Droid SD & Phone Storage - Factory Data Reset?

[CloudHiker]

Will doing a "Factory data reset" erase my contacts and/or photos from my phone?

[budone]

 Yes it will. It is important to copy what you want saved either to the SD Card if not already there, or to your PC prior to doing a factory reset.

Also be aware that Backup Assistant has not worked in a long time.

[CloudHiker]

Back-up Assistance not working?  What's with that?  Thanks for the info on the factory data reset.

[budone]

None of us know. It has been going on for weeks. People are waking up to no contacts at all on their phone. But if I make changes and sync, I get a notice the sync was successful and nothing has changed.

I have contacts where no matter what I do to get their BD correct, it is always changed back to another date. Tried on the phone and sync. Tried online and save, it immediately reverts to another date. I have even attempted to delete the contact and re-add her and her daughter, birthday still changes. Frustrating the heck out of me.

So just be aware you may not get the contacts back automatically or correctly.

[awraynor · Accepted solution]

I recently reset my phone in hopes of manually installing the Froyo update, no luck.

Used MyBackupPro to backup apps locally and online.  HTC sync for contacts, calendar

as a safeguard.  Not all purchased apps showed up in the market as purchased, so

do back those up.