I am looking for a method that works for all.
My story is that I tried Nemesis ROM, with SpaceLemon kernel. Would like to return to stock due to various problems.
No problem... right?
Well, the thing is, I cannot factory reset.
1) I issued Stock restore from the Samsung interface. Both on Nemesis, and after installing the stock OS.
2) I have used TWRP to clean / wipe data.
The problem however remains. After installing apps, I see my previous settings, they load the previous state and so on.
But this thread is not just about my case, but in general.
I want to wipe clean my phone. How do I do that?
I do know ODIN has many options, but what is a fail-safe way that people can use with the latest version that will do a full clean?
https://twrp.me/faq/whattowipe.html
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I got a question guys, i flashed the latest version PA for our device (PA4.5 beta 2) and notice i was having random reboots, i thought it was the rom, so i flashed CM latest nightly (2014815) & still was having reboots, so i figured it had to be an apk not playing nice & thought i was right when i noticed it was happening the most while using chrome, but it happened during the settings and some other apks, its not constant though, it very random, its like when you stay on an apk for a while, it just randomly reboots, anyone else been having this issue? or had this issue?, i both like two great theses for these roms & would feel like a fool if i cant use em lol, so any help would be appreciated, thanks
Are you wiping between flashes or dirty flashing?
If flashing clean, restore your apps (without data backups) one at a time. If you stop having the issue, then restore your app data one at a time.
If that doesn't fix it and you're flashing clean, going back to stock and doing a factory reset will almost certainly solve the issue.
frostedunit said:
Are you wiping between flashes or dirty flashing?
If flashing clean, restore your apps (without data backups) one at a time. If you stop having the issue, then restore your app data one at a time.
If that doesn't fix it and you're flashing clean, going back to stock and doing a factory reset will almost certainly solve the issue.
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I always clean flash, I decided to flash sacs until a next major builds releases, thanks though
What kernel are you using?
So I had been running the unnofficial 5.0.2 CM lollipop on my phone for a while when I finally decided I would do a full wipe and flash the latest version of it (1/26). Prior to the full wipe, the phone had been running fine. But since 1/26, it started depleting battery rapidly and it had tons of input lag. So... I wiped again and went back to what I previously had... only, my problems did not go away. So then I decided I would wipe and go back to CM11. Now, it is a little better, but still is having odd lag / behavioral issues.
My question is this.... I did several full wipes. This doesnt seem to be resolving my issues. I am guessing that wipes dont really get rid of strange behavior. Is there another step? I tried the "repair" option in TWRP but that didnt help much. I am using the latest TWRP. Should I odin a factory ROM then re-root everything? If so, does knox become removable, or am I stuck with it?
This is on two standard Galaxy S5's, with standard ROM, etc - not rooted, or anything else.
Every time I turn off WiFi, or enable Mobile Hotspot, I get 'Unfortunately System UI has stopped'.
To fix I have to Power off/on the phone.
(Turning on WiFi is no problem, just turning it off.)
I have gone into 'Safe Mode', and same issue, so it looks to not be a bad App.
I have also uninstalled 'Google' updates, and again no change...
Any thoughts?
All of a sudden my S5 showed the exact same error message for no aparent reason... I didn't do anything, and now I can't use my phone at all because of that bug. It happens on every boot so I can't even unlock my phone. Tried reinstalling everything, ROM, recovery, kernel, with/without root = still same, what just happened here??
EDIT: Same thing if I'm in Safe Mode -_-
Seeing noone knows a solution here's what I did yesterday.
1. Backed up all my stuff from internal storage to the sd card
2. Did factory reset in TWRP recovery
3. Flashed completely stock official firmware from Samsung
4. Waited for it to boot up and try to restore some of my settings (it restored all folders on their places, made same amount of home screens as I had before the reinstall and downloaded all of my previously installed apps from the Play Store, ofcourse without the cracked ones, and it also restored most apps' data as well so it's not as bad as you may think to factory reset and reinstall everything)
5. Started rooting, flashing TWRP again, installing Dolby Audio, Xposed and everything I had before, took me one full day to set it up as it was before.
Now when I set it up I always make a nandroid backup from when things are working fine, in case it goes crazy for no reason again... Good luck!
when the wifi radio is acting weird, a dirty flash of your current ROM susually fixes is as its probably a radio issue. Id do that before doing anything drastic like the boot-n-nuke Odin flash and starting from scratch (which will fix that issue)
I don't think I have a ROM issue, as I have two S5's, and both have the same issue... and both are standard ROMs.
I will do a factory re-set on one at some point, but this looks to be a 'simpler' issue.
I have tried a full Cache delete, as well as other 'clean' processes.
Nothing works.
I tried to re-flash my stock ROM as @youdoofus said but still had that annoying popup. Try everything you can think of, if all else fails, reset.
koragg97 said:
I tried to re-flash my stock ROM as @youdoofus said but still had that annoying popup. Try everything you can think of, if all else fails, reset.
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well, you can wipe cache, and dalvik 3x each (not kidding about the 3x each), then dirty flash the rom, pray to the gods of android, reboot. If failure occurs, its Odin Nuke time unless you want to try to flash an individual radio file by itself (not recommended)
Hello there,
Today I flashed TWRP 3.0.2-1 using Odin 3.10.7 on my sisters Galaxy A5 2016 (sm-a510f). After that, I installed SuperSU 2.78 using TWRP.
Since that, the WiFi does not turn on. When you press the button to turn it on, it shows the "loading circle", and seems to do nothing. The circle stays forever.
Other than that, the phone appears to work fine. It did never report any error messages.
I already tried wiping cache, dalvik and data. I also made a factory reset using the option in the settings.
Later I found a newer version of TWRP (3.1.1-0) by Zonik . Flashing this did not fix the problem.
Do you have any ideas on what I could do to make it work again?
Edit:
In the meantime, I flashed a custom rom. Everything appears to work fine at the moment.
I didn't want to do that initially, so the phone could get the stock updates without me doing anything.
But still I am interested, what steps should I have done, to keep stock? And where might I be able to download the stock rom?
You should have flashed a later version of SuperSU.
You can use Samsung Smart Switch to restore factory settings.
Alternatively you can always find the latest firmwares on updato.com
Oh, I have just seen that I forgot to reply to that. I'm sorry.
@ashyx Thank you, I'm going to do that the next time. I was following a manual someone wrote on the Internet. I should have been smart enough not to trust a manual that's been lying around for some time.
@Vinhixus I tried that. Samsung Smart Switch did not like to do that (Don't ask me why, it said the device is not supported for factory reset).
Finally I "fixed" the wifi-bug by installing a custom rom wich i did not want to do in the first place because I did not want to change the OS on the device, just the bloatware samsung puts on their device.
Not much of a fix, more like a dirty hack to me
Thank you for your support
Actually you needed to flash correct modem. The custom ROM fixes it because modem was compatible for it. For the stock one you need modem that matches it i guess.
Hello,
I'm new on this forum and rooting is all new to me. Please don't simply delete, at least indicate where I can find my answer.
So I found a CFA that's supposed to come with SuperSU and I flashed it with Odin. The first time, I could boot, but TouchWiz constantly displaying a bug pop-up without letting me access the tablet had me flash the stock firmware back. It was unusable.
I tried again and it worked but my Tab wouldn't boot. After several attempts, I cleared partition and did a factory reset. It seems like I can only boot as in a stock firmware. I had to redo basic questions/settings as if I opened the tablet for the first time, but it doesn't seem like I have access to delete bloatware apps or anything.
1) Did I cancel my CFA flash with the factory reset?
2) I still have stock firmware and do not care about datas or anything since it's an old tablet I don't really use. Is it better to do the factory reset, then try to flash back the CFA file?
3) Did I simply miss something when I flashed and got TouchWiz bugs?
Again, please consider the fact that I'm new and I'm just trying to learn here. I can understand If I have to post this in another category, but XDA seems to be the only place where I can finally get to root, delete unnecessary apps, play with a custom ROM, etc.
KingQuinoa said:
Hello,
I'm new on this forum and rooting is all new to me. Please don't simply delete, at least indicate where I can find my answer.
So I found a CFA that's supposed to come with SuperSU and I flashed it with Odin. The first time, I could boot, but TouchWiz constantly displaying a bug pop-up without letting me access the tablet had me flash the stock firmware back. It was unusable.
I tried again and it worked but my Tab wouldn't boot. After several attempts, I cleared partition and did a factory reset. It seems like I can only boot as in a stock firmware. I had to redo basic questions/settings as if I opened the tablet for the first time, but it doesn't seem like I have access to delete bloatware apps or anything.
1) Did I cancel my CFA flash with the factory reset?
2) I still have stock firmware and do not care about datas or anything since it's an old tablet I don't really use. Is it better to do the factory reset, then try to flash back the CFA file?
3) Did I simply miss something when I flashed and got TouchWiz bugs?
Again, please consider the fact that I'm new and I'm just trying to learn here. I can understand If I have to post this in another category, but XDA seems to be the only place where I can finally get to root, delete unnecessary apps, play with a custom ROM, etc.
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Checkout Tab 4 Discussion Groups on XDA. Lots of info available on Rooting and NEW ROMS.
Cheers