Hiya - was wondering what happens on a factory reset if you have rooted your phone?
I have Villain12 on my hero just now!
It will reinstall the OS, so as root is in the system partition it will still be rooted and still be on VR, you will just have to set it up again like Google account etc. and any apps you have.
Thanks for that
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I got the phone yesterday which had the KE1 kernel already. I rooted this afternoon, and reapplied the KE1 kernel.
Everything seemed fine, but I've just run Titanium Backup to get my apps and settings, and I'm now getting FCs on my messaging app, Handcent, and some others including Email and Google Services.
Can anyone help? Is this caused by the root, or have my backups done this somehow and can I fix it? I didn't do a nandroid backup before (is it possible yet?) but I'm happy to do a factory reset if necessary.
Phew. Factory reset fixed it.
I did the same root and flashed it with the stock XWKE1 kernel. I will report any problems here. (Hope it's not a wide spread problem.)
I rooted my htc one and the camera stopped working. I didnt notice this until after i installed a custom kernel and when i unrooted, the kernel was still present and the camera still does not work. I also backed up my stuff on titanium backup because thats what everyone said to do if you were going to install kernals/roms. But when i saw the camera wasnt working, i tried reseting to factory and lost everything, including titanium backup.. so what im wondering is, is there any way to get back my stuff and is there any way to completely reset to factory settings as if it were day 1, including the kernel?
titanium backup application may have been lost , but the data might be present in your sd card
so if you install the app again you will find your data there .
to completely reset your phone as the way you got you will have to flash stock rom again then root it and restore apps by titanium
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skiafolife said:
I rooted my htc one and the camera stopped working. I didnt notice this until after i installed a custom kernel and when i unrooted, the kernel was still present and the camera still does not work. I also backed up my stuff on titanium backup because thats what everyone said to do if you were going to install kernals/roms. But when i saw the camera wasnt working, i tried reseting to factory and lost everything, including titanium backup.. so what im wondering is, is there any way to get back my stuff and is there any way to completely reset to factory settings as if it were day 1, including the kernel?
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you have to flash your firmware then it will be new as like 1st day.
Hi,
My i9100 runs CM 10.2 Nightlies and I install these in this sequence:
Reboot recovery'
Format /system
Wipe Dalvik
Wipe /cache
Install new CM nightly .zip
This works every-time, except if I try and install the CM 10.1.3 Release Candidate. In this case my phone boots and displays the CM rotating boot animation until the battery runs out of juice. If I boot into recovery and flash CM 10.2 then my phone boots correctly.
Does anyone know how one should downgrade from 10.2 to 10.1.3?
( If you suggest a factory reset ( format /data) then please explain your logical behind your suggestion, if you could).
Thanks!
forgetmyname said:
My i9100 runs CM 10.2 Nightlies
if I try and install the CM 10.1.3 Release Candidate. In this case my phone boots and displays the CM rotating boot animation until the battery runs out of juice. If I boot into recovery and flash CM 10.2 then my phone boots correctly.
Does anyone know how one should downgrade from 10.2 to 10.1.3?
( If you suggest a factory reset ( format /data) then please explain your logical behind your suggestion, if you could).
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Check these threads out first:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/77376-cm-1013-rc-for-i9100-int/#entry406963
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/77807-how-to-downgrade-to-101-rc1/
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Yes I do suggest a factory reset. It's recommended whenever you change android version to do a factory reset. Flashing a new nightly of the same android version it's ok not to (I still do) but when you upgrade /downgrade android versions unless you reset you'll get trouble, as you've already found out.
Edit: just read those links that immortalneo posted, there you go.
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Hopper8 said:
Yes I do suggest a factory reset. It's recommended whenever you change android version to do a factory reset. Flashing a new nightly of the same android version it's ok not to (I still do) but when you upgrade /downgrade android versions unless you reset you'll get trouble, as you've already found out.
Edit: just read those links that immortalneo posted, there you go.
Sent from a galaxy far, far away
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Hi, Thank-you for your links.
Funnily if I upgrade on Android versions I don't reset. I just format /system, wipe cache & Dalvik, and then install the right gapps. I have never downgraded before.
However, perhaps I could roll back to a 10.1 nightly backup I took with CWM, and then upgrade with this and avoid a Factory Reset
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Hi, Thank-you for your links.
Funnily if I upgrade on Android versions I don't reset. I just format /system, wipe cache & Dalvik, and then install the right gapps. I have never downgraded before.
However, perhaps I could roll back to a 10.1 nightly backup I took with CWM, and then upgrade with this and avoid a Factory Reset
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I don't understand why you're shying away from a factory reset? If you're flashing ROMs it should be a regular part of your routine. Use an app such as Titanium backup to restore user apps & data afterwards. Doing a factory reset will erase everything which isn't compatible with the new ROM. Titanium, used correctly, only restores things which are compatible.
As for restoring your nandroid, if it's a downgrade, you should also factory reset before restoring it. Like I said, I don't know why you're trying so hard to avoid it.
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I don't understand why you're shying away from a factory reset? If you're flashing ROMs it should be a regular part of your routine. Use an app such as Titanium backup to restore user apps & data afterwards. Doing a factory reset will erase everything which isn't compatible with the new ROM. Titanium, used correctly, only restores things which are compatible.
As for restoring your nandroid, if it's a downgrade, you should also factory reset before restoring it. Like I said, I don't know why you're trying so hard to avoid it.
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Hi,
Because restoring from TB all my apps took me 5 hours last time.
More importantly I have to add back all of my accounts (FB, Dropbox etc) and k don't always recall my passwords, so they all have yo have password resets. Factory resets mean several days of extra work. I have 1.5 hours each evening to myself and I'd rather watch TV (18 month old child is source of time consumption)) ).
Cheers.
forgetmyname said:
Hi,
Because restoring from TB all my apps took me 5 hours last time.
More importantly I have to add back all of my accounts (FB, Dropbox etc) and k don't always recall my passwords, so they all have yo have password resets. Factory resets mean several days of extra work. I have 1.5 hours each evening to myself and I'd rather watch TV (18 month old child is source of time consumption)) ).
Cheers.
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:0 :0 how many apps do you have installed? It takes me about 10 min absolute tops. But sure, definitely spend time with your child
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:0 :0 how many apps do you have installed? It takes me about 10 min absolute tops. But sure, definitely spend time with your child
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I have 51 apps and a few like Touchdown (for Lotus Notes) won't play well with downgrades or even upgrades sometimes. This is the bane of 'enterprise' applications...
Hello,
my girlfriend has her Desire X for almost one year. During this time everything was quite ok, apps were installed and internet was working correclty.
Lately she found out that her smatphone is working slower - home screen is loading for a long while, when she has a possibility to enter text - her keybord does not appear as fast as it would be smooth and gentle
Well, for now I know that I can make her root and install an ew rom or wipe data and restore factory settings, but do not really want to loose data.
I have tried to unistall not used apps and restore factory version of some as well - it did not help.
Do you have any idea how to bring smile on her face again and make her phone working well again?
Regards,
koval113
koval113 said:
Hello,
my girlfriend has her Desire X for almost one year. During this time everything was quite ok, apps were installed and internet was working correclty.
Lately she found out that her smatphone is working slower - home screen is loading for a long while, when she has a possibility to enter text - her keybord does not appear as fast as it would be smooth and gentle
Well, for now I know that I can make her root and install an ew rom or wipe data and restore factory settings, but do not really want to loose data.
I have tried to unistall not used apps and restore factory version of some as well - it did not help.
Do you have any idea how to bring smile on her face again and make her phone working well again?
Regards,
koval113
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Factory reset, root doesn't make your phone smoother but factory reset does
What GtrCraft said. Also, since the DX is ICS+ you can use adb to backup apps+data ("adb backup -apk -all -nosystem") so you don't lose a thing. (Depending on apps this may be counterproductive however)
No other way than factory reset?
koval113 said:
No other way than factory reset?
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Try wiping cache and dalvik-cache via fastboot. To do this, connect the phone to PC, put it into fastboot mode, and do fastboot erase cache as well as fastboot erase dalvik-cache.
Hey guys,
I'm wondering if there is any way to disable the forced factory reset if you go to bootloader via key combo. Picture: www[dot]upload[dot]net/file/d/4686/sgyhu6up_jpg.htm
It's really annoying to reinstall and reverify all apps if I install the latest update of the resurrection remix.
So would be great if someone could give me a hint.
NG
Dr. Console
Dr. Console said:
Hey guys,
I'm wondering if there is any way to disable the forced factory reset if you go to bootloader via key combo. Picture: www[dot]upload[dot]net/file/d/4686/sgyhu6up_jpg.htm
It's really annoying to reinstall and reverify all apps if I install the latest update of the resurrection remix.
So would be great if someone could give me a hint.
NG
Dr. Console
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First of all, can't view the picture so not 100% sure what you're referring to but I'm pretty sure I know what you're asking about. So, on all LG phones pretty much, when you use the button combo to get to recovery, it comes up factory data reset screen and ask you to select yes or no and you have to select yes two times and are brought to TWRP. If that's what you're referring to, it has nothing to do with RR and everything to do with LGs bootloader. If you have TWRP installed selecting yes does nothing except brings you to TWRP, it does not factory reset anything. Installing an update to RR doesn't reset anything either unless you manually wipe stuff within TWRP. Only thing that sometimes gets affected by installing update is it all ask for super user rights on apps again, but no way around that and it may ask you to set some programs as default again (like if you use a different messaging app instead of stock). So, again, the reset screen is not related to RR but instead the bootloader but did nothing except bring you to TWRP. Installing an update doesn't erase your data or apps unless you manually wipe them within TWRP. If you're doing a dirty flash (just updating) no reason to wipe anything except cache and davlik after it finishes flashing, and then it doesn't erase any apps or data. Only wipe system, data, etc if you're trying to do a clean install. In that case, I recommend using titanium backup to backup and restore all apps and app data.
Hey, thanks for the fast response, and yes the thing with the factory data reset was exactly what I meant.
That when TWRP is installed it doesn't wipes the data is very good to know, I sadly found nearly nothing about this.
So I think the problem is solved with your answer.
Thanks and have a nice weekend.
Dr. Console