I want to factory reset everything on my phone, and also un-rooting it, just like fresh out of the box. I got a ton of crap on my internal drive (Nexus 4) and I want to delete everything. What is the best way to do it, and carefully?
This will help to unroot it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/unroot-nexus-4-to-100-stock-complete-t2039162
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for unrooting you can install first super su app then in settings full unroot check option and your device will unroot
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Quick question. I've rooted the phone, removed the bloatware and install Paul's fix. All is great except my battery life is abysmal.
Thinking of doing the factory reset
What all will that reverse for those who have done it? Just want a heads up so I know what I to redo.
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It will set the phone back to how it was when you first took it out of the box - no accounts, apps, etc. (except for the root stuff i think?). But if you let it, when you connect your Google account a lot of stuff will automatically come back such as apps, wifi settings, etc.
kangxi said:
Quick question. I've rooted the phone, removed the bloatware and install Paul's fix. All is great except my battery life is abysmal.
Thinking of doing the factory reset
What all will that reverse for those who have done it? Just want a heads up so I know what I to redo.
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You should still be rooted after, and if you enabled google to backup your data, most of your apps will reappear and begin downloading automatically.
Once you remove the bloat they are still gone. I removed many bloats using root uninstaller. When I reset the phone they are still gone. You would have to go use this method to go back to the way your phone was when you bought it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048274
I rooted my phone and removed the bloat. Then I went back using the link above. I went back to my bloat free version using restore.
You will still be rooted. Tested this yesterday. All my downloaded apps were removed. Superuser will still in app drawer.
Will I have to redo everything?
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redo everything.............. Like buy the phone again? <- is a joke
It depends on if you have anything backed up or not.
i meant redo all my config settings for phone and apps etc
I got mybackup pro but without root i cant backup data
rewording would the newest root method leave me with bare stock rom or will my apps and data be safe?
Bare stock it will be just like powering on the phone for the first time. Though market sometimes (not always) will sync your apps back to your phone. You can also back up your contacts to Google, and sometimes not always Google will save your background. Everything else you will have to redo.
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Yep, you'll be starting over.
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dang i shouldve rooted right away
After you root the first ROM will make you start from scratch, afterwards you can use Titanium Backup to restore everything.
Hello,
I have a Samsung Infuse 4G and rooted it and deleted all the bloatware. Does anyone know how I can do a master reset as if the phone came straight from the factory. The Reset under Privacy does not do it. I may have deleted something I wasn't supposed to.
You should install all the apks of all the apps that you removed. You should have made a back up first before you removed the bloatwares so you can restore, sorry to say master reset can not bring it back to factory state.
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Maybe ask somebody if they have a factory backup of all apps, and push those to /system/app/.
Soo I rooted my infuse, then after messing around with it and changing roms back and forth the phone got stuck on the samsung logo so then I performed GTG's Ultimate Unbrick. The phone was complelty reset and works fine BUT now I cant download apps from the Marketplace. It goes through the normal process but never actually downloads. What should I do? Any help is apprecaited
This has worked for me in the past when I had that problem :
Settings / applications / manage
Applications / all / market / clear data
Hope this helps
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Factory reset after Odin back to stock and rooting settings privacy factory reset. That'll fix it for you.
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If your just "stuck" at the samsung logo and had previously flashed a custom rom then you still have recovery....pull battery 3 button back to recovery do a complete wipe and flash another rom...if you dont have one on your phone, go to apply update zip and choose yes...your recovery should be green now...then go to mounts and storage>mount usb storage and now your computer will recognize your sd card and you can transfer another rom on your phone and flash...youll be all good then...
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It's a friends phone and to be honest he can't handle the power of the root. He has no idea how to handle issues. I just want the phone to work normally. I flashed it back with the ultimate unbrick which unrooted it I believe but now the market dosent download apps. I just want the phone to return to out of the box normal working.
Please advise on how to fix the market not downloading.g
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Go to settings>privacy and do a factory reset...the reason you cant download apps is because google talk authentication is failing...it happens sometimes on unbrick....a factory reset from phone will solve this..
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jjp023 said:
It's a friends phone and to be honest he can't handle the power of the root. He has no idea how to handle issues. I just want the phone to work normally. I flashed it back with the ultimate unbrick which unrooted it I believe but now the market dosent download apps. I just want the phone to return to out of the box normal working.
Please advise on how to fix the market not downloading.g
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Same thing happened to me before. I flashed it again with odin and that fixed it.
Hi, I have a Verizon Galaxy S3 running stock JB 4.1.1 at the moment but I want to root it...again. I did it once before and thought I was going to have to send it in for other reasons but I didn't and now I am on the basic, stock firmware. My question today is, can I effectively root and then if needed, unroot and return to stock firmware WITHOUT losing all of my apps and settings. I know making backups is an option, and I do constantly backup my phone, but isn't there a way out there to unroot WITHOUT losing all of our data, apps, settings, etc.? Thank you for any response and help.
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Hi, I have a Verizon Galaxy S3 running stock JB 4.1.1 at the moment but I want to root it...again. I did it once before and thought I was going to have to send it in for other reasons but I didn't and now I am on the basic, stock firmware. My question today is, can I effectively root and then if needed, unroot and return to stock firmware WITHOUT losing all of my apps and settings. I know making backups is an option, and I do constantly backup my phone, but isn't there a way out there to unroot WITHOUT losing all of our data, apps, settings, etc.? Thank you for any response and help.
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I don't believe so, I think in order for either the rooting or un rooting process, the phone will be wiped either way. Google services of course will save your app download history and some of your settings but will be wiped until you log into Google account. Hope this helps.
If u have supersu as the root application in the settings is a full unroot option. Click on that and reboot your phone and you are now uprooted without wiping any data. If u have superuser app then I don't know if that is there or not. I'm not familiar with superuser.
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If u have supersu as the root application in the settings is a full unroot option. Click on that and reboot your phone and you are now uprooted without wiping any data. If u have superuser app then I don't know if that is there or not. I'm not familiar with superuser.
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Can I uninstall Superuser to install Supersu so I can permanently unroot without loosing data?
Yes I'm sure you could. Just make sure that the superuser is completely gone from the /system partition before u uproot with supersu.
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