I have a S7 that had a factory reset done on it via the recovery and when you try to setup and new account on it, it says the system has been reset and wants the old login info. It's a work phone from someone that no longer works here so it needs to be reset so a new employee can use it. Any way to do a factory reset so I can put a new user on it?
Tobb555 said:
I have a S7 that had a factory reset done on it via the recovery and when you try to setup and new account on it, it says the system has been reset and wants the old login info. It's a work phone from someone that no longer works here so it needs to be reset so a new employee can use it. Any way to do a factory reset so I can put a new user on it?
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I might have seen something about that somewhere on xda give me a second to look
https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s7/how-to/frp-factory-reset-protect-unlock-t3414590
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Hi everyone,
I've run into a odd problem that I hope someone here can solve. I recently decided to sell my rooted and cyanogen modded mytouch 3g. I wanted to erase all my data and my gmail account off the phone without removing the root, so I went to reset the phone through the factory reset option. For some reason though, factory resetting has only reset my phone and deleted nothing. I'm pretty much stumped on what I can do next. Any ideas? Thanks everyone
unless you are selling it with your sim there should be no way that they can use your apps, It will pop up saying account sign in.
Could always do a wip through recovery though
I need help deleting a google account that is attached to my rooted mtg4. I have tried to delete the account but it says that I will have to do a reset which will delete my downloaded programs.
Yep, you are screwed. If you purchased apps under that account, it's now your primary account. I went through this. I ended up resetting my phone to factory, used my new account, and then contacted every developer for my purchased apps to get them to refund my old purchase after they saw a new one come through. It was only 3 apps... If you have a lot of them, then that's gonna be a problem.
There are a couple of ways out there to change the primary account on the phone without wiping, but neither one of them worked for me. It also involves hand editing sqlite databases. You can google for them, but I doubt they will help you.
Reset.
Will a factory reset on a rooted phone cause any problems?
HiPakeMan said:
Will a factory reset on a rooted phone cause any problems?
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Just doing settings->wipe/reset will not, no. Re-flashing a factory PD15IMG will undo your root. You may just have to reinstall SU/SuperUser permissions app.
My co-worker is going to sell my his Ideos S7, but he seems to be unable to do a factory wipe, and thus will not part with it until he does so.
He says he followed the directions on how to do the factory reset, but it continues to sync his Google account.
Any ideas on what could be done?
From the home screen, he pressed Menu, Settings, Privacy, and then Factory Data Reset? Did he let the process complete all the way, including the two reboots (it reboots once in recovery to wipe, then reboots again into the OS)?
I've used the Factory Data Reset to wipe my tablet 3 times now after messing with it, and never had my google account comeback automatically.
Be careful because it has been confirmed that this method does not remove the intial google login. This means that the new person that uses the device can access your google account and gmail potentially.
Can someone confirm this?
The best way is to flash a new firmware ROM from Huawei.
I've been offered a decent price on my note 3 and due to upgrading to the note 5 in October I'm interested.
I want to encrypt before wiping but had some questions.
If i encrypt then do a factory reset, then input his sim in and start it up, will it then ask for the encryption key before he can use it? Or does wiping it also remove the request for a key while still keeping the original data scrambled?
Also something i can't remember from before. When i have done the reset, does it give the option to turn off ready for the first boot being when his sim is in? Or does it automatically restart so i have to allow it to boot then tell it i dont want to log in my details?
Thanks guys
marc.knuckle said:
I've been offered a decent price on my note 3 and due to upgrading to the note 5 in October I'm interested.
I want to encrypt before wiping but had some questions.
If i encrypt then do a factory reset, then input his sim in and start it up, will it then ask for the encryption key before he can use it? Or does wiping it also remove the request for a key while still keeping the original data scrambled?
Also something i can't remember from before. When i have done the reset, does it give the option to turn off ready for the first boot being when his sim is in? Or does it automatically restart so i have to allow it to boot then tell it i dont want to log in my details?
Thanks guys
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Why would you encrypt the phone? [emoji33]
Factory reset means you need to set up everything from beginning.
kenny1991 said:
Why would you encrypt the phone? [emoji33]
Factory reset means you need to set up everything from beginning.
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I realise the reset starts from the beginning which is fine because I'll be selling to someone else. I needed to know whether it can be turned off right after the reset so i can turn on for the first time with the new persons sim in and he can start inputting his account details from the first boot.
I want to encrypt as apparently just resetting still enables someone to recover data.
Write + Reset
marc.knuckle said:
I realise the reset starts from the beginning which is fine because I'll be selling to someone else. I needed to know whether it can be turned off right after the reset so i can turn on for the first time with the new persons sim in and he can start inputting his account details from the first boot.
I want to encrypt as apparently just resetting still enables someone to recover data.
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If it was me, I will reset my phone. Copy some random files like Movies or audios and Reset again.
Which rewrites the data table..
and I have never tried this Encryption
nijom said:
If it was me, I will reset my phone. Copy some random files like Movies or audios and Reset again.
Which rewrites the data table..
and I have never tried this Encryption
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Do it 3 times or get an app for that.
I would never buy an encrypted phone without pass.
Here's what I am trying to do. First, delete my Google account on this phone, then do a factory reset. Problem: Deleting the factory reset is grayed out so I am unable to delete it. So how am I going to sell it without deleting that account on the phone? Anyone have a easy answer if there is one?
claypoole said:
Here's what I am trying to do. First, delete my Google account on this phone, then do a factory reset. Problem: Deleting the factory reset is grayed out so I am unable to delete it. So how am I going to sell it without deleting that account on the phone? Anyone have a easy answer if there is one?
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Try readding your Google account or add another account (create one if needed). See if that reactivates the 'factory reset' option. If not there is probably a way to perform something similar from stock recovery.
Davey126 said:
Try readding your Google account or add another account (create one if needed). See if that reactivates the 'factory reset' option. If not there is probably a way to perform something similar from stock recovery.
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I can do a factory reset but I cannot delete firstly my Google account on that phone as it is grayed out. I want to first delete that email account and then do the factory reset.
claypoole said:
I can do a factory reset but I cannot delete firstly my Google account on that phone as it is grayed out. I want to first delete that email account and then do the factory reset.
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Factory reset will remove any/all registered accounts on device. If that's not happening then something else is amiss.