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Pancho1115 · 10-06-2017, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Pancho1115

How did you guys "reset" the radio? Is it a sequence of physical buttons on the radio that need to be pressed, or is it an option somewhere on the settings menu?

I searched the forum, and Googled some sort of tutorial on this, but nothing. I've already deleted my Entune Apps account, and removed the app from my phone. Just missing on how to reset the radio.

Thanks in advance!

I second the question... how do you "reset" the radio? I too have searched and Googled, but came up short.

Thanks everyone!

jjdeluxe · 12-24-2017, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Pancho1115

I second the question... how do you "reset" the radio? I too have searched and Googled, but came up short.

Thanks everyone!

I dug around on the net and coalesced the needed info. I too used the Entune app suite for about 3 days and determined they had zero added value, and wanted them gone. I found this thread which gave me the confidence that an end-user solution existed.

Here's the steps.

1) turn on ignition, but don't start the car.
2) press and *hold* the APPS button on the radio while performing step 3 below.
3) cycle the head lights 3 times (turn on then off the headlights 3 times)
- this activates a hidden service screen on the display, you can release the APPS button
4) press and hold the "INIT" button on the display until a dialog box appears with the text "Personalized data is initialized. OK? [YES] [NO]"
5) select YES, and your radio returns to the factory settings

here's a video of the process:
entune-factory-reset

This process will blitz the added Entune apps (like Pandora, iHeartRadio, Yelp, etc.), and also removes your saved contacts, nav points, radio presets. Restoring my presets and contacts took me about 5 minutes. Well worth the time to get those Entune apps out of there. I have not found any ill effect of this process, the Nav system, XM satellite trial subscription, bluetooth, etc works as expected. But your mileage may vary I suppose.

Remember, you can still listen on your car's sound system to any audio app on your smart phone like Pandora, just utilize the Bluetooth Audio function of your Toyota's sound system and setup your smart phone to beam its audio to bluetooth. Your smart phone is a way better interface anyhow.

Pancho1115 · 12-26-2017, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by jjdeluxe

I dug around on the net and coalesced the needed info. I too used the Entune app suite for about 3 days and determined they had zero added value, and wanted them gone. I found this thread which gave me the confidence that an end-user solution existed.

Here's the steps.

1) turn on ignition, but don't start the car.
2) press and *hold* the APPS button on the radio while performing step 3 below.
3) cycle the head lights 3 times (turn on then off the headlights 3 times)
- this activates a hidden service screen on the display, you can release the APPS button
4) press and hold the "INIT" button on the display until a dialog box appears with the text "Personalized data is initialized. OK? [YES] [NO]"
5) select YES, and your radio returns to the factory settings

here's a video of the process:
entune-factory-reset

This process will blitz the added Entune apps (like Pandora, iHeartRadio, Yelp, etc.), and also removes your saved contacts, nav points, radio presets. Restoring my presets and contacts took me about 5 minutes. Well worth the time to get those Entune apps out of there. I have not found any ill effect of this process, the Nav system, XM satellite trial subscription, bluetooth, etc works as expected. But your mileage may vary I suppose.

Remember, you can still listen on your car's sound system to any audio app on your smart phone like Pandora, just utilize the Bluetooth Audio function of your Toyota's sound system and setup your smart phone to beam its audio to bluetooth. Your smart phone is a way better interface anyhow.

This worked like a charm!!! Performed exactly what I wanted and as you stated. Thanks a million!!!

Cajun_TRD · 08-07-2019, 09:47 AM

Bumping this old thread to ask if anyone has done this on a 2019. I'd assume it still works. I want to get rid of the stupid slacker and pandora apps that I never use.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjdeluxe

I dug around on the net and coalesced the needed info. I too used the Entune app suite for about 3 days and determined they had zero added value, and wanted them gone. I found this thread which gave me the confidence that an end-user solution existed.

Here's the steps.

1) turn on ignition, but don't start the car.
2) press and *hold* the APPS button on the radio while performing step 3 below.
3) cycle the head lights 3 times (turn on then off the headlights 3 times)
- this activates a hidden service screen on the display, you can release the APPS button
4) press and hold the "INIT" button on the display until a dialog box appears with the text "Personalized data is initialized. OK? [YES] [NO]"
5) select YES, and your radio returns to the factory settings

here's a video of the process:
entune-factory-reset

This process will blitz the added Entune apps (like Pandora, iHeartRadio, Yelp, etc.), and also removes your saved contacts, nav points, radio presets. Restoring my presets and contacts took me about 5 minutes. Well worth the time to get those Entune apps out of there. I have not found any ill effect of this process, the Nav system, XM satellite trial subscription, bluetooth, etc works as expected. But your mileage may vary I suppose.

Remember, you can still listen on your car's sound system to any audio app on your smart phone like Pandora, just utilize the Bluetooth Audio function of your Toyota's sound system and setup your smart phone to beam its audio to bluetooth. Your smart phone is a way better interface anyhow.

trd19orp · 09-25-2019, 10:18 PM

I just did this on my 2019, as things have gone wonky with my iPhone 11 - the iPhone X I originally paired worked perfectly. So the procedure itself works...we'll see if it actually solves the disconnect problems. Here's hoping...

Slubgub · 12-12-2019, 03:59 PM

Anyone know if you do this reset to get rid of the apps, does it also roll back the installed updates that the dealer has applied and complete a true factory reset back to the original software, or does this just remove user settings and extra bloatware?

TexasTJ · 10-02-2021, 11:29 PM

Bookmarked this a couple years ago and finally got around to doing it. Worked as advertised.

TwistedJake · 12-16-2021, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjdeluxe

1) turn on ignition, but don't start the car.
2) press and *hold* the APPS button on the radio while performing step 3 below.
3) cycle the head lights 3 times (turn on then off the headlights 3 times)
- this activates a hidden service screen on the display, you can release the APPS button
4) press and hold the "INIT" button on the display until a dialog box appears with the text "Personalized data is initialized. OK? [YES] [NO]"
5) select YES, and your radio returns to the factory settings

I know this is an older thread but I did this method the other day and worked like a charm. Noticed the video wasn't working any more so made a new one to hopefully help someone out.

How to factory hard reset a Toyota Entune head unit. - YouTube

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