What's the easiest way to factory reset/start fresh when you're unlocked/rooted?
I tried going into settings and factory reset/wipe there, but was booted back up with everything still there, as if nothing happened.
chrisjz said:
What's the easiest way to factory reset/start fresh when you're unlocked/rooted?
I tried going into settings and factory reset/wipe there, but was booted back up with everything still there, as if nothing happened.
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Do it again? I'd just use the msm download tool though. Might be a couple versions behind but complete stock, locked bootloader.
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If I factory reset will it reset the kernel and radio to stock? I also have a few mods, will factory reset delete these? Should I just erase all data in CWM instead?
It will reset to the your current setup unless you actually flash the factory ROM.
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sawalke4 said:
If I factory reset will it reset the kernel and radio to stock? I also have a few mods, will factory reset delete these? Should I just erase all data in CWM instead?
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To make it simple no it won't. Factory reset will wipe your dalvik/cache/data. To return it to stock your going to have to flash a stock image. Which can be found here and will give you stock radio, kernel, recovery and will get rid of the mods you installed. Dont forget to wipe your sdcard AFTER you've done all that and your set. You can also relock your bootloader if you unlocked it.
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I have an att htc one x that has 4.01 and 2.20 software. I was able to successfully root the phone and now I'm trying to install CM10 but it's failing when trying to install.
It says it missing a MD5 File and says theres an error in the SD card/download/ the cm 10 file.
What am I doing wrong? Thank you
Make sure the Rom is for our phone and check the md5 sum it might be a bad download
I've tried redownloading the file several times and I'm still getting the same error message.
I'm downloading CM10 from here http://get.cm/?device=endeavoru
kswannabe said:
I've tried redownloading the file several times and I'm still getting the same error message.
I'm downloading CM10 from here http://get.cm/?device=endeavoru
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Wrong version, endeavoru is the international (Tegra3) One X. Our phone is code named evita.
Just stick to the Development forum here, to avoid flashing ROMs for the wrong version of the One X:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1726
Thanks for the information.
Was able to successfully flash to CM10 but I'm stuck at the CM10 boot screen. Circle going counter clock wise around. What should I do?
kswannabe said:
Thanks for the information.
Was able to successfully flash to CM10 but I'm stuck at the CM10 boot screen. Circle going counter clock wise around. What should I do?
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If you flashed an international rom, there's a good possibility you messed something up. Factory reset, wipe /system, and try flashing the correct CM10 rom again.
Ok. I'm trying to do a factory reset from bootloader but whenever I do, it goes to the CM10 boot screen where I was earlier. How can I do a factory reset?
kswannabe said:
Ok. I'm trying to do a factory reset from bootloader but whenever I do, it goes to the CM10 boot screen where I was earlier. How can I do a factory reset?
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A guy I was working with had the boot screen splash. If you've flashed the correct one, then wipe your caches. if that doesn't work reflash.
kswannabe said:
Ok. I'm trying to do a factory reset from bootloader but whenever I do, it goes to the CM10 boot screen where I was earlier. How can I do a factory reset?
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Don't do it from bootloader, it can corrupt your sdcard. Do it from recovery.
Go into recovery, wipe cache, dalvik cache, factory reset and system. Then install the CORRECT rom.
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How can I reflash?
Thanks
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I was able to get back into TWRP. There I tried to do a factory reset but it tells me it failed. And after installing CM10, do I have to go back into bootloader and flash boot.img from the CM10 nightly zip file?
And there goes my stock rom... Factory reset is not working on TWRP and tried system reset thinking it would get rid of CM10 but instead erased my stock rom.
Please help, need a working phone soon..
kswannabe said:
How can I reflash?
Thanks
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I was able to get back into TWRP. There I tried to do a factory reset but it tells me it failed. And after installing CM10, do I have to go back into bootloader and flash boot.img from the CM10 nightly zip file?
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There are stickies and tuts around here for this.. but, the reason why it's not working for you is you didn't flash the boot.img first. before you installed the .zip. Also, you'll need the latest gapps for that ROM as well.
Not familiar with the forums around here, so if you could link me some of these stickies or tutorial it would be great.
Have a look here
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timmaaa said:
Have a look here
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or here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952076
I have this problem. i went to the thread you posted, loaded TWRP, I've factory reset and what not, but now I'm stuck in TWRP without any real viable options. When I try to reboot to system, it brings me back to TWRP menu.
mfc1288 said:
I have this problem. i went to the thread you posted, loaded TWRP, I've factory reset and what not, but now I'm stuck in TWRP without any real viable options. When I try to reboot to system, it brings me back to TWRP menu.
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Do you have a rom flashed? If so, wipe both caches and reboot. If that doesn't work, reflash and do a system wipe from TWRP.
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Rooted SGH-T989D trying to flash CM10
kswannabe said:
How can I reflash?
Thanks
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hi. i have fallowed all the steps to root my phone from this site. when i go down to how to flash a rom i have some issues.
i am trying to flash CM10. when i go to install on (step 8) i get an errer. my screen says
Updating partition details...
Running boot script...
Finished running boot script.
E:Unable to open zip file.
Error flashing zip /external_sd/cm-10.1-hercu
Updating partition derails...
then it shows the home butten. failed in red than wipe cach/dalvik and reboot system buttons
anyone have any idea what im doing wrong?
Exactly which phone do you have? It looks like it says Hercules in the cm file name you wrote, which I think is a Samsung.
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First of all I want to Reset my phone to its factory settings.
Well I am running Odin 1.85, and using the .tar SGH-I727-UCKJ2-k0nane
I set it up.
I run Odin, check only auto-reboot. hit pda, look for the .tar
I set up downloading mode, hit Start, Odin does everything, reboots and everything is the same as before in the phone nothing happened
all my apps are still there, wallpaper, nothing changed.
i submited pictures of what happens.
HELP!
Once you flash the ROM then going to bootloader since you already put the recovery back on basically by flashing the old old in Flash basically what you need to do now is going to recovery and wipe dalvik cache
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can you tell me how, how do i get into recovery so i can wipe? thanks
I didn't see a description of the problem anywhere in this thread.
So ok, you run Odin and it does what it does. Where's the problem?
The ROM doesn't boot? Odin doesn't unroot you? What?
And since you did Odin, you won't have "wipe Dalvik" option in recovery, because it'll be a stock recovery. Wipe data / factory reset through recovery.
You're using the wrong tar anyway. Use the sammobile tar.
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the problem was it didnt factory reset after the flash, it stayed the same, as in all my apps and stuff where still there.
but no worries, i just fixed it, i tried a factory reset from the settings menu, privacy etc, and now its all good. my phone its back to its factory settings and all my stuff is gone.
thanx everyone
MundoX91 said:
the problem was it didnt factory reset after the flash, it stayed the same, as in all my apps and stuff where still there.
but no worries, i just fixed it, i tried a factory reset from the settings menu, privacy etc, and now its all good. my phone its back to its factory settings and all my stuff is gone.
thanx everyone
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And now your counter is tripped from using that tar, right?
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Hi. I have a rooted Nexus 5 with stock ROM & kernel, Xposed installed and TWRP recovery. I'd like to do a factory reset, and by "factory reset" I mean I'd like to have it as if it was brand new. No apps, no media, etc. I think I can keep TWRP, but nothing else. I'd like to have it as it was the first time I powered it on. Can I do that from TWRP? Because I know that when you do a factory reset from recovery, usually, the /data/media directory isn't wiped.
You can not do it from twrp. I'd recommend flashing the factory image and then rerooting.
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jd1639 said:
You can not do it from twrp. I'd recommend flashing the factory image and then rerooting.
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Ok, thank you.
jd1639 said:
You can not do it from twrp. I'd recommend flashing the factory image and then rerooting.
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Maybe I can't read, but why won't factory reset + intsd wipe in TWRP do what he needs?
I'm looking at TWRP right now and I'm not sure which option you would use, there's format data on the main wipe screen, and when you go into advanced there's internal storage. I'm thinking you want to wipe internal storage, but someone else with knowledge of this should chime in first before you do it. I've never factory restored a phone through recovery so I'm not sure. Wouldn't locking and unlocking your bootloader with ADB accomplish the same thing?
There is literally a sticky in one of the Nexus forums that explains how to go back to bone stock. check it out, should be everything you need.
Pain-N-Panic said:
There is literally a sticky in one of the Nexus forums that explains how to go back to bone stock. check it out, should be everything you need.
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Right, but if you want to retain root and recovery like TWRP, can't you just format your storage through recovery?
Aerowinder said:
Maybe I can't read, but why won't factory reset + intsd wipe in TWRP do what he needs?
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OP was not explicit. Asked for it to be like first time powered on which I suspect was not with a custom rom or kernel. Think OP needs to elaborate on what is desired but no recovery can replace rom and kernel with the "factory reset" option
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rootSU said:
OP was not explicit. Asked for it to be like first time powered on which I suspect was not with a custom rom or kernel. Think OP needs to elaborate on what is desired but no recovery can replace rom and kernel with the "factory reset" option
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It seems he want's to go completely back to stock while keeping TWRP.
t1.8matt said:
It seems he want's to go completely back to stock while keeping TWRP.
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Yes. That's how it reads to me
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Can I do a factory reset with out screwing my phone up? Like from the actual settings?
I don't want to loose root or nothing I just want a clean start the easy Way lol anybody can help?
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dunn816 said:
Can I do a factory reset with out screwing my phone up? Like from the actual settings?
I don't want to loose root or nothing I just want a clean start the easy Way lol anybody can help?
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Not sure if you will lose root. Since you are already rooted the best way to go is use a custom recovery and factory wipe in recovery.
Once you have a custom recovery installed, why would you even want to use the Factory Reset function in the stock rom? You can do everything you need to do with much more flexbility in TWRP.
No idea what happens on the M8 if you do this, but I can tell you that on the Transformer tablets a factory reset from settings wiith CWM or TWRP installed left you in a nasty forced reboot to recovery loop.
Don't do it!
Oh - and no, any kind of wipe of data/cache/dalvik will not affect root. If you wipe /system it will, but then you wouldn't have a rom installed anyway!
Just do the factory wipe in TWRP. That'll wipe everything but /system and /data/media/ where your personal files (pics, videos, docs) live. If you want to get rid of those too format data in TWRP.
Edit: Sorry, didn't read your post correctly. Did you only root with Weaksauce? No S-off, no permanent root, no custom recovery?
In that case it depends where Weaksauce is installed to. I can't remember - Weaksauce didn't survive for long after using firewater, but my guess is, it would be installed to /data. And yes - a factory reset would wipe the app and you would have to install it again.