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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! ;-)
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

Stuck on Samsung Logo

Hey guys,
I have an S4 that is stuck on the Samsung logo. I have left it for over an hour at a stretch with nothing happening except the phone is smoking hot.
I have booted into Recovery (stock) and wiped the cache and rebooted with the same result.
I am completely stock and unrooted ... any ideas?

I would try a factory reset in recovery

jd1639 said:
I would try a factory reset in recovery
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I assume I would lose all data and programs and have to re-set up the phone?

llcooljayce said:
I assume I would lose all data and programs and have to re-set up the phone?
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Yep, but you phone should with again

llcooljayce said:
I assume I would lose all data and programs and have to re-set up the phone?
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Have you tried wiping Dalvik cache in recovery as well?

MrKhozam said:
Have you tried wiping Dalvik cache in recovery as well?
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He's on stock recovery

jd1639 said:
He's on stock recovery
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Ah, my mistake. Yes, so only option left is wipe data/factory reset.

llcooljayce said:
Hey guys,
I have an S4 that is stuck on the Samsung logo. I have left it for over an hour at a stretch with nothing hapfixes. g except the phone is smoking hot.
I have booted into Recovery (stock) and wiped the cache and rebooted with the same result.
I am completely stock and unrooted ... any ideas?
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See the Samsung guy at any Best Buy. He has the Samsung Tool and will reflash it for free. You will be back to MK2. Easier than fiddling with various fixes. This happened to my wife's Sgh-i747. Init.d prop build error. Recovery flashing updates didn't work. Odin didn't work. Kies same.

llcooljayce said:
Hey guys,
I have an S4 that is stuck on the Samsung logo. I have left it for over an hour at a stretch with nothing happening except the phone is smoking hot.
I have booted into Recovery (stock) and wiped the cache and rebooted with the same result.
I am completely stock and unrooted ... any ideas?
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Just re-flash the stock firmware from odin. Use the pda button, check auto-restart and f reset flags only. Use PDA button to browse to the downloaded IMG file. You can get your stock firmware from Samsung-updates.com . just make sure you get the i337m or the i337 (whichever you have, as they are not the same) for your region.

MrKhozam said:
Ah, my mistake. Yes, so only option left is wipe data/factory reset.
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Did a factory wipe and reboot and I am back in business. Crappy that it happened that way but happy that I was able to recover

Back to the same problem!
I lost my LTE connection and reset my phone ... now I'm stuck back on the Samsung logo.
I assume I have a faulty phone ... any idea what could have happened?

llcooljayce said:
Back to the same problem!
I lost my LTE connection and reset my phone ... now I'm stuck back on the Samsung logo.
I assume I have a faulty phone ... any idea what could have happened?
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So you say LTE dropped and you did another factory reset? If your APN settings are correct, then this shouldn't be happening unless there's a data block set on your account with your carrier. In this case, I would say something is wrong with the modem on your phone.

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So you say LTE dropped and you did another factory reset? If your APN settings are correct, then this shouldn't be happening unless there's a data block set on your account with your carrier. In this case, I would say something is wrong with the modem on your phone.
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Figured out that it was the microSD card that was causing the issue. I used the program App2SD to move programs from my main memory to run them on the SD card. Somehow the files that were moved over corrupted the boot sequence somehow. Total chance that I removed the card to send out for warranty repair and tried to boot it one last time.

[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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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.

problm by register network

hi
When the battery decreases 50% and come call or caling The antenna sim card dont find network.what do you do?

hamed_forum said:
hi
When the battery decreases 50% and come call or caling The antenna sim card dont find network.what do you do?
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Are you using a custom ROM? Custom kernel? Are you rooted? Have you unlocked your bootloader? We need more information.

Original ROM but install from zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/development/rom-stock-flashable-rom-t3084656
Kerenel I don't now
Bootlodee open

hamed_forum said:
Original ROM but install from zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/development/rom-stock-flashable-rom-t3084656
Kerenel I don't now
Bootlodee open
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I would suggest taking a backup and then do a factory reset and not restore anything. If that doesn't help just restore your backup. If it does work you could try to just install some apps at a time to try to figure out what made the problem.

theminikiller said:
I would suggest taking a backup and then do a factory reset and not restore anything. If that doesn't help just restore your backup. If it does work you could try to just install some apps at a time to try to figure out what made the problem.
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I use multi ROM before stock ROM chromna ROM erophonia ROM install but all of them when battery low the network can't find
Don't think battery have problem?

hamed_forum said:
I use multi ROM before stock ROM chromna ROM erophonia ROM install but all of them when battery low the network can't find
Don't think battery have problem?
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I'm not sure. Did you make a clean install on all those Rom's? In case you don't know what that means, did you wipe data and cache between flashing them? If you did you could try flashing a factory image to see if that helps. If that doesn't help then as far as I know it is a hardware problem. This is a guide for flashing a factory image: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312.

theminikiller said:
I'm not sure. Did you make a clean install on all those Rom's? In case you don't know what that means, did you wipe data and cache between flashing them? If you did you could try flashing a factory image to see if that helps. If that doesn't help then as far as I know it is a hardware problem. This is a guide for flashing a factory image: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312.
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Clean install ,yes wipe every thing
In reset factory delete phone on camera?

hamed_forum said:
Clean install ,yes wipe every thing
In reset factory delete phone on camera?
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I'm not completely sure but I think so, so you should back up anything you want to keep so you're safe [emoji14]

(Q) The g360h after root is too slow

Hi
After i did root for my phone (g360h) it becomes too slow with alot of delays
i've tried to remove the root and re-flashed the stock ROM (with wipe everything) many times but that doesnt work with me and it still slowest than worst phone ever
Any Suggest !

Your phone's slow speed has nothing to do with root. It's maybe because of a particular app, such as Facebook, which is a super memeory hog for a phone with 952MB RAM.
Try "L speed" app to optimize the phone. As you already tried wiping and installing stock ROM.

AtomR said:
Your phone's slow speed has nothing to do with root. It's maybe because of a particular app, such as Facebook, which is a super memeory hog for a phone with 952MB RAM.
Try "L speed" app to optimize the phone. As you already tried wiping and installing stock ROM.
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The problem is after the hard reset (wipe everything) and on the first boot it runs super slow without installing any program
and i've tried alot of stock ROMs but that does not work !!

my phone become too slow after installing Xposed and some modules
i tried to installed multiple stock roms and from first boot its too slow(like keyboard, black screeen in apps , etc)
i do this and my phone is now good with root and few apps so you can try! :
1. download Triangle Away paid version from internet and reset the flash counter
2. go to twrp and make (data,system,dalvik and cache wipe) make sure that second option in setting(use rm instead of formating) is not checked and wait about 15-20 minutes untill wipe finished
3. flash latest frimware for your country or any one (G360HDDUAPA3 the latest!)
4. tell me what happened with you because i do all this and my phone now best!

adamh.ayyad said:
my phone become too slow after installing Xposed and some modules
i tried to installed multiple stock roms and from first boot its too slow(like keyboard, black screeen in apps , etc)
i do this and my phone is now good with root and few apps so you can try! :
1. download Triangle Away paid version from internet and reset the flash counter
2. go to twrp and make (data,system,dalvik and cache wipe) make sure that second option in setting(use rm instead of formating) is not checked and wait about 15-20 minutes untill wipe finished
3. flash latest frimware for your country or any one (G360HDDUAPA3 the latest!)
4. tell me what happened with you because i do all this and my phone now best!
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Shukran Habibi
firstly i forgot to mention that i used Xposed so maybe that makes may phone too slow
2- i tried the first and the second steps (wipe data, system, dalvik and cache) and i flashed new rom but the strange thing is that kernel (always) just wipe cache and dalvik cache but did not wipe data and system
so i've tried CWM recovery and i did all the steps above!
rightnow my phone is better than before but it still not as before installing Xposed
and there is some lag
anyway thanks alot (Shukran Jazeelan)
i am waiting for couple of days to see what will happened
and i hope you will get ur freedom

Akram-aat said:
Shukran Habibi
firstly i forgot to mention that i used Xposed so maybe that makes may phone too slow
2- i tried the first and the second steps (wipe data, system, dalvik and cache) and i flashed new rom but the strange thing is that kernel (always) just wipe cache and dalvik cache but did not wipe data and system
so i've tried CWM recovery and i did all the steps above!
rightnow my phone is better than before but it still not as before installing Xposed
and there is some lag
anyway thanks alot (Shukran Jazeelan)
i am waiting for couple of days to see what will happened
and i hope you will get ur freedom
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What Xposed modules are you using in your phone?

AtomR said:
What Xposed modules are you using in your phone?
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i dont remember which one but it's required by viper4andriod
and after 2 days i wiped everything because of lag, slow but that didnt solve the problem until i did the steps above

So that your phone now got better☺
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adamh.ayyad said:
So that your phone now got better
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Sent from my SM-G360H using XDA Free mobile app
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yes Habibi it is better
thank you

Use greenify app to fast the device

Akram-aat said:
Hi
After i did root for my phone (g360h) it becomes too slow with alot of delays
i've tried to remove the root and re-flashed the stock ROM (with wipe everything) many times but that doesnt work with me and it still slowest than worst phone ever
Any Suggest !
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SAME HAPPENED TO ME! My Phone has soo many delays in animation and is too slow! Can you please tell a solution to this? I also got this problem when I rooted but I did hard reset flashed stock rom but it became more slower!

efgpho3nix said:
SAME HAPPENED TO ME! My Phone has soo many delays in animation and is too slow! Can you please tell a solution to this? I also got this problem when I rooted but I did hard reset flashed stock rom but it became more slower!
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try these and tell me what happened with you
1. download Triangle Away paid version from internet and reset the flash counter
2. go to twrp and make (data,system,dalvik and cache wipe) make sure that second option in setting(use rm instead of formating) is not checked and wait about 15-20 minutes untill wipe finished
(or you can do factory reset 3 times in CWM if still slow try twrp)
3. flash latest frimware for your country or any one (G360HDDUAPA3 the latest!)
4. tell me what happened with you because i do all this and my phone now best!

adamh.ayyad said:
try these and tell me what happened with you
1. download Triangle Away paid version from internet and reset the flash counter
2. go to twrp and make (data,system,dalvik and cache wipe) make sure that second option in setting(use rm instead of formating) is not checked and wait about 15-20 minutes untill wipe finished
(or you can do factory reset 3 times in CWM if still slow try twrp)
3. flash latest frimware for your country or any one (G360HDDUAPA3 the latest!)
4. tell me what happened with you because i do all this and my phone now best!
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If I flash other country's Rom will it affect my phone in any way?

efgpho3nix said:
If I flash other country's Rom will it affect my phone in any way?
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No no effect