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factory reset?

I have a question that needs an answer
I installed VU on my inspire 4g. i have all my contacts on it and such . however i am giving that phone to my wife now. can i do a factory restore and it will restore it to the way VU was originaly installed without my apps and my contacts?
thanks !

Yes you can, just either do the wipe user data option from clockworkmod recovery, or do a factory reset from the options.

thank you !

Joshp406 said:
Yes you can, just either do the wipe user data option from clockworkmod recovery, or do a factory reset from the options.
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No don't do that. Custom roms install things that will be deleted if you factory reset. Then it will bootloop or be missing apps do a master clear and then reflash the rom

what is the master clear? how do you do that? and you say flash the ROM, do you mean the stock ROM from HTC?

Duffmantp said:
what is the master clear? how do you do that? and you say flash the ROM, do you mean the stock ROM from HTC?
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That depends on which rom she wants. If its her first android rom and you want to shoot for a stock feel then yes do the stock HTC rom. If she is comfortable with a custom rom then do a full wipe and then reinstall VU. Custom roms install things to the data partition which gets wiped when you do a factory reset causing apps to force close or not be there and depending on the custom tweaks it can also cause a bootloop at times.

help me clear doubts about factory reset

hello i was on stock rom only just rooted and using link2sd but today i unroot my phone and then did a factory reset from setting and i got a bootloop thanks to my nandroid i recovered from it.but my question is why i got bootloop when i was not on root? is it coz bootloader is unlocked? does that also need to be relocked and then do factory reset?

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djmacpro said:
hello i was on stock rom only just rooted and using link2sd but today i unroot my phone and then did a factory reset from setting and i got a bootloop thanks to my nandroid i recovered from it.but my question is why i got bootloop when i was not on root? is it coz bootloader is unlocked? does that also need to be relocked and then do factory reset?
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In Stock Rom you always get a bootloop after do factory reset.......and if you are rooted then why you are on stock if you loved stock then there are many other GB roms without this problem and they are good but I prefer to use ICS roms the one rom Walkman Sense by new to hacking is good
try this and leave Stock according to me..:good:

maksuperlink said:
In Stock Rom you always get a bootloop after do factory reset.......and if you are rooted then why you are on stock if you loved stock then there are many other GB roms without this problem and they are good but I prefer to use ICS roms the one rom Walkman Sense by new to hacking is good
try this and leave Stock according to me..:good:
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i am a simple user so custom.roms are not so facinating for me my needs are basic from pico if i unroot and relock bootloader and then do factry reset still i will get bootloop?

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djmacpro said:
i am a simple user so custom.roms are not so facinating for me my needs are basic from pico if i unroot and relock bootloader and then do factry reset still i will get bootloop?
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You are bricked and now you can only recover your phone by flashing its stock rom......and it is available in xda.....but according to me also give a try to Walkman Sense Rom Excellent and no bug and you can also increase your internal memory to GB I used it with 2gb.:highfive:

maksuperlink said:
You are bricked and now you can only recover your phone by flashing its stock rom......and it is available in xda.....but according to me also give a try to Walkman Sense Rom Excellent and no bug and you can also increase your internal memory to GB I used it with 2gb.:highfive:
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i have my nandroid backup of both rooted and non rooted i just want to know how i will not get into bootloop after doing factory reset cause if i need to sell or exchange my device shopkeeper here will first do factory reset and if it gets into bootloop then he will complain

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djmacpro said:
i have my nandroid backup of both rooted and non rooted i just want to know how i will not get into bootloop after doing factory reset cause if i need to sell or exchange my device shopkeeper here will first do factory reset and if it gets into bootloop then he will complain
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I think the non rooted backup will solved your problem............BTW walkman sense rom have android version 4.0 and it can factory restored so its better to sell it after upgrade.....Or just enjoy it because pico have many roms than any other .:good:

maksuperlink said:
I think the non rooted backup will solved your problem............BTW walkman sense rom have android version 4.0 and it can factory restored so its better to sell it after upgrade.....Or just enjoy it because pico have many roms than any other .:good:
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means if i put non rooted backup in mob and then try to do factry reset it will not go to bootloop?
does bootloader also needs to be relocked after unroot pico to avoid factry reset?

[Q] Will a phone Reset make me lose Root?

I'm having an issue with an app and I've tried everything I can think of to troubleshoot it, Uninstall/re-install. Turn phone off/on, restart phone.
I was thinking of trying a reset on my phone, but it's currently rooted/unlocked.
Will doing the reset under settings give me any issues?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you

If you have a custom recovery installed like twrp or cwm you can do a full wipe from there and it will essentially do the same thing.
sent from my VenomOne M8

No it wont.

I also have the same question. Did you do the reset? Lose root? What happened?
Sent from my HTC One

Roque13 said:
If you have a custom recovery installed like twrp or cwm you can do a full wipe from there and it will essentially do the same thing.
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x_V.I.P.3.l2_x said:
No it wont.
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Yes it will. And if you think it won't a little more elaborate post would be helpful...... ?????
I would not do a factory restore from Settings with a custom recovery installed. I have never tried this on the M8 but on the Transformer tablets that can get you into a nasty "forced reboot to recovery" loop.
If it's an app causing the problem, just do a Factory Wipe in recovery. In TWRP the Factory Wipe will wipe all your apps and their data (not your personal files in data/media though) and also cache and dalvik. Not sure how CWM handles that option....
Read the recovery log while it's running or save the log from the Advanced option and check afterwards which partitions the recovery wiped.
For good measure re-flash the rom and you should be good to go.

phone decryption

So the other day I was messing around on my phone and trying to find stuff I hadn't found or messed with yet.. Nd stumbled across the decryption for both internal and SD card storage... After I went through the whole process I noticed now in setting I cannot uncheck the box for decryption... Is there something I'm missing? It's bothering me bc now I cannot make a backup of my phone via TWRP and the OTA I just got from Venom won't install all features bc of it... How the hell do I turn off the encryption??

The only way to get rid of it is to do a factory reset. Back up your stuff on the internal and external storage to a computer first. Then do the reset. Then copy the stuff back from your computer to the internal and external storage. If you have a good Nandroid of the rom you're using, you should be able to restore that too. Kind of sucks but that's the ony choice you have. As far as I know anyway.
http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8/howto/465029.html

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Anyone else have any ideas? Or is a factory reset the only way? Bc with it being encrypted I cannot create a recovery img... Nor can I flash any that I currently have

Don't think so. Save your data off the phone, do the factory reset. If you have a nandroid, restore it afterwards. If you don't, consider this a good lesson to always mke a nandroid before you start messing with stuff....

Will doing a factory reset remove root and re lock the phone?

OdinValknir said:
Will doing a factory reset remove root and re lock the phone?
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It won't relock the phone and don't worry about root. Any custom rom you flash is rooted....

berndblb said:
It won't relock the phone and don't worry about root. Any custom rom you flash is rooted....
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The custom ROM is.. but if I do a factory reset... I wouldn't have the custom ROM anymore right?

OdinValknir said:
The custom ROM is.. but if I do a factory reset... I wouldn't have the custom ROM anymore right?
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You still would.

OdinValknir said:
The custom ROM is.. but if I do a factory reset... I wouldn't have the custom ROM anymore right?
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A factory reset does not return your tablet to the condition it was shipped - that's what you seem to assume... It just wipes /data as in: all user installed apps and settings. It does not touch /system.

Ok Roger that.. thanks guys
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So I finally got around to backing up and trying to factory reset my phone.... But I'm guessing the encryption won't allow even that... The phone restarts and goes into recovery... Tries to load and fails.. then just restarts the system and I'm back where I started

OdinValknir said:
So I finally got around to backing up and trying to factory reset my phone.... But I'm guessing the encryption won't allow even that... The phone restarts and goes into recovery... Tries to load and fails.. then just restarts the system and I'm back where I started
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Wanna try an ruu?

dottat said:
Wanna try an ruu?
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Forgive my ignorance.... But I'm still fairly new to all of this.... I can flash roms and use cmd to access boot loader etc... But have never used RUU... Though I've seen the term.. Idk what it means

OdinValknir said:
Forgive my ignorance.... But I'm still fairly new to all of this.... I can flash roms and use cmd to access boot loader etc... But have never used RUU... Though I've seen the term.. Idk what it means
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See my thread here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2873144

[Q] factory reset after modifiying system files ?

hi
i iv rooted my Galaxy grand neo gti-9060 with Vroot
i used some (root) tool to delete bloatware apps and i modified the system's resolution,
i wonder, if i do a factory reset from the setting in the phone menu, after all of that, what would happen to the phone
can i do a factory reset without being afraid from bricking my phone
if so, any advices ?
btw i searched, all users asked same question, but am the only one modified the system files i think

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@manhab, it won't brick you, but since it only wipes the /data partition, you won't be 100% back to stock.
To really do a full wipe and revert to stock, flash your device's stock ROM in a custom recovery.

ИΘΘK¡€ said:
@manhab, it won't brick you, but since it only wipes the /data partition, you won't be 100% back to stock.
To really do a full wipe and revert to stock, flash your device's stock ROM in a custom recovery.
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thanks ИΘΘK¡€