reset - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

just got this modded Atrix from a friend. i think it is unlocked, cause its now running a custom ROM (dont know what it is though). it's also rooted now. well i dont want to go on and mod this phone myself for now cause im still studying how to.
i want to do a factory reset, cause of the google account. i cant get to remove it's sync. when i try to press remove account it just says i need to do factory reset cause some apps still uses the account. question is, what will happen if i reset my phone? will it become locked again? or may unrooted?
sry for the noob question.

What rom is it running? Technically, a factory reset is just a soft reset that deletes user data etc., and doesn't unroot your phone.
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svemprala said:
What rom is it running? Technically, a factory reset is just a soft reset that deletes user data etc., and doesn't unroot your phone.
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honestly, i dont know what rom it has right now. any ideas how to identify? well does factory reset remove the unlocked status of the phone?

The boot animation could provide some hints as to what ROM is installed. Settings > About is a good place to look too. As for other questions, I think you need to do a LOT more reading and learning. You seem to be confused about several aspects of a phone that have absolutely nothing to do with each other. For example: factory reset, lock/unlock, root - none of those have anything to do with the other. Next, you keep saying "lock" or "unlock" but you don't specify WHICH lock/unlock (yes, there are several).
In short - you can do a factory reset without any worries, and then you should probably get on to reading about concepts and terminology of an Android phone (since a lot of this is actually not even Atrix-specific).

ravilov said:
The boot animation could provide some hints as to what ROM is installed. Settings > About is a good place to look too. As for other questions, I think you need to do a LOT more reading and learning. You seem to be confused about several aspects of a phone that have absolutely nothing to do with each other. For example: factory reset, lock/unlock, root - none of those have anything to do with the other. Next, you keep saying "lock" or "unlock" but you don't specify WHICH lock/unlock (yes, there are several).
In short - you can do a factory reset without any worries, and then you should probably get on to reading about concepts and terminology of an Android phone (since a lot of this is actually not even Atrix-specific).
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well i was talking about the unlocked bootloader dude, sorry for the noobness. haha. anyways i'm not that new to android phones. i've never done a factory reset before, that's why i've asked this silly questions. later i'll post my ROM. thanks for you reply sir.

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[Q] Returning Atrix Can I Master Reset?

Hello All,
I have decided to return the Atrix and possibly get the Inspire. My question is:
I have rooted and installed Adeo v0.1
Is there a reason I cannot simply unroot and do a master reset to return the phone or are there other steps I need to take?
Thanks in advance for any help and I am soory if this is posted somewhere here as I could not find it........
I know I cannot Master reset during the install of the Rom but have not seen anything about after completed?
you can perform the reset to wipe your personal data, however the options added by doing the rom adjustment will still remain.
At&t probably wont care, or realize to check and say "HEY this phone can reboot if you hit the power button"...
other then that, your fine, and from what ive been keeping up with in the dev forum, many have already returned, or sold doing just that.
so you are ok to do the factory reset, yes.
regards,
killster

[Q] Still unlocked after hard reset.

I have a little problem. I want to give a hard reset to LG Optimus Sol which was initially blocked Vodafone and I unlocked it at a service to work with all networks. Can you tell me if I hard reset the phone will become locked again in Vodafone? I want to do this because the phone does not connect in data storage mode and the bluetooth does not work.
You can tell me if I hard reset will install all the default programs on the phone they had originally?
Or is another posibility to reinstall the factory software without being locked again in vodafone?
I searched the forums but some said that the phone will be locked again and others say that will remain unlocked.
Please I really need the help.
Please I need the help as soon as possible because I really need to use bluetooth when I'm driving.
I want to make hard reset right now but I'm affraid that the phone will become locked again.
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I'm still looking for help.
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A factory reset will only wipe data, it doesn't touch the system partition. This means that the system apps will remain the same. It won't reinstall any apps you've removed. You could do this just as easily by booting into recovery and wiping your caches and data. Reflashing your rom may also help. If the problem is in system and not data, wiping data won't help. I'd suggest a wipe and clean install, or perhaps a different rom.
Since all phone models are different and I'm not familiar with yours, I can't tell you whether or not a hard reset will lock the phone. I wouldn't think it would, but that's a question for Google or your device's specific Q&A forum. When searching be sure to search for your specific phone model since the answer can vary from phone to phone.
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I searched on google but Optimus LG Soil is not yet introduced in the forums anly a few topics. There are no results about this phone in particular. And custom ROM is not yet developed for it.

Factory reset

Hey guys,
If i do a factory reset through settings and i have the leaked ics rom.. will i brick my phone?
Thanks,
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no
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Would doing this un-root a rooted phone?
talonted said:
Would doing this un-root a rooted phone?
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no. it will only wipe user data
Are you trying to go back to stock??
WOW, is this topic real?
Lmao to is this topic..real!!!
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A factory reset removes ANY data that is not 'pre-installed' by the rom.
Basically, its as if you just turned your phone on for the first time but instead of with the rom that came with the phone, it is with the rom you have installed.
You do not loose root because what actually is giving you root is code added to the kernel (hooks) and since the kernel is part of the system, it cannot be reverted to its original state, any changes made to the kernel will remain after a factory reset (Android at this time does not keep multiple backups of system files like Linux or Windows does - sometimes called shadow copies).
If your rom did NOT come with SuperUser pre-installed, you can simply redownload it from the market (if you were rooted).
One other thing, a factory reset also removes any cached data (davlik for example) as well. This is why it takes so long for the phone to boot after a factory reset or after installing a rom that does a wipe before installing (the phone has to rebuild the davlik cache when it reboots which takes some time).
If you are interested in specifically what a factory reset does and does not do, I recommend asking Google, its a very informative resource.
I'll just toss this out there; I got my phone a few days ago, and it was pretty sluggish on stock TW; adding ADW ex didn't help a lot, so I did a factory wipe reset yesterday, and it fixed things right up!
Did it to my wifes phone too, and it fixed a few little issues she was having too..I read some posts saying that it should almost be mandatory to do a factory wipe when you first get this phone, which i thought was weird, but, proved beneficial for both of our newly acquired Notes...
Absolutely, Android is alot like windows, it begins to just start performing badly. Typically, a simple reboot fixes things but one in awhile, a factory reset doesnt hurt.
So how do you do a factory reset????

Boot Loop Fix without factory reset (data erase)...Completely Stock Atrix

All the boot loop problems I searched for are all rooted/flashed/etc.
My sisters Atrix is stock on 2.2, getting continues boot loop all of sudden this morning. Battery pulls are no help.
Is there anyway I can fix this without a factory reset?
Probably the same chance Poland has winning the Euro 2012...
Not sure if possible.
Won't go in safe mode. Tried clearing the cache partition. Nothing helped.
If I could get into safe mode I'm sure I could fix it, phone has not been messed around with so probably some stupid app caused this.
Very frustrating.
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Safe mode
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The hell are you talking about? This isn't Windows! The only way an app could mess with the system would be if it had root. And if you're completely stock, you won't have that.
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The hell are you talking about? This isn't Windows! The only way an app could mess with the system would be if it had root. And if you're completely stock, you won't have that.
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Can't a rogue/virus/malware app mess with the system?
What could be causing this if its stock?
I'm more familiar with windows/ms dos.
Well, my money would be on Poland vs your Atrix,...
Anyway, what MIGHT work is to save the /data partition then follow the various instructions to reflash from square one (and end up with as close as you can get to what it was), then restore /data and pray. You might need (or want) to put an unlocked bootloader and real recovery on while you are doing all this. You should not need to touch /sdcard.so just leave hi, alone.
Start here for some suggestions on what is going on.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1690842
Also, there are some good stickies in the General Atrix area.
You will really need to understamd what you are doing here, and not just follow a recipie. So spend some time understanding how fastboot and recovery work.
P.S., if you have an external sdcard in, pull that and see if it helps.
EDIT: If there is something super important on it, I would get somebody who knows what they are doing to extract iy for you.
exwannabe said:
Well, my money would be on Poland vs your Atrix,...
Anyway, what MIGHT work is to save the /data partition then follow the various instructions to reflash from square one (and end up with as close as you can get to what it was), then restore /data and pray. You might need (or want) to put an unlocked bootloader and real recovery on while you are doing all this. You should not need to touch /sdcard.so just leave hi, alone.
Start here for some suggestions on what is going on.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1690842
Also, there are some good stickies in the General Atrix area.
You will really need to understamd what you are doing here, and not just follow a recipie. So spend some time understanding how fastboot and recovery work.
P.S., if you have an external sdcard in, pull that and see if it helps.
EDIT: If there is something super important on it, I would get somebody who knows what they are doing to extract iy for you.
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I don't want to mess around with it too much since its my sisters phone. There's some important things on there but I guess life can go on without them.
If I do factory reset and update it to GB, is there anyway to choose 2.3.4 instead of 2.3.6 without rooting it. Read too many complaints about 2.3.6....
Why won't it let me into safe mode? Hold both volume buttons down after dualcore logo when the motorola animation starts right....
Did factory reset, phone working again.
There's no blur widgets and lot less icons on the phone than originally bought brand new, contacts came back eventually but for some reason all Google Plus profiles were added to contacts, never had that before.
Surprisingly all my pics and videos are still there which is nice.
Probably take me a week to get it even to close to tip top shape as before. :\
Wished I remember all the little tweaks I did for the last year.

Can I upgrade to Stock ICS directly from 2.3.4?

Hello - I didn't like the updates I heard about in the factory 2.3.6 ROM update, so I skipped it. And, I'm rooted.
So, a few questions:
Can I upgrade directly from 2.3.4 to ICS from a rooted phone? Or do I need to step-up to 2.3.6 first?
Do I need to actually unroot before I do any of this?
Can I re-root once I go ICS?
I've heard that the best bet is to do a factory reset after upgrading to ICS. If I do this, is the best bet to do a Titanium Backup app & data backup/restore process? Are there any better solutions to capture all my data that I'd lose with a reset?
Any info/insights greatly appreciated. Note: I have searched far and wide on XDA for answers to these questions, but I could not find any direct answers that made me feel confident enough to move forward. So, any direct response appreciated.
Thx.
Jon
JonDeutsch said:
Hello - I didn't like the updates I heard about in the factory 2.3.6 ROM update, so I skipped it. And, I'm rooted.
So, a few questions:
Can I upgrade directly from 2.3.4 to ICS from a rooted phone? Or do I need to step-up to 2.3.6 first?
Do I need to actually unroot before I do any of this?
Can I re-root once I go ICS?
I've heard that the best bet is to do a factory reset after upgrading to ICS. If I do this, is the best bet to do a Titanium Backup app & data backup/restore process? Are there any better solutions to capture all my data that I'd lose with a reset?
Any info/insights greatly appreciated. Note: I have searched far and wide on XDA for answers to these questions, but I could not find any direct answers that made me feel confident enough to move forward. So, any direct response appreciated.
Thx.
Jon
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1. yes, you can upgrade straight from 2.3.4 I've done it.
2. you don't need to unroot before - the upgrade will unroot you.
3. your best bet is NOT TO FACTORY RESET AFTER UPGRADE - IT COULD BRICK YOU BECAUSE OF A KNOWN BUG IN FACTORY KERNEL
4. If you want rooted version of upgrade look for the odin.heimdall version the Creepyncrawly put in the development section.
or you could try Semi UCLE5 that i have linked in the signature. It looks like the stock upgrade but it is smoother, among other things.
Good luck!
Jon first of all, you can always upgrade to any new update regardless of your Android version so it's a Yes to your first question. Secondly, whenever you update to a stock ROM your device gets unrooted itself so you'll have to root it again.
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Jack Man & uetfreak - thanks! Great feedback.
A couple follow-on questions for Jack Man:
I've read about the kernel bug, but THANK YOU for reminding me that it would affect a simple factory reset. Yeesh, that's a pretty serious bug when a standard reset could brick a phone. So, one remedy, as you say, is to go with UCLE5. Smoother sounds ideal to me (I've heard that ICS on GS2 is a bit jittery on the homescreens, which totally stinks). But if I go with OCLE5, that's a custom ROM so that means I'll lose the ability to do the OEM upgrade to keep all my apps & data intact, correct?
If that's correct, what's the best way to ensure all my settings, contacts, apps, data can be easily restored on a wiped phone? I have Titanium Backup + Root. I assume I'd keep root with OCLE5? And would I just run a TB restore on apps & data (and not system settings)? Are there any system settings I can backup/restore safely between ROMs/OS versions?
I've never flashed a custom ROM so I don't know how y'all keep all your stuff intact as you switch around!
Thx.
Jon
JonDeutsch said:
Jack Man & uetfreak - thanks! Great feedback.
A couple follow-on questions for Jack Man:
I've read about the kernel bug, but THANK YOU for reminding me that it would affect a simple factory reset. Yeesh, that's a pretty serious bug when a standard reset could brick a phone. So, one remedy, as you say, is to go with UCLE5. Smoother sounds ideal to me (I've heard that ICS on GS2 is a bit jittery on the homescreens, which totally stinks). But if I go with OCLE5, that's a custom ROM so that means I'll lose the ability to do the OEM upgrade to keep all my apps & data intact, correct?
If that's correct, what's the best way to ensure all my settings, contacts, apps, data can be easily restored on a wiped phone? I have Titanium Backup + Root. I assume I'd keep root with OCLE5? And would I just run a TB restore on apps & data (and not system settings)? Are there any system settings I can backup/restore safely between ROMs/OS versions?
I've never flashed a custom ROM so I don't know how y'all keep all your stuff intact as you switch around!
Thx.
Jon
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Well, first, since you have never flashed a custom rom I would suggest reading until you're sick of reading before flashing. It will pay off in the long run. Regarding flashing from 2.3.4 up to Custom UCLE5 and keeping all of your apps and contacts - I'm not sure how that would go, honestly. For me, my contacts and calendar are saved on my computer through MSOutlook and I sync them with MyPhoneExplorer without any problems. Most of the apps I use (which is not a lot at all) I don't bother backing up when I flash roms and wipe data clean. I have backed up some in the past with Titanium Backup (pro version is worth it), but only if I know absolutely that I need the data from them. Otherwise, I have just done fresh installs of apps because I have read so much about people having ROM issues from restoring apps with titanium.
About losing the ability to do the OEM upgrade - If you ever want to you can, it'll just take time, and yes, you would have to wipe data anyway to go back to 2.3.4 then use KIES. Kind of a pain if you ask me. Plus, ask anyone here on custom stuff - once you go with a custom ROM, you won't want to go back to stock - EVER.
Hope this helps. feel free to pm me if you need. I'll be on the road for the next few days. remember - READ as much as you can. start with the "stickies" in the top of the main thread with a little pin on the left.
p.s. one more thing. Get yourself a usb jig. it's only a few buck online. once you start flashing roms you may want to try other ones. If you make a mistake somewhere, a jig can get you out of a jam quick.
Make sure to factory reset after. Ive read many problems with notifications messing up until the reset was done. I've done it no problems. On two seperate s2 i777s. Its always best to do this after a big update to the next version
j510 said:
Make sure to factory reset after. Ive read many problems with notifications messing up until the reset was done. I've done it no problems. On two seperate s2 i777s. Its always best to do this after a big update to the next version
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Good idea. I do resets if I come from gingerbread too. But I know with this ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1650948) you have to make sure you have the kernel that is based off of the stock kernel - AJ's kernel to safely factory reset. I think you will get a boot loop if you factory reset with the Siyah installed. I could be wrong, but I remember getting a boot loop on mine when I had siyah installed. Maybe it was because i did a reset from settings/back up and reset/factory reset and then formatted the sd card (since I had so much useless crap on there, luckily backed up on my pc).
j510 said:
Make sure to factory reset after. Ive read many problems with notifications messing up until the reset was done. I've done it no problems. On two seperate s2 i777s. Its always best to do this after a big update to the next version
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You're kidding right? No do not tell him to factory reset with the stock kernel. If his phone has the big he could burn out his emmc chip. Then he would need to pay mobile tech videos to jtag it.
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you have to flash iOS on your phone first before you can upgrade to cupcake, immediately update to donut before rebooting, then you have to go through eclair, froyo, and you will find yourself at gingerbread. DO NOT REBOOT AFTER FLASHING GINGERBREAD!! you have to flash ICS during the shutdown process....if you miss your cue, you will have to start all over

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