Just a quick query before I even get my Nexus S ...
Is it possible to completely reset everything to out of the box condition using a similar method to the HTC devices of holding the down button whilst turning on the phone to access the boot loader screen?
I want to know I can return this if necessary after it's been turned on and configured without leaving any trace of use or my data.
have you installed a custom recovery? or are you on the stock recovery? You can turn off your phone, and then while phone is off hold volume up + power . This will get you into bootloater mode, then you can select recovery. Once you are in recovery hold volume up + power, then it will give you recovery settings, from here you can wipe data.
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have you installed a custom recovery? or are you on the stock recovery?
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Thanks, I haven't even received the phone yet so until I have had chance to check it out and make sure it suffers none of the issues cropping up here it will be totally stock - no modding whatsoever.
Will the method above set the phone to out of the box condition with no traces of use?
I gather that once a custom recovery has been installed there is no way to remove it at this time, is that right?
xspyda said:
Just a quick query before I even get my Nexus S ...
Is it possible to completely reset everything to out of the box condition using a similar method to the HTC devices of holding the down button whilst turning on the phone to access the boot loader screen?
I want to know I can return this if necessary after it's been turned on and configured without leaving any trace of use or my data.
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Goto Settings, Privacy, select Factory Data Reset.
This will clear all private data off the phone, whether you're rooted or not, whether you have custom recovery or not.
Edit: to your second question, yes, at present, there appears to be no way to remove the custom recovery. They'll figure that out sooner or later.
xspyda said:
Thanks, I haven't even received the phone yet so until I have had chance to check it out and make sure it suffers none of the issues cropping up here it will be totally stock - no modding whatsoever.
Will the method above set the phone to out of the box condition with no traces of use?
I gather that once a custom recovery has been installed there is no way to remove it at this time, is that right?
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yes, the above method will reset everything. You can even reset to stock from the phone itself, by going to storage, then clear storage. Then i believe in privacy settings you can wipe phone. At this time, there is no way to go back to stock recovery once a custom recovery is flashed. But eventually google will release the stock recovery images that are flashable through fastboot
Thanks guys!
Been told I can turn the phone on but not make any calls or add anything to memory - not sure how the hell you can try a phone out with that kind of restriction.
As long as I can clear EVERYTHING if I need to return it that's fine!
Ah, good point about the sdcard. In prior phones, I just pulled mine out and moved to the new phone. You will want to wipe the sdcard as part of removing all traces of you on the phone.
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Ah, good point about the sdcard. In prior phones, I just pulled mine out and moved to the new phone. You will want to wipe the sdcard as part of removing all traces of you on the phone.
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There IS no SD card in the Nexus S (not removable anyway) ;-)
I assume the method above will clear the mass memory.
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There IS no SD card in the Nexus S (not removable anyway) ;-)
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Obviously.
xspyda said:
I assume the method above will clear the mass memory.
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I'm pretty sure, based on past experience with Galaxy S, Nexus One, and HTC EVO 4G, that a Factory Reset from the Settings menu, or from the CWM recovery does not touch the partition that is mounted as /sdcard (whether it's internal or external).
I'm not willing to factory reset my NS at this time to prove the point, though.
In my opinion, to totally reset your phone (for non-rooted), you should:
/Settings/Storage settings/Erase USB storage
/Settings/Privacy settings/Factory data reset
If you're going to take the Recovery method, then you'd
Wipe all data
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I just got a used A500. How do I do a full master reset so I can make it like I just opened it up new. Thanks guys,
Go to settings>Privacy>factory data reset...
There's also a reset button on your device Or has this button another function?
Yes however I do believe that this does not clear the internal SD storage. I too wonder about the op`s question. How does on completely reset the tablet including the internal sdcard.
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ultramag69 said:
Go to settings>Privacy>factory data reset...
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If you do this and the previous owner had deleted phone.apk and telephonyprovider.apk from /system/apps, then it'll get stuck at the logo when rebooting. Check to make sure those files are there before doing a factory reset or data wipe.
Also, Check to see what ROM is on it. Is it stock? or is it a custom ROM? If a custom ROM, then to make it new you'd have to install STOCK.
So it comes down to how NEW you want it.
There's a thread that discusses downgrading to 3.01 using nvflash. That's the most sure way of putting back to factory settings, without knowing the exact status of it currently.
The easiest method probably is to just install a custom or stock ROM with a data wipe. But you need to do a little digging to find out if your on the old bootloader or new one and weather or not the tablet is already rooted.
@ mods i realised my mistake in posting this in the wrong section and posted in the right one but people are replying to this one......so please dont delete this just yet
I in my infinite wisdom tried to mod a file on my phone. I did a titanium backup 1st but forgot to move it to my external SD Doh!
So that went wrong and now I'm stuck in a boot loop with only the stock recovery screen. Need to install stock rom and adb not recognized. (Im sure ill figure that) but my main question is, is there some way to recover data from the internal "sd" memory?
I really appreciate any advice anyone can give
I am not sure if I understood your question.. if you have CWM then just access recovery mode and you will have an option to mount the SD and you will be able to access all your files via USB from your PC
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I don't have cwm . Like I said I only have the stock recovery screens I.e factory reset and download mode.
Do a factory reset, it won't erase your data.
Not sure that would work. It says wipe user data and factory reset so surely it would wipe my data. Plus I don't think that'll work anyway as I changed a file which caused the boot loop so I don't think a factory reset will fix that file.
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Not sure that would work. It says wipe user data and factory reset so surely it would wipe my data. Plus I don't think that'll work anyway as I changed a file which caused the boot loop so I don't think a factory reset will fix that file.
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what info are you trying to get off the device? the sms etc are stored on your data and will be wiped by a reinstall/factory reset
anything on the usb side for storage will not get touched
Factory reset wont clear anything on the internal_sd
thank you.....but
thanks for the replies peeps ill trust your knowledge (and have pressed the thanks button )
got a day off tomorrow so gonna try and get it up and running again,
Question though, being as i buggered up the stock rom wont flashing the new rom (when i figure out how) delete internal data either.
the reason im being carefull is i did some awesome illustrations (imo) for a childrens book im writing so hoping to save those.
Androboyben said:
thanks for the replies peeps ill trust your knowledge (and have pressed the thanks button )
got a day off tomorrow so gonna try and get it up and running again,
Question though, being as i buggered up the stock rom wont flashing the new rom (when i figure out how) delete internal data either.
the reason im being carefull is i did some awesome illustrations (imo) for a childrens book im writing so hoping to save those.
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it depends on if you use a wipe or non wipe rom, a non wipe wil lkeep qall the data stored on the android system intact but you might get bootloops if it doesnt replace the file you say you deleted
took the plunge......alls good
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it depends on if you use a wipe or non wipe rom, a non wipe wil lkeep qall the data stored on the android system intact but you might get bootloops if it doesnt replace the file you say you deleted
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Thanks Richy99, i took the plunge and followed nasgilani's guide to installing stock rom, i was supprised when it completed that even my home screens etc were as they were before (appart from widgets being blank) and glad to see "as you all said" my data intact.
i shall be more cautious before i start messing with mods next time
basically internal usb storage of 11gb will never be touched when you factory reset nor wil lanything on an external sd card
the only thing that gets wiped is the 1gb internal space for the rom and data on that partition such as sms/email etc
I know this is an old topic but I noticed it wasn't exactly answered.. I'm trying to send mine back to the factory for warranty because the power button no longer functions. I have the stock rom and recovery and I'm stuck in boot loop because I can't execute factory wipe with the power button. I'd like to pull my data off of the internal SD but am unable to fix the bootloop without forcing the wipe.
I know metter is over now, it was just ur worrying, otherwise wiping cache,wiping data from recovery , flashing stock rom (wipe/non wipe) nothing.will erase data on internal memory.
Just for knowledge
aroma file manager is available, which works from recovery, it can work even you device stucked, unable to boot..
Edit ; sometime you feel ashamed, just come to know this is 6month old topic
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I got my phone rooted, and wanted to try the Per app PDI using Xposed framework. Unfortunately upon installing the framework, my phone will not boot any more (stuck at ATT logo). I saw on the Xposed framework that I can try copying /system/bin/app_process.orig back to /system/bin/app_process, but can't seem to get into ADB. Can someone help please?
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I got my phone rooted, and wanted to try the Per app PDI using Xposed framework. Unfortunately upon installing the framework, my phone will not boot any more (stuck at ATT logo). I saw on the Xposed framework that I can try copying /system/bin/app_process.orig back to /system/bin/app_process, but can't seem to get into ADB. Can someone help please?
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You dun goofed. Try rebooting into recovery mode by holding down Vol up+Home before the Samsung logo comes up, and hit "wipe data/factory reset", but if it was a framework mod, then it's likely a problem with the /system/ partition. In that case, you're out of luck until we have an Odin-flashable factory image prepared.
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You dun goofed. Try rebooting into recovery mode by holding down Vol up+Home before the Samsung logo comes up, and hit "wipe data/factory reset", but if it was a framework mod, then it's likely a problem with the /system/ partition. In that case, you're out of luck until we have an Odin-flashable factory image prepared.
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Factory Reset worked in recovery.
Thanks!!!
tvu815 said:
Factory Reset worked in recovery.
Thanks!!!
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Woot woot, but be a tad more careful next time
After trying Xposed, I couldn't enable the framework, I got the same issue of the phone hanging at the AT&T logo, and tried a factory reset. Now I get "Unfortunately, Settings has failed to load." after completing the setup wizard. USB debugging is no longer enabled due to the reset. Any way around the setup wizard or suggestions?
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After trying Xposed, I couldn't enable the framework, I got the same issue of the phone hanging at the AT&T logo, and tried a factory reset. Now I get "Unfortunately, Settings has failed to load." after completing the setup wizard. USB debugging is no longer enabled due to the reset. Any way around the setup wizard or suggestions?
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People need to quit trying to install Xposed?
Looks like for you, it's a system issue. Try performing another factory reset (you never know), and clear the cache.
Are you able to access anything after you complete the setup wizard?
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You dun goofed. Try rebooting into recovery mode by holding down Vol up+Home before the Samsung logo comes up, and hit "wipe data/factory reset", but if it was a framework mod, then it's likely a problem with the /system/ partition. In that case, you're out of luck until we have an Odin-flashable factory image prepared.
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hey i had the same issue but when i went into factory reset i just get an error :crying::crying::crying: is there any way to get a zip file out of the system? i have access to a fully stock SGS4 that has not been touched
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hey i had the same issue but when i went into factory reset i just get an error :crying::crying::crying: is there any way to get a zip file out of the system? i have access to a fully stock GS4 that has not been touched
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What error do you get when the factory reset fails? As for a zip file, we don't have any flashable system images yet, our devs are working on it, but when it's ready, you'll be able to use Odin to repair your device.
On a side note, I live 5 miles away from the national Samsung warranty repair facility in Richardson, TX, and they sell accessories at their front desk, so I went today to get a super cheap MicroSD card (32gb for $18.99). I chatted it up with a technician that works there, he's serviced my old Nexus S and Galaxy Note, and he mentioned that while they have a system image for the S4s, it's only for the international model, they're not expecting any fubar S4s until next week
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What error do you get when the factory reset fails? As for a zip file, we don't have any flashable system images yet, our devs are working on it, but when it's ready, you'll be able to use Odin to repair your device.
On a side note, I live 5 miles away from the national Samsung warranty repair facility in Richardson, TX, and they sell accessories at their front desk, so I went today to get a super cheap MicroSD card (32gb for $18.99). I chatted it up with a technician that works there, he's serviced my old Nexus S and Galaxy Note, and he mentioned that while they have a system image for the S4s, it's only for the international model, they're not expecting any fubar S4s until next week
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it only wipes the data, when going to wipe the cache it pops up with no command and the android laying on his back with a red triangle it does not actually give an error code tried to wipe the cache by itself but can not do that
could i root the other phone i have access to make a rom backup and them flash it using the stock recovery? can just rename it update.zip?
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it only wipes the data, when going to wipe the cache it pops up with no command and the android laying on his back with a red triangle it does not actually give an error code tried to wipe the cache by itself but can not do that
could i root the other phone i have access to make a rom backup and them flash it using the stock recovery? can just rename it update.zip?
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Unfortunately that won't work, the flash will fail. The stock recovery can't accept any packages that aren't signed by Samsung. If we had an unlocked bootloader, we could have a custom recovery, and ergo, the ability to install custom packages, but at the moment, there's no purpose for recovery aside from performing a factory reset .
On that note, if your cache is failing to wipe just by hitting factory reset, try wiping it using the separate option, but it looks like your device is currently out for the count regardless. Thems the breaks, sorry
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Unfortunately that won't work, the flash will fail. The stock recovery can't accept any packages that aren't signed by Samsung. If we had an unlocked bootloader, we could have a custom recovery, and ergo, the ability to install custom packages, but at the moment, there's no purpose for recovery aside from performing a factory reset .
On that note, if your cache is failing to wipe just by hitting factory reset, try wiping it using the separate option, but it looks like your device is currently out for the count regardless. Thems the breaks, sorry
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tried wiping just the cache and it starts to wipe says error and the phone reboots but stays on a blank screen
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tried wiping just the cache and it starts to wipe says error and the phone reboots but stays on a blank screen
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So it's surely a problem with your /system directory. Just keep posted until we have a solution, I'm sure you're not the only one with a shiny $200 paperweight
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So it's surely a problem with your /system directory. Just keep posted until we have a solution, I'm sure you're not the only one with a shiny $200 paperweight
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so frustrating now no cell phone ..... ohhh well it will take a bit of time but at least its only soft bricked
ericos123 said:
so frustrating now no cell phone ..... ohhh well it will take a bit of time but at least its only soft bricked
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Surely you've got a backup phone? I never get rid of my old phones, in case my daily driver gets lost or stolen, I have a Galaxy Note and a Nexus S (my last two phones) to substitute
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Surely you've got a backup phone? I never get rid of my old phones, in case my daily driver gets lost or stolen, I have a Galaxy Note and a Nexus S (my last two phones) to substitute
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i can use the gf's old phone but when i got this i gave my old cell to my mom hers was ancient, how long did it take them to get roms working on the international version of the S4?...... also i was reading the I337 and I337m are identical is this true? because if it is samsung released the kernel source
ericos123 said:
i can use the gf's old phone but when i got this i gave my old cell to my mom hers was ancient, how long did it take them to get roms working on the international version of the S4....... also i was reading the I337 and I337m are identical is this true? because if it is samsung released the kernel source
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Roms were available almost right away due to the unlocked bootloader of the GT-i9500/5, but At&t and Verizon decided that they want to rile some people up.
As for the i337m, it's the Virgin mobile version. While it contains the same processor and chipset, the bootloaders are different, and thus, flashing anything for the i337m would screw the device up even more
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Roms were available almost right away due to the unlocked bootloader of the GT-i9500/5, but At&t and Verizon decided that they want to rile some people up.
As for the i337m, it's the Virgin mobile version. While it contains the same processor and chipset, the bootloaders are different, and thus, flashing anything for the i337m would screw the device up even more
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i thin i know what the issue is with the phone it was the build.prop when i was playing with it on reboot things got wonky..... i did save a backup on the device, is there anyway i can adb into the phone pull that backup and replace the modded file with the original?
Does factory reset unroot the phone? I'm thinking of returning it. Just so much lag for me.
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silkshocker said:
Does factory reset unroot the phone? I'm thinking of returning it. Just so much lag for me.
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No it does not
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silkshocker said:
Does factory reset unroot the phone? I'm thinking of returning it. Just so much lag for me.
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This haha...gotta love when new devices come out
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Hi guys, i've broken my Galaxy s4 lcd some day ago, and yesterday i've decided to sell it on ebay.
But now i have to wipe it. The problem is that i am running a custom Touchwiz rom and Philz touch recovery. So i don't think i can use Kies to make a factory reset.
I can use Odin to flash a stock image etc... But i don't know how to solve completely my problems.
Can someone help me? Thx
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41392134
Take help from this
"If someone helps, never forget to hit thanks ? "
DeepankarS said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41392134
Take help from this
"If someone helps, never forget to hit thanks ? "
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Thank you for the replay.
However, the Galaxy S4 doesn't have fastboot mode, but only download mode and recovery mode, so I don't know how to use the commands...
OmniSlyfer said:
Thank you for the replay.
However, the Galaxy S4 doesn't have fastboot mode, but only download mode and recovery mode, so I don't know how to use the commands...
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Odin will fix it.
Flash the stock ronin Odin. All your user data will be (sort of) removed.
A skilled user could still recover your user data' but most people won't even know its there.
You will not need the phone's screen to work at any point in the Odin process.
Skipjacks said:
Odin will fix it.
Flash the stock ronin Odin. All your user data will be (sort of) removed.
A skilled user could still recover your user data' but most people won't even know its there.
You will not need the phone's screen to work at any point in the Odin process.
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Oh ok perfect
I've just finished to flash the stock rom, I hope evrything worked fine. I'll try to install Kies3 to see if I can maybe do another wipe or something else to delete definately all my data inside (including photos etc...). Any suggestions?
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Oh ok perfect
I've just finished to flash the stock rom, I hope evrything worked fine. I'll try to install Kies3 to see if I can maybe do another wipe or something else to delete definately all my data inside (including photos etc...). Any suggestions?
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Odin will wipe the data as well as Kies will.
But neither really removes the data. Both just remove the directory structure which makes it easy to sort the data.
To really remove the data you need to overwrite it with new data. That is much more difficult to do without access to the screen on the phone.
You could do it in recovery with the device mounted via usb to a computer. But you generally need to select that in recovery using the touch screen.
You can also push data to the device to overwrite using adb, but its more difficult.
All in all though...unless you have evidence of your participation in a crime on the phone, don't be so worried about it. It will be okay.
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All in all though...unless you have evidence of your participation in a crime on the phone, don't be so worried about it. It will be okay.
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Hahahahahahah
Skipjacks said:
Odin will wipe the data as well as Kies will.
But neither really removes the data. Both just remove the directory structure which makes it easy to sort the data.
To really remove the data you need to overwrite it with new data. That is much more difficult to do without access to the screen on the phone.
You could do it in recovery with the device mounted via usb to a computer. But you generally need to select that in recovery using the touch screen.
You can also push data to the device to overwrite using adb, but its more difficult.
All in all though...unless you have evidence of your participation in a crime on the phone, don't be so worried about it. It will be okay.
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Ahahah. Thank you so much for the explanation
I think the buyer will find some photos of me in the phone, i hope he will not die coz of my ugly face
I think this thread can be closed.
Skipjacks said:
Odin will wipe the data as well as Kies will.
But neither really removes the data. Both just remove the directory structure which makes it easy to sort the data.
To really remove the data you need to overwrite it with new data. That is much more difficult to do without access to the screen on the phone.
You could do it in recovery with the device mounted via usb to a computer. But you generally need to select that in recovery using the touch screen.
You can also push data to the device to overwrite using adb, but its more difficult.
All in all though...unless you have evidence of your participation in a crime on the phone, don't be so worried about it. It will be okay.
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Since Google implemented Trim in Android 4.3, it's impossible (as of yet) to recover deleted data. I tried several guides here on XDA on data recovery and none of them work anymore.
See for example this article.
http://forensic.belkasoft.com/en/why-ssd-destroy-court-evidence
So basically if you delete a file or format your system, the data is really gone.
Lennyz1988 said:
Since Google implemented Trim in Android 4.3, it's impossible (as of yet) to recover deleted data. I tried several guides here on XDA on data recovery and none of them work anymore.
See for example this article.
http://forensic.belkasoft.com/en/why-ssd-destroy-court-evidence
So basically if you delete a file or format your system, the data is really gone.
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That article was one of the most awesome nerdy things I ever read. I had no idea about the garbage collectors on solid state memory.
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That article was one of the most awesome nerdy things I ever read. I had no idea about the garbage collectors on solid state memory.
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From my experience, flashing stock firmware with Kies DOES NOT wipe the user data/files from phones SD card. I have to always do factory reset from stock recovery to wipe it.
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From my experience, flashing stock firmware with Kies DOES NOT wipe the user data/files from phones SD card. I have to always do factory reset from stock recovery to wipe it.
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It wont ever wipe the external sd card
The internal sd card should depend on the tar file and if it formats that partition or not.
I never really paid attention to it myself because I have never had to flash a full stock restore on my S4 so I have no idea what the standard for S4 firmwares is.
The internal data partition though should be wiped with a full stock firmware in odin every single time.
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It wont ever wipe the external sd card
The internal sd card should depend on the tar file and if it formats that partition or not.
I never really paid attention to it myself because I have never had to flash a full stock restore on my S4 so I have no idea what the standard for S4 firmwares is.
The internal data partition though should be wiped with a full stock firmware in odin every single time.
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Well, it's not. Believe me. I used to flash stock rom on S4 number of times and I can confirm that flashing stock rom with Odin DOES NOT WIPE any user data. Your photos and other files stays intact as well as the apss ( you may loose some apps internal data ) until factory reset is performed either from stock recovery or from rom itself.
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Well, it's not. Believe me. I used to flash stock rom on S4 number of times and I can confirm that flashing stock rom with Odin DOES NOT WIPE any user data. Your photos and other files stays intact as well as the apss ( you may loose some apps internal data ) until factory reset is performed either from stock recovery or from rom itself.
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Well how about that.....you learn something new every day!
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Hi guys, i've broken my Galaxy s4 lcd some day ago, and yesterday i've decided to sell it on ebay.
But now i have to wipe it. The problem is that i am running a custom Touchwiz rom and Philz touch recovery. So i don't think i can use Kies to make a factory reset.
I can use Odin to flash a stock image etc... But i don't know how to solve completely my problems.
Can someone help me? Thx
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if your S4 opens, just connect it to the PC and then the internal memory will appear
delete whatever you wants
Hello guys, I've been sitting in front of computer this last 3 hours trying to figure out how to recover data from my S4, GT-i9505.
I'm using CyanogenMod 11 o 12, it's Android Lollipop, TWRP recovery, don't know if rooted. The digitalizer is dead, black screen, no touch input at all and it's pattern locked, but I think I managed to change to a password with Google Device Manager.
Now the things I've already tried and didn't work:
- Connected the mobile via USB. It shows up on My Computer, Samsung Kies etc, but nothing appears.
- Kies recognizes it, but just loops on Conecting...
- ADB doesn't even recognize it as a device, but my LG G4 does. I do remember enabling debug USB on S4, but I can't confirm.
- I have gone through the install and reinstall USB drivers hell, tried with Samsung alone, ADB alone and with both at the same time, nothing.
- Tried to access data with recovery and download modes. You never know.
After all of this, the only thing that comes to my mind is trying to use another recovery wich hopefully doesn't wipe the phone so I can dump data to the SD card with Volume buttons.
Do you guys can throw to me some knowledge or other ideas? I would be very grateful.
Little PS: I tried to post some screenshots, but new account and anti-spam happens :/
You mean using another recovery.
Bootloaders and recoveries are different things.
You could use CWM, which operates with the hardware buttons.
GDReaper said:
You mean using another recovery.
Bootloaders and recoveries are different things.
You could use CWM, which operates with the hardware buttons.
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Yes, sorry. I was just fed up and took a little rest after this post. Do you think that might work? Using another recovery for backup without wiping any data?
Ranzar said:
Yes, sorry. I was just fed up and took a little rest after this post. Do you think that might work? Using another recovery for backup without wiping any data?
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Changing recoveries doesn't require wiping data.
The problem afterwards would be extracting said data from the backup.