I had MiUI installed on it at the beginning but I didn't like it. I moved to Resurrection Remix after that and then to Pixel Experience which I am using right now. I went through files in Android folder and so a lot of stuff that was left from MiUI and LineageOS. So I was wondering... Is there any way of cleaning all those useless trash folders quickly? I thought CCleaner maybe will be useful like on PC, but that didn't work.
I think I could do a full resek using Migrate or Titanium and fully reset my phone to remove everything off it. But:
1) I don't know how to reset it. Factory reset didn't really work for some reason.
2) I would rather clean without full reset if there's a way.
Thank you for attention!
Welp. Apparently, it's pretty easy. I just did a factory reset by Pixel Experience and it removed everything. Perfect
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Hey guys.Im kinda a noob, so bear with me. I have a SGH i747 (att galaxy s3) and I rooted it on my mac using motochopper. I backed up all my apps and system data with titianium backup to my SD card, and i also backed up my stock ROM to my internal storage using ROM Manager. I then downloaded liquid smooth using my phones browser, and then I selected it within ROM manager and clicked "reboot and install' (keep in mind, i didn't wipe memory or anything) So it was stuck at the boot screen. Then i realized what i did and went and wiped data/factory reset, dalvic cache, and the other cache, within Clockworld mod recovery (vol up + power + home). After that, it worked, but only to find that all my apps were gone, and the play store and browser app didnt work. so basically softbricked however I can make phone calls and text (lost all contacts). Then i went into cwm and tried to restore my phone, at first it came up with two backups (neither of which had the name I named my backup) but said no files found and then when I mounted my storage, the bottom one said md5 mismatch but the top one worked. the top one would work for about 6 min then while it was restoring data it would reboot into liquid smooth and i would have like 3 apps i didnt have before (other times i would get stuck at the boot screen). I also tried restoring it right after I wiped data/ factory reset and cleared the caches, but then it would get stuck at the liquidsmooth boot screen. Tried pretty much everything.
I just want my phone back the way it was before root or anything, with all my data. But I backed up all my stuff besides apps to KIES, so willing to reset it to stock firmware if possible
need all the help i can get. thank you all very much
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Well, when you did a factory reset, that wiped out all your apps, contacts, personal data, etc. No big deal. Your phone is in good shape, not bricked in any way, you just don't have all your personal stuff.
The only way to get it back to stock is to flash a stock firmware via ODIN or mobile ODIN, tutorials for doing both can be found here. I'm not 100% on how to do it (ODIN) with a mac other than either booting windows if you have the capability on your computer or running windows in a virtual box and using odin that way.
Or...if you have an SD card you could stick it in your computer, download another rom or liquid smooth again and reflash the proper way in recovery to get it to work. It sounds like you neglected to flash the separate GAPPS file that is required for the AOSP ROMS.
All is good. Your phone is not in bad shape. Take a breath, do some research before you flash anything else. Don't compound the problem by flashing random things that you think might help.
worked. I owe you much gratitude
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Well, when you did a factory reset, that wiped out all your apps, contacts, personal data, etc. No big deal. Your phone is in good shape, not bricked in any way, you just don't have all your personal stuff.
The only way to get it back to stock is to flash a stock firmware via ODIN or mobile ODIN, tutorials for doing both can be found here. I'm not 100% on how to do it (ODIN) with a mac other than either booting windows if you have the capability on your computer or running windows in a virtual box and using odin that way.
Or...if you have an SD card you could stick it in your computer, download another rom or liquid smooth again and reflash the proper way in recovery to get it to work. It sounds like you neglected to flash the separate GAPPS file that is required for the AOSP ROMS.
All is good. Your phone is not in bad shape. Take a breath, do some research before you flash anything else. Don't compound the problem by flashing random things that you think might help.
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I went to friends PC and ran odin. worked perfectly. no problem losing all my data as long as i have a phone that works. thank you
Hey everyone,
so I've been using Cyanogen Mod 10.1 by Owl Project thus far, but I've decided to switch the ROM to Marvelous CM10. I followed the usual procedure, backed up what I needed, did a factory reset (that was always enough), flashed the new ROM, and rebooted. But it rebooted into the same ROM, not the new one. So I did a factory reset again, but this time I also wiped dalvik cache, battery stats and such. Re-flashed Marvelous CM10 again, but the phone still booted into the old ROM. Had no errors when doing the factory reset (I saw other people not being able to do it because some of the partitions could not be mounted, etc.). So what shuold I do? Any help would be really appreciated.
EDIT: I managed to restore my backed up stock ROM. I'll try flashing something of my choice in the near future. If anyone has any clues as to what caused the problem, it would be great if you shared your thoughts. Not necessary, though.
EDIT #2: Turns out the installer for the ROM I wanted to install doesn't work at all. So if any admin could delete the topic, it would be appreciated. I can't seem to figure out how to delete it on my own.
Hi! Is it possible to do a factory reset without deleting personal files in the internal storage? Like pictures? I'm practicing not using an SD card since the phone has ample storage. I'm just annoyed that everything gets deleted. XD
Hello.
When you do a factory reset, you generally only wipe data and cache. Not the internal storage nor the external SD-card, unless you choose to do it.
If you're not sure though, you can just copy your whole internal storage to your computer just to be safe.
Jull4n said:
Hello.
When you do a factory reset, you generally only wipe data and cache. Not the internal storage nor the external SD-card, unless you choose to do it.
If you're not sure though, you can just copy your whole internal storage to your computer just to be safe.
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Thanks for the input! I think all Zenfone 2 running at stock ROM doesn't have an option to retain or delete files. It just basically wipes everything in the internal storage. I already have it backed up. I'm just annoyed that the pictures are all messed up when I put them back to the phone after restore. I still go through root, File Timestamp app, then unroot, just to get the images organized. XD
Why do a factory reset if you are on stock? I have downloaded the stock rom from ASUS and dirty flashed it. That gave me the full rom back (I messed up and deleted things I should not have) and did not lose any data
Well, I usually do a factory reset after I update, or when I feel that something is not right (frequently). I resort to reflashing if factory reset doesn't do the job.
miki117 said:
Well, I usually do a factory reset after I update, or when I feel that something is not right (frequently). I resort to reflashing if factory reset doesn't do the job.
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I've moved up several firmware versions on my ZF2 and in the end if I don't do a complete reset on the phone it has strange issues, doesn't matter if I wipe the Cache or even wipe my ass. the OTA update doesn't work right on a stock rom too well.
Chocketbear said:
I've moved up several firmware versions on my ZF2 and in the end if I don't do a complete reset on the phone it has strange issues, doesn't matter if I wipe the Cache or even wipe my ass. the OTA update doesn't work right on a stock rom too well.
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Agreed! I think I've already been doing the same thing on several smartphones I've owned. Firmware update = factory reset, or sometimes, flash + factory reset. On my previous phone, I wasn't too worried about picture time stamps and arrangement since they were stored on an SD card. But now that I'm using a 64GB, I was thinking of settling down on the internal storage, but sadly, there's no option to skip on wiping the personal files. I was thinking of fixing pictures via USB, but 5.x only supports MTP.
miki117 said:
Agreed! I think I've already been doing the same thing on several smartphones I've owned. Firmware update = factory reset, or sometimes, flash + factory reset. On my previous phone, I wasn't too worried about picture time stamps and arrangement since they were stored on an SD card. But now that I'm using a 64GB, I was thinking of settling down on the internal storage, but sadly, there's no option to skip on wiping the personal files. I was thinking of fixing pictures via USB, but 5.x only supports MTP.
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Now that I've had time to think about it, the 64 GB wasn't really needed in my case....but I wanted the 4 GB of ram. I store everything I care about on my SD card so resetting doesn't take all my ****. I'm still on the stock Rom because I want to make sure I don't have any hardware issues and need to send it back. I was still having a few issues even after the 165 update, so " once again " I wiped the bish and started over. seems to be better now, but I may just give in and root it with something Bare-Bone because I'm hating the way all the crap is loaded on this phone.
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??
Hi, I'm aware that several people have issues with the new pie rom.
Unfortunately, I have a problem that I haven't seen before on the forum:
It takes like a full 5 sec to call somebody and the same to end it.
It's very frustrating because I never know how to react in this situation (did he heard? Etc...)
I don't want to factory reset and I got everything stock.
Anyone has an idea on how to fix this?
Can I wipe cache with the stock recovery? Maybe install an other phone app?
Thx
i am having issues in pie as well. i cant seem to transfer large files to the phone.doing so makes the phone restarts. i tried it 5 times or so. fhis update is not good
Only way to clear up issues is a clean factory image install if this was not done to begin with.
OK thanks...
Though I blindfully hope someone will be get some alternative has I don't want do execute such extreme solution
b4bass said:
OK thanks...
Though I blindfully hope someone will be get some alternative has I don't want do execute such extreme solution
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It's actually relatively painless. Apps restore automatically when you go through setup, calls and texts are restored, as well as system settings and WiFi networks. Takes me ~30 mins total, and maybe 5 of that is actually looking at the phone, the rest is letting it sync and restore backups automatically.
I was thinking about it doing a factory reset once the final came out but I've heard stories from fellow moviepass owners that are unable to use the app when switching phones. That would make a valid concern for factory resets as well. Not because of lag but I have noticed battery seems worse after the upgrade and wanted to factory reset to rule out. As I ran all the ota betas of pie a factory reset isn't a bad idea anyway.
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I was thinking about it doing a factory reset once the final came out but I've heard stories from fellow moviepass owners that are unable to use the app when switching phones. That would make a valid concern for factory resets as well. Not because of lag but I have noticed battery seems worse after the upgrade and wanted to factory reset to rule out. As I ran all the ota betas of pie a factory reset isn't a bad idea anyway.
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Your device ID is tied to the app. When you factory reset and reinstall the app your device ID is reset. You can root using Magisk and then install Titanium Backup to backup the app and data, this will preserve the ID. i had to do this when switching ROMS.