My Elelinux-modded Hero is far too full of apps and I'd like to wipe the lot off and start from scratch with this G'bread mod. If I do a hard reset will it still boot to 2.3.4? Can I then just wipe the SD card? There is nothing I can't sacrifice on it.
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I am looking to remove all applications (other than ROM stock) and all personal data. I cannot find how to do this.
Any ideas?
I worked it out.
Hit Home when powering on and then there is a wipe menu!
Cheers
yup thats recovery... you could also have done a factory reset under settings, as well as formatted sd card there as well glad you figured it out tho
ever since i updated to j16 i was having a few major problems...swype started to really slow up to where i stopped using it super lag...the gallery would freeze often and many other apps would take forever to load....so backed up apps with astro and then did a factory reset. Man what a difference, phone is back working snappy as ever swype back to great gallery fast and smooth and all apps running real fast. J16 still current. reinstalled apps and im back to good...love this phone again like i jst bought it. so if anyways having problems jst backup ur files they wont be deleted off phone storage or sd card storage jst backup apps, reset and ull be back to brand new!!
Consider yourself lucky. I did the same, backed up my data, did a Factory Reset. I still have issues with Gallery, which was the main reason I did the reset.
Did you do the standard Factory Reset under Settings->Privacy->Factory Data Reset?
Checkout my thread below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805784
I have never rooted or modified my Atrix, bit I have been having some problems with a couple of apps lately, and I wanted to totally wipe my phone and start from scratch.
I went to "factory data reset" and performed a reset, but when it came back there were a few apps remaining that I had previously installed.
Is there another way to do this?
Thanks for your help.
kbanes
kbanes said:
I have never rooted or modified my Atrix, bit I have been having some problems with a couple of apps lately, and I wanted to totally wipe my phone and start from scratch.
I went to "factory data reset" and performed a reset, but when it came back there were a few apps remaining that I had previously installed.
Is there another way to do this?
Thanks for your help.
kbanes
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You could always do a SBF Flash. Search the forum for the links and how-tos
aside from the factory reset i suggest formatting the internal
settings > sdcard and phone storage settings > unmount internal storage > format internal storage
your OS stays intact.
Whats the difference bethween soft reset and hard reset?
There is no bad choises. Only bad results.
In most cases
Soft reset - reinstall without data loss
hard reset - reinstall wiping all data
On my past phones with external storage, a factory reset would keep my pictures/music intact, even if they were on the internal SD card.
My LG G2, as I learned last night, does not. It nukes the entirety of internal storage, internal SD card and all.
Is there a way to do a so-called "factory reset" without losing all my things? Re-copying 10+ gigs of photos/music every time is super annoying.
burningembers said:
On my past phones with external storage, a factory reset would keep my pictures/music intact, even if they were on the internal SD card.
My LG G2, as I learned last night, does not. It nukes the entirety of internal storage, internal SD card and all.
Is there a way to do a so-called "factory reset" without losing all my things? Re-copying 10+ gigs of photos/music every time is super annoying.
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on stock roms i think it wipes everything, but if rooted with custom roms it wont wipe photos , etc.
Have Google + keep your photos backed up. This will save you the headache and they show right up in your gallery.
Edit: and have Google Music backup (up to 20,000) songs on your PC
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on stock roms i think it wipes everything, but if rooted with custom roms it wont wipe photos , etc.
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Not even all stock ROMs are full wipes. OTA updates typically aren't wipes. Usually its leaks of factory installs, or dumps like we have now.