First, ....... Is factory reset the same as factory data reset. Second, in that same screen is ''automatic restore". What exactly does that do. I read the little sentence it says below it, but it's not clear to me. And lastly, if I do a factory reset, will I loose all my apps. I have a few costly ones. One in particular is slingplayer ( 30-35 bucks). thanks people.
I will answer your last question since I have sling player from the market too. No, the play store remembers your purchase. It is recorded against your logon credentials.
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Factory (data) reset means your phone will be wiped of all user data' and the internal sd card is formatted.
Apps, passwords, icons, ringtones, etc. will be replaced with whatever is stock for that rom version.
If you accidentally deleted a system app, factory reset can't repair it. You would have to flash the rom again.
rangercaptain said:
Factory (data) reset means your phone will be wiped of all user data' and the internal sd card is formatted.
Apps, passwords, icons, ringtones, etc. will be replaced with whatever is stock for that rom version.
If you accidentally deleted a system app, factory reset can't repair it. You would have to flash the rom again.
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What if I saved what ever I could to the sd card and then pulled the sd card out of the phone before I did the factory reset. Am I thinking logically??? do people do this???
The factory reset doesn't mess with the external sd card, so anything you move there is safe.
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Sorry, noob question. With the new 2.3 ROMs, I've been seeing "factory reset" a lot. Could someone clarify exactly what gets wiped? I know when you flash a new ROM it wipes all the apps and stuff, but I don't want to lose my photos. Usually, that hasn't been the case. Will "factory reset" delete data such as photos? Thanks!
well you could transfer your photos to your pc .
sam-san said:
Sorry, noob question. With the new 2.3 ROMs, I've been seeing "factory reset" a lot. Could someone clarify exactly what gets wiped? I know when you flash a new ROM it wipes all the apps and stuff, but I don't want to lose my photos. Usually, that hasn't been the case. Will "factory reset" delete data such as photos? Thanks!
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No factory reset only deletes your apps and google account credentials, cache etc. Photos are not deleted. I'd recommend periodic backups though since you never know what may happen.
When you do a factory reset, all of your apps, data, settings, etc, will get wiped. The stuff on your internal and external storage stays intact. That means photos, music, documents, or anything you've stored on your sd cards.
If you're gonna be dealing with Gingerbread ROMs, I recommend you back up your storage anyway. There's still a chance that your internal storage gets wiped. It happened to me today after a bad flash with a GB ROM and a visit to doctor Odin, but I had my important files backed up on my PC. The external sd card should never have this problem, though.
Will a factory reset erase everything in the internal (16gb or 32gb) ie, pictures, music, and/or other data? Or does it just reset the rom only?
really? I answered this in the other thread you asked it no need to create another thread
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really? I answered this in the other thread you asked it no need to create another thread
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I understand but I figured Id ask in general section so the ones who actually have the device (international) can confirm since no one in the Sprint thread has the s3 yet. You did answer in regards to the s2 and do appreciate the reply.
If you do it in settings it will wipe everything including pictures
On the galaxy Note, when you did the reset under settings it ask you to check USB. which did wipe everythin....i have not seen this in sgs3 it just asked to reset and then clear all. but all my folders and app data where still there.
so in order to do a REAL wipe, i use clock work mode and just format cache, format system and format data.
the one in the setting menu SHOULD wipe everything though.
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On the galaxy Note, when you did the reset under settings it ask you to check USB. which did wipe everythin....i have not seen this in sgs3 it just asked to reset and then clear all. but all my folders and app data where still there.
so in order to do a REAL wipe, i use clock work mode and just format cache, format system and format data.
the one in the setting menu SHOULD wipe everything though.
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I have done it and it said everything will be erased including photos. All I had on the internal, themes, custom roms disappeared
Factory reset returns the device to factory default settings, in other words it wipes the entire data partition.
i have had to send two s 3s back .
i have factory reset both and yes it wipes everything except external sd
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Factory reset returns the device to factory default settings, in other words it wipes the entire data partition.
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And all the rest, data partition doesn´t has its own partition anymore
sewe said:
And all the rest, data partition doesn´t has its own partition anymore
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Damn I need to get up to date, damn my phone.
YES!
Any factory reset will delete all your stuff on your phone unless you have a sd card. An sd card is completely apart from your phone. Hope that helped man and god bless! Go androids!
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Any factory reset will delete all your stuff on your phone unless you have a sd card. An sd card is completely apart from your phone. Hope that helped man and god bless! Go androids!
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Sort of, it didn´t do that on sgs, sgs2 and other samsung phones before.
They have separate data partitions that are erased and all the rest remains
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Factory reset returns the device to factory default settings, in other words it wipes the entire data partition.
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Useful thread
Will a factory reset restore a rooted phone to its previous un-rooted status?
Dont think its that simple
No, the /system/ partition will remain as-is. Only the cache and data partition are formatted.
Unrooting is not that difficult. Ok somewhat more difficult than this but still 5 minutes away...
Why do people post questions in general... I don't get it.. and no, a "general" question is not what this section is for. :banghead:
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If you want to erase everything, you need to go to settings/storage, and format the internal sd after you do the factory reset.
Thanks guys for the reply. Its a bummer that it wipes everything as I do not want to have to back up things in the internal. The hard part too is when backing up game data. They're all over the place and sometimes I can't tell what the app is just by the folder name. Then you have to back up picture videos etc. Then having to transfer them back to the phone later if you do end up factory resetting. I'm hoping there will be a way around it later on. I could use GL to SD so game data are stored in the external SD but this means getting a 32gb S3 is kind of a waste but at least its already backed up in the card.
And I apologize for putting this in the general thread...it was too late by the time I posted so I couldnt change. Mod can move to Q&A if it needs to be there.
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A friend of mine had her phone stolen, so I loaned her my old rooted Rezound. I had wiped, factory resetted a million times, both in recovery, and through the phone settings. There were no images, no pictures, no files at all on the phone. When she logged in and set it up, my pictures came up in her VZ Backup files. How did this happen?
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A friend of mine had her phone stolen, so I loaned her my old rooted Rezound. I had wiped, factory resetted a million times, both in recovery, and through the phone settings. There were no images, no pictures, no files at all on the phone. When she logged in and set it up, my pictures came up in her VZ Backup files. How did this happen?
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Did you wipe the internal SD Card also?
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Did you wipe the internal SD Card also?
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both in recovery, and through the phone settings. There were no images, no pictures, no files at all on the phone.
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Factory resetting doesn't clear the internal storage nor the SD Card. Depending on how OP wiped the phone, it may have been missed also. You have to specifically format both of those. I was asking if the OP did just that.
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Factory resetting doesn't clear the internal storage nor the SD Card. Depending on how OP wiped the phone, it may have been missed also. You have to specifically format both of those. I was asking if the OP did just that.
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I did not specifically do that, no.
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I did not specifically do that, no.
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oh well dude. you said no files were on the phone, if you had deleted the pictures from both sd cards and still did a factory reset than all pictures should be gone
when you said "There were no images, no pictures, no files at all on the phone." i thought you had either did a factory reset than cleared the sd cards in recovery or manually cleared the sd cards than factory reset
sorry for the confusion there @mjones73
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oh well dude. you said no files were on the phone, if you had deleted the pictures from both sd cards and still did a factory reset than all pictures should be gone
when you said "There were no images, no pictures, no files at all on the phone." i thought you had either did a factory reset than cleared the sd cards in recovery or manually cleared the sd cards than factory reset
sorry for the confusion there @mjones73
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I did do a complete factory reset, both from recovery and through settings several times. In fact, when I flash ROMs I wipe data and cache three times just to be sure. I went to gallery--no images. In file manager there were no files found. Since factory reset and wiping data says it will wipe ALL data, I didn't think I needed to specifically wipe internal SD storage. I assumed that was done on the factory reset and data wipe. I did not include an external sd card with the phone, either. They didn't pop up until she set up VZ Backup. Some of them were pictures I had taken, some were attachments from emails, I am just curious how my pictures showed up with her VZ Backup. It makes me wonder...
Lesson is when you reset a phone to loan to someone, give away, sell, or donate, probably a good idea to make sure it is squeaky clean...
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I did do a complete factory reset, both from recovery and through settings several times. In fact, when I flash ROMs I wipe data and cache three times just to be sure. I went to gallery--no images. In file manager there were no files found. Since factory reset and wiping data says it will wipe ALL data, I didn't think I needed to specifically wipe internal SD storage. I assumed that was done on the factory reset and data wipe. I did not include an external sd card with the phone, either. They didn't pop up until she set up VZ Backup. Some of them were pictures I had taken, some were attachments from emails, I am just curious how my pictures showed up with her VZ Backup. It makes me wonder...
Lesson is when you reset a phone to loan to someone, give away, sell, or donate, probably a good idea to make sure it is squeaky clean...
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the photos are probably from the internal sd or vz backup backed up some without you realizing it.
I know this is a stupid question, but since I'm preparing my device to android 4.3, so I think its still better to ask before doing anything. After performing a factory reset, will all the apps installed in my device be deleted? What about those stored in internal sd and external sd? Everything will be gone? Also is there any way to backup my calendar entry? I'm using 'cal', well sometimes S planner, and I stored all the calendar entry in my device, not syncing with my email account. Thank you so much!
Factory reset will delete anything.
Sync your calendar to Gmail, easiest way.
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Factory reset will delete anything.
Sync your calendar to Gmail, easiest way.
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I heard that there are two kinds of reset, one is factory reset (which is a 'lighter' reset) from the setting menu and another is hard reset from the boot menu. I know hard reset will wipe everything, including apps installed, and the same goes to factory reset?
Both will wipe all your apps and settings, only difference is a reset from recovery won't format your internal sd card.
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nikctsh said:
I heard that there are two kinds of reset, one is factory reset (which is a 'lighter' reset) from the setting menu and another is hard reset from the boot menu. I know hard reset will wipe everything, including apps installed, and the same goes to factory reset?
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It won't erase your external SD card..
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It won't erase your external SD card..
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Hey, I got a problem with my Galaxy S2. When i want to start it, it lags on Samsung logo. I think, that only way out is wipe data/factory reset (wipe cache didn´t work) but I have some photos and sound records that I haven´t in PC. Do you know any ROM (that I can download and flash with Odin), which doesn´t erase my data if I do wipe? Thanks and sorry for my English
Factory reset clears the system partition. It doesn't formats the storage partition. I've done a lot of factory reset (with CWM, TWRP, and CM recovery), and my data were always left in place.
As I've read you should be able to flash any rom which only has 1 part (pda) without deleting your flash memory.
Besides that, as MbMax already mentioned, factory reset won't touch your media.
Thank you very much.
So If I do factory reset through Recovery menu, my photos and documents will be still in the phone but messages, contacts etc. will be erased.. or not? But I´m not talking about SD card, i have those photos right in the phone storage. Android 4.0.3.
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Factory reset clears the system partition. It doesn't formats the storage partition. I've done a lot of factory reset (with CWM, TWRP, and CM recovery), and my data were always left in place.
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Or more accurately, it wipes the partition that contains all app data, settings data, messages, contacts and etc (data partition, not system). Therefore you will still have your personal files on your internal storage.
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Grassik said:
Thank you very much.
So If I do factory reset through Recovery menu, my photos and documents will be still in the phone but messages, contacts etc. will be erased.. or not? But I´m not talking about SD card, i have those photos right in the phone storage. Android 4.0.3.
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Look above. To backup contacts, I use Google to restore them, or you can backup on sim card. For messages, you can back them up onto your sim card in the messages app, however you can't back up mms.