Has anyone performed a factory reset with the SecSetupWizard.apk deleted?
This is the setup wizard when you first run your phone.
If so what happens when you turn the phone for the first time after factory reset, do you get any error messages, or something doesnt work correctly? or just enters to the main screen directly working all normally?
Do a nandroid backup and try it for yourself
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I don't have CWM, i got stock recovery, and i dont want to lose all my data, i ask because someone must have done it already.
In my Older phone an xperia play, if i did this, the home and back button stopped working and i had to reflash the rom.
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This is the problem in as much detail as possible. I had to write this up again cause my browser tab hung when I hit 'preview'. I couldn't even copy the text. Other tabs were working fine though. Is this XDA's fault or my browser (Chrome)? Anyway, teaches me to always write stuff up in Notepad first. So, onto the problem...
1. Some months ago, I flashed MIUI into my device, was working fine. I do the regular Friday night developer updates, although the notification doesn't always come up so I could've missed a few.
2. About 4 or 5 days ago, opening an application or sms started yielding the error message "android.process has stopped unexpectedly [FORCE QUIT] [WAIT]". I can sometimes get around this by fiddling around (rebooting, turning wifi/data on and off etc). It buys me just enough time to complete the task, but then the issue starts again. Phone calls don't yield this error, though.
3. Then today, I rebooted my device and it got stuck in an endless loop on the MIUI logo screen. Obviously this is related to the errors I've been getting. I booted into recovery and backed up my data to the internal SD. I don't believe the backup completed though. From memory, an error may have come up. It still, however, created a date stamped backup file.
4. Tried to restore the backup file, "missmatched MD5 checksum". Tried to restore an earlier backup, same thing. Tried some other restore options such as restore boot, restore data, restore system etc, still same thing.
5. Then I read that clearing the dalvik cache may fix the issue, so I went into advanced options and cleared the dalvik cache, rebooted, now my phone won't turn on, nor will it boot into recovery mode. It will, however, boot into download mode.
Any help is appreciated.
If it can boot into download mode its not bricked.
Just odin flash a stock rom and start again.
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kevin2516 said:
If it can boot into download mode its not bricked.
Just odin flash a stock rom and start again.
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Have I lost all my data?
Yeah, but you have your nandroid backups anyway.
But I would start fresh.
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Now my head i about to explode
Anyhow, I have an annoying problem.
Before the upgrade to XXALF6 I noticed no problem other than the known drainage of the battery in idle mode.
I rooted and flashed a ROM and it was ok.
But I got sick of the ROM and I hard reset the phone.
No problems.
Then I upgraded to XXALF6 - still unrooted and all.
First thing I notice is that the phone is lagging a bit now and then. Then when I sent and recieved an SMS or two the phone hung and rebooted.
I seems that happend because when vibration was active.
Also there was a new message saying "com.google.process.gapps" stopped working. And that came up again and again.
As far as I could find online that had to do with syncing the calendar and it should help to clear calendar cache in the phone. It did not.
Then I rooted the phone, just "CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4", no other ROM.
Now the problem was even worse and also the sound stops working on and off all the time.
I tried to find the "com.google.process.gapps" with a file explorer with no luck.
I do find it in ROM Toolbox but its not possible to see the where on the phone the file is even there. Also its not possible to uninstall or even kill the process.
I did notice there seem to be doubles of some apps that I didnt notice previously to flashing CF-Root this time.
And I recall the new guide never mentions to wipe any phone data whatsoever during rooting the phone, and now I am thinking that maybe that should have been in the guide?
Anyhow.. appreciate ANY tips at all, Im so sick of this for the moment ^^
Go to cwm recovery, wipe cash, wipe dalvik cash, wipe data/factory reset, then go to mounts&storage, format system. Then put your phone into the download mode and flash ROM again with odin. This should give you a nice and clean install,without any force closes..
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pedja381 said:
Go to cwm recovery, wipe cash, wipe dalvik cash, wipe data/factory reset, then go to mounts&storage, format system. Then put your phone into the download mode and flash ROM again with odin. This should give you a nice and clean install,without any force closes..
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I did wipe all things, cache, Dalvik, battery and user data with CWM.
At the moment it seems the phone is quite okay actually! The only thing left is SU.
U think I have to format system as well? What else would really be "cleaned" out that wasn't allready with the wipes?
Trust me,some of the devs insisted on formating system before flashing their custom roms,and I did have a bunch of force closes,until I decided to go their way and fully format the phone. It then installs everything from the scratch,so there's no way anything to go wrong.. give it a try,and report back... btw. make sure that you DO NOT restore any of the system data,if you use TB
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Yeah I pretty much learnt same way as predja it is always better to do full system wipe, it is not always necessary with some roms but if you do it you won't come across the problems you have as often.
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if rooted useing the galaxy sIII toolkit, how can i unroot so i can reset device to out of box state??? i know i would go to CWM and wipe the system, but how would i go about flashing the original recovery???
Daviddc1144 said:
if rooted useing the galaxy sIII toolkit, how can i unroot so i can reset device to out of box state??? i know i would go to CWM and wipe the system, but how would i go about flashing the original recovery???
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when you restore cwm will be gone and wrong forum
darren.wlsn1 said:
when you restore cwm will be gone and wrong forum
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Lol
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where do i get the original recovery to flash???
so i flash it in clockwork recovery, and when phone reboots it is back to OEM????
what i mean is the stock GS3 software.. when i am in clockwork recovery, i wipe the system and i flash the stock software, where do i download it from?? thanks..
So you don't want to unroot you just want to use the stock rom?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726558
see if this helps. i know when i had to unroot it worked and kept all my data but if you are taking it back to the store for warranty you may want to try the app called "triangle away". the app makes it so they cannot tell if you have flashed any ROMs.
check out the development section for how to go back to stock. once i got it back up and running..i also went to settings, privacy to do a system reset as i didnt want them to see superuser app when i took my phone in to the store.
I am still running the stock Rom, I just rooted the phone and flashed clockwork recovery.. I'm trying to do a factory data reset. To reset the phone back to the out of box state. I am under the assumption that when a phone is rooted and a custom recovery is flashed you can not just go into settings and factory reset your phone or you will brick it. Am I correct in this assumption? And if I am corect what I think I have to do is flash the original recovery, then I can reset the phone to factory settings which will wipe it back to stock and remove the root.. correct? I am just not sure where to get the factory recovery. Doesn't clockwork recovery replace the factory recovery?
Yes factory reset after having cwma will not restore back to stock. You''ll have to flash stock via computer or mobile Odin. The link provided above should be helpful
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If you just want to unroot - removing Superuser.apk, su and busybox works.
CWM will stay though.
Then do factory reset and format internal sdcard. That will remove all user data.
So.. if you have clockwork recovery, and you factory reset the phone, it will put the factory recovery back?
I thought trying to reset while having a recovery flashed would lock up the phone...
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if rooted useing the galaxy sIII toolkit, how can i unroot so i can reset device to out of box state??? i know i would go to CWM and wipe the system, but how would i go about flashing the original recovery???
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If your still having trouble here, the answer this question & alot of others is at galaxys3root.com. It's one of Zedomax's sites that will give you clearly labeled & very easy to follow instructions to unroot for warranty return. He also includes a video where he will walk you step by step through the process. This is a great Site & you can find some great tutorials on the gs3, as well as rom reviews, so be sure to bookmark it! I hope I've helped
no no, i dont want to just follow instructions.. i am trying to understand CWM. i know how to use it, but every phone i ever rooted i was never able to reset back to factory settings because i was never sure if it would screw my phone up and i am trying to learn if it is safe t do. Does CWM replace the factory hboot or just install along with it? if i am rooted and i have CWM flashed, can i still reset to factory settings like normal? and if i do what will happen? will i still have root and CWM?? can i reset back to factory in ANY rom i flash safely? all that resetting back to factory does is remove accounts and .data files correct?? when you do a wipe in CWM it removes the entire OS, then you flash whatever rom you want.. when you reflash the factory ROM, unroot and remove CWM, hboot is still there correct? you dont have to reinstall hboot, right? you just have to make sure you reflashed the original ROM and uninstall root and CWM and then your back to original right?? i am just trying to understand it all thats all.. i know i can follow directions, but i am trying to learn. any site i find explaining CWM, it just explains what it does, i am trying to learn HOW it works so i can feel safe and i dont have to worry about bricking my phone. i was always too afraid to reset any phone i ever rooted because i never fully understood how CWM worked.. i always thought of our phones as a PC, where as a PC has a recovery partition with the software backed up in it, and i always think CWM wiped it clear, so if i try to reset the phone it will be looking for a partition that's not there. but now i think my PC analogy is wrong, and all a factory reset does is remove the .data files, not re install the software.. im trying to figure which one is true..
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Guess were all in the same boat lol
after flashing stock back to the device, it also goes back to stock recovery. after boot, you still have all apps ex. titanium but once u open it will say no root access. u can then go to settings, privacy, and factory reset to get rid of titanium, etc so it is complete stock. no one would be able to tell of your past..lol. i was rooted earlier in week and made mistake of resetting to factory reset before unrooting. nothing bad happened and i unrooted and factory reset to take it to the store hope this clears up stuff.
if you are returning to a store flashing a stock Rom was all I needed to do a warranty exchange.
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This will answers all your questions I would hope.
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Hi all, so for awhile now I've been getting a few times a day, this message popping up. Htcdm not responding. Did some googling, but can't find a clear answer exactly what this is. Anyone know? Phone is working ok otherwise , haven't noticed any issues other than that. Not rooted, completely stock.
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Same issue here. I notice it more often after I reboot the phone. I was going to update to 2.06 to see if that fixed it but I get the same error message when I ask the phone to "Check for update" Currently on 2.04. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Did either of you try a factory reset? It may be possible an app is causing the failure.
Yes. But here is the insane thing. No matter how I do a factory reset, either through the phone or through fastboot/hboot? it does not do anything to the phone. No data is wiped and all my apps and settings are still there after the factory reset, even though I tell it to wipe everything. I am not rooted and it is showing S-ON.
fixed mine
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Yes. But here is the insane thing. No matter how I do a factory reset, either through the phone or through fastboot/hboot? it does not do anything to the phone. No data is wiped and all my apps and settings are still there after the factory reset, even though I tell it to wipe everything. I am not rooted and it is showing S-ON.
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I had that issue when they were pushing the last couple updates. I think it's a server issue on htc side. I fixed it by clearing HTC DM services in all apps and then restarting on WiFi, going into update again and checking while on WiFi. I think I had also reset htc download manager.
Ok, thanks for the help. I'll keep trying a bunch of different stuff. It still baffles me that so far, I can, in no way, return my DNA to a factory state. I've tried from inside the phone OS, also from the hboot "factory reset" and from within recovery itself "wipe data, factory reset" nothing will successfully wipe my phone. It starts and then just reboots and boots back into android with nothing changed...any advice on this? Thanks again for the help.
Thanks for the suggestions. Ill try a factory reset. See how that goes
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I'm just facing this problem that when I restore my rom thru cwm (everything I.e. Sys+data), it can boot up and seems everything works fine but when I start to reboot my phone, it's taking a long time and i'm getting stuck at sony logo. I tried softreset but no luck and when I do a hard reset (power+vol up 3 vibration) it can boot up but everything is messed up. Then restore system again and it goes back to the same problem again. And the only thing to get rid of the problem is to start all over via pc flashtool. Is there anything wrong with my procedure? Have I missed something abt restoring back up? If someone can point me to the right direction, I greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance :-S
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953584
Try installing this recovery. Remove all previous backups. Do a new backup with this cwm and try restoring it. Usually backing up data takes less time than restoring. After restoring the data first boot takes a bit longer time.
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The thread says it's for ics locked bootloader. I'm on jb unlocked bl
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U did not mention that. Well, if that is the case then try installing any kernel with cwm inbuilt. Take a look at experimental kernel 8.7. Do check out if your rom supports it or not.