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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

[Q] Factory reset but stay rooted

I rooted my HTC EVO 4G with Unrevoked. Now I need to factory reset the phone but I still want it to be rooted? How do I do this?

DiGiTY said:
I rooted my HTC EVO 4G with Unrevoked. Now I need to factory reset the phone but I still want it to be rooted? How do I do this?
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What's your goal in factory wiping?
If you factory wipe a rooted phone I believe it will wipe out the ROM and your data and it will only boot to your bootloader.

Factory reset never unrooted my phone. I think root stays unless you want to unroot on purpose.

mattykinsx said:
What's your goal in factory wiping?
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I'm selling it. I want to sell it rooted. I never installed a custom ROM, I kept the stock HTC Sense ROM.
Just hit factory reset in settings?

DiGiTY said:
I'm selling it. I want to sell it rooted. I never installed a custom ROM, I kept the stock HTC Sense ROM.
Just hit factory reset in settings?
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If the phone is rooted and you hit "factory reset" I'm pretty positive it will wipe everything including the ROM.
Why not just go into the recovery, wipe /data /system /boot /dalvik and /cache and then flash this?

Just wipe and flash a stock ROM. Boom.
Edit: Words. ^^
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mattykinsx said:
If the phone is rooted and you hit "factory reset" I'm pretty positive it will wipe everything including the ROM.
Why not just go into the recovery, wipe /data /system /boot /dalvik and /cache and then flash this?
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Factory Reset will not remove the root. The superuser app as well as the root was flashed into the phone's factory state. Resetting only wipes user data, not system files, including the superuser app.

shortydoggg said:
Factory Reset will not remove the root. The superuser app as well as the root was flashed into the phone's factory state. Resetting only wipes user data, not system files, including the superuser app.
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Now now, I didn't say it would remove the root.

All factory reset does is reset everything back to when you first installed whatever ROM you have. It basically erases all the data and settings. It won't delete the rom, nor will it unroot you.

Tripp-phpBB said:
All factory reset does is reset everything back to when you first installed whatever ROM you have. It basically erases all the data and settings. It won't delete the rom, nor will it unroot you.
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It wipes /data which is why I suggest he does http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15091602&postcount=5 so the whole thing is clear of any of his data and is running completely fresh.
Unless the OP has anymore questions, not to sound like a moderator, the thread's kinda over with.

So, just to be clear, hitting factory reset in Settings will delete all apps I downloaded and all data & settings for both downloaded and system apps then re-add the system apps plus SuperUser for root privileges?

DiGiTY said:
So, just to be clear, hitting factory reset in Settings will delete all apps I downloaded and all data & settings for both downloaded and system apps then re-add the system apps plus SuperUser for root privileges?
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It'll do all that but it won't re-add anything, the superuser app is in the /system and it wont touch that.
Best thing to do is the post where I link you.

Factory reset will leave you with the phone exactly how it would be bone stock. It will have root, but wont have Superuser. You should just flash Xhausx stock ROM and be done with it.

joehunni said:
It will have root, but wont have Superuser.
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Yes it will, superuser is in the /system partition.

I pulled my skirt down and just did it (Factory data reset via Settings). Everything was deleted, system apps plus SuperUser was still there and the phone is still rooted (tested and confirmed). Thanks everyone!

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Yes it will, superuser is in the /system partition.
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I stand corrected...

joehunni said:
I stand corrected...
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I didn't mean to be a jerk I just didn't want the OP to get the wrong idea.

mattykinsx said:
I didn't mean to be a jerk I just didn't want the OP to get the wrong idea.
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Nah you're good, just acknowledging that I was wrong lol.

just got hd2!

hey guys! I just received my hd2 in the mail! its got gingerbread 2.3.7 on it currently and mag loader and spl 2.08. ok, now, it has all the guys information on it (guy i bought it from) so i was thinking about doing a factory restore of the phone (assuming that will install windows on it), but will that mess up anything with magloader? or will it still be on there cause its like a bios thing not an OS thing?

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1st of all, congrats on your purchase
2nd, if you do a factory wipe, it will only wipe /data and /cache. It is a common misconception that "factory reset" within android will delete android and re-install windows, but that is not the case. A factory reset will only wipe all user data, but not the system itself.

thanks!
ok, so just to be clear, it will simply just put a fresh copy of 2.3.7 with no user data?

TripleP46 said:
thanks!
ok, so just to be clear, it will simply just put a fresh copy of 2.3.7 with no user data?
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Yes, It will simply delete user data generated by the rom and user.

I can not enter camera, storage, or connect to a pc.

After rooting and getting different ROMs. Something happened and I get all these error messages on different things. It is most likely a corrupt file, but when I factory reset, it is still the same. How do I fix this? I factory reset and didn't even restore anything. I am on basically a new phone. I also still have all my app data though.

egasseMneddiH said:
After rooting and getting different ROMs. Something happened and I get all these error messages on different things. It is most likely a corrupt file, but when I factory reset, it is still the same. How do I fix this? I factory reset and didn't even restore anything. I am on basically a new phone. I also still have all my app data though.
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You need to do a full wipe, meaning everything (except the sdcard), especially the system.
How are you doing the factory reset btw? If you're doing it via the recovery, you're good to go. After doing the factory reset, go into the advanced wipe section and wipe the system also. If you are using TWRP, you can select system on the first screen after choosing wipe.
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Berrydroidcafe said:
You need to do a full wipe, meaning everything (except the sdcard), especially the system.
How are you doing the factory reset btw? If you're doing it via the recovery, you're good to go. After doing the factory reset, go into the advanced wipe section and wipe the system also. If you are using TWRP, you can select system on the first screen after choosing wipe.
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I am using Clockwork. Thank you. Don't think I will do it today though. I have already spent too much time.

egasseMneddiH said:
I am using Clockwork. Thank you.
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Since I don't have cwm installed, I'd be doing you a disservice, but try wiping everything from the recovery and try again. Most roms will wipe system and so forth, but not all of them does a good job of it and end up leaving bits and pieces lying around.
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[Q] Modified Platform.xml most apps crash and phone is unuseable

Hey guys, I'm having a serious problem with my Note 3 running kitkat, I attempted to modify the platform.xml and I don't exactly know what I did but i was attempting to allow apps to write to my external SD card, but I didn't change the permissions on it now the device literally is as about as useful as a brick.
-It will not run apps
-Internet doesn't work
-Various other problems
I've had a look at some other threads but my knowledge on androids is quite little, It was rooted by a friend who didn't exactly explain Rom's for android. So I'm wondering what I can do because I have some important things on my phone I do not want to loose, and from what i'm aware of a factory reset isn't the best option, if there's a way other than factory restoring it, I did see another solution with using ADB I think it was but i'm sure there is another way I can fix it. Note: Cannot browse any files or modify them they're not visible.
Thanks
Edit: Tried a factory restore from the restore menu I had with the root called CWM-base recovery same issue still popped up.
2nd Edit: Fixed the issue wasn't easy(This is for the people that have the same issue) I basically used android debug bridge to install root explorer, just download the android SDK from google and look up a tutorial on how to install apps, I modified the xml file to a stock one I had in the /system before I modified it, due to the apps crashing nothing would open so I couldn't do this, after that I restarted the phone made sure the apps crashed again, this was a good thing that they crashed, all I did after that was a factory reset never lost app data or my text files, everything is working and thank you guys for the help Some of my apps were gone but I had written them down so yeah, it was an annoying issue not exactly an easy fix b ut it works.

Hey. If u perform data wipe in recovery, u do not lose any files from your phone so this should be safe.
Unfortunately I have no idea how to fix the problem with XML file, but u can safely wipe your phone or reflash your rom.
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kurpen said:
Hey. If u perform data wipe in recovery, u do not lose any files from your phone so this should be safe.
Unfortunately I have no idea how to fix the problem with XML file, but u can safely wipe your phone or reflash your rom.
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"data wipe in recovery" By this do you mean the volume up + volume down + home till you get to the menu and press the restore? I just read this somewhere sorry for the noob question?

U press home +volume up +power button combo, until it reboots into recovery. Then you select wipe and factory reset or similar option. Just do not perform perform any formats, cause that's what erases your data. fingers crossed!
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kurpen said:
U press home +volume up +power button combo, until it reboots into recovery. Then you select wipe and factory reset or similar option. Just do not perform perform any formats, cause that's what erases your data. fingers crossed!
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I pressed that some little blue and yellow writing came up and my phone's screen went black I guess it either ran out of charge or something else i'll just wait and thanks so much for the help.

Always remember to have your phone over 30-40% of battery when u go to recovery to avoid your phone going off when messing with your phone
If u can get your phone to recovery, you can try to copy important files from there to your of and completely wipe everything and flash a new ROM.
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kurpen said:
Always remember to have your phone over 30-40% of battery when u go to recovery to avoid your phone going off when messing with your phone
If u can get your phone to recovery, you can try to copy important files from there to your of and completely wipe everything and flash a new ROM.
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So once my phone comes back on I can do a factory reset and hope for the best? I don't really want all of my apps to go or anything i've installed on the actual device, so when I do a factory reset will this remove everything i've got, i'm not entirely sure how i'd copy the files on to my pc because I couldn't browse anything on the device last time i plugged it in after I modified the platform.xml

You will keep your files but all the apps will be removed, so you will need to install them back. Probably you could copy the file you messed up from someone else and try to get tour phone back up but I am not sure how to do it.
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kurpen said:
You will keep your files but all the apps will be removed, so you will need to install them back. Probably you could copy the file you messed up from someone else and try to get tour phone back up but I am not sure how to do it.
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Ok thanks a ton for the help, I'm going to see if there's a way to use the adb utility to pull the file I damaged get a stock one and push it, I don't know if it will work but i'll give it a go, or should I just do a factory reset? I'd prefer to keep my apps but if it means I have to wipe them I will.

You can give it a try and then if it doesn't work, do the factory reset
Let us know how u do
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kurpen said:
You can give it a try and then if it doesn't work, do the factory reset
Let us know how u do
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Did the factory restore, via the boot thing same issue and the stupid app crashing, I'm puzzled on what to do. Any other solutions I'm concerned my phone is literallly broken now.

Factory reset does only reformat cache, Dalvik and data partition. If you tinkered with your system one and rendered something useless, it won't help you at all to do a factory reset. It just does not touch the normally READ ONLY system. If you wanna fix it, and you have no setting to fix permissions in TWRP/CWM you have to reflash the system, either by reflashing the custom ROM you used from there or by using Odin and flashing the original system back to it. This is why you ALWAYS should have a TWRP (or if you really think about outdated stuff... CWM) FULL backup ready and armed.

emuandco said:
Factory reset does only reformat cache, Dalvik and data partition. If you tinkered with your system one and rendered something useless, it won't help you at all to do a factory reset. It just does not touch the normally READ ONLY system. If you wanna fix it, and you have no setting to fix permissions in TWRP/CWM you have to reflash the system, either by reflashing the custom ROM you used from there or by using Odin and flashing the original system back to it. This is why you ALWAYS should have a TWRP (or if you really think about outdated stuff... CWM) FULL backup ready and armed.
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Didn't think about fixing permissions. Worth giving it a try.
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