US 12,314,101 B2
Device and method for restoring application removed by factory data reset function
Eunsung Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Changhoon Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Hakryoul Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Jinwan An, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/250,509
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed May 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/006198
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/027413, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0089521 (KR), filed on Jul. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0325948 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 1/24 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 1/24 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 8/61 (2013.01); G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a user interface;
a plurality of switches each respectively assigned a function and provided as a plurality of hardware buttons;
a memory including at least one application, a first partition including a backup file obtained by compressing the application, and a second partition distinguished from the first partition; and
a processor electrically connected to the user interface and the memory,
wherein the memory stores instructions that allow the processor to:
while the electronic device is in a power-on state, receive a first input requesting a factory data reset through the plurality of switches, wherein the first input is a simultaneous input to designated buttons among the plurality of hardware buttons;
move the backup file to the second partition in response to the simultaneous input for the designated buttons;
delete data in the first partition after the movement; and
install the at least one application on the first partition by using the backup file, while the electronic device is rebooting.