[Q] Question about root, factory reset, Google Now & Android Tweaker II

IVS IVRIS · Jun 19, 2014

Hi there,

I finally decided it was time to root my Nexus 5 about 2 weeks ago. Happy, all working fine and finally having a good battery life with stock Android 4.4.3. Then, I saw a new app, called Android Tweaker 2. I decided to try a few more tweaks to get even better battery life. That is atleast what they told me.

Now, my phone's having horrible battery life. Google Search (the launcher thing) is eating more battery than the screen does. I'm getting around 2 hours of screen on time with 12 hours overal battery life. Trying to revert the tweaks with the in-app option didn't seem to work. Wiping dalvik & cache didn't work either.

My question goes: if I do a factory reset, will these tweaks be gone? And will I still keep root and the bootloader unlocked?

Thanks in advance!

bitdomo · Jun 19, 2014

IVS IVRIS said:
Hi there,

I finally decided it was time to root my Nexus 5 about 2 weeks ago. Happy, all working fine and finally having a good battery life with stock Android 4.4.3. Then, I saw a new app, called Android Tweaker 2. I decided to try a few more tweaks to get even better battery life. That is atleast what they told me.

Now, my phone's having horrible battery life. Google Search (the launcher thing) is eating more battery than the screen does. I'm getting around 2 hours of screen on time with 12 hours overal battery life. Trying to revert the tweaks with the in-app option didn't seem to work. Wiping dalvik & cache didn't work either.

My question goes: if I do a factory reset, will these tweaks be gone? And will I still keep root and the bootloader unlocked?

Thanks in advance!

facory reset has nothing to do with root, custom recovery and unlocked bootloader. If you decide to do a factory reset you will lose your user data only

IVS IVRIS · Jun 19, 2014

bitdomo said:
facory reset has nothing to do with root, custom recovery and unlocked bootloader. If you decide to do a factory reset you will lose your user data only

I see, but will a factory reset undo the tweaks made to the system files? I don't think so, right?

bitdomo · Jun 19, 2014

IVS IVRIS said:
I see, but will a factory reset undo the tweaks made to the system files? I don't think so, right?

You are absolutely right. You can try to flash back the original system image, before doing a factory reset.

If you are familiar with fastboot, then it will not cause you problem to flash back the stock system image, but you will lose root access, but you can flash supersu.zip any time from TWRP/CWM/Philz custom recovery.

If fastboot is new for you and you are not familiar with cmd then follow this guide: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53178646&postcount=2 . Skip the parts about radio.img and boot.img, then reroot as I mentioned before.

IVS IVRIS · Jun 20, 2014

bitdomo said:
You are absolutely right. You can try to flash back the original system image, before doing a factory reset.

If you are familiar with fastboot, then it will not cause you problem to flash back the stock system image, but you will lose root access, but you can flash supersu.zip any time from TWRP/CWM/Philz custom recovery.

If fastboot is new for you and you are not familiar with cmd then follow this guide: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53178646&postcount=2 . Skip the parts about radio.img and boot.img, then reroot as I mentioned before.

Thanks for your explanation. I just noticed there's a new 4.4.4 update. Would it be wise to wait for and flash a stock 4.4.4 rom, prerooted? Would that solve 'all' my problems?

bitdomo · Jun 20, 2014

IVS IVRIS said:
Thanks for your explanation. I just noticed there's a new 4.4.4 update. Would it be wise to wait for and flash a stock 4.4.4 rom, prerooted? Would that solve 'all' my problems?

Most certainly. It takes really no time to flash the stock 4.4.4 from google's site.

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IVS IVRIS · Jun 20, 2014

bitdomo said:
Most certainly. It takes really no time to flash the stock 4.4.4 from google's site.

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http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/development/rom-4-4-3-ktu84m-nexus-5-untouched-t2622831 Here's a stock, prerooted 4.4.4. on upload already. How do I have to flash this in my current state to get back to 'all' normal?

bitdomo · Jun 20, 2014

IVS IVRIS said:
http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/development/rom-4-4-3-ktu84m-nexus-5-untouched-t2622831 Here's a stock, prerooted 4.4.4. on upload already. How do I have to flash this in my current state to get back to 'all' normal?

You just have to flash it in recovery. I dont know is it has wipe commands or not.

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IVS IVRIS · Jun 20, 2014

bitdomo said:
You just have to flash it in recovery. I dont know is it has wipe commands or not.

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I've got TWRP recovery, is that what you mean? If I flash this zip, and then do a factory reset.. is that what I want? I don't mind setting up the phone agian.

bitdomo · Jun 20, 2014

IVS IVRIS said:
I've got TWRP recovery, is that what you mean? If I flash this zip, and then do a factory reset.. is that what I want? I don't mind setting up the phone agian.

yes, yes

that is what you want

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IVS IVRIS · Jun 20, 2014

bitdomo said:
yes, yes that is what you want

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Thanks! And doing a factory reset will keep it rooted, right?

danarama · Jun 20, 2014

IVS IVRIS said:
Thanks! And doing a factory reset will keep it rooted, right?

YES!

bitdomo said:
facory reset has nothing to do with root, custom recovery and unlocked bootloader. If you decide to do a factory reset you will lose your user data only

bitdomo · Jun 20, 2014

rootSU said:
YES!

I was just about to say that

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IVS IVRIS · Jun 20, 2014

Thanks all! I just had to make sure. Don't want my new N5 to be bricked right away..

bitdomo · Jun 20, 2014

IVS IVRIS said:
Thanks all! I just had to make sure. Don't want my new N5 to be bricked right away..

you cant brick it untill you start flashing roms which are for other phones

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zeekiez · Nov 20, 2014

Hi there, just a noob question. If I do a factory reset, will that restore any system apps that I've uninstalled? Such as Google Wallet, etc.?

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