So I booted into the bootloader and selected recovery. Once you get there, I tried volume up or down to select something, but I don't see anything pop-up. It'd be nice to know how to do a factory reset from recovery or maybe if there is a clear cache and/or dalvik in there? Anyone have a clue?
Thanks!
Factory reset is under settings -> backup & reset. I don't think you will find it in the boot loader menu.
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I am new to android and yesterday I accidentally clicked the red download button when I held the power button down. Then a black screen with yellow text came up and said "don't power off the target!!" I left the phone on for about 30 minutes, but the battery died. Now when I power up the device I get the message com.android.phone has stopped working. I also tried a factory reset but it didn't fix anything. The device is rooted, I checked using the root checker app (i bought the phone from someone). How can I fix this? Any help is appreciated, Thanks.
Try pulling the battery for 10 minutes or so. Do you know what ROM you are running? Only other thing I can think to try is trying to boot into CWM and wiping cache and dalvik. The usually fixes a lot of my issues.
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After wiping Dalvik/cache, go into Advanced, and select Fix Permissions, just to cover all of the simple bases. If none of that works, you may have to Heimdall/Odin back to stock and start all over again.
I got into CWM, but there is no option for advanced. There are 4 options: reboot system now, apply update from SD card, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition. There are no other options. Maybe I have an older version of CWM, on the top it says Android system recovery <3e>
Is the wipe cache partition what i have to click to wipe cache. Thanks for the help.
neogamma said:
I got into CWM, but there is no option for advanced. There are 4 options: reboot system now, apply update from SD card, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition. There are no other options. Maybe I have an older version of CWM, on the top it says Android system recovery <3e>
Is the wipe cache partition what i have to click to wipe cache. Thanks for the help.
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Yes...wipe cache partition to wipe cache.
And it does appear like you have the old 3e Modded Recovery. I forget the version numbers but the CWM recoveries: commonly referred to as green, red and blue, will give you other options including Advanced as mentioned above
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If you plan on doing any serious flashing, I'd think you'd want to upgrade to Red CWM. Here's a thread that tells you how.
I'd recommend Method 1:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107881
Hi guys, I have a problem. First of all, I dont have custom recovery and I'm not rooted.
The problem is that when I boot in recovery mode and put the "empty cache partition" option, it shows me the SD card but do not empty or wipe the cache.......is anyone else having this problem or knows how to solve it?
Thanks!
titotito1983 said:
Hi guys, I have a problem. First of all, I dont have custom recovery and I'm not rooted.
The problem is that when I boot in recovery mode and put the "empty cache partition" option, it shows me the SD card but do not empty or wipe the cache.......is anyone else having this problem or knows how to solve it?
Thanks!
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I think there is an issue with the Recovery Menu.
Whenever i went to Factory Reset my phone using the Stock Recovery, i noticed i had to highlight & select the option ABOVE the factory Reset option,
If i highlighted the Factory Reset Option, it wouldn't Factory Reset,
What is the option above the "Empty cache partition" option ?
cra1g321 said:
I think there is an issue with the Recovery Menu.
Whenever i went to Factory Reset my phone using the Stock Recovery, i noticed i had to highlight & select the option ABOVE the factory Reset option,
If i highlighted the Factory Reset Option, it wouldn't Factory Reset,
What is the option above the "Empty cache partition" option ?
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Thanks for your reply. The option above is Factory Reset...I haven't tried it because I'm afraid of doing the factory reset hahhahahaha but I will try it.
Cheers!
Hi,
My Father in laws Transformer seems to be stuck at the boot animation, if it were my phone I'd probably try going into CWM and wiping cahce first then if that didn't work I'd do a factory reset.
Is there any way I can tell him to do a cache wipe before doing a full factory reset? I can find about factory wipe but not just cache.
Any help would be appreciated.
Oh and I forgot to say it's a stock Transformer..
Thanks
Turn it off > Hold Volume Down & Power until the white text appears onscreen, either let go of all buttons and wait for it to cold boot automatically, or follow the instructions to select 'Cold Boot'
No matter what rom i'm running I get random reboots. I even took the update from Verizon to 4.4.3 and still recived random reboots. Is this just me? I have also ran safe mode and get them.
Have you tried a factory reset?. If not try that. Don't do it from security settings though. Do it through fasboot. Just be sire to save anything you don't want to lose.
Yes and have tried multiple roms. IT does it not matter what rom or what settings I have.
Sounds like a complete wipe via fastboot may be your only fix. Just be sure to back up all the stuff youbwanna save cause it gonna wipe it clean. I am stock and was having same issue did the reset and everything fine now. I however forgot to make a back up lol
How do I do that? I tried the factory reset option and it took me back to TWRP
Make sure quick boot is turned off in battery settings. Then power down device. Power back on holding down volume and power. Your phone will boot to a white screen. Then use volume down to cycle to factory reset. Only thing is I'm not entirely sure what it will do to s-off and unlocked bootloader. You may want to Google that and see what it says
I've had my m8 for several weeks and never had a random reboot, that's on both stock and custom Rom. If the factory reset doesn't fix it, you may have a hardware issue
Factory reset doesn't work on a custom recovery
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Factory reset doesn't work on a custom recovery
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Better: You should not try a factory reset from settings if you have a custom recovery installed. It can lead to unintended consequences......
And why would you? That's what a recovery is for! TWRP and CWM both have the factory reset option, which basically just wipes /data (without /data/media), cache and Dalvik. And that's what you need 95% of the time. For the rest format data.
A factory reset doesnt clear everything. I have done a few and nothing ever seems to be reset. When I did it from hboot I was required to set up phone again as if it had just been powered on for the first time.
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Better: You should not try a factory reset from settings if you have a custom recovery installed. It can lead to unintended consequences......
And why would you? That's what a recovery is for! TWRP and CWM both have the factory reset option, which basically just wipes /data (without /data/media), cache and Dalvik. And that's what you need 95% of the time. For the rest format data.
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For the record,twrp wipe was what I was referring to when I said factory reset. I thought about saying wipe, but was afraid of how that might be interpreted.
mdorrett said:
A factory reset doesnt clear everything. I have done a few and nothing ever seems to be reset. When I did it from hboot I was required to set up phone again as if it had just been powered on for the first time.
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A factory reset in TWRP (at least on every version I've used) wipes /data without wiping /data/media, cache and Dalvik.
Meaning it wipes all your apps and settings without wiping your personal files, but rquiring ou to go through setup again. Just did exactly that before installing CleanROM 2.0. If you had a different result I don't know which option in TWRP you chose.....
LG Volt LS740. Phone is not rooted, it's all stock.
I can access the screen that says:
reboot system now
apply update from external SD card
apply update from cache
apply update from ADB
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
I can't post a link, but if you go to imgur, you can add this to the end of the url to see the screen: iLR0RL9.png
I tried 'wipe cache partition', but it didn't fix the problem.
I can also access a download mode screen, that just says 'Firmware Update'
Same thing with imgur here: MliSRUh.png
Is there any way to pull the data off the phone, before I try a factory reset? I've been searching and trying things for a few days, and haven't found anything that works... wondering if you guys might know.
Thanks for any help.
junello said:
LG Volt LS740. Phone is not rooted, it's all stock.
I can access the screen that says:
reboot system now
apply update from external SD card
apply update from cache
apply update from ADB
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
I can't post a link, but if you go to imgur, you can add this to the end of the url to see the screen: iLR0RL9.png
I tried 'wipe cache partition', but it didn't fix the problem.
I can also access a download mode screen, that just says 'Firmware Update'
Same thing with imgur here: MliSRUh.png
Is there any way to pull the data off the phone, before I try a factory reset? I've been searching and trying things for a few days, and haven't found anything that works... wondering if you guys might know.
Thanks for any help.
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If the device is not rooted and does not have USB debugging enabled in developer options, then, sadly, no, there isn't.
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