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[Q] Samsung Galaxy S HardReset

Hi,
I upgraded my Samsung I9000, from Éclair 2.1 to Froyo 2.2, with Odin, (everything is working fine), but...
My question is;
If I do a Hardware Reset does the phone downgrades to is factory default, in this case "Éclair 2.1", or it stays with the last OS installed?
Does anyone knows what happens??
Cheers,
Striken

A hard reset is different than a master reset. Hard reset only entails removing the battery from the device.
To answer your question, once flashed with a ROM, performing a MASTER reset, will bring the phone back to "factory" defaults, i.e. just like it was the very first time you booted it AFTER installing the custom ROM.
Hope that helps.

SeaborneClink said:
A hard reset is different than a master reset. Hard reset only entails removing the battery from the device.
To answer your question, once flashed with a ROM, performing a MASTER reset, will bring the phone back to "factory" defaults, i.e. just like it was the very first time you booted it AFTER installing the custom ROM.
Hope that helps.
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Thanks Man,
You are talking in a Master Reset, how exactly do you do that?
When I did a software reset it erases everything on the phone, contacts, apps I installed, everything except what belongs to the Rom I installed. Also the phone stayed like when was installed for the first time...
From what I've read an Hard reset puts the phone to is factory defaults, but when I did a soft reset it also stayed "brand new", like factory default.
My question is: does a hard reset erases the rom I installed and puts my phone like it was before I upgraded with Froyo 2.2?
I never heard anything regarding a "Master Reset", can you explain me more?
Thanks,
Striken

Also interested in learning how to Master Reset before playing with ROMs.
Bookmarked for later, thanks!

Hi Kops,
If you also learn anything about it please post it here ok?
Thanks

I believe you can find the stock firmware for your phone (2.1 or 2.2) and use ODIN to flash to that. By doing so, you will revert to 100% stock settings, no root, and no proof that you've flashed your phone at all.
In my opinion, this is your best bet for a "full reset".

When you flash a new firmware, the firmware is permanently installed. Performing a factory reset will NOT revert your phone to its older version. Only a reflash will do this.
Factory reset only resets things that are stored in user data space. Such as your contacts, custom settings and any apps that you have installed (not counting those that Samsung/Google have put into the system)
So there you have it. You can safely perform that reset if you want.

deliberate187 said:
When you flash a new firmware, the firmware is permanently installed. Performing a factory reset will NOT revert your phone to its older version. Only a reflash will do this.
Factory reset only resets things that are stored in user data space. Such as your contacts, custom settings and any apps that you have installed (not counting those that Samsung/Google have put into the system)
So there you have it. You can safely perform that reset if you want.
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Thanks for the help guys,
So, there's no difference between a soft and hard reset? Or is the factory reset an hard reset?
When I did a factory reset it erases everything and restored the phone to is default settings.
So, the only way to put the phone back like it was when I purchased is installing Eclair 2.1 again...
Thanks,

The only way to get 2.1 back is by reinstalling an official samsung firmware. Yes. If you have an official samsung firmware though, the phone is as it should be.
A soft boot is generally where you send the device a reboot command or turn it off and back on. A hard boot to reiterate generally happens after the battery is removed and reinstalled. This is not what is known as a factory reset and will not modify anything.
A factory reset formats the userdata and cache partitions and resets all settings to default including deleting any apps that were not installed on the factory firmware.
I hope this has answered your question.
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It did, thanks.
The only problem is that I never found an official Samsung firmware, in this case the Eclair 2.1 from Vodafone.
If you know any site that have that Rom please share it
I would like to have it so I can restore the phone in an urgency...
Cheers,

Try samfirmwares.com

architectniharshah said:
Try samfirmwares.com
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Already try that. They don't have it.

Or www.samsungfirmwares.com. they have an extensive collection of i9000 roms. Vodaphone is on the 3rd I9000 page.
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deliberate187 said:
Or www.samsungfirmwares.com. they have an extensive collection of i9000 roms. Vodaphone is on the 3rd I9000 page.
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Thanks man,
Don't want to be a pain, but just one more thing if you or anybody knows...
When I both my phone it came with Eclair 2.1 from Vodafone like I said.
You presented me with a page that have the 2.1 stock Rom from Vodafone, but, originally the phone had a Vodafone startup animated logo.
Do you know if the rom in that page has that animation startup?
Thanks,
P.S. One more thing, when I said that I didn't find anything in that site I was mistaken, it was not that website but samfirmware.com website.
Thanks again,

Its a stock rom. Just like the one that shipped inside your phone. It will have all of the features of the ROM you started out with.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

You can remove all user data that is located on internal memory by typing *2767*3855# in dial pad and NO it won't downgrade to previous firmware.

deliberate187 said:
Its a stock rom. Just like the one that shipped inside your phone. It will have all of the features of the ROM you started out with.
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Mangoli said:
You can remove all user data that is located on internal memory by typing *2767*3855# in dial pad and NO it won't downgrade to previous firmware.
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Thanks for all the help guys!
Just one thing all of the firmware in samsungfirmwares.com have a download option but without any link...
How can I download?

You have to register to download if I remember correctly.
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deliberate187 said:
You have to register to download if I remember correctly.
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Hi,
I've try that but theres no option for register a new user there.
I manage to download else where.
Many thanks!

[Q] Factory reset?

So I'm S-off, Firewater, SuperSU, CWM, stock software, I have not loaded a ROM, fastboot flashed the nohbootimg firmware update, added the HTC browser, and flashed the OTA-killer.
Can I do a Factory reset without it messing something up? I'm having 3 issues that I want to see if a reset will fix, one is my alarm clock keeps turning itself off, another issue is that when I turn the phone on it seems to take a long time to "Prepare Sim card" , and the last issue is that I get a email "login failed" notice which is poping up before the phone starts seeing the data connection.
Thanks

Dragbike Racer said:
So I'm S-off, Firewater, SuperSU, CWM, stock software, I have not loaded a ROM, fastboot flashed the nohbootimg firmware update, added the HTC browser, and flashed the OTA-killer.
Can I do a Factory reset without it messing something up? I'm having 3 issues that I want to see if a reset will fix, one is my alarm clock keeps turning itself off, another issue is that when I turn the phone on it seems to take a long time to "Prepare Sim card" , and the last issue is that I get a email "login failed" notice which is poping up before the phone starts seeing the data connection.
Thanks
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If you are simply stock and rooted... you can factory reset using CWM without any issue.
Worst case scenario if you are backed up...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52115727

Since you have not installed a ROM I would think a factory reset would be a good first step. You will probably lose some if the customization you have done, but I wouldn't think you would lose root or anything like that. I believe a reset will just wipe the data partition ( maybe dakvik and cache as well).
Sent from my VZW HTC One (M8)

dottat said:
If you are simply stock and rooted... you can factory reset using CWM without any issue.
Worst case scenario if you are backed up...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52115727
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Thanks! Just curious, I'm trying to learn as fast as I can , how does CWM reset differ from the the stock one?
And do you think that the CWM reset could help with the issues?

Dragbike Racer said:
Thanks! Just curious, I'm trying to learn as fast as I can , how does CWM reset differ from the the stock one?
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They both typically wipe the same partitions however the stock recover also resets some radio elements which is why you will always see me suggest to someone with radio issues to do a factory reset from stock recovery.
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I used the reset in CWM and I'm going through the setup now, I guess we'll see if this helps. Thanks guys!!!

Well the alarm is staying on so far and I'm not getting the email login failure but I think I lost my CWM, guess I'd better reload it.

Interesting, I can't seem to get into my hboot mode? hmmmm
nevermind, I'm a dolt, forgot to turn off fast boot and I Still have CWM but when I select reboot I get a message "Root access possibly lost. Fix?" Anyone know what this could mean? Should I Pick "Yes - Fix Root" . I'd assume so, what the heck lets see what happens. lol

If i factory reset my S7 will it update to current firmware?

Right now my phone is on 6.0.1 which is where i want it to stay for now. However, i need to factory reset. After the factory reset will it automatically update to current firmware or will it still be on 6.0.1?

vetchemh3 said:
Right now my phone is on 6.0.1 which is where i want it to stay for now. However, i need to factory reset. After the factory reset will it automatically update to current firmware or will it still be on 6.0.1?
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Hi,
Factory reset will not update your phone to Android 7, unless you go to check software update.
You can also disable all 4g and wifi and see if the software update has been set to auto or manual.
Let me know

Think you sorted out?

vetchemh3 said:
Right now my phone is on 6.0.1 which is where i want it to stay for now. However, i need to factory reset. After the factory reset will it automatically update to current firmware or will it still be on 6.0.1?
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If 7.0 is available for your model S7, then once it checks for updates after you boot back up from the reset and log into all accounts etc, then it should find the 7.0 update
If not, like above, check manually

By what i understand is that he want to remain on Android 6...

It shouldn't update but if it does Im sure you can still find 6.0.1 firmware on SamMobile and flash that through Odin right?
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vetchemh3 said:
Right now my phone is on 6.0.1 which is where i want it to stay for now. However, i need to factory reset. After the factory reset will it automatically update to current firmware or will it still be on 6.0.1?
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Read this logically. How does Factory Reset Update your phone!? Factory Reset means phone restored in original factory condition. So 6.0.1 restored to default software for your vendor

bahmonkeys said:
Read this logically. How does Factory Reset Update your phone!? Factory Reset means phone restored in original factory condition. So 6.0.1 restored to default software for your vendor
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I feel ya, but i have this problem in general on this site the last few 5 years where people with zero clue come in here for help without doing some research. And things like that makes me come to this site less often because i cant stand them idiots.

So if I now have Updated to Oreo on my S7 Factory Restore will not put it back to Oreo but on firmware that was in the phone when New? CORRECT????

Is it possible to cancel a pending Android update by factory resetting the device?

So a little bit of backstory to explain my question: I bought a brand new Nokia 8 this February and it was shipped with Android 8. I updated to Pie, but it pretty much bricked my device. I RMA'd it, and they exchanged it with another phone which I received a few days ago and again had Android 8 installed. However, since automatic updates was enabled, it has already started updating to Android 9. Currently, the update menu shows the following message:
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Installation will automatically resume when the device is idle.
I have since disabled autoupdates by using the developer menu, but the message is still there. Now I'm kinda wary about updating to Android 9 again considering that it already bricked my device before, and besides I feel like Android 8 worked better for this phone, so I'd like to prevent this update.
So here's my question: Can I cancel this update by doing a factory reset through the Android menu (not recovery)? And if it is possible, is there any risk of bricking the device?
There's nothing I want to save on the phone since it's pretty much brand new, so resetting it don't bother me.
Thanks in advance!

KissShoto said:
So a little bit of backstory to explain my question: I bought a brand new Nokia 8 this February and it was shipped with Android 8. I updated to Pie, but it pretty much bricked my device. I RMA'd it, and they exchanged it with another phone which I received a few days ago and again had Android 8 installed. However, since automatic updates was enabled, it has already started updating to Android 9. Currently, the update menu shows the following message:
Code:
Installation will automatically resume when the device is idle.
I have since disabled autoupdates by using the developer menu, but the message is still there. Now I'm kinda wary about updating to Android 9 again considering that it already bricked my device before, and besides I feel like Android 8 worked better for this phone, so I'd like to prevent this update.
So here's my question: Can I cancel this update by doing a factory reset through the Android menu (not recovery)? And if it is possible, is there any risk of bricking the device?
There's nothing I want to save on the phone since it's pretty much brand new, so resetting it don't bother me.
Thanks in advance!
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Factory resetting will temporarily remove the notification but it will come back after some time.
It may or may not be possible to block it for good, it depends on if anyone has found a working method for your specific model number. If it is possible on your device, it will probably require at least rooting the device.
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Try a factory reset + clear cache partition.

Droidriven said:
Factory resetting will temporarily remove the notification but it will come back after some time.
It may or may not be possible to block it for good, it depends on if anyone has found a working method for your specific model number. If it is possible on your device, it will probably require at least rooting the device.
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Thanks for answering.
What if I factory reset the phone, then enable developers options and disable auto updates from there? Wouldn't that prevent the phone from downloading the update? And is there a any risk involved with factory resetting the phone while the install is pending? That's my biggest fear at the moment.
I don't want to root the device since it's still under warranty, I don't want to void it if there's a risk of the phone getting bricked again at some point in the future.
James_Watson said:
Try a factory reset + clear cache partition.
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Thanks for answering.
I thought about doing that, but I'd rather avoid messing around with the cache. The warranty mentions that the only things covered by it are software wise are updates, so if I go around messing around with things I'm not theoretically supposed to I'm afraid it might void the warranty.

KissShoto said:
Thanks for answering.
What if I factory reset the phone, then enable developers options and disable auto updates from there? Wouldn't that prevent the phone from downloading the update? And is there a any risk involved with factory resetting the phone while the install is pending? That's my biggest fear at the moment.
I don't want to root the device since it's still under warranty, I don't want to void it if there's a risk of the phone getting bricked again at some point in the future.
Thanks for answering.
I thought about doing that, but I'd rather avoid messing around with the cache. The warranty mentions that the only things covered by it are software updates, so I go around messing around with things I'm not theoretically supposed to I'm afraid it might void the warranty.
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If it is already downloaded and pending install, that means it has been downloaded and is being held in cache until you accept and start the process. You "might" be able to delete it from cache somehow and stop the process, possibly a factory reset from within system settings and then disabling update checks could work. It is worth trying.
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Droidriven said:
If it is already downloaded and pending install, that means it has been downloaded and is being held in cache until you accept and start the process. You "might" be able to delete it from cache somehow and stop the process, possibly a factory reset from within system settings and then disabling update checks could work. It is worth trying.
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The actual message that's displayed on the update screen is this:
Installation will automatically resume when the device is idle.
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So the installation might already have started, I'm not sure. Would it still be safe to attempt a factory reset in these conditions? My biggest fear is that it might brick the device.

KissShoto said:
The actual message that's displayed on the update screen is this:
So the installation might already have started, I'm not sure. Would it still be safe to attempt a factory reset in these conditions? My biggest fear is that it might brick the device.
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It may have started the process but it can't actually flash anything until the device is rebooted. I would still try the factory reset, if it doesn't work then you haven't lost anything as long as you backup your personal data and files before you reset. You can restore your data after the reset.
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Droidriven said:
It may have started the process but it can't actually flash anything until the device is rebooted. I would still try the factory reset, if it doesn't work then you haven't lost anything as long as you backup your personal data and files before you reset. You can restore your data after the reset.
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So it's 100% safe then? There's no risk of bricking the device by factory reseting it even though the update process has supposedly already started?
I'm sorry for being so paranoid, but I'm not very familiar with Android and considering the terms of the warranty, I reaaaaally don't want to screw anything up.

KissShoto said:
So it's 100% safe then? There's no risk of bricking the device by factory reseting it even though the update process has supposedly already started?
I'm sorry for being so paranoid, but I'm not very familiar with Android and considering the terms of the warranty, I reaaaaally don't want to screw anything up.
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If the initialization of the update was only implemented at the system level, factory reset should wipe it. If it has initiated anything at the kernel/hardware level, resetting "might" cause issues.
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Droidriven said:
If the initialization of the update was only implemented at the system level, factory reset should wipe it. If it has initiated anything at the kernel/hardware level, resetting "might" cause issues.
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Is there any way to know if it has done anything of the kind by any chance? And what sort of of issues could potentially arise?
By the way thanks for taking the time to answer my questions, I greatly appreciate it.

KissShoto said:
Is there any way to know if it has done anything of the kind by any chance? And what sort of of issues could potentially arise?
By the way thanks for taking the time to answer my questions, I greatly appreciate it.
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Another safe way to get rid of it is to just reflash the exact same firmware that you have(your current version, not the updated version). Flashing your current stock firmware via PC will reset everything exactly as it is supposed to be like before you triggered the update. Then you can try blocking the update before it happens this time.
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KissShoto said:
So a little bit of backstory to explain my question: I bought a brand new Nokia 8 this February and it was shipped with Android 8. I updated to Pie, but it pretty much bricked my device. I RMA'd it, and they exchanged it with another phone which I received a few days ago and again had Android 8 installed. However, since automatic updates was enabled, it has already started updating to Android 9. Currently, the update menu shows the following message:
Code:
Installation will automatically resume when the device is idle.
I have since disabled autoupdates by using the developer menu, but the message is still there. Now I'm kinda wary about updating to Android 9 again considering that it already bricked my device before, and besides I feel like Android 8 worked better for this phone, so I'd like to prevent this update.
So here's my question: Can I cancel this update by doing a factory reset through the Android menu (not recovery)? And if it is possible, is there any risk of bricking the device?
There's nothing I want to save on the phone since it's pretty much brand new, so resetting it don't bother me.
Thanks in advance!
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Hello! Yes, you can do a factory reset and get the Oreo back if you have updated to Pie.
https://www.techjunkie.com/perform-factory-reset-android-oreo/

esparkinfo said:
Hello! Yes, you can do a factory reset and get the Oreo back if you have updated to Pie.
https://www.techjunkie.com/perform-factory-reset-android-oreo/
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Absolutely not, you can not got back to Oreo from Pie by performing a factory reset. That is not how factory reset works. Factory reset wipes the data partition and user settings, it does not do anything to the system partition at all. It especially does not "replace" the system with another system, it does not even "flash" anything, it only wipes.
Factory reset for android is nothing like the "restore to factory defaults" option that PC's have. They do not do the same thing. One "wipes" anything that was not factory installed to return to factory settings and the other formats and then "flashes" or "restores" a complete copy of the factory installed software to return to the original factory state. One wipes anything that doesn't belong and the other just replaces "everything", leaving nothing behind that was there before the replacement was applied.
I hope I made that make sense.
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Droidriven said:
Absolutely not, you can not got back to Oreo from Pie by performing a factory reset. That is not how factory reset works. Factory reset wipes the data partition and user settings, it does not do anything to the system partition at all. It especially does not "replace" the system with another system, it does not even "flash" anything, it only wipes.
Factory reset for android is nothing like the "restore to factory defaults" option that PC's have. They do not do the same thing. One "wipes" anything that was not factory installed to return to factory settings and the other formats and then "flashes" or "restores" a complete copy of the factory installed software to return to the original factory state. One wipes anything that doesn't belong and the other just replaces "everything", leaving nothing behind that was there before the replacement was applied.
I hope I made that make sense.
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Thanks for correcting my myth. I understood what exactly factory reset is and which can't be the solution of going back to Oreo from Pie. Then what would be the solution? Now I also have the curiosity to know more about preventing Pie updates.

Will a ROM reflash reset the phone to an out of the box state and reset hidden menu(4636) settings?

Hi,
I'm in the process of trying to flash my phone back to stock because I messed some stuff up in the hidden menu. I've never really messed with any of this stuff before, but it seems like Sony offers all the tools I need and it seems straight forward. I have a couple of questions, though. Will flashing the binary found at this link reset the phone to completely out of the box condition and will it function as if I never messed with anything? Will it function as if it's 100% stock and still receive updates normally?
I've wasted my entire afternoon trying to figure out how to factory reset this menu and I'd like for the phone to just back to how it was out of the box.
Thanks in advance for any help you guys can offer.
The phone is a Sony Xperia 5 IV, btw.

A Factory Reset only removes all apps added by user and user-data.
Hence reflash Stock ROM.

xXx yYy said:
A Factory Reset only removes all apps added by user and user-data.
Hence reflash Stock ROM.
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Thanks for the reply. I assumed that the rom reflash would reset everything, but I've seen posts on here saying that a rom reflash didn't reset that menu and I'm not sure which is accurate. So, would reflashing the rom actually reset those settings?