cannt seem to find an answer to this....if I factory reset my Atrix will I loose root? was rooted using Gingerbrake if that makes a difference?
Thanks in advance
No keep root atleast I did
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Root will be kept but why are you doing a factory reset? On phones like these it doesn't really have much use to do a reset.
But thats just my 2 cents
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hmmm maybe I am confused.....
I rooted with GingerBrake and then noticed that it seems the internal memory wipes it self at reboot however not sure it does it all the time, so I thought Factory reset, kill the root, save the internal memory from wiping it self.
But I have reboot a few times in the past day (for fun ;0 ) and the memory isnt wiping it self.......hmmmmm major oddness
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I want to do this as more of a starting new kind of thing. I know you can clear the sd cards and factory reset, but does that truly erase everything? And i understand theres also some options to clear delvik cache and others in CWM. Are these caches erased w/ factory reset? thx brah
Odin maybe?
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yeah ive used odin a bunch to flash eugenes roms and stock rom if i get a soft brick. But weird thing is it doesnt wipe my internal sd. BTW this ISNT like a serious issue and i NEED to erase everything...but ive flashed so many roms over each other i thought it would be good to give my phone a breath of fresh air. haha
okay so just about an hour ago i was trying to install the 2825 radio. i flashed it onto the phone in recovery mode and now my phone wont go past the boot screen. (tmobile g1) i can still get to recovery and fastboot and all of that but even when i tried to restore it, it still wont go past the boot screen!!!!! what did i do wrong, and is there any hope for me?? please help!
roguly said:
I want to do this as more of a starting new kind of thing. I know you can clear the sd cards and factory reset, but does that truly erase everything? And i understand theres also some options to clear delvik cache and others in CWM. Are these caches erased w/ factory reset? thx brah
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Hopefully you will not accomplish your objective. "Everything" includes the Primary Boot Loader, in which case your phone will be permanently bricked, for all intents and purposes.
You will not be able to access the phone by any means other than an expensive tester after you delete USB drivers from the phone.
To erase everything...you need to go settings.phone & sdcard.umount...under phone storage.format....it will mount back on its own
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jmcghee1973 said:
To erase everything...you need to go settings.phone & sdcard.umount...under phone storage.format....it will mount back on its own
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Will this hurt anything if I do this while running a custom rom? Just wondering.
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ZachLL88 said:
Will this hurt anything if I do this while running a custom rom? Just wondering.
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you'll lose everything on the rom including apps that the dev added. only thing you wont lose is stock apps, but no it shouldnt matter what rom your running.
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you'll lose everything on the rom including apps that the dev added. only thing you wont lose is stock apps, but no it shouldnt matter what rom your running.
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Great! Thanks for the info!
Appreciate the fast response.
Sorry, this has I'm sure been done to death but there seem to be conflicting reports and advice would some kind soul, who knows the answer, tell me.
I think I know the answer but I don't want to take a chance on it ;-)
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Yes the safe answer is that nothing is for sure at 100%...
I asked the same and despite I mentioned I will cool down trying stuff I did actually try quicksilver.
Initially I've reset once INSIDE ICS after the first installation going from HC to ICS without trouble
Then before trying quicksilver I did nandroid backup after that I purposely wiped reset using CWM 5.0.0.4 from dev but also wiped cache as well as dalvik and battery stats... Then restored the backup... All those could trigger a brick but it did not
Next I wiped again everything via CWM reset and installed quicksilver 0.8 and all went fine booting quicksilver.
Then updated to 0.9 and finally 1.0pre doing that did not require wipe so did not do it for no reasons...
Then went back restaurant my original backup.
So I did not have any problem this in no way means it is 100% safe as you I am worry but decided to try knowing something could go wrong. From now on I will only reset from CWM 5.0.0.4 and will not do from ICS
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Hmm could be nandroid problem redo all steps but dont make a backup.
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@questionmark factory reset from the latest CWM. No issues.
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I did factory reset many times with Austrian ICS Rom with no problems at all , it's is safe
Hi, I am very sad bcos I lost my niece pics after factory reset my Motorola XOOM 3g. Please help me, now I am realizing what I did!
Did you factory reset rooted with a custom recovery? Or stock through settings? If stock through settings you might be screwed, get a file management app and look for a file that says DCIM
Why did you factory reset?
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This might work for the Xoom too since it has a similar partitioning scheme.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2123999
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Did you factory reset rooted with a custom recovery? Or stock through settings? If stock through settings you might be screwed, get a file management app and look for a file that says DCIM
Why did you factory reset?
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i am green horn in using my Motorola xoom although I own it for last 1 year but I do not know anything about it's working so I am not aware about the terms root, rom etc. What I did, I gone to settings> Privacy > Factory data reset . Now please suggest me which software should I use? I did factory reset because my Bluetooth was not working.
Thanks for reply.
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i am green horn in using my Motorola xoom although I own it for last 1 year but I do not know anything about it's working so I am not aware about the terms root, rom etc. What I did, I gone to settings> Privacy > Factory data reset . Now please suggest me which software should I use? I did factory reset because my Bluetooth was not working.
Thanks for reply.
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Uhh, look up. That's the best you will get.
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if it wiped your internal storage, you're SOL
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Uhh, look up. That's the best you will get.
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I did not understand.
alex94kumar said:
if it wiped your internal storage, you're SOL
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I did not got you?
jatin1990 said:
I did not got you?
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Deathsdoor is saying the link he gave you is your best possible shot.
alex is saying that if your internal storage was wiped during the factory reset, you aren't getting the pictures back.
Since you are not rooted, then your internal storage was almost definitely wiped. And since rooting (which is Part of the directions in deathsdoor link) will involve you unlocking the bootloader, your tablet would have to be wiped again.
If you can't find them, then their gone.
Android doesn't work like Windows or Mac.
SOL=sh*t outta luck
Agree with above, don't think you'll be getting them back.
For future protection one simple rule - backup.
Hold pictures on a sd card instead of internal memory, as factory reset does wipe that, and also use an auto backup app (Dropbox and Google + both do well as automatically backing up photos and videos).
Anything digital that is important should be backed up on a regular basis.
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Here's the deal. I want to factory reset my nexus so I can remove the unlock pin. Question is I can't seem to really get an answer. If I do the factory data reset from the menu will I lose my data from the emulated SD card. According to the picture. I will, but I looked this up and according to some website and other xda members. I won't. Since I've only had this phone for about a month now and this is the first phone that I've had with a SD slot. I honestly don't know what will happen if I hit that reset button.
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Back up your storage to a computer and see what happens. They only way I've been able to erase my data was formatting in recovery or locking then unlocking the bootloader.
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Here's the deal. I want to factory reset my nexus so I can remove the unlock pin. Question is I can't seem to really get an answer. If I do the factory data reset from the menu will I lose my data from the emulated SD card. According to the picture. I will, but I looked this up and according to some website and other xda members. I won't. Since I've only had this phone for about a month now and this is the first phone that I've had with a SD slot. I honestly don't know what will happen if I hit that reset button.
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Yes a factory reset will wipe all user data on the phone if done from settings/backup and restore/reset device. Backup files first.
The nexus 4 doesn't have an SD card slot. You will lose all data unless you've made a backup in recovery or on your computer. And yes, it will wipe the /sdcard folder.
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The nexus 4 doesn't have an SD card slot. You will lose all data unless you've made a backup in recovery or on your computer. And yes, it will wipe the /sdcard folder.
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I know sorry meant without just didn't notice it and yeah I figured so. Guess I'll have to wait a bit before I do a reset then.
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But you know, i have done factory resets, wiped dalvic nd cache and unlocking bootloader but evrytime i so that, the files in my internal sd card were all still there and never was deleted.
So im quite confused as well..
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vinz_bangiz said:
But you know, i have done factory resets, wiped dalvic nd cache and unlocking bootloader but evrytime i so that, the files in my internal sd card were all still there and never was deleted.
So im quite confused as well..
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If you factory reset in stock recovery it wipes the lot
vinz_bangiz said:
But you know, i have done factory resets, wiped dalvic nd cache and unlocking bootloader but evrytime i so that, the files in my internal sd card were all still there and never was deleted.
So im quite confused as well..
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Yeah this is what I mean. I keep on getting different answers.
But I'll just back things up on a PC and then attempt to factory reset.
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If you factory reset in stock recovery it wipes the lot
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Doing a factory reset in stock recovery will wipe everything
Doing a factory reset in custom recovery will not wipe SD context
Unlocking the bootloader and rebooting will wipe everything
Unlocking the bootloader and flashing a custom recovery then wipe cache and reboot will not wipe SD context
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spaceman860 said:
Doing a factory reset in stock recovery will wipe everything
Doing a factory reset in custom recovery will not wipe SD context
Unlocking the bootloader and rebooting will wipe everything
Unlocking the bootloader and flashing a custom recovery then wipe cache and reboot will not wipe SD context
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Thanks. Although.not really sure which one of these I can use to reset my unlock pin.
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Just go to security settings and choose a different lock style !!! Unless you have forgot your pin ??
What recovery are you using ?
I have no issues doing.........
Go to settings and backup and reset option, choose the factory data reset.
Now this will wipe your user data and reset your ROM to how it was originally. This does NOT touch your emulated sdcard partition. Basically it resets the ROM and removes all user apps etc.
You can always use TB to back up all user apps 1st then just restore again after. ( obviously you will have to install TB again before you can restore but all data will remain on your " sdcard".
Hope this helps.
Mmmmm actually I am using twrp so maybe I got mistaken as I don't know how it handles on a stock recovery as it does boot into twrp briefly when I do this.
I've done this many times and never lost my sdcard files though.
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Do you have an exchange account connected to your phone? Like an outlook email from work or something? A pw is required if you have that connected.
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Teo032 said:
Do you have an exchange account connected to your phone? Like an outlook email from work or something? A pw is required if you have that connected.
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I have my other gmail synced on the stock email app. Uhm I'll try to delete my accounts but as you see in the last page. The picture I posted. "No Pin" is greyed out. Its odd. Never had this happen to me.
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Just go to security settings and choose a different lock style !!! Unless you have forgot your pin ??
What recovery are you using ?
I have no issues doing.........
Go to settings and backup and reset option, choose the factory data reset.
Now this will wipe your user data and reset your ROM to how it was originally. This does NOT touch your emulated sdcard partition. Basically it resets the ROM and removes all user apps etc.
You can always use TB to back up all user apps 1st then just restore again after. ( obviously you will have to install TB again before you can restore but all data will remain on your " sdcard".
Hope this helps.
Mmmmm actually I am using twrp so maybe I got mistaken as I don't know how it handles on a stock recovery as it does boot into twrp briefly when I do this.
I've done this many times and never lost my sdcard files though.
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I have CWM Touch Recovery. Never tried TWRP.
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Well I'm not sure how the system handles a factory data reset with cwm but I know for sure that using the factory data reset from phone settings does not wipe your internal "SD card" when using twrp. Now be aware I'm not referring to any wipes from recovery,its the wipe from the phone settings in backup and reset.
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slymobi said:
Well I'm not sure how the system handles a factory data reset with cwm but I know for sure that using the factory data reset from phone settings does not wipe your internal "SD card" when using twrp. Now be aware I'm not referring to any wipes from recovery,its the wipe from the phone settings in backup and reset.
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Okay thanks guys for all the help! I think this thread is done. I flashed TWRP recovery and I Factory Reset in there and it wiped everything that I needed. I got rid of the lock screen and I also found out that TWRP is a pretty amazing recovery. In the end I kept all my data. Just restored apps by Titanium BackUp. Thanks!:thumbup:
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Hi can I upgrade my from from Paranoid Android KK to Carbon-ROM KK without deleting all of my files ?
What do you mean? Your SD card content?
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AbdulrahmanAmir said:
if it is ur sd content then u wiped ur media data content but if it is wipe like apps or those stuffs thn yes it might happen cause u will flash a new rom and surely the Gapps cause u to do that
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sorry I did not understand what you said can you explain without English shortcuts I don't really understand them.
by the way I mean without factory reset , only wipe cache and dalvik cache.
Omer Slomovic said:
sorry I did not understand what you said can you explain without English shortcuts I don't really understand them.
by the way I mean without factory reset , only wipe cache and dalvik cache.
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I think what he meant was that if your are worried about losing all files(erased SD card) then just make positively sure that when wiping data for a ROM switch that you DO NOT have internal memory checked when wiping phone. It's very simple to avoid but at the same time very simple to click on accident and not notice it.. Or in case you were just talking about if you would lose all installed apps after switching ROMs then unfortunately that is correct. Although it truly isn't at the same time because after flashing your next ROM and installing correct gapps upon initial boot after flashing ROM the Google play store should be recovering the apps you "lost". Hope that helped.
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I think what he meant was that if your are worried about losing all files(erased SD card) then just make positively sure that when wiping data for a ROM switch that you DO NOT have internal memory checked when wiping phone. It's very simple to avoid but at the same time very simple to click on accident and not notice it.. Or in case you were just talking about if you would lose all installed apps after switching ROMs then unfortunately that is correct. Although it truly isn't at the same time because after flashing your next ROM and installing correct gapps upon initial boot after flashing ROM the Google play store should be recovering the apps you "lost". Hope that helped.
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Thanks for clearing that out !