I am 100% certain that this question has been asked already, but a search mostly shows people asking about what happens when they do a factory reset, or even when they say "hard reset", they appear to have in mind the "soft" factory reset instead.
My question is as the subject says. If I do a hard reset, the one performed from the android boot menu or whatever you call it, will I lose my software update? I am NOT talking about the factory reset that is performed from within the settings menu of the device.
Just as a background, I have a Nexus 7 (2012, first generation) that simply does not recognize usb cable while it's turned on. While the tablet is turned on, it does not charge and it won't be recognized when plugged into the computer. It charges only if it's turned off. I searched and did everything suggested, using the original cable, original charger, different cable, different charger, cleaning the usb connector with 99% isopropyl alcohol, try bending the connector slightly, software update, factory reset, installing some apps suggested from google play store and running diagnostics, everything. I have to think that this is probably a software issue, not a hardware issue. I mean, obviously it does charge when it's off, so I just can't think something is catastrophically wrong with the hardware (and I have experience fixing wonky touchscreen on this device by updating software). Unfortunately, rooting the device and installing custom rom is not an option until the usb works, which is the whole issue that I am trying to solve (I saw some discussions on the web about rooting without usb, but I think that's beyond my ability).
Anyway, back to the point, as one of the last resorts, I am wondering if a hard reset might give me some light, but before I attempt that, would like to know if that means I need to update software again. Yes, I already know I will lose all my files, data, apps, contacts, app save files or progress, account info, everything.
Thank you for your help.
There is no difference between hard reset and factory reset. Factory reset or hard reset just removes your all system apps data, user apps and data. It only reset settings to default as a fresh os.
By factory resetting it not change your updated os to older one. It just reset your android update to factory settings.
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Ashwinrg said:
There is no difference between hard reset and factory reset. Factory reset or hard reset just removes your all system apps data, user apps and data. It only reset settings to default as a fresh os.
By factory resetting it not change your updated os to older one. It just reset your android update to factory settings.
If it helped . Please thank me.
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So are the discussions at the following link incorrect? Please Google "how to hard reset nexus 7 2012" and click the top hit that shows, by the title "Hard Reset your Google Nexus 7 (2012) – Android Forum - AndroidPIT" (I am a new user to these forums and am prevented from posting an external link).
I was thinking of trying the second method explained in that article,
- Turn your tablet off.
- With the tablet off, press and hold the Power key, then press and hold the Volume Down key. Scroll down twice to select Recovery.
- Select with the power key.
- You'll see the Android pop up, then while holding down Power, press Volume Up.
- Use the volume keys to scroll to "Wipe Data/Factory Reset" and press Power to select it.
- Scroll down to "Yes - Erase All User Data" and press Power to select it.
- Your Hard Reset is now complete.
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Ashwinrg, could you please reconcile your post with the above article that I am referencing, which suggests that a "factory reset" is different from a "hard reset"? Am I reading something wrong, or is that article plain wrong? (And yes, even the steps for a "hard reset" references "Wipe Data/Factory Reset", so there is definitely some confusing terminology, even at the manufacturer level, going on here, but my point is, is there just one kind of "reset" for Android, or are there more than one kind of "resets" out there for Androids?)
You can see the steps given on the site is saying that go to recovery mode and select wipe data/factory reset.
Factory reset and hard reset is same. It just reset os to factory settings.
Ashwinrg said:
You can see the steps given on the site is saying that go to recovery mode and select wipe data/factory reset.
Factory reset and hard reset is same. It just reset os to factory settings.
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Thanks. So to see if I understand it right, if I've already tried factory reset from android settings menu, trying the method with power button and volume button and recovery mode and so on is going to be redundant, and in any case definitely won't have any impact on my usb/battery issue, if the factory reset didn't help?
Yes there might be the case you can loose your data or some software if you will hard reset.
You can factory reset your android in android settings menu or from recovery mode.
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what is the difference between factory reset and hard reset??
will my phone lag go away if i do a factory reset?
what all will remain in the phone, like which apps(pre installed or all?)
i'm using a motorola defy (running 2.2)
A factory reset makes your device just like it was when you first took it out of the box brand new. It is done from with in the Android OS it self via Settings/SD & phone storage/Factory data reset. Any apps you have installed, your contacts, bookmarks, any personal settings you have will be removed. If you go into Settings/Privacy and check backup settings your settings will be backed up to google. It is also a has a Automatic restore option there that will automatically restore your settings for you if you have backup settings checked.
A hard reset does the same thing a factory data reset does, but you have to use the external buttons to do it. Each device has it's on combination of buttons to preform a hard reset. Some devices have it as a option in the Hboot/Recovery screen. Some say a hard reset does a little bit more thorough or deeper cleaning, but I have found no one that can answer this for 100% positive.
you can also preform a factory reset using Clockwork Mod Recovery by choosing the factory data reset option in the main menu of Clockwork Mod Recovery.
As for it solving your issue with lagging. I can not say proof positive it will as I do not have a device like yours and do not exactly what is causing the device to lag. But a factory reset has been know to help solve a lot of issues, one is laggyness. I suggest you do it as it is no risk involved in doing it. Plus with Android it is easy to restore your device to the way you had it. The market keeps track of the apps you had and you just open the market, press yhe menu button and then my apps. this will let you get your apps back.
There is, I believe, a problem with the firmware on my Samsung Infuse phone that causes programs that have been installed, uninstalled, and installed again to be unable to save settings associated with the program. Is there a way to fix this without resorting to a hard reset? A hard reset is really a lot of work! Surely there is some way to fix this issue!
Try clearing Cache on CMW recovery.
To go into recovery:
If you are on a custom rom with extended power menu just select recovery then clear cache. Advanced clear dalvik cache.
If you are on stock rom or dont have extended power menum turn off the phone then hold volume up and down and hold also the power button, 5 second or so after the Samsung logo appears release the power button but keep vol up and down pressed then about 5 secs later release them also, that will get you to android recovery. Clear cache there.
or download a custom rom..
they're so much better then stock ROMS.
but i would think you'd have to do a reset.
use odin its not that much work you do like 4 clicks and you just wait 2 mins and your phones reset to stock again.
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There is, I believe, a problem with the firmware on my Samsung Infuse phone that causes programs that have been installed, uninstalled, and installed again to be unable to save settings associated with the program. Is there a way to fix this without resorting to a hard reset? A hard reset is really a lot of work! Surely there is some way to fix this issue!
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i'm not sure if i understood your problem correctly.
some programs may not install properly on the phone.
in those case, go to settings/manage application/
go to sd card and list them
try moving the trouble some ones to the phone.
if you do a reset on stock rom, take out the external sd card first or it will erase that too
Hey guys. Read a whole bunch of threads, but can't seem to find the exact answer I am looking for. I'll describe very briefly my issue and my concerns.
Issue: The very first time I booted my Galaxy Tab 2 - 7", it went into the custom OS downloading screen (i.e. same as Volume down + Power - "do not turn off target!!" screen). But, I did NOT hold down the volume down button when I pressed the power button - so why it went to that screen concerns me. Essentially, I am concerned that someone may have messed with the device before I bought it.
Info on screen: "ODIN MODE, Product Name = GT-P3113, Custom Binary Download: NO, Current binary: SAMSUNG_OFFICIAL"
Questions:
1) Could booting into that screen (I didn't hold down volume) be caused by some tampering on the device?
2) I "wipe data / factory reset" the device a couple of times - but I am presuming this does NOT restore the kernel/OS - and just wipes the user data?
3) I saw in some threads that Odin itself can be flashed - e.g. the "unrooting" process requires you to download some "Odin 1.85" or something rather. If rooting was done, is there any way of finding out whether it was done? I saw that the rooting counter can be reset too now.
4) ASSUMING, the device is compromised, is there a way to completely factory reset everything (including Odin, Kernel, etc.) to the Samsung factory binaries without having to download binaries from the internet?
Thanks.
Phoenix3434 said:
Hey guys. Read a whole bunch of threads, but can't seem to find the exact answer I am looking for. I'll describe very briefly my issue and my concerns.
Issue: The very first time I booted my Galaxy Tab 2 - 7", it went into the custom OS downloading screen (i.e. same as Volume down + Power - "do not turn off target!!" screen). But, I did NOT hold down the volume down button when I pressed the power button - so why it went to that screen concerns me. Essentially, I am concerned that someone may have messed with the device before I bought it.
Info on screen: "ODIN MODE, Product Name = GT-P3113, Custom Binary Download: NO, Current binary: SAMSUNG_OFFICIAL"
Questions:
1) Could booting into that screen (I didn't hold down volume) be caused by some tampering on the device?
2) I "wipe data / factory reset" the device a couple of times - but I am presuming this does NOT restore the kernel/OS - and just wipes the user data?
3) I saw in some threads that Odin itself can be flashed - e.g. the "unrooting" process requires you to download some "Odin 1.85" or something rather. If rooting was done, is there any way of finding out whether it was done? I saw that the rooting counter can be reset too now.
4) ASSUMING, the device is compromised, is there a way to completely factory reset everything (including Odin, Kernel, etc.) to the Samsung factory binaries without having to download binaries from the internet?
Thanks.
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Questions:
1) Could booting into that screen (I didn't hold down volume) be caused by some tampering on the device?
Its possible but could have just been an anomaly
2) I "wipe data / factory reset" the device a couple of times - but I am presuming this does NOT restore the kernel/OS - and just wipes the user data?
correct it will just wipe data bringing the unit back to factory stock...
3) I saw in some threads that Odin itself can be flashed - e.g. the "unrooting" process requires you to download some "Odin 1.85" or something rather. If rooting was done, is there any way of finding out whether it was done? I saw that the rooting counter can be reset too now.
If the counter was reset i dont think you could find out and it looks as if everything is already back to bone stock so I wouldnt worry about it
4) ASSUMING, the device is compromised, is there a way to completely factory reset everything (including Odin, Kernel, etc.) to the Samsung factory binaries without having to download binaries from the internet?
It seems like you are already factory stock so why would you try messing with it?
[the final word in the title should be the word "removed"].
My phone is a Rook G from EE (UK), which I understand to be just a carrier-branded ZTE Blade 3 A410. I need to wipe the phone and do a Factory Reset . But the phone has Factory Reset Protection, so I must remove this in order to proceed. I do this by removing all google accounts from the device. As a result, I can perform the factory reset from within the "Backup & Reset" section of "Settings".
However, if I boot into recovery (By holding Vol+ and Power simultaneously), then when I choose "Wipe data/Factory reset", the following line appears at the bottom of the screen:
"Frp have not wipe, factory reset failed".
And it doesn't seem that the device is factory reset. So my first question is: WHAT do I do to enable the Wipe data/factory reset feature from recovery?
[If you are wondering why I need to Factory Reset from Recovery, the answer is that I'm trying to unlock the bootloader. Now we know that the last step in unloking the boottloader is that the device is wiped back to Factory Reset state. I presume that this is accomplished by code which runs in the regular recovery partition.
What worries me substantially, therefore, is that if there is some problem which prevents Recovery from wiping the device clean, then it will not be possible to unlock the bootloader. I'm sorry to say that indeed I am not able right now to unlock the bootloader -- at the crucial moment when I would use the Volume key to confirm that I want to unlock, there seems to bea problem with what is happening: the phone screen stops responding, and in the end the procedure for unlocking the bootloader fails.
If anyone can confirm to me that it must be possible to do a factory reset of your device from within Recovery for there to ever be a procdure to unlock the bottloader.
And last but not at all least -- if someone can help me to end the appearance of that crazily ungrammatical error ("Frp not have wipe, factory reset failed"), I'd be very grateful. Because I'm hopeful that this is the key to unlocking my bootloader.
--scott
Developer options>Allow OEM unlocking
thanks, but of course I have both Allow OEM unlocking checked and also USB debugging checked. Perhaps it's a clue that the "OM unlocking" toggle seems to be not perfectly sticky. It sometimes/often happens that I check the value and it's gone abck to "off". At this point, i check that value before I do anything that might unlock the bootloader.
But thanks for the suggestion.
BTW -- please note that THIS question here is about how to get Factory Reset to work from Recovery on a phone which has no google account set up. To do THAT surely doesn't require the OEM Unlocking toggle to be set.
I had a bug on my S7 where it would say "No apps running" when in fact there were apps running - I read that the solution to this was to wipe the cache. I booted into recovery mode and wiped the cache - but I guess I must've accidentally selected "factory reset" (they really shouldn't have them right next to each other) and wiped my phone. I'm running stock Android, the phone isn't rooted.
Since starting over, my phone is now VERY VERY slow. Just trying to wake it up can take up to 6 seconds to get the screen to come back on. I have no idea what's causing it.
What I've tried doing to fix the problem:
* I've uninstalled almost every app except what it comes with
* I've tried disabling the stock bloatware apps
* I've tried clearing the cache again (making sure NOT to accidentally hit factory reset this time)
I'm at a loss. Any ideas? BTW, I don't have an SD card in my phone.
Thanks!
Piornet said:
I booted into recovery mode and wiped the cache - but I guess I must've accidentally selected "factory reset" (they really shouldn't have them right next to each other)
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When you select an option in recovery, it's very easy to see which one is highlighted before you press select, if you selected factory reset instead of clear cache, it's your own fault for not looking what you were doing, not because they are next to each other, you've been too quick and not watching the screen properly
Not only that, but when you do select it, (Haven't been into the S7 recovery yet to check, but usually) you have to scroll down a list of empty lines before you reach the Yes option to actually perform the action
That said, I would try (considering the phone is now empty) another factory reset, see how you get on after that
Not sure if FRP lock would cause any problems?
Piornet said:
I had a bug on my S7 where it would say "No apps running" when in fact there were apps running - I read that the solution to this was to wipe the cache. I booted into recovery mode and wiped the cache - but I guess I must've accidentally selected "factory reset" (they really shouldn't have them right next to each other) and wiped my phone. I'm running stock Android, the phone isn't rooted.
Since starting over, my phone is now VERY VERY slow. Just trying to wake it up can take up to 6 seconds to get the screen to come back on. I have no idea what's causing it.
What I've tried doing to fix the problem:
* I've uninstalled almost every app except what it comes with
* I've tried disabling the stock bloatware apps
* I've tried clearing the cache again (making sure NOT to accidentally hit factory reset this time)
I'm at a loss. Any ideas? BTW, I don't have an SD card in my phone.
Thanks!
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Have you restarted your Phone and sure that you not have any "Cleaner" on your device (except Sammys)?