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
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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???
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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.
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A couple of weeks ago, my SGS II crashed really badly and affected my phone in that I kept getting force close messages as well as "System UIDs Inconsistent" ones plus I couldn't access the partitions within my phone in Windows Explorer even though the phone was recognised by it.
It looks as though I may need to do a factory reset which to me is going to be a pain in the ass especially where videos and MP3's are concerned.
Another problem is that even though I installed VillainROM and followed the rules to the letter concerning its installation, supposedly I didn't install the system recovery that was unique to it and which would have made things a lot easier for me.
I don't even know if there is a way to backup data from the partitions to a 16GB or bigger micro SD card within the regular system recovery or not.
If I do need to a factory reset, are there any Apps out there that will let me recover data from the internal partitions as long as I don't write over the lost data concerned? (I know there's software available for PC that does something similar with data stored on hard drives)
Well on Cutom ROM you can use Titanium Backup Pro for Backup and Restoring. On Stock ROM's even Kies would do.
Regards.
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Well on Cutom ROM you can use Titanium Backup Pro for Backup and Restoring. On Stock ROM's even Kies would do.
Regards.
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That's the irony, I actually had Titanium Backup installed on my VillainROM custom ROM and I'd even bought an upgrade to the Pro version but for some reason, it wouldn't let me upgrade to the full version even though I had a license for it that I paid for, and as a result, it wouldn't let me do a full backup without having to do it slowly.
If I did reinstall Titanium Backup and managed to get my problem sorted out, would it recover deleted data or not?
Titanium Backup would only restore what it previously backed up.
The most easy way would be to just dump your data partition into a tarball (given you have root access on your phone).
Just hop into a terminal or adb shell and do
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su
busybox tar zcvf /sdcard/data.tar.gz /data
That will give you a full .tar "backup" of all the data on the internal data partition.
Restoring that to app after a wipe and reinstall can be a bit pain in the poo, but it's better than nothing - and a recovery of previous files after a wipe would at best give you the same.
HellcatDroid said:
Titanium Backup would only restore what it previously backed up.
The most easy way would be to just dump your data partition into a tarball (given you have root access on your phone).
Just hop into a terminal or adb shell and do
Code:
su
busybox tar zcvf /sdcard/data.tar.gz /data
That will give you a full .tar "backup" of all the data on the internal data partition.
Restoring that to app after a wipe and reinstall can be a bit pain in the poo, but it's better than nothing - and a recovery of previous files after a wipe would at best give you the same.
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How do I go into a terminal or adb shell? I'm using Windows 7 if that's any help?
For Terminal install a Terminal App from the marketplace on your phone and run it directely on it.
ADB you get from the Android SDK.
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For Terminal install a Terminal App from the marketplace on your phone and run it directely on it.
ADB you get from the Android SDK.
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I take it that once I do the factory reset on the phone and install a Terminal App on it via Android Market, I just need to run the command that you recommend that I do and I should be able to recover the data that was on my partitions, pre factory restore?
(Apologies for asking all these questions as I'm still a newbie when it comes to Android and I'm just pissed that this happened in the first place because of the overheating that caused it to happen in the first place)
What if I select advance restore in CWM recovery and restore data? Will it affect the flashed rom?
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I take it that once I do the factory reset on the phone and install a Terminal App on it via Android Market, I just need to run the command that you recommend that I do and I should be able to recover the data that was on my partitions, pre factory restore?
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No, you run the command BEFORE the factory wipe and use the tarball you got to restore any data you still need.
kryptoner said:
What if I select advance restore in CWM recovery and restore data? Will it affect the flashed rom?
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Should work too, but depending on *what* borked up the install (might be some setting/config/piece-of-data somewhere) it will be restored as well - but definitaly worth a shot and pretty much "a must" to do those backups (I do them regulary).
gillian07 said:
It is possible to restore deleted files deleted from samsung galaxy s2 android phone after factory reset, take a look at this guide: recover data after android phone factory reset
You'd better do not use the phone before you get back lost files.
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Blair Miller said:
You can check this related atciel recover files after restore factory settings
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No program is free without compromise. If you factory reset without backup, there is not much you can do to recover deleted files. That's why such warnings exist before reverting back to a clean state.
You can try a Recuva download the program connect as storage device and try to scan Hope it helps
ma11221 said:
You can try a Recuva download the program connect as storage device and try to scan Hope it helps
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Recovery programs such as recuva work best on magnetic media such as pc hard drives. Flash storage on mobile phone are different as there are no moving parts, so recovery is not that easy. There is also a much higher likelihood of corruption on flash storage too when restoring deleted files, so that's why there is really no 'best' method for recovery.
How to Recover Deleted Data from Android after Factory Reset
When you perform a factory reset on Android, you will return the device to the condition it was when shipped from the factory. A factory data reset can help fix most issues that occur on Android. Any incorrect settings, glitches, bugs, viruses, or software problems on the device will be wiped clean.
But the files deleted from an Android phone aren’t actually wiped from its memory. Instead, the files are only marked as deleted and invisible. The system will write data over those files in the future. You can later use specialized data recovery tool to scan the Android memory for deleted files and try to recover them.
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When you perform a factory reset on Android, you will return the device to the condition it was when shipped from the factory. A factory data reset can help fix most issues that occur on Android. Any incorrect settings, glitches, bugs, viruses, or software problems on the device will be wiped clean.
But the files deleted from an Android phone aren’t actually wiped from its memory. Instead, the files are only marked as deleted and invisible. The system will write data over those files in the future. You can later use specialized data recovery tool to scan the Android memory for deleted files and try to recover them.
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Got any tips on what software?
ok so basically i want to find a way to get to 4.3 either rooted or unrooted, my problem is that i have pretty bad ocd and one of my major major problems with that disorder is my tech devices, i will most likely have an anxsiety attack or 2 if i have to set up my phone from scratch and i will spend hours making it look exactly the same. anyway, i want to know:
1:how to update rooted gs3 Gt-i9305t 4g/lte model without loosing data (if possible )
2: update to 4.3 and un root without loosing data (im sure thats impossible )
i would really appreciate the help as i cannot find anyone looking for the same help as me (kinda strange how no one cares about there data at all, but meh)
also on a side note, i have the problem with my s3 where any sd card i put into the machine will eventually kill itself and never work again as far as i know, it has killed 3 32gb sd cards now and its starting to piss me off to the point where i am no longer using an sd card at all. why does the phone do this and is there any way to fix it? either software wise or hard wear wise? thanks !!! :fingers-crossed:
4.3 source code has only just been released. 4.3 roms are not fully functional and have bugs. There are no official releases so they are all "rooted".
You really do need to wipe when making version updates. Theres no way around this.
Stick with what you've got.
that just sucks.
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4.3 source code has only just been released. 4.3 roms are not fully functional and have bugs. There are no official releases so they are all "rooted".
You really do need to wipe when making version updates. Theres no way around this.
Stick with what you've got.
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that honestly sucks so much, thanks for the info though.
hey another quick question, is there a way to so a full backup, like im talking FULL, like down to the point of where ur apps are placed and all there data, like apple devices have through itunes?? (restore from backup option) cus if so then i dont mind wiping at all, i just hate apple so i will never go back to one of there piece of **** devices again (i like features with my shiny brick) but yeah anything like that? or can kies do that?
i'm using temasek 4.3 preview 3 atm, you should check it out since developer is extremely helpful
and he updates regularly (which is important)
There are a number of ways to keep your data. Including ones that will let you change the ROM and still have your data. Titanium Backup - not sure if it is only Pro version but the one I have lets me create a backup on the extSDcard so I can flash it in a new ROM and restore all my apps and data straight off. SMS Backup and restore and Call Backup and restore both save out your data to the extSDcard so you can bring them back. I used to use My Backup Root as well but it ceased to work on the last update so I nuked it.
Add in a nandroid backup on something like Philz Recovery (where you can do an Advanced Restore from External SDCard and bring back just parts of your current ROM) and you can always get back to your look & feel in any new ROM.
The one thing I ahve NOT found a solution for is replacing my widgets back on the screens they are on - I run 7 screens and it pisses me off a full recovery in something like Titanium doesn't restore my widgets. The only way it happens is a full nandroid restore but that nukes the new ROM I have just installed so that's not an option.
I run Purelook HD as my 1st ROM, GoogyMax kernel and SlimBean as my 2nd ROM. I can nuke either or both and be back to my set up (including widgets) in about 45 minutes.
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There are a number of ways to keep your data. Including ones that will let you change the ROM and still have your data. Titanium Backup - not sure if it is only Pro version but the one I have lets me create a backup on the extSDcard so I can flash it in a new ROM and restore all my apps and data straight off. SMS Backup and restore and Call Backup and restore both save out your data to the extSDcard so you can bring them back. I used to use My Backup Root as well but it ceased to work on the last update so I nuked it.
Add in a nandroid backup on something like Philz Recovery (where you can do an Advanced Restore from External SDCard and bring back just parts of your current ROM and you can always get back to your look & feel in any new ROM.
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Lets dissect this a little.
A Nandroid backup will take a snapshot of your phone. If you flash something wrong, it can be used to restore your data / settings and rom exactly how it was. This will not help restore your data and settings on a new ROM where you had to perform a wipe. (You have to perform a wipe to prevent data and settings incompatibilities with the new ROM that will cause problems.)
Titanium backup is great. However, if you had to perform a wipe, you cannot simply restore everything using Titanium. This is because you will be restoring the incompatabilities (System data) and restoring the problems (negating the point of the wipe in the first place). You can restore user apps and data with titanium but there will be an element of manually setting all your rom settings.
OP - Please read the "Read before rooting" thread in my signature for more info.
**** that
screw it, ill just stay on 4.2.1 i mostly want it cus they (****ING FINALLY ) partially fixed the setting wallpaper problems so you can get at least most of the photo in the screen now, i have it on my nexus 7 but now cant get it on my phone : / screw ocd, it has plagued me since i was little
adex9 said:
screw it, ill just stay on 4.2.1 i mostly want it cus they (****ING FINALLY ) partially fixed the setting wallpaper problems so you can get at least most of the photo in the screen now, i have it on my nexus 7 but now cant get it on my phone : / screw ocd, it has plagued me since i was little
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We all spend hours making it look exactly the same. It's annoying but essential.
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Lets dissect this a little.
A Nandroid backup will take a snapshot of your phone. If you flash something wrong, it can be used to restore your data / settings and rom exactly how it was. This will not help restore your data and settings on a new ROM where you had to perform a wipe. (You have to perform a wipe to prevent data and settings incompatibilities with the new ROM that will cause problems.)
Titanium backup is great. However, if you had to perform a wipe, you cannot simply restore everything using Titanium. This is because you will be restoring the incompatabilities (System data) and restoring the problems (negating the point of the wipe in the first place). You can restore user apps and data with titanium but there will be an element of manually setting all your rom settings.
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The Advanced Restore in Philz lets you restore Data. The choices are, Restore Boot, System (+or- reload) Data, Cache and sd ext. The Data restored my latest personal stuff from the BU I tried just before a new ROM experiment. So not all Restores are the same. You don't have to bring it ALL back from a nandroid.
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The Advanced Restore in Philz lets you restore Data. The choices are, Restore Boot, System (+or- reload) Data, Cache and sd ext. The Data restored my latest personal stuff from the BU I tried just before a new ROM experiment. So not all Restores are the same. You don't have to bring it ALL back from a nandroid.
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@Journyman16
You seem to be missing my point.
If you can restore just data via recovery (which you can) then you didn't need to wipe in the first place.
ROM goes in /system. We all know that. Our apps go in /data/app. We all know that. Our data for our apps goes in /data/data but what some may NOT know is that /data/data contains all your system data too. When you set a ring tone or wallpaper, its in /data/data.
If you go from 1 ROM to another, you may not have to wipe. Or you may HAVE to wipe. It depends if there is incompatible system data in /data/data or not.
When you do wipe, you wipe /data/* (includes /data/data). If you nandroid restore /data and your phone works perfectly, you didn't need to wipe. So my point remains.
If you HAD to wipe, you cannot simply restore data via recovery and have a fully working phone.
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@Journyman16
You seem to be missing my point.
If you can restore just data via recovery (which you can) then you didn't need to wipe in the first place.
ROM goes in /system. We all know that. Our apps go in /data/app. We all know that. Our data for our apps goes in /data/data but what some may NOT know is that /data/data contains all your system data too. When you set a ring tone or wallpaper, its in /data/data.
If you go from 1 ROM to another, you may not have to wipe. Or you may HAVE to wipe. It depends if there is incompatible system data in /data/data or not.
When you do wipe, you wipe /data/* (includes /data/data). If you nandroid restore /data and your phone works perfectly, you didn't need to wipe. So my point remains.
If you HAD to wipe, you cannot simply restore data via recovery and have a fully working phone.
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Thanks for the explanation - that helps me understand better what goes on. Would that explain perhaps why, after some Restores, I had to run Fix Permissions to stop the FC's?
Journyman16 said:
Thanks for the explanation - that helps me understand better what goes on. Would that explain perhaps why, after some Restores, I had to run Fix Permissions to stop the FC's?
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Yep, it could do.
Any updates (I am facing the same problem)?
BTW, OTA updates seem to be able to keep most if not all settings. How they manage to do this?
moshepupkin said:
Any updates (I am facing the same problem)?
BTW, OTA updates seem to be able to keep most if not all settings. How they manage to do this?
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Same here. I've been looking for the exact method to do this, but haven't had any luck so far.
I ended up using Kies to update to 4.3 - it does not check root status.
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I ended up using Kies to update to 4.3 - it does not check root status.
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Hmm, it says that my current firmware is the latest version, rather than 4.3. Is there anything special you're supposed to do?
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Hmm, it says that my current firmware is the latest version, rather than 4.3. Is there anything special you're supposed to do?
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Who says there is a 4.3 for your phone ???
JJEgan said:
Who says there is a 4.3 for your phone ???
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Well, let's see... there's everyone I know that also has this phone. People online that say they have this phone. Web sites saying that this phone has officially received 4.3. The phone itself saying there is an update for the firmware. So, basically everyone/thing except the Kies program.
Who says their is an update for your phone repeat your phone not some other guys phone and as you failed to give any firmware details impossible to check .
Kies/ Samsung says not for your phone yet.
Contact your vendor .
See multiple identical posts .
Flash stock rom through Odin from sammobile .com
JJEgan said:
Who says their is an update for your phone repeat your phone not some other guys phone and as you failed to give any firmware details impossible to check .
Kies/ Samsung says not for your phone yet.
Contact your vendor .
See multiple identical posts .
Flash stock rom through Odin from sammobile .com
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I already told you who said there is an update for my phone. Unless my phone is disguised as some one of a kind phone, I'm supposed to be able to update to 4.3.
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I downloaded the Disable Service app
and i disabled some service
Under System UI, I disabled a running service with 'wallpaper' in its name, since i use no wallpaper. and the phone shut down immediately and i cant open it since then (it stuck on the rom loading animation(
what can I do ?
Boot to recovery and flash again whatever rom/kernel you were running but might have to wipe data for fixing the issue.
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Learn not to mess with things you don't understand (I'm tipping you don't).
I sure wo'nt mess with these things anymore...
I just thought that if this option is available in a play store app, whats the worst thing that can happen ?
maybe some features wont work. but I didnt thought that it can ruin it. its really a cr**py app for this reason
Now,
Is there any option to save some files ?
I have some really important information in the Jorte app and i need them
oh, and i can access the internal sd card from the recovery menu (from mount usb storage) - but i cant see the disable service app in order to delete it, no the jorte files - in order the back them up
I also tried the fix premission in the recovery (because the app needed root), but it didnt work
thanks in advance
Well, things are more complicated than i thought.
I tried to reinstall the rom that was allready in my SD card without wipe - and nothing happened
I dont wanna wipe first because i dont wanna loose all my data...
any help ?
Make a nandroid backup (yes I do mean backup that busted ROM).
Then full wipe and reinstall the fresh ROM.....then when you have a working phone, download something like titanium backup and extract the data you need from your nandroid........
Edit.....try this......
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...dvZGRjaGVuLmFuZHJvaWQubmFuZHJvaWRicm93c2VyIl0
This might be my S2, or it might be my W...but it's definitely CM
keithross39 said:
Make a nandroid backup (yes I do mean backup that busted ROM).
Then full wipe and reinstall the fresh ROM.....then when you have a working phone, download something like titanium backup and extract the data you need from your nandroid........
Edit.....try this......
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...dvZGRjaGVuLmFuZHJvaWQubmFuZHJvaWRicm93c2VyIl0
This might be my S2, or it might be my W...but it's definitely CM
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I can confirm that this works. Had to do it myself once, after having the same problem.
I used that app though:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.bkrestore
and for some reason it doesn't restore apps in .androidsecure folder (mostly paid apps.)
Hi guys!
I've been fiddling around with different ROMs. With every new rom I install, I always wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache + Dalvik cache.
However, it seems there still are files lingering from earlier versions (eg. wallpaper settings).
Is it possible, and if so how, to do an ultimate reset, to make the phone as bare as possible before installing a new rom?
I've tried using CM recovery, TWRP, CWM, and others based on earlier mentioned recoveries. Right now I'm running the latest Candy 5 (infected) + CWM
It's not quick but if you encrypt before wiping it that is one way. I've always reccomended doing this when selling your device.
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usually I do a full wipe with TWRP (go advanced wipe and check everything including internal sdcard), this will wipe everything you have on the phone like pics and other stuff, so make sure TO COPY THEM FIRST, the are not included in a nandroid backup, had to learn that the hard way
There's no better wipe then what you do (except formatting sd card).
I think the settings that stay between flashing are the one restored by your Google account.
Uncheck backup / restore from Google settings next time you install a rom and it should be all new !
pec0ra said:
There's no better wipe then what you do (except formatting sd card).
I think the settings that stay between flashing are the one restored by your Google account.
Uncheck backup / restore from Google settings next time you install a rom and it should be all new !
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I'm quite sure it's more than just the google back-up files lounging around, but I'll make sure to try and set it up as a new phone next time around. Thank you for your help
munte89 said:
I'm quite sure it's more than just the google back-up files lounging around, but I'll make sure to try and set it up as a new phone next time around. Thank you for your help
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If you mean files that are on your sd (internal or external) they are not Google's backup but have no big effect on your settings (except for some apps). If you want to get rid of this, just format your sd.
Now if you mean some settings like the wallpapers, they are restored by Google automatically but the setting is stored on the data partition (which you wiped).
Do you have other examples of things that stay between wipes?
pec0ra said:
If you mean files that are on your sd (internal or external) they are not Google's backup but have no big effect on your settings (except for some apps). If you want to get rid of this, just format your sd.
Now if you mean some settings like the wallpapers, they are restored by Google automatically but the setting is stored on the data partition (which you wiped).
Do you have other examples of things that stay between wipes?
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Nothing that comes to mind, only the reoccuring feeling of "Huh? That shouldn't be there anymore". However, I'm quite sure I solved it using PhilZ to advance wipe and wiped everything but the boot.
I have a silly problem, I had freshly installed the unofficial CM14.x and between all the new settings forgot the Lockscreen pattern. Since i didn't want to try factory reset and other solutions without data loss didn't wird, I searched a bit and erasted the /data/system/gatekeeper.pattern.key via ADB ! It actually helped passing through lockscreen, but now I can't set any new lock (none of the options tough) / I can't go to the option… I get dropped out with an error…
What can I do??
roshak said:
What can I do??
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Open thread in right section.
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Open thread in right section.
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Well, I guessed that users in the Q&A/Troubleshoot section wouldn't have much clue about manipulating Android's /data/system/. . . files and apparently I was true! No reply since 3-4 days
roshak said:
Well, I guessed that users in the Q&A/Troubleshoot section wouldn't have much clue about manipulating Android's /data/system/. . . files and apparently I was true! No reply since 3-4 days
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Chill.
You able to access your files and data?
Just open settings and change the screen lock to "none" or "swipe", then select pin/password and set your own.
It should fix it.
If it doesnt then make a backup of your data and clean flash stock rom by wiping system,cache and data (not internal sd).
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Chill.
You able to access your files and data?
Just open settings and change the screen lock to "none" or "swipe", then select pin/password and set your own.
It should fix it.
If it doesnt then make a backup of your data and clean flash stock rom by wiping system,cache and data (not internal sd).
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Says right in the in original post that he can't set any new lock with any of the options, it just crashes. I think he's got not choice but a re-flash.
As @Tanner1294 noticed. I can't change the locksreen options anymore and that's the problem (I can't use the device without lock! But I wouldn't)
backing up data may work or maybe not, because the missing files could be under data… But I'll give it a try.
I don't know why I couldn't replace the screen password via Google Device Manager… The device was recognised and the pass and message has been sent to it, but i couldn't interact with it at all! only "emergency call" was touchable If it's an issue in Android 7.x or CM14.x dunnow
Maybe dirty flashing the ROM again will help
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Maybe dirty flashing the ROM again will help
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didn't work!
roshak said:
As @Tanner1294 noticed. I can't change the locksreen options anymore and that's the problem (I can't use the device without lock! But I wouldn't)
backing up data may work or maybe not, because the missing files could be under data… But I'll give it a try.
I don't know why I couldn't replace the screen password via Google Device Manager… The device was recognised and the pass and message has been sent to it, but i couldn't interact with it at all! only "emergency call" was touchable If it's an issue in Android 7.x or CM14.x dunnow
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Make a backup of contacts,sms, apps(or just download from playstore) or use titanium backup if you want app data also.
And clean flash rom.
Forget everything and clean flash after making backup.
That file is related to system and has to be present in /data/system/ so will remain excluded from backups you make.
Make sure you clean flash rom.
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Make a backup of contacts,sms, apps(or just download from playstore) or use titanium backup if you want app data also.
And clean flash rom. . .
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If I only knew how I can re-install my selection of apps straightforward, I wouldn't hesitate about clean flash; I don't worry about my files, contacts etc.
I'll try to figure out, how Titanium Backup works… Thanks for advice
The problem is now solved without reflashing etc.
I just had to know which other files need to be removed in addition to /data/system/gatekeeper.pattern.key
they were locksettings.db locksettings.db-wal locksettings.db-shm from the same directory!
So i removed them, whatever they may contain
then rebooted to system and everything was on the rail, i could pick a lockscreen method again.
PS: I haven't imagined that havong debugging mode enabled could make an Android system so unsecure though!
roshak said:
If I only knew how I can re-install my selection of apps straightforward, I wouldn't hesitate about clean flash; I don't worry about my files, contacts etc.
I'll try to figure out, how Titanium Backup works… Thanks for advice
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Titanium backup is godly makes transitioning between ROMs a breeze like you never left your setup. In TB app top right corner is a blank page with check mark on it. In there you can backup/restore large chunks of apps and data. After a fresh install rooted first thing install is TB and got to that section restore and choose what you want from backup. System apps can be backup also but will find some won't work on other ROMs. Regular apps will have no such issues. There is also TB sms backup. To use that you must set TB as default sms app. Restore sms then revert back to regular sms app and open. There all your messages will be restored.
roshak said:
The problem is now solved without reflashing etc.
I just had to know which other files need to be removed in addition to /data/system/gatekeeper.pattern.key
they were locksettings.db locksettings.db-wal locksettings.db-shm from the same directory!
So i removed them, whatever they may contain
then rebooted to system and everything was on the rail, i could pick a lockscreen method again.
PS: I haven't imagined that havong debugging mode enabled could make an Android system so unsecure though!
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You shouldn't delete " /data/system/gatekeeper.pattern.key" as "locksettings.db locksettings.db-wal locksettings.db-shm" contain your lock screen pattern. So to remove pattern just delete these files. Android device manager won't work if it reads that your device has already a pattern/PIN enabled. I guess it worked a while ago on password protected devices as well but not anymore.