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?
zimilaci said:
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".
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Hi Folks,
I am not new to this forum and i successfully flashed and tested out several custom ROMs. And yes, I know, I am still a Noob
But I have a weird problem now...
It doesn't matter which ROM I flash, my device won't get wiped. Well yes, I messed up my Nandroid backups, but:
I tried several kernels, ROMs and bootloaders. Even with the ones from samfirmware.com.
I tried it via Recovery and via the Android settings. And I've got all these old folders and files which don't get deleted when you uninstall an app. I'd really like to have a clean phone.
I know, it's a luxury problem, but it is very annoying.
So, could anyone please point me to some direction?
Thanks in Advance!
Cheers, berkley
What u mean by wipe? cant clean wipe on recovery?
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What u mean by wipe? cant clean wipe on recovery?
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Exact!!!
Well wipe does not wipe everything. I think to do what you are asking you need to format the internal SD card right after or maybe before a flash. That won't do the system stuff (I believe) but just the user area. The apks should recreate what they need afterwards.
But I haven't done it for a long time so don't trust me 100%. But that should do it and if you are flashing after it should clean it all up even if something useful got lost.
Graham
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All data will be wiped if you flash with Odin with PIT-file and 'Re-partition' ticked.
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could also try using the format internal SD card from the phones menu.
Does that mean that even a full reset doesn't wipe everything?
Full reset as done via punching in *2767*3855# on the dialer.
Hi Guys,
thanks for your nice words and help. I really don't know what was wrong. And I really don't know, what has fixed it!!! But now everything is working again. Thanks a ton!!!
Cheers, berkley
I know this might be a stupid question and if it is I apologize.
If you root the phone can you do a factory reset on it?
I ran into some threads that look like you cant until there is an unroot available.
I just wanted to get a conformation on this so I don't do something stupid.
Thank you
Yes, you can Factory Reset.
You can't Factory Reset if you've frozen/removed/renamed /system/app/ apps (bloatware, etc..).
Factory reset will wipe /data so any downloaded apps will be removed, user configuration settings/passwords/etc.. will be removed...
SU will remain (as it's in /system/bin or /system/xbin) but SuperUser is gone....so you'll want to reinstall that since it's the "control system" for what has SU access.
What happens is people delete/rename/freeze things that are required to "setup" the phone and a Factory Reset wipes those settings....and then can't run the app necessary to configure those settings.
It's not root that causes the problem...it's the users.
Factory Reset is fine, unless you make /system file changes.
Thanks for that information. I just unrooted my phone for 2 important reasons:
1. because I'm a noob
2. because I'm a noob
I do not want to have to keep up with what I have frozen/renamed and do not want to brick my phone. I will keep reading on this wonderful forum until i feel confident enough to make intelligent decisions about what I doing
In the mean time I'm gonna (KISS)
tcrews said:
Yes, you can Factory Reset.
You can't Factory Reset if you've frozen/removed/renamed /system/app/ apps (bloatware, etc..).
Factory reset will wipe /data so any downloaded apps will be removed, user configuration settings/passwords/etc.. will be removed...
SU will remain (as it's in /system/bin or /system/xbin) but SuperUser is gone....so you'll want to reinstall that since it's the "control system" for what has SU access.
What happens is people delete/rename/freeze things that are required to "setup" the phone and a Factory Reset wipes those settings....and then can't run the app necessary to configure those settings.
It's not root that causes the problem...it's the users.
Factory Reset is fine, unless you make /system file changes.
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quick question, might be dumb but im new to this whole rooting stuff and I don't wanna mess something up.
I rooted my D3 and uninstalled slacker radio, blockbuster, and citrix receiver.
I didn't mess with anything else but I wanna do a factory reset and start all over.
should I just reintall these apps from the market or can I just do a factory reset without them?
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quick question, might be dumb but im new to this whole rooting stuff and I don't wanna mess something up.
I rooted my D3 and uninstalled slacker radio, blockbuster, and citrix receiver.
I didn't mess with anything else but I wanna do a factory reset and start all over.
should I just reintall these apps from the market or can I just do a factory reset without them?
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Those SHOULDNT be an issue
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Factory reset is okay. It will be clean and only keep stock apps.
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Does a factory reset of a rooted but otherwise stock 6.890 droid3 remove clockworkmod ? I want to back out to where I can install SafeStrap2 instead. Then kexec Hash's ICS and maybe JB, someday.
I have so far refused the 7.905 OTA.
Nothing is frozen or deleted.
Glenn
glennj99 said:
Does a factory reset of a rooted but otherwise stock 6.890 droid3 remove clockworkmod ? I want to back out to where I can install SafeStrap2 instead. Then kexec Hash's ICS and maybe JB, someday.
I have so far refused the 7.905 OTA.
Nothing is frozen or deleted.
Glenn
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Installing safestrap over the top of bootstrap (clockworkmod) should remove all traces of bootstrap (clockworkmod)
To answer your question though, no. A factory reset deletes the /data partition, with app data, etc.
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ChaoticWeaponry said:
Installing safestrap over the top of bootstrap (clockworkmod) should remove all traces of bootstrap (clockworkmod)
To answer your question though, no. A factory reset deletes the /data partition, with app data, etc.
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I'm pretty sure you need to uninstall the bootstrap app, and safestrap will remove the actual recovery
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Endoroid said:
I'm pretty sure you need to uninstall the bootstrap app, and safestrap will remove the actual recovery
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So far I have uninstalled the boostrap app and then flashed 7.905 OTA.
Lost root, so I have to re-root before anything else, right ?
Glenn
glennj99 said:
So far I have uninstalled the boostrap app and then flashed 7.905 OTA.
Lost root, so I have to re-root before anything else, right ?
Glenn
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Yes. Use motofail to root that version.
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Factory Reset For Update
I would like to unroot my Samsung Galaxy S3 (AT&T) because I would like to be able to update my phone (I am still running Android 4.0.4). I have tried to update my phone multiple times, but it always says:
"- - Installing: /sdcard/update.zip"
"Finding update package..."
"E: Can't mount /sdcard/update.zip"
"Installation aborted"
I have tried deleting SU, but it still hasn't worked. I was wondering if I could factory reset my phone in order to, I guess, unroot, which would allow me to update my phone. If you are wondering if I have a backup, I have my phone backed up to Samsung Kies on my laptop (Will that also keep all of my saved games/apps/contacts/ect.?).
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I would like to unroot my Samsung Galaxy S3 (AT&T) because I would like to be able to update my phone (I am still running Android 4.0.4). I have tried to update my phone multiple times, but it always says:
"- - Installing: /sdcard/update.zip"
"Finding update package..."
"E: Can't mount /sdcard/update.zip"
"Installation aborted"
I have tried deleting SU, but it still hasn't worked. I was wondering if I could factory reset my phone in order to, I guess, unroot, which would allow me to update my phone. If you are wondering if I have a backup, I have my phone backed up to Samsung Kies on my laptop (Will that also keep all of my saved games/apps/contacts/ect.?).
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Ask in Samsung Galaxy S3 forum, not here.
Might sound like a stupid question here. Every time I factory wipe using CWM (of course, safe kernel), all of my pictures still remain.
Upon a reset, if I install a apk that has a large in game download (GTA), the files where never deleted. The game will simply load right away.
I'm not restoring the phone through TB either. What other way is there to delete everything? I'm currently running RR8.
This question is mostly curiosity. Curious to know how much is left behind everytime I reset the phone and start from scratch.
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g2tegg said:
Might sound like a stupid question here. Every time I factory wipe using CWM (of course, safe kernel), all of my pictures still remain.
Upon a reset, if I install a apk that has a large in game download (GTA), the files where never deleted. The game will simply load right away.
I'm not restoring the phone through TB either. What other way is there to delete everything? I'm currently running RR8.
This question is mostly curiosity. Curious to know how much is left behind everytime I reset the phone and start from scratch.
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Settings>Storage>Format USB Storage.
Cheers.
Alternatively, mount it as usb storage to pc to format your internal sd, then perform factory reset to clear the data partition.
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Hi guys, I searched but I found nothing...but I remember I read something about that here or there.
Every time I do a factory reset I lost all my sd data. There is a way to solve? I'm on cwm touch.
Thanks
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davidebeatrice said:
Hi guys, I searched but I found nothing...but I remember I read something about that here or there.
Every time I do a factory reset I lost all my sd data. There is a way to solve? I'm on cwm touch.
Thanks
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are you factory reset dont delete your pictures and other data on the sd, what exactly is it that you are trying to do? flash a new rom? if so what rom where u on before?
I was on stock Rom first time, then viper.
In recovery I do wipe data factory reset before flashing and all in my sd disappear (photos, docs, mp3)...
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davidebeatrice said:
I was on stock Rom first time, then viper.
In recovery I do wipe data factory reset before flashing and all in my sd disappear (photos, docs, mp3)...
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They're not lost, probably just in a different location because of 4.2.2. Try looking in data/media/ in ES File Explorer or another file manager. Just move them to your sdcard/0/ folder.
Edit: it might be data/media/0/ folder you need to move it to. Or /sdcard/. Both should be same thing on 4.2.2.
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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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JeauxAdam said:
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.
Siddas said:
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.
JeauxAdam said:
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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leapinlar said:
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?
Siddas said:
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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Siddas said:
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.
Siddas said:
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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leapinlar said:
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.
Siddas said:
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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