I'm gonna sell this phone as rooted, so yes I DO KNOW the factory resets keeps the root and recovery and all that. But can I SAFELY do a factory reset from the Settings, just to remove my personal info. The phone has stock rom, but is rooted and has TWRP installed. Thanks.
uRager said:
I'm gonna sell this phone as rooted, so yes I DO KNOW the factory resets keeps the root and recovery and all that. But can I SAFELY do a factory reset from the Settings, just to remove my personal info. The phone has stock rom, but is rooted and has TWRP installed. Thanks.
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I'd use a Rom Update Utility (RUU) on it before selling it... You can always just flash the recovery after, the same way you did it before. Because that will definitely get rid of anything you have on it, and I would put a different SD card in it to!
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I'd use a Rom Update Utility (RUU) on it before selling it... You can always just flash the recovery after, the same way you did it before. Because that will definitely get rid of anything you have on it, and I would put a different SD card in it to!
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Ah gotcha! Thanks
Just out of interest, if I just did a plain reset in settings, would it like, screw up my phone? I assume not, since the rooting/recovery is stored in different partitions, and factory resets only /data (user data)?
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Ah gotcha! Thanks
Just out of interest, if I just did a plain reset in settings, would it like, screw up my phone? I assume not, since the rooting/recovery is stored in different partitions, and factory resets only /data (user data)?
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No it won't screw up the phone but the thing is your personal information could still be on there just overwritten and someone who's smart enough could still get the information restored and do whatever with it so if you've done banking and stuff on it I'd advise you to use the RUU and completely wipe the SD card or put another one in there because you can still restore overwritten information..
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I have a couple of questions I am hoping to get help with. First if I have a custom ROM on my phone like MoDaCo and I wipe back to factory will it also add back the apps I removed like Nascar, footprints, ect. I am asking because after I wiped it through the recovery screen it did not add these back. The second question is when trying to do a Nandroid restore from when I first rooted the phone after I updated it, I get an error telling me it has to be done from the shell. Can I do this and if so how? Thanks
can anyone help with this?
Are you using RA-1.2.3??
My Nandroid backups have never asked me to restore through terminal.
Your back up maybe corrupt?? If so, I am not sure if people have had success loading a Nandroid from another phone, but you are welcome to one of my factory backups if it works. Can someone confirm a Nandroid from another phone will restore? I will Send if it does.
Also, the factory reset in RA1.2.3 should put back all apps. It is a "Factory reset" though I have never done one without immediately loading a rom. Who knows how its actually supposed to work.
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Are you using RA-1.2.3??
My Nandroid backups have never asked me to restore through terminal.
Your back up maybe corrupt?? If so, I am not sure if people have had success loading a Nandroid from another phone, but you are welcome to one of my factory backups if it works. Can someone confirm a Nandroid from another phone will restore? I will Send if it does.
Also, the factory reset in RA1.2.3 should put back all apps. It is a "Factory reset" though I have never done one without immediately loading a rom. Who knows how its actually supposed to work.
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I am using RA-1.2.3. I guess it is possible the backup got corrupt when I moved it to my PC and then back to the phone. What is strange is none of the backups I had saved would take. I was able to do a backup and then right after that restore it so I know it works. I did about three factory resets and it would not add back the system apps I removed, but I think before the Sprint update when I first rooted the phone it did add back all the apps when I reset the phone. I could be wrong or it may be they came back when I put MoDaCo 1.1 on the phone since his ROM has everything with it. Thanks for responding.
last MoDaCo Rom I loaded (1.2c) all the stock apps came back, but I also loaded the Optimzation.zip so i wasn't sure who put them back.
Good to know it was the MoDaCo. It seems that even loading Rom's most things are fairly persistent and don't get wiped or over writen which is nice.
WinMoBo phones usually wipe everything out when you do this stuff.
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I have a couple of questions I am hoping to get help with. First if I have a custom ROM on my phone like MoDaCo and I wipe back to factory will it also add back the apps I removed like Nascar, footprints, ect. I am asking because after I wiped it through the recovery screen it did not add these back. The second question is when trying to do a Nandroid restore from when I first rooted the phone after I updated it, I get an error telling me it has to be done from the shell. Can I do this and if so how? Thanks
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doing a "factory reset" will not replace stock programs you deleted, it will just delete all your settings and apps you installed.
It's a misnomer in fact.... but when HTC made the option, they assumed that you hadn't rooted your phone. That's why all they really delete is the stuff in /data. Nothing in /system is added or modified.
If you really want to do a true factory reset, get the RUU from HTC and run it to reset your phone to exactly what it was when you got it.
As far as Nandroid not working, I've never had that problem either, but if your backup is corrupt then RUU will be your only option.
If the phone is running stock rom and recovery, does a hard reset return the phone and the system folder to their unroot state?
What?
Stock ≠ root.
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If the phone is running stock rom and recovery, does a hard reset return the phone and the system folder to their unroot state?
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Hard reset doesnt get the phone back to unrooted state.
so to unroot I have to flash the original rom?
Once you unlock your boot loader your phone is unlocked forever. If yet load stock ROM that does not have root then of course you won't have root access. But you just load back a ROM with root access and you have super user again. Root just depends on what ROM you are running.
I think there's something I misunderstood, so correct me if I am wrong. Isn't there a recovery partition where the original ROM is stored so that if you factory reset, the phone will be restored to whatever the original ROM is? If I root my phone and keep the stock unrooted ROM, wouldn't factory reset return my phone to the unrooted state?
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I think there's something I misunderstood, so correct me if I am wrong. Isn't there a recovery partition where the original ROM is stored so that if you factory reset, the phone will be restored to whatever the original ROM is? If I root my phone and keep the stock unrooted ROM, wouldn't factory reset return my phone to the unrooted state?
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As long as you haven't changed the recovery, this should be true. The phone should be unrooted when you recover it, but the bootloader will still be unlocked.
Thanks for the clarification. I understand the unlocked bootloader part. BTW, I think I read somewhere that you can root the phone without unlocking the bootloader.
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I think there's something I misunderstood, so correct me if I am wrong. Isn't there a recovery partition where the original ROM is stored so that if you factory reset, the phone will be restored to whatever the original ROM is? If I root my phone and keep the stock unrooted ROM, wouldn't factory reset return my phone to the unrooted state?
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not really. if you load cyanogen ROM on your phone, then you do a factory reset, i believe it just loads the cyanogen ROM fresh. you would have to flash a stock ROM to go back to factory.
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I think there's something I misunderstood, so correct me if I am wrong. Isn't there a recovery partition where the original ROM is stored so that if you factory reset, the phone will be restored to whatever the original ROM is? If I root my phone and keep the stock unrooted ROM, wouldn't factory reset return my phone to the unrooted state?
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There is no recovery partition, and there is no "original ROM". There is System partition and Data partition, System being read-only for non-root users, and Data being R/W (but some folders invisible in file managers). System is what contains the "ROM" as you know it.
SU and Superuser.apk get installed into System.
Factory reset wipes Data and Cache. It doesn't touch System.
So, if you sum it up - you get that even if you do a factory reset, you won't get unrooted.
Thanks. It makes sense now.
Hmmm yeah it looks like I misunderstood that, then. Sorry.
Better idea! someone try it and find out.. and there are now ways to root n1 without unlocking bootloader.. as i would think it would actually do unroot if you do a factory reset from a stock recovery.. am i willing to try... NOooo...
But from previous post ahead it does make more sense.. that it wouldnt.. but still good idea to give it a try
ilostchild said:
Better idea! someone try it and find you.. and there are now ways to root n1 without unlocking bootloader.. as i would think it would actually do unroot if you do a factory reset from a stock recovery.. am i willing to try... NOooo...
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I've done this and it worked well. Running the latest CM6 nightly.
Not too sure about unrooting - i did have an issue (caused by me i'd say), and i downloaded EPE7x stock room, renamed it to PASSIMG, and the bootloader recovered it for me, and i was back to stock.
Not sure if it was the correct way, but it worked... As opposed to when i tried to flash the recovery, boot, etc, i received an error about verification failure.
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I've done this and it worked well. Running the latest CM6 nightly.
Not too sure about unrooting - i did have an issue (caused by me i'd say), and i downloaded EPE7x stock room, renamed it to PASSIMG, and the bootloader recovered it for me, and i was back to stock.
Not sure if it was the correct way, but it worked... As opposed to when i tried to flash the recovery, boot, etc, i received an error about verification failure.
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Yea... We are talking bout being on Stock Everything, but having ROOT, you have full mod from recovery to ROM(having CM6)
questioin was if have fully stock FRF91 with only root, if going to recovery and doing a factory reset/wipe would it take off root, at least thats what i read or remeber reading if this is the right thread
So can someone tell me how to get back to stock from rooting? I believe I used french Toast.
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Yea... We are talking bout being on Stock Everything, but having ROOT, you have full mod from recovery to ROM(having CM6)
questioin was if have fully stock FRF91 with only root, if going to recovery and doing a factory reset/wipe would it take off root, at least thats what i read or remeber reading if this is the right thread
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Yeah i sort of miss read... oh well.
I think i did try to factory restore to unroot, but don't think it worked from memory, that's why i used the PASSIMG.
vegeta_one said:
So can someone tell me how to get back to stock from rooting? I believe I used french Toast.
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I want breakfast now.. But by no means at all not trying to sound like a **** head here, but there is a thread in the Dev section on how to get back to stock .. its one of the stickies in the dev section.. or i think it is
I will send my stock I897UCKB2 phone back when I get a new one due to USB connectivity problems. I plan to search for all files newer than a certain date on the new KB2 and my existing (which is rooted with CWM) and then delete or replace files to get my old phone back to "normal" before sending it back. I don't know if all changes show up in files off of "/" though. I assume bootloaders do not but does everything else? I know some files are updated through normal use but items like turning off boot sounds via SGS Tools (requires root) creates backup sound files, etc which I plan to delete. Should searching for updated files allow me to clean up traces before running "unroot"?
i suggest using the odin3 1-click to go back to stock 2.1 and then master clearing to delete all of the files that arent supposed to be there
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i suggest using the odin3 1-click to go back to stock 2.1 and then master clearing to delete all of the files that arent supposed to be there
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I think one of the reasons they haven't released I897UCKB2 via KIES is so they will know if we do that. If they give you a refurb now and you flash anything else, you can not get KB2 back. KB1 (via KIES) may be the same software but KB2 is kind of "signed". If you change it, your done getting refurbs...
I'm speculating but it makes sense to me. Therefore, I am sending it back as KB2 but planning to erase all tracks of root. I'd like to know what others think though, and if they agree, my question is applicable.
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Yes thats true. Plus if your phone is above version 1010 it could mess up your phone pretty badly. Im wondering how did you get kb2 in the first place?
edit: I think you can master clear still without going to stock jf6. i think it will just delete all the files and add the needed files back such as sdcard/dcim/ or sdcard/android/
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Yes thats true. Plus if your phone is above version 1010 it could mess up your phone pretty badly. Im wondering how did you get kb2 in the first place?
edit: I think you can master clear still without going to stock jf6. i think it will just delete all the files and add the needed files back such as sdcard/dcim/ or sdcard/android/
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Thanks. I recently got a warranty replacement which is how I have KB2 and it is a 1012 so I agree JF6 would cause problems. I agree a master clear simply formats the internal SD card (user part) so I plan to do that. I'm trying to find how to clear the system file changes such as CWM, superuser, etc
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Enter these codes in the dialer
Hard reset: *2767*3855#
Factory data reset: *#*#7780#*#*
studacris said:
Enter these codes in the dialer
Hard reset: *2767*3855#
Factory data reset: *#*#7780#*#*
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Just wondering what does a hard reset do compared to factory?
What does the hard reset do?
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Just wondering what does a hard reset do compared to factory?
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I'm wondering the same thing. Does a hard reset wipe basically do a factory reset (clearing user data) and also wipe the internal SD (the 14G compared to the 2G)? I think I read that somewhere but couldn't confirm when searching.
Not sure honestly....but since you're about to wipe your phone do one and see what it did then do the other and post results
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Not sure honestly....but since you're about to wipe your phone do one and see what it did then do the other and post results
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Well I tested both of them. Factory data reset (the code you listed) does the same thing as what you see if you choose it under Privacy in settings - You see a dialogue saying it will erase everything, etc. You have to click confirm a couple of times and then you see big red letters about formatting the system. It then reboots in 3e recovery briefly and installs "default apks". The phone has all apps wiped and the internal SD (the 14G) is wiped.
The only difference with the "hard" reset is you don't get the dialogue about erasing everything - it goes straight to the red letters and the result is the same.
Also, the extra files in /system/xbin are still there. Before I did the wipes above, I got the computer to briefly see the phone - if I jiggle the connector on the phone just right and don't touch it -it works (sometimes). While it was connected, I ran "unroot" from SuperOneClick 1.95 which got rid of superuser (but not the files). I then did the factory resets.
Sweet, thanks for the info.
Hi everbody, I have a rooted phone which I wanted to unroot to be able to install the 5.1.1 update. But when I unrooted the phone without even doing a factory reset or cleaning the cache or all of those wiping the phone procedures, the phone got totally wiped and also the memory got completely wiped with all folders and whatever gone. Pictures are backed up to Google Drive and numbers are in Google Contacts but there are some folders and backed up apps that I wanted to have.
Is there any way this can be restored? I'm guessing there is not, but I still wanted to put the question out there if anybody knows a way?
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Hi everbody, I have a rooted phone which I wanted to unroot to be able to install the 5.1.1 update. But when I unrooted the phone without even doing a factory reset or cleaning the cache or all of those wiping the phone procedures, the phone got totally wiped and also the memory got completely wiped with all folders and whatever gone. Pictures are backed up to Google Drive and numbers are in Google Contacts but there are some folders and backed up apps that I wanted to have.
Is there any way this can be restored? I'm guessing there is not, but I still wanted to put the question out there if anybody knows a way?
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Always back up before starting. They are gone. Lesson learned.
Sia_ said:
Hi everbody, I have a rooted phone which I wanted to unroot to be able to install the 5.1.1 update. But when I unrooted the phone without even doing a factory reset or cleaning the cache or all of those wiping the phone procedures, the phone got totally wiped and also the memory got completely wiped with all folders and whatever gone. Pictures are backed up to Google Drive and numbers are in Google Contacts but there are some folders and backed up apps that I wanted to have.
Is there any way this can be restored? I'm guessing there is not, but I still wanted to put the question out there if anybody knows a way?
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1) Not sure why your device got wiped...
2) Only way to restore is if you had a backup stored off line...
3) There is no reason to "unroot" if you intend to fastboot flash the factory image.
4) Using the "unroot" feature is NOT sufficient if you want to flash the OTA update. It still leaves a few modified files around, and the updater script will not install the OTA. You will need to fastboot flash the factory system.img. If you are going to do that, then just fastboot flash 5.1.1 and be done with it.
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1) Not sure why your device got wiped...
2) Only way to restore is if you had a backup stored off line...
3) There is no reason to "unroot" if you intend to fastboot flash the factory image.
4) Using the "unroot" feature is NOT sufficient if you want to flash the OTA update. It still leaves a few modified files around, and the updated will not install the OTA. You will need to fastboot flash the factory system.img. If you are going to do that, then just fastboot flash 5.1.1 and be done with it.
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it will wipe your storage when you fastboot lock your bootloader
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it will wipe your storage when you fastboot lock your bootloader
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Right. OP didn't say he relocked (and hopefully he didn't).
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Right. OP didn't say he relocked (and hopefully he didn't).
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lol, i assumed he did, as thats what i would consider part od "unrooting". if he did, then thats why its wiped. if he didnt, then im clueless :angel:
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lol, i assumed he did, as thats what i would consider part od "unrooting". if he did, then thats why its wiped. if he didnt, then im clueless :angel:
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We are definitely in the same camp on that.
simms22 said:
lol, i assumed he did, as thats what i would consider part od "unrooting". if he did, then thats why its wiped. if he didnt, then im clueless :angel:
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Op what "method" or steps did you take to "un-root"?
Manually, or some toolkit? Did you re-lock your bootloader, or check or forget to un-check some sort of reset my phone to factory settings setting?
Hey all,
Just decided to get a nexus 6. Had so many different phones over the years but never a nexus. I like the phone and love Stock android but I want some options that I can't believe are still missing from stock android (tap to wake, custom nav buttons/quick toggles)
I haven't rooted a phone in a couple years, can someone point me in the right direction for root and recovery?
I think I'm gonna go with Pure Nexus rom but any other suggestions would be appreciated.
Sorry if this is a really noob question but if you want to wipe the whole phone with the internal storage (is that ever necessary?) How do you get the install file back on the device if there's no sd card?
mottyengel said:
I haven't rooted a phone in a couple years, can someone point me in the right direction for root and recovery?
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If you are going to install a custom ROM you won't need to root prior. Unlock the bootloader and flash TWRP. Something like this thread should do it, you can skip the obtain root section as it really isn't necessary if you plan on flashing a custom ROM.
I think I'm gonna go with Pure Nexus rom but any other suggestions would be appreciated.
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ROMs are personal preferences. Does the ROM have the features you want and need? If yes, then you found the ROM for you. If not, you may want to check out some other ROM(s).
Sorry if this is a really noob question but if you want to wipe the whole phone with the internal storage (is that ever necessary?) How do you get the install file back on the device if there's no sd card?
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Unlocking the bootloader wipes the device, this is mandatory. If you want to remove encryption, you will also need to wipe internal storage. Otherwise no you generally won't have to wipe the entire device. You will likely need to perform a factory reset between different ROMs, and ROMs that have done some heavy changes between versions. A factory reset in TWRP doesn't wipe the internal storage, but will wipe all of your apps and settings. You can also mount the phone or use ADB in TWRP if you need to transfer files from a computer.
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If you are going to install a custom ROM you won't need to root prior. Unlock the bootloader and flash TWRP. Something like this thread should do it, you can skip the obtain root section as it really isn't necessary if you plan on flashing a custom ROM.
ROMs are personal preferences. Does the ROM have the features you want and need? If yes, then you found the ROM for you. If not, you may want to check out some other ROM(s).
Unlocking the bootloader wipes the device, this is mandatory. If you want to remove encryption, you will also need to wipe internal storage. Otherwise no you generally won't have to wipe the entire device. You will likely need to perform a factory reset between different ROMs, and ROMs that have done some heavy changes between versions. A factory reset in TWRP doesn't wipe the internal storage, but will wipe all of your apps and settings. You can also mount the phone or use ADB in TWRP if you need to transfer files from a computer.
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Thanks for all the info!