Can i factory reset my phone?

[roym6]

i unrooted using gingerbreak but when it booted it still had aosp mod on it. i checked and it was unrooted. can i factory reset from settings menu? by the way it is an lg optimus v.

 

[sitlet]

menu-settings-sd and phone storage, factory reset.

 

[roym6]

menu-settings-sd and phone storage, factory reset.

i know how to do it, i was wondering if i did it would it brick my phone since im not running stock rom.

 

[lou61166]

Use the nandroid backup you made when you first installed the custom recovery do not use the factory reset in the phones options.

 

[koopakid08]

menu-settings-sd and phone storage, factory reset.

Do not do this. Use recovery.

 

[cutterjohn]

Do not do this. Use recovery.

Yep. IIRC I've read several threads @ xda about people bricking/semi-bricking their phone when they used the builtin factory reset WITH a CUSTOM fw installed...

 

[AndyOpie150]

I had rooted my 1st "V" but somehow lost root after try to flash a recovery.Root checker,ROMTools,both said I didn't have root,so I did a factory reset from the phones memory. When I now turn power on I get the LG logo and that's it.All it's good for now is spare parts.So you decide, paper weight or functioning phone

 

[frontlinestraw]

NO! i have done this to two phones! i was a noob not knowing what i was doing! as soon as you root your phone, do not factory reset! a custom recovery does not have to be installed in order to brick. if you want to reset, you have to do it from the recovery menu. i flashed clockworkmod. then reset.

 

[koopakid08]

If you already bricked it you have options to fix it. Here is a link