[Suggestion] Add warning about Factory Reset and root password
plan5 opened this issue · 2 comments
I suggest to add another warning that a Factory Reset will only delete /home/root/* and especially that it will generate a new root password.
For example:
Factory resetting through xochitl will generate a new root password and it will only delete the files in /home/root/. Be careful not to brick your device by removing alternative launchers this way.
Background: I've made the unpleasant experience of bricking my rM2 by running a factory reset. I thought it would be like an update, bringing the whole filesystem back to the original state.
However, rm2fb service remained enabled but the binary was deleted as it resided in /home/root/. This way, the GUI cannot boot and the password is inaccessible without the necessary hardware to access the OTG mode.
I read the warnings beforehand and this would have avoided a lot of trouble for me.
Maybe care should be taken in out 3rd party softwares to fail safe in the case of a deleted /home/root as well ;)
Sorry for your loss!
I added a disclaimer so we can close this