[Q] Hard reset problem

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Hi!

I´ve got problem with my MM... I want to sell it, but i can´t do hard reset to delete my email account. If I holt Power + X, there is a triangle for a while it is loading, but suddenly stops and starts mobile normaly... If I do reboot to recovery Its only restart... If i go to setting and click factory reset, it do nothing... So I can´t go to recovery.. Have anybody some advice? (sry 4 my English)...

Motorola milestone 2.3.4 cm7

Ensure you have update.zip on your sd

No I haven´t... I´m not sure, what update to copy to sd... Because I haven´t got update.zip of the Rom wich I have in phone.. U think, I can copy some update to sd and flash it with terminal?

EDIT: I tried to flash custom recovery image with terminal... but i write read only... :/

According to your first post you are on CM7
According to your second one looks like for some reason the update.zip has been removed from your sd so you can't get into OpenRecovery.
Try to serach the forum for OR reinstall manual, you can even find link to OR page in the first post of the CM7 firmware

Yes, it was it! I copy new OR folder to sd than a could go back to recovery.. THANK YOU SO MUCH

u have 2 figure out how to get recovery installed in your MM.
such as 'update.zip' should be copyed 2 your sdcard.
and then when u get into triangle ,choose the 'apply update.zip',thats what so called recovery ui.
hope can help u~

Motorola Milestone Hard reset

To reset your phone to factory settings it will erase all
Data on your phone like image contact sms video and application so make sure to delete your data or you may backup your date by pc after that do the following step
, touch Menu > Settings
&gt Privacy &gt Factory data reset &gt Reset phone.
Warning: All data on your phone will be deleted.
Motorola Milestone Hard reset with keys
Power off device. Press camera key + power key for about 10-12 sec (even 15 sec) (You will see Motorola logo then a
Yellow exclamation point in a white triangle.)
push both (1st) Volume UP + (then) camera key in this order for Android System Recovery menu.


Select Wipe / Factory reset with Volume down key (or with D pad) then push POWER key (or CENTER D Pad) to hard reset.

read about Crash recovery – Restarting Motorola Milestone here motoask.com/motorola-droid-general-discussion-f31/how-to-hard-reset-of-motorola-milestone-t3059.html

Originally Posted by jakson0100

Motorola Milestone Hard reset

To reset your phone to factory settings it will erase all
Data on your phone like image contact sms video and application so make sure to delete your data or you may backup your date by pc after that do the following step
, touch Menu > Settings
&gt Privacy &gt Factory data reset &gt Reset phone.
Warning: All data on your phone will be deleted.
Motorola Milestone Hard reset with keys
Power off device. Press camera key + power key for about 10-12 sec (even 15 sec) (You will see Motorola logo then a
Yellow exclamation point in a white triangle.)
push both (1st) Volume UP + (then) camera key in this order for Android System Recovery menu.


Select Wipe / Factory reset with Volume down key (or with D pad) then push POWER key (or CENTER D Pad) to hard reset.

read about Crash recovery – Restarting Motorola Milestone here motoask.com/motorola-droid-general-discussion-f31/how-to-hard-reset-of-motorola-milestone-t3059.html

Hi I have a similar problem...sort of...

I wish to reset the phone to sell, I'm not fussed if it is stock rom or not, but still need to do a factory reset of sorts.

Now the difficult bit...the backlight has gone (new screen is around £15 but don't have time to mess around with it). However without the backlight it is difficult to see what is happening on screen (you can just see the menus but the problem is the recovery menu it is too small to read).

Similar to the poster above, the factory reset from within android settings does nothing, so recovery menu is probably my only option.

Therefore, can someone tell me button sequence to perform a factory reset (i.e. which menu item in recovery is "Wipe / Factory reset" and what confirmations follow it - I can see which line is selected but can't read anything).

Alternatively, since I can access via ADB and remotely view the screen, what is the fix to the factory reset within Android. Using HO!NO!CM7.2.0RC0 ROM.

Thanks.

Ok, two menu position down...is the answer, I think.

EDIT: Nope, that didn't work...still have background image etc still present.

Will I need the update.zip in order to perform a full reset too?