Selling phone - General Questions and Answers

I am going to be selling my rooted Nexus 6. My question is this. If I flash a new rom and do not set it all up then do a backup of it. If I delete all my previous backups and install the new rom will that be enough to get rid of my personal information? Any advice would greatly be appreciated.
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You should be okay with flashing a new ROM. Realistically the chances of selling to someone who's going to go out of their way to find your information with an unlikely outcome of making profit - is very very unlikely.
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If do did not left any personal files in system folders you're good to go.

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Another root question from yet another noob

Ive searched and read and searched some more. Learned a lot about how to root and the best methods. But what I cant find is the answer to my specific question. I have a new Galaxy S2 skyrocket on at&t running the latest 2.3.6. If I were to root it using the guide on this site, will I lose all my contacts, pica, apps, and settings? Contacts and pics I'm not so worried about because I can back them up to my Pc. But since this is my first android phone (after 4yrs of iphones), it took me about 2 weeks of messing with the settings and notifications and sms apps and so on to get it just how I like it. I'm affraid if I wipe all that by rooting it then ill never be able get it back. Most of the stuff I just figured out by tinkering and trying new stuff till I got what I liked.
Anyway, if anyone can answer that question or point me in the right direction to a rooting process that wont cause me to lose all my stuff, id greatly appreciate it.
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There is a sticky at the top of the general forums section that will explain it all. How to root 2.3.6 and all that. And no you will not lose data. Is there a particular reason why you wish to root?
This should be for 2.3.6. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1340526
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Just wanted to remove (or freeze) some of the bloatware. And maybe down the road as I get more comfortable with all this I may try custom roms and things like that. I can jailbreak an Iphone with my eyes closed and had mine customized every which way. This android stuff is awesome but very complicated compared to ios.
I did read the sticky but didn't see anywhere that it answered my specific question about losing settings and such. Today is the first time I've had access to a pc all week and was doing all the searching\reading on my phone. If its in there I must have over looked it.
What baseband are you on? You can find this under settings>about phone. Once you are rooted, titanium backup ( which you find in Play Store) will be your best friend for app back up and restore. It would also be advisable to also flash a version Clockwork mod recovery and make up a backup to restore just in case you soft brick for whatever reason.
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I just did this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1340526
Actually very easy. Went smooth and I'm now rooted with superuser installed. Now I just need to learn what steps to do next to get the most out of this beast.
Baseband is I727UCLA3 by the way. If you've got any more tips I'll take all the info I can get
Next time search before posting please. Make it a habit.
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Actually, as stated in my original post, I did search. I couldn't find the answer to my specific question about losing data and settings and having to start from scratch. Occupational_Hazzard was kind enough to give me the info thati needed. Then I felt comfortable proceeding with the root process.
If I violated the agreement in some way by asking a question on a forum because I wasn't able to find the answer, then by all means delete my account.
And to Occupational_Hazzard, thank you very much for helping out someone who is trying to learn by replying with useful information. Greatly appreciated
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Now that you are rooted, I would highly recommend flashing the ClockWorkMod Recovery so you can possibly flash a custom rom in the future, which are usually rooted from the get-go. You need to make a back-up so you can restore to a previous date just in case you accidentally goof something. BTW congrats on the first root of a droid and I am glad to help you.
Did that and installed titanium backup. Was actually scared to death to try it but so far so good! Now I gotta just figure out how all this stuff works one step at a time
Thanks again!
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Maybe someone else can chime in, but I usually just backup the user installed apps and data, wifi access points, and so forth. Also you can set the filter to at the top of list things to backup/restore.
Ill work on it some later tonight. By son just woke up from his nap and he doesn't allow for much phone tinkering time at only 15 months old.
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For future reference turn google sync on for contacts and that's done... And there is an app called sms backup for sms... What else did you need that titanium doesn't get?
CM9 Skyrocket
Titanium pretty much covers it. I was just worried id lose everything in the rooting process before I was able to use titanium. Its all under control now. Didn't lose a thing and its all backed up
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--;..you should have read that we have a questions forum for questions..

[Help] Unroot Nexus 5

I have recently purchased a used Nexus 5 off Swappa and I am curious about unrooting the phone. The main reason I am curious about this is so I can receive the 4.4.3 update when it comes out. So I have 2 questions: 1) Do I need to unroot the phone in order for it to pick up the OTA update? 2) How do I go about unrooting the phone? I have read about many different ways and would like to know the best.
Thanks in advance!
Please go to Nexus 5 general forum. All your answers are in the sticky threads
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Keep the phone rooted and enjoy! And wait probably a couple days after the ota for a stock ROM or files to flash.
Ota's are for non nexus owners.
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I'm with kj. Roll with man. Only reason I'd unroot it is if the person that did it didn't do it right and your having connection issues etc. Enjoy ur new to u hammerhead
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If you want to unroot you will have to remove all of the necessary files, which can be a pain if you have other things such as busybox installed. And no, you will not be able to apply an OTA if you have modified the firmware (from my experience, having root will block installation via the stock recovery).
The easiest way to restore your phone completely and be ready to accept OTAs is to restore the phone using a factory image found here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?csw=1
Unzip the file and open the .bat file to automatically flash the images, keep in mind that it will wipe your sdcard and factory reset your phone.
Will flashing the ROM when it comes out delete all my data? I'm a bit new to all this.
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aj_deuerling said:
Will flashing the ROM when it comes out delete all my data? I'm a bit new to all this.
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if i am wrong someone please correct me.
the OTA update does not delete any of your data.
as another user said you can download the current stock image from google server and flash it. it will delete your data.
you can download and open the stock image and fastboot flash system.img and boot.img. this way you are ready for OTA update but will keep your data.
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Will flashing the ROM when it comes out delete all my data? I'm a bit new to all this.
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That's why you should read the sticky thread in general. They answer every question you've asked in this thread. Please don't expect us to spoon feed you. Members spent a lot of time making this information available so please do them a courtesy and read it.
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rootSU said:
That's why you should read the sticky thread in general. They answer every question you've asked in this thread. Please don't expect us to spoon feed you. Members spent a lot of time making this information available so please do them a courtesy and read it.
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What this says ^^^^^^^^^^^^
Thread closed

Updating a ROM... Help Please!

Some background:
Nexus 5
TWRP
Purity Rom
I currently am being prompted for an OTA that I have been told here will either fail completely or mess something up. So I would like to update my ROM (purity) from an older version to the newest version that is fully updated to 4.3.3.
BUT!
I have spent the last few hours trying to find out how to actually update to the newest update to the ROM without wiping the device(apps configuration, and settings). To be honest im only assuming its even possible.
Can some one please point me in the right direction or give me some more info on this.... Thanks a lot.
The help is appreciated I am new to this....
You can try and dirty flash the newer Tom. It might work and it might not. Make a nandroid first and backup with titanium backup too. Worst case is you have a lot of fc's
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jd1639 said:
You can try and dirty flash the newer Tom. It might work and it might not. Make a nandroid first and backup with titanium backup too. Worst case is you have a lot of fc's
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Thanks, Do you mind pointing me in the direction about how to do that or explaining it to me?
basik17 said:
Thanks, Do you mind pointing me in the direction about how to do that or explaining it to me?
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Just flash the new purity rom without doing any wipes.
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[Q] What are the pros and cons to Rooting your device?

Hey xda developers,
I am new to all of this and I am interested to know what are some pros and cons of rooting an android device. I have rooted my Nexus 5 already and now that that's done...well basically I don't know what to do next. I've always been told that you can do more with a rooted device, but what exactly can I do? I am a newbie, but I am eager to learn. Thanks for your help and support!
Lots of threads already exist for that (new available apps, custom kernel, blabla...)
There's a big sticky thread at the top of this forum that explains all this.
Thanks for the feedback and pointing me in the right direction.
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alinamoralesa said:
Hey xda developers,
I am new to all of this and I am interested to know what are some pros and cons of rooting an android device. I have rooted my Nexus 5 already and now that that's done...well basically I don't know what to do next. I've always been told that you can do more with a rooted device, but what exactly can I do? I am a newbie, but I am eager to learn. Thanks for your help and support!
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all rooting does is give you permission to change system files. thats all that you need root for. rooting does nothing else.
One CON is that the whole phone will be wiped out so back your SD partition up beforehand.
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MrObvious said:
One CON is that the whole phone will be wiped out so back your SD partition up beforehand.
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Wiped out? In rooting?? Nopes..
MrObvious said:
One CON is that the whole phone will be wiped out so back your SD partition up beforehand.
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no. unlocking your bootloader wipes your phone. flashing supersu does nothing of that kind.
No Con's just Pro's on XDA!

Wipe to sell

Something tells me I'm not in the correct spot to ask this, but I'll try anyway. I'm selling my Oneplus to a local cell store. I'm running a Calkulins cm 5.0.2 rom. How can I safely wipe my personal info and accounts or the phone and get it back to the rom setup like when it was first flashed. I would appreciate any advice. I also will have no computer access to do this. Hoping I can do it through TWRP. Thanks for the help.
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jmlape said:
Something tells me I'm not in the correct spot to ask this, but I'll try anyway. I'm selling my Oneplus to a local cell store. I'm running a Calkulins cm 5.0.2 rom. How can I safely wipe my personal info and accounts or the phone and get it back to the rom setup like when it was first flashed. I would appreciate any advice. I also will have no computer access to do this. Hoping I can do it through TWRP. Thanks for the help.
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Flash the stock images. See section 8 of my guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2839471

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