Hey,
I just noticed when doing this start-up that we get to choose between RCK, android, USB and wipe. Could anyone please explain all of them to me?
Is the wipe the same thing as a factory reset in the settings menu? I am most curious about the RCK-thing.
kotidoti said:
Hey,
I just noticed when doing this start-up that we get to choose between RCK, android, USB and wipe. Could anyone please explain all of them to me?
Is the wipe the same thing as a factory reset in the settings menu? I am most curious about the RCK-thing.
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RCK just enters "Recovery" (whether it be stock or custom recovery), Android "cold boots" into Android, USB is for "fastboot" access - allows some low-level commands to be used to recovery from issues and wipe is basically the same as "Restore to factory defaults" from the Settings menu in Android - not sure if there are any differences off hand though.
Hope that helps.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2
Thanks for the answers, precisely what I was looking for
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Hey guys,
I've got a Transformer on the way, and when it arrives, I plan on installing all sorts of crap on it to figure out which apps I like best. Once I've determined that, I'd like to completely wipe my system clean and installing only the apps I liked best.
So my question is: how does one completely reset the system (complete filesystem wipe) and restore it to the way it was when I unboxed it.
you go into the bootloader and do factory reset.
seshmaru said:
you go into the bootloader and do factory reset.
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Thanks, seshmaru. I'm glad it's that simple. This does wipe the cache and everything else, right?
elmasguapo said:
Thanks, seshmaru. I'm glad it's that simple. This does wipe the cache and everything else, right?
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I don't think it wipes cache, but I know a hard shutdown (holding power for 10~15 seconds) does wipe it.
seshmaru said:
I don't think it wipes cache, but I know a hard shutdown (holding power for 10~15 seconds) does wipe it.
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Great! So a hard shut down (holding power for 10-15 seconds) followed by going into the bootloader (VOL_DOWN + POWER [continue holding VOL_DOWN when it starts booting until you get a prompt]) and doing a 'Data Wipe' should theoretically get me to a brand new state, right?
Yessir, it should.
Awesome. Thank you very much for the help.
You can also initiate it from the settings in android and it wipes all data you had put on it, leaving all system files, so it's like a fresh start.
stuntdouble said:
You can also initiate it from the settings in android and it wipes all data you had put on it, leaving all system files, so it's like a fresh start.
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Yeah this works. Just did it, wipes (all user) cache and data. settings/privacy/factory data reset. It took about 2mins.
I've try to do this but at the end when press VOL_UP the screen shows android logo with exhalation mark at middle of the logo.
Any idea for this?
we4r said:
I've try to do this but at the end when press VOL_UP the screen shows android logo with exhalation mark at middle of the logo.
Any idea for this?
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once you see the words at the top left corner, if you push Vol up within about 5 sec you'll get the stock recovery which you are seeing. Do the same thing, Vol down plus power button but wait a tad bit till you see the reboot/clear data option.
Hello there!
I asked this question a few months ago, but I decided to redo it again because at the moment I didn't have the necessary things to do it.
We have an ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T that is stuck looping at the boot loader.
It is running stock Android 4.2.1, never been unlocked!
What do I need to do to fix it so it boots into Android?
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If you could also give step by step instructions on what I need to do that would be great!
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P.S My Father found "another way", where he pressed the middle android icon, that simply shows the Android Man, and the words Android underneath. He forgot what happened next so we're here on the Coldboot Screen with nothing happening. Do we have to fastboot now?
Fast Replies are appreciated!
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McGirk242 said:
Hello there!
P.S My Father found "another way", where he pressed the middle android icon, that simply shows the Android Man, and the words Android underneath. He forgot what happened next so we're here on the Coldboot Screen with nothing happening. Do we have to fastboot now?
Fast Replies are appreciated!
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Assuming this is a noob question, do you mean the boot loader as in the ASUS loading screen or the stock recovery bootloader?
The boot loader can be accessed by holding down the "volume down" while turning your device on. To navigate it, use the "volume down" button. To go through with your option, use the volume up button.
When you enter the "bootloader" (assuming you can get to it), you should see three options, RCK, Android and Wipe Data. RCK is recovery mode, the Android logo "cold boots" android, and the wipe data selection does a factory reset.
Try cold booting it (you will NOT lose any data),and theoretically, it should work. Otherwise, factory reset it. (You will loose date)
If it doesn't work, could you try give even more detail about what happened next time? It helps alot when answering questions in general.
I hope this helped.
Live long and prosper.
P.S. If you want to find out more about fastboot/ADB, check out these post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2141817 ADB
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112 Fastboot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42407269 Minimalistic ADB and Fastboot
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McGirk242 said:
Hello there!
I asked this question a few months ago, but I decided to redo it again because at the moment I didn't have the necessary things to do it.
We have an ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T that is stuck looping at the boot loader.
It is running stock Android 4.2.1, never been unlocked!
What do I need to do to fix it so it boots into Android?
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If you could also give step by step instructions on what I need to do that would be great!
1. (Like This!)
2. (Like This!)
P.S My Father found "another way", where he pressed the middle android icon, that simply shows the Android Man, and the words Android underneath. He forgot what happened next so we're here on the Coldboot Screen with nothing happening. Do we have to fastboot now?
Fast Replies are appreciated!
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1. Hold power button until unit is off
2. Hold power button + Vol down button
3. Select the android icon for a cold boot (use the vol rocker to make the selection)
Hopefully that resolves the issue.
Hi!
I have recently purchased a Nexus 5. On the day of the purchase, I received an OTA update for camera issues (it currently says build KOT49H). However, although I belive this install went through, as it changed Android version from 4.4 to 4.4.2, it didn't work as expected during installation. It froze during the Android robot screen, while it was installing. Bottom-line, now that I enter recovery, the first thing I see is a dead Android with a red triangle on it and the message "no command" underneath. If I press any button, the menu appears and I can choose the options. However, sometimes if I press volume up, instead of going up the menu, it closes it and shows the dead android background image only. I press again, and see the menu again, but can't go up, only down.
The phone is stock rom, not rooted, not altered in any way! I have attached several pictures in this respect.
Any clue about this issue?
Thanks!
If you reboot your system from recovery, you are stuck on "no command" screen as well?
Try wiping cache partition and rebooting. if it doesn't help, then do a factory reset and see if it helps.
vin4yak said:
If you reboot your system from recovery, you are stuck on "no command" screen as well?
Try wiping cache partition and rebooting. if it doesn't help, then do a factory reset and see if it helps.
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No, the phone actually works if I reboot it normally. Only when I enter recovery I see this dead android robot. When I initially saw this dead android after update, I did to a wipe cache from recovery, as well as factory reset both from phone, as well as from recovery. Still the dead android in recovery remains, as wallpaper image...
chrisradulescu said:
No, the phone actually works if I reboot it normally. Only when I enter recovery I see this dead android robot. When I initially saw this dead android after update, I did to a wipe cache from recovery, as well as factory reset both from phone, as well as from recovery. Still the dead android in recovery remains, as wallpaper image...
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That's the stock recovery and this is the way it should be. It's perfectly normal.
vin4yak said:
That's the stock recovery and this is the way it should be. It's perfectly normal.
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Thanks, I guess you're right! It's deceiving, however, that Google chose this image as default for recovery! I thought something went wrong...
However, I have reasons to believe that something is not right! When I enter recovery, I see the dead android, which is perfectly normal. In order to see the options (reboot, wipe cache, factory reset etc), I have to press volume up. If I press volume down, I go down the menu. If I press volume up, I should go up the menu. However, this leads to disappearing of the menu and back to the dead android background. If I press vol up, I see the menu again, with the cursor on the last position... I can't go up the menu. Is this normal behavior?
For instance, I had to select "wipe cache" and only after this process ended, by pressing vol up I was able to move through the options and choose reboot. Vol up in this case wasn't making the menu to disappear.
Thanks!
chrisradulescu said:
However, I have reasons to believe that something is not right! When I enter recovery, I see the dead android, which is perfectly normal. In order to see the options (reboot, wipe cache, factory reset etc), I have to press volume up. If I press volume down, I go down the menu. If I press volume up, I should go up the menu. However, this leads to disappearing of the menu and back to the dead android background. If I press vol up, I see the menu again, with the cursor on the last position... I can't go up the menu. Is this normal behavior?
For instance, I had to select "wipe cache" and only after this process ended, by pressing vol up I was able to move through the options and choose reboot. Vol up in this case wasn't making the menu to disappear.
Thanks!
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nothing to worry sir.
Hello,
I started a factory reset in the menu of crombikk. The tablet rebooted an stayed in a screen with a green android man and a progress bar. I think it looks like the update recovery. I can restart it by pushing the power button for about 10 seconds, but it boots after the asus start screen into this screen. The tablet is shown on my computer when i connect it. When i try to restart it via fastboot it says 'waiting for device'.
What can i do to come back to recovery or into the rom? Are ther any fastboot commands to cancel the factory reset?
Pleas help me!
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Hello,
I started a factory reset in the menu of crombikk. The tablet rebooted an stayed in a screen with a green android man and a progress bar. I think it looks like the update recovery. I can restart it by pushing the power button for about 10 seconds, but it boots after the asus start screen into this screen. The tablet is shown on my computer when i connect it. When i try to restart it via fastboot it says 'waiting for device'.
What can i do to come back to recovery or into the rom? Are ther any fastboot commands to cancel the factory reset?
Pleas help me!
[email protected]
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First guess (and you shouldn't make me guess): Your recovery is some version of CWM.
Second guess: You did a facotry reset from Settings which is a no-no once you have a custom recovery installed (the same is true for Wipe Data from the bootloader btw: no-no-no)
The picture you see is CWM trying to finish the data wipe and you keep interrupting it. Connect the tablet to power and let if finish. It will take hours! But CWM usually gets through it. Other than TWRP. That recovery doesn't like it at all if you wipe from Settings or BL.
For future reference: Explore the options in your recovery. You can do any wipe desired from there safely. That's what it's for.
Thank you so much.
The tablet works. And I thought already my idleness destroyed my tablet.
Hi
I just bought an used Flex 2, it seems to have been rooted (Super SU is present) but for me its is not an issue... what is weird is there is no Factory reset option in security menu and i cannot go to the recovery to do a factory reset (phone shuts down).
I want to do a factory reset because, each time i reboot i can see the LG wizard and it seems that notification bar cannot be pulled down too...
thank for your help
Factory reset is under "Backup & reset" not security.
k3lcior said:
Factory reset is under "Backup & reset" not security.
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Thanks, option is not present in this menu either...
I am downloadin package H95515c_00.kdz found in http://lg-phone-firmware.com/
and will attempt to flash with LG Flash Tool 2014, hope the strange behavior will be gone
I also stated that i cannot use volume buttons (but they are working) to go to dowload mode.
Everything seems to be OK after reflash
- notification bar can bee pulled down
- volume buttons are working
the phone is downloading missing apps...