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I downloaded Google Books today just to play around with it and now I cannot uninstall it. I don't want to root my phone just to get rid of it. Will a hard reset help?
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Not sure bout a hard reset. When i got my phone, this was already preinstalled. Your phone might think its a system app and not clear after a hard reset.
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Hmm.. that sucks.
By the way, is there any difference between a factory reset done via the settings menu and the hard reset done by booting into the special menu?
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athani said:
I downloaded Google Books today just to play around with it and now I cannot uninstall it. I don't want to root my phone just to get rid of it. Will a hard reset help?
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All Nexus Ss come with Google Books preinstalled after the 2.3.1 or 2.3.2 ota. So nothing can remove it unless you root. Why so annoyed by it? you never noticed it being installed on the phone before and it doesn't take any resources if you disable books syncing from Accounts and Sync under the system settings.
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My phone did not have google books preinstalled. I installed it yesterday just to see what it was and now I'm stuck with it.
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Pretty sure it's still the same as it use to be
Soft reset is like rebooting
Hard reset is like unplugging something while its on( removing battery without turning phone off first).
Factory rest wipes it to stock, or original rom that you may have flashed. All setting revert to default.
Don't quote me though
athani said:
Hmm.. that sucks.
By the way, is there any difference between a factory reset done via the settings menu and the hard reset done by booting into the special menu?
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pierre1321 said:
Pretty sure it's still the same as it use to be
Soft reset is like rebooting
Hard reset is like unplugging something while its on( removing battery without turning phone off first).
Factory rest wipes it to stock, or original rom that you may have flashed. All setting revert to default.
Don't quote me though
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Actually, I wanted to know if there is any difference between the two methods of performing a factory reset -
1. Settings> Privacy> Factory Data Reset
2. Power off phone. Power on while pressing the volume up button. And then reset.
Does the latter method perform a "deeper" reset?
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Its a preference thing.
If I'm on stock, prolly do it through settings.
Or through bootloader if i can't get it to boot.
If rooted and unlocked and custom rom, i do it through recovery. Cause i can flash and clear stuff in 1 shot.
athani said:
Actually, I wanted to know if there is any difference between the two methods of performing a factory reset -
1. Settings> Privacy> Factory Data Reset
2. Power off phone. Power on while pressing the volume up button. And then reset.
Does the latter method perform a "deeper" reset?
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I want to "root" my phone only for the purpose of getting rid of some pre-installed stuff. I do not want to have a custon ROM, at least not now.
I've seen this thread which explains rooting the Nexus S, giving 4 steps in which to do it.
At what step can I stop if I want just a simple root as stated above? Or will I have to go through the whole process?
Will the procedure erase anything from my phone? If yes, how do I backup?

I believe both reset methods do the same thing, which is format the /data partition (and maybe a bit more?).

matt2053 said:
I believe both reset methods do the same thing, which is format the /data partition (and maybe a bit more?).
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Thanks for the reply but I'm just as clueless as before.
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athani said:
I want to "root" my phone only for the purpose of getting rid of some pre-installed stuff. I do not want to have a custon ROM, at least not now.
I've seen this thread which explains rooting the Nexus S, giving 4 steps in which to do it.
At what step can I stop if I want just a simple root as stated above? Or will I have to go through the whole process?
Will the procedure erase anything from my phone? If yes, how do I backup?
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The process will wipe your data, and you need to do the whole thing.
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I just checked, it only takes up 4M, which is nothing. I wouldn't worry about it so much.
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[Q] Factory Reset Question

Will doing a Factory Reset on the N7 wipe ALL my data including my sd storage for example...the 'Downloads" folder. Will it wipe that too, or just the apps and OS

I played with a brand new unit for a week and will be giving the device to the owner after reviewing it. When I did the factory reset it wiped everything including the internal sdcard.
It still has recovery on it (TWRP) but nothing else. Would have to push superuser to it again.
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Yes it wipes everything. If you're in clockwork mod you can do a factory reset and keep your sd card files.
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redmonke255 said:
Yes it wipes everything. If you're in clockwork mod you can do a factory reset and keep your sd card files.
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Oh so flashing from recovery is fine. OK thanks
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[Q] [Urgent] Nexus 4 stuck in boot loop

Please help guys. I just got this phone and my parents will kill me.
I installed the Franco kernel after rooting and tried to install the drivers for chain fire 3d.
It's got my phone in a loop.
I tried wiping data and cache and dalvik cache and rebooting but it doesn't work.
Please help.

VikramK123 said:
Please help guys. I just got this phone and my parents will kill me.
I installed the Franco kernel after rooting and tried to install the drivers for chain fire 3d.
It's got my phone in a loop.
I tried wiping data and cache and dalvik cache and rebooting but it doesn't work.
Please help.
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recovery mode, factory data reset ?

opticaldh said:
recovery mode, factory data reset ?
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Yes that is what I performed after wiping cache.

Reflash ROM?
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yeah, factory reset http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312

air2k57 said:
Reflash ROM?
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I am flashing now.

VikramK123 said:
I am flashing now.
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after flashing and ur still in bootloop, then go to Recovery Mode (the android with a red triangle), do a factory data reset. Then you're good to go.

VikramK123 said:
I am flashing now.
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Chainfires open gl drivers won't work on most 4.1+ devices. Also looking over the app description on the play store, the supported devices are all nvidia or exynos based devices. Our phones use a Qualcomm chipset. And the force 4x msaa function is built into the nexus 4. It's under developer options.
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same issue, flash not working
opticaldh said:
after flashing and ur still in bootloop, then go to Recovery Mode (the android with a red triangle), do a factory data reset. Then you're good to go.
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Hey all. Im having the same issue, and my recovery mode is just blank, even after hitting volume up button.
Please help!

do this
RedEyeZ88 said:
Hey all. Im having the same issue, and my recovery mode is just blank, even after hitting volume up button.
Please help!
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Its HOLD POWER BUTTON click on VOLUME UP ONCE - menu will appear
CC

Can someone tell me how to flash the factory rom from a mac. I tried factory data reset but it didn't work. I'll try again just to be sure.

VikramK123 said:
Can someone tell me how to flash the factory rom from a mac. I tried factory data reset but it didn't work. I'll try again just to be sure.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312

Solved!
I used AndroidRootz Mac Toolkit and Voila!. It came back to life. Could someone tell me why the regular wipe data/factory reset did not work?

VikramK123 said:
Solved!
I used AndroidRootz Mac Toolkit and Voila!. It came back to life. Could someone tell me why the regular wipe data/factory reset did not work?
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The open gl drivers from the chainfire app borked your kernel drivers.
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[Q] Factory Reset/OTA Update Question For D800

Recently my at&t d800 has been acting up (freezing then automatically rebooting, horrible battery life) so I have decided to see if a factory reset fixes the issue. My only questions are...I am rooted with TWRP installed, now do I factory reset through the phone's settings, or through TWRP? and i am assuming i will lose root..correct?
Any insight would be appreciated.
Jelly
EDIT:Ignore the OTA update part of the title.

If u have not taken the ota update you can do it from twrp and no you won't loose root as factory reset does not touch system partition
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lingarajug said:
If u have not taken the ota update you can do it from twrp and no you won't loose root as factory reset does not touch system partition
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I did not take the OTA update. So what do I click in order to factory reset through TWRP? I have seen people say they have wiped their rom from their phones using factory reset in TWRP and i want to make sure i do not do that.

Once you go into wipe section the box on the bottom which says swipe to perform factory reset that's all you need.
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lingarajug said:
Once you go into wipe section the box on the bottom which says swipe to perform factory reset that's all you need.
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Thank you very much.

[Q] Factory reset on custom rom

If i do a factory reset on a custom rom will it brick my phone or just factory reset? Thanks in advance

photon4glover said:
If i do a factory reset on a custom rom will it brick my phone or just factory reset? Thanks in advance
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Short answer is no!
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So I'll be safe doing a factory reset?
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photon4glover said:
So I'll be safe doing a factory reset?
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Depends. If you do a factory reset via settings, you will lose everything. If you do a factory reset via the recovery, it won't wipe your sdcard.
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But most of all, it won't put your phone back to stock.
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I want to erase all my data, but keep custom ROM. So doing factory reset in settings will be okay right?
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Yes, factory reset wipes /data but doesn't touch /system. It should be fine.