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| From | The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem |
| Date | 2015-07-29 12:27 -0700 |
| Organization | None, as usual |
| Message-ID | <mpb9d3$dil$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (5 earlier) <d1onn7Fe9heU1@mid.individual.net> <mp8dpq$chu$3@dont-email.me> <d1raaqF3qhiU1@mid.individual.net> <mp9udq$9hf$1@dont-email.me> <d1rkluF6q7uU1@mid.individual.net> |
On 07/29/2015 02:28 AM, Roger Mills wrote:
> On 29/07/2015 08:14, The Real Bev wrote:
>> On 07/28/2015 11:31 PM, Bob Martin wrote:
>>> in 21707 20150728 182439 The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 07/28/2015 12:01 AM, Bob Martin wrote:
>>>>> in 21637 20150727 191810 The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> A factory reset destroys permanently every single thing
>>>>>> done to the phone since it left the factory.
>>>>>
>>>>> Obviously impossible, therefore untrue.
>>>>
>>>> OK, it doesn't clean off fingerprints or scratches. Aside from that,
>>>> what do you mean? 'Factory reset' restores it to the state it was in
>>>> when it left the factory, which obviously deletes anything the user has
>>>> entered.
>>>
>>> What Roger said!
>>
>> What did Roger say?
>>
> I said that if you have upgraded the operating system, a factory reset
> won't take you back to the original version because the upgrade will
> have over-written the original. [To be able to go back would require an
> extra chunk of dedicated, otherwise inaccessible, storage to hold an
> image of the OS in the state in which left the factory. I'm pretty sure
> that phones don't have that.]
>
>>> From Google : "By performing a factory data reset, all data (like your
>>> apps,
>>> photos and music) will be wiped from the device. Any data stored in your
>>> Google Account will be restored when you sign in, but all apps and their
>>> data will be deleted and cannot be restored."
>>>
>>> The installed system is untouched.
>>
>> OK, but how is this different from what I said? I would guess that the
>> installed system is written over in case any of it has become corrupted
>> rather than being left untouched.
>>
> I don't think so. Where would it find something with which to over-write
> it? As far as I'm aware, a factory reset in an entirely off-line process
> - and doesn't involve downloading anything from the internet.
OK, you're right. I would guess that when you get the updated OS it
also writes it into a secret partition from which the 'factory reset'
comes.
--
Cheers,
Bev
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Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-07-25 22:43 -0700
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-27 14:33 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-27 22:50 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 09:21 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 10:23 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2015-07-28 08:01 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 10:28 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 12:27 -0700
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 21:17 +0100
SOLVED -- Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 14:08 -0700
Re: SOLVED -- Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 10:42 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 17:09 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-31 10:21 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2015-08-02 19:51 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-08-02 21:32 -0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 11:13 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 09:34 -0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Axel Berger <Axel_Berger@B.Maus.De> - 2015-08-04 19:26 +0200
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem J0HNS0N <12J0HNSON1022@92300nomail.com> - 2015-08-04 15:15 -0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2015-08-03 15:06 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 09:37 -0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 09:59 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem John B. Slocomb <johnbslocomb@geemail.com> - 2015-08-04 17:51 +0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 12:03 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem John B. Slocomb <johnbslocomb@geemail.com> - 2015-08-05 08:59 +0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem J0HNS0N <12J0HNSON1022@92300nomail.com> - 2015-08-04 15:15 -0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 20:50 -0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 09:33 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 10:39 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 11:56 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 12:18 -0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2015-08-06 04:39 -0400
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 11:58 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2015-08-06 14:58 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem J0HNS0N <12J0HNSON1022@92300nomail.com> - 2015-08-06 12:16 -0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 07:39 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 09:26 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 10:34 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 11:05 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 14:03 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 14:07 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 17:05 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 17:40 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 18:23 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 09:59 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 10:49 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 17:10 +0100
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