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[Q] How can I prepare a Xoom for sale?

I have a Xoom 3g (USA) that I'm about to put on craigslist; anyone know how to reset it so that it's stock (no personal info). I know that there's files on there that are not deleted if you reset it, I'm looking for something that will reset ALL of the files back to stock (like you can do with an iPhone...).
***edit: Sorry, probably should have put this into Q+A... If an admin wants to do so, that would be OK...

slack04 said:
I have a Xoom 3g (USA) that I'm about to put on craigslist; anyone know how to reset it so that it's stock (no personal info). I know that there's files on there that are not deleted if you reset it, I'm looking for something that will reset ALL of the files back to stock (like you can do with an iPhone...).
***edit: Sorry, probably should have put this into Q+A... If an admin wants to do so, that would be OK...
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Technically you should have put it lol..
but before you get flamed... this is how:

factory reset and hook it up to the computer then delete every folder/file off it.

Kippui said:
factory reset and hook it up to the computer then delete every folder/file off it.
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I don't think I can delete "every file and folder" can I? Won't that mess up the Xoom?

slack04 said:
I don't think I can delete "every file and folder" can I? Won't that mess up the Xoom?
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Just reflash the stock images and erase userdata

slack04 said:
I don't think I can delete "every file and folder" can I? Won't that mess up the Xoom?
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no, you dont have access to files that are crucial to the xoom functioning correctly through the pc. If u dont want to mess with adb and img files then do my method. It's the same way like cellphones, you can delele everything off your sd card and the phone will still function.
I just checked nothing of importance is on the /sdcard folder so u can delete away. You don't have access to /sys or folders like that.

Yea thats another simple way to do it. Just remove all synced accounts and user installed apps, go into the sdcard folder and clean up the cache and program data folders there.

same question
I did all of the options available in recovery, and there is still data on the unit.
0/
legacy/
obb/
is my file structure.
I can't believe there's no way to wipe this thing (like new from the store) so I can pass it along.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
I'm good to use ADB or fastboot if needed.

cwizardtx said:
Yea thats another simple way to do it. Just remove all synced accounts and user installed apps, go into the sdcard folder and clean up the cache and program data folders there.
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actually, that doesn't do it. I bought a LTE xoom from a UK buyer who did that, and when I installed MXplayer, I was greeted with some lovely videos...
best thing to do to reset a xoom for resale is described in the link below:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-restore-and-relock-a-motorola-xoom-tablet/
this will completely reset the device to factory standards.

Some wiping steps in this thread..........link

your link
rvbarton said:
actually, that doesn't do it. I bought a LTE xoom from a UK buyer who did that, and when I installed MXplayer, I was greeted with some lovely videos...
best thing to do to reset a xoom for resale is described in the link below:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-restore-and-relock-a-motorola-xoom-tablet/
this will completely reset the device to factory standards.
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Thanks for link very good

Unlocking/relocking the bootloader should do it. You could do fastboot commands to wipe each partition I guess too.
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[Q] Rogers System file requirments

can anyone with a rogers one x please send me the following files from the stock rom??
3 files
- android.policy.jar - from the folder - /system/framework/
- synaptics-rmi-touchscreen.kl - from the folder - /system/usr/keylayout/
- qwerty.kl - from the folder - /system/usr/keylayout/
Screwing around with removing the 3 dot menu, ect, didn't work, and being the genius I am, I didn't save the original
Tried master reset, this doesn't affect these changes, and right now my windows 8 laptop wont allow me to load the drivers needed to run HTC Sync, and flash the stock RUU; figure this way should be a good work around, saves me waiting till I get to a Win 7 PC to do set my system.
Appreciate any help, Thanks

Another fun fact I found during this operation....apparently the master reset does wipe out your backed up data in Titanium Back up. Not terribly happy about that, now I've got to do a complete rework of my setup, cuz everything is gone.....

neophile said:
Another fun fact I found during this operation....apparently the master reset does wipe out your backed up data in Titanium Back up. Not terribly happy about that, now I've got to do a complete rework of my setup, cuz everything is gone.....
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You should be able to flash the rogers ruu. check the development forum.

neophile said:
Another fun fact I found during this operation....apparently the master reset does wipe out your backed up data in Titanium Back up. Not terribly happy about that, now I've got to do a complete rework of my setup, cuz everything is gone.....
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It also wiped all my music and pics last time I did a master reset. Pure awesome. Thank god I had them all backed up in Dropbox.
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GibMcFragger said:
It also wiped all my music and pics last time I did a master reset. Pure awesome. Thank god I had them all backed up in Dropbox.
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haven't setup my drop box account yet, but I think I'll try saving my TI backups there as well....easier than having to plug into my laptop to save them.

yoohoohoo said:
You should be able to flash the rogers ruu. check the development forum.
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Tried this, can't load the drivers cuz I'm running the pre-beta version of Win 8, and they wont run on this system. Need to get access to a Win 7, or older, PC to run the flash....
I've tried 2 of the 3 methods, dropping the recovery image file into my root folder, it rebooted my system, but didn't load the bloat I would have expected from the stock rom, and my buttons are still not working.
The second method is the ARU wizard, but without the drivers, I couldn't locate my phone.
Last method is the fast boot, but again, no drivers, no boot.....
Kind of screwed here right now.....

neophile said:
haven't setup my drop box account yet, but I think I'll try saving my TI backups there as well....easier than having to plug into my laptop to save them.
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Yep, photo's gone as well.....F#@k!!
First HTC device....can't say this is making me love them much right now.....had the 2 previous galaxy s devices, never had any issue with master rest.....and I was flashing my device every day or two with a new rom.

Nobody with a rooted Rogers HOX that can help me??
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[Q] TWRP / CWR Time Is Incorrect + Wrong File Size

I have noticed that when I boot into a custom recovery, the time is off. AFAIK, there is no way to change it in CWR / TWRP manually, as it reads it from somewhere else. The time on my phone when booted normally is correct
Also, my recovery file sizes seem very small, usually less than 20MB. MTP error or something bigger going on?
Thanks.

impass3093 said:
I have noticed that when I boot into a custom recovery, the time is off. AFAIK, there is no way to change it in CWR / TWRP manually, as it reads it from somewhere else. The time on my phone when booted normally is correct
Also, my recovery file sizes seem very small, usually less than 20MB. MTP error or something bigger going on?
Thanks.
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if your using CWR you should have a folder called "blobs" that's where 98% of the data is going to be stored for backups. Whatever you do, do NOT mess with that folder.

Looks like TWRP sizes are now correct. I updated to the latest 2.3.1 and no more problems. However, the time is still off. My backup folder names are always in the 1970's lol

impass3093 said:
Looks like TWRP sizes are now correct. I updated to the latest 2.3.1 and no more problems. However, the time is still off. My backup folder names are always in the 1970's lol
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You can rename your backups just hefore uou start the process
iSheep... iSheep... Meowww that's Apple

impass3093 said:
Looks like TWRP sizes are now correct. I updated to the latest 2.3.1 and no more problems. However, the time is still off. My backup folder names are always in the 1970's lol
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I have been using TWRP since day one and they have always been correct. 2-2.5 gigs. Other poster is correct. The rest on CWM is in blobs and it will grow exponentially also. If on CWM delete backups from CWM and not file manager or the data will be forever banned to the blob folder. Will then have to delete all backups to regain your sd card space.
Edit: Sorry Never didn't want to back up to see who posted. I was on a roll (rant).

prdog1 said:
I have been using TWRP since day one and they have always been correct. 2-2.5 gigs. Other poster is correct. The rest on CWM is in blobs and it will grow exponentially also. If on CWM delete backups from CWM and not file manager or the data will be forever banned to the blob folder. Will then have to delete all backups to regain your sd card space.
Edit: Sorry Never didn't want to back up to see who posted. I was on a roll (rant).
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Its all good Just means we both want this guy to have the right information

impass3093 said:
Looks like TWRP sizes are now correct. I updated to the latest 2.3.1 and no more problems. However, the time is still off. My backup folder names are always in the 1970's lol
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The 1970s thing is a bug with the RTC. I've seen some people suggest it may be fixed in the JB update, but I dont know enough about it personally to say either way. For now, there is nothing you can do about it.

Easy way to keep one's personal data when flasing a new ROM

Most of the time when one flashes a new ROM one has to do a data wipe (factory reset), and it erases all one's personal files like movies, music, pictures etc, quite annoying to say the least.
I found a way to avoid this, and it's pretty simple:
1-in CWM go to mount,
2-mount both data and system,
3-format them both.
This will perform the factory reset without erasing our precious files (the installed apks will be gone though, but no biggie if you backed up them with Titanium).
Then you can wipe cache + dalvik and flash your new ROM.
I used this method to go from ICS to CM 10.1, from CM 10.1 to Paranoid Android, and finally back to ICS, without loosing a single kb of my files.
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I have a p6210, no idea whether it works on other models or not. I guess it does but who knows...
Give it a try if you feel like it, but don't forget to make a back up before in case it goes wrong.
After flashing, your files won't be in the mnt/sdcard anymore but in a newly created folder in mnt/sdcard/0, or, depending the rom you are using, in storage/sdcard/0.
Or, some roms may create a file called legacy and stock everything there, or sometimes your files may be stocked before the sdcard folder, search for either /0 or /legacy.
Use a root browser and have a look, your files are still in your device (have a look as well at your storage in general settings, it will show how many gbs are in your tab).
Once you have found your files all what you have to do is to move them back where they belong, ie the /sdcard folder, it takes 10 seconds.

unclefab said:
Most of the time when one flashes a new ROM one has to do a data wipe (factory reset), and it erases all one's personal files like music, pictures etc, quite annoying to say the least.
I found a way to avoid this, and it's pretty simple:
1-in CWM go to mount,
2-mount both data and system,
3-format them both.
This will perform the factory reset without erasing our precious files.
Then you can wipe cache + dalvik and flash your new ROM.
I used this method to go from ICS to CM 10.1, from CM 10.1 to Paranoid Android, and finally back to ICS, without loosing a single kb of my files.
Give it a try if you feel like it...
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Not cool man.Fu** lah.I lost everything.Around 7 GB of files.Fu** lah.I have no backup.I thought it would work.I was going from cm10.1 to cm10.What am I going to do?

Re: Easy way to keep one's personal data after flasing a new ROM
ALWAYS create a backup before erasing/flashing ANYTHING!! It's always as a precaution, to avoid losing something that you don't want to. And it only takes like 5 seconds literally. I lost some stuff when I unlocked the bootloader on my nexus10 by factory resetting, and I must say I didn't have a smile on my face. But it happened, u live n learn. I'm afraid if u wiped without making a nandroid backup your probably out of luck. Unless your skilled in using forensics techniques to try to recover it. Can't think of any options tho.
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Balaram12 said:
Not cool man.Fu** lah.I lost everything.Around 7 GB of files.Fu** lah.I have no backup.I thought it would work.I was going from cm10.1 to cm10.What am I going to do?
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What did you do?
Did you follow the exact procedure?
I flashed again some roms today and it worked again.
But one thing is that the files are not in the mnt/sdcard anymore but in a newly created folder in mnt/sdcard/0, or, depending the rom you are using, in storage/sdcard/0.
Or, some roms may create a file called legacy and stock everything there, or sometimes your files may be stocked before the sdcard folder, search for either /0 or /legacy.
Use a root browser and have a look, your files are still in your device (have a look as well at your storage in general settings, it will show how many gbs are in your tab).
Once you have found your files all what you have to do is to move them back where they belong, ie the /sdcard folder, it takes 10 seconds.
This said, meishkov is right, one should allways have a back up in case anything goes wrong, I should have mentioned it in the OP but I forgot, my bad...
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OP edited.

Oh well, noone tried?
Would be nice to hear some reports...
Balaram, it would be fair from you to detail a bit what happened and to tell if you found back your files.
Anyway, this method worked for me and I thought that it might have interested some people here, roms flashers and devs alike, but if that s not the case then no worries.
If someone feels that I should erase the whole thread just tell me and I ll do it...

unknown file on my Nexus 5 - data_VZ8E_S5FS0_0FQ7A.bin

Hi,
There's this .bin file that keeps showing up in my Nexus 5 storage named "data_VZ8E_S5FS0_0FQ7A.bin". I don't know where it comes from or what it is, or even if it's safe. I've tried deleting it before and it just comes back. I've done a full wipe of my phone too and when I install all the apps I used before the wipe it just appears again.
Can someone help me out? Thanks!

If it keeps coming back it is an important file it prob doesent affect performance or anything else It would be best to leave it alone
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patsimeon said:
Hi,
There's this .bin file that keeps showing up in my Nexus 5 storage named "data_VZ8E_S5FS0_0FQ7A.bin". I don't know where it comes from or what it is, or even if it's safe. I've tried deleting it before and it just comes back. I've done a full wipe of my phone too and when I install all the apps I used before the wipe it just appears again.
Can someone help me out? Thanks!
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Open the apps one at a time until you find the culprit.

patsimeon said:
Hi,
There's this .bin file that keeps showing up in my Nexus 5 storage named "data_VZ8E_S5FS0_0FQ7A.bin". I don't know where it comes from or what it is, or even if it's safe. I've tried deleting it before and it just comes back. I've done a full wipe of my phone too and when I install all the apps I used before the wipe it just appears again.
Can someone help me out? Thanks!
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If you open the file with notepad++
you will see
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A search for
com.kober.headsetsr
gives you this app, I deleted mine
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kober.headset&hl=da