I have the nightly on my Nexus S and going to be selling my good old Nexus S, because I picked up the SGII. I tried to to do the wipe resotre, but doesn't work just gets stuck. I powered off again and restored to the first back up I had before applying the Nightly ROM, but don't want to run the Factory Data Restore unless I know this won't mess anything else.
I am leaving the phone rooted so not worry about removing this.
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Fastboot will allow you to easily erase data and userdata.
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Restore to a factory nandroid and wipe after that relock / unlock bootloader
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OK thanks for the info will give that a shot.
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I've been using the Cwm-GB-2.3.6-Octane ROM for a while now - though over time the phone has become increasingly slower and slower.
Is there a procedure (besides a complete reinstall) to make the phone as slick as it was the first day I installed the ROM?
I'm a bit of a noob unfortunately so I apologize in advance.
Wipe caches fix permissions in cwm
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Will rooting, installing CWM, or rooting mess with my photos, videos, or music? If so, what is a good, free way to back these up?
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Will rooting, installing CWM, or rooting mess with my photos, videos, or music? If so, what is a good, free way to back these up?
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Not if you do it right.
Even installing a Custom ROM?
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Even that. I have flashed over 100 times on a few phones and have never lost anything. Still back it up though.
And by back it up, are you referring to Tibu? Or just back it up in general like Dropbox.
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I do both. TB only backs up your apps and the data associated with those apps. Anything else like photo's or music I just copy over to my computer. Dropbox is another option. Just make sure you understand what you're doing first and you'll be fine.
Ok. So in that case, what does installing a custom rom and etc erase? Because I was under the impression that a factory reset was needed in order to install a custom rom.
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Ok. So in that case, what does installing a custom rom and etc erase? Because I was under the impression that a factory reset was needed in order to install a custom rom.
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OK. I'll give you the quick version. You will not loose anything on your sdcard. You will loose your apps that are stored in system as well as contacts and wifi settings and such. That's why you also back up to google for contacts. Use TB or something like it to back up user apps and data. Wipe, Flash, restore. You asked if it would wipe photos, music, and videos. It will not if you do it right. Start reading. Then read some more. When that's done you'll have a better idea of how it all works. Then once you understand the process for yourself flash away.
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Ok. So in that case, what does installing a custom rom and etc erase? Because I was under the impression that a factory reset was needed in order to install a custom rom.
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A factory reset doesn't wipe user data such as photos, videos, music, etc.
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Okay. I'm starting to get it. I do have to read more. When your in ClockWorkMod for example, and you needed to wipe to flash the rom, does it also mandate a user data reset? Also, are there stickies on all of this so I can bug you guys less? Haha.
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Okay. I'm starting to get it. I do have to read more. When your in ClockWorkMod for example, and you needed to wipe to flash the rom, does it also mandate a user data reset? Also, are there stickies on all of this so I can bug you guys less? Haha.
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Yup
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Yup to all of those questions? And doesn't the user data reset delete the media on the phone?
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"Yup" to there being a million stickies all over xda on all of this.
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Can you point me in the right direction to where stickies on this subject are?
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Can you point me in the right direction to where stickies on this subject are?
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Read all of them, you have a lot to learn.
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Hi all. First off I'd like to apologise if this is in the incorrect place (as a seasoned user of forums like this I understand how irritating it can be) but I've hunted about and this is the most relevant board I can find.
The USB port on my GT-I9300 is broken - I can't charge and can't connect to my PC - so it's looking like I have to send it off to Samsung to get it fixed/replaced however I have rooted my phone. Is there a way I can unroot it without having to connect to a computer?
Any advice is greatly appreciated as I'm in a bit of a panic.
You should be able to pull a clean ROM onto it then reboot in recovery and do a factory reset then install the clean, stock ROM. I don't know if they will even care about that but a good just in case
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You should be able to pull a clean ROM onto it then reboot in recovery and do a factory reset then install the clean, stock ROM. I don't know if they will even care about that but a good just in case
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Thanks for the response. Unfortunately I'm a bit of a luddite so I'm not entirely sure how I would go about doing the above?
There should be an option to unroot in the su app. Idk which su app you are using but super su has a full unroot option.
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There should be an option to unroot in the su app. Idk which su app you are using but super su has a full unroot option.
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Thanks! I never noticed that option before. I'll give it a go.
I've seen some talk of needing Triangle Away & Mobile Odin to unroot my phone properly? Is that correct or am I okay just using the option on SuperSU since I've never actually installed a custom rom, I just unrooted the phone?
This is the Verizon forum. Not sure if the advice applies to the international version.
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If I ever need to factory reset my phone will the root go away?
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Factory resetting an already rooted phone will just wipe all your data and apps. You wont lose root. However, if you install a fresh factory firmware, you will lose root
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Ok thanks
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