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I would like someone to explain in detail the difference between "factory data reset" and "factory format"
You can do a factory data reset via the phone itself, or by using this code
*#*#7780#*#*
I've done this before, but it seems like a soft reset, I want something more hard. Something to totally swipe the phone clean, and reinstall everything fresh.
So I found this "factory format" code *2767*3855#
This totally wipes the phone, and reinstalls the firmware.
My question is, will using this second option reinstall stuff like avatar, and stock programs, or does it totally wipe everything off.
can someone explain the benefits and downfalls of the two.
yea you can go to settings/privacy/Factory data reset dirrecty from the phone if you want to hard reset/Wipe your Vibrant.
DaveNavy said:
yea you can go to settings/privacy/Factory data reset dirrecty from the phone if you want to hard reset/Wipe your Vibrant.
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that didn't answer the question, I already said the first code is the same as doing the instructions you gave.
I was inquiring on a factory format, which is different.
Have you tried it(through the # command)? Or is that just what it says it does? Unless it downloads the firmware, theres no place that its stored on the phone, so I doubt it reflashes the firmware over again. I initially though maybe it would reformat and setup the /system partition, but it would need an img stored somewhere to flash it, and I doubt it does.
What it probably is, is just Androids naming vs Samsungs naming, and wouldn't reinstall any bloatware that was removed.
SamsungGalaxySVibrant said:
I would like someone to explain in detail the difference between "factory data reset" and "factory format"
You can do a factory data reset via the phone itself, or by using this code
*#*#7780#*#*
I've done this before, but it seems like a soft reset, I want something more hard. Something to totally swipe the phone clean, and reinstall everything fresh.
So I found this "factory format" code *2767*3855#
This totally wipes the phone, and reinstalls the firmware.
My question is, will using this second option reinstall stuff like avatar, and stock programs, or does it totally wipe everything off.
can someone explain the benefits and downfalls of the two.
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I did that last week, but booting the phone to recovery mode:
1. Turn off your phone.
2. Hold down the volume up and down buttons while turning the Vibrant on, which will bring you to the recovery mode.
3. Choose "delete all user data"
Once the phone boot up, you should have factory stock phone.
drhonk said:
I did that last week, but booting the phone to recovery mode:
1. Turn off your phone.
2. Hold down the volume up and down buttons while turning the Vibrant on, which will bring you to the recovery mode.
3. Choose "delete all user data"
Once the phone boot up, you should have factory stock phone.
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Thank you. I don't think people understand my question though.
What you are describing is the same as doing a data reset via through the phones settings, or using the first code I provided.
However, a "Factory format" is different. I'm trying to figure out what a factory format using the second code does.
again i'm asking about data factory reset vs factory format.
I believe what your after would involve one of 2 methods and no neither is a factory format or reset.
To completely reset the phone to stock all parts including radio and os files you need to use odin a pit file and a rom image.
If your ONLY needing to restore apps to factory/stock you can use the posted nandroid backups to restore.
Both methods are well documented but if you need help drop me a line or a pm.
SamsungGalaxySVibrant said:
Thank you. I don't think people understand my question though.
What you are describing is the same as doing a data reset via through the phones settings, or using the first code I provided.
However, a "Factory format" is different. I'm trying to figure out what a factory format using the second code does.
again i'm asking about data factory reset vs factory format.
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How can you tell people that they are wrong, without knowing yourself. Chances are that the factory format does exactly the same thing as they described. Why don't you try it and if it does something different let us know.
I think there is a difference between the two, can factory format reinstall firmware?
Well i tried the factory format, and it did start out differently than the facory data reset did, and it seemed to be faster, but in the end my phone looks exactly as it did with a factory data reset, so i dont know what its doing differently
fred8785 said:
Well i tried the factory format, and it did start out differently than the facory data reset did, and it seemed to be faster, but in the end my phone looks exactly as it did with a factory data reset, so i dont know what its doing differently
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oh really? you did the factory format? interesting, your phone is fine?
Yeah my phone is fine, everything works... i mean as well as you can expect, still having same issues as before but it wipes everything including the sd card so you might want to backup any nandroid or titanium backups to your computer because it will erase everything from the phone and the sd card, and put it back to how you got the phone.
fred8785 said:
Yeah my phone is fine, everything works... i mean as well as you can expect, still having same issues as before but it wipes everything including the sd card so you might want to backup any nandroid or titanium backups to your computer because it will erase everything from the phone and the sd card, and put it back to how you got the phone.
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So it appears this Factory Format is a TRUE hard reset, compared to the soft data reset. I have a question, does it erase avatar? Does it put avatar back on? What about all the other "stock" programs... does it put them back on?
thank you
Wanna try factory format, I'm scared.
Avatar is stored on the 2GB SD card. Simply remove the card before doing a factory format and you're safe.
Anyone tried the factory format?
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Just did a factory format and it deletes everything on the internal phone memory except the stock bloatware programs. It didn't touch my SD card as Avatar is still there. Seems to be a true hard reset.
I did the format and my 3G was gone. Everything else worked and it seemed the same as the factory reset. No problems with Avatar,etc. Any files I had previously altered did not revert back to factory. I could not figure out the 3G issue, though. All of my settings seemed correct but I had no data connection (no 3G, Edge, ...) Wifi worked luckily and I was able to do a nandroid restore.
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Thanks for this thread, good information to have.
I'm new to android, coming from BB. I've had my phone for a month now and have rooted, gps fixed, flashed vibrant 4, tried the lag fix, flashed gps fix, flashed back to stock, un-rooted, rooted again, flashed stock.... un-rooted....
In the end I wondered if I was getting in over my head here (I was) and maybe I needed to just enjoy my phone for what it is and stop worrying about all of this experimental stuff. I'm no developer.
So I just flashed back to stock using the nandroid backup linked on this forum, un-rooted and did a soft reset.
I noticed it doesn;t truly wipe the phone though, so now, any time I get any type of glitch I constantly worry that maybe there's some sort of residual settings hanging around... my GPS flakes out and hangs, or shows my location as "accurate within 2 meters" yet map location shows me over 3 blocks away? I start worrying, is this residual effects from flashing the gps fix?
I really don't know, and I was wondering if there was a way to truly hard reset, wipe everything and go back to exactly the way the phone was when I took it out of the box so I can stop worrying that I've jacked my phone up.
It looks like this is the way and I may give it a go once I hear more success stories (worried about the poster above missing data connections).
I'm content to wait for an OTA update, or something really solid like CM6, till then stock with launcher pro is more than enough customization for me.
OK, thanks again to the OP and all subsequent posters, sorry for the long response, taking a break from some work here.
peace,
smutek
andryga said:
I did the format and my 3G was gone. Everything else worked and it seemed the same as the factory reset. No problems with Avatar,etc. Any files I had previously altered did not revert back to factory. I could not figure out the 3G issue, though. All of my settings seemed correct but I had no data connection (no 3G, Edge, ...) Wifi worked luckily and I was able to do a nandroid restore.
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I can confirm my 3G came back and the phone looks EXACTLY like it did when I took it out of the box. Surprisingly, it's still rooted, at least it still has the app. Will update as I progress.
EDIT: No problems at all. Got Voodoo running just fine after my fiasco with OCLF. Market stored all the apps I downloaded so it's just a matter of time now. XD
Hello,
My phone was stolen a few days ago and reset. Luckily i found it, but i had backups of EasyMoney on it.
I just learned that LG decided to call the hard reset, a complete wipe. Although it is my fault i did not back up, i`m sure i might be able to recover one or more of the BAK files on the internal storage.
Any suggestions on how i could look for the BAK files?
You should be able to set a password for hard reset, so that it is not that easy for someone to ruin your day!
Thanks
p.s: I`m tech savvy. Although i did search for some recovery options, i did not have time to try them all.
If yourmethod works, i'll chip in 0.1BTC (http://bitcoin.com) (current BTC Price ~ 600$)
qiuness said:
Hello,
My phone was stolen a few days ago and reset. Luckily i found it, but i had backups of EasyMoney on it.
I just learned that LG decided to call the hard reset, a complete wipe. Although it is my fault i did not back up, i`m sure i might be able to recover one or more of the BAK files on the internal storage.
Any suggestions on how i could look for the BAK files?
You should be able to set a password for hard reset, so that it is not that easy for someone to ruin your day!
Thanks
p.s: I`m tech savvy. Although i did search for some recovery options, i did not have time to try them all.
If yourmethod works, i'll chip in 0.1BTC (http://bitcoin.com) (current BTC Price ~ 600$)
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Sorry to hear. G2 has like 5 partitions - System, Data, Dalvik, Cache, Internal Storage. If they wiped the Internal Storage (Hard Reset?) there is no way of you getting your old files back. I don't know the reason why they are gonna do that. If you did have a custom recovery (TWRP,CWM) before the Hard Reset, you have at least the option to select which partition/s you want to wipe out. If your internal storage wasn't wiped out just try to search for apk files using a file explorer like this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop.
Hi everyone,
I'm having a problem with my phone (S7 edge) during my travel. Suddenly my phone shut down and when I switched it on i couldn't input the password because the keyboard doesn't show up. The second problem is that after 1 minute that is on it just starts rebooting by itself. I tried to clean the cash and nothing happened. Tried the safe mode and I got the same result. Can't download adb because I'm on my way and It's too heavy as a file, I'll be back home in 2 weeks and I'd like to make some pictures with the phone while I'm here. The USB debug is off.
I don't want to delete all my data.
Can anyone help me please?
Same thing happened to me, while I was traveling... I had no choice but to do a factory reset through the Samsung recovery..
PacMaNNNN said:
Same thing happened to me, while I was traveling... I had no choice but to do a factory reset through the Samsung recovery..
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Do you know if it is possible to recovery the private contents or if it's possible do a backup of the data in order to recover it later?
Asso99 said:
Do you know if it is possible to recovery the private contents or if it's possible do a backup of the data in order to recover it later?
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I didn't even try to, I was so pissed, I did a full wipe and started from 0.
Just posted this on Lenovo forums, if someone here can help me i would appreciate :
Finally received the Nougat update today via OTA, I had enough battery and space internally and SD so i decided to download and install.
After the install finalized the phone is boot looping, it won't stop, i cant even turn off the phone! I already tried removing the SD and SIM card but it keeps boot looping!
What can I do? I waited ages to receive Nougat and my phone is bricked!
Very important note: XT1572 (Style) I never installed any custom ROM, i never rooted my phone, i don't even know how to do it...so that is not the problem.
abdielmaiden said:
Just posted this on Lenovo forums, if someone here can help me i would appreciate :
Finally received the Nougat update today via OTA, I had enough battery and space internally and SD so i decided to download and install.
After the install finalized the phone is boot looping, it won't stop, i cant even turn off the phone! I already tried removing the SD and SIM card but it keeps boot looping!
What can I do? I waited ages to receive Nougat and my phone is bricked!
Very important note: XT1572 (Style) I never installed any custom ROM, i never rooted my phone, i don't even know how to do it...so that is not the problem.
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Press the power button. Keep it pressed for about 10-12 seconds. Maybe this will help. If this doesn't help press the volume down button and keep it pressed (while phone is bootlooping) it will take you to bootloader menu then press volume down button until you see recovery. When you see recovery press the power button. It will show "no command" then press the power button,keep pressed and press the volume up button twice it will now show you recovery menu. Then navigate using volume button and erase all data. Maybe this will help.
yk1999 said:
Press the power button. Keep it pressed for about 10-12 seconds. Maybe this will help. If this doesn't help press the volume down button and keep it pressed (while phone is bootlooping) it will take you to bootloader menu then press volume down button until you see recovery. When you see recovery press the power button. It will show "no command" then press the power button,keep pressed and press the volume up button twice it will now show you recovery menu. Then navigate using volume button and erase all data. Maybe this will help.
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I tried wiping the cache, still doesnt work, i dont want to erase all data, i have pictures in internal storage i dont want to loose
I don't know what to do
abdielmaiden said:
I tried wiping the cache, still doesnt work, i dont want to erase all data, i have pictures in internal storage i dont want to loose
I don't know what to do
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Did you tried pressing power button for 10 seconds?
Is your bootloader unlocked?
yk1999 said:
Did you tried pressing power button for 10 seconds?
Is your bootloader unlocked?
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Yes I tried pressing power button 10 secs but it just restarts, and yes i can access the bootloader menu, im kinda lost here, If I wipe data will I go back to lollipop?
Goddamn i wish i never updated this crap, I had my 1 year old birthday photos i took yesterday in internal storage...
Should I wipe everything now or wait for an official fix?
abdielmaiden said:
Yes I tried pressing power button 10 secs but it just restarts, and yes i can access the bootloader menu, im kinda lost here, If I wipe data will I go back to lollipop?
Goddamn i wish i never updated this crap, I had my 1 year old birthday photos i took yesterday in internal storage...
Should I wipe everything now or wait for an official fix?
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What is your bootloader status locked or unlocked?
You can see it in bootloader menu.
yk1999 said:
What is your bootloader status locked or unlocked?
You can see it in bootloader menu.
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Here's an screenshot of the Bootloader Menu, i cant tell if it's unlocked or not.
Btw, thank you alot for trying to help me bro. :good:
abdielmaiden said:
Here's an screenshot of the Bootloader Menu, i cant tell if it's unlocked or not.
Btw, thank you alot for trying to help me bro. :good:
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Looks like your bootloader is locked. Sorry but with an locked bootloader i can't think of any ideas.( Don't try to unlock your bootloader unlocking it will erase all your data and void your warranty). You can wait for official fix or take it to a Motorola official repair center. I am not sure that erasing all data will fix your device. And erasing your data won't restore marshmallow (did you write lolipop by mistake? Because you can ota to nougut only from marshmallow i think). It will still be nougut.
Can you tell me how much it boots before restarting. does it shows the boot animation fully?
If it shows boot animation fully than maybe erasing all data can fix it.(I can't say for sure)
I will recommend you to wait for official fix.(If the data on internal storage is very important).
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Looks like your bootloader is locked. Sorry but with an locked bootloader i can't think of any ideas.( Don't try to unlock your bootloader unlocking it will erase all your data and void your warranty). You can wait for official fix or take it to a Motorola official repair center. I am not sure that erasing all data will fix your device. And erasing your data won't restore marshmallow (did you write lolipop by mistake? Because you can ota to nougut only from marshmallow i think). It will still be nougut.
Can you tell me how much it boots before restarting. does it shows the boot animation fully?
If it shows boot animation fully than maybe erasing all data can fix it.(I can't say for sure)
I will recommend you to wait for official fix.(If the data on internal storage is very important).
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Sadly, warranty expired and here in Mexico will cost me tons of money to repair, I would rather buy a new phone.
About your question:
1. It shows boot animation fully, I can even see the main screen for at least 1.5 seconds (where it asks me for password)
I'll have to try to erase all data, i need my phone for work purposes i cant wait Lenovo for an official fix, im sure it will take AGES for that...f*ck them.
By the way, here's the official response of Motorola Support in Lenovo forums:
It's correct to try removing the SD and SIM cards to attempt to recover the phone. Since it did not work, the next step is factory reset. Are you still able to access wipe data/factory reset in recovery?
Regards,
JM
Motorola Support
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Again, thank you mate for trying to help me, i really appreciate :good:
A factory reset may fix it if borked data already on the phone from the previous version or an app is the cause.
I'm gonna have to say a factory reset is going to be the best route as I've had bootloops before with this phone and factory reset has always fixed it.
You "could" try plugging the phone to a computer to see if you can get MTP running and access to the partition and maybe that might stop the loop. During my WM/WP days when flashing my roms and radios, accessing the partition via MTP mode stopped the bootloop.
abdielmaiden said:
Yes I tried pressing power button 10 secs but it just restarts, and yes i can access the bootloader menu, im kinda lost here, If I wipe data will I go back to lollipop?
Goddamn i wish i never updated this crap, I had my 1 year old birthday photos i took yesterday in internal storage...
Should I wipe everything now or wait for an official fix?
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So far you are the first with bootloop - will not be a fix.
I haven't stock recovery and don't remember - is there option "backup"?
Did you have "google photos app"? You should have all photos on google drive. Check it with pc(www.google..).
Only factory reset you can do for help.
More option has authorized service.
With locked bootloader you can't do anything more.
Thank you all, you were right, I just wiped data and phone is working again, unfortunately lost many important pictures that wasn't saved in the Drive :'(
Anyway, I'm testing nougat, looking good atm
You learned a valuable lesson. Always have more than one backup and always use an SD for the camera. Glad your phone is working again .
abdielmaiden said:
Thank you all, you were right, I just wiped data and phone is working again, unfortunately lost many important pictures that wasn't saved in the Drive :'(
Anyway, I'm testing nougat, looking good atm
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Please edit your Original Post on the first page and add the solution that worked for you. It will help people who might face this issue in future.
autosurgeon said:
You learned a valuable lesson. Always have more than one backup and always use an SD for the camera. Glad your phone is working again .
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^^^ THIS!!!
People need to consider phones for what they are... a big chunk of plastic, metal, and GLASS that we fumble with hundreds of times a day. You need to anticipate it will break, brick, bootloop, get lost, stolen, have an update fail, or whatever once in a while, they are not infallible and neither are we. Be prepared, it doesn't take much and it isn't complicated.
Pictures seem to be the most important things to people... INSTALL GOOGLE PHOTOS and set them to backup automatically, it is super easy, and assuming most people charge at home every night, the most photos you would ever lose are 1 days worth. And go to https://photos.google.com once in a while and open the app once in a while and see if they are backing up.
Install an SD card in your phone, even if it's a little 16GB or something, set it up as portable storage (important), and set the camera to save items there instead of internal memory... This in combination with the above measure will be a 99.9% guarantee you won't lose any pictures or videos.
People seem to really like having SMS and MMS copies, then INSTALL SMS BACKUP & RESTORE by Carbonite and setup daily, weekly, or monthly backups of all your text and picture messages to your online service of choice (I recommend Google Drive). Then log into Drive and check it once in a while.
Use Google's Backup Transport, it's built into Android... it will maintain a list of apps you have installed and if the app developer is relatively current with the features of Android, it will backup your settings too, and in the event you need to restore, factory reset, move to another device, or whatever, you can restore all your apps pretty quickly.
Use the Google services and your account, when creating contacts, calendar appointments, notes, etc... Use the Google account option so contacts and appointments are saved permanently to Google and you can access them from anywhere. Use cloud based services like Keep, Drive, etc. so you always have backups of stuff and avoid apps that don't support Google (or other cloud based) storage for important data.
Other apps have some facilities to backup settings, data, and other things related to the app.
Oh, and keep your Google account secure... know the password, have your backup and recovery information up to date so if you lose the password you can reset it via your work email, a SO's phone number, etc. Your Google account is your key to everything if you follow my suggestions.
All of these things can be done a stock device, without root or anything else special... As much as I hate to say it, if you lose data on your device it isn't Moto's fault, Google's fault, or anything/anyone else's issue, but it's your fault. This is no different than the data on your computer, laptop, tablet, or anything else you might own, it takes a little bit of prep and planning to keep from losing anything.
I have thought to myself many times I should write a tutorial on doing these things, and some other common apps and Android tools to backup data and maintain it automatically, but with the way people blame me sometimes for bricking their device with my other tutorials I have decided not to do so.
It always blows my mind how many of my students post on Facebook that they got a new phone and need them.digits. millennials who are sposed to be so tech savvy cannot turn on the features to backup their address book much less anything else.
Maybe as an early genx myself as I grew up with DOS and windows 1.1 beta o better understand the need for a backup....lol
Hello XDA people! A year ago I rooted my phone and had no problems with it, then I lost my phone for half a year so I had to remote lock it. When I got my phone back I tried to get out of safe mode after booting, nothing seemed to work and after I tried to remove the pin code to make unlocking the phone easier the phone crashed and I couldn't boot it. I tried flashing System OS with download mode, it finally worked but I couldn't boot it. After I finally got into TWRP after flashing TWRP again nothing on the phone was mounted, I have tried earlier versions of TWRP but nothing is mounted and internal storage shows as 0MB, I do not care if what I have on the phone dissapears. Any help in this matter is appreciated, I need to boot the phone to System OS. Thanks XDA.
Best Regards
Michael Birch, Galaxy S8
P.S. I can mount external SD cards with TWRP. Also I know a lot of people have asked this question but when I try their solutions like formatting the whole thing - it can't mount, and repair - can't mount, resize - can not mount. So please forgive me for posting this.