I would like to know which process would erase everything from an Android phone.
I have read that factory reset will not delete everything.
I want to delete using a low level erase solution, but not sure where to start. I am using a Motorola XT1032.
I mean, My phone is hacked and has some hidden programs used to spy on me.
thank you.
Panchiyo said:
I would like to know which process would erase everything from an Android phone.
I have read that factory reset will not delete everything.
I want to delete using a low level erase solution, but not sure where to start. I am using a Motorola XT1032.
I mean, My phone is hacked and has some hidden programs used to spy on me.
thank you.
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Hello,
You may wipe the system, factory reset, data, cache, dalvik.
This is a general full wipe thing.
You may try to reinstall stock firmware on your device after wiping the above options via custom recovery.
Regards
Vatsal,
Forum Moderator.
Thank you, I appreciate you took the time to answer.
I am very new to the Android world, so many terms are unfamiliar to me. Do you know an article I can use for those steps?
Thank you again.
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I got my phone rooted , got the last update XNPH05Q installed but have a lot of problems
How can I do a factory reset ?
I read that sometimes it is also ok to flash the rom but where do I find that rom ?
I also have a backup on my PC from 22/11/2014 just after I have rooted my phone .
Some good advice please ?
Turn the phone off, hold vol down and power at the same time, boot into recovery and wipe data. That will erase the OS and you'll reboot into the setup phase.
so I will come back in the original OS ? CyanogenMod(11S) ?
And why not use factory settings on the device ?
Correct me if im wrong but wouldnt that just get you into a bootloop because there is no OS at all ?
But im Not an expert.
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None of those answers are correct. A factory reset only resets user data (apps and settings), it will not erase the OS, it will not put the phone into a bootloop, it will not return the phone to a previous OS. All it does is erase your apps and settings.
@zaiko2000, I'm assuming the backup you have was made by TWRP? If so, you can just restore that to roll back.
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Thanks for the quick reply but one more question . Wouldn't it be better to start from the beginning ? I mean go back to the original state since I rooted the phone and then installed the update .
Can I do that with the factory reset or do you think install the backup again is better ?
I found also a bacon root kit what seems to be easy .
zaiko2000 said:
Thanks for the quick reply but one more question . Wouldn't it be better to start from the beginning ? I mean go back to the original state since I rooted the phone and then installed the update .
Can I do that with the factory reset or do you think install the backup again is better ?
I found also a bacon root kit what seems to be easy .
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The most valuable piece of advice I can give you is to stay away from toolkits, they're more trouble than they're worth, plus they allow you to do things to your phone without actually knowing what's going on, which bypasses some very crucial learning and experience, and it's that experience that'll get you out of trouble in future when/if something goes wrong.
Anyway, the best way to do it is probably to start fresh, and the best way to start fresh is by wiping and flashing the stock images with fastboot. You'll find full instructions in section 8 of my guide thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2839471
The download I provide there is for the most recent update, so if you want the previous version you can get out from here:
http://builds.cyngn.com/factory/bacon/cm-11.0-XNPH44S-bacon-signed-fastboot.zip
The fastboot commands are the same.
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Did it this afternoon and it worked fine !!!!
Great job and many thanks !!!
Dear All,
I'm using Nexus5 w/ Marshmallow (6.0), original stock.
Yesterday I found a app that can improve the volume too weak issue and it need to unlock the phone.
I follow the steps to unlock the phone, after I run command "fastboot boot twrp.img", then the phone rebooted and perform something around 10 minutes, after the phone resumed to system, seem all the data(apps/photo/video) are deleted, seem perform a factory reset. before that, some files didn't perform backup, now how to I recover those files after factory reset??
I try many tools said can recover after factory reset or wiped, for example Dr.Fone, EaseUS MobiSaver, Recuva, DiskDigger on Android, some can found files but all not I needed and the phone already rooted.
Can anyone have some suggestion, how to recover some, not all. : (
Thanks.
Regards,
LCKDANNY
sorry abt ur loss
Try Undeleter Recover Files & Data(Needs Rooted Device)-android app And Some Of Them That May Work Are Here:
Pls type this on google "iData-recovery-for-SD-USB-and-hard-drive" The first instructables link is what im talking about
im unable to give the link as i haven't posted many comments yet!!
You should have understood what you were about to do: unlocking bootloader wipes your data.
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beekay201 said:
You should have understood what you were about to do: unlocking bootloader wipes your data.
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Dear All,
Thanks for advices. This is a lesson learn before perform some action, need to perform backup and read the instructions in details. Thanks.
Dear beekay201,
One more question need your advices, now my phone is rooted and unlock the bootloader, do I need to fallback them? if not, does it have any security risk?
Thanks.
lckdanny said:
Dear All,
Thanks for advices. This is a lesson learn before perform some action, need to perform backup and read the instructions in details. Thanks.
Dear beekay201,
One more question need your advices, now my phone is rooted and unlock the bootloader, do I need to fallback them? if not, does it have any security risk?
Thanks.
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Hi,
Sure, everything has a security risk. The device is already rooted, someone with malicious intent might like that. The device's bootloader is already unlocked, if someone with bad intentions they would not need to unlock it (and as such, wiping everything on the device).
It falls on you to make sure you don't use bad apps, mostly. I run my device with its bootloader unlocked since day 1, never locked it back.
I'm some kind of experienced with ODIN, but I'm not sure with some things, I'll be very grateful if you can answer my questions.
Will flashing a stock ROM *touch* the /data partition ? There is nothing related with data in my Rom package, and NAND Erase All is not enabled. I have some important data to be recovered so I can't let it be touched.
Also, what software do you recommend when I am trying to recover deleted data on a Android device? Either an Android app or a PC app is okay.
Thanks a lot.
kavinzhao said:
I'm some kind of experienced with ODIN, but I'm not sure with some things, I'll be very grateful if you can answer my questions.
Will flashing a stock ROM *touch* the /data partition ? There is nothing related with data in my Rom package, and NAND Erase All is not enabled. I have some important data to be recovered so I can't let it be touched.
Also, what software do you recommend when I am trying to recover deleted data on a Android device? Either an Android app or a PC app is okay.
Thanks a lot.
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Greetings and welcome to assist. Unfortunately assist is for guiding new members around the boards only, try asking your question here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
Thanks for understanding
Sawdoctor
Hi! Posting this here as need maximum exposure as the specific thread for the model does not seem to have many people looking at it.
My original post is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/cant-reset-wipe-the-phone.4387423/
Short version: Tried anything I could imagine but can't wipe the phone. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you for reading!
Do you mean you want to wipe all data on your phone and make it like a new one? If yes, try pro android data wipe tool. Such a tool can help us do that easily like Dr.Fone - Data Eraser(Android), SafeWiper for Android, Coolmuster Android Eraser, etc. They are not free to use. About the details, please check online. Hope this will be your help.
TomassD said:
Hi! Posting this here as need maximum exposure as the specific thread for the model does not seem to have many people looking at it.
My original post is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/cant-reset-wipe-the-phone.4387423/
Short version: Tried anything I could imagine but can't wipe the phone. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you for reading!
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A method for wiping all user-data and the associated cache partitions using fastboot while still keeping phone's OS can be accomplished by running the following fastboot commands:
Code:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
Thank you! I will try later and post my results.
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Thread closed as duplicate. Please follow the link in the first post.
hi, I need some info, is it possible to restore the phone which, when first turned on, lets you choose the language etc etc like when it's new without doing a restore? perhaps by deleting something
nobody can tell me
massimomax74 said:
nobody can tell me
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What you are describing is the normal behaviour of an Android phone on first boot after reset (or when fresh from factory). There is nothing to restore, the phone is not yet set up and there is no data on it....
If the phone was indeed not new/reset: If you need some help it would be helpful to describe more in detail what happened, what you did to get there and/or what you are trying to achieve ....
Just my 2 cents
I agree with above post. What are you wanting to restore? In my opinion you will have to factory reset if you want to start from scratch. Unless your device is International and you are rooted with Twrp and you created a backup...then you would have something to restore.