Completely reset my Desire HD

Question

I have been trying for some time the ICS Rom from the Team Blackout, but Im not very happy to it. I would like to go back to how my phone was when i bought it. I'd like to make a TOTAL reset. That means:

No media saved
No accounts saved
No settings saved
No apps saved
Original Android 2.3 back

Basically, as it was when I unboxed it. Is this possible? If anyone could give me some instructions, I'd be very thankful. I'm not much of an expert in working with Android systems (A friend helped me "root it") and Im not sure how to proceed.

Thanks

Did you make a backup of your phone before flashing the ROM? — znewman, Feb 19 '13 at 18:05
Not that I know of. Does it mean its impossible to go back now? — Enrique Moreno Tent, Feb 19 '13 at 18:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 19 '13 at 17:31

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That's one of the most easy tasks, and is called Factory Reset. Depending on your Android version, you find the suitable item at different places in the device's Settings menu:

Android 4.0 has it in Backup and Reset (at the end of that screen, watch out for "personal data")
Android 2.3 placed it in Privacy (with a fence-symbol; again at the end of that page)

There are also ways to achieve this without going via the settings menu, booting into Recovery Mode. hard-reset.com mentions the appropriate procedures for most devices.

answered Feb 19 '13 at 17:31

Izzy

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Ive already tried that, but only resets the Custom Rom. It doesnt bring me back to Android 2.3 that I had in the beginning – Enrique Moreno Tent Feb 19 '13 at 18:01
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No, that's not possible that way: If you flashed a custom ROM (or any ROM, for that case), the original "ROM" gets overwritten. No way to restore that, except if you made a (Nandroid) backup before. Only other thing you can do then is to obtain the stock ROM (see: Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device?) and re-flash it. – Izzy Feb 19 '13 at 18:33

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 19 '13 at 18:13

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From what I can tell from research you should be able to download the RUU from here and run it. This requires a Windows computer as it is a .exe file.

Download the file to your computer, plug your phone in to your computer and run the file. It should return your phone to the latest factory shipped OS and remove root.

answered Feb 19 '13 at 18:13

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I dont know what RUU is, but I will do it. When I connect it, what mode should I chose? "Charge only"? – Enrique Moreno Tent Feb 19 '13 at 18:14
No what ever enables your computer to see it. – znewman Feb 19 '13 at 18:15
"Mount drive" then, i guess – Enrique Moreno Tent Feb 19 '13 at 18:15
What carrier is your phone on? – znewman Feb 19 '13 at 18:16
My carrier is O2, in Germany. Im about to do it. Should I not? – Enrique Moreno Tent Feb 19 '13 at 18:21
No that should be fine, it's the file for the World Wide Edition, which should cover that. I don't see an O2 specific file. If it is the wrong file it should do nothing. – znewman Feb 19 '13 at 18:36
Its telling me its not finding no connection to an Android phone, even though I can see it under "my Pc". Do I need some other setting? – Enrique Moreno Tent Feb 19 '13 at 18:43
Try installing HTC Sync 3.0 from HTC's website. It could be a driver issue. – znewman Feb 19 '13 at 18:55
let us continue this discussion in chat – Enrique Moreno Tent Feb 19 '13 at 19:30
I keep getting error 155 :( – Enrique Moreno Tent Feb 19 '13 at 19:42

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