Questions tagged [factory-reset]
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 to really permanently delete everything on samsung s4 active?
I will give my phone to technical service due to a problem on battery. I am a little paranoid about technical service employee and don't trust them in terms of personal privacy.
I read that factory ...
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How to secure personal data on a factory reset tablet with broken microUSB port?
I recently sold a Nexus 7 (1st generation 2012 model) online after performing a factory reset. Today, I learned that factory resetting does not completely erase your data. I am very paranoid about ...
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How to factory reset android (4.1) tablet without boot menu?
My 8-year old son have a Denver TAC-76001, he loves testing settings etc. After setting a pin-code password he cannot recall the code.
Since we cannot start the tablet I have tried make a factory ...
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Where to download android for galaxy S5 (G900FZHU1ANE3)?
I have problem with my android. Even if I do factory reset. I decide to install another copy of android.
My phone is samsung galaxy S5. Even though finding android for US models is easy (link), my ...
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Prevent factory reset after 10 wrong password attempts on LG G3
My LG G3 does a factory reset every time you get the password wrong 10 times. It has happened twice and I have lost everything that wasn't backed up along with at least half an hour to redo everything....
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How to reinstall Google download manager on rooted MOTO G X1032?
I'm on Android 5.0.2, rooted through Clockworkmod. I have Titanium Backup synced to my Dropbox and a Nandroid image.
I deleted the default download manager (stupidly on my Titanium Backup as well) to ...
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My Android is Freezing after Factory reset
I am using a Galaxy Note Lte (SHV-E160S) it was working slowly lately so decided to root it to improved it performance. After rooting i Installed an application called SYSTEM APPS REMOVER which help ...
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I reset my Samsung Tab 4 and I lost my photos - Which aren't backed up [duplicate]
I really, really need to recover the photos. Please tell me how to recover them
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Forgotten password: How do I disable the screenlock in Sony Xperia Z2?
I have a Sony Xperia Z2 upgraded to Lollipop 5.0 and I forgot my pattern lock. There is no "forgot password" or anything. How can I remove the code or fix it? If there is no solution to my problem, ...
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Cannot Factory Reset after Encrypting
I encrypted my phone but now want it not encrypted so have to factory reset. However, if I try to do this from the CWM Recovery it says
-- Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
Error mounting /data! ...
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Factory reset a device - settings app does not work
How can I factory reset my Arnova GBOOK tablet/e-reader?
It runs android, and now everything force closes when the device boots, inluding the settings and launcher applications.
I need to use my ...
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Blu Dash JR K locked-out; "Yes" confirmation option to reset is not present in recovery mode
I have my sister's Blu Dash JR K at the moment. She forgot her lock screen pattern, and there is not an option to recover via Gmail.
Phone comes with stock recovery. when I go there and try to apply ...
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Can't get past the PIN-screen of my newly bought used S4
I recently bought a used Samsung Galaxy S4. The problem is that the previous owner did not factory reset is and even after putting in the memory and SIM-card from my old phone, I can’t get past the ...
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How to reset samsung edge s6?
My Samsung has crashed, I can see that it's on but it does not respond to any button clicks nor shuts down
Tried this and it does not work.
How to reset Samsung edge s6?
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wiping device and re-entering account info reloads all previously loaded apps
My phone was running quite slow so I decided to wipe it and re-enter my account info into it. After I did that all the apps I had previously had installed started re-downloading themselves. My contact ...
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Factory reset without resetting settings
On a Sony Xperia, there is a way.to reset the settings, and not data. Is there a way to reset the data, without resetting the settings. I am not accepting any methods needing root. I find it a hassle ...
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How to remove spywares from factory reset list?
I have a lenovo phone with Android in it. The phone is so infected by auto installed apps for the past few weeks that I've decided to do a factory reset. However, the factory reset happen to reinstall ...
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Samsung Galaxy y does not boot even after factory-reset
Suddenly my Samsung Galaxy Y start to stuck at Samsung screen (not the initial Galaxy Y screen) and keep on restarting after that point. The situation is verymuch similar to this.
I did a factory-...
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What happens to my google account if I factory reset?
I've been using this Android phone for just over a year, but I'm worried about my Gmail and Google account which is connected to my phone. I want to change the email address on my Android because it's ...
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HTC Desire C stopped working after factory reset
I have a HTC Desire C. I performed a reset to factory settings. It went through the whole process, was shutting down to restart but it never restarted and now I can't even turn it on. I have pulled ...
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HTC explorer in boot loop after factory reset
I have an htc explorer. It is not rooted. Some time ago I performed a factory reset through settings. But since then, the phone is stuck in a boot loop. I have tried going through recovery mode and ...
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How to set up BIOS-like password on Android device? [duplicate]
Setting a screen lock password or SIM pin or both is fine for securing some aspects of your mobile device. But what if, as a nasty joke, someone manages to grab a hold of your device and hits the ...
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No keyboard after factory reset. Can't install keyboard on phone with bluetooth, google play, sd card, etc
I have a Coolpad Quattro with Gingerbread 2.3. I didn't like the keyboards that came with the phone so I deleted them and got another one from the app store.
Because my phone was running slowly, I did ...
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Will my photos and videos be gone?
I have a samsung galaxy tab 2 7.0, and I forgot the password. I want to save my photos and videos but I am not sure whether a factory reset will do. Any suggestions?
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Paid app after phone reset missing
I have bought an app 3 months back.
Recently I reset my phone to factory settings.
I could not be able to find my app on google store. ( the one I bought 3 months back)
Please help.
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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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apps on my tab are not connected on the internet but the browser does
I am using an android tablet and apple iPad2. I just noticed this morning That my apps on my tablet aren't working but my browser does. Now I'm using my iPad and everything is working fine, they are ...
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Is it possible to do a factory reset without losing application data? [duplicate]
I need to do factory reset of my phone, but don't want my applications to lose data.
Is it possible to somehow move the apps to SD card and, later, back to the phone?
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How do I enable "Factory Reset Protection" in Lollipop
I keep reading that Android 5.0 has "Factory Reset Protection", the so-called "Kill Switch" soon to be mandated in California, but that it's opt-in. How do I opt in? I've looked thru settings, ...
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My Android phone is completely reset, whats the best way to recover the deleted data? [duplicate]
A person at a phone store reset all the contents of my Motorola Moto G Android phone, and I did not give them permission to do so. I had many important pictures and videos, but the even more important ...
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Can I recover my data after accidental factory reset? [duplicate]
My phone just managed to do a factory reset, all on its own. Can I somehow retrieve at least the portion of the lost data? On computer for both linux and windows there are programs that can recover ...
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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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Doing a clean install of Android on a Nexus phone or tablet
Recently I had a problem where my Nexus S phone would not upgrade to Jelly Bean. During the upgrade process I was getting an error message saying one of the files on my current system is corrupted, so ...
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How can you do a factory reset?
I have a ZTE grand x max+. It seem like I can never get out of ftm mode. On this phone. So can someone help me?
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After Factory Reset, how do you unlock phone when it is not connected to wifi?
I can't use my Samsung i9000 (Galaxy S1) for a number of years because I tried the screen lock incorrectly too many times. I no longer get that option, it just says "Too many pattern attempts" and ...
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Is it possible to pull data using Android Debug Bridge on an N7 while soft bricked
I've tried countless fixes for my N7 being softbricked (No idea how it was done). I've resorted to using Android Debug Bridge, however I cannot get access to the device (device not recognized from CMD ...
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Does retrieving backup from SD card retrieve malware & virus, too?
I think I read in other questions here that you can reset your phone to factory setting to get rid of most bad stuff ordinary people can secretly put on your phone such as spy apps, malware, virus etc....
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How can I successfully reset my tablet in Factory Mode?
I was struggling into the rootview of my Teclast P78S tablet trying to change the initlogo.rle image. I was going to replace it with a image of my own, when I accidentally deleted the original ...
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How to change Device ID without Root?
So, there is an app, 9chat. I was using it for a while, then out of nowhere, the app started to give me error: "Invalid user ID and Token!"
I have LG G3 D855.
I tried everything to log in to app ...
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How to reset your Android system folder
I've done some messing around with root and I want to just restore my galaxy s4 to how it was when I first got it. I've done "factory resets" but all it does is wipe data. I need to restore my system ...
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Setting up a 2nd tablet to look like the 1st before resetting (and returning) the 1st?
I bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 and browsed the net and installed some apps on it - fortunately not many as it was basically getting a "test drive" and I had a feeling it wasn't being kept. I was ...
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How to properly factory-reset a Samsung Galaxy S2?
I did a factory reset on a Samsung Galaxy S2 like this:
switch off phone
hold down buttons Volume Up, Home and Power until phone boots into "Android System Recovery" mode
select wipe/factory reset ...
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Factory reset: will home screen order, file, and folder layout, and account usernames and passwords be restored after adding Google account back?
I have a Samsung Galaxy SIII device. I would like to know:
if I configure a Samsung account and factory-reset my device, then when I add the Samsung account back will I get my Android home screens, ...
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How to do a full factory reset and clean the phone completely?
I've been flashing my LG Optimus L7 numerous times with various Custom ROMs and now I'd like to return to the official firmware.
I've factory reset my phone, flashed the v20D official firmware with ...
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How do I regain access if there is no recovery partition?
I have an android tablet which has no recovery partition, as I have been told in the place where I bought it.
When I hold the buttons for the recovery mode, the image of the robot with the front open ...
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Device manager / Erase wrong device
I went in to device manager and there were two devices that looked the same so I pinged them both one worked and the other came back inactive. I did and erase on it and then got an email saying my ...
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I need to do a factory reset on my phone [duplicate]
I need to do a factory reset of my phone. I have the Alcatel one touch fierce 2
How and where do I back up my apps and data.
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Can't login with Gmail App/Play Store on tablet; Username/Password OK on desktop web browser
I've spent the last 15 or 30 minutes trying to login to the Gmail app and the Play Store on an ASUS TF-101 tablet. During the same time, I've visited a desktop computer, logged out, re-entered the ...
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Backup contacts, photos, apps, remove google account, and replace with dummy account
I want to unlink my main Google account from my phone and use a dummy account instead. I don't really use any of Google's services on my phone like gmail, voice, etc. For security, loss reasons and to ...
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How to use Titanium Backup to keep stuff through factory reset?
I'm looking to factory reset my Nexus 4, which is currently running CyanogenMod 11 M7, because of an issue inside the ROM that requires a reset (Themes Provider crashing on every launch). I have ...
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