I am helping a buddy with his Infuse 4G, and his USB port is broken. He has a stock rom on it, but it's still rooted. He needs to replace it for a CLNR replacement phone but we gotta unroot first. How can this be done without ODIN? In the stock recovery it has a flash package option, can it be done that way? If so where can I find the file? The only problem is that SuperUser won't go away lol
Are u going thru att to get the phone replaced if so i sent mine back with root still on it with no problems so to speak but see this thread for further info and see if its something that will help u out at least deleting the system files. Just an idea
I figured it won't be too big of a deal as long as it looks stock with no special boot animations or something, I had a friend return a phone to T mobile that had root but nothing otherwise, stock recovery, etc. But my friend is quite worried because it can be an insane .
won't doing a factory reset from settings > privacy unroot it? it wipes your SD card, so this should be all that you have to do...
mfpearson said:
won't doing a factory reset from settings > privacy unroot it? it wipes your SD card, so this should be all that you have to do...
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I dont think that unroots it...i think there is a master crazy dialer code that might. i was undery the impression that factory reset is just the same as wiping data
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Wiping cleared all but super user, what's the dialer code?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235381
Which one of those would I use?
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Which one of those would I use?
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No idea lol. ....i dont even know that it works
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Tried both reset related ones, no luck. Sounds like he is just returning it and praying lol
i rooted and unlocked the phone. Just did a factory reset and returned it. Full refund no question ask at all.
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I just bought a new HTC. Do u know if there is a pc / laptop application from which i can take a complete "As-is" image of the phone?
I want this just in case if i mess up playing with the mobile, i can use the PC application and restore the complete image as i bought using USB connecting to
phone.
Thanks
If you mean after you've set it up(apps and personal config) on the stock rom, no there isn't a way.
Thanks
Is there way to get the original ROM / Image? let us i do not want the apps and personal config thru PC application connecting thru USB?
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Is there way to get the original ROM / Image? let us i do not want the apps and personal config thru PC application connecting thru USB?
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If you look in bubbys simple one click thread or the hack kit thread, there are links to the stock RUU. You can run the RUU from your PC through USB to phone or through hboot.
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I'll add to the above by saying, once you're rooted, it's a different story.
At that point you can flash clockwork recovery, which will allow you to back-up your phones state at that time, which is what you're asking to do now.
The difference is there's no way of doing it to the phone out of the box... As at the point it's not rooted, and the mechanism of backing up in the manner to which you refer is only available with a custom recovery, which is only available on rooted phones with s-Off.
It's a shame, as I wouldn't have minded doing the same thing back before I rooted, but... No go.
A hard reset will restore your phone as you bought it. If you want to save apps and data, there are apps for backing up. You would just do restores after the hard reset.
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A hard reset will restore your phone as you bought it. If you want to save apps and data, there are apps for backing up. You would just do restores after the hard reset.
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Will hard reset work restore it to out of box condition, even though i have a put a
different ROM?
sivgan said:
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Will hard reset work restore it to out of box condition, even though i have a put a
different ROM?
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No. The response was to a user with a stock phone already (non-rooted). If you're running a different ROM, then you're necessarily rooted and will have a tough time getting back to out-of-box condition.
Nickovtyme said:
If you look in bubbys simple one click thread or the hack kit thread, there are links to the stock RUU. You can run the RUU from your PC through USB to phone or through hboot.
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Can you please send me the link for those threads?
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Will hard reset work restore it to out of box condition, even though i have a put a
different ROM?
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You did not state in your original post that you are planning to root. Obviously, your concern is returning the phone for warranty purposes. I have read many post where users flashed a stock rom and used the s-on tool. It may not return you to exactly like out of the box, but it would be close enough to get you thru warranty. The stock rooted rom I am using now is exactly like stock before I rooted. If it weren't for the fact that someone tinkered with the kernel name, there would be know way to tell the difference.
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You did not state in your original post that you are planning to root. Obviously, your concern is returning the phone for warranty purposes. I have read many post where users flashed a stock rom and used the s-on tool. It may not return you to exactly like out of the box, but it would be close enough to get you thru warranty. The stock rooted rom I am using now is exactly like stock before I rooted. If it weren't for the fact that someone tinkered with the kernel name, there would be know way to tell the difference.
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Thanks for the reply.
I do not want root or do anything with the phone now. I just want to take a AS-IS out of box image of the phone using a PC application and store it. And then play with all phone.
Looks like from the mail threads, it is not possible. AM i correct?
I am waiting to see a response or a way and then even configure or play with my HTC inspire.
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Thanks for the reply.
I do not want root or do anything with the phone now. I just want to take a AS-IS out of box image of the phone using a PC application and store it. And then play with all phone.
Looks like from the mail threads, it is not possible. AM i correct?
I am waiting to see a response or a way and then even configure or play with my HTC inspire.
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It's a 3-way chicken/egg thing. You can't do what you want without unfettered access to the main partitions on the phone. You can't get unfettered access without rooting. You can't root without installing a downgraded ROM and losing the current ROM.
sivgan said:
Thanks for the reply.
I do not want root or do anything with the phone now. I just want to take a AS-IS out of box image of the phone using a PC application and store it. And then play with all phone.
Looks like from the mail threads, it is not possible. AM i correct?
I am waiting to see a response or a way and then even configure or play with my HTC inspire.
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If you're not going to root there is no need to "store" the factory image as it is part of your rom. When you want to reset it just do a factory data reset and it will be just like it was when it came out of the box.
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Can you please send me the link for those threads?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-960736.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952224
sivgan said:
Thanks for the reply.
I do not want root or do anything with the phone now. I just want to take a AS-IS out of box image of the phone using a PC application and store it. And then play with all phone.
Looks like from the mail threads, it is not possible. AM i correct?
I am waiting to see a response or a way and then even configure or play with my HTC inspire.
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You seem a bit confused. If you are not going to root, then my original reply would apply, a hard reset will get you back to out of the box. However, if you do not root, you will not be able to flash a custom rom.
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I did the easy unroor because my usb port is broke. But the superuser app is still there and I cant get rid of it. Need to rma. Any ideas?
I know of a guaranteed way to return to stock, but it's done through NVFlash in which you will need your usb port. You could either...
1. Look into other ways to return to stock which doesn't involve using your usb port (not likely)
2. Go to asus's website and download the firmware and place onto an sd card and see if you can do it that way. Even still, I'm not sure if that will just update, or wipe and update.
3. Shut down your TF and boot up by holding the volume down + power until you get to the option to wipe data and see if that does the trick. Once you get to that option, you only have like 5 10 seconds to select to wipe. If you don't select to wipe, then it will timeout and reboot
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I know of a guaranteed way to return to stock, but it's done through NVFlash in which you will need your usb port. You could either...
1. Look into other ways to return to stock which doesn't involve using your usb port (not likely)
2. Go to asus's website and download the firmware and place onto an sd card and see if you can do it that way. Even still, I'm not sure if that will just update, or wipe and update.
3. Shut down your TF and boot up by holding the volume down + power until you get to the option to wipe data and see if that does the trick. Once you get to that option, you only have like 5 10 seconds to select to wipe. If you don't select to wipe, then it will timeout and reboot
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I already installed the original stock rom. And also flashed the stock recovery. I wiped everything each time. But after all that superuser is still there.
Well that sucks. I know of a way to do a full wipe of everything by using a full wipe utility that is flashed by clockworkmod recovery. But then you would have to find a way to restore the stock recovery in order to flash the stock rom. If you do a full wipe without reflashing a rom, then you will have soft bricked it. You might be SOL on that.
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Well that sucks. I know of a way to do a full wipe of everything by using a full wipe utility that is flashed by clockworkmod recovery. But then you would have to find a way to restore the stock recovery in order to flash the stock rom. If you do a full wipe without reflashing a rom, then you will have soft bricked it. You might be SOL on that.
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So you think if I wipe it so its in the initial setup. That asus will set it up and see superuser. I mean can they even prove anything just cause theres an app there.
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So you think if I wipe it so its in the initial setup. That asus will set it up and see superuser. I mean can they even prove anything just cause theres an app there.
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Not sure about that. Ideally, when doing rma returns, to be on the safe side, you want to make it completely transparent that it was ever rooted/rom'ed. I've read posts where some people were successful with returns/exchanges while the device was rooted, without repercussions. It's all up to the return policies of where you bought it, as well as asus. Considering that asus has gone out of their way to change and lock down the bootloader on newer revisions, apparently asus does not want to be development friendly at this time, and may penalize you for returning a modified system.
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Not sure about that. Ideally, when doing rma returns, to be on the safe side, you want to make it completely transparent that it was ever rooted/rom'ed. I've read posts where some people were successful with returns/exchanges while the device was rooted, without repercussions. It's all up to the return policies of where you bought it, as well as asus. Considering that asus has gone out of their way to change and lock down the bootloader on newer revisions, apparently asus does not want to be development friendly at this time, and may penalize you for returning a modified system.
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Yah I know man thats what I'm afraid of. I mean anyone can install superuser. But I guess though it wouldn't be there on a clean install
Kind of stuck here. Its too late to return tot he store. But I don't want to be stuck with a bad usb port forever. I guess the worst that can happen is they refuse it.
Or if they accept it at first, then asus realizes that its been rooted, they could send u a bill for full price of the replacement. Although I've never heard of that happening. Another extreme measure u could look into is seeing if u could order a motherboard or replacement parts and fix it yourself.
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Or if they accept it at first, then asus realizes that its been rooted, they could send u a bill for full price of the replacement. Although I've never heard of that happening. Another extreme measure u could look into is seeing if u could order a motherboard or replacement parts and fix it yourself.
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Ouch that would suck, as far as doing it myself I really don't want to mess with popping it open. It still charges, but I can't hook it to a pc. So I would rather have it like that then broken because I opened it.
I guess I'll just put it off a little more.
True. If I were u, I would take my chances with returning it. Just make sure u have the cash just in case they decide to be dicks about it.
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One last cry for help before I honestly take this phone in my garage and go to town on it with a sledge hammer!!!!
I bought this used Infuse 4G (Rogers). But I can't do I clean wipe to get rid of the previous owner's information, this google account is driving me crazy , it keeps trying to login to the guy's account and putting in my own google account doesn't do any good either because it still asks for the original account's password when i try accessing the market. So, a clean wipe/factory reset would be the ideal thing to do i believe. A traditional Factory Reset through Setting>Privacy>Factory Reset would just freeze my phone on a multi-colored screwed up screen and nothing happens until i reflash. Trying to wipe through ROM Manager (manual management) also does the exact same thing.
I am currently on this rom ..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1193927 .... Its the only one that works besides the AT&T 2.3.5 (but i can't root that one).
Anyways, people have suggested gtg_ultimate_unbrick, but all that does is freezes my phone on the black samsung screen.
Please guys, I know this can be done .... But I'm not exactly an expert, as a matter of fact, I'm a noob to Android phones.....lol
where does it freeze when you do the ultimate unbrick. Did it simply not boot after you odin'ed back to stock?
projectvirtue said:
where does it freeze when you do the ultimate unbrick. Did it simply not boot after you odin'ed back to stock?
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thats exactly right. It just stays on the black samsung screen (it goes there immediately after odin finishes) .....
giovpugliese said:
thats exactly right. It just stays on the black samsung screen (it goes there immediately after odin finishes) .....
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If you are rooted you can't and on a ron you can't do a manual factory reset. Boot into recovery wipe factory and cache and dalvik then flash a rom or Odin back to stock then you'll be good
Holy MIUI Batman!
LG_iiNsTiiNcT said:
If you are rooted you can't and on a ron you can't do a manual factory reset. Boot into recovery wipe factory and cache and dalvik then flash a rom or Odin back to stock then you'll be good
Holy MIUI Batman!
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Did that as well .... It crashes with the multicolored screen and then i have to reflash to revive the phone .... Its like I'm completely SOL with this phone ....
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Okay so to the next order of buisness you said its a rogers infuse so since its a different build and firmware do yyou have to use different kies and aa different unbrick to stock method
Holy MIUI Batman!
So I did so searching rooting the roger infuse is different than regular go to the search bar and type in root for rogers there a thread by gtg how to flash stock kernel "doesn't unroot" but it might help u in your situation I sent gtg a message for you on how to unroot to stock for rogers when he gets back to me ill let you know
Holy MIUI Batman!
Can you boot into CWM? Because if your on a leak, you need a kernel that will give you CWM... I replied to your other post and you didn't even reply back.
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Optimus-Prime said:
Can you boot into CWM? Because if your on a leak, you need a kernel that will give you CWM... I replied to your other post and you didn't even reply back.
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Sorry man, i completely forgot .... That didnt work that way either .... Just keeps crashing everytime i try entering some kind of data wipe....
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LG_iiNsTiiNcT said:
So I did so searching rooting the roger infuse is different than regular go to the search bar and type in root for rogers there a thread by gtg how to flash stock kernel "doesn't unroot" but it might help u in your situation I sent gtg a message for you on how to unroot to stock for rogers when he gets back to me ill let you know
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Thank you very much, I'd appreciate it ...
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Odd that you still have there account after flasHing roms unless you did a backup and restore with cwm or titanium.
Have you tried a factory reset from settings> privacy? This will wipe the internal sd card so backup any media or other files on it to the external one.
Dani897 said:
Odd that you still have there account after flasHing roms unless you did a backup and restore with cwm or titanium.
Have you tried a factory reset from settings> privacy? This will wipe the internal sd card so backup any media or other files on it to the external one.
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Doing a factory reset that way will freeze the phone in a statickie colored screen and will stay like that forever until i reflash ....
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OK guys!!....
Don't know how I pulled it off but I did ....
Here's how:
Flashed Stock Rogers Infuse Rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1193927
Immediately aftelr I flashed Infused Gingerbread Kernel v1 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197248
Finally I flashed GS_Infuse_1.1.4 directly through CWM making sure that Clearb Daivlik Cache and Wipe Data were checked .... I went into that screwed up multi colored screen that Im so used to .... I was just about to say "screw this phone, im tossing it" and i booted!! ....
Thank you everybody for giving me helpful advice on trying to get this phone going!!
giovpugliese said:
OK guys!!....
Don't know how I pulled it off but I did ....
Here's how:
Flashed Stock Rogers Infuse Rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1193927
Immediately aftelr I flashed Infused Gingerbread Kernel v1 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197248
Finally I flashed GS_Infuse_1.1.4 directly through CWM making sure that Clearb Daivlik Cache and Wipe Data were checked .... I went into that screwed up multi colored screen that Im so used to .... I was just about to say "screw this phone, im tossing it" and i booted!! ....
Thank you everybody for giving me helpful advice on trying to get this phone going!!
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Stool of this was very weird, there is no reason a Rogers infuse should have multi color junk or broken recovery. I'll bet the last owner tried to flash something they shouldn't have. Glad it got to a point that you can use it though. Hope it is the last issues you have with it.
Finally got my tablet back from Asus which came with JB. Is there a way to make it unbrickable like you could with ICS? I want to install custom rom again to get rid of the massive amounts of bloatware. Suggestions?
bigworm82 said:
Finally got my tablet back from Asus which came with JB. Is there a way to make it unbrickable like you could with ICS? I want to install custom rom again to get rid of the massive amounts of bloatware. Suggestions?
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Nvflash is not possible on jb right now.
If you don't want to unlock and flash a custom rom you could disable the bloatware apps to get rid of them.
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bigworm82 said:
Finally got my tablet back from Asus which came with JB. Is there a way to make it unbrickable like you could with ICS? I want to install custom rom again to get rid of the massive amounts of bloatware. Suggestions?
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There are apps out on the play store to remove bloatware. (Root Required) Give NoBloat or Root App Deleter a try
I unlocked it once before.. installed cleanrom. Wanted to install updated cleanrom. When i went to factory reset it or whatever and did the press up to continue. Thats when it bricked the first time. Was it from me doing something wrong there that caused it to brick?? I guess if i know that there is something I need to do that i didn't do than I will make sure to do it right. I didn't think doing a factory reset just to install a different rom was going to brick the unit . So now $150 later and back with locked tablet really just don't want the bloatware which is why i liked cleanrom.
dont mess around with it
My advice is not to try anything risky on it.
This device is such a bad one that it bricks by itself (happened to me)
and it is impossible to unbrick,
so my advice is not to mess around with it if you dont want to pay again.
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I unlocked it once before.. installed cleanrom. Wanted to install updated cleanrom. When i went to factory reset it or whatever and did the press up to continue. Thats when it bricked the first time. Was it from me doing something wrong there that caused it to brick?? I guess if i know that there is something I need to do that i didn't do than I will make sure to do it right. I didn't think doing a factory reset just to install a different rom was going to brick the unit . So now $150 later and back with locked tablet really just don't want the bloatware which is why i liked cleanrom.
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Don't use WIPE DATA on the bootloader menu; I think that is what you described. It is a perfect brick maker!
The new Hydro 5 has most bloat removed. It is smooth and easy; not fast. I don't do games so I can't speak to that.
Take your time, there's no hurry. To remove bloat you will need to root or flash a custom rom, on JB that means unlock!
Once you have some ideas from this post read the related threads and make your decisions. Till then that bloat will wait!
Good Luck!
wipe data was what I did before. How do I have all the data go away if i want to reinstall a different rom? I'm familiar with rooting and what not. As I said I had unlocked the tablet before. I didn't know wiping data would make it brick though . I also had an Epic 4g that I had rooted and customed etc..
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wipe data was what I did before. How do I have all the data go away if i want to reinstall a different rom? I'm familiar with rooting and what not. As I said I had unlocked the tablet before. I didn't know wiping data would make it brick though . I also had an Epic 4g that I had rooted and customed etc..
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Use Wipe/Factory Reset in Twrp; not WIPE DATA in the bootloader menu.
tobdaryl said:
Use Wipe/Factory Reset in Twrp; not WIPE DATA in the bootloader menu.
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Hey Tobdaryl,
Is there any reason why using WIPE DATA from the bootloader menu bricks it? Apparently my NVFlash adventures have lead me to discover that my bootloader is iffy, and I want to do a COMPLETE 100% total wipe of my tablet, and then just flash stock JB on it and be done.
Any advice sir?
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Hey Tobdaryl,
Is there any reason why using WIPE DATA from the bootloader menu bricks it? Apparently my NVFlash adventures have lead me to discover that my bootloader is iffy, and I want to do a COMPLETE 100% total wipe of my tablet, and then just flash stock JB on it and be done.
Any advice sir?
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I'm sorry I don't know the reason WIPE DATA(bootloader) bricks, just that it does. This comes from information provided by those that are unable to recover from what should be a soft brick. Several others are telling the same as I in an attempt to stop some of the bricks.
You can safely use Twrp to wipe Cache, Dalvik Cache, Factory Reset, System, and then flash the factory update of choice. You should be clean at that point.
One warning ensure you have your file to flash on your sdcard (not internal) before you do this and you can access it from Twrp. You do not want to wipe those and reboot without flashing some replacement.
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I'm sorry I don't know the reason WIPE DATA(bootloader) bricks, just that it does. This comes from information provided by those that are unable to recover from what should be a soft brick. Several others are telling the same as I in an attempt to stop some of the bricks.
You can safely use Twrp to wipe Cache, Dalvik Cache, Factory Reset, System, and then flash the factory update of choice. You should be clean at that point.
One warning ensure you have your file to flash on your sdcard (not internal) before you do this and you can access it from Twrp. You do not want to wipe those and reboot without flashing some replacement.
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Yea I can use CWM to perform all those tasks as well. As long as that is a complete wipe, then I will be happy.
It's OK, in my experience, if you wipe and accidentally delete your file on the internal SD card. Just flash it via Fastboot, no big deal
I will work on this at work today after I get these programming assignments taken care of. Thanks for the advice!!!
Your tablet can be unbrickable, but you have to sign the special petition (look at my signature).If you helped sharing petition, It would get succes. There's not another way.
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opethfan89 said:
Yea I can use CWM to perform all those tasks as well. As long as that is a complete wipe, then I will be happy.
It's OK, in my experience, if you wipe and accidentally delete your file on the internal SD card. Just flash it via Fastboot, no big deal
For Info: While you are in CWM or Twrp adb works properly if you have previously established your drivers.
I will work on this at work today after I get these programming assignments taken care of. Thanks for the advice!!!
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You are welcome, good luck!
The title of this thread is a little misleading at first glance it's not a question but gives the appearance that maybe a nvflash solution has been found.
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Hello.
I am going to sell my phone and I was wondering if a factory reset is enough? It's just since I've had so much personal data on my device I want to make sure that it can't be restored later or something like that.
Thank you in advance!
You could always sell your phone it just depends, the only thing you need to is a Factory reset but if it's rooted or have a custom ROM you need to unroot it and flash back the stock rom.
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Fantassy123 said:
You could always sell your phone it just depends, the only thing you need to is a Factory reset but if it's rooted or have a custom ROM you need to unroot it and flash back the stock rom.
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That isn't entirely accurate. Some people (like we few) would pay more for a phone with an unlocked boot loader or custom rom. Even root ups the resale value.
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crewol said:
Hello.
I am going to sell my phone and I was wondering if a factory reset is enough? It's just since I've had so much personal data on my device I want to make sure that it can't be restored later or something like that.
Thank you in advance!
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Yes, that's most certainly enough. Although there ARE pieces of software out there that could recover your data, 99.999% of the folks getting your phone just want to use the phone. You could do a complete NAND wipe, but it takes a bit of time and some know-how. All of us simply do a factory reset and move on! Best of luck to you!
Bill