i have a PCD PH3501 phone that runs Android 4.4. I was messing with it and i changed the font size to 9999 on accident. So i tried rebooting it to recovery mode and then i went to the "wipe data/factory reset" menu. But instead of showing:
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It didn't show any "yes" option, so it basically said this:
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I don't know why it shows that Any help? thanks!
Just reflash Stock ROM
MrGrim said:
Just reflash Stock ROM
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thanks, but i ended up going to google's "find my device" website and resetting it from there
future edit: you could also reset it with ADB
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Was just curious, was hopin to send my phone back in to att today (due to a power button that no longer works) since i got a replacement. Unrooted back to stock and deleted all of my photos and everything and then got stuck on a bootloop so im unable to do a hard reset. Unfortunately I can't even get into 3e recovery since my power button is broken, so is it possible to do a hard/factory reset to wipe the internal SD from odin or any other program? much appreciated
If the phone is on and booted up, you can do a wipe data/factory reset from the settings menu within the phone:
Menu > Settings > Privacy > Factory Data Reset in Gingerbread
Menu > Settings > Back up and reset > Factory data reset in ICS
If your phone is not on, there are several ways to boot it:
adb reboot
flash stock firmware in Odin with reboot checked
etc.
You can also get into recovery with:
adb reboot recovery
creepyncrawly said:
If the phone is on and booted up, you can do a wipe data/factory reset from the settings menu within the phone:
Menu > Settings > Privacy > Factory Data Reset in Gingerbread
Menu > Settings > Back up and reset > Factory data reset in ICS
If your phone is not on, there are several ways to boot it:
adb reboot
flash stock firmware in Odin with reboot checked
etc.
You can also get into recovery with:
adb reboot recovery
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I'll look into adb recovery. The phone is not on for clarification. It's stuck in a permanent bootloop.
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ChocolateSnow said:
I'll look into adb recovery. The phone is not on for clarification. It's stuck in a permanent bootloop.
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If it were my phone, I would flash the stock firmware package in Odin, with reboot checked. Once the flash completes, the phone should boot normally. Then you should be able to wipe data/factory reset from the phone.
or try the adb reboot recovery to see if that will work.
If you still have a bootloop after flashing stock again, then you may need to flash the full stock distribution. You don't say in the OP how the phone got into a bootloop, or what you flashed to stock from.
creepyncrawly said:
If it were my phone, I would flash the stock firmware package in Odin, with reboot checked. Once the flash completes, the phone should boot normally. Then you should be able to wipe data/factory reset from the phone.
or try the adb reboot recovery to see if that will work.
If you still have a bootloop after flashing stock again, then you may need to flash the full stock distribution. You don't say in the OP how the phone got into a bootloop, or what you flashed to stock from.
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Apologies again for not being specific and I appreciate your efforts in going back and forth with me.
The reason my phone is currently in a bootloop was when I followed the process on your thread for preparing my phone to be sent back for warranty replacement. Using odin I flashed the stock image (UCKH7, and my flash counter reads NO which is good) and after the phone extracted the files and Odin said I was bone stock, my phone just continuously reboots on the att startup animation (which you predicted and outlined could be fixed by going into 3e recovery and doing a factory reset but since my power buttons rubbish, I can't select any options even if I do get into 3e recovery)
Edit: I also flashed to stock from AOKP and I even followed through your process a second time thinking that re-flashing the stock firmware would remove the bootloop, however no luck
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You probably don't need the bootloaders. I think adb reboot recovery is your best option. Let me know if it works.
creepyncrawly said:
You probably don't need the bootloaders. I think adb reboot recovery is your best option. Let me know if it works.
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Even if he gets into recovery, how will he select any of the menu options with a broken power button?
mattdm said:
Even if he gets into recovery, how will he select any of the menu options with a broken power button?
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Damn you're right. What was I thinking?
I guess the only option is just take the phone back as is.
creepyncrawly said:
Damn you're right. What was I thinking?
I guess the only option is just take the phone back as is.
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Yeah that's what I figured as well since I can't select any options. It's Alright, luckily I deleted anything personal before even doing the unroot. And the Odin flash definitely unlinked all of my account info from the phone so I was just asking for my own peace of mind and curiosity. Just dropped the phone off in the mail this morning, thank you both for your help. You guys rule.
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creepyncrawly said:
Damn you're right. What was I thinking?
I guess the only option is just take the phone back as is.
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Yeah I can't see any other option. Should be fine though...it has stock firmware and kernel on it now, even with the bootloop. He can just say, my phone went crazy and I don't know why!
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Yeah I can't see any other option. Should be fine though...it has stock firmware and kernel on it now, even with the bootloop. He can just say, my phone went crazy and I don't know why!
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That's the plan! Thanks again
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hello, i cant open my phone, after i press the power button and the boot opens, after that it just goes black, i used a custom rom, then i went to settings and wipe factory with the USB storage ( thinking that it would just clean my USB storage 11.5GB not at recovry, its in phone> settings) after rebooting it just went to boot logo with the yellow triangle, then it goes black, please help me ((
Just to make sure that I understand what you did, you selected the "wipe data/factory reset" option?
Also, can you go into recovery mode again?
Pittoreski said:
Just to make sure that I understand what you did, you selected the "wipe data/factory reset" option?
Also, can you go into recovery mode again?
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yes i wipe data / factory reset and also pressed the USB storage to clean up , i did this at the phone settings, not on recovery mode.. please help, i cant go even at recovery mode
See if you can go in the download mode. If so, find your stock firmware here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458 and flash it through Odin. It will all be explained in the thread anyway.
I'm pretty sure this is the only thing you can do since you can't get into recovery mode nor boot the phone.
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See if you can go in the download mode. If so, find your stock firmware here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458 and flash it through Odin. It will all be explained in the thread anyway.
I'm pretty sure this is the only thing you can do since you can't get into recovery mode nor boot the phone.
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+1 bro, i have reflashed to stock rom, will i root my phone again? because the yellow triangle was removed
doodoot_09 said:
+1 bro, i have reflashed to stock rom, will i root my phone again? because the yellow triangle was removed
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Yep, you'll have to root it again.
I think I have messed up, I just flashed to the Cyanogen 7.2 Rom, it flashed ok and the phone works. But so far I have a few problems, I am not unable to answer calls. When it rings, I need to unlock the phone, manually go into the phone app in order to do so.
I am also missing the notification bar.... I can't see it anywhere.
Another problem is I can no longer access the phone when connected to the computer as it does not have the option to allow me to use as usb mass storage any more. When it is plugged in pc will pick it up but the drive is greyed out.
Please help.
Regards
just do a factory reset (in the first menu), than flash again and don't forget to wipe cache partitation and dalvik cache, fix permissions aswell to be sure. If that does not work you can go with the QDL-tool. It almost impossible to completely brick your phone due to software, as only the -w command in fastboot could do that but it would not even boot in that situation...
Vennesch said:
just do a factory reset (in the first menu), than flash again and don't forget to wipe cache partitation and dalvik cache, fix permissions aswell to be sure. If that does not work you can go with the QDL-tool. It almost impossible to completely brick your phone due to software, as only the -w command in fastboot could do that but it would not even boot in that situation...
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Which of the first menu are you refering to? I am confused....
I have now entered recovery and just done a factory reset, let see what happens
1) Go into StreakMod and do a factory reset.
2) Go into the main recovery menu and do a factory reset.
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Edrill said:
1) Go into StreakMod and do a factory reset.
2) Go into the main recovery menu and do a factory reset.
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I did that by going into recovery then I did a factory reset, after that it will just loop at the boot up screen. I had to take the battery out as it was hung for like 20mins. Now it's bricked and it won't even boot back up....
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Both should not brick anything. Try to enter the recovery again and do the factory reset (the first one now), and flash again. If it does not work get a fresh install by doing the QDL-tool all the information is on the forum.
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Both should not brick anything. Try to enter the recovery again and do the factory reset (the first one now), and flash again. If it does not work get a fresh install by doing the QDL-tool all the information is on the forum.
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in this case you dont need to use qdl tool... just streakmod recovery...
install either dsc 1.0 or longhorn 2.7 and see if it helps... everything should work fine with those two rom...
once it works... install kernel test 3... but be sure to install the correct kernel.... dsc, its own kernel... longhorn, cm7 kernel... and then fastboot 366 baseband for better voice, mic and telco cell reception quality
Okay, so I had a stock Note 2 fully updated software or whatever (if you go into 'Settings' then 'About phone' the 'Software update' part). I followed section 1a instructions (10 steps): http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2024207 and then this one for WIndows: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2118348 (I just followed the video instructions) and everything seemed to work out fine and I got Team Win Recovery.
But when I did a factory reset in Team Win recovery, the phone did not boot up at all and I had to use Odin to install Root66 stock VRALJB 4.1.1 12/2/12 like I did in the first set of instructions I did in order for my phone to boot up again.
Is this normal/supposed to happen?
... Why did you factory reset at all? There was no reason to unless you were installing a rom. You made two errors back to back. Doesn't root 66 relock the bootloader? I don't even know what to suggest you do. Don't mod your phone till you read more. If you don't learn this stuff you will have a very expensive brick dude
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Factory reset wiping from within the phone software is totally different from factory wiping from within recovery and not to be confused with one another.
doing a format wipe from within twrp could be compared to format c: at a dos command prompt. Once you reboot there is no OS in the phone
Acery said:
Factory reset wiping from within the phone software is totally different from factory wiping from within recovery and not to be confused with one another.
doing a format wipe from within twrp could be compared to format c: at a dos command prompt. Once you reboot there is no OS in the phone
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I'm pretty sure you are mistaken. I have factory reset with TWRP plenty of times and it does not format the system partition. So, my bet is either he had a bugged TWRP or he accidently went to Wipe-->System instead of factory reset. Factory reset should just wipe data and cache.
Later,
Jason
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I'm pretty sure you are mistaken. I have factory reset with TWRP plenty of times and it does not format the system partition. So, my bet is either he had a bugged TWRP or he accidently went to Wipe-->System instead of factory reset. Factory reset should just wipe data and cache.
Later,
Jason
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Ah yes, I accidentally did Wipe-->System
I'm on Android 10 april update and want to reinstall stock android 10 rom. My phone is not rooted, Bootloader locked and no custom recovery install.
The closest thing to reinstall for you is to perform a factory reset. If you want to reflash whole rom, unlock the bootloader and flash stock rom via fastboot. Not sure why would you want to do that though.
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The closest thing to reinstall for you is to perform a factory reset. If you want to reflash whole rom, unlock the bootloader and flash stock rom via fastboot. Not sure why would you want to do that though.
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After installing April update (perviously on Android 10 march update) and using it for few hours, my phone got stuck so I rebooted by holding power down button. Error appeared " Can't load Andoid system. Your data might be corrupted". I was forced to factory reset and lost my data. Installed my apps again and reboot for some reason only to be presented by same error again. So I thought reinstalling rom might fix this error.
mrhamza15 said:
After installing April update (perviously on Android 10 march update) and using it for few hours, my phone got stuck so I rebooted by holding power down button. Error appeared " Can't load Andoid system. Your data might be corrupted". I was forced to factory reset and lost my data. Installed my apps again and reboot for some reason only to be presented by same error again. So I thought reinstalling rom might fix this error.
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It would be useful to troubleshoot why the phone doesn't boot (with "adb shell logcat") - on fully stock phone it might be caused by some app or HW defect. Logcat should reveal the reason for crash. What's the status of your phone now?
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It would be useful to troubleshoot why the phone doesn't boot (with "adb shell logcat") - on fully stock phone it might be caused by some app or HW defect. Logcat should reveal the reason for crash. What's the status of your phone now?
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Factory reset again, installed apps and rebooted it twice. Fortunately, it didn't happen again but I'm still worried. I didn't flash stock rom. Just factory reseted.
mrhamza15 said:
Factory reset again, installed apps and rebooted it twice. Fortunately, it didn't happen again but I'm still worried. I didn't flash stock rom. Just factory reseted.
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Enable ADB in developer settings so you can troubleshoot it if your phone crashes again.