My phone was erased and reset remotely from one of the google accounts I was using. Now all recovery softwares require a rootef phone. All methods of rooting factory reset the phone. Will thr data be recoverable after two resets? Are there ways to root the phone without reseting. Currently on the latest stock build.
Sorry but I think the answer is no, it's the bootloader unlock process that will wipe the phone.
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I am looking to sale the phone out because I am still used of Iphone, I have done root and activated my google account with my Hero, so Can some body tell me how to reset my Hero back to original factory status.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=545588
That topic may help.
Go to Settings - Security - Factory data reset
It saids that it erases all data on the phone. And if you have rooted your phone you should probably unroot it first.
Do I need to unroot first before go to factory data reset?
mahlberg said:
Go to Settings - Security - Factory data reset
It saids that it erases all data on the phone. And if you have rooted your phone you should probably unroot it first.
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actually it does not matter what you do first.
But i would suggest to unroot first, because after factory reset the initial setup will start and you will be prompted to provide all different kind of stuff.
If you unroot first and factory reset its in first sale status and the new user will get the initial setup when he turns on the phone for the first time.
You don't have to unroot if you don't want to. Factory reset just clears the /data partition, to root you have made changes to the /system partition. So if you want to unroot to you have to do it separately (there are some tutorials in this forum)
Hello all, I was just wondering if it would be safe to wipe my phone (Factory reset) after rooting? I just figured it would be better for my phone if it was wiped and rooted, kinda like a fresh start.
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I encrypted my phone and it says that I have reset to factory defaults if I want to decrypt my phone. Even after i did factory reset my phone is not decrypted, I even tried through CWM and factory reset and no avail.
Can anyone help please....
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Please use the search function. There have been numerous threads about this. You need to use fastboot to remove the encryption when you are rooted. Details in searched threads.
You can't remove the encryption because you have a custom recovery. This happened to me before. You need to fastboot/adb and push a stock rom to the phone. Feel free to PM as I know this is a horrible issue to deal with.
After unlocking & rooting if I "Factory Reset" will my phone be again locked and unrooted and do I have to repeat the process again??? (I want to Factory Reset once, to make more internal memory with link2SD)
I unlocked and rooted my WFS by installing CWM Recovery method given on the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437545
Youll be ok you wont lose root or unlock mate
Yes, you don't lose the root if you do a factory reset, but if then you install a non rooted ROM you'll losed it
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Factory Reset only clears your data partitions. Even if you flash a custom ROM, you'll still retain it after a factory reset. The user data will be reset along with the extra apps you installed.
Edit: I just realized that I am not in the Atrix forum but can't seem to delete the post. I apologize.
I rooted my Atrix 4g a couple of days ago and managed to unlock it yesterday. Now when the phone loads up I have lost root and continue to get "Can't establish reliable connection" when I try to add my Google account to the phone. Browsing the internet works and all things on the phone work except for what requires having a Google account (gmail, youtube login, android market).
I have read that the only solution to this is to do a hard reset. If I have unlocked am I safe to do a hard reset?
My other thought was to re-root and restore the Titanium Backup I took before unlocking. Maybe the system settings I saved would fix it? However when I go reboot to Fastboot and try ADB shell it no longer finds my device (USB debugging is enabled and my drivers must be up to date if I rooted three days ago).
If the easiest thing to do is just hard reset I am more than willing to do that I just need to know whether it is safe.
Long story made short, I upgraded to 4.3 after switching over to AT&T and fell quickly in love with the selective privacy app. However, my battery would only last about fifteen seconds (exaggeration) so I upgraded again to 4.4.2 without performing due diligence. As you all well know, Google took away the privacy app. So I took the next logical step and rooted my phone (TowelRoot rocks!) and added xPrivacy.
My problem now is an extremely sluggish phone. Would this be due to the upgrade (4.4.2) or the root process? Would it make more sense to downgrade or flash a custom ROM?
Root should have no effect on performance at all. Its more likely that there is some data from a previous build causing a process to hang.
I would factory reset and start over clean. Only restore essential data.
You can also use Better Battery Stats. Find it here on xda. Great app for solving battery problems.
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Root should have no effect on performance at all. Its more likely that there is some data from a previous build causing a process to hang.
I would factory reset and start over clean. Only restore essential data.
You can also use Better Battery Stats. Find it here on xda. Great app for solving battery problems.
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I think I can't see the forest for all the trees. Is a factory reset done through the phone itself? (i.e. Settings->Accounts->Backup and reset->Factory data reset) Or are you referring to finding the proper ROM and flashing through Odin?
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I think I can't see the forest for all the trees. Is a factory reset done through the phone itself? (i.e. Settings->Accounts->Backup and reset->Factory data reset) Or are you referring to finding the proper ROM and flashing through Odin?
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You can do a wipe of the cache and data via recovery. Factory reset via the phone should work too.
Factory resetting from Settings actually just reboots recovery and performs it from there. So doing it either way will net the same result. And yes, thats the factory reset I was referring to.
Note, if stock recovery is on the device, factory reset formats the data partition, so ALL apps and data are wiped. If custom recovery is installed, it instead will selectively delete everything but your Internal SD Card, preserving any data you have stored there. Either way, always have a current backup.