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Will doing factory reset or restore on rooted MT4G running Iced Glacier1.14 brick it

I am selling my MT4G and in order to get top dollar the person buying it wants it to be exactly as it is now(rooted and running Iced Glacier 1.14) My question is if I do a factory restore will it just delete all data etc and still be rooted and running Iced Glacier 1.14? Will it brick it? Or can I just delete all of my contacts by going into App/manage apps and deleting data there. My main concern is to remove all of my contacts. I do not mind the buyer having the apps that are on the phone as i do not believe they will be able to update them and will have to purchase them in the future. The person buying the phone does not want to root etc but does want it the way it is now. Any info and help is warmly and greatly appreciated. I really am sad about selling the phone(it is a fantastic phone) but I have a Vibrant and a Nexus One and am looking to what may be coming out in next couple of months.

You will lose the apps that are installed with the reset, but you main concern should be your gmail account. I don't think you can sign out the main gmail account, so you would need to reset most likely. A master reset alone should not remove root and will not revert you to stock.
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stoneyjonez said:
You will lose the apps that are installed with the reset, but you main concern should be your gmail account. I don't think you can sign out the main gmail account, so you would need to reset most likely. A master reset alone should not remove root and will not revert you to stock.
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Is a master reset the same as factory reset?Would the safest way to do it be to boot into CW recovery and do factory reset there. I have just read that if you do a factory restore from handset it will result in boot loop. I guess I could just load some apps for the buyer if the reset deleted them as well as long as my Gmail acct is off of it and all my contacts are deleted.

tenbeau said:
Is a master reset the same as factory reset?Would the safest way to do it be to boot into CW recovery and do factory reset there. I have just read that if you do a factory restore from handset it will result in boot loop. I guess I could just load some apps for the buyer if the reset deleted them as well as long as my Gmail acct is off of it and all my contacts are deleted.
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Could you provide a source for this information?

jentzschman2000 said:
Could you provide a source for this information?
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I read this in a thread from a search I ran on this subject. This is from the Vibrant forum so not sure if it applies here. Here is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-829771.html There seems to be a divided opinion about it. I am selling the phone so do not want to make a mistake. Anyone else have any info or opinions?

Do a full wipe and you'll be fine. Iced glacier still there, but no personal info. He would have to use his own gmail account to log in with.

esincho said:
Do a full wipe and you'll be fine. Iced glacier still there, but no personal info. He would have to use his own gmail account to log in with.
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By a full wipe do you mean factory reset in CW recovery a factory restore in menu on handset. Or a data and cache wipe through Cw recovery?

tenbeau said:
By a full wipe do you mean factory reset in CW recovery a factory restore in menu on handset. Or a data and cache wipe through Cw recovery?
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In recovery. Wipe everything. When u reboot, it will be factory reset

Any problem if he did it though device as he suggested? I am guessing that cache wipe is equivalent of task28 (fatfs format) in WinMo which clears the NAND and restores factory default.

Factory reset in recovery. Recovery can be reached by power +volume down or through Clockwork via boot into recovery.
tenbeau said:
By a full wipe do you mean factory reset in CW recovery a factory restore in menu on handset. Or a data and cache wipe through Cw recovery?
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Definitely the tried and true way to do this is, as the above posters mentioned, to wipe via recovery..perform a data wipe and a cache wipe..you should be good..
ppl do this all the time when they flash a new rom..definitely won't brick your phone..

I was going to say that, but being new and all I figured I would let a more seasoned person have a go first.
But that is what I thought. Full wipe, then just flash the rom again.

Just booted into CW recovery and selected :wipe data\factory reset and all seemed to have gone well I really appreciate all of the kind and informative responses. I am very sad to be giving up the MT4G as it is probably the best all around phone I have ever had. Once again thanks to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

will factory reset erase android os on my hd2?

Currently was givin this htc hd2 phone, and its running android. i want to do a factory reset on the phone because he does not remember his pattern lock code. I i want to know is if i do that, will it factory restore back to windows? Because i want to keep the android os.

If you factory reset within android, it will only wipe /data and /cache. However, if the rom you are currently using has system files symlinked from /data, then you will need to re-flash the rom from recovery.
BTW, the phone will not return to windows with factory reset

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jianC said:
If you factory reset within android, it will only wipe /data and /cache. However, if the rom you are currently using has system files symlinked from /data, then you will need to re-flash the rom from recovery.
BTW, the phone will not return to windows with factory reset
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Thanks for the info.

blakkternalx520 said:
Thanks for the info.
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Pressing the thanks button is more profitable for him than saying "thanks".

sure thing bro. I kind of new to the app and didnt know i could do it from the app but i did.
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[Q] Clean Stock ROM after factoty Reset?

What happens if i delete some apps storend in /system/app and perform a factory reset? Would my Nexus 4 automaticaly download them from the Internet or Playstore? Or is this a way to have a cleaner Stock ROM without unlock the Bootloader, root and flashing a costom ROM? Or are i'm completely wrong? Sorry for Bad English

HeiBill said:
What happens if i delete some apps storend in /system/app and perform a factory reset? Would my Nexus 4 automaticaly download them from the Internet or Playstore? Or is this a way to have a cleaner Stock ROM without unlock the Bootloader, root and flashing a costom ROM? Or are i'm completely wrong? Sorry for Bad English
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factory reset only clears all the user data

Doesn't it clear all? Every installed APP , user data .... Almost everything? Like Format all and instal the stock Rom aga in?

HeiBill said:
Doesn't it clear all? Every installed APP , user data .... Almost everything? Like Format all and instal the stock Rom aga in?
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installed app would be considered user data. it gets reset to before you activated the device. if you deleted system apps, they should still be missing. you can reflash a stock rom if you want them back.

Factory reset = user data + apps
Format /system = everything (OS + photos, etc)

Doesn't it clear all? Every installed APP , user data .... Almost everything? Like Format all and instal the stock Rom aga in?

sorry for upper doublepost
OK. My Idea was to clean up my Phone without unlocking my Bootloader. I hate it when i get some Apps like Google+ or Google Earth or some apps i have never used on my Phone. It is annoying to me every time when i see them in my Appdrawer. So the Idea was to delete the apps i don't use. I thought i could simply delete them and perform a reset. Once they are no longer there the Phone couldn't restore them so i have got a cleaner ROM.

If you delete an app from /system, it will be gone until you re-install it from Play or flash a whole (stock) ROM. Performing a factory reset will only wipe /data and /cache and do nothing else. A factory reset does not install the whole stock ROM again.
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HeiBill said:
OK. My Idea was to clean up my Phone without unlocking my Bootloader. I hate it when i get some Apps like Google+ or Google Earth or some apps i have never used on my Phone. It is annoying to me every time when i see them in my Appdrawer. So the Idea was to delete the apps i don't use. I thought i could simply delete them and perform a reset. Once they are no longer there the Phone couldn't restore them so i have got a cleaner ROM.
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youll need to unlock the bootloader and get root access if you want to delete system apps. but you can relock your bootlader and get rid of root after.

simms22 said:
youll need to unlock the bootloader and get root access if you want to delete system apps. but you can relock your bootlader and get rid of root after.
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Is it possible to unlock my Bootloader, install cwm, instal a custom Rom get rid of cwm and lock the Bootloader again? And whats when i want to send my phone back in case of warrenty? Could i perform a reset to Stock without unlock the bootloader again?

you can reset to stock at any point by flashing the stock img via fastboot. and you can unluck/lock the bootloader whenever you want.

Thanks a lot for every answer. I love this comunity.

Q: Reset phone but keep root

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

lmike6453 said:
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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Bumps allowed only once a day per forum rules. You're new, so we won't beat you...this time. lol
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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[Q] Galaxy S5 LAG after Lollipop update

Hey guys, I have updated my S5(f-version) from kitkat to Lollipop via KIES3 and it was working alright.
I thought rooting it would make it better, but now I feel it's just worse...
But now my applications constantly crashes, for an example - when recieving call the app crashes making me missing the call.
Opening gallery takes up to 7 seconds, and other apps 2-4 seconds (if not more). Which is getting very frustrating,
I dont know how to downgrade to kitkat, but I would love to do so. And then install XPOSED
Things i have done
Cleared partition cache
freeing memory
restarting the phone
unrooting
rooting

This isn't because of lollipop. The problem is something your doing or your device-
Either you did something wrong when rooting or something else.
What method did you use to root the phone?
Did you wipe data?
Make a backup in recovery and wipe data, dalvik, cache. Reflash, root and report back.
cykel said:
Things i have done
Cleared partition cache
freeing memory
restarting the phone
unrooting
rooting
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They recalled the update they are fixing the update.

lingowistico said:
This isn't because of lollipop. The problem is something your doing or your device-
Either you did something wrong when rooting or something else.
What method did you use to root the phone?
Did you wipe data?
Make a backup in recovery and wipe data, dalvik, cache. Reflash, root and report back.
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I had the same problems before rooting it, and thought rooting it would make a difference.
I followed all the steps correctly

If you updated from KK to LP, it is highly advisable to factory reset the phone after the update, KK leaves behind rubbish files that cause all sorts of problems, factory reset solves a big number of them

*Detection* said:
If you updated from KK to LP, it is highly advisable to factory reset the phone after the update, KK leaves behind rubbish files that cause all sorts of problems, factory reset solves a big number of them
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My S5 is rooted, should I unroot it and factory reset trough the phone? I dont think I can acess the android recovery mode, when I try all I get is into the TeamWin one

cykel said:
My S5 is rooted, should I unroot it and factory reset trough the phone? I dont think I can acess the android recovery mode, when I try all I get is into the TeamWin one
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No need to unroot first, but you might need to root again after
You should be able to factory reset from TWRP too - through phone or TWRP will work fine

cykel said:
I had the same problems before rooting it, and thought rooting it would make a difference.
I followed all the steps correctly
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*Detection* said:
If you updated from KK to LP, it is highly advisable to factory reset the phone after the update, KK leaves behind rubbish files that cause all sorts of problems, factory reset solves a big number of them
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cykel said:
My S5 is rooted, should I unroot it and factory reset trough the phone? I dont think I can acess the android recovery mode, when I try all I get is into the TeamWin one
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No need to unroot first, but you might need to root again after
You should be able to factory reset from TWRP too - through phone or TWRP will work fine
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Like detection pointed out, you don't need to unroot to do a factory reset.
Android Recovery = very basic and limited recovery.
TeamWin = everything the above one has plus lots of more useful functions (same goes for CWM)
When I said wipe data, cache and dalvik cache I assumed you knew what that means. Judging from your reply you don't. It means to do a factory reset, in recovery (whether it's TeamWin or whatever, doesn't matter). Be sure to make a backup in recovery if you don't want to lose data like sms messages etc.