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I'm selling my Droid Eris and want to wipe it so no personal information is stored on it. I'd also like to keep root and the Gingerbread ROM on it because the buyer would like 2.3. Is this possible? I'd like the phone to be so that when you turn it on, it brings you through the steps to activate your phone.
Any advice would be great.
Thanks
On a side note, thank you to everyone in this forum for all the help you've provided over the year. I truly appreciate it. I've upgraded to a Droid Incredible and I'm glad to still be a part of the Android family
Performing a "wipe data/factory reset", followed by a format of the SD card should destroy all "personal" information.
Of course, that deletes all the market apps as well - not sure if that is what you had in mind. But the baseline (system) stuff is still on the phone in /system after that wipe, and the new owner can just boot into the rooted ROM you installed and configure it the way they want. (Or you could help them).
I am 99.999% certain that the "/data" partition is completely empty when you wipe it - there is not even any "leftover" data that a forensics expert could get at, without using CIA/NSA-level techniques (extremely expensive). This is an artifact of the way that a "yaffs2" filesystem works when it is erased (and also because eraseblocks in our Nand are 128K in size).
If the formatting performed on the SD card is of a "quick/lazy" variety, there still may be information on the SD card that a forensics expert could recover, but certainly not by anyone that was a casual user. If that concerns you, you can mount the SD card on the PC and use a wiping program such as "sdelete" (Microsoft Windows Sysinternals utilities) to perform a security wipe of it.
The only thing that won't be affected by these procedures is the phone's activation status, you can only clear that if you have a stock recovery and stock ROM on the phone. Strictly speaking though, if you take the phone in to Verizon, (or maybe even call them) and have them dis-associate the phone's ESN/MEID from your plan, the activation status that is recorded on the phone will be useless.
HTH
bftb0
PS - Just read your post more carefully (about the activation part). You will need to completely unroot the phone (including having a stock recovery), and perform a factory reset to clear the activation status. Once you've done this, you will need to re-root your phone after bypassing the activation screen. This means might want to prepare ahead of time with everything you need on your SD card, unless you can get what you want via WiFi.
It's a fair bit of work to do all that. It might be easier to just leave the phone activated, and have Verizon disassociate it from their end of things - the buyer should be able to activate it after he/she has had the phone added to their account with their carrier, and then make a *228 call. (That's all the activation screen is anyway).
TL;DR if your phone is unlocked (not restricted by network) just delete what's mentioned above and flash a gingerbread ROM with root.
When you boot the phone to make sure it's working, don't go through the activation process at all. Just turn it off.
Sorted.
- Swyped from my rooted HTC Legend -
TS;DR
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jpzsports said:
I'd like the phone to be so that when you turn it on, it brings you through the steps to activate your phone.
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There is another way to do this which is less complicated than unrooting and re-rooting if you really insist - but it only works if you have the S-OFF bootloader (v 1.49.2000) on your phone, and have gotten fastboot to work (USB drivers installed) on your PC.
Basically, it boils down to using fastboot to direct-boot a stock recovery to your phone, and then using the "factory reset" menu from within the stock recovery. Doing things this way allows the existing (custom) recovery to stay put (untouched) in flash memory, and the stock recovery will do BOTH the data wipe and the NVRAM reset that clears the phone's activation.
Prerequisites: 1.49.2000 S-OFF bootloader; fastboot program; USB Drivers installed on your PC
(1) Download the Leak-V3 PB00IMG.ZIP from this XDA post
(2) Unpack that zip file; you are interested in the "recovery.img" file.
(3) Charge your phone completely (100%), turn it off, and then re-start it in Fastboot mode (Send+End)
(4)
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
You will see an image with a black background, a phone, and a red triangle with an exclamation point in it. That's the splash screen of the stock recovery. To see the menu, press Vol-Up+End together. When the menu appears, the text will be in a blue/magenta color.
(5) Select the "Factory Reset / Wipe data" menu entry.
Note that when it runs, the first thing that it mentions is "Restore factory NV setting..." - that's the bit where the activation is being cleared. After that, it will do all the wipes you are familiar with in Amon_RA (or Clockworkmod). (Be patient, there is a small delay).
That's it - other than cleaning up your SD card.
Be aware that some Froyo/GB ROMs are going to be a little flaky about handling the activation - the whole business of needing to press the Menu key to get a keyboard to show up and then toggling to numeric layout to be able to generate a DTMF tone ("press 1 to activate") - are not going to be obvious to someone that is new to the phone. Unless you are planning on assisting the buyer after the sale, it's probably easier to just sell them a returned-to-stock phone.
cheers
bftb0
Hmmm okay thank you so much for the detailed responses. I really appreciate it. It seems like it's more complicating than I thought.
If I just wanted to return the phone to stock 2.1 unrooted (and avoid having to unroot, and re-root the phone, and reinstall a ROM) how would I do that?
Just get it to like brand new with steps to activate your phone on boot.
Thanks!
jpzsports said:
Hmmm okay thank you so much for the detailed responses. I really appreciate it. It seems like it's more complicating than I thought.
If I just wanted to return the phone to stock 2.1 unrooted (and avoid having to unroot, and re-root the phone, and reinstall a ROM) how would I do that?
Just get it to like brand new with steps to activate your phone on boot.
Thanks!
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Install the "FlashBack21" ROM (find it here on XDA in the dev forum). Charge your phone to 100% and use the ROM with the radio to return the phone to the July OTA stock condition.
When that completes, boot it up and then skip account setup (and any other setups) and do a
Menu -> Settings -> Privacy -> Factory data reset
When the phone boots next, you will see that it is asking for activation; power the phone off.
Note that you need to tell Verizon to disassociate the phone from your account prior to handing it over to the buyer; otherwise if they run the activation, the phone will just re-activate to your account.
bftb0 said:
Install the "FlashBack21" ROM (find it here on XDA in the dev forum). Charge your phone to 100% and use the ROM with the radio to return the phone to the July OTA stock condition.
When that completes, boot it up and then skip account setup (and any other setups) and do a
Menu -> Settings -> Privacy -> Factory data reset
When the phone boots next, you will see that it is asking for activation; power the phone off.
Note that you need to tell Verizon to disassociate the phone from your account prior to handing it over to the buyer; otherwise if they run the activation, the phone will just re-activate to your account.
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ok sounds good to me. So I'll install the FlashBack ROM, do a factory reset, and format my SD card and it should be clean right?
What's the best way to format my SD Card?
And since I already activated a Droid Incredible, doesn't that automatically disassociate the Eris from my account? You can't have 2 active phones right?
jpzsports said:
ok sounds good to me. So I'll install the FlashBack ROM, do a factory reset, and format my SD card and it should be clean right?
What's the best way to format my SD Card?
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Sure. Or format it first (after backing it up to your PC); you can use the Amon_RA menu to format the SD card if you don't have a media slot or card reader on your PC. Won't really matter if there's one ROM file on the SD card.
The most secure way to do things is what I already discussed - format it any way you please, and then mount it to the PC and use that "sdelete" utility from Microsoft. (read the docs on how to wipe an "empty" drive). The most convenient, and probably least secure way to format it is using the phone menus - either the OS menu, or the Amon_RA format menu.
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And since I already activated a Droid Incredible, doesn't that automatically disassociate the Eris from my account? You can't have 2 active phones right?
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Yes, that sounds right, but I would call Verizon before you ship/hand over the phone and ask them to be sure.
Thank You so much for all your help! You've been awesome!
I'm going to go ahead with this process now and hopefully everything will work out.
EDIT: It worked perfect and boots to the Activation screen. Thanks again!
Hey!
A friend of mine recently got her S2 bricked due to a faulty OTA update. She was prompted to install ICS, even though the network operator's branded version is not to be released for another week or so (2 weeks after the stock release).
Now the device won't start, and customer support says she needs to hand it over to reset the phone. Although this fixes the phone, she would like to keep her pictures etc. that is saved in the phones internal memory.
Is it possible to mount the /data partition (or /user or whatever) to a Windows PC, and recover the files? I do believe the phone can boot in recovery, and I am moderately experienced with using ADB.
Optionally, is it possible to "abort" the update, and reset the phone to it's previous state? I was thinking to wipe the cache partition, but i'd love your input on this matter!
--excubated
You could try flashing a GB rom via Odin. Or if you can, flash CWM recovery and mount the internal card (its sd_card, I think). Otherwise, I haven't a clue.
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Try Recuva
jje
JJEgan said:
Try Recuva
jje
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Recuva is for deleted files (which also doesn't work too well on flash memory).
If she's got a custom recovery like ClockworkMod, skip to step 2.
Step. 1) download and install ClockworkMod recovery onto the device.
Step. 2) boot into CWM.
Step. 3) Go to Mounts and Storage.
Step. 4) Select Mount USB Storage.
Step. 5) Download (the .zip version) and extract the Android SDK.
Step. 6) Open a command prompt (CTRL+R, type cmd, hit enter).
Step. 7) CD to where ever you extracted to the SDK, like say C:\Android_SDK
Step. 8) CD to \platform-tools
Step. 9) In the command prompt, enter:
adb pull /sdcard/DCIM DCIM\
That should pull the camera folder. If there's photos outside that folder, try adb pull /sdcard SDCARD\
If you're looking to delete the photos, go back into Mounts and Storage, and hit format /sdcard.
But, if you can, as stated above, try flashing to a Gingerbread ROM and copying over like normal. A lot less hassle than the above.
screamworks.
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excubated said:
Hey!
A friend of mine recently got her S2 bricked due to a faulty OTA update. She was prompted to install ICS, even though the network operator's branded version is not to be released for another week or so (2 weeks after the stock release).
Now the device won't start, and customer support says she needs to hand it over to reset the phone. Although this fixes the phone, she would like to keep her pictures etc. that is saved in the phones internal memory.
Is it possible to mount the /data partition (or /user or whatever) to a Windows PC, and recover the files? I do believe the phone can boot in recovery, and I am moderately experienced with using ADB.
Optionally, is it possible to "abort" the update, and reset the phone to it's previous state? I was thinking to wipe the cache partition, but i'd love your input on this matter!
--excubated
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try using different ROM of any other country but of same Model no. (e.g. GT-I9100) in the downloading mode throug ODIN3. And formatting Cache partition will not change anything, but speed up the phone. firmware up gradation will not wipe your phone internal memory.
Hope it works for you....
Thanks for your answers so far, but I do believe flashing over any recovery or firmware will void the warranty on the device? She's not very eager to venture into the realm of warrantylessness, unfortunately ..
If whe was, she'd have had the MIUI ICS experience from the day it was launched Need to keep everything stock, and if there is no way to retrieve the files without voiding the warranty, she'd rather send it in and lose all her data..
screamworks said:
adb pull /sdcard/DCIM DCIM\
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Can't I enter the normal recovery's terminal with adb shell? From there I mean to remember it is possible to mount and pull whatever I want..
Even without installing a custom recovery (CMW), the SGSII will allow you to go in to either Download Mode or Recovery mode. And I believe you should be able enter either mode even if the phone isn't booting up successfully (from a failed upgrade).
To enter recovery mode, you press and hold the Up Volume, Home Key and Power buttons.
To enter Download mode, you press and hold the Down Volume, Home Key and Power buttons.
You should be able to find the latest official/stock Gingerbread ROM in the forums here, and then you use Odin to install the GB ROM (from Download mode). This won't increase the count of "unofficial" Roms on the phone and shouldn't void the warranty.
While Odin is often referred to as a means to flash a custom ROM, it's not limited to only that. And the same for recovery mode. Most posts reference the CMW recovery that allows you to change to custom kernels and update "unofficial" packages on a rooted phone.
But you should still be able to revert back to a GB-based ROM and not void any warranty.
[if you boot the phone in to the official Samsung Download mode, it will display a message on the screen about the number of non-Samsung ROMs have been installed on the phone, and you should not see any number, or maybe "Zero"... I can't check to be sure because I forgot my phone in the office when leaving work today After you downgrade to GB, you can verify that the number is still blank or "Zero" by going back in to Download mode after you're sure the GB install was successful (it's not destructive to go in to Download mode just to view the counter. just power it off (as long as you're in the middle of pushing code to the phone ) and then reboot]
I'm not as experienced as a lot of the folks on the site, but everything I've outlined above I've done at least a few times on my phone (to custom ROMs, back to official, even resetting/clearing the "counter", and I've always been able to recovery from a "bad install").
I hope that helps,
Hey,
I am currently trying to help my best friends dad out. He dropped his GS2 during his holiday. Now the lcd is dead. The digitizer is not broken and seems to be working, as I get a feedback from the lockscreen when I tap on it, but I am having a small suspicion, that one half of the digitizer doesn't work anymore. The phone has a pin lock screen, it is not rooted and developer options are not turned on.
Is there any way to get access to the internal storage, and recover files from there? (He wants the pictures back he made on holiday )
Btw: I haven't owned any Samsung smartphone yet and I don't know how the recovery stuff works there so if there is a solution for this problem I would really appreciate a step by step tutorial. I have knowledge about rooting, flashing and stuff, so if it would be a solution to root the phone, I could do that, as my best friends dad doesn't want to repair the device anyways.
Greetings
Bl4ckX
Nobody any idea? :/
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When I first got my S2 I rooted it to remove some bloatware like orange backup and maps. I was looking to also remove the orange startup and shutdown logos but never found how to do this. Now I want to undo all I've done (not much really) and put it all back the way it was.
Having searched the webs I find all the results about flashing using Odin to a new custom ROM, but I'm sure this is not what I want to do.
I am sure I made a backup of the original files but I can't find them anywhere on my computer. However, I have managed to find some files I must have originally used to root/flash.
Odin
S2Root 1.4.3
GT-I9100_XXKG3_insecure
GT-I9100_XXKG3_original
I have rebuilt my computer since I originally rooted my handset, so when I needed the drivers and installed Samsung Kies it told me I had an update to ICS. I've completed this but Sky Go is still saying my device is rooted and will not work. I've downloaded and tried superoneclick (latest version) but this crashes every time. Opening S2Root, which I'm assuming I used originally, and trying to Unroot it tells me my device is not rooted and aborts the operation.
How can I fix this now?
Thanks in advance
Boxa786 said:
When I first got my S2 I rooted it to remove some bloatware like orange backup and maps. I was looking to also remove the orange startup and shutdown logos but never found how to do this. Now I want to undo all I've done (not much really) and put it all back the way it was.
Having searched the webs I find all the results about flashing using Odin to a new custom ROM, but I'm sure this is not what I want to do.
I am sure I made a backup of the original files but I can't find them anywhere on my computer. However, I have managed to find some files I must have originally used to root/flash.
Odin
S2Root 1.4.3
GT-I9100_XXKG3_insecure
GT-I9100_XXKG3_original
I have rebuilt my computer since I originally rooted my handset, so when I needed the drivers and installed Samsung Kies it told me I had an update to ICS. I've completed this but Sky Go is still saying my device is rooted and will not work. I've downloaded and tried superoneclick (latest version) but this crashes every time. Opening S2Root, which I'm assuming I used originally, and trying to Unroot it tells me my device is not rooted and aborts the operation.
How can I fix this now?
Thanks in advance
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Hi there,
The best way to get your phone back to stock is to wipe cache and dalvik cache and do a factory reset.
This will bring everything back to how it was and you will lose root you can use Astro to back up all your apps and take screenshots of home screens so you can get it back to how it was.
I see you have the Original Kernel file still XXKG3, you can simply flash this through odin back to your phone and you will lose root access and be back to how it was before root. Just open Odin and flash this file in the PDA section of Odin and hit start
Or you can flash an official stock Samsung ROM using Odin..
If you let me know where abouts you are I can send you a link for the appropriate firmware ie Orange carrier branded official firmware, as released by Orange
Also is it Gingerbread or ICS you were wanting to revert to?
Obagleyfreer said:
Hi there,
The best way to get your phone back to stock is to wipe cache and dalvik cache and do a factory reset.
This will bring everything back to how it was and you will lose root you can use Astro to back up all your apps and take screenshots of home screens so you can get it back to how it was.
I see you have the Original Kernel file still XXKG3, you can simply flash this through odin back to your phone and you will lose root access and be back to how it was before root. Just open Odin and flash this file in the PDA section of Odin and hit start
Or you can flash an official stock Samsung ROM using Odin..
If you let me know where abouts you are I can send you a link for the appropriate firmware ie Orange carrier branded official firmware, as released by Orange
Also is it Gingerbread or ICS you were wanting to revert to?
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Factory reset and wipe cache will never remove root
There are many ways, but for a complete reset to stock, only way is format /system, wipe data and cache, then flash a stock rom in odin. Before, use triangle away to reset counter if needed
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Just Flash a stock frimware and all will be done
PopAhmad said:
Just Flash a stock frimware and all will be done
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It will unroot, but data in /system that comes with root apps will stay
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Thanks for the replies guys.
I have flashed using kies with the latest orange update so this is what I would like to keep. I want to go back to keeping it original as possible (couple more months and I'm due an upgrade and will be selling this)
Ok so going by Phil's process I need to format system? How do I do this?
Wipe data and Cache I think these two are options in Odin right?
Flash a stock ROM? I have that GT-I9100_XXKG3_original that I must have downloaded when I rooted it, will this do or do I need a different ROM?
If you can fully explain this in a step by step guide with using the ROM I already have, then I can simply connect kies and let it update to latest firmware?
Also, what is triangle away and will I need that? I thought if I flashed to original ROM in the steps said above I shouldn't get that yellow triangle?
Why would I need to reset counter?
I am a complete noob at this and appreciate all the help you are giving me.
Thank you
PS. Obagleyfreer can you post a link to the latest Orange ICS firmware just in case I need that too? Thanks
Having done some more googling I found the clear data and cache is when you put the phone in download mode (volume down+home+power buttons). This is also where I can factory reset the phone. I found this on youtube and the video didn't clearly show what options and folders to select if any. So, can you tell me exactly what options and folders to select please?
I'm assuming the above is my first step, then flashing a new stock ROM. Can you post a link to this please?
The video on youtube showed the yellow triangle went away after doing the flash, but he also had a little usb stick which reset the counter. Is there a way I can do this without that usb thing-ma-jig?
What's the best way to backup all my contacts?
Just do what Phil says.Triangle away is an app to remove traces that the phone has been tampered with,as that can invalidate warranty.You need to learn about cwm and Odin.
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I don't know all the steps and exactly what to do, otherwise I would give it a ago. If there is a step by step guide to this, then I'd be more than happy to try it on my own without any questions.
Telling me to format system and flash I don't fully understand some points about this process, hence why I asked for more details, like what options do I chose and what folders do I select? You're asking me to go do something without giving me all the variables, would be like you giving a kid your bank card with pin and asking him/her to take some money out. If you don't tell the person the amount, then what's to stop the kid from completely emptying your account? Same principle applies to my situation, you have told me what to do but not given me all the details I need, so I could simply go and format the entire phone and go through every option and selection without knowing what's its doing and if it's the correct thing to do.
Before you telling me the triangle away is an app, I thought Phil was just telling me to get rid of the Triangle I never knew it is an app, so you see, you provided a final bit of information and now I know what this is, I can go and look for it (google ofcourse), once found I will try it, but post back if I have any questions. Such as, do I use this app first or is it the last thing I do.
I am a complete noob at this and details matter loads to me. Being a computer enthusiast building my own computers, I know every little detail counts when it comes to software/firmware settings. So, try to understand all your help is really appreciated and much needed information before I can start off on my own.
Thanks for the read.
Wipe data and cache is done in stock recovery options as you found, not in download mode
Format /system needs cwm. You can get it flashing a cf root kernel in odin. Another way is to get a temporary cwm like in the link in method 1 from my signature. Once in cwm, go to advanced or partition settings and you find the format /system.
Triangle Away is an app that needs root to run
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New here. (also apologies for probable duplicate topic)
I've rooted a phone in the past with no problem. This time round was with an S2, and I flashed an insecure kernel on it, got a green pass on Odin however it's now stuck on the boot screen with the yellow triangle.
I can access recovery mode and download mode but it will never boot properly, always stuck on the yellow triangle. What's the best course of action from here?
Need a lot of help with this guys as I'd rather not have a bricked phone ><
ikradex said:
New here. (also apologies for probable duplicate topic)
I've rooted a phone in the past with no problem. This time round was with an S2, and I flashed an insecure kernel on it, got a green pass on Odin however it's now stuck on the boot screen with the yellow triangle.
I can access recovery mode and download mode but it will never boot properly, always stuck on the yellow triangle. What's the best course of action from here?
Need a lot of help with this guys as I'd rather not have a bricked phone ><
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Seriously dude? Use some common sense please and give relevant information on what you have. What model/variant do you have, rom are you on, what kernel have you flashed?
How do you expect anybody to be able to help you if you dont give such basic info???
Are you sure the kernel supports the rom/version you have installed?
ikradex said:
New here. (also apologies for probable duplicate topic)
I've rooted a phone in the past with no problem. This time round was with an S2, and I flashed an insecure kernel on it, got a green pass on Odin however it's now stuck on the boot screen with the yellow triangle.
I can access recovery mode and download mode but it will never boot properly, always stuck on the yellow triangle. What's the best course of action from here?
Need a lot of help with this guys as I'd rather not have a bricked phone ><
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Maybe because you wiped all data....so...there's no ROM to boot up to.
Try flashing one via Odin
gastonw said:
Maybe because you wiped all data....so...there's no ROM to boot up to.
Try flashing one via Odin
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Wiping data doesnt wipe rom , It just wipes appdata, ie settings etc. All that happens is a factory reset so when you next boot its back to default. For example you would need to re-enter google account and re-install apss either manually or from a backup.
You can only wipe rom by formatting system partition.
TheATHEiST said:
Wiping data doesnt wipe rom , It just wipes appdata, ie settings etc. All that happens is a factory reset so when you next boot its back to default. For example you would need to re-enter google account and re-install apss either manually or from a backup.
You can only wipe rom by formatting system partition.
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Thought you had me in ignore.
So there's no way you can wipe your OS via recovery? Good to know that, it's like ROM over ROM then. The new one clears the old one.
gastonw said:
Thought you had me in ignore.
So there's no way you can wipe your OS via recovery? Good to know that, it's like ROM over ROM then. The new one clears the old one.
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I did have you on ignore but I still see little boxes saying this comment has been ignored etc which was actually more annoying so I removed ignore.
Yes you can wipe OS via recovery but only by formatting system/deleting partition etc. All the "wipe" options do is remove files that have been created by rom like app settings/cache etc.
Your confusion was probably also the reason why you made a big thing in a previous topic about you trying to avoid wiping data, because you thought it wiped rom? :silly:
Wiping data/factory reset in cwm is one of the best ways to get rid of system issues, Its basically like doing a clean install of Windows on a PC. After you have wiped you can simply restore your needed apps from a backup using Titanium Backup. Other things like sms/mms etc can be also backed up easily and contacts will be synced via Google account.
TheATHEiST said:
I did have you on ignore but I still see little boxes saying this comment has been ignored etc which was actually more annoying so I removed ignore.
Yes you can wipe OS via recovery but only by formatting system/deleting partition etc. All the "wipe" options do is remove files that have been created by rom like app settings/cache etc.
Your confusion was probably also the reason why you made a big thing in a previous topic about you trying to avoid wiping data, because you thought it wiped rom? :silly:
Wiping data/factory reset in cwm is one of the best ways to get rid of system issues, Its basically like doing a clean install of Windows on a PC. After you have wiped you can simply restore your needed apps from a backup using Titanium Backup. Other things like sms/mms etc can be also backed up easily and contacts will be synced via Google account.
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hum...okay.
I actually know what Factory Reset does, I mean..."factory"..."reset", kinda......gives it away.
And yes, it made sense to me that you could wipe the ROM you are on before installing a new one, just like the format c:/s days in win98.
You learn something every day, speaking of which, how come no one recommends noobs to root their device with exynos abuse? It's because they're noobs and wouldn't be able to handle/understand the exploit?
I still don't do factory resets because I don't need to, and I avoid needing to perform it.
TheATHEiST said:
Seriously dude? Use some common sense please and give relevant information on what you have. What model/variant do you have, rom are you on, what kernel have you flashed?
How do you expect anybody to be able to help you if you dont give such basic info???
Are you sure the kernel supports the rom/version you have installed?
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Thanks for the reply Figured if someone was willing to help me I'd give them the information they wanted.
Have Samsung Galaxy S II (GT-I9100) (couldn't tell you what "variant" it is). I was following this guide. It told me to get an insecure kernel from here. The guide said it didn't really matter which kernel I picked so I picked the first one (GT-I9100_BGKF5_insecure) and used Odin to flash it. Got a green pass and the phone began reboot but it's now stuck on the yellow triangle (the warning message that you've flashed an insecure kernel).
I couldn't tell whether there would be compatibility issues as the thread just seems to be one big list of kernels and nothing else. AFAIK the phone was running ICS.
Looking at the replies, I keep seeing factory reset. Is that a liable option to restore my phone back to its original state. I don't care as long the phone works again. If not can someone run through how to fix my predicament I heard if I can access download and recovery mode I should be able to fix it.
ikradex said:
Thanks for the reply Figured if someone was willing to help me I'd give them the information they wanted.
Have Samsung Galaxy S II (GT-I9100) (couldn't tell you what "variant" it is). I was following this guide. It told me to get an insecure kernel from here. The guide said it didn't really matter which kernel I picked so I picked the first one (GT-I9100_BGKF5_insecure) and used Odin to flash it. Got a green pass and the phone began reboot but it's now stuck on the yellow triangle (the warning message that you've flashed an insecure kernel).
I couldn't tell whether there would be compatibility issues as the thread just seems to be one big list of kernels and nothing else. AFAIK the phone was running ICS.
Looking at the replies, I keep seeing factory reset. Is that a liable option to restore my phone back to its original state. I don't care as long the phone works again. If not can someone run through how to fix my predicament I heard if I can access download and recovery mode I should be able to fix it.
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Of course, you're not bricked yet.
Before trying your back up, why don't you flash a stock ROM via odin and take a long breath?
This is JB leak.
These are ICS, look for 4.0.3 unbranded.
gastonw said:
Of course, you're not bricked yet.
Before trying your back up, why don't you flash a stock ROM via odin and take a long breath?
This is JB leak.
These are ICS, look for 4.0.3 unbranded.
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I know this is leading onto another thread but my phone now is having trouble connecting to my computer. Keep getting "USB not recognized" error. Installed/Uninstalled kies & drivers then installed drivers again alone and still won't recognize it
Tried another usb port? another pc/laptop? sure kies is not running in background? reinstalled kies?
Don't worry, your pc WILL see your device.
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I have a Samsung Galaxy s3 which I successfully rooted over a year ago though I never bothered with a custom rom. I have now purchased a note 3 so in preparation for selling the S3 I did a factory reset through Settings to clear out all my apps, data and personal information. That all went well and the device booted back into the normal system a couple of times (I didn't check to see if root had been maintained or not) This weekend I got it out to sell it only to find that it boots through the first part of the routine with the Samsung moving logo but then sticks on the static SAMSUNG screen and will not go further.
I am able to boot into TWRP so would I be able to download a stock rom from somewhere, insert a micro sd card with the stock rom on it and recover through TWRP? Alternatively I do have an old full back up stored on my computer - I could transfer this to the micro sd and restore this through twrp - I can see this was made through twrm as the openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-i9300.tar.md5 is stored with it. Of course if this works I would still need to perform a reset to get rid of all the personal data etc so could end up in the same situation later.
What recommendations do you helpful guys have?
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I have a Samsung Galaxy s3 which I successfully rooted over a year ago though I never bothered with a custom rom. I have now purchased a note 3 so in preparation for selling the S3 I did a factory reset through Settings to clear out all my apps, data and personal information. That all went well and the device booted back into the normal system a couple of times (I didn't check to see if root had been maintained or not) This weekend I got it out to sell it only to find that it boots through the first part of the routine with the Samsung moving logo but then sticks on the static SAMSUNG screen and will not go further.
I am able to boot into TWRP so would I be able to download a stock rom from somewhere, insert a micro sd card with the stock rom on it and recover through TWRP? Alternatively I do have an old full back up stored on my computer - I could transfer this to the micro sd and restore this through twrp - I can see this was made through twrm as the openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-i9300.tar.md5 is stored with it. Of course if this works I would still need to perform a reset to get rid of all the personal data etc so could end up in the same situation later.
What recommendations do you helpful guys have?
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try to some firmware dude
u have usb jig? use it to reset u binary :good:
and flash again with odin
if u have backup in cwm u can restore so Do it :good:
As you are going to sell it then follow the guide in general forum, stickies to return to stock. Factory reset before you boot the fresh firmware.
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VerlyAnanda said:
try to some firmware dude
u have usb jig? use it to reset u binary :good:
and flash again with odin
if u have backup in cwm u can restore so Do it :good:
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I don't have a usb jig whatever that is
I have an old back up on my computer which I can copy to an external SD card to put in the phone
I can then try using TWRP (I have this not CWM) to try restore the back up
This may work I can only try it - however I will still be in the position of needing to do the reset to clear all my data and put the phone back into "new" state and am concerned this may cause the problem again
Is this the best plan? I suppose once I get it working I can use ODIN to flash a stock rom
The problem is I understood all this a year ago when I rooted it but its all a little vague to me now as I decided not to do more than root the phone so I could back it up
formatting cache solved the problem!
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I don't have a usb jig whatever that is
I have an old back up on my computer which I can copy to an external SD card to put in the phone
I can then try using TWRP (I have this not CWM) to try restore the back up
This may work I can only try it - however I will still be in the position of needing to do the reset to clear all my data and put the phone back into "new" state and am concerned this may cause the problem again
Is this the best plan? I suppose once I get it working I can use ODIN to flash a stock rom
The problem is I understood all this a year ago when I rooted it but its all a little vague to me now as I decided not to do more than root the phone so I could back it up
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I read someone had the same problem and just cleared the cache - so went into Team Win wiped cache and it restarted - guess I was looking for a complicated solution to something simple!