flash) and recovery flash (the mi assistant method). If you want to stop the ads, I will recommend you to unlock your bootloader, move to global, root, and use an adblocker (a bare minimum config, in trade of some bangking apps being blocked).
I don't know the corresponding version for miui china rom, but in global rom, prior 12.0.0.7 (the one with the early 2021 security update), you can dirty flash back and forth while keeping your data.

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rodagola said:
Hi, thanks for your info, I would like to try the mi flash tool as I've been told before the stock recovery thing has less chances of working. However, I had dev options turned on before but didn't manage to turn on the "OEM unlock" option, will flashing original ROMs work this way? or did I need that option toogled on? That's my last doubt, and thanks a lot. Btw, the China ROM this Redmi N8P had never ever showed me any ads, but thanks a lot as well for such input
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You still have a locked bootloader? (How do I know? You will see "Unloked" on the bottom of the screen everytime your device reboots and showing mi logo if your device is unlocked)
Hmm, mechanically it work like normal ota update. Full recovery update will ony erase nessesary partitions (system, boot, and some other things) while keeping your data intact. So doing this to your phone technically safe. You can do this with MiFlashPro, do a recovery update using a recovery rom (the 2 gigs one) greater than your current MIUI version. But please bear in mind that I have never done this before to a locked phone. A same distribution version IS A MUST (i.e. global with global).
Oh and it will need you to log in to your xiaomi account. My guess is you need the flash permission open for your account (if you have unlocked your phone you shouldn't have a problem). I have never flashed with an account that never have been used to unlock a bootloader, so I might be wrong.
If your phone is bootloader unlocked, Mi Flash is the least demanding and it can retain your data with "save user data" in the bottom right corner option on, regardless your miui version (but I think there will be some problem with installed apps if you downgrade from A10 to A9).
Hope this help.