Factory reset question. Rooted*

[nicholeto_O]

I just want to ask a question.

I uninstalled some of my built in apps that is not needed. My question is when I factory reset my phone, will it bring back the uninstalled apps?

 

[Lordvincent 90]

No it won't. This is a big, common misconception. A factory reset only deletes all of your apps/app data and personal data (generally excluding what's on your sdcard)

The reason it's referred to a factory reset (or Factory Data Reset) is because, as long as the phone remains unrooted, this will bring it back to 'factory' condition.

Do you have a custom recovery?
Did you make a stock backup?

 

[nicholeto_O]

No I dont have custom recovery installed.

http://androidforums.com/index.php?threads/920018/

look at that thread.

 

[Lordvincent 90]

Well then, I'd suggest being VERY careful what you delete. You may even want to consider freezing apps instead of deleting them. One wrong move and you could be left with a phone that won't boot and no way to recover.

 

[nicholeto_O]

yes I know. I just deleted the useless ones. just to free some of my internal, cause I got only 512 mb.

 

[Lordvincent 90]

yes I know. I just deleted the useless ones. just to free some of my internal, cause I got only 512 mb.

The thing is system apps live on a completely different partition. Deleting things /system/app has no effect on available internal storage (/data/app)

 

[funkylogik]

Yup. Easiest (and safest) thing you can do is uninstall any updates, clear data and disable the app