What all do I need to do to completely restore my s4? Totally wiped and like it came out of the box! Flash in Odin? And wipe cache etc?
1. Full wipe
2. Flash rom.
a little more details if possible...
Lennyz1988 said:
1. Full wipe
2. Flash rom.
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So full wipe of everything and then us odin? When I have done that in the past my wallpaper is still on the phone...so is that still fully wiped??
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OK, guys -- I am really stumped. I decided to reflash stock ROM, no problems there, but WHY in the world would a full wipe > reflash > first boot give me SOME of my installed apps back!?! I mean, I flashed and I got all my alternate launchers back immediately!
Q: Is there some area on internal SD that is not getting wiped?
A: ( YES, you have to use stock recovery and factory reset )
Q: How exactly to REALLY FULL WIPE back to STOCK without 'leftovers'?
A: ( SEE ABOVE )
SORTED! Sorry to waste your time!
jabbermacy said:
OK, guys -- I am really stumped. I decided to reflash stock ROM, no problems there, but WHY in the world would a full wipe > reflash > first boot give me SOME of my installed apps back!?! I mean, I flashed and I got all my alternate launchers back immediately!
Q: Is there some area on internal SD that is not getting wiped?
A: ( YES, you have to use stock recovery and factory reset )
Q: How exactly to REALLY FULL WIPE back to STOCK without 'leftovers'?
A: ( SEE ABOVE )
SORTED! Sorry to waste your time!
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how are you doing your full wipe? a Full wipe is data factory wipe > cache > dalvik
did you do all 3? and if you want to go back to stock, use Odin and flash the firmware your tab came with
Hello people. Just wanted to ask how is the right way to wipe when flashing a rom WITHOUT losing the rom (wiping internal)? In CWM i just factory / reset data then thats it then clear cache and dalvik cache. In TWRP do i just need to swipe when the screen says "Most of the time this is the time that you need" when i will flash rom? Thanks for guiding!
anyone?
1. factory reset
2. advance, wipe system
thats all for me, works everytime... just make sure to wipe cache/dalvik after flashing zip files be it roms or gapps or whatever :good:
The default "most of the time" option is a fresh reset of the phone. it wont wipe the ROM itself, but all the data will be lost and you start over. Wiping system will remove everything, a ROM must be flashed after wiping system.
So before i flash a rom i wipe the "most of the time" then advanced format system? right?
zero0422 said:
The default "most of the time" option is a fresh reset of the phone. it wont wipe the ROM itself, but all the data will be lost and you start over. Wiping system will remove everything, a ROM must be flashed after wiping system.
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So before i flash a rom i wipe the "most of the time" then advanced format system? right?
true that... sorry for misleading initially, format system only applicable if you wanna have clean install of new rom
marshygeek said:
So before i flash a rom i wipe the "most of the time" then advanced format system? right?
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No need to use format system unless you are installing a fresh ROM. Format system will remove everything from your device (other than sdcard info and all that). So you get a clean slate.
If you just want to flash an update to the same ROM you can either 'dirty flash', which I usually just wipe cahce/dalvik then flash the ROM and reboot, and you save all your user modified things, or you can wipe system and install the ROM. You lose everything that way so make backups.
Usually there isnt much need to factory reset unless you're having an issue with something. What is it you're trying to do?
I wanted to flash a stock based rom. Thank you.
How do I flash from L To a custom AOSP KITKAT？ Do I need to flash the factory image at first or I just boot into recvoery and flash the cutom rom?Did anybody know? THX!
To be safe, you'd do a factory image flash. That way you know you have a good starting point. There's the boot image, including the ramdisk, and radio (depending on what platform you're running on) that would have changed.
Or, if you're feeling lucky, clean wipe and flash your new ROM. What's the worse case scenario? You have to do it twice.
siaga said:
How do I flash from L To a custom AOSP KITKAT？ Do I need to flash the factory image at first or I just boot into recvoery and flash the cutom rom?Did anybody know? THX!
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The safest way is
Download L port
factory reset once
wipe cache dalvik
flash ROM
wipe cache and dalvik again
reboot
done,
Gapps included.
I never got problem with these steps.
Rohit02 said:
The safest way is
Download L port
factory reset once
wipe cache dalvik
flash ROM
wipe cache and dalvik again
reboot
done,
Gapps included.
I never got problem with these steps.
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no need to format storage?
thanks in advanced
Rohit02 said:
The safest way is
Download L port
factory reset once
wipe cache dalvik
flash ROM
wipe cache and dalvik again
reboot
done,
Gapps included.
I never got problem with these steps.
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Hey,guys,I have just ask the L's developer ,he said that the L he developed uses the same baseband and bootloader as the Kitkat,so there is no need to flash a factory image at first , instead ,we can just directly flash the Kitkat aosp ,Thanks for his kindness!
qaz2453 said:
no need to format storage?
thanks in advanced
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That's what he meant. Format system and data. You'll find that option on the custom recovery.
qaz2453 said:
no need to format storage?
thanks in advanced
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You just need to get a flashable one and your good to go. Just wipe system, data and caches and flash it. I tried both ways by recovery and by script and its the same experience. But if you follow the script and flash through PC you'll surely lose all your data.
Can someone tell me fully wipe a i9505? I would like that absolutely everything gets deleted it from it and restored to stock. Is it enough to flash a stock rom over Odin or do i need to do anything else?
Thanks
dosada said:
Can someone tell me fully wipe a i9505? I would like that absolutely everything gets deleted it from it and restored to stock. Is it enough to flash a stock rom over Odin or do i need to do anything else?
Thanks
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Go into recovery mode and wipe data, cache, dalvik-cache.
Or check this link: http://getandroidstuff.com/how-to-factory-reset-samsung-galaxy-s-4/
Sorry to start a thread for something that I think is simple. I want to update my S5 to the newest PF4. I was on a rooted 5.0.1 before. I didn't care about keeping root, etc.
I used SamFirm to download the newest firmware. Then ODIN to flash the newest firmware.
The result was it upgraded my phone to 6.0.1 instead of a clean install. In the old days, I recall having to clean cache, clean Dalvik cache, and maybe some other steps.
I simply want to nuke my phone 100%, and load it with the stock firmware PF4.
If I reboot my phone into recovery I see Wipe Date/Factory Reset and Wipe cache partition. I envision that is what I need to do, but looking for confirmation. Also, does the order matter?
crimsontide said:
Sorry to start a thread for something that I think is simple. I want to update my S5 to the newest PF4. I was on a rooted 5.0.1 before. I didn't care about keeping root, etc.
I used SamFirm to download the newest firmware. Then ODIN to flash the newest firmware.
The result was it upgraded my phone to 6.0.1 instead of a clean install. In the old days, I recall having to clean cache, clean Dalvik cache, and maybe some other steps.
I simply want to nuke my phone 100%, and load it with the stock firmware PF4.
If I reboot my phone into recovery I see Wipe Date/Factory Reset and Wipe cache partition. I envision that is what I need to do, but looking for confirmation. Also, does the order matter?
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You just need to flash a full factory tar from odin
Where do I get a full factory tar? I used SamFirm, the screencap is below.
crimsontide said:
Where do I get a full factory tar? I used SamFirm, the screencap is below.
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You can use Samsung smart switch emergency upgrade and initialization option to fully wipe and upgrade your device.
Or just flash the stock firmware, and then go to recovery and do a factory reset.
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