I am new to the phone scene but I am wanting to reformat it and start fresh. What are the common things I need to do before doing the reformat/reset ? I have a plain Jane Verizon HTC M9 phone. It has not been rooted or anything of that nature as of yet.. I am wanting to do a complete phone wipe or disk wipe on a pc and then reinstall everything for my phone has become very sluggish in the past few months. I have ran several good phone cleaners and none have seemed to help so I figure why not do a factory reset.
What do I need to make sure I backup before proceeding with the reset?
What are the appropriate or best procedure of doing a factory reset before and after ?
What if any Apps are there I can use to assist in pre factory reset that will help with backing up all important files?
Are there any tutorials that I can read to help in performing a factory reset?
I figure I need to learn the basics of the phone as well as get a new phone so when I root my HTC M9, I wont be without a phone in case something goes wrong..
Thanks in advance for any and all info.
I have a fair amount of experience with computers not a newbie skill level but not an advanced skill level by any means either.
Nothing for resetting phones??
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My phone is getting a bit sluggish and clogged up so I was thinking of resetting it but I don't want to lose my root. What's the best way to do that? I don't mind everything being deleted etc. Just want it to be like it was when I bought it, just with root! If it's too much of a fuss obviously I'll reset and reroot, just wondering if there's a way to avoid it as it's a convoluted process.
Thanks in advance
This weekend I swapped my Z1C for a friends ZL. My phone was rooted (I think I had used the recent 'easyroot' method). Before giving him the phone, I did a wipe (including wiping the internal SD card) via Settings->Backup & Reset. After doing the initial setup, he still had root. When we swapped back, I wiped again (via settings again) and root stayed.
One thing I notice is that the SuperSU app is gone.. which is not a big deal.
Not to say that the answer is a definite "yes"... but I thought since my experience was so recent, I would share. Good luck! Rooting is pretty easy now anyway, if it doesn't work.
I know I can do a factory reset on the phone itself, but can I do a factory reset just like you could on an iPhone (you know, download the software and restore it on your phone)?
Also, are there any risks of rooting it? I'm kind of new here so just bear with me.
skip982 said:
I know I can do a factory reset on the phone itself, but can I do a factory reset just like you could on an iPhone (you know, download the software and restore it on your phone)?
Also, are there any risks of rooting it? I'm kind of new here so just bear with me.
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To factory reset, go into setting, storage, and factory reset. After that, your phone should be the same as the first time you installed what ever rom you're using. As for root goes, the biggest dilemma I know of is whether or not to void the warranty. So if the device is already gone past the warranty coverage time, then go ahead, get towelroot.apk and root that sucker. It's easy and fast..
I've had my M8 since about the end of 2014. Originally on Android 4, have since done OTA upgrades to 5 and 6 as they were flagged as available by my carrier (UK, O2).
I've never managed to get HTC Backup on my PC to recognise the phone, even with the original USB cable, so have never done a proper backup (Yes. I know). Fortunately for me, my Gmail contacts list was almost up to date, and apart from my calendar, that was the most important thing to save, so I've just had to grin and bear it.
Because of the lack of proper backup and therefore the facility to restore from one, I'd never done a factory reset after the various OS upgrades, which I've been told might have avoided my present situation, which is that I can't get any further than a bootloop situation. Other than that, I can get into recovery mode, but no further.
I've tried clearing the cache, I've tried a factory reset. Neither of those have got me anywhere.
I've no great desire (at present) to go fiddling with rooting or anything clever with the phone, I'd just like to get it working again. I've downloaded Android Studio to get the SDK for ADB but don't really know what I'm doing, and if I mess around without expert advice I could end up with a hard brick - which is why I'm here.
Can anyone give me some guidance about what I need to do to get my phone working again?
Thanks in advance...
Hi, I have the same problem, started a few days ago when I was trying to download VLC from the play store, the phone rebooted and said optimizing apps.... It has been in an optimizing apps bootloop since - it gets to the end, then says starting android then freezes and reboots, then starts again... I tried clearing the cache and doing the factory reset as well but nothing helps. We could really use some expert help on this :S
If a stock phone isn't booting, and factory reset doesn't help, the OS is possibly damaged or corrupted in some way; and needs to be restored.
If your version has RUU, you can try to run that.
If no RUU for your version, then probably your only choice is to unlock the bootloader, install custom recovery, so you can restore a stock TWRP backup from the following thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/tutorial-how-to-stock-stock-twrp-t3086860
I am in a very similar situation, apparently because of a botched automatic system update, almost same symptoms as airick94. I haven't tried a factory reset yet though, because I want to try to recover what I can from the internal storage first. Can I do that through ADB even if my phone is not recognised as a device by the computer?
Hi all!
I was wondering how is factory reset protection working on the OP3. If the phone is unlocked, does it ask for the Google Account's password once you go to "Backup & Restore" and select a factory reset? I think this has become a standard by now, but I just want to make sure.
Also, what about factory reset from bootloader? Is it possible to factory reset the phone WITHOUT connecting it to a pc? I know it is totally possible to do it via fastboot commands, but I want to know if it's possible to reset it cable-free.
If my phone is stolen, I'll be glad to know the thief must be at least a little savvy in order to use/resell it.
I am bumping this after 1 day as I have received no answers yet. I hope that someone may be able to answer me. Thanks in advance!
Ps: this is the first and last time I bump this. I am against forum spam, but I feel like I have posted my original question in a bad time for people to read it.
Hi everyone I had an unfortunate problem with my new Samsung Galaxy A72 and it is the following: Since I don't have a PC,
I can't get the phone into recovery mode for the moment to perform a "hard" reset and clean up the phone.
Is there a way to go into recovery without a PC or is it mandatory? Thanks to those who can give me an explanation.
If you are unrooted, the only way to reboot to recovery is with a PC. I think you can perform a hard reset within the settings in General management.
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If you are unrooted, the only way to reboot to recovery is with a PC. I think you can perform a hard reset within the settings in General management.
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Thanks for the reply however, it is absurd that Samsung forces me to have a PC to do a Hard Reset since now I also do not have one.
They do everything to complicate life...you could do a soft reset from settings but it wasn't what i wanted.
Hello and thanks again for the explanation.
Il Gerry said:
Thanks for the reply however, it is absurd that Samsung forces me to have a PC to do a Hard Reset since now I also do not have one.
They do everything to complicate life...you could do a soft reset from settings but it wasn't what i wanted.
Hello and thanks again for the explanation.
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You are correct, Samsung does some questionable things and this is no exception.
By the way, the reset from settings is pretty much the same as if you did it from recovery since all it's going to do is delete the data partition without media (I think, can't remember). I believe when you do it from the settings, it reboots to recovery and wipes from there anyway so it's pretty much the same thing. I really don't know what you mean with a "hard" and "soft" reset though.
I would consider a "hard" reset as formatting not only data but also system and the rest of the partitions, which can only be done with either a custom recovery or doing it with Odin (which requires a PC)
ShaDisNX255 said:
You are correct, Samsung does some questionable things and this is no exception.
By the way, the reset from settings is pretty much the same as if you did it from recovery since all it's going to do is delete the data partition without media (I think, can't remember). I believe when you do it from the settings, it reboots to recovery and wipes from there anyway so it's pretty much the same thing. I really don't know what you mean with a "hard" and "soft" reset though.
I would consider a "hard" reset as formatting not only data but also system and the rest of the partitions, which can only be done with either a custom recovery or doing it with Odin (which requires a PC)
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hello thanks for the reply.
If I remember correctly the soft reset from settings ago (reset or reset settings), hard reset instead from stock recovery
wipe cache and data and dalvik ... I think
And having no PC for now I will do the one from settings, too bad, but this samsung puts a lot of difficulties every year,
worse then it will also be the fault of Android 11 I don't know.