So I need to wipe one of my Xoom's (selling off the wifi only to a buddy), but I'd like to keep Root/Tiamat/CWM intact.
Can I just do a factory reset via CWM (just want to make sure that's safe on the Xoom), or should I return it to stock and reflash etc...
Thanks for the info
edit: yep...that worked...
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I have a second xoom, rooted and rom'd, that I am selling on eBay. I'd like to wipe the little bit of personal data on it. How do I do that properly w/o loosing the rom I have. I think I need to use cwm?
Also, if the buyer wants the stock hc rom (its a 3g version), how would I do that properly?
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rosystreasures said:
I have a second xoom, rooted and rom'd, that I am selling on eBay. I'd like to wipe the little bit of personal data on it. How do I do that properly w/o loosing the rom I have. I think I need to use cwm?
Also, if the buyer wants the stock hc rom (its a 3g version), how would I do that properly?
Sorry, I forgot the title ...
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here is a guide on how to return to stock - just make sure you download the correct files for your device
http://goo.gl/kCCUY
hope this helps
How would I wipe my data off the xoomm and leave EOS rom on?
rosystreasures said:
How would I wipe my data off the xoomm and leave EOS rom on?
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Just do a wipe data/factory reset from the recovery menu. Rom /root should not be affected.
weird, that didn't seem to work. My Google acct is still there along with the few apps I d/l....
I did the factory reset from the recovery menu...3 times.
What about settings > backup and reset > factory data restore.....?
So, I tried cwm recovery again, the pic is what the xoom told me....how to proceed???
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Ok, so I did the proceedure for unlocking the bootloader and that seems to have done the trick.
i found a few threads on this but they confuzed me so i am making one
i want to completely wipe my rooted note 10.1 and reset everything undoing the root making it the same as it was when it was brand new (i did a backup through clockwork recovery and i also used triangle away once i rooted it)
but i don't think a normal factory reset is enough i want to completely wipe it from data that cannot be retrieved
i found this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiY29tLmJvcnJhdHNlZ3VyIl0.
does it really work?
My Maxx is rooted on 4.4, I am going to get rid of the phone and want to wipe the phone via Settings > Backup and Reset > Factory data reset.
This may be a dumb question, but I thought I read somewhere with our unique root method, doing this will cause the phone to loose root without the ability to get it back without unlocking the bootloader.
Does anyone have experience with this? I am preparing to sell this phone and want to make sure I get rid of all the data before I do.
SDC_Bolts said:
My Maxx is rooted on 4.4, I am going to get rid of the phone and want to wipe the phone via Settings > Backup and Reset > Factory data reset.
This may be a dumb question, but I thought I read somewhere with our unique root method, doing this will cause the phone to loose root without the ability to get it back without unlocking the bootloader.
Does anyone have experience with this? I am preparing to sell this phone and want to make sure I get rid of all the data before I do.
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You will not lose root if you wipe data. Even if it deleted your supersu app all you'd need to do is download it from the play store.
I received the OTA update a couple weeks ago and it installed "N920VVRU3CQB9" (Nougat update). I'm having few issues with the phone where I'm stuck at the login screen with no keyboard (full details here).
My question is - if I flash the same ROM using ODIN, does it wipe all user data (pictures, videos etc)? After flashing the same ROM, does it get stuck in boot loop as it requires going into the recovery mode and selecting "wipe data/factory reset" which deletes everything.
Thank you.
ynag said:
I received the OTA update a couple weeks ago and it installed "N920VVRU3CQB9" (Nougat update). I'm having few issues with the phone where I'm stuck at the login screen with no keyboard (full details here).
My question is - if I flash the same ROM using ODIN, does it wipe all user data (pictures, videos etc)? After flashing the same ROM, does it get stuck in boot loop as it requires going into the recovery mode and selecting "wipe data/factory reset" which deletes everything.
Thank you.
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If you flash that it usually does but there's no point in doing that because a factory reset does the same exact thing.. If you're going to flash anything at all or do anything at all to the phone then ENABLE oem unlock in developer options!!
Thank you MrMike2182. If flashing the same ROM as OTA will cause a factory reset. I would lose all my data, right? Is there any way to keep the data?
ynag said:
Thank you MrMike2182. If flashing the same ROM as OTA will cause a factory reset. I would lose all my data, right? Is there any way to keep the data?
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It depends on what you're trying to do.. When you do an upgrade it preserves your stuff. When you do a downgrade it tends to need a factory reset in order to work.. What I would do in your case is use Smart Switch from Samsung and backup the entire phone and even send any important documents to your computer and do a factory reset anyway that way it's a fresh system install and doesn't have any junk left over from all the other updates and whatnot and then after the factory reset is done just hook the phone back up to Smart Switch on your Windows PC and click restore.. It can pretty much put everything back including apps, music, contacts, documents, home screen theme etc etc. Works pretty good if you ask me.
Do NOT forget to enable OEM unlock!! Seriously.
Hi,
I'm in the process of trying to flash my phone back to stock because I messed some stuff up in the hidden menu. I've never really messed with any of this stuff before, but it seems like Sony offers all the tools I need and it seems straight forward. I have a couple of questions, though. Will flashing the binary found at this link reset the phone to completely out of the box condition and will it function as if I never messed with anything? Will it function as if it's 100% stock and still receive updates normally?
I've wasted my entire afternoon trying to figure out how to factory reset this menu and I'd like for the phone to just back to how it was out of the box.
Thanks in advance for any help you guys can offer.
The phone is a Sony Xperia 5 IV, btw.
A Factory Reset only removes all apps added by user and user-data.
Hence reflash Stock ROM.
xXx yYy said:
A Factory Reset only removes all apps added by user and user-data.
Hence reflash Stock ROM.
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Thanks for the reply. I assumed that the rom reflash would reset everything, but I've seen posts on here saying that a rom reflash didn't reset that menu and I'm not sure which is accurate. So, would reflashing the rom actually reset those settings?