How do I wipe my phone from the command prompt?
Type “adb shell” and press “Enter.” When ADB connects to your device, type “–wipe_data” and press “Enter.” Your phone restarts in recovery mode and restores Android to factory settings.
What happens when you press wipe data/factory reset?
Since Wipe data/factory reset deletes all applications, app data, and information (documents, videos, images, music, etc) stored in the internal space, it is required for you to perform a data backup operation before you reset the Android device to factory settings.
Is there an ADB command to wipe data the phone?
When ADB connects to your device, type “–wipe_data” and press “Enter.” Your phone restarts in recovery mode and restores Android to factory settings. But judging from your question the way you where doing the wipe command via adb was wrong.The way you where doing it was: “adb –wipe_data” where’s you should try “adb shell” and then “–wipe_data”
Is there a way to wipe data on Android 4.3?
You have to be root to wipe data though (adb shell, su or adb root) but if you can’t get root, this won’t work. I found out that we have to use another command on Android 4.3: adb shell wipe data. If mobile screen is broken and phone is functional you can login to the phone via “adb shell”.
Is there a way to erase userdata through Fastboot?
I know I can use fastboot -w or fastboot erase userdata, but these erase /data/media/, the internal storage which is located at /data/media/0/…, which I don’t want. Is there a way that doesn’t include hitting the factory reset option in your recovery, but doing it manually?
How to delete all apps in ADB shell?
To delete the app data there is another command: fastboot erase data But be careful with the commands you use. You could end up with unwanted results. Cheers. Share Follow answered Oct 26 ’18 at 16:15 André SousaAndré Sousa 1,58411 gold badge1111 silver badges2222 bronze badges 3 Thank you for the link.