Restore to Factory Setting after Rooting - Captivate General

My Captivate is acting weird. The past week or so. When I press the power button the right side, screen will not turn on sometimes, and requires me to take battery out and put it back in. I might go exchange for a different one. All I have done to the phone is root it and removed few ATT stock bloatware. Will I run into any issues if I just go to Settings -> Privacy -> Factory Setting to restore my phone and erase personal data since it's rooted? Sorry first time android owner.

I believe if you do that your phone will still be rooted and the applications you got rid of will not be there either,

In order to restore your phone and unroot it, use odin3's on click restore application. search it, it's on XDA developers. I'd post the link but I can't because i'm a "new" user

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G1 Problem... Not even Tmo Techs can solve

Ok so I called up Tmo because my G1 is acting messed up. I spoke to about 6 different people who had no idea what the problem was, and all offered to send a replacement...
Scenerio:
I had the phone charging and when I unplugged it, I hit the red "Hang Up" button (so I can wake it up). Usually by doing this, the phone would prompt me to hit Menu > My Unlock code.
However, when I hit it, it took me right to the UI, the "Desktop."
So that caught me off guard. I figured I may have changed some setting before, so I went to Settings>Security and Location and made sure my "Require Pattern" was checked. IT WAS!
I even tried to re-do the "shape" i made for the unlock.
From here, I wanted to go back to the main menu (desktop) so I hit the HOME key. NOTHING. Yeah, the home key does nothing. Nor does the Green "Answer" button.
What I've done:
1) Reset the phone numerous times
2) Uninstalled most recent applications + more.
3) Spoke to Tmo who had no idea.
Do YOU guys have any idea? Lool.
Thanks!
I'm living in beijing right now so when i had the same problem with my white us G1 i had to figure out a way myself. what i did was to factory reset my G1 and it went back to normal.
raygun said:
I'm living in beijing right now so when i had the same problem with my white us G1 i had to figure out a way myself. what i did was to factory reset my G1 and it went back to normal.
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Raygun,
Thanks for the reply.
Just wondering though:
If I backup my apps with MyBackup, would I be able to restore them back on as if I never did a factory restore? In other words, if I restore with the MyBackup Backup, would I receive full functionality of the apps again?
Thanks again
I've had a very similar problem on a development image. If the phone thinks that it isn't activated, then it disables keylock, home, and the call button. The activation flag is stored in a database somewhere, but I forget where. Doing a factory reset and then activating again should fix it (if that's the problem).
The nandroid backup might actually replicate the problem, because the activation flag is stored in the /data partition along with all your apps..
This might not be the problem though!
akapoor said:
Raygun,
Thanks for the reply.
Just wondering though:
If I backup my apps with MyBackup, would I be able to restore them back on as if I never did a factory restore? In other words, if I restore with the MyBackup Backup, would I receive full functionality of the apps again?
Thanks again
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Yep, minus the settings of each app, and the backing up of home shortcuts, if they are in folders...they won't be in the right place...but the placement of the folder and icons is correct, just not the ones inside of folders on the desktop.
aziwoqpd said:
I've had a very similar problem on a development image. If the phone thinks that it isn't activated, then it disables keylock, home, and the call button. The activation flag is stored in a database somewhere, but I forget where. Doing a factory reset and then activating again should fix it (if that's the problem).
The nandroid backup might actually replicate the problem, because the activation flag is stored in the /data partition along with all your apps..
This might not be the problem though!
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pychobj2001 said:
Yep, minus the settings of each app, and the backing up of home shortcuts, if they are in folders...they won't be in the right place...but the placement of the folder and icons is correct, just not the ones inside of folders on the desktop.
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Thank you guys both.
Factory restoring right now. If it comes to the problem aziwopqd said (replicating the issue when restoring) I guess I'm outta luck.
Let's hope for the best.
Side question: (i know its been posted numerous times) If I root my G1, could i re-flash it back to "normal" (as if i bought it... brand new(original OS ))
Thnx
Best wishes,
Had the same problem... I thought mine was water damage though. There was a chance it had gotten wet but wasn't sure. I didn't even think to ask about it here so I sent it in and got a warranty exchange. New one works great, and I rooted it and got jf rc33 1.42 on it without even touching a computer. I thought it was cool lol
Oh ya, and yes you can restore it to factory everything. Just flash the .nbh file. You can even upgrade from there to the ota rc33 if you wanted to...
kindanewbie said:
Had the same problem... I thought mine was water damage though. There was a chance it had gotten wet but wasn't sure. I didn't even think to ask about it here so I sent it in and got a warranty exchange. New one works great, and I rooted it and got jf rc33 1.42 on it without even touching a computer. I thought it was cool lol
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I was about to get the exchange, but I tried a Factory Reset. It solved the issue.
Haha - nicely done. All without touching a computer? Impressive.
Yup. Going through a divorce and wife took the computer so I didn't have a choice. All you need is linda file manager, and an unzip app. You can do it all with the default browser and those apps. Now I have everything saved on my sd card in different sub folders so I can root any g1 and flash the jf modded rc 33 by just popping my sd card in and putting the files on the root of the card in order. Done it to 2 others already.
kindanewbie said:
Yup. Going through a divorce and wife took the computer so I didn't have a choice. All you need is linda file manager, and an unzip app. You can do it all with the default browser and those apps. Now I have everything saved on my sd card in different sub folders so I can root any g1 and flash the jf modded rc 33 by just popping my sd card in and putting the files on the root of the card in order. Done it to 2 others already.
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Sorry @ divorce.
Very neatly done. What unzip app did you use? I've tried the 2 (i could find), and they didn't really work. Lol.
Thanks...
I tried usuing linda first (love the app) since it says in supports unzipping. But nowhere could I find anything about how. So I got UnZip. It confused me at first, kept saying blah blah interupted blah force close or wait. So I force closed bout three times. Decided to press wait.... sure enough, sure enough about 1 min latter it prompted me 'unzip complete'. During that time, however, the phone 'acted' frozen. Couldn't scroll or press home or anything. But it worked in the end.
By any chance did those of you that lost your lock screen download the app aviator watch? I had this happen to me and that was the only app that I had installed before losing the lock screen. Also, I lost the option of silencing the phone if you hold down the power button. Under phone options it just said power off, the silent mode option was not avail.
Dharkaron said:
By any chance did those of you that lost your lock screen download the app aviator watch? I had this happen to me and that was the only app that I had installed before losing the lock screen. Also, I lost the option of silencing the phone if you hold down the power button. Under phone options it just said power off, the silent mode option was not avail.
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Now that you mention it, I too lost the ability to silence with the power button. But no, never downloaded aviator watch...
aziwoqpd said:
I've had a very similar problem on a development image. If the phone thinks that it isn't activated, then it disables keylock, home, and the call button. The activation flag is stored in a database somewhere, but I forget where. Doing a factory reset and then activating again should fix it (if that's the problem).
The nandroid backup might actually replicate the problem, because the activation flag is stored in the /data partition along with all your apps..
This might not be the problem though!
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Sorry sir, but I think you are right! I had the same exact problem and after reading this post. I thought I would try resetting the google account before a factory reset.
Went to Settings->Applications->Manage applications->Google Apps and cleared the data. Afterwards, it asked me to sign in as if I factory reset the phone. After inputting the credentials, everything started to work. Thanks!
Hope this helps anybody else.

[Q] switch off button

I can't turn off my phone, i can only lock the screen or unlock it but when I press button to show switch off option (this where You choose airplane, turn off) nothings happaning. I have already had this issue but it was after update to 2.3.5 and 3.0 sense. The only way was factory restart, is there any other solution? I'm on 2.3.5 and Sense 3.0 (all from HTC) phone never rooted.
I'd say backing up your apps with titanium and doing a hard reset is most likely the only option you have.
I've noticed some bugs too since updating. My live wallpaper freezes when I open the app draw, graphical glitches etc. Hard reset solved them for me.
You can get titanium backup free version on the android market. I think there's also Mybackup which doesn't require Root permissions.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App
altairian said:
I can't turn off my phone, i can only lock the screen or unlock it but when I press button to show switch off option (this where You choose airplane, turn off) nothings happaning. I have already had this issue but it was after update to 2.3.5 and 3.0 sense. The only way was factory restart, is there any other solution? I'm on 2.3.5 and Sense 3.0 (all from HTC) phone never rooted.
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i had this problem too. i has just rooted my phone and installed titanium backup. i was going through apps that i could remove and took out i think plurk and twitter and a couple of HTC stuff when my phone's shutdown/restart ability disappeared. i thought i had removed a program that i shouldn't have. anyway, i restored it a nandroid backup that i had. luckily, never had the same issue again.
icemanxpe said:
i had this problem too. i has just rooted my phone and installed titanium backup. i was going through apps that i could remove and took out i think plurk and twitter and a couple of HTC stuff when my phone's shutdown/restart ability disappeared. i thought i had removed a program that i shouldn't have. anyway, i restored it a nandroid backup that i had. luckily, never had the same issue again.
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Can u tell me how u rooted ur desire s after updating to 2.3.5 sense 3.0...actually i hb updatedy desire s...and dont hv a backup of 2.3.3...how can i root my phone safely...if know nothing about rooting..
I had this problem too.
I just had to go to security to the part "Credential Storage", set a password and check the "Use secure credentials" option.
The powerbutton worked like a charm afterwards. I even could "Clear all credentials" after that.
Hope this helps for you too.
Solution
I've found solution As You say I go to security to the part "Credential Storage", set a password and then swich off button start working.

M8 Lollipop Nightmare

Hey all,
I just wanted to give everyone a heads up about the lollipop update that just got to our Verizon variants of the One M8. My phone is completely stock, has never been rooted or s-off. I got the lollipop OTA update yesterday and after 45 mins of installing I couldn't wait to see how lollipop would improve my user experience on my phone. Short answer: it didn't AT ALL. The long answer is written out below.
1. Notifications
I don't really like the lollipop update to the notifications bar (1 swipe for notifications, 2 for settings) but its really just personal preference. However, with the update, you can no longer check your notifications directly from the lockscreen. You can't even see the icons of the new notifications at the top without unlocking your phone.
2. Lock Screen
Lock screen widgets are gone with the update. You also no longer have the option of swiping to the left for BlinkFeed, now its just a straight unlock that brings you to the page you last had open. No way to get to the homescreen directly like earlier. Now what the update did that really pisses me off is that you can no longer control your music from the lockscreen. With KitKat, you could skip tracks, and pause the song directly from the lockscreen. Now with the update you can't do any of those. You can't even swipe down from the lockscreen to see the media playing. Literally all you get is the album image of the song playing on your lockscreen. Yeah, just the image, you don't even get to see the name of the song playing.
3. Longer Boot Time
The boot time is longer now. Also once I get past the HTC and Verizon logo's while booting I get a dialogue box that says "Android is upgrading" before it goes to my homescreen. I'm not sure if this the case with everyone but it has happened to me everytime I reboot.
4. Just general unpleasantness
Recent apps takes longer to show all apps (I use grid view). Its quite minor and only noticeable if you compare it with a phone on KitKat but its still annoying. The Google Play Services update was also really annoying and it made my phone hang while it updated. The update also removed the World Clock Globe feature which was kinda cool, especially when I traveled. Again this is minor, but the update should improve the user experience not remove existing features.
Anyways, this is just my take on the lollipop update and it could be different for everyone. I, for one, am seriously considering downgrading back to KitKat (if its possible yet). I really hate it when an update takes my device in the backwards direction.
What did you guys think of the update?
I haven't had any issues with Lollipop on my M8. I've been running Lollipop on my Nexus 7 for months, so I'm already used to it. After getting familiar with it, I prefer it to KK. The slow boot time is probably due to the fact you has "fast boot" enabled on the previous version of Android. HTC has removed it from Lollipop.
UPDATE:
Going to Sound & Notification > When Device is Locked > Show all notifications fixes the notification grievances that I had listed.
just_lou,
I don't think FastBoot is the issue. I had it disabled when I was running KitKat. The issue is the dialogue box of "Android is Upgrading" that still shows up (I just rebooted to see if it shows and it did). I'm not sure if this will go away after a while or not.
tmtmaats said:
UPDATE:
Going to Sound & Notification > When Device is Locked > Show all notifications fixes the notification grievances that I had listed.
just_lou,
I don't think FastBoot is the issue. I had it disabled when I was running KitKat. The issue is the dialogue box of "Android is Upgrading" that still shows up (I just rebooted to see if it shows and it did). I'm not sure if this will go away after a while or not.
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If you are showing this repeated it means you either have an app installed that isn't art capable or your cache is corrupt. Backup and factory reset. You should not see that message on every boot.
Still think 4.4.4 is wayyyyy smoother than 5.0. Visually.... 5.0 is nice but its only a few you touches. I'm not impressed. Waste of an update. I'm on 5.0 ROMs which help but I miss my 4.4.4 snappiness lol.
dottat said:
If you are showing this repeated it means you either have an app installed that isn't art capable or your cache is corrupt. Backup and factory reset. You should not see that message on every boot.
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ok I thought it shouldn't appear every time. so I went ahead and factory reset my phone after checking to make sure a backup was present. the most recent backup was about an hour before I updated to Lollipop, so I thought it would be fine in terms of having all the essential data. I used HTC Backup for the process.
Now after the reset, HTC backup can't find the backup when I click "Restore from cloud". All I see is "none" under the "Restore from Backup" option. Now I know for a fact that the backup file is saved on the cloud, I used Google Drive.
Is the phone unable to read that backup because it was done when the phone was running KitKat? If so, then begins the long task of restoring everything one by one.....
tmtmaats said:
ok I thought it shouldn't appear every time. so I went ahead and factory reset my phone after checking to make sure a backup was present. the most recent backup was about an hour before I updated to Lollipop, so I thought it would be fine in terms of having all the essential data. I used HTC Backup for the process.
Now after the reset, HTC backup can't find the backup when I click "Restore from cloud". All I see is "none" under the "Restore from Backup" option. Now I know for a fact that the backup file is saved on the cloud, I used Google Drive.
Is the phone unable to read that backup because it was done when the phone was running KitKat? If so, then begins the long task of restoring everything one by one.....
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No that should not be an issue. I have used it forward and backwards. Open play and then go back to HTC backup. Possible it's not looking in your Google account at all yet.
dottat said:
No that should not be an issue. I have used it forward and backwards. Open play and then go back to HTC backup. Possible it's not looking in your Google account at all yet.
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I opened the Play Store and tried again. Backup still didn't show up. Then I deleted all the accounts on the phone and re-logged in. Still didn't show up. I went ahead and did another factory reset, reinstalled the HTC backup apk, logged in and opened the play store and tried to restore again. HTC backup still didn't find my backup. Then I double checked to make sure that I was using the right account with which I had done the backup. After confirming that, I tried once again deleting all accounts and signing in again and still nothing.
Finally, I tried to sync the account manually and then try. Still nothing.
I have used HTC backup in the past, and it worked fine to restore everything. Just this time it isn't.
Is there anything else I can try?
You know you can swipe right when locked and screen off to get blinkfeed right? Just have to decide now before you turn on the screen if you are planning to go to blinkfeed I guess.
I get my audio controls for Spotify on the lock screen too... With controls to play, pause, next. Just double tap the screen.
The grid recent apps seems to take longer because it's multiple screens of recent apps.
Just a quick tip but you can access your pulldown quick settings menu with the double finger down swipe when the screen is on at the lock screen. Useful for switching to silent or airplane mode without unlocking or using the volume hardware rocker.
That being said, my battery life isn't so great anymore and my GPS is skewed now (I'm always about 30-45 degrees of in the direction I'm facing).
Instead of using that crap "blinkfeed" launcher use the Google Launcher form the play store.

Back up and Factory Reset - Do / Don't

Hey guys,
I'm in the habit of factory resetting my phone every few months just to keep it clean of junk. Never use the backup option because I thought that it may reimport some junky files/bad settings along with all the other stuff so I start from scratch. Reinstall all apps manually, change all settings one by one, add email accounts manually just as if I was setting up a new phone.
Am I wrong in thinking that way or is the back up option totally safe from reimporting gunk back into the phone? It would certainly save me a ton of time if I used it as all my other stuff like Nova Launcher and Tasker profiles are all backed up and reimported in one step. Factory reset would be a quick thing to do.
Many thanks in advance!

Lock screen won't recognize PIN/Pattern bug?

I can't unlock my phone with the Pattern I assigned it. I always use the same Pattern, so I was pretty sure it's not an error. When I draw the pattern, it says "incorrect pattern" and makes me wait 30 seconds before trying again (from the first try).
Luckily, I have access to Samsung's Find my Mobile, I unlocked the device, removed the lock. But every time I restart the device, the bugged lock screen would come back, and I would have to unlock the device again with Find my Mobile.
please note that I can't set a new lock after unlocking the device, it will revert back to no lock after setting a new pattern/pin/password. definitely a bug.
if there is any method to fix this, or to reset Samsung's lock screen app, please let me know!
my device is Samsung Galaxy A8+ in case anyone was curious.
I never set a lock on a phone or bios password on PCs... now you know why.
You're lucky it was recoverable... some lockouts are not
Data corruption can trigger this and it's just random luck if it happens or not. Even if rare you can see the implications. You're now very close to being completely locked out as it stands
You can try a clearing the system cache and data from the apk(s) controlling it.
Try a hard reboot.
Factory reset... if that fails it's probably hardware. Or simply keep it unlocked and in your possession at all times which is the best security.
blackhawk said:
I never set a lock on a phone or bios password on PCs... now you know why.
You're lucky it was recoverable... some lockouts are not
Data corruption can trigger this and it's just random luck if it happens or not. Even if rare you can see the implications. You're now very close to being completely locked out as it stands
You can try a clearing the system cache and data from the apk(s) controlling it.
Try a hard reboot.
Factory reset... if that fails it's probably hardware. Or simply keep it unlocked and in your possession at all times which is the best security.
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I'd like to keep it unlocked, yet as I mentioned, it will spring back again immediately as I restart the phone. It won't be funny to get my phone locked outside my home and not having a pc near to access find my mobile to unlock it
I'm trying to avoid factory reset, too much data to back up and I'm quite lazy to do it
And it seems like there is no way to clear cache/data, as the Samsung's lock screen doesn't appear in storage/apps. (Or it is there with some strange system name?)
This thread may help you as it helped me. Read the full thread first.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/solved-samsung-a20-twrp-restore-data-sm-205w.4261401/
majdcomp said:
I'd like to keep it unlocked, yet as I mentioned, it will spring back again immediately as I restart the phone. It won't be funny to get my phone locked outside my home and not having a pc near to access find my mobile to unlock it
I'm trying to avoid factory reset, too much data to back up and I'm quite lazy to do it
And it seems like there is no way to clear cache/data, as the Samsung's lock screen doesn't appear in storage/apps. (Or it is there with some strange system name?)
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Oh my bad, it locks no matter what. That's not good.
Boot menu>clear system cache (don't hit factory reset by accident).
Google for the button sequence to hit for that model. Timing is critical, you might need to try more then once.
That might get it.
Try clearing the Dynamic Lock Screen data.
I would backup all critical data now if you haven't. Do not use Smart Switch to transfer settings if you do factory reset, ha-ha.
Someone here probably has a better solution as I know little about this system.
As always do a Google search, you can probably use solutions from other Samsung models going back a few years.
Erratic and strange behavior can also be a sign of a virus, rootkit etc.
When in doubt, factory reset especially if you can't track down the root cause.
Finding the root cause and correcting it is always preferable to a factory reset but not always possible. If the OS load is older then a year a factory reset be a good plan anyway... nothing like a clean, fresh OS.
Delete your Google account before you factory reset so that doesn't password pester you. I'm told if you reset from settings vs the boot menu that doesn't happen. Not sure haven't tried a factory reset that way.
sammiev said:
This thread may help you as it helped me. Read the full thread first.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/solved-samsung-a20-twrp-restore-data-sm-205w.4261401/
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Can you do that on a stock Android that's not rooted?
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Can you do that on a stock Android that's not rooted?
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You would need to be rooted.
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You would need to be rooted.
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I read if you load TWRP you'll lose things like Samsung Pay.
Seems risky at least to me. I like to play with it but don't have a phone to burn.
A factory reset for me at this point is fairly painless ie no data loss and takes under a couple hours.
If it's of any interest here:
On Android the pattern lock data (SHA-encrypted) is kept in a file named gesture.key and stored in the /data/system folder.
If phone's Android is rooted you simply delete that file to bypass the pattern lock. Using ADB you would run command sequence
Code:
adb devices
adb shell "rm -f /data/system/gesture.key"
to achieve this.
The phone should be now accessible with no pattern lock applied.

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