Well, my phone has been freaking out a bit lately (Handcent not showing contact pics, Contacts not syncing with FB, FCes here and there, etc.) so I decided to start from scratch and reload everything. I tried all kind of resets (CLEAR STORAGE in FastBoot, Wipe Data, MSL Reset, etc.) and every time my phone loads up, Fresh 3.1.0.1 is already installed with all the apps I had. I understand Fresh being there, but why are all my apps staying?! Because of this, all the problems I've been facing seem to be staying as well.
This is really getting annoying. Anyone recommend a more aggressive alternative to clearing out as much as possible?! I have TB prepared to restore my apps already. The rest can be synced so I don't care.
Thanks in advance...
put the engineering hboot from toast's part 2 on your sdcard and run it, it will wipe everything
Although I don't know why wiping everything from your recovery wont do the job.. I've heard Clockwork doesn't always wipe completely but I've never had an issue with ra's recovery
I have already done that and tried CLEAR STORAGE without any luck. The third-party apps still remain. WTF! Makes no sense...
what recovery are you using? Clockwork or Amon
Amon. 10chars
akarol said:
Amon. 10chars
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And from the recovery menu selecting "wipe data/factory reset" does nothing?
It wipes everything but the apps. The settings, scenes, etc are all gone. But the apps are still there. And so are the conflicts I was getting.
ahh.. is your sdcard partitioned??
If so then wipe ext also
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I'm not sure if it's just my phone or not.
But if I select WIPE from Amonra recovery it still leaves programs and apps I downloaded to my previous build?
I.E I have just wiped to install a new Modaco 1.4 Rom and I've got a background from Panda Home on......
Very confused as I want my phone to be as it was when I first switched it on!
Have you got apps2sd on?
If so wiping phone wont remove apps if they are installed onto sd card.
If you didn't turn off "backup settings", then even after a wipe the apps/wall everything will be resynced and look the same.
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If you didn't turn off "backup settings", then even after a wipe the apps/wall everything will be resynced and look the same.
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Aha, right that makes sense.
I thought I was losing it.
No I don't have apps to SD on.
I'll try again and switch off backup settings..
Christ, I've wiped this thing so many times already...
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If you didn't turn off "backup settings", then even after a wipe the apps/wall everything will be resynced and look the same.
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Ive not tried this myself yet but it does sound like this could be whats happening.
Amdathlonuk said:
Aha, right that makes sense.
I thought I was losing it.
No I don't have apps to SD on.
I'll try again and switch off backup settings..
Christ, I've wiped this thing so many times already...
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If you've already backed up your settings with google, it will restore no mater what your settings are. To get around this DO NOT enter your google username and password after a wipe, just skip it. Then when your phone is booted go into settings and accounts and add it there. That will stop it from restoring. It is what I have to do.
Also, most of the ROMs have a backup script that backs up apps and whatnot then restores during the flashing process
Issue 1 - Ever since going from FRF50 to 72, I noticed that my soft keys weren't as responsive. My fingers had to roll over onto the actual screen to get them to register.
Issue 2 - Pinch-zooming in the gallery worked oddly. Once I set two fingers down without moving, the image would start shifting away from me. And when I spread my fingers, the image never zoomed into the area between my fingers.
I finally rooted and used amon_ra's recovery to wipe cache and dalvik cache, and both those issues are fixed! I don't know which cache wipe did it, but either way I'm glad it worked.
How to wipe cache with stock phone (no root, no updates)?
Is there any way to do it without third apps?
Yes, boot into recovery (turn off the device, then hold down the trackball while powering on the device)... then follow the instructions to navigate to the recovery window)... I believe when you get to recovery you get an android with an exclamation point.... press volume up, volume down, and power button all at the same time to access the submenus. Wipe should be in there. Works for non-rooted and locked phones. It's the same way I did my manual 2.2 update.
Atento said:
How to wipe cache with stock phone (no root, no updates)?
Is there any way to do it without third apps?
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From stock recovery you can select wipe cache partition and see if that helps.
Just to be sure, all my data will still be there after the cache wipe, right? Coz it's only a cache wipe and not a phone wipe...
Sorry for my noob question, my phone is still stock and I m not familiar with the recovery yet, I will try when cm6 is out
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lou2s said:
Just to be sure, all my data will still be there after the cache wipe, right? Coz it's only a cache wipe and not a phone wipe...
Sorry for my noob question, my phone is still stock and I m not familiar with the recovery yet, I will try when cm6 is out
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This I'm not sure about.... I haven't wiped yet, though I'm about to. I'm not entirely sure what the system stores in the cache partition, so I'm nervous about doing it. I did backup my SMS messages (using SMS Backup & Restore) and my Apps (using AppMonster) just in case I decide to see how it works and it does remove my apps and sms messages. My contacts are all stored with google and on my macs address book so I'm not worried about that. And my photos and music are on the SD card so it won't lose those either.
im having problems with the keys too, and also with my gps...
im wondering, what kind of wipe you did to your N?
I just used amon ra's recovery to wipe the caches.
erikikaz said:
Issue 1 - Ever since going from FRF50 to 72, I noticed that my soft keys weren't as responsive. My fingers had to roll over onto the actual screen to get them to register.
Issue 2 - Pinch-zooming in the gallery worked oddly. Once I set two fingers down without moving, the image would start shifting away from me. And when I spread my fingers, the image never zoomed into the area between my fingers.
I finally rooted and used amon_ra's recovery to wipe cache and dalvik cache, and both those issues are fixed! I don't know which cache wipe did it, but either way I'm glad it worked.
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Thanks for the heads up. I wiped my cache and although I never had any issues with pinch zoom in the gallery, it completely fixed my soft key issue. They are now very responsive and register in the correct spot now!
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This I'm not sure about.... I haven't wiped yet, though I'm about to. I'm not entirely sure what the system stores in the cache partition, so I'm nervous about doing it. I did backup my SMS messages (using SMS Backup & Restore) and my Apps (using AppMonster) just in case I decide to see how it works and it does remove my apps and sms messages. My contacts are all stored with google and on my macs address book so I'm not worried about that. And my photos and music are on the SD card so it won't lose those either.
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OK. I did it and no prsonal information deleted after that and I should say that the problems I had with keyboard and freezing seems to be fixed. I just worked with phone for 15 minutes. Hope it remains like this.
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lou2s said:
Just to be sure, all my data will still be there after the cache wipe, right? Coz it's only a cache wipe and not a phone wipe...
Sorry for my noob question, my phone is still stock and I m not familiar with the recovery yet, I will try when cm6 is out
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No you wont lose any data/settings. I know because i just wiped cache partition on my N1 few minutes ago and all my stuff are still intact.
So if you do the OTA, does it wipe the caches for you?
I just did the Wipe Cache Partition, all my things are fine. Stock Froyo with stock recovery. I was hoping to get a better response from the buttons, I'd say it might be better. It's hard to tell, but it doesn't feel like I have to hunt for them as much now.
For anyone wanting to try it, once you get into the recovery menu you'll see it's save. There's a Wipe Data/Factory Reset option and then the last one is Wipe Cache. Just use the trackball to do a Wipe Cache. Mine took about 2.4 seconds to do this. I rebooted (which is nice and quick anymore) and everything seems fine.
I don't know what the cache is or what is in it. It may have just kicked a dog, I don't know.
I do this every few days.
I'm in the same boat, I have no clue if I'm kicking a dead dog or if it helps but I like to think it helps (LOL).
All personal data is intact. Nothing (I notice) is lost.
uoY_redruM said:
I do this every few days.
I'm in the same boat, I have no clue if I'm kicking a dead dog or if it helps but I like to think it helps (LOL).
All personal data is intact. Nothing (I notice) is lost.
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So this means it is safe to do even though you are not reinstalling an update?
erikikaz said:
Issue 1 - Ever since going from FRF50 to 72, I noticed that my soft keys weren't as responsive. My fingers had to roll over onto the actual screen to get them to register.
Issue 2 - Pinch-zooming in the gallery worked oddly. Once I set two fingers down without moving, the image would start shifting away from me. And when I spread my fingers, the image never zoomed into the area between my fingers.
I finally rooted and used amon_ra's recovery to wipe cache and dalvik cache, and both those issues are fixed! I don't know which cache wipe did it, but either way I'm glad it worked.
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You are a star...
Just sorted my own gallery problems by doing this - it never occurred to me to try it before...
I used to wonder why people went on about the gallery animations...
How can I restore my contacts, message, apps etc... after I flash my phone with a new rom?
dannieboiz said:
How can I restore my contacts, message, apps etc... after I flash my phone with a new rom?
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Contacts - Should always save them as "Google contact" so they automatically go into your contact list after logging in on your phone.
Messages - Go into market and search "SMS Backup" back it up then once you install your new ROM, download the same app again and restore it.
Apps - Use Titanium Backup to back up the apps. Then install it again after flashing and restore the apps.
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How can I restore my contacts, message, apps etc... after I flash my phone with a new rom?
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Sure is. The simplest way is to make a backup with Clockwork recovery before you install the new rom and do wipe of data/factory reset, and all caches etc...
Once you have flashed the new rom, while still in Clockwork, goto Backup/Restore, choose Advanced, choose the backup you just made, and select only Data from the list. Everything you've asked for should be restored. Some widgets will not work on the first boot, you will have remove them from the home screen and re-add them.
Some apps will behave as if it's the first time you have run them, be aware of this.
This method makes for the simplest method of restoring everything that gets wiped when you install a rom that requires a full wipe of data + factory reset.
cool thanks, I got both methods done. gonna try to flash now. thanks
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Sure is. The simplest way is to make a backup with Clockwork recovery before you install the new rom and do wipe of data/factory reset, and all caches etc...
Once you have flashed the new rom, while still in Clockwork, goto Backup/Restore, choose Advanced, choose the backup you just made, and select only Data from the list. Everything you've asked for should be restored. Some widgets will not work on the first boot, you will have remove them from the home screen and re-add them.
Some apps will behave as if it's the first time you have run them, be aware of this.
This method makes for the simplest method of restoring everything that gets wiped when you install a rom that requires a full wipe of data + factory reset.
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Holy heck. I had no idea Clockwork had this. Saves me a bunch of time.
Here I am thinking I knew what I was talking about
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Sure is. The simplest way is to make a backup with Clockwork recovery before you install the new rom and do wipe of data/factory reset, and all caches etc...
Once you have flashed the new rom, while still in Clockwork, goto Backup/Restore, choose Advanced, choose the backup you just made, and select only Data from the list. Everything you've asked for should be restored. Some widgets will not work on the first boot, you will have remove them from the home screen and re-add them.
Some apps will behave as if it's the first time you have run them, be aware of this.
This method makes for the simplest method of restoring everything that gets wiped when you install a rom that requires a full wipe of data + factory reset.
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Does the backed up old data integer with a new rom/kernel though? I've been tempted to do this, but I'm worried that the data will conflict and cause issues.
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phantomevo77 said:
Holy heck. I had no idea Clockwork had this. Saves me a bunch of time.
Here I am thinking I knew what I was talking about
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Indeed, this method saves a lot of time.
I've had no issues using it, aside from widgets not working, until you re-add them to a home screen.
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Does the backed up old data integer with a new rom/kernel though? I've been tempted to do this, but I'm worried that the data will conflict and cause issues.
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"Integer"? Did you mean integrate? or perhaps interfere?
I haven't had any issues using this method. I'd imagine any conflicts would be overwritten by the nature of restoring /data. If a rom author includes some .apks inside of /data, those will get over written. It's very easy to add them back though, just strip them from the roms zip, and copy over to the phone, then install.
I find this much easier than using Titanium Backup or some other app to restore apps and settings lost due to installing a rom.
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Once you have flashed the new rom, while still in Clockwork, goto Backup/Restore, choose Advanced, choose the backup you just made, and select only Data from the list. Everything you've asked for should be restored.
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Choosing data only will restore installed apps?
jfg69 said:
Choosing data only will restore installed apps?
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Yes, and their settings.
mattallica76 said:
Yes, and their settings.
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While that seems to be perfect as far as restoring (and it does restore everything.) I seem to be having a problem with it once I run my rom, I'm having issues with sms locking up and the phone not coming out of sleep. I'm using Epic Exp 1.2.02 and Phoenix 1.43.
I've reloaded and restored date 3 diff times and still no luck..
jfg69 said:
While that seems to be perfect as far as restoring (and it does restore everything.) I seem to be having a problem with it once I run my rom, I'm having issues with sms locking up and the phone not coming out of sleep. I'm using Epic Exp 1.2.02 and Phoenix 1.43.
I've reloaded and restored date 3 diff times and still no luck..
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Are you using SetCPU, while also having it set to something other Conservative mode? Try keeping it set to conservative. Also, SetCPU doesn't play nice with the Epic if you use a "Screen Off" profile. I don't have a solution other than to not use a Screen Off profile in SetCPU.
Boot recovery. Wipe data cache and dalvik (unless your rom requires somthing different) flash your rom/kernel. Reboot your phone and test. Determine whether the issue is with the rom/kernel or with the data restore. If the issue is the rom, head over to the rom's thread for support. If its not the rom boot into clockwork and try to restore data again. Maybe do an advanced restore?
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Thanks dever76 for that tip, I now can switch to nightly builds on my Nexus. I appreciate it!
I have CM7 on the sd card. If I choose "factory data reset", will it just remove anything I have added, or will it wipe out any of CM7? I hope this doesn't sound like a dumb question.
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I have CM7 on the sd card. If I choose "factory data reset", will it just remove anything I have added, or will it wipe out any of CM7? I hope this doesn't sound like a dumb question.
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I don't know why you want to do that but just pull the card first.....
I don't want to remove CM7 but I want to remove my data and especially my gmail account, which from all other posts and what I can find online, and everything I have tried so far, is pretty much locked in.
I'm never aware of the "factory reset" of CM7.
Does it have one?
Factory reset is for the stock ROM from B&N, nothing to do with CM7 since it's a custom ROM that you're running.
Moreover, you're booting it off the external uSD card.
That's what I'm trying to find out. I'm afraid the "factory reset" would wipe out CM7. And I have seen suggestions to reflash the rom, but it was a very big deal for me to do it the first time, and I would rather not start over.
Hold off a bit.
The "factory reset" you said, might be the other name of "wipe data" in CwM.
If yes, it won't hurt your OS (ROM) but it will wipe all your data info on the device.
Ok, now I am quite confused after reading your other threads. Maybe you should just stick to one.
If you want to wipe the data on the stock ROM, just pull the card and do a factory reset. If you want to wipe it on the CM7 card boot into CWR on the card and wipe the data. Reflashing the ROM will not wipe it anyway unless you also wipe the data so it would not help anyway.
patruns said:
Ok, now I am quite confused after reading your other threads. Maybe you should just stick to one.
If you want to wipe the data on the stock ROM, just pull the card and do a factory reset. If you want to wipe it on the CM7 card boot into CWR on the card and wipe the data. Reflashing the ROM will not wipe it anyway unless you also wipe the data so it would not help anyway.
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You're right, I should have stuck to just one, but got a little desperate, and thought I had more than one issue. Everything had worked perfectly until I started removing data and clearing caches, and trouble started.
I assume CWR is the "recovery" option on reboot? I did select that, but nothing appeared to happen, went black and then I had to restart it.
Thanks very much though. You have told me exactly what I wanted to know. Reflashing does not remove data, and booting into CWR does. There was also the option of going into settings and restoring to factory default. What would have happened to CM7 if I had done that?
What would have happened to CM7 if I had done that?
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Probably nothing because that resets the internal flash memory to stock and you have CM7 sitting on a card. Definitely nothing if you pull the card first.
Reflashing does not remove data, and booting into CWR does.
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Booting into CwM R does NOT remove your data.
It waits for you command to wipe it and you do if you intend to, otherwise, nothing happens.
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Booting into CwM R does NOT remove your data.
It waits for you command to wipe it and you do if you intend to, otherwise, nothing happens.
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Thanks for clarifying. So is booting into "CwM R" the "recovery" option on the reboot menu?
I am not sure where things started to go fubar (I moved to the Windows phone for a while but now I am back), but things on my rooted note 3 dont work like they should. For example, I cannot setup my work email (enterprise) or school email (microsoft exchange webmail) because it keeps on crashing. I have to reinstall the gmail email app every now and again because that goes haywire and the system update check crashes. I have frozen a few apps but I unfroze and it still doesnt work.
Well to my real question if all that was just mumbo jumbo, how can I reset my phone back to stock (like apps, settings, etc) without losing root? Is it as simple as just selecting factory reset in the settings menu?
Well since your rooted how about flashing a stock rom,but make a backup and I'd your content with the stock rom then make a backup of that.
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Doing a factory data reset will reset the phone back to what it was like out of the box. However It won't make you lose root.
Yes, you can factory reset. Root is in /system files, where when you wipe you only lose /userdata and /cache
Reboot into Recovery mode, select Wipe /data and /system and /cache and dalvik cache if you can, or make a selection similar to "Factory Reset". Be sure to not wipe your SD Card(s)
When you reboot your phone, it will be OOBE(out of box experience) so be sure to backup any call logs, texts, and user apps ahead of time. DO NOT backup/restore "system" apps as it will cause problems
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Reboot into Recovery mode, select Wipe /data and /system and /cache and dalvik cache if you can, or make a selection similar to "Factory Reset". Be sure to not wipe your SD Card(s)
When you reboot your phone, it will be OOBE(out of box experience) so be sure to backup any call logs, texts, and user apps ahead of time. DO NOT backup/restore "system" apps as it will cause problems
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Actually, do not wipe system unless you have a rom to flash on your ext sd. If you do, the only way to use your phone again is by using odin.
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LeftyGR said:
Actually, do not wipe system unless you have a rom to flash on your ext sd. If you do, the only way to use your phone again is by using odin.
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Good catch, sorry about misleading info there...always have your custom ROM on your SD Card
Thanks guys. I would have done the same mistake.
I have frozen some of the files, do I need to unfreeze them before I do this?
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To answer your question, I don't think it would matter. I believe the settings that hold an app as frozen get wiped when you factory reset. If I'm wrong, it really shouldn't matter. What apps are frozen?
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A lot was frozen but I did it anyways. I'm now hunting for what can safely be frozen so I don't fubar my phone
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