I have upgraded my FT101 to the stock ICS, and then rooted. Now I'd like to wipe all the personal stuff (gmail account, setup, apps, widgets, etc.). Can I simply do it through factory reset? Or do I have to unroot it first? Thanks in advance for your help!
Factory reset will do that just fine. Root doesn't matter at all for this.
locutus7o9 said:
Factory reset will do that just fine. Root doesn't matter at all for this.
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Thanks for the kind help! Would it be still rooted after factory reset?
mj56gt said:
Thanks for the kind help! Would it be still rooted after factory reset?
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Yes. It will be still rooted.
Factory reset is just formatting /data. The rest of the system (root included) is left unmodified.
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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.
eroracing said:
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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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.
Cannot get Factory reset to work. Is this because of root? How can I get it to work?
Jep56 said:
Cannot get Factory reset to work. Is this because of root? How can I get it to work?
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Nevermind...jeeeeeez. I got it
Hello Gentlemen,
Let me try to keep this short.
I got a new Android phone recently and had planned to port all my app backups from the N9005.
As things happen, I ran the Samsung app for backup and did a factory reset before checking the same.
The backup made a fool out of me, nearly all the crucial stuff is missing.
So now I need to recover the settings from the post "factory reset" Note 3.
What would be the fastest and least painful way to-
a. Root the SM9005;
b. Recover the backup (XML files for tasker, Aquamail, Biz Calendar and so on);
c. Unroot the app and be done with it.
I need to unroot as the last step as I plan to have the phone loaded with a kid friendly UI and keep it for the kids for long trips. Do not want anything wary taking over it.
Any suggestions and help is welcome!
Thanks,
CKhurana
Your data were erased during the factory reset.
Agreed
zlazaar said:
Your data were erased during the factory reset.
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Agreed.The data is gone.Poof removed from existance.Unless you have a Partition on your phone intact.
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Atifbaig786 said:
AgreedAgreed.The data is gone.Poof removed from existance.Unless you have a Partition on your phone intact.
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Yeah, I know. But a recovery is possible AFAIK until the free space is overwritten? Just like any disk based data recovery happens?
Can you help me with options on the root?
Thanks,
Chetan
Well the simplest one without hassle is either flashing recovery IMG and rooting via SuperSU.
Atifbaig786 said:
Well the simplest one without hassle is either flashing recovery IMG and rooting via SuperSU.
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ok, so this should work, right?
ckhurana said:
ok, so this should work, right?
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Hell yeah
Will it keep root?
Thanks
redhonker said:
Will it keep root?
Thanks
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Yes. It will keep your device rooted after the factory reset.
AmznUser444 Dev said:
No. It will loose root when you do a factory reset. Can you re-root it.
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Is there a different way to delete all the data?
Thanks