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Thinking of Returning Phone

So I have the Atrix (rooted on 1.26, the used a script before upgrading to keep root on 1.57). I am thinking of returning it to the store (I am within my 30 day time limit). So I am just looking to wipe my data off of it. Should I unroot the device first? Think the store will care / be able to tell? Just mainly concerned about my personal data being wiped.
A [Settings - Privacy - Factory Data Reset] should suffice right?

Yeah you could unroot and they might not know/care. If you want to be absolutely sure they won't know, you could flash it with rsdlite. That will wipe everything.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991072

[Q] Remove encryption

Hi, I Have one assus transform tf700t and unfortunately I enable encryption.
How to remove?
I try to wipe the data reinitialization but nothing to do
Thank you in advance

jojoss said:
Hi, I Have one assus transform tf700t and unfortunately I enable encryption.
How to remove?
I try to wipe the data reinitialization but nothing to do
Thank you in advance
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I believe the only way to do this is by a factory reset, which will reset any settings you have changed and delete any data you have loaded on the device.
The reset can be found under Settings > Backup & Reset > Factory data reset.

[Q] trouble after deleting data/data/com.android.providers.settings

hi guys, would really appreciate your help..
i was trying to fix my nexus 4's problem of unable to sync with google servers so i deleted the data/data/com.android.providers.settings and it indeed fixed the issue.
unfortunatley, after rebooting, i'm now:
- unable to get a lockscreen
- unable to get home button to work
- swipe down settings are gone. and so are notifications
is there another way to restore this other than a factory reset?

l33chpda said:
hi guys, would really appreciate your help..
i was trying to fix my nexus 4's problem of unable to sync with google servers so i deleted the data/data/com.android.providers.settings and it indeed fixed the issue.
unfortunatley, after rebooting, i'm now:
- unable to get a lockscreen
- unable to get home button to work
- swipe down settings are gone. and so are notifications
is there another way to restore this other than a factory reset?
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Factory reset wil not help, reflash a factory image or custom rom if you are rooted.

gee2012 said:
Factory reset wil not help, reflash a factory image or custom rom if you are rooted.
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He only deleted the data so of course a factory reset will fix it this.
You will probably take ages trying to fix and end up having to wipe anyway. I take it you haven't got a backup of any sort (nandroid/ti backup) etc?

Higgsy said:
He only deleted the data so of course a factory reset will fix it this.
You will probably take ages trying to fix and end up having to wipe anyway. I take it you haven't got a backup of any sort (nandroid/ti backup) etc?
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Yup, my bad. So many users wiping the entire sdcard nowadays that i took it wrong and didn`t read correctly

I thought I did but I searched my PC and couldn't find any previously backed up data. So I guess I've no choice but to factory reset and reinstall my data
Higgsy said:
He only deleted the data so of course a factory reset will fix it this.
You will probably take ages trying to fix and end up having to wipe anyway. I take it you haven't got a backup of any sort (nandroid/ti backup) etc?
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Hi there! I had had the same problem l33chpda had, but the factory reset fix worked just one time only, today i was about to resell my phone so i wanted to factory reset it, after that i've come across with the problem i had that time, again.
Don't know what to do, i have same issues mentioned by l33chpda, cant get into settings, swipe down settings neither, etc; when try to, phone just do nothing or stays one second and goes back home screen.
I have made nandroid (both clockworkmod and TWRP) of the phone when I bought it, but with online nandroid so i don't have any custom recovery installed.
While checking those nandroid backups, I've discovered the deleted folder backup in the clockworkmod nandroid folder.
Could it be possible to paste it back into "\data\data" folder? should that be the fix? Or I'll have to reflash all even though I dont wanna take that risk because is just that, the other things of the phone are intact and work great.
In case of reflashing, could you tell me about any easy tutorial on how to install clockworkmod recovery?
I own an LG G2 D800, KitKat d80020y rooted with stumproot.

[Q] Issues with new phone. Want to factory reset.

I am having issues with my phone, like not being able to connect to a computer (any computer).
Having another phone number in the ABOUT PHONE area. I bought the phone used and had it flashed to PagePlus.
If I do a factory reset, will it erase my PagePlus too?
...learning.

can anyone help?
can anyone help?

brandywinefarm said:
can anyone help?
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What is PagePlus???
In general, if you factory reset, you will lose all apps you installed

babygau said:
What is PagePlus???
In general, if you factory reset, you will lose all apps you installed
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Page Plus is a very big Prepaid Cellular company. Thanks.

How would you wipe any possible malware from your phone?

Hi
I've got a 2nd hand nexus 6p. I would like to be completely sure it has no keylogger, no remote control app (cerberus style), etc.
A factory reset would be enough? What should I do?
Best regards

alojo said:
Hi
I've got a 2nd hand nexus 6p. I would like to be completely sure it has no keylogger, no remote control app (cerberus style), etc.
A factory reset would be enough? What should I do?
Best regards
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i would go to twrp and wipe data, cache, dalvik, and system then reflash the rom and gapps if needed and you will be fine

Flash the latest factory image

When you boot,
If no message displayed a factory reset is sufficient.
If yellow message (unlikely), then you sideload the most recent OTA + factory reset
If orange message then flash factory image. If you need extreme security (against publicly unknown vulnerability), you relock but that will *brick* your device unless the factory flash worked (which you can never be sure of). Don't relock if you are scared of malware.
For maximum security, throw out the phone

Or put it in a Safe! Better yet in a Force Field!

If orange I think you need to delete system and image partition then install rom.
I had virus like issues kept just reflashing would have issues a month later.
So I decided to just delete everything learned how to out the phone into download mode and did fresh install of pure Nexus and gapps runs like new again my battery will last 17 hrs of use now before I was getting barley 12 with little use.
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