So for all those android users out there, you've probably come across Factory Reset/Factory Data Reset at some point of browsing through your settings. If you haven't, shame on you. ;) So anyways, recently I had some minor problems with my phone.
(1) Its lock screen seized to exist.
Like seriously, every time I lock it, nothing happens. The screen just goes black, then comes back on when I press the lock button again.
(2)When you press the power button and view its options, the silent mode and air plane mode features are missing.
So anyways, as usual I did some online research and found out it there was only 2 solutions, depending on your situation:
(1) For rooted phones: to edit your android system.
(2) For non-rooted phones: Factory Reset.
Since, my phone isn't rooted, its obvious that option (1) may not solve my problem. So option (2) was all that's left.
On some phones like mine, its called Factory Data Reset.
Basically, it's a function that wipes the slate clean. In this case, clears your phone of everything(data), leaving it exactly as how it was when you first powered it up.
People always advice you to only do it as a last resort. But I am quite happy with my 3 second decision to wipe all data from my phone. It's so much faster now. And it has solved my initial problem.
So for those who are interested in knowing what exactly it erases, here is it:
1. Contacts
Though it removes contacts, once your contacts are saved via your Gmail account, its automatically backed up. To check if it is saved there, view you Gmail contacts in your web browser and if it includes their names and phone numbers, you're safe :)
2. Text Messages
As usual, there is an app for that, to back up each and every txt you've received. I didn't do that though. Just felt like clearing out all of my inbox and leaving it empty :)
3. Applications
So this was the most frustrating/fun part. I was left with only the apps that came with the phone. So now, I can go on another downloading spree, but I probably won't remember all those apps I downloaded. And apps that you've already purchased, you can easily re-download. :D
4. Data from Applications
So if you use apps like notepad and note everything, this sucks. I totally didn't back up these files and lost em all. But looking on the bright side of stuff seems better at this point.
All in all, I think if you want to just remove all the clutter from your phone Factory Data Reset is the thing for you. Give it a try, just back up what you want. Just in case. But don't back up everything, that just defeats the idea of removing it all. :D
Salut,
-clare ;)
(1) Its lock screen seized to exist.
Like seriously, every time I lock it, nothing happens. The screen just goes black, then comes back on when I press the lock button again.
(2)When you press the power button and view its options, the silent mode and air plane mode features are missing.
So anyways, as usual I did some online research and found out it there was only 2 solutions, depending on your situation:
(1) For rooted phones: to edit your android system.
(2) For non-rooted phones: Factory Reset.
Since, my phone isn't rooted, its obvious that option (1) may not solve my problem. So option (2) was all that's left.
On some phones like mine, its called Factory Data Reset.
Basically, it's a function that wipes the slate clean. In this case, clears your phone of everything(data), leaving it exactly as how it was when you first powered it up.
People always advice you to only do it as a last resort. But I am quite happy with my 3 second decision to wipe all data from my phone. It's so much faster now. And it has solved my initial problem.
So for those who are interested in knowing what exactly it erases, here is it:
1. Contacts
Though it removes contacts, once your contacts are saved via your Gmail account, its automatically backed up. To check if it is saved there, view you Gmail contacts in your web browser and if it includes their names and phone numbers, you're safe :)
2. Text Messages
As usual, there is an app for that, to back up each and every txt you've received. I didn't do that though. Just felt like clearing out all of my inbox and leaving it empty :)
3. Applications
So this was the most frustrating/fun part. I was left with only the apps that came with the phone. So now, I can go on another downloading spree, but I probably won't remember all those apps I downloaded. And apps that you've already purchased, you can easily re-download. :D
4. Data from Applications
So if you use apps like notepad and note everything, this sucks. I totally didn't back up these files and lost em all. But looking on the bright side of stuff seems better at this point.
All in all, I think if you want to just remove all the clutter from your phone Factory Data Reset is the thing for you. Give it a try, just back up what you want. Just in case. But don't back up everything, that just defeats the idea of removing it all. :D
Salut,
-clare ;)
