Hello,
I'm using latest stock rom from toshiba from months without problems...
Now, in two weeks , I have had two "automatic" factory reset !!!
Yesterday I switched off without errors my folio after reading emails, newspapers and some web surfing with dolphin hd, and today when switched on, after a little long bootup time (again without errors) I have got the standard wallpaper, and all my apps and settings were gone, exactly a factory reset!! (sd/storage data are here)
I restored back my backup and all is working again but i want to understand why it happens!
Why do folio "select" a factory reset automatically???
Thank you
I could be that you setted some settings for that or stock rom have some "limits" for cache and date?
Ir the problem persist, do a backup with Titanium.
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase system
And reinstall
Otacon_ahs said:
Ir the problem persist, do a backup with Titanium.
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase system
And reinstall
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Thank you.
Do you thing there is a problem with these two partitions?
Can I do a "fsck" ? My folio is rooted and I have busybox installed... but I cannot do it ("busybox fsck") becuse it says there isn't any fstab in /etc...
girello71 said:
Thank you.
Do you thing there is a problem with these two partitions?
Can I do a "fsck" ? My folio is rooted and I have busybox installed... but I cannot do it ("busybox fsck") becuse it says there isn't any fstab in /etc...
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All i can say is that worked for me.
After flashing FolioTNT from stock rom, it worked fine some days, later it give me exactly the same problem. Doing fastboot erase worked for me.
I think sometimes the operating system screw up himself.
I would recommend you doing fastboot, not fsck. But it you want, try it.
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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.
Sent from a galaxy far, far away
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.
Hopper8 said:
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
Hopper8 said:
: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.
I'm helping a friend with her S3 i9300. It was running very sluggishly and starting in the last couple months she's been having a sleep of death issue.
It works fine (albeit slowly) while she's using it but when it sleeps for more than 10 minutes it doesn't turn back on without a lot of trouble or a holding down the power button and hard resetting. Every once in a while it only boots if I go indirectly through download mode.
I've confirmed with the play store app that she does NOT have the "insane chip" involved in the SDS issue. I've also factory resetted, rooted, tried flashing a custom kernel, a custom TW ROM (S5 sensation) and now an AOSP ROM (resurrection remix) and the problem persists.
Looking at other users' suggestions I took it apart and cleaned/played with the power button, even replacing it with the one from my old t999. Still the same.
I'm at a loss at this point. Has anyone run into this issue and found a fix I'm missing? Thanks for the help.
Have you already tried to format system partition (sdcard 0) via recovery?
After that you MUST flash a ROM, cause there is no system installed.
So, try to do this and let me know.
Else you can try to do a MEGA/SUPER wipe.
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Have you already tried to format system partition (sdcard 0) via recovery?
After that you MUST flash a ROM, cause there is no system installed.
So, try to do this and let me know.
Else you can try to do a MEGA/SUPER wipe.
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Thanks for the reply. Before flashing any ROMs I've always made sure to do a factory reset and then individually wipe System, Data, Cache, and Davlik Cache even though I know I'm duplicating some of the wiping. Unfortunately that did not work in this case.
I'll give the MEGA/SUPER wipe a try and report back.
Thanks again.
Looks like MEGA wipe didn't do the trick either. The phone is on NA8; is there a newer baseband I can try? Not sure what else to try.
At this point I'm thinking it might just be a hardware issue.
Flash the latest stock firmware from sammobile then factory reset, remove sd card and sim then test with a different battery.
If still the same then it is a hardware fault, motherboard/cpu.
Hey guys
I need some guru help here :/
I've flashed cyanogenmod 13 with android 6.0.1 on my i9300 along with some gapps (stock version). Everything works well, besides the cell reception.
I've been able to see other networks around but couldn't connect to neither of them. (i'm on roaming, in germany, while my sim card and the phone are from poland)
I have applied no signal fix from here which didn't change anything.
Then I've flashed this (the one with "Poland" next to it), but that only made things worse, as the whole "cellular network" menu in settings is greyed out.
What I've figured out is that when typing *#06# the phone app makes some noise and hangs, and in the settings there is no IMEI number.
This leads me to the conclusion that EFS (seems empty in the TWRP file browser) is broken/cleared.
I've seen many instructions on bringing it back to life, non of them are clear to me, and all use Windows. Is there a way to do that on Mac OS, or.. basically is it THE way to go for?
I would appreciate all the help as I need that phone in the next days :/ thanks!
@krecio4:
1. Look for efs-backup. Some kernels create this. Or as part of TWRP-backup. Restore it.
2. Flash latest firmware with Odin. If IMEI is still gone afterwards, try KIES repair function.
3. Let it repair in service center.
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@krecio4:
1. Look for efs-backup. Some kernels create this. Or as part of TWRP-backup. Restore it.
2. Flash latest firmware with Odin. If IMEI is still gone afterwards, try KIES repair function.
3. Let it repair in service center.
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thanks a lot @rp158!
I've tried searching for an efs backup but no luck :/ any idea where do they create it? restore option only has those files that I've backed up.
latest firmware you mean the official one, right? Is there a way to do it on mac os?
cheers
@krecio4: TWRP backup contains efs-partition, if you chose/ticked it. Kernels (Boeffla, Agni) store it in sdcard0, but if you never flashed a special kernel, it's over.
Firmware means Samsung's stock 4.3 from sammobile.com. Look there, if they offer Odin and KIES for Mac. Otherwise lean a Windows pc. It's useless to make it more complicated by struggling software.
@krecio4: read this. That's not the solution, but if that all caused by actual CM13-nightly, there comes perhaps any...
I have the same problem with latest nightly. This work fine: "cm-13.0-20160523-NIGHTLY-i9300.zip".
@krecio4 I think that you have to first flash latest firmware then root your phone and then you have to use z3x box, hope it will fix :good:
thanks for your sugestions guys
What I did is to get the latest firmware from sammobile, restored it with Odin, phone was working, I was receiving calls and texts.
So I installed TWRP, backed up EFS, System, Data, and one more thing that was marked.
Then i did a factory reset and installed latest CM13 + gapps in one run (as a batch of files, selected the CM13 first, than the gapps in the que)
rebooted
Again - CM13 works well, but it says "please insert SIM card" :/
No IMEI, IMEI SV (Unknown)
Cellular networks in settings are off, and greyed out inside, "preferred network type" is "Invalid Network Mode (-1). Ignore"
Do you think there is any hope?
I noticed that EFS is empty, after restoring it from backup, and rebooting, it's empty again.
so tired of everything, I went back to the original software using this method (even easier than Odin) http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/how-to-factory-installed-firmware-sgs3-t1838480
If you come up with some solution, I'd love to try Cynanogenmod for longer and.. for real
1. Be happy, that your efs-data are ok. Make in TWRP a backup of this partition only, for worst cases.
2. Try @mexit's advice.
Can I with no problem have a custom recovery installed while using original firmware?
So you are saying that it might be with the last 3 nightlies that they are messing up with backed up EFS? If so, I'll try installing the one you've mentioned, but now I've list 2-3 days for the whole crap so I will wait until I have too much time But thank you very much for your support!
BTW, I found this as well: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/tool-backup-restore-efs-imei-sgsiii-t1901098
Posting for anybody, as I digged the whole internet for any answers
Install this: https://download.cyanogenmod.org/get/jenkins/162926/cm-13.0-20160524-NIGHTLY-i9300.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67034195&postcount=5968
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ok, as I don't give up easily, as you can see, I did another approach. Backup, backp EFS only.
Installed the edition from 23rd of mai. All good! But during the "installing apps" during the initial boot, close to the end, the battery died (after the screen flickering). but reboot and it all seems to work well Any issues that could appear after an unexpected reboot during the first boot? Do you suggest to do factory reset and flash CM13 + gapps again?
If I understand well, battery died during compiling Dalvik/ART. Should be happen again after cleaning both caches. But to avoid any mess, I would clean flash the ROM again.
So you suggest to do the factory reset, install CM13, install gapps, reboot ?
No.
Wipe system, data, cache, Dalvik cache.
Flash CM13. Wipe cache, Dalvik cache.
and gapps installation shouold be along the CM13 in a que right?
@krecio4: flash GApps afterwards. Read the last posts of CM-thread: your problem was probably caused by a modem-bug in CM, should be gone now.
after the wipe cache & Dalvik?
so CM13, wipe, gapps, reboot?
Ok, very precisely:
flash cm13, wipe 2 cashes, reboot
if net and wifi ok, make a backup of this state
flash GApps, wipe 2 cashes, reboot
case closed
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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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