factory reset now or later

[ricks]

I am still waiting for the second ota update on my Droid1. Should I do a factory reset now or wait for FRG22D. Its running slow and eating battery. Thanks in advance.

 

[mwhartman]

Before you do a reset --- do you have a task killer installed? If so, remove it first and see if that improves the situation. If not, then do the reset

 

[ricks]

Before you do a reset --- do you have a task killer installed? If so, remove it first and see if that improves the situation. If not, then do the reset

No task killers, never liked them. Is this the best way to go, reset now or after the second 2.2 frd22d. Just want to do it at the best time. Thanks

 

[hookbill]

Before you do a reset --- do you have a task killer installed? If so, remove it first and see if that improves the situation. If not, then do the reset

No task killers, never liked them. Is this the best way to go, reset now or after the second 2.2 frd22d. Just want to do it at the best time. Thanks

I'd do it now. FRG22D is just a small patch really.

 

[mwhartman]

Have you installed any new apps recently? If so, uninstall and see if that helps. If your phone is really slow then try the reset. Nothing to lose

 

[ricks]

Ok I reset it and now it looks like the second ota is happening. How do I get all the app back and stuff?

 

[mwhartman]

When the OTA completes and you reboot you should be asked to enter your Google account info. That will sync you phone with your Gmail, Gmail contacts, and apps.

Mike

 

[hookbill]

Ok I reset it and now it looks like the second ota is happening. How do I get all the app back and stuff?

You gotta love it. This question comes up afterwards.

Your apps, at least your paid ones will all be in the downloads area of The Market. If you don't have something like Titanium the rest you'll have to go pick up on a "as needed" basis.

 

[hookbill]

When the OTA completes and you reboot you should be asked to enter your Google account info. That will sync you phone with your Gmail, Gmail contacts, and apps.

Mike

Didn't he say that he wiped? Or did I just misunderstand that? Hmmm, he said he reset, not did a factory data restart. If that's the case everything will return. Be patient some things may not show up right away. Also give it an hour or so to get up to speed.

 

[ricks]

When the OTA completes and you reboot you should be asked to enter your Google account info. That will sync you phone with your Gmail, Gmail contacts, and apps.

Mike

Didn't he say that he wiped? Or did I just misunderstand that? Hmmm, he said he reset, not did a factory data restart. If that's the case everything will return. Be patient some things may not show up right away. Also give it an hour or so to get up to speed.

I did a factory reset. After reset, the FRG22D appeared and it installed. I see all my paid apps. Is there any way to get the free ones back without doing it manually? like launcher pro, etc.

 

[mwhartman]

As Hook mentioned, it may take some time to get everything back. If you feel that you have waited a reasonable amount of time and everything has not reinstalled, open your market app, tap menu, tap downloads. This will display all of the apps you previously downloaded. Tap/update any that have not reinstalled.

Mike

 

[giant25]

Along a similar line. I have FRG22D and am not rooted. I first manually patched FRG01B with the smaller 45 MB patch file and then patched FRG22D, both manually with update.zip. I'm having problems and would like to try to load the full 75 MB FRG01B (and then the FRG22D after). What's my best bet? Can I just update.zip the full 75 MB FRG01B file on top of what I have or do I have to do something else? And do I have to do a factory reset (I'm considering one, but want to know if I have to)? Lastly, if I decide to root, should I do all of this first and then root, or just skip all of this and follow a rooting guide?
I'm not looking to solve my existing problems with responses like "remove ATK" or "pull the battery" I'm beyond that. My phone freezes randomly and is having a bunch of other problems. Thanks.

 

[mwhartman]

Interesting situation, Giant. If you are serious about rooting then I would skip doing any other updates. Additionally, I would read and read about rooting.

Here are a few links that may help:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/rescue-squad-guides/70875-what-you-need-know-about-rooting.html
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/11102-all-one-popular-threads-read-before-posting.html
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/rescue-squad-guides/39254-sbf-root-unroot.html
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/rescue-squad-guides/74028-root-droid-1-regardless-os-version.html

Hope this is helpful.
Mike

 

[giant25]

Interesting situation, Giant. If you are serious about rooting then I would skip doing any other updates. Additionally, I would read and read about rooting.

Here are a few links that may help:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/rescue-squad-guides/70875-what-you-need-know-about-rooting.html
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/11102-all-one-popular-threads-read-before-posting.html
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/rescue-squad-guides/39254-sbf-root-unroot.html
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/rescue-squad-guides/74028-root-droid-1-regardless-os-version.html

Hope this is helpful.
Mike

Thanks Mike,
I had read most of those guides and just wanted to make sure that performing this would indeed wipe that 45 MB patch off of my phone and start over. That still wasn't very clear for some instances.

 

[mwhartman]

When you root and install a new rom you will wipe the existing data and cache, therefore, removing the patch.

Mike