Currently running 5.0.2 - D80130b stock with root.
If I do a factory reset, will I need to root the phone again?
Thanks a bunch.
Answering my question myself.
I did the reset via Settings menu and the system rebooted to TWRP, and then reset again into the main screen. SU came right up without any issues.
So, the answer is no, you won't lose root if you do factory reset from the settings.
Now, this does NOT delete the internal storage, so do not forget to delete all the pictures/messages/etc. prior to doing the reset (or format the user storage area prior to reset).
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What does factory reset in Sense settings actually do and is it the same as Factory reset in the bootloader menu? I'm asking because I was told by HTC support to do a factory reset even when I told them that I have successfully installed two different RUUs. Will the factory reset make any changes that the installation of an RUU doesn't make?
Same here, have a Factory Reset Question...
I'm currently running custom rom Android Revolution hd 3.6.9 - if I want to reformat and reinstall the rom, since I have so many apps already, and I just want to refresh, can I just hit settings / SD & Phone storage / Factory Data Reset?
Or do I need to re flash the same custom rom under recovery?
Or do a factory reset under recovery?
factory reset simply takes the rom at the state where it bootet the 1st time. the rom you have installed that is. so yes you can use it as a frest start, no need to flash it again. it doesnt do any changes that shouldnt be there. just puts the phone on it's initial state where your current rom booted the first time.
I'm switching ROMs and want to do a factory reset to be safe however my recovery doesn't read the external SD card. If I factory reset, could I get back into android to transfer my file over? I know you can probably adb while at recovery and do it that way but adb always gives me headaches.
EDIT: I was thinking it wipes user data on the internal SD. But I'm pretty sure it doesn't right?
EDIT2: Found the answer. Factory reset via CWM doesn't wipe user data but factory reset via settings does.
So i rooted my tablet when i had ISC then i updated to the latest firmwares but the question is if i factory reset my tablet will i lose root again? I did this once but i lost root (super user deleted). So i had to down grade and reroot ics and i just updated again but im wondering if the factory reset is basically losing my root or is there an error to prevent this? I want to factory reset my tablet since everytime i update my tab in order for it to run smoothly like other systems. If anyone has an answer please let me know! Sorry if you dont understand my english -_-
Hell-o Niceguy and welcome!
Try cold booting first in order to save your root.
Factory reset will wipe all and place you back at the factory state.
So yes your root will be gone.
Hope I have understood you correctly.
I've never done it myself, but factory reset should not modify the system partition, so it should not be possible to lose the su binary that gives you root access.
Rationale: The system partition is read-only in normal use, and there is no other partition that contains the unmodified factory image of the system partition.
Flashing a complete Asus firmware however overwrites the complete system partition, which *will* kill your root.
Updating the Superuser or SuperSU apps through the Play Store can place them in the data partition instead of system. They would then be lost after a wipe. You could try reinstalling from the Play Store...
What do the various ways of "resetting" the Moto G actually do? Which, if any, result in changes to phone user data versus phone applications or phone configuration data?
In Kitkat 4.4.4 there is Settings->Backup & reset->Factory data reset. What does this do? Does it just reset all the account and user information so that one is required to enter or create a google account? Does it affect any applications that were installed by a user? Or does it remove applications that were installed on the phone by the user since the phone was first used?
When you unlock the bootloader of the phone, it is "wiped". Which reset is done when this wipe happens? Is it equivalent to doing the Factory data reset above?
My phone is rooted and has twrp recovery installed. In twrp, there two wiping choices:
Wipe->Factory reset
Is the factory reset in twrp the same as the Settings->Backup & reset->Factory data reset?
Wipe->Advanced Wipe, which allows checking Dalvik cache, Data, Internal Storage, Cache, System, microSD card, USB OTG
If you select to wipe Dalvik cache, Data, and Cache is that the same result as doing the Wipe->Factory reset just above? If you wipe System, then you no longer have a bootable phone, right? What about Internal Storage?
I also have Xposed installed which makes changes to system files to customize android. How, if at all, does this affect what happens when the phone is "reset"?
Am I correct in assuming that the only one to return my phone to stock kitkat is to reflash a kitkat rom? What will happen if I do the Factory data reset under Settings, or the Wipe->Factory reset under twrp on my phone which has an unlocked bootloader, many applications installed, and Xposed and many Xposed modules that get loaded when the phone boots?
Hi
There are 2 ways to factory reset, 1 in settings and 1 in Recovery.
If TWRP and Magisk are installed will both or either one reset to
no-root and stock Recovery?
Thanks
Either will only wipe userdata, that is your installed apps, settings and files. Neither affects any modifications you have made to either system or boot partitions.