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
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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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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.
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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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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?).
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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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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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Hi,
Does anyone know why I don't have the SYSTEM UPDATES option in > about phone?
I am on version 4.2
Did you try rebooting or doing a factory reset?
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Problem fixed. After I unlock the boot loader and root it.
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Unlocking and rooting would have absolutely no effect at all on what you're describing.
But it does wipe the phone, which is probably what fixed it.
Wiping doesn't effect the ROM installed that way either.
Wiping your user data has no effect on the actual framework of the ROM. Nothing you can as a user can make it go away
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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Draxin said:
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.
jatin1990 said:
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
d3athsd00r said:
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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Has anyone tried a factory reset after being rooted? I was wanting to do a factory reset but don't want to lose root!
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Yes you lose root and don't use factory reset. Kies is better.... And root takes like 30 seconds... come on!
slider2828 said:
Yes you lose root and don't use factory reset. Kies is better.... And root takes like 30 seconds... come on!
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Lol.... Yes Root is easily obtained but I'm on the road and am trying to rid myself of this lag and don't have my laptop handy! If factory reset doesn't help I think I will exchange my s4!
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A factory reset would leave your device status as official still?
I'm sure a using kies would be a better choice.
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Lol.... Yes Root is easily obtained but I'm on the road and am trying to rid myself of this lag and don't have my laptop handy! If factory reset doesn't help I think I will exchange my s4!
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Don't do a factory reset on the road. It still has the Samsung with the unlock logo if you do factory reset.
Also you might run into the initial setup crashing which eventually you will need to use Kies method...
Just saying there is a possibility. I created a lag guide in the General Section... See if any of those tips help.
Factory reset does not unroot. You just have to redownload superuser from market place.
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I did the twrp method of rooting and would like to know show to get my system back to factory. also how would I go about getting my system to a fresh state of root? would using the twrp recovery factory reset just basically reset my system back to a fresh root state? I applied a bunch of tweaks and my system is acting funny. thanks for the help
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if do a factory reset u will lose root but that can b easily fixed by flashing a Su zip..sorry dont have link for u at hand.
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skiwong20 said:
if do a factory reset u will lose root but that can b easily fixed by flashing a Su zip..sorry dont have link for u at hand.
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A factory reset will NOT cause you to lose root.
Using googles factory images you can do a full reset to stock including system. Its like a new device except it doesn't change the bootloader status.
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tiny4579 said:
Using googles factory images you can do a full reset to stock including system. Its like a new device except it doesn't change the bootloader status.
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I don't think Google has released factory images yet (for this model) on the developer website. They weren't there last time I checked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381582
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381438
Those will get you to the equivalent of or close to factory (one of them is pre-rooted), which may be all the OP wants to do.
However they aren't technically Google's factory images.
I dont understand whats going on here. I have twrp 2.6.3.4 for the verizon version installed and when i do factory reset it takes like 5 seconds. Tehn I try to install clean rom and when I reboot I am only on a black screen. Only way to get back is to restore my stock backup.
I have the att version and wiping takes like 5 minutes.
Why isnt this wiping on my verizon g2?
This is driving me mad.
Ive even tried cwm, same thing.
What version of twrp for the att version?
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My factory resets are very quick as well. Is this just the processing power or something wrong? Always get improper root after 4.4 installation as well.. so sick of this. Never have had this issue before with previous phones
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DurbanPoison24 said:
My factory resets are very quick as well. Is this just the processing power or something wrong? Always get improper root after 4.4 installation as well.. so sick of this. Never have had this issue before with previous phones
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Didnt the Factory Reset take awhile on earlier versions of TWRP?
I remember having to wait at least 5 mins for a factory reset using TWRP
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Didnt the Factory Reset take awhile on earlier versions of TWRP?
I remember having to wait at least 5 mins for a factory reset using TWRP
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Unfortunately I wouldn't know. I've always used CWM. This is the first time I've ever used TWRP. But CWM would take considerably longer than the very quick factory reset speeds I'm seeing now.
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XERO_Racer said:
Didnt the Factory Reset take awhile on earlier versions of TWRP?
I remember having to wait at least 5 mins for a factory reset using TWRP
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Hey, did you ever find out why factory reset happens so quick and or if you fixed it??
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DurbanPoison24 said:
Hey, did you ever find out why factory reset happens so quick and or if you fixed it??
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Try this version IIRC this one didnt have that issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670
I just recently switched to CWM for the same reason
To be honest idk whats the purpose of having a "slower" cache formatting than the one that takes 5 seconds?
Maybe it actually does its job? i have no idea