How do restore the s2 to factory conditions? tried holding down volume and turning on but a odin screen popped up
From the main home screen, tap menu
Tap Settings, then Privacy
Tap Factory data reset
Tap Reset phone
Enter your password, then tap Yes to confirm
That's how to do it on the old Galaxy S anyway
How to factory reset alternate method
Hi just to let you know you can also factory reset by entering (safe mode).
To do this switch phone off, switch on and hold power botton and home key and volume ***up *** key at the same time this will take you to (safe mode).
There are other options there too but id leave them alone until you have searched forums first for answers on what they do as they may damage firmware
I think your error was pressing down key this takes you to download mode something a little bit more knowledge required on
I hope this helps you dont forget to backup passwords email address as if you forget they are a pain to resett lol
want a hard format *2767*3855# but this will wipe off all u got so backup wat u need ....cheeeerz
Hi
I want to flash stock firmware using Odin Mobile and make a cleaning of my Internal SD Card (NOT external SD!) in order to remove old leftovers like unused folders and files.
Calendar and contacts are synced with Google and I have a full TI backup.
Will wipe everything on my Internal SD?
Does anybody know some good "clean up app" I can use instead?
Thanks
Mittaa said:
Hi
I want to flash stock firmware using Odin Mobile and make a cleaning of my Internal SD Card (NOT external SD!) in order to remove old leftovers like unused folders and files.
Calendar and contacts are synced with Google and I have a full TI backup.
Will wipe everything on my Internal SD?
Does anybody know some good "clean up app" I can use instead?
Thanks
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You are going to do a factory reset, right?
Wiping data would wipe your whole sd card (not external sd! ). Your USB storage wont be cleaned up.
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Paras Lehana said:
You are going to do a factory reset, right?
Wiping data would wipe your whole sd card (not external sd! ). Your USB storage wont be cleaned up.
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OK so I just have to secure pictures, GPS maps and this kind of data that TI do not backup.
And then - of course - reorganizing home screen ...
Thanks
Mittaa said:
OK so I just have to secure pictures, GPS maps and this kind of data that TI do not backup.
And then - of course - reorganizing home screen ...
Thanks
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Yup, good luck!
Well, I'd recommend you to first flash and then wiping data and cache from Recovery Mode.
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Hey,
yesterday i rootet my mobile phone desire hd to android revolution hd 6.1.5. but today when i was trying to turn off my phone, i recognized that nothing happens when i press the button. I can make a screenshot when i press menu button additional to the power button, but i have uninstalled all screenshot apps .. please help me!
thanks
Try re-installing the rom (make sure you do a full wipe of data and cache).
Theonew said:
Try re-installing the rom (make sure you do a full wipe of data and cache).
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it is something with the rom?
because it makes a screenshot when i press menu additional.
is there any program where i can see all installed programs? maybe hidden programms?
Trigger_21 said:
it is something with the rom?
because it makes a screenshot when i press menu additional.
is there any program where i can see all installed programs? maybe hidden programms?
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It's just said (for that rom) that a re-installation can fix certain problems. You don't need any other program to see installed apps. Just go into settings/applications/manage applications.
Theonew said:
It's just said (for that rom) that a re-installation can fix certain problems. You don't need any other program to see installed apps. Just go into settings/applications/manage applications.
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okay, last question, when i wipe all and reinstall the rom, all apps and user data is gone (sms and such things)
Trigger_21 said:
okay, last question, when i wipe all and reinstall the rom, all apps and user data is gone (sms and such things)
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Yes. The only things left are stuff on your SD card and on your SIM card (like contacts). But remember you can backup your apps and data first using Titanium Backup, which you can then restore after you wipe and flash.
Equipment: Galaxy S2 (Rooted with odin CF-Root)
Problem: Evey time I reboot my phone all the data will be back to 10/11/11 (rooted and backed up date) , new installed app and data gone also.
Symptoms: Similar to the Deep Freeze on the computer. If you reboot the phone all the data and app will restore to the date of 10/11/11. I not sure either Titanium Backup Pro 3.9 or CWM caused this problems. Actually I backed up with 3 app TB, CWM and nitrality.
I tried:
1. Factory Reset.
2. Go into Recovery Mode wipe data / cache.
3. Remove Titanium Backup then TwLauncher and Market force closed all the time. Tried with root explorer also.
4. Press *2767*3855# not work.
5. Tried to flash Official rom and other custom rom but won't work
6. Fomat phone memory (USB) and sd card > after reboot all the data still back
More detail
PDA: DCKH2
Phone: DCKF1
Now, what should I do next?
How to remove Titanium Backup permanently ?
Thank you in advance.
Still need help, please.
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herofrost said:
Equipment: Galaxy S2 (Rooted with odin CF-Root)
Problem: Evey time I reboot my phone all the data will be back to 10/11/11 (rooted and backed up date) , new installed app and data gone also.
Symptoms: Similar to the Deep Freeze on the computer. If you reboot the phone all the data and app will restore to the date of 10/11/11. I not sure either Titanium Backup Pro 3.9 or CWM caused this problems. Actually I backed up with 3 app TB, CWM and nitrality.
I tried:
1. Factory Reset.
2. Go into Recovery Mode wipe data / cache.
3. Remove Titanium Backup then TwLauncher and Market force closed all the time. Tried with root explorer also.
4. Press *2767*3855# not work.
5. Tried to flash Official rom and other custom rom but won't work
6. Fomat phone memory (USB) and sd card > after reboot all the data still back
More detail
PDA: DCKH2
Phone: DCKF1
Now, what should I do next?
How to remove Titanium Backup permanently ?
Thank you in advance.
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I can remember another thread with the same issue.
There the user came to the conclusion that it was a hardware defect of the internal sd card.
He sent his phone back to the seller and as the seller could not fix the problem, he received a new phone.
Maybe you have got the same issue.
All writing operations to your internal sd card seem to work fine, but they are only written into a kind of cache/RAM and not permanently to the filesystem of your internal sd card.
If I could find this other thread again, I will add a link.
Ah I see. So if the internal sd it broke out, because it still rewrite the old data again and again. When I try to flash the new one or factory reset it should be better. Do you have any solutions or just send it back to the seller.
Thanks a lot.
herofrost said:
Ah I see. So if the internal sd it broke out, because it still rewrite the old data again and again. When I try to flash the new one or factory reset it should be better. Do you have any solutions or just send it back to the seller.
Thanks a lot.
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Here is the other thread and the issue sounds very similar => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178964
If you have still warranty, send it back to the seller (after contacting).
Maybe the seller has got a special way of handling such a warranty replacement.
Good luck !
It_ler said:
Here is the other thread and the issue sounds very similar => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178964
If you have still warranty, send it back to the seller (after contacting).
Maybe the seller has got a special way of handling such a warranty replacement.
Good luck !
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Thank you for you help ,,
Hi guys,
I tried to do a full wipe to remove everything from the SGS2 but everytime I do, it keeps some settings and files when flashing a new ROM.
A few months back I took my SGS2 to the repair center and when I got it back (3 months later (yeah.. )) everything was gone from my phone!
So my question is: how did they manage to remove everything? I tried wiping cache, installing wipe roms and do a wipe from the recovery menu.
Hope you guys can help me out
Try reinstall stock rom through Odin...that wipes everything !
kova05 said:
Try reinstall stock rom through Odin...that wipes everything !
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I did that several times (firmwares from samfirmware.com) but didn't work for me..
Will try again now with the latest ICS leak
Maybe those settings are being restored from your google account. When signing in for the first time, do not select the option to restore data.
If you factory restore the phone or do a clean install ALL data will be deleted from the phone.
Can't remember it, but search for the key pad code fire hard reset.
I think it is *2767*3855
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mattyh77 said:
Can't remember it, but search for the key pad code fire hard reset.
I think it is *2767*3855
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you are missing a #. so it is *2767*3855#
it wipes everything.
after doing this there is no turn back.
and remember not to switch phone off for atleast 1 minute after doing this.
mariosraptor said:
you are missing a #. so it is *2767*3855#
it wipes everything.
and remember not to switch phone off for atleast 1 minute after doing this.
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Why 1 minute ? U mean after operagion completes or just after entering the command..
Because it depends on data size if ur storage is full than it take quite some time... If ur internal storage is empty than its a matter of seconds...
max621 said:
Why 1 minute ? U mean after operagion completes or just after entering the command..
Because it depends on data size if ur storage is full than it take quite some time... If ur internal storage is empty than its a matter of seconds...
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after full boot. cache is being built up.
About your files, try formatting your SD card.
I am really confused with this. What actually android wipedata/reset means ?. Is there any problem if i select wipe data factory reset...? if i select this option, is there any chance of losing my internal memory datas like messages, contacts, etc ?
sareeshmnair said:
I am really confused with this. What actually android wipedata/reset means ?. Is there any problem if i select wipe data factory reset...? if i select this option, is there any chance of losing my internal memory datas like messages, contacts, etc ?
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The wipe data and factory reset option will wipe the /data partition which includes application data, any apps you've downloaded, pictures, music, messages, and contacts that are not stored on your sd-card. In addition to wiping the /data partition it also wipes the /cache partition which mostly contains your apps temporary files, and other system related temporary files. Your contacts can be backed up to your Google account, messages can be backed up with SMS Backup +, and for your other data I would recommend taking a look at My Backup it doesn't require root, if you are rooted Titanium Backup is a very handy tool for backing up your device.
help me as you can please
My phone it doesn't work already and and i don't want to lose any of my data because its really important to me and i didn't do the back up before …..what can i do ? …… pleas help me
problem
meshalSM said:
My phone it doesn't work already and and i don't want to lose any of my data because its really important to me and i didn't do the back up before …..what can i do ? …… pleas help me
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problem???
gohel.vishal said:
problem???
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i have the cyanogen room and it was working well…and then,they create a new update for the room…when I'm install it .. the playstore it doesn't work anymore .. so i tried to return to the old version by the sitting > about the phone … when i did it .. the phone restart it self and sticking in the welcome screen for the cyanogenMod…and i don't have any back up before…and i have a lot important emails and numbers that i don't want to lose it what ever it happens…..please help me with this brother
meshalSM said:
i have the cyanogen room and it was working well…and then,they create a new update for the room…when I'm install it .. the playstore it doesn't work anymore .. so i tried to return to the old version by the sitting > about the phone … when i did it .. the phone restart it self and sticking in the welcome screen for the cyanogenMod…and i don't have any back up before…and i have a lot important emails and numbers that i don't want to lose it what ever it happens…..please help me with this brother
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Just to clarify do you mean it's gets stuck on the Cyanogenmod Bootanimation or the Setup Wizard welcome screen when you first setup the phone after wiping it or installing a new ROM? Do you have adb debugging enabled (Under Developer Options in System Settings)? Because if you do then you can use that to pull files from your device. Otherwise what you try doing is booting into recovery and trying ADB through recovery to see if you can access it that way, another suggestion would be in recovery mode to do a NANDROID backup of your current setup and then transfer the backup to your computer, extract the userdata.img from the NANDROID backup, and then use Linux to view the content of the userdata.img file (This would be a decent place to start). Otherwise I'm afraid you may be out of luck.
Hello
On Galaxy S9+ in recovery menu I can find function called "Lacking storage booting". Someone know what this function do ?
Mine too igot confuse what is this for?Lacking Storage Booting
ive been trying to get info for a whilenow including asking sammy multiple times..
what I gather is, if your storage is full to the point you are having device issues or boot looping you enable that option which does something to where you can boot up and save some of your files.. it isnt a permanent fix as it suggests you should do a reset after u get ur files off
Hi,
I have used "Lacking Storage Booting" option for more than 5 times but I didn't found any lag/misbehave after using it (without factory resetting) & performance was the same all the time. This happened with me but if with you it lags then perform a factory reset.
1) However, this is supposed to be used when your mobile is having any booting problem or heavy storage issues.
2) This option is used when you need to get your storage access as Samsung says to backup your documents you want when mobile boots and perform a factory reset.
Even your Galaxy have no booting problem you can use "storage lack booting" without any problem (proved on my S9+).
Samsung claims that resetting should be placed just because for future steps to prevent any possiblity of issues which do not occurs but they have to think forward for the POSSIBILITIES.
One thing more, later on instead resetting the device you can also do instead of resetting and after using "storage lack booting":
* Delete documents from your phone (S9+)
* Go to recovery mode
* Mount/system
* clear cache
I hope this helped.
Alyaan said:
Hi,
I have used "Lacking Storage Booting" option for more than 5 times but I didn't found any lag/misbehave after using it (without factory resetting) & performance was the same all the time. This happened with me but if with you it lags then perform a factory reset.
1) However, this is supposed to be used when your mobile is having any booting problem or heavy storage issues.
2) This option is used when you need to get your storage access as Samsung says to backup your documents you want when mobile boots and perform a factory reset.
Even your Galaxy have no booting problem you can use "storage lack booting" without any problem (proved on my S9+).
Samsung claims that resetting should be placed just because for future steps to prevent any possiblity of issues which do not occurs but they have to think forward for the POSSIBILITIES.
One thing more, later on instead resetting the device you can also do instead of resetting and after using "storage lack booting":
* Delete documents from your phone (S9+)
* Go to recovery mode
* Mount/system
* clear cache
I hope this helped.
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Hi, I know this is a late reply on this thread but I just wanna ask. Will "Lacking Storage Booting" delete all of the data on my phone then?
Reply to the question of DATA LOSS (No Data would be lost!)
pooch22 said:
Hi, I know this is a late reply on this thread but I just wanna ask. Will "Lacking Storage Booting" delete all of the data on my phone then?
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No Bro, you won't loss anything on your device and even your phone's lock screen won't be affected (By this I mean that your phone would as Like it was).
However, Samsung says "Your Phone might get slow if you use Storage Lack Booting" but only if your storage is full or nearly full. You won't loss any data and this function base is to protect data and not to delete them.
Examples:
1) Your Phone has storage (127/128 GB), and you use "Storage lack booting" so for me the phone was not laggy but if you found your phone laggy restart it thrice and go to RECOVERY MODE and select clear cache.
2) Personally, for me this feature is not beneficial as this feature is for if you can boot into your phone so use it but WAIT I had my S7 with its peak storage full 32/32GB but everyday I restart, power off, dead it but still it is working.
3) Personally, for no reason I have used "Storage lack booting" more than 15 times and I performed speed test from all perspectives and felt the same speed response (all speeding was tested approx and the net-total was all approx and and yeah whenever if your phone is not turning on use this feature and when you will use then it might be laggy but till when its not errupting booting up it won't lag by using it.
* First time , When I used STORAGE LACK BOOTING I was little scared but then I thought did I purchased this phone for being scared.
* At First day, when I purchased this phone, I was scared to test water resistance, but Then I thought did I purchased a NEW phone for being scared. So i just threw it in a pool of 5 meter depth and yeah when I threw it, i belived it won't disturb me and is water resistance.
So bro, everyday learn something, experience it and surley if you are using Samsung orignal version it won't distrub your phone.
Alyaan said:
No Bro, you won't loss anything on your device and even your phone's lock screen won't be affected (By this I mean that your phone would as Like it was).
However, Samsung says "Your Phone might get slow if you use Storage Lack Booting" but only if your storage is full or nearly full. You won't loss any data and this function base is to protect data and not to delete them.
Examples:
1) Your Phone has storage (127/128 GB), and you use "Storage lack booting" so for me the phone was not laggy but if you found your phone laggy restart it thrice and go to RECOVERY MODE and select clear cache.
2) Personally, for me this feature is not beneficial as this feature is for if you can boot into your phone so use it but WAIT I had my S7 with its peak storage full 32/32GB but everyday I restart, power off, dead it but still it is working.
3) Personally, for no reason I have used "Storage lack booting" more than 15 times and I performed speed test from all perspectives and felt the same speed response (all speeding was tested approx and the net-total was all approx and and yeah whenever if your phone is not turning on use this feature and when you will use then it might be laggy but till when its not errupting booting up it won't lag by using it.
* First time , When I used STORAGE LACK BOOTING I was little scared but then I thought did I purchased this phone for being scared.
* At First day, when I purchased this phone, I was scared to test water resistance, but Then I thought did I purchased a NEW phone for being scared. So i just threw it in a pool of 5 meter depth and yeah when I threw it, i belived it won't disturb me and is water resistance.
So bro, everyday learn something, experience it and surley if you are using Samsung orignal version it won't distrub your phone.
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THIS IS AWESOME!
actually here is my situation, I'm just really scared to lose my pictures lol so please bear with me.
My phone is actually locked with PIN Code 4 digits, cant remember the code. its been like this 5 days now.
so my question is this: Can I do~
1. Boot to recovery mode.
2. Do the Lacking Storage Booting, so that it will save my data on my SD Card.
3. Perform Factory Reset so that my phone will be unlocked from the PIN Code that I dont remember anymore.
4. Restore the files from the SD card.
Please correct me if these steps are wrong.
Totally Odd Situation For ME!
pooch22 said:
THIS IS AWESOME!
actually here is my situation, I'm just really scared to lose my pictures lol so please bear with me.
My phone is actually locked with PIN Code 4 digits, cant remember the code. its been like this 5 days now.
so my question is this: Can I do~
1. Boot to recovery mode.
2. Do the Lacking Storage Booting, so that it will save my data on my SD Card.
3. Perform Factory Reset so that my phone will be unlocked from the PIN Code that I dont remember anymore.
4. Restore the files from the SD card.
Please correct me if these steps are wrong.
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For me it's an odd situation because I never went through a locked phone because I have my Samsung account signed in my Galaxy and so when I forget the code I simply go to Samsung Find My Mobile Website and unlock my phone from there. So What I know about this situation is:
1) If you signed your SAMSUNG ACCOUNT in your phone so UNLOCK your phone from the SAMSUNG website.
2) Your Data would definitely be lost and so you have to RESET YOUR PHONE through recovery mode:
After resetting you won't be able to get into the PHONE if Google Protection Lock was turned on (By Default it's ON) and to bypass it you can login your GOOGLE ACCOUNT which was logged in your phone. If you did not logged on your GOOGLE EMAIL then reset it but you would loss all of it's data. In this case if you forgot your GOOGLE ACCOUNT so you can easily bypass it FROM MARKET without logging the account.
3) Go to market and ask the person whether it is possible to get your photos/data if possible so it's best. IF not so, sorry for your lost
- Boot Lacking Won't let you enter into your phone without entering the password ( For you case just ignore it's existence for to HELP you)
Alayaann....
If u r there then please tell me... That lack storage booting needs SD card in phone or not??
Does lack storage booting.. Convert data from phone internal memory to SD card(external storage)??
Fattima said:
Alayaann....
If u r there then please tell me... That lack storage booting needs SD card in phone or not??
Does lack storage booting.. Convert data from phone internal memory to SD card(external storage)??
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no.. y would u need a sd card? it tells u wat it does in recovery when u select it.. all it does is start device with mininal resources so u can back up ur data if its runnin like crap if ur storage is full so u can then factory reset
Fattima said:
Alayaann....
If u r there then please tell me... That lack storage booting needs SD card in phone or not??
Does lack storage booting.. Convert data from phone internal memory to SD card(external storage)??
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I feel sad for being late and I wasn't able to help you at time but thanks to elliwigy for covering this thing at time. My e-mails are so messed up gonna fix this mess up soon. Sorry in literal meaning.
Thou Fattima, I'm here to add that Samsung revoked this feature from all it's devices which had this. It's quiet not possible to be there. Is that feature still on your phone then your phone is not up to date. Not in my S9+ neither on my s20ultra.
Greetings. Can I perform the wipe data/factory reset without the lacking storage mode?
Elvislobo3 said:
Greetings. Can I perform the wipe data/factory reset without the lacking storage mode?
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yes, why wouldnt u be able to?
Elvislobo3 said:
Greetings. Can I perform the wipe data/factory reset without the lacking storage mode?
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Yes, definitely it's possible. Boot Lacking is used when we are stuck in boot loop (phone restarting continuously and doesn't let you boot in) but when we reset phone from recovery option that is a step which comes before looping so obviously we can reset directly.
How do you perform lacking storage booting? Is it a button combination that you do when the phone is booting? Is it an option in the menu that I'm too stupid to understand? Sorry for the late reply.
i know a device can help you to backup everything in your phone if you are interested. it will help you to storage it in a difference micro SD card or External portable hard drive if you have them.
Alyaan said:
Hi,
I have used "Lacking Storage Booting" option for more than 5 times but I didn't found any lag/misbehave after using it (without factory resetting) & performance was the same all the time. This happened with me but if with you it lags then perform a factory reset.
1) However, this is supposed to be used when your mobile is having any booting problem or heavy storage issues.
2) This option is used when you need to get your storage access as Samsung says to backup your documents you want when mobile boots and perform a factory reset.
Even your Galaxy have no booting problem you can use "storage lack booting" without any problem (proved on my S9+).
Samsung claims that resetting should be placed just because for future steps to prevent any possiblity of issues which do not occurs but they have to think forward for the POSSIBILITIES.
One thing more, later on instead resetting the device you can also do instead of resetting and after using "storage lack booting":
* Delete documents from your phone (S9+)
* Go to recovery mode
* Mount/system
* clear cache
I hope this helped.
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Hey there,
I would like to do your suggestions but my power button is not working.. :/ Any suggestions perhaps?
Thank you in advance and stay safe
another problematic person here... what if i press Lacking Storage Booting nd phone doesnt rourn on it goes to phone is statring msg optimasig app..... the after it reset it self and then again i moved to recvery short version with only 4 picks. then i reset the phone i prese volume up and power to go to full recovery and again and again... is my phone dead? is there a way to instal andrond maybe from sd card if so whre to get that file from? i really dont want loose stuff on my phone. also clearing app data wipe them all right?? like msg etc? i just have important msg on some communicators and i would rather not to loose them...any way to access phone while its off to comy data??