Hi,
I have purchased a used Nexus One running stock 2.3.3 (with locked bootloader) and I am wondering how I am going to wipe it as if it were a brand new install (no residual settings, apps, accounts etc)?
I have done a bit of research and found that the recovery allows you to wipe data, is this what I would do?
Thanks,
menu/settings/privacy/factory data reset
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Okay I'll try that. Thanks! How does this compare to the recovery 'wipe'?
if you're not rooted then this is your only option.it works well. to do a recovery wipe then you will need root and a custom recovery installed.
I thought it was the same thing? You can wipe in stock recovery...can't you?
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Ive just rooted my galaxy s with cf root. If for some reason i wanted to unroot and go back to what i had before i rooted which was stock 2.3.3 JVO, how would i do it? In the about phone section of the settings nothing has changed. The firmware version is still the same and mentions nothing about cf root. Is this normal?
I now want to start using custom roms which will speed up my phone. What do you reccomen?
Check the kernel version. That would have changed. I'm not sure of unrooting. To my knowledge, you'd probably just have to flash a fresh firmware using ODIN. As far as custom ROMs go, I just posted: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14520580&postcount=15
The kernel version hasn't changed.
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I'm not sure, but I never came across a way to unroot... If I want to remove the root I just flash a stock rom and wipe everything (Usually when I need to send my phone to my carrier )
If I flash a vision custom rom, will I lose all data such as apps I.have installed? Basically, would it be like a factory reset?
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seeraj15 said:
If I flash a vision custom rom, will I lose all data such as apps I.have installed? Basically, would it be like a factory reset?
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Vision custom ROM?
Sorry about that i have no idea why i put 'vision'.
Well then it would depend on the specific custom ROM. Some wipe data, some don't and that is usually specified. Either way, if you're moving onto a custom ROM, it is still highly advised you backup your data, do a factory reset and then restore it.
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Sorry about that i have no idea why i put 'vision'.
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Using swype? Maybe you meant version.happens to me all the tims
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Yes i am using swype I have heard that ext4 is faster than rfs. How do i get ext4?
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Yes i am using swype I have heard that ext4 is faster than rfs. How do i get ext4?
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Using a lagfix kernel.
If I flash GingerReal will I lose photos and music that are on the internal sd card? when I did a factory reset I never lost them.
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seeraj15 said:
If I flash GingerReal will I lose photos and music that are on the internal sd card? when I did a factory reset I never lost them.
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On the guide it says I have to wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition. Are you sure that I won't lose my photos?
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seeraj15 said:
On the guide it says I have to wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition. Are you sure that I won't lose my photos?
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Factory reset only wipes app data. So you lose all apps and settings, not the data on your sdcard, like photos, music, etc.
i did a format using recovery i am rooted but now that ive done this does it remove all signs of root i need to send my phone back its not working correctly
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i did a format using recovery i am rooted but now that ive done this does it remove all signs of root i need to send my phone back its not working correctly
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No. First you need to flash a stock rom if you're not already on one. Once you do that you need to flash the stock recovery. You do this the same way you flashed cwm but flash the stock recovery instead of cwm. You can also skip the backup step. After that you can use super oneclick to unroot the phone. At that point you will be good.
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Well I never had cwm I went on super one click and pressed unroot did this do it I am on stock 2.2 and never flashed a rom
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jayjayjoker2 said:
Well I never had cwm I went on super one click and pressed unroot did this do it I am on stock 2.2 and never flashed a rom
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Yeah you're good then. Just double check that it removed the Superuser app so you know it worked.
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Okay it did
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ok,
my sister in law has a captivate, about two months ago I rooted it and was able to put MIUI on her phone. Today she brings it by and the phone constantly boot loops.
I tried to reinstall MIUI but it wont boot now. I am still able to get into recovery, but nothing else. I used the standard steps, 1 Wipe Dalvik, 2, Wipe Cache, 3, Wipe data/factory reset, 4, install MIUI, 5, fix permissions and then reboot.
Am I missing something??
any help would be great!
WHY is this in the dev section ?
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U posted this question in the Development Forum by mistake...oops.
But it sounds like u will have to flash back to stock and start over.
Here is the latest Stock KK4 GB 2.3.5.
(i asked a Mod to move this to the appropriate forum.)
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Sorry about that I didn't realize I was in the wrong forum, its been a really long day
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Dear all, my questions might have been answered already, but the search function was not really helpful.
I am trying to do a reset like the factory reset, so to delete all except the system data...even the music and pictures....without sideloading a software....is it possible?
Thanks!!
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zimilaci said:
Dear all, my questions might have been answered already, but the search function was not really helpful.
I am trying to do a reset like the factory reset, so to delete all except the system data...even the music and pictures....without sideloading a software....is it possible?
Thanks!!
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Not sure what you mean about sideloading software. If you're OK with deleting your OS as well, the full wipe feature in TWRP will definitely do that. But that will leave you with NOTHING except TWRP, so don't do that unless you're willing and able to use adb to push a new ROM to the phone (there won't be anything saved on your SD) and flash it.
Well that exactly what I meant by writing sideloading (adb push) is there any way to avoid that?),
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umm I suppose you could try using the Advanced wipe in TWRP, it's an option after you click the WIPE button. It gives you a list of partitions you want to wipe. I suppose in theory you could wipe all but the system but I'm not sure if that's a good idea. I'd take a nandroid backup first (and put it on your computer.)
Why are you trying to avoid ADB?
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I am trying to do a reset like the factory reset, so to delete all except the system data...even the music and pictures....without sideloading a software....is it possible?
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This is perfectly safe. You should do "advanced wipe" and format userdata partition and sdcard. Just don't wipe "system".
Hi - I hope someone can help me out here. I have rooted my Nook HD+ after following the excellent instructions on here. I have been running the tablet with no problems for ages. I have messed about with something - well I think it was my kids as they have borrowed it and now I keep getting an error saying Google Play Store and GMail have stopped working. It slows the tablet down and keeps occuring regularly.
Here is my question. If I go to Settings and Back Up/Restore will this reset back to original CM10.2 or would it try and reset back to the Nook OS? If the latter then how do I do a reinstall and start from scratch with 10.2 again?
Many thanks in advance for any help with this.
Are you talking about a factory reset? If so you'll keep the same ROM you have now but it'll be like you did a fresh install of it so no user apps.
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Are you talking about a factory reset? If so you'll keep the same ROM you have now but it'll be like you did a fresh install of it so no user apps.
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Hi - yep that is what I want to do. Will I need the sd card I created when I rooted and rommed? I want to start fresh with a clean install again and start from scratch. Hopefully this time Play Store won't mess up.
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Hi - yep that is what I want to do. Will I need the sd card I created when I rooted and rommed? I want to start fresh with a clean install again and start from scratch. Hopefully this time Play Store won't mess up.
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That I am not certain of. I have my ROM on EMMC and don't use the sdcard for anything other than media storage. That would be a great question for /u/leapinlar.
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That I am not certain of. I have my ROM on EMMC and don't use the sdcard for anything other than media storage. That would be a great question for /u/leapinlar.
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You can boot to CWM and factory reset. That will keep CM10.2 on there but you will have to re-setup Google and reinstall your apps.
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You can boot to CWM and factory reset. That will keep CM10.2 on there but you will have to re-setup Google and reinstall your apps.
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Excellent - thanks for that. I don't mind resetting my apps as there is a load of guff on there that I need to get shot of anyway. Will I need to reinstall the gapps zip as well?
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Excellent - thanks for that. I don't mind resetting my apps as there is a load of guff on there that I need to get shot of anyway. Will I need to reinstall the gapps zip as well?
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No
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Excellent - thanks for that. I don't mind resetting my apps as there is a load of guff on there that I need to get shot of anyway.
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Have you tried resetting just the two problematic apps (via Settings->Apps->(e.g., GMail)->Clear Cache & Data)?
If that doesn't help you can proceed to reset the device and re-download the apps (BTW if you had previously enabled Google Backup/Restore feature the apps you previously downloaded will be automatically re-downloaded after you re-setup the Google account).
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Have you tried resetting just the two problematic apps (via Settings->Apps->(e.g., GMail)->Clear Cache & Data)?
If that doesn't help you can proceed to reset the device and re-download the apps (BTW if you had previously enabled Google Backup/Restore feature the apps you previously downloaded will be automatically re-downloaded after you re-setup the Google account).
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Hi - yes I tried to do the cache and data emptying trick but to no avail.
I did the reinstall and it worked a treat - however I did need to reinstall the gapps package for some reason.
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I did the reinstall and it worked a treat - however I did need to reinstall the gapps package for some reason.
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If you reinstalled the ROM you should reinstall the gapps too. I just said if you factory reset you did not need to reinstall the gapps package.
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If you reinstalled the ROM you should reinstall the gapps too. I just said if you factory reset you did not need to reinstall the gapps package.
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To be honest I couldn't find a factory reset option - the only option I had was to wipe user data. This is what I chose and it worked a treat - luckliy I still had the gapps zip on my memory card so it was simple. Where is the option to factory reset? I thought I checked everywhere for it.
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To be honest I couldn't find a factory reset option - the only option I had was to wipe user data. This is what I chose and it worked a treat - luckliy I still had the gapps zip on my memory card so it was simple. Where is the option to factory reset? I thought I checked everywhere for it.
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What version of CWM were you using?
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What version of CWM were you using?
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Not sure - how do I check that?
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Not sure - how do I check that?
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The CWM version number is displayed on CWM main menu.
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The CWM version number is displayed on CWM main menu.
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It says v6.0.3.6.
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It says v6.0.3.6.
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On the first screen it has a choice that says 'wipe data/factory reset'. It is the 3rd item down. That is the choice I wanted you to do.
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On the first screen it has a choice that says 'wipe data/factory reset'. It is the 3rd item down. That is the choice I wanted you to do.
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That is the option I went into but on the next screen I only had the option to wipe data, no option to factory reset. Is this the same thing?
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That is the option I went into but on the next screen I only had the option to wipe data, no option to factory reset. Is this the same thing?
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