Hi all,
I have a rooted, stock SM-N900W8 with Knox 0x0. I hate to have to back up my InternalSD every time I need to wipe data. Is there a command or script that can be run from ADB that will reset the phone to factory settings without touching InternalSD? I don;t want to flash a recovery so I can keep my Knox @ 0x0...
Thanks!
I dont know is that posible. I think that on forum you havve tread how to flash recovery without triping knox
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Apologies if this question has already been asked, but is it possible to unroot a i9500 without losing data? I used CF root if it matters.
Saw this thread, but it involves a factory reset and will result in data loss.
The objective is to get the OTA updates as they roll out and then root again
fullerms said:
Apologies if this question has already been asked, but is it possible to unroot a i9500 without losing data? I used CF root if it matters.
Saw this thread, but it involves a factory reset and will result in data loss.
The objective is to get the OTA updates as they roll out and then root again
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flashing stock firmware with odin, dont wipe data.
but sometimes you need to wipe data if you stuck in a bootloop after flashing.
make backup before.
samersh72 said:
flashing stock firmware with odin, dont wipe data.
but sometimes you need to wipe data if you stuck in a bootloop after flashing.
make backup before.
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Ok thanks. Will this also reset the phone to "official" status?
Hey everyone,
My note 3 is currently rooted with custom rom and I am ready to sell my phone.
What are the steps I need to take before selling my phone if I want to delete everything
but still want to keep my current custom rom and root? I need to delete
everything internally (how do I accomplish this using TWRP?) . Thanks in advance!
hslayer said:
Hey everyone,
My note 3 is currently rooted with custom rom and I am ready to sell my phone.
What are the steps I need to take before selling my phone if I want to delete everything
but still want to keep my current custom rom and root? I need to delete
everything internally (how do I accomplish this using TWRP?) . Thanks in advance!
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never used TWRP, but in chenglus recovery, just wipe data and cache, and data/media via recovery.. also the SDcard if you play to sell it with one. if you are selling it rooted, are you going to include efs backups etc?
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celderic said:
never used TWRP, but in chenglus recovery, just wipe data and cache, and data/media via recovery.. also the SDcard if you play to sell it with one. if you are selling it rooted, are you going to include efs backups etc?
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Also remove reactivation lock if you have it active.
Hi all,
First time I hard reset my Note 3 I did from Settings... my internal SD card got wiped!!! Lost EVERYTHING!!! Photos, music, damn (in all fairness, it did warn me it was about to do just that... but I was a little tipsy and, well, famous last words)! Next time I did a reset, I went in through stock recovery (I am rooted, but my Knox warranty indicator is still 0x0 ), chose factory reset, and my Internal SD card got blown away AGAIN!!! This time I had made a full backup of my IntSD before I reset the phone, but I'd still like to know how to hard reset my rooted Note 3 running stock MJ4 without losing all my IntSD card contents.
I am rooted, so could I not somehow format just the data and cache partitions without harming my Internal SD card?
Thanks!
First of all, if you want to preserve your knox 0x0 status, I suggest you update to 4.4 using the N900W8 guide in the general section.
The reason I asked you to update is because you need to flash custom recovery ( Twrp ) which will trip knox normally but if you update to 4.4 using the guide, you can flash recovery, root and custom roms and won't trip knox. Using custom recovery is the only way I know where you can choose which part of the firmware to wipe.
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Im planning to reflash my phone back to stock as a few things are messed up, will be flashing via odin the base firmware is UEND6 and will reflash the same firmware so that I can still root w/o tripping knox, would reflashing via Odin clear user data?
i guess not
EarlZ said:
Im planning to reflash my phone back to stock as a few things are messed up, will be flashing via odin the base firmware is UEND6 and will reflash the same firmware so that I can still root w/o tripping knox, would reflashing via Odin clear user data?
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I guess just flashing the firmware won't wipe the data.
I flashed stock over a CM install and forgot to wipe data. My stuff was still there but the install was definitely a little bit unstable with background apps crashing. It didn't wipe data, but the phone needed a data wipe afterwards to be usable...
AO7 said:
I flashed stock over a CM install and forgot to wipe data. My stuff was still there but the install was definitely a little bit unstable with background apps crashing. It didn't wipe data, but the phone needed a data wipe afterwards to be usable...
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I kinda need to get my data back before wiping, I installed 3 new xposed modules and I am not 100% sure which of the 3 is causing the issue, Im stuck at the Samsung logo.
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Im wondering if factory reset would delete camera photos stored on the internal memory, if not I have most of my impt stuff backed up online.
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I kinda need to get my data back before wiping, I installed 3 new xposed modules and I am not 100% sure which of the 3 is causing the issue, Im stuck at the Samsung logo.
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Install TWRP recovery (will trip knox) and make a TWRP backup of the entire phone including data partition. Once inside TWRP recovery you can also mount /data and adb pull whatever data you need from it, including the backup. Not sure what to do if you need to access embedded app data that you can not pull through adb.
When I flashed stock without wiping data my files were still there though.
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Install TWRP recovery (will trip knox) and make a TWRP backup of the entire phone including data partition. Once inside TWRP recovery you can also mount /data and adb pull whatever data you need from it, including the backup. Not sure what to do if you need to access embedded app data that you can not pull through adb.
When I flashed stock without wiping data my files were still there though.
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My data is not that important to trip knox
EarlZ said:
My data is not that important to trip knox
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In that case I would just flash stock and see what happens,
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In that case I would just flash stock and see what happens,
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Still waiting for the download to complete. Samfirmware is only giving me 300kb/s and I dont know where else to get stock firmwares.
To close this issue with a resolved status, I would like to say one thing.
If you flash a leaked firmware - it will wipe your phone.
If you flash a stock firmware - it will NOT wipe your phone.
Factory reset will not wipe your internal SD.
Installing TWRP or anything unofficial will trip your KNOX. If your data is worth losing warranty - go for it
I was with a UEND6 firmware and just gonna flash the same to get my data back and factory reset the phone.
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Got my data, everything seems to be perfectly working aside from the task manger, Gonna factory reset the phone and probably reflash with odin to have a clean start, would ticking repartition be necessary for a fresh install ? ( but I remember that required a PIT file )
Hello,
I'd like to know when I have to wipe my when I flash a new firmware or a samsung based rom for knox 0x0 reasons. Do I have to wipe BEFORE I flash the firmware or do I have to wipe AFTER I flashed the firmware? I don't want to wipe so often and I think one time should be enough, shouldn't it?
For example: I'm on stock 5.0 lollipop. I have to downgrade to 4.4.2 to use Towelroot. Is it enough to wipe my phone after I've flashed the 4.4.2 firmware or do I HAVE to wipe my phone before? If so, why?
Bump. I'd really like to know!
If you're downgrading, then I'll assume you are flashing a tar with Odin. In that case it wipe your phone anyway, you can wipe before if you want to. Not necessary though. When flashing custom roms you always wipe before. You should really google this stuff or search for the info here.
So why do people tell us to wipe the phone if the tar file wipes the phone anyway? For example the Knox 0x0 roms.
It's a good habit to get into