I've had this phone since October, but I decided to upgrade to a Skyrocket i727. I flashed this to CM10.1 back in May, and a guy from down the street wants it with the current ROM I have installed. However, I'm a bit concerned about the personal data on it. Should I do a full flash to stock, then reflash CM? Or will I be able to accomplish the same thing by going to: Settings>Backup & reset>Factory data reset. I want to be able to hand him the phone and it be as if I just flashed CM10.1.
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If it were me, I would flash back to stock, root and install CM. Let him do the Google Set Up.
Unless you just need the the money...... I kept my Cappy when I upgraded. I unlocked it and use it as a backup phone and a multi media player.
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I considered this, but I'm trying to help him out. I went to high school with his wife. He dunked his iPhone in the pool. Thought an Android might turn him from the dark side!
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CSaab900 said:
I considered this, but I'm trying to help him out. I went to high school with his wife. He dunked his iPhone in the pool. Thought an Android might turn him from the dark side!
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you can do a secure DOD wipe before factory reset. there are apps on google play for this. uninstall all your user apps, except the secure wipe tool. delete your google and email profiles. then run the secure wipe when rooted. do a factory reset.
should do it.
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Everything you need to do is to move all your files on SD card or PC and do Factory Reset. All personal data will be erased, including Google accounts.
Thanks for all the tips guys!
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Hi - apologies if this sounds like a rant but my Galaxy S (andriod 2.2) is possibly the worst handset i've ever bought. I'm using it for about 8 months now and anything but the most basic activities are so slow i've stopped using them. the handset regularly freezes when I try and use the yahoo mail, facebook or whatsapp apps, and sometimes I can't even seem to receive an incoing call despite multiple swipes. I usually have to force-restart by taking out the battery pack 2-3 times a week. I dont have too many applications loaded either. I was told to try 2.3 Gingerbread but Kies doesn't let me upgrade.
Any suggestions for a relative novice as far as technology goes would be much appreciated. Should I write off this model entirely and change to a better one?
Thanks, Ani
Get familiar with odin and upgrade using that. Kies is a pain most of the time. Do a total wipe of phone, cache, and reformat sd card... Should be fine after that.
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Get familiar with odin and upgrade using that. Kies is a pain most of the time. Do a total wipe of phone, cache, and reformat sd card... Should be fine after that.
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when you wipe your phone by dalvik, wipecache, reformat, etc. Do you have to reboot every time between those steps?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102881
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thanks - i'll check out odin
Came home from work to my new nexus 7! I gotta say opening the box was a pain in the ass but well worth the patience. Overall I have to admit I am very impressed with this device, incredibly fast and truly "buttery" smooth. Jelly bean is incredible and this is my first "pure" android experience and so far so good. At first I was concerned about the quality of the display and the "washed" out look but contrary to what everyone thinks I happen to think it looks great! And fortunately I am very grateful that my n7 doesn't have the screen displacement that everyone has been talking about. And I really didn't want to go through the trouble of returning mine to Google play and waiting for another one lol. I come from a family that absolutely loves apple phones, laptops, and ipads. I'm sort of an android junkie and love the freedom that comes with it, with that being said I figure this would make a perfect first tablet for me to own and after extensive use of my families ipads In my personal opinion I have to say that the n7 is superior in many ways. Great tablet, specs, and price! So kudos to Asus and Google for bringing this bad boy to the market!
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Yeh, just opened mine yesterday and love it! The first time opening the box was fine was easy for me. But I put the documents back in the box. When I tried to open it to read hem, it was really hard. Overall it is a great tablet. Can't wait to root!
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Stevenator21 said:
Yeh, just opened mine yesterday and love it! The first time opening the box was fine was easy for me. But I put the documents back in the box. When I tried to open it to read hem, it was really hard. Overall it is a great tablet. Can't wait to root!
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Mine is actually quite easy to open now that I've taken the tablet out of the box lol. Yes! I cannot wait to root this either!
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I'd recommend unlocking the bootloader right now, because it wipes all your user data.
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+1 for unlocking now. I waited a couple of days and it was a pain doing the usual backup routine.
I blanked out and didn't unlock it when I got it. What I'm gonna do is root it do a nandroid backup then unlock and restore.
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Yeah I still haven't gotten around to rooting or unlocking yet... This thing is amazing I can't put it down lol. Is the root toolkit compatible with the latest update 4.1.1? Haven't updated yet but it keeps asking me every single time I power it on
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3vo kid said:
Yeah I still haven't gotten around to rooting or unlocking yet... This thing is amazing I can't put it down lol. Is the root toolkit compatible with the latest update 4.1.1? Haven't updated yet but it keeps asking me every single time I power it on
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Yup! Wubfreshes toolkit is compatible with 4.1.1. I agree I really can't put it down, a steal for $249!
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I blanked out and didn't unlock it when I got it. What I'm gonna do is root it do a nandroid backup then unlock and restore.
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Can you install a custom recovery to do a nandroid backup with the bootloader locked?
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I blanked out and didn't unlock it when I got it. What I'm gonna do is root it do a nandroid backup then unlock and restore.
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I'm pretty sure that your nandroid will get wiped as well with the boot loader unlock
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I'm pretty sure that your nandroid will get wiped as well with the boot loader unlock
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If you could make a nandroid backup, copying the file to a computer for storage would allow you to wipe the tablet and then copy the file back and restore.
Thats what I was going to do
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I'm right there with you. I was nervous after reading the negative reviews, but I've had mine 2 weeks and no problems. I also come from a long line of Apple lovers and cant wait to show off all the "buttery" goodness of this fine device.
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Making a nandroid didn't even cross my mind when I did it, I wouldn't worry..... anyways, don't you need an unlocked bootloader or root to install a recovery to make a nandroid? Just my thoughts, I ,might be wrong.
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On mine I did a simple adb backup and restore. Took about an hour including set up(never done it before) and it was a painless way to keep all apps and app data as well as settings. Anyone looking to unlock and not have to deal with losing app data should Google it and check out out.
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Gonna root first, do a nandroid and titanium back up move the files onto my desktop unlock then move them over and restore
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Gonna root first, do a nandroid and titanium back up move the files onto my desktop unlock then move them over and restore
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You needed to be unlocked to root. I just unlocked my boot loader, no problem. To do a backup, use the backup for apps in wugfresh's toolkit, you don't need root to do it.
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I love my N7!!
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Literally can't stop playing with this thing! However I have to send it back to Google for a replacement I have several dead pixels and the touchscreen has started bugging out on me. It goes from not registering my touch to randomly pressing apps. Already contacted Google for my RMA for, shipping label, and new replacement ready for order. Hopefully the new one will be defect free lol
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i deleted some photos and tried recovering them with diskdigger, it found some of them but not all, anything else i could use?
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i deleted some photos and tried recovering them with diskdigger, it found some of them but not all, anything else i could use?
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Are you sure when setting up your phone you never selected to back your pictures up thru drop box or Google+. Always a good thing to check before losing hope
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Are you sure when setting up your phone you never selected to back your pictures up thru drop box or Google+. Always a good thing to check before losing hope
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I have drop box set up to backup only on WiFi, I deleted then before I connected to wifi
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I think might be diskdriggertool was not able to recover all your data. Give a try to Remo Recover software; It may help you to get back all deleted photos.
The specific problem is a little hard to describe. Its unusable, because I cant read anything. Screenshots are required to understand the problem.
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The specific problem is a little hard to describe. Its unusable, because I cant read anything. Screenshots are required to understand the problem.
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That is weird!
Are you rooted, or is device completely stock?
Have you downloaded any new apps that may have gone rogue or maybe a virus that you can think of?
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That is weird!
Are you rooted, or is device completely stock?
Have you downloaded any new apps that may have gone rogue or maybe a virus that you can think of?
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I am rooyed with android version 4.0.4 been using it like this for over a year. Havent installed anything recently.pretty sure I dont have any viruses.
The play store thing seems to have happened recently.
What device are you using? This is the Note 3 section...
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What device are you using? This is the Note 3 section...
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I am using samsung galaxy note. I plan on getting the note 3, so I guess I accidentally just read note 3 as my device.
I'm guessing if I could uninstall any play store updates, I could update again, and everything would be fine. But I don't know how to do that.
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Go to app manager click play store then uninstall updates
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I tried that already. Wasn't there. Looked again, and realized it wasn't where, I expected it to be, because the name had changed to some unintelligible string. Cleared data, then removed updates, just as easily as I expected it to be, but I didn't look good enough.
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I suspect you got hit pretty hard with malware.
What carrier are you using or what is the model number of your device, a mod will be by shortly to move this to the proper forum.
You may need to go and do a complete restore of your device.
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Topic resolved: closed.
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My wife's phone was stolen, before I report it, is there an app that will install in the back ground without them knowing that will wipe it and lock it when whoever turns it back on, it's not rooted
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My wife's phone was stolen, before I report it, is there an app that will install in the back ground without them knowing that will wipe it and lock it when whoever turns it back on, it's not rooted
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https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
You can locate, lock, wipe, etc. Good luck!
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My wife's phone was stolen, before I report it, is there an app that will install in the back ground without them knowing that will wipe it and lock it when whoever turns it back on, it's not rooted
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In addition to Android Device Manager (part of the OS), you can install Cerberus in any future phones. It is considered to be the best security app around.
Cerberus costs around $5 and can be installed on 5 separate devices.
It can be hidden from the app list, take pictures using the camera, send the information unknown to the stealer and of course remote wipe.
After you get her a new phone, install Cerberus on all your devices. It was the best app I ever spent money on.
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My wife's phone was stolen, before I report it, is there an app that will install in the back ground without them knowing that will wipe it and lock it when whoever turns it back on, it's not rooted
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If you had "android device manager" enabled it will wipe your phone remotely