I am going to be selling my Hero to someone who would like it rooted (as it is now).
His plan is to use it in WiFi mode only and won't be activating it with Sprint.
Is there a way to clear all my private data (logins, bookmarks, contacts, calendars, etc.) without unrooting?
Will he then be able to enter his google account info and gain access to the Market though WiFi?
Thanks!
Eph
The "Factory Reset" feature does the trick. But if you are really paranoid, you could wipe data, cache, dalvik and resintall the ROM from recovery.
Won't factory reset unroot me?
Will he still be able to access the net and the market via WiFi?
What ROM are you running?
andythegreenguy said:
What ROM are you running?
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Nfinite's Stock.
cephraim said:
Nfinite's Stock.
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Factory reset should bring the phone back to the state it was in when you first installed the rom. If you really want to be safe, boot into recovery, wipe everything and reflash the rom. You will still be rooted. Remember to either remove and keep your sd card or to format it to erase the data on it, THEN create a nandroid for whoever is buying the phone. Yes, they will be able to run the google setup via wifi if they choose to do so.
Weird.
After I do a factory reset (either from settings or from recovery), it stays in a boot loop. I have to pull the battery and restore the Nand.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Eph
Tried many different factory resets last night.
Tried from recovery mode and from settings>privacy.
In each case, I got stuck in boot loops.
Also tried to wipe data, cache, dalvik and resintall the ROM from recovery. Same thing - boot loop.
All I could do was pull the battery and do a nand restore.
Any ideas?
go here and download the ruu. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=800586 . follow the instructions. this WILL take away root and will flash you black to stock. then, go here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-743289.html and follow those instructions to re-root your phone. it is very easy. then flash your rom of choice again. that will erase your data AND get rid of your bootloop. idk why the othere way isnt working for u though
OR, you should try to take out your sdcard or format it before you reflash the nfinite's stock. i had this problem once because some of my data was on the card and so when it tried to boot it got stuck.
Thanks guys. I tried the factory reset a couple more times, and for some reason it booted.
Thanks again!
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Phone: CDMA Hero
ROM: Freshhh2.0d
Recovery Image: 1.5.2
Well the story begins:
Last week installed Freshh2.0d rom everything worked perfect...... until I tried to screw with the lock screen (tried to install vanilla lock screen and for some reason it messed the rom soon I assign password to lock screen!!) To even realize it was the lock screen I had to reboot and flash the rom several times (maybe like 8-10!!!) then finally it started working!!!
But after the last flash, I started having force close issues with several core apps, like touch screen, google apps etc..... so this morning decided to reflash the rom one last time and see if it fixes the issues.... but I feel like I have done more than just that..... here is what I have done....
1. Re-flashed Freshhh2.0d rom, after reboot got stuck at "htc" screen that comes up after all the animations
2. I wiped or did a factory reset and flashed again..... same result
3. Wiped again and this time I wanted to download the rom again and while downloading rom, I stumbled up on new recovery image 1.6.2
4. I applied new recovery image with wiped or factory reset phone, rebooted in recovery and flashed rom
5. Again stuck under htc screen after all animations....
6. Went back to recovery image 1.5.2 and flashed rom
7. After all this the net result is still same...... stuck in htc screen....... not booting the phone!!!!
Can somebody point me to the right direction???? I am even thinking about trying a different rom and see if that comes up!!!
Ok, first go back to the 1.6.2 recovery.
Next, wipe the following:
Factory Reset
Dalvik Cache
SD: EXT (if you were using apps2sd this will nuke your apps, so be sure you have a backup).
Then reflash Fresh 2.0d (or whatever ROM you want to use).
If you still have problems I recommend doing the RUU to return it to stock and start over.
Same with me I have been trying to flash fresh 20d. On my first reboot it always gets stuck on HTC screen. I'm comming from Fresh 2.0b2. Don't know what else to try. Though I can do Nandroid and get back to Fresh2.0b2
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Ok, first go back to the 1.6.2 recovery.
Next, wipe the following:
Factory Reset
Dalvik Cache
SD: EXT (if you were using apps2sd this will nuke your apps, so be sure you have a backup).
Then reflash Fresh 2.0d (or whatever ROM you want to use).
If you still have problems I recommend doing the RUU to return it to stock and start over.
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I do not have back up of my apps and I am using apps2sd, is there a way at least I can get a list of apps in my sd? I tried to do cd /data/app under shell and it won't let me ......
bigd1231 said:
Same with me I have been trying to flash fresh 20d. On my first reboot it always gets stuck on HTC screen. I'm comming from Fresh 2.0b2. Don't know what else to try. Though I can do Nandroid and get back to Fresh2.0b2
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When in doubt, always wipe before going to a new rom. When NOT in doubt, wipe anyhow.
Sure you can go to a new rom sometimes without a wipe...but 80% of the time you do much better going clean.
Also, how long have you waited on the HTC screen? I've seen that take upwards of 10 minutes.
I have waited as much as an hour. Also, I did do a Factory reset many times. I just don't know what else to try.
if none of that works. just use the right ruu for your device.
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I have waited as much as an hour. Also, I did do a Factory reset many times. I just don't know what else to try.
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Did you wipe dalvik and SD: ext as well?
You should wipe everything there's an option for.
NO I actually didn't do that I'm going to try right now and post back THANK YOU Didn't wipe SD: ext
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NO I actually didn't do that I'm going to try right now and post back THANK YOU Didn't wipe SD: ext
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Wipe all 3 again, then reflash.
Factory
Dalvik
SD: ext
Then let us know how it goes.
Your problems are caused by apps2sd... plain and simple. Fresh 2.0d's release notes tell you that you are going to have to wipe your sd:ext (as well as data wipe). That is because there were several versions of apps2sd floating around before and they aren't all compatible.
http://geekfor.me/new-release/fresh-20d/
Secondly make sure you are using ext3 and not ext2.
http://geekfor.me/faq/apps2sd/
Yes It worked Finally. I wiped all Three and reflashed it and waited 15 mins and it worked.
yes it worked. I wiped all 3 and worked
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Wipe all 3 again, then reflash.
Factory
Dalvik
SD: ext
Then let us know how it goes.
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Great! that did the trick!!!
Flipz, there is one shortcoming with 2.0d (not sure if its something inherent to the original rom itself!) When I use my corporate email on my Hero it forces me to assign password and when I do that and lock my screen phone stops responding there after. This happens when I am using vanilla screen lock update.... I can't unlock for anything.... any idea how to fix this?
Glad to hear you're both up and running.
Please help. I downloaded DSP Manager on my Captivate, and now the phone is stuck toggling between the Galaxy S screen and AT&T screen. I'm currently running stock Froyo and Speedmod kernel. I can get into Recovery mode and Clockwork, but "wipe data/factory reset" did not fix the problem.
I've searched this forum for my particular problem, but couldn't find any answers. Please help.
Probably need to reflash the stock ROM. That would be my best suggestion. It sounds like DSP either damaged a file or replaced it with something that doesn't work.
Here's the best set of directions to flash stock with odin.
Clear dalvik cashe might help. Or just re-flash what ever rom you use from recovery. Shouldn't need to go back to stock.
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Clear dalvik cashe might help. Or just re-flash what ever rom you use from recovery. Shouldn't need to go back to stock.
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Tried clearing Dalvik Cache, didn't work. Jay1390, is there any other possible solution rather than completely wiping my phone? I mean, I'll do it, I'd rather have a phone that works rather than a $200 paperweight. But, couldn't I somehow "uninstall" DSP Manager?
You have already wiped data/factory reset, so the data you are trying to not lose has already been deleted, at this point flashing to stock will only fix your boot loop problem, did you happen to make a backup either nandroid or tibu?
Edit: oh, if you are talking about the stuff on the sd card flashing to stock doesn't wipe that, but if you want to be safe go into recovery and mount it to your computer and copy everything to it before you flash stock.
Reminder:
If you installed CWM and Rooted zip from recent updates,
DON't DO EVEN Factory Reset from "Privacy" Tab of the OS.
It is clear that you should not do that in recovery menu,
just a reminder that you should not even do it from Privacy tab within the system menu.
It will reboot, and brick your device.
I am at work, I will restore my DS7 later when I am at home.
I thought the privacy reset is just to wipe USER data. But apparently, it wipes more than that.
By the way,
Restore from CWM wont help in this case.
Re-install dj336.zip wont help in this case.
Wipe cache/wipe user data/ re-install dj336.zip wont help in this case.
Seems the only way is to flash original boot and recovery and then do everything over again.
I am a little disappointed that the restore in CWM did not help at all. besides using it to flash dj's rom, what the hell other benefit we are getting from this CWM anyway?
Nothing. Lol. Its bs but hey least there is a recovery there
sent from somewhere
hu... took me a good hour to recovery from an almost brick situation.
Thanks for all reference posts in this forum. =)
I have an S5830D that I flash an CM7 rom to (APOCALYPSE-FINAL), I'm now looking at getting back to stock. I'm having trouble getting my CWM restore back. Now after doing some searching I realized I would need to flash a stock firmware version through odin. I went out and found what i believe is the correct firmware version for this Koodo model (the name is S5830DTLKI4_S5830DTLSKI4_S5830DTLKI4_HOME.tar.md5) and tried to flash it.
Everything in odin goes through fine up to the point where it restarts the phone, Ill attach a screenshot of what shows up for me. After the screen shows up is when I get stuck in a bootloop where the phone model shows, then the koodo bootanimation shows followed by the samsung logo. I should note though I still have complete access to recovery, the downloader mode, and even the CM rom when i restore that backup. The fact I have access to all those gives me hope as I'm sure this could be reversed.
Any advice on how I can restore this phone to stock would be greatly appreciated. I'm not very familiar with samsung devices so please try to be patient with me as I realize I have gotten into something over my head.
PS Sorry about the glare on the image its the best I could do as it disappears quickly.
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I have an S5830D that I flash an CM7 rom to (APOCALYPSE-FINAL), I'm now looking at getting back to stock. I'm having trouble getting my CWM restore back. Now after doing some searching I realized I would need to flash a stock firmware version through odin. I went out and found what i believe is the correct firmware version for this Koodo model (the name is S5830DTLKI4_S5830DTLSKI4_S5830DTLKI4_HOME.tar.md5) and tried to flash it.
Everything in odin goes through fine up to the point where it restarts the phone, Ill attach a screenshot of what shows up for me. After the screen shows up is when I get stuck in a bootloop where the phone model shows, then the koodo bootanimation shows followed by the samsung logo. I should note though I still have complete access to recovery, the downloader mode, and even the CM rom when i restore that backup. The fact I have access to all those gives me hope as I'm sure this could be reversed.
Any advice on how I can restore this phone to stock would be greatly appreciated. I'm not very familiar with samsung devices so please try to be patient with me as I realize I have gotten into something over my head.
PS Sorry about the glare on the image its the best I could do as it disappears quickly.
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If you have complete access to recovery mode, try wiping data and cache after flashing with Odin. That does the trick for me when I have a bootloop after flashing with Odin.
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If you have complete access to recovery mode, try wiping data and cache after flashing with Odin. That does the trick for me when I have a bootloop after flashing with Odin.
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Agreed... reboot into recovery and clear cache and dalvik cache and then reboot.
So I've just completed a new flash with odin, I went in and flashed cwm then proceeded to factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, and I even do battery reset. Every wipe goes fine except for when I attempt to do the factory reset I received the following error:
Code:
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Even after those wipes it still bootloops but thats most likely as the factory reset didn't work.
Jeklund said:
So I've just completed a new flash with odin, I went in and flashed cwm then proceeded to factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, and I even do battery reset. Every wipe goes fine except for when I attempt to do the factory reset I received the following error:
Code:
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Even after those wipes it still bootloops but thats most likely as the factory reset didn't work.
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Try not using CWM, or your SD card may be corrupt and you have to format it, I'm not sure though.
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Try not using CWM, or your SD card may be corrupt and you have to format it, I'm not sure though.
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That did it, for some reason I had this thought in my head I had to flash cwm right away and clear stuff that way. Once odin finished I went in recovery and wiped data and cache through the stock recovery and it booted right up. Thanks for the help really appreciate it.
So I want to wipe everything from my phone, is there a way in recover to wipe everything and then just flash a new ROM?
Wipe everything, as in your data/apps? Sure, factory reset. It can be done via stock recovery or via the settings menu on your phone.
As for flashing a new rom... Stock roms can be flashed via RSDLite (which can also erase any data/apps), or via mFastboot... if its a custom rom, they usually get flashed via 3rd party recovery.
so exactly what are you looking to do?
KidJoe said:
Wipe everything, as in your data/apps? Sure, factory reset. It can be done via stock recovery or via the settings menu on your phone.
As for flashing a new rom... Stock roms can be flashed via RSDLite (which can also erase any data/apps), or via mFastboot... if its a custom rom, they usually get flashed via 3rd party recovery.
so exactly what are you looking to do?
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I am looking to get it completely wiped, keep nothing on the phone, no pictures, music, etc.
Easiest way: go into Settings - Backup & reset - tap Factory data reset, on the next screen tap Reset phone, on the next screen tap Erase everything and then let it do its job. When it's completely done it'll reboot twice (once to wipe which is done from the recovery - it's a different wipe, however), and then a second time to start up "factory fresh" where the phone is in out-of-box condition, internal storage will be wiped as well at that point (no personal data, nothing left on it at all).
This way is different from the recovery "data/cache" wipe which just resets the device but leaves the internal storage with your data still in place.
There's no need to flash a "new ROM" on it, but that can be done as well if you absolutely must do it, either manually using mfastboot and the img files or just using RSDLite. You have to use mfastboot because the traditional fastboot won't flash the system.img file, it's too large hence the mfastboot variant which can do it.