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Google Books!

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
athani said:
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.
athani said:
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?).

matt2053 said:
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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athani said:
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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Factory reset!

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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4.3 problem.

I have a problem with my nexus 4. I noticed that my phone sometimes is getting slow and then I can't do anything, and after a few seconds there is a System FC window. Only reboot helps me.
I use official 4.3, no root, even bootloader is locked.
Any ideas what can I do?
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kissme99 said:
I have a problem with my nexus 4. I noticed that my phone sometimes is getting slow and then I can't do anything, and after a few seconds there is a System FC window. Only reboot helps me.
I use official 4.3, no root, even bootloader is locked.
Any ideas what can I do?
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Try a factory reset after backing up everything, that usually solves the problem. You should try it in recovery first, wipe everything. After that do a factory reset in Android. Should work like new. I had problems after installing 4.3 (FC, lags and playstore not working) the factory reset solved it.

Oh, I hope it'll help me.
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Clockwork recovery

Just wondering if there is still problematic with wiping cache by it self
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pennie57 said:
Just wondering if there is still problematic with wiping cache by it self
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yah seems to be so, but there are some small fixes, what i did was followed the instructions of another thread.
boot up into cwm
goto mounts and storage
click format /system
click yes
it took the same time it takes to wipe cache....like forever, but after it was done it sped up the process
im thinking of going over to TWRP and see how it is, they seem to have a fix.

Factory reset takes me 5 seconds.

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

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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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