Using $state.reload()
in Ionic doesn't really reload the state as you will find.
Here is a better method to reload the state and not cache the $scope using UI-Router's go function
$state.go($state.current, $stateParams, {reload: true, inherit: false});
Or You can also do this via attributes for a link in html
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<a ui-sref="profile" ui-sref-opts="{reload: true, inherit: false}">
<!-- OR with params -->
<a ui-sref="profile({id: user.id})" ui-sref-opts="{reload: true, inherit: false}">
Related External Links:
- [Stack Overflow - angular-js-angular-ui-router-reloading-current-state-refresh-data](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21714655/angular-js-angular-ui-router-reloading-current-state-refresh-data)
- [Stack Overflow - how-to-put-reload-option-in-ui-sref-markup](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27690834/how-to-put-reload-option-in-ui-sref-markup)