[Q] factory reset without secsetupwizard.apk? - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I want to perform a factory reset but i debloat my rom which removed my secsetupwizard.apk..i believe this is the set up screen after factory reset.. Has anyone tried to factory reset without secsetupwizard.apk. Is it safe? Does it boot straigt to home screen or cause persistent error messages like system ui crash??

Do it from recovery ... power+home+volume up button boots u to recovery ... and wipe data/factory reset

AvelonTs said:
Do it from recovery ... power+home+volume up button boots u to recovery ... and wipe data/factory reset
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Is this the best method to reset? I want to do it but afraid i will break something. Just wanna make sure. :angel:

Zoddex said:
Is this the best method to reset? I want to do it but afraid i will break something. Just wanna make sure. :angel:
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I m not a dev but from my knowledge and personal experience i can't see how anything could go wrong with that ... if however after wiping u have problems u could reflash your current rom and u should be fine ...

So i just factory resetted my phone without the secsetupwizard.apk. Had a sysem ui crash on boot but pressing ok after that it never shows up again until next factory reset. So it's nothing to worry about. Im not sure though if it has anything to do with secsetupwizard uninstalled or other factors like theme.

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How to fully reset device?

Dear SGS2 users,
I'm experiencing some problems.. The device is getting REALLY slow. When I try to open a picture taken with the SGS2 on the device itself it takes about 1 MINUTE before it shows the picture.. And opening SMS/Contacts also takes time.
I'd like to factory reset my device.. I tried a reset yesterday, but it didn't wipe any files, just sms/contacts. Can someone help me? I'm not rooted
Thans in advance
Boot recovery Wipe and factory reset .
jje
JJEgan said:
Boot recovery Wipe and factory reset .
jje
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Thanks! This will not wipe EFS? (i've read something about it being very important..)
ErnstJanF said:
Thanks! This will not wipe EFS? (i've read something about it being very important..)
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No it won't. But you should really try get a backup of it
But if you are using stock recovery and are unrooted, then you can wipe fine
Old stock ROMs did have an issue where they would not boot properly after a wipe, unless you re-ODIN the stock ROM again.
pulser_g2 said:
No it won't. But you should really try get a backup of it
But if you are using stock recovery and are unrooted, then you can wipe fine
Old stock ROMs did have an issue where they would not boot properly after a wipe, unless you re-ODIN the stock ROM again.
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Thank you! I just read KG6 is on the way, so i'll wait for that, flash it and do a factory reset
ErnstJanF said:
Dear SGS2 users,
I'm experiencing some problems.. The device is getting REALLY slow. When I try to open a picture taken with the SGS2 on the device itself it takes about 1 MINUTE before it shows the picture.. And opening SMS/Contacts also takes time.
I'd like to factory reset my device.. I tried a reset yesterday, but it didn't wipe any files, just sms/contacts. Can someone help me? I'm not rooted
Thans in advance
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Put this code in your dialer:
*2767*3855#
This will do a complete rebuild of the device and wipe internal storage. So phone will be like when you first took it out the box! ;-)
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ARHD Factory data reset

Hi everyone,
I just flashed my Desire HD with the latest ARHD onto my phone. I thought it might be good to do a "factory data reset" or format factory default in 4ext after a flash. But when i perform these action my phone reboots (which is normal) and i get the word "android" in the the middle of the screen. I have to take the battery out and hold the down button with the power to get into the recovery and perform either a install from zip or i can use the restore function. is this normal for a custom rom?
dragon884 said:
Hi everyone,
I just flashed my Desire HD with the latest ARHD onto my phone. I thought it might be good to do a "factory data reset" or format factory default in 4ext after a flash. But when i perform these action my phone reboots (which is normal) and i get the word "android" in the the middle of the screen. I have to take the battery out and hold the down button with the power to get into the recovery and perform either a install from zip or i can use the restore function. is this normal for a custom rom?
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Dont do a factory reset after the rom flash. This will remove needed files. Do the factory reset BEFORE you do the rom flash
Got it thanks. was trying to find out why it was happening.
dragon884 said:
Got it thanks. was trying to find out why it was happening.
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Factory reset removes all kind of "custom eye candy" stuff from the phone to make it stock as much as possible so if you factory reset after flashing rom, it'll get rid of custom bootanimation, scripts, tweaks...all that to give you stock feeling.
shad0wboss said:
Factory reset removes all kind of "custom eye candy" stuff from the phone to make it stock as much as possible so if you factory reset after flashing rom, it'll get rid of custom bootanimation, scripts, tweaks...all that to give you stock feeling.
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Hi shad0wboss,
What i mean is when i do a reset after a custom rom install i get stuck on an android screen and it does nothing else. so the world "android" appears on the middle of the screen in a metallic style and that's it. doesn't boot, doesnt turn off doesn't do anything unless i pull out the battery.
dragon884 said:
Hi shad0wboss,
What i mean is when i do a reset after a custom rom install i get stuck on an android screen and it does nothing else. so the world "android" appears on the middle of the screen in a metallic style and that's it. doesn't boot, doesnt turn off doesn't do anything unless i pull out the battery.
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Read my post above. This is normal on a lot of custom roms.
zelendel said:
Read my post above. This is normal on a lot of custom roms.
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yeah i know just referring to shad0wboss's post. Just letting him know what was happening that's all.

[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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*Detection* said:
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.

SM-G900F problem with odin

so..
i have a g900f to resoft it.
i downloaded odin 3.12 and the latest android 5(yeah, 5, because the owner doesn't like the 6th android)
1)i started odin
2) i selected the software in AP
3)i turned off the samsung, started it in downloade mode(i forgot to activate usb debugging)
4)i connected it to pc
5)i presed START and waited
Odin finished it's proces, but the phone didn't go over "samsung"(when i turn it on). I asked a friend, and he told me that i can't flash an old android, if i installed android 6 Over The Air(yeah..the owner's phone updated it OTA)
OK...I downloaded the latesc android version, repeat the same proces, but now..the phone stucked again at "samsung" step when it was restarting. i reflashed the same version...and it worked. The phone starded to instal 270 files. i was happy, but..i picked up the phone, and the battery feld down when it was installing those 270 files. i put the battery back, turn it on, but it stucked on "samsung". i tried to reflash the same version, but it keeps to stuck in "samsung" step.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW!!!
PLEASE HELP ME!!! (
boot into recovery and wipe caches and reset phone.
whenever downgrading need to wipe/reset
vincom said:
boot into recovery and wipe caches and reset phone.
whenever downgrading need to wipe/reset
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how can i do it?
i hate samsung...i own a sony. can you give me your facebook, to talk live, if you are good, please
ooo!
i forgot to mention!
when it is stuck in "samsung" step, it show "sistem UI stopped working" over and over...
i dont belong to any social media sites.
its easy, i could post info but there are many utube vids on "how to boot samsung s5 into recovery"
vincom said:
i dont belong to any social media sites.
its easy, i could post info but there are many utube vids on "how to boot samsung s5 into recovery"
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i wiped cache, and nothing..
vincom said:
i dont belong to any social media sites.
its easy, i could post info but there are many utube vids on "how to boot samsung s5 into recovery"
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what happens if i wipe data/factory reset?
CHINEZU097 said:
i wiped cache, and nothing..
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CHINEZU097 said:
what happens if i wipe data/factory reset?
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u also need to reset, it wipes any apps/data that were not part of fw and resets phone back to default settings
vincom said:
u also need to reset
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how can i reset? cand you write me, pls, a step by step tutorial to solve this phone?
CHINEZU097 said:
how can i reset? cand you write me, pls, a step by step tutorial to solve this phone?
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its one of the menus in recovery - wipe data/factory reset
watch the vids, take your time and dont rush, phone is not broken, relax
ok..
1)enter in recovery mode
2) wipe cache
3)wipe data/factory reset
4) restart now
is it right?
sorry if i look dumbass, but i realy don't know what to do..i don't know why didn't work to reaflash a new firmware with odin and solve everything
CHINEZU097 said:
ok..
1)enter in recovery mode
2) wipe cache
3)wipe data/factory reset
4) restart now
is it right?
sorry if i look dumbass, but i realy don't know what to do..i don't know why didn't work to reaflash a new firmware with odin and solve everything
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yup
CHINEZU097 said:
how can i reset? cand you write me, pls, a step by step tutorial to solve this phone?
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wipe cache, factory reset, then turn off straight away.
Turn on into download (opposite vol button from recovery)
Open odin
put device in, get port blue
make sure odin is set up properly
flash again
thats all i can think of
andyg33 said:
wipe cache, factory reset, then turn off straight away.
Turn on into download (opposite vol button from recovery)
Open odin
put device in, get port blue
make sure odin is set up properly
flash again
thats all i can think of
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if reset didnt work then that would be his next step, reflash via odin, but didnt want to jump the gun and give him too much to think about.
theres also another step if reflashing fails lol.
vincom said:
yup
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done that...and it is stucked in "samsung" step for 10 minutes, and it is very warm
CHINEZU097 said:
done that...and it is stucked in "samsung" step for 10 minutes, and it is very warm
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it could take well over 10mins to completely bootup, being warm is actually a good sign, blow onit to keep it cool or take off battery cover to help keep cool
vincom said:
if reset didnt work then that would be his next step, reflash via odin, but didnt want to jump the gun and give him too much to think about.
theres also another step if reflashing fails lol.
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You're right, keep that for later
vincom said:
it could take well over 10mins to completely bootup, being warm is actually a good sign, blow onit to keep it cool or take off battery cover to help keep cool
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ok..it started..in the end
if you wanna answer, i have some quiestions:
1)after the next update OTA, phone's owner will make it(because she is noob..she doesn's listen to me to update it with pc), if the phone will have problems again, can i only wipe cache => wipe data/factory reset=> restart now to make it like new, from factory, or i have to flash the latest firmware with odin?
2) she will instal a lot of trash on it, and it will have lag and won't work properly.... can i wipe cache=> wipe data/factory reset => restart now to make it like new? (in this case, the phone is on the actual firmware, no updates)

Miui 11 dpi bootloop error (No Root )

I changed my DPI to an absurd number by mistake and now my phone is on bootloop. My phone is NOT rooted.
Can I fix my phone with MIAssistant or another method? Would that wipe my data?
If I'm going to lose my data anyway, will "Wipe All Data" in the Recovery screen work out (since it's easier)
Thanks in advance. This incident made me question the reason of not rooting this phone...
Mate, I'm not an expert but I think you have a pretty small issue, try entering fastboot mode and making a factory reset via fastboot tools in your pc, that should reset the DPI and fix your issue. If anyone have a better Idea, please do post it here.
Psicovirus said:
Mate, I'm not an expert but I think you have a pretty small issue, try entering fastboot mode and making a factory reset via fastboot tools in your pc, that should reset the DPI and fix your issue. If anyone have a better Idea, please do post it here.
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Thank you so much mate. So the only way is factory reset?
Up please
Factory reset in the stock recovery
mrlindamay said:
Thank you so much mate. So the only way is factory reset?
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Yes, if you can't boot you phone then a simple factory reset should be enough, It shouldn't erase your internal data like photos and videos, just the data from you applications and OS

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