A factory reset results in a full reset of an Android device to the original settings of the currently-installed ROM.
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How do I backup my Nexus 7 and then do a hard reset [duplicate]
I'm really new to using Android, and I was wondering if I could back it up, reset it to see if it fixes a problem, and then restore from my backup if it doesn't work.
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Unable to factory reset my HTC Desire S
I have a HTC Desire S. I have firmware updates but when i try to update the same. I rebooted in the updating process and the phone hangs there for hour (i waited for 4 hrs once). I tried to factory ...
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Android Market not working after factory data reset
I am using an HTC Wildfire S with Android 2.3.5. Recently my Android Market got automatically updated to the Google Play Store. I had to factory data reset due to some problem, Now I can see Android ...
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How can I do factory reset on Samsung Galaxy 10.1 Tab?
After more evidence of my son breaking into my tablet (darned 11-year-old... going to be a true Social Engineer hacker, if I can't get through his thick head that he'll lose all computer ...
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The process has stopped unexpectedly - recovery
When I start my tablet Archos 7 Home tablet it shows this message box:
Sorry!
The process android.process.acore ...
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Why does my tablet reset every time I reboot?
I bought a tablet a few days ago.
I was playing around with a wireless mouse and a USB OTG cable and decided to restart the tablet for some reason (I don't remember why). After that, when the device ...
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What happens to my google account if I factory reset?
Ive have been using this Android phone for about a year and a bit but
I was just wondering about my gmail/google account which is connected to my phone.
I want to change the email address on my ...
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How to factory reset without data loss and undue pain?
I ran into a serious SMS bug, which knowledgeable users seem to be saying means the SMS message database is corrupt (source 1, source 2). This is consistent with my current experience. In my case I ...
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How can I save the maps downloaded from Offline Maps in Google Maps for reusing after a factory reset?
How do I save the maps that were downloaded from Offline Maps so that when I factory reset my phone I can simply put the backed up Offline Maps that were downloaded for reusing?
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How to hard reset a Samsung Galaxy GT-i5800?
My Samsung Galaxy GT-i5800 has had the wrong pass entered too many times, and now it's not opening up. So how do I do a factory reset on it, since all the workarounds I've tried (phoning it, mashing ...
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HTC Magic with OpenEclair: Factory reset doesn't work!
today I got an old HTC Magic phone with OpenEclair (Android 2.1-update) installed on it. Unfortunately there is still the Gmail account of another person linked with it, which I'd like to remove. ...
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How can I fully factory reset an Optimus 2X P990 with ClockWorkMod?
I think I forgot to wipe my cache and something else when I installed Cyanogenmod 7 - which I could reboot into just fine. However, when I went to go back and switch to my vanilla Optimus 2X backup ...
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Factory reset (including USB storage) prompts for password after I already typed it in
I went into Settings->Privacy->Factory reset and checked "Format USB Storage". Then I pressed the button to continue and it prompted for my PIN (just numbers) as usual. Then it said it was formatting ...
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How can I wipe data with no display ( e.g. magnet )?
I dropped my phone and broke the LCD. Now I can turn the phone on ( I feel the little quick vibrate that happens when you power the phone on ) but I have no display at all.
I got a replacement with ...
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Cracked screen, menu buttons non-responsive, need to wipe my phone! Ideas? HELP!
Like so many of us, I have dropped my phone and cracked the screen on my LG optimus ls970... which, In my very special situation, makes the menu buttons stop working. However, unlike other posters, I ...
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Can't Factory Reset My Device
I have a Chinese MID9000 tablet, and when I tried to install an app it took forever. I checked why and the device said that internal storage had 00.00 bytes when I hadn't even installed anything yet. ...
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Reset my tablet (Penta ws702c) to fix locked out? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Recovering from forgotten lock pattern
I'm locked out of my Tab because of too many pattern attempts. Data transfer and wifi is disabled and usb debugging mode is also ...
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How do I hard/factory/whatever reset a 1.6 tablet that will not boot?
I have one of those cheap 7" China jobs which I use as an eBook reader and not much more.
Suddenly it won't start, by which I mean that I see the "BIOS screen" with the green Android robot and the ...
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Lock Screen Problem [duplicate]
I have a Sanei N78 3G version tablet pc, which is running Android 4.0.3 (or something like that). My sister decided to try and guess my lock screen pattern the other day, and ended up locking me out. ...
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Will the ''wipe data/factory reset'' in ClockworkMod also remove my backups I have done?
I currently have CyanogenMod 10.1 (Android 4.2.1) on my Galaxy SIII. I used ClockworkMod to flash the ROM.
Now, after using the ROM for a while, I want to try some other ROMs, so I made a backup of ...
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Factory Reset Android Developer Phone without password
I used to have an Android developer phone (an ancient HTC Innovation) that I recently gave to a friend. Now we're trying to unlock it so he can use it. We put in the unlock password too many times, so ...
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I want to restore my Galaxy Tab 10.1 to Factory settings?
As my question suggests I want to restore my Galaxy Tab 10.1 to factory settings. I read this previous question and it tells me how to do it and I will follow these instructions, however....
I am ...
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Strange (unfamilar screen) on my Galaxy Tab?
I have a Galaxy Tab 10.1. It was powered off and charging when my nephew picked it up and turned in on. When he handed it to me on the screen was a graphic of an open box, the android logo with the ...
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How do I reset the Logitech Revue to factory defaults?
I rebooted my Logitech Revue today by pressing ctrl+alt+delete, which I have done a number of times before. After it went through the normal boot up it went to a blank screen. And just stays there, ...
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How can I reset my phone without losing everything?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S I9000, it keeps lagging; freezing and turning on and off by itself. I want to reset it, if I do will I lose all my photos, contacts etc etc..? I can't figure out how to ...
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Enter Network Lock Control Key prompted when switching on the phone after factory reset
I have a Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660M.
It was bought from Canada, and I'm here in Bangladesh. First, the handset did well. But when I factory reset the phone, a message prompted saying to enter ...
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HTC Cha Cha hard reset - stored phone numbers
My HTC wont turn on, so I want to make hard reset to factory settings. Is there possibility of loosing contacts stored on phone? (They are very important to me.
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Trying to factory reset, but it's not listed at all as an option [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to hard reset a Samsung Galaxy GT-i5800?
I'm using a GT-I5800L (firmware 2.1-update 1) and I'm trying to do a factory reset to see if I can get the Wi-Fi working ...
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How can I put my Nexus 7 back to factory default ?
I have a Nexus 7, that I rooted and upgraded once, but it now seems that something changed it. As it is registered in Google Play, there are way too many applications that I cannot install on it. I ...
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Completely reset my Desire HD
I have been trying for some time the ICS Rom from the Team Blackout, but Im not very happy to it. I would like to go back to how my phone was when i bought it. I'd like to make a TOTAL reset. That ...
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How to hard reset of a Samsung Galaxy GT-I9000 which I cannot put in recovery mode?
I don't have much hope. Here is what's happening
Galaxy S GT-I9000 keeps crashing at startup :
com.sec.android.provider.logprovider crashes
and other ones android.process.acore
So I cannot reach ...
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Get rid of virus that downloads apk
My android tablet, a zoom, has started to download apk's at random without any initiation on my part. I have the don't allow foreign apk's to be installed thing checked so they can't get on to the ...
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How can I disable or password protect my device's 'factory reset' function?
Is there any way to prevent a factory reset, like password protection? I would basically like to protect my phone from resetting if it gets stolen.
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How do i recover my data on a Galaxy Tab after a factory reset?
I forgot my password to unlock my Samsung Galaxy Tab, so I did a factory reset to get into it. Now I would like to recover as much of my previous data that I can. Is this possible? If so, how do I go ...
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Android keyboard stopped working
I did a revert from CM10.1 to CM10.
Now, my keyboard is broken. It does not stop crashing. I tried everything:
Clearing data and cache
restart of the app
factory reset
clearing dalvik and normal ...
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What does FTM mean on my phone?
I recently factory resetted my phone and then turned my phone off. Now that I've turned it back on The only thing it says is 'FTM'. I can't do anything to the screen not even turn it off again. How ...
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How can I get missing apps back after factory resetting my rooted x10 Mini?
I rooted my Sony Ericsson xperia x10 mini and linked my apps to my sd card using link2sd, I then factory reset my phone from the android privacy settings.
superuser still exists on my phone
how do ...
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application to restore/download all market applications after new rom is installed [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to recover apps from a factory reset?
the AndyX Rom has a wonderful feature that grabs all applications previously installed from the market once you do all wipes ...
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Automatic factory reset and app installation
I have a Android tablet for which I want to do a factory reset, and then install some pre-defined applications.
This has to be carried out by someone who has no computer experience and no Android ...
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Cannot connect to Facebook, hosts file seemingly ignored
I have a Motorola Atrix.
My country used to block Facebook, so I decided to add its ip to the /etc/hosts file about 3 months ago and it worked in the browser, but the Facebook app did not.
Now my ...
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Will factory resetting my device remove the Android upgrade?
I have upgraded my phone to Android 2.1. I need to reset my phone but I don't want to lose the upgrade. Is it possible to do this? How?
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Resetting Nexus 4 with cracked and Locked Screen [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I backup data (sms/contacts) from a device with a broken screen?
My Nexus 4 fell and cracked its screen:
One of the caveats in its design is the glass on the ...
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How can I reset a ViewSonic Viewpad 7 - “recovery mode” isn't working
A friend is getting rid of all his old geek stuff before emigrating, and he's given me a second-hand ViewSonic Viewpad 7 (Model VS13761). Problem is, it's locked and he can't remember the unlock ...
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How to turn off vibration during a factory reset?
I am experimenting with my phone quite a lot, and I need to do a factory reset quite often (several times per day).
Everything works fine, but it vibrates several times during the factory reset. And ...
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can't update, can't do a factory reset
I have a Nexus S running Android 2.3.4. For a while now it's been trying to prompt me to install newer versions. Every time I try, it restarts, displays the cute robot error screen and doesn't come ...
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Does a factory reset reverts any OS update? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Will factory resetting my device remove the Android upgrade?
If I reset my phone to the factory defaults, will I lose any OS updates I did?
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Backup and restore CM10 on broken razr
My problem is a little bit complicated, I have a Razr (XT910) motorola phone, the screen is cracked and unusable, the tech support of my carrier (in Mexico) is unable to get the display from ...
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Performing a Factory Reset a woo tablet
I'm trying to perform a factory reset on a locked tablet, because of too many incorrect password attempts.
I found these instructions. But now all I see is a droid lying down with a red warning sign ...
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Will my Android device change to Gingerbread when I factory reset it? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Will factory resetting my device remove the Android upgrade?
I have read over other people's questions and happened to stumble upon someone whose device had downgraded ...
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Can you factory reset an Android device but not wipe away info on the SD card?
I am looking into factory resetting my 2.2 Android tablet. Is there a way to do this without wiping the contents of the SD card?
