can i format my SD card if i just flashed to Z's 2.2 rom and I have xrecovery and things referenced through that? will the apps that I use on 2.1 just repopulate the SD card as needed? my concern is that I need to start using a newly formatted SD now that I'm running 2.2.
or is this a bad idea.
sorry for starting a new thread.
Questions go in Q&A!
Any answers to this?
I'd like to wipe the SD card to only have the default stuff. This phone was used by a friend for a couple weeks, and I want a clean slate.
The factory reset obviously didn't wipe the SD card.
Thanks!
-OP
yes you can and maybe i think you should. from my experience going from 2.1 to 2.2 restoring data and/or apps almost always brings force closed apps. like you said better start from a clean slate.
spreketek said:
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yes you can and maybe i think you should. from my experience going from 2.1 to 2.2 restoring data and/or apps almost always brings force closed apps. like you said better start from a clean slate.
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Copy important files for your PC or MAC, then format
Can I just delete everything on the card and it won't break anything???
Prodeje79 said:
Can I just delete everything on the card and it won't break anything???
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Yes, you can.
Tehouster said:
Yes, you can.
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ok delete, and just reboot and it will put everything it needs on it?
Prodeje79 said:
ok delete, and just reboot and it will put everything it needs on it?
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Wait.. you want to use 2.2?
You won't lose anything but your apps.
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Wait.. you want to use 2.2?
You won't lose anything but your apps.
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I am using [MOD][rendeiro2005]Cyanogen6.1.1_v02, with 2.1 I think.
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Im a little lost when it comes to apps2sd or links2sd, and I cant decide which one to use. I currently have a 8GB SD Class4 card. I have already rooted and I dont really want to wipe my phone clear (mainly lack of an internet connection)
Apps2SD: The first post reads that it needs a clean install of stock, but this post seems to say it doesnt: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12820052&postcount=581 so does it need a clean install or doesnt it?
Links2SD looks easiest ie its just an app from the market, and Im sure I can get someone to download the app for me, but how effective is it, and again will I need a clean install of everything?
cchaos said:
Im a little lost when it comes to apps2sd or links2sd, and I cant decide which one to use. I currently have a 8GB SD Class4 card. I have already rooted and I dont really want to wipe my phone clear (mainly lack of an internet connection)
Apps2SD: The first post reads that it needs a clean install of stock, but this post seems to say it doesnt: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12820052&postcount=581 so does it need a clean install or doesnt it?
Links2SD looks easiest ie its just an app from the market, and Im sure I can get someone to download the app for me, but how effective is it, and again will I need a clean install of everything?
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Well choose link2SD gives u more freedom,
see my post about it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032135
galvic said:
Well choose link2SD gives u more freedom,
see my post about it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032135
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Oh I see now. It was you that confused me in the apps2sd thread due to that exact same post. Well, if its 3 billion times easier then I will just do that
Whats the biggest I can make the FAT32 partition without causing too many problems?
cchaos said:
Whats the biggest I can make the FAT32 partition without causing too many problems?
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Well i've a partition of like 600 mb nd its quite stable.... Never had any problem..
cchaos said:
Oh I see now. It was you that confused me in the apps2sd thread due to that exact same post. Well, if its 3 billion times easier then I will just do that
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LoL sorry for the confusion!
Got it set up. Used 800MB for second partition. First partition must be FAT32 unless you want a cap of 4GB (not very helpful for a 8GB card) but all seems to be working fine
Thanks for the pointers
Even just after 8 months of use my sd card feels just cluttered and that there's probably lots of useless files. What do you guys do to clean it up
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I delete anything I didn't put there. I have folders, MP3, Pictures, Videos, ROMs, if it's not one of those every so often I just delete everything. Anything programs need, they put back, but it eliminates all the junk I don't need. (I leave the "hidden" folders starting with ., like .android-secure)
back everything on sd card to pc and reformat...then just add back the stuff you want.
droidstyle said:
back everything on sd card to pc and reformat...then just add back the stuff you want.
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Do i need a sdcard reader to format the sdcard? or can I just do with a usb cable
exzacklyright said:
Do i need a sdcard reader to format the sdcard? or can I just do with a usb cable
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You can do it with just the cable, however, some people have issues using a computer to format the SD card. Supposedly it's safer to format in the phone itself. I've never had an issue doing it either way though.
^what ohioyj said!!
droidstyle said:
^what ohioyj said!!
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So... what should I backup? before formatting? Obviously any pictures/videos I want. I'm not sure how to backup titaniumbackup though. And then there's "update.zip" and "su-2.3.6.1+busybox1.19". And also any roms/kernels I will flash after. Not sure if there's anything else though.
Will i need to flash cwm through odin? or..
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So... what should I backup? before formatting? Obviously any pictures/videos I want. I'm not sure how to backup titaniumbackup though. And then there's "update.zip" and "su-2.3.6.1+busybox1.19". And also any roms/kernels I will flash after. Not sure if there's anything else though.
Will i need to flash cwm through odin? or..
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When I back mine up I copy everything, until I'm done and make sure everything is working. For titanium backup all you need is the titanium backup folder on your SD card, you should see your backups in there (three files per backup usually). You don't need the titanium backup stuff in the data folder.
After you get your phone back to a working state remove anything you don't recognize from.your backup.
I have a bunch of files that say: @@@@-30.eml, @@@@.29.eml, and so on. Any idea what this is?
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Big ZD said:
I have a bunch of files that say: @@@@-30.eml, @@@@.29.eml, and so on. Any idea what this is?
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I would assume that they are email attachments of some sort.
Thanks Gnomad. I am always hesitant to delete stuff for fear it leads to force closes or some other weird issue. Most of the files that remain are ones which appear a foreign language to me. With your help though, my card is a bit more clean than it was yesterday.
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Hi,
I have 3 problems related to applications for which I can't find solution.
1st is that after removing/uninstalling applications and then restarting phone at some point for whatever reason there are visible remnants of them. (screenshot attached)
I am able to uninstall them again, but after another restart they are back. So how to get rid of them for good?
2nd problem is that certain applications seems to uninstall/delete themselves upon phone reboot. It seems its related to SD card where they put themselves during install. I have tried to move majority of apps back to phone, but seems only some of them are affected by this. There are apps which are installed/moved to SD and they work fine even after restart, so don't know. Maybe some of them are not working after moving to SD? Although for some its strange because they install itself to SD without me moving them.
3rd problem appeared today. Yesterday I have updated to ICS via Kies and installed 5 updates from Market. Today after restart the same apps were back to previous versions and Market offered me the same updates for the same apps. Whats the problem with this?
Thx for your help
Reads as possible corruption of SD card .
Check Lost File folders .
jje
And how do I do it? What folders? LOST.DIR?
Or to put to computer and run chkdsk to check lost files?
wen u some times move apps to sd an wen a aoto update takes place so wen rebooted then either appear as shown in screen shot,cause get deleted an flashing roms then restoring from titanium also gives some app prblm....the best way is format ur ext card on pc .....and if u want to clean all crap which u don want(lost.dir)is a folder were chunks r stored...but coming to point if u want to clean all mess go in recovery an formatt sd card,format system,emmc all ,,an reboot an ur stuck on sammy logo means u hav nothing on phone ,so go in download mode an flash stock via odin.....imp backup ur efs b4 any thing
Thanks for your input, but I am not able to grasp much from your post.
Stileth said:
Thanks for your input, but I am not able to grasp much from your post.
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I don't think many people can grasp anything this guy says. His "english" is pretty difficult to read. I'll try to translate for you.
rocky23 said:
wen u some times move apps to sd an wen a aoto update takes place so wen rebooted then either appear as shown in screen shot,cause get deleted
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I THINK what he's suggesting is that when you have apps installed to your sd card, then an update occurs, then if there are differences in how partitioning works between your old OS version and your new OS version, you may lose some apps.
rocky23 said:
an flashing roms then restoring from titanium also gives some app prblm....the best way is format ur ext card on pc .....
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Then there's a bunch of unintelligible gibberish... Seems to be suggesting that restoring apps using Titanium backup can cause issues, and suggests formatting the external SD card on your PC instead of in your phone.
rocky23 said:
and if u want to clean all crap which u don want(lost.dir)is a folder were chunks r stored...
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He seems to suggest cleaning items from the LOST.DIR folder that you may not want.
rocky23 said:
but coming to point if u want to clean all mess go in recovery an formatt sd card,format system,emmc all ,,
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Then he seems to say if all else fails, reboot to recovery, format everything.
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an reboot an ur stuck on sammy logo means u hav nothing on phone ,so go in download mode an flash stock via odin.....
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And if you're stuck after a reboot after you do all that, then flash a stock firmware via odin.
rocky23 said:
imp backup ur efs b4 any thing
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Back up your /efs folder before you do anything. (which I agree with wholeheartedly)
I think I translated that correctly.
Thanks for your translation mate although I am not sure if he said anything what can help me except deleting and formatting all which is really something what I would like to avoid for now.
LOST.DIR is empty on both internal and external SD card.
Also the problem with remnants was happening before I upgraded to ICS, do I don't think its related to partitioning at all.
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Thanks for your translation mate although I am not sure if he said anything what can help me except deleting and formatting all which is really something what I would like to avoid for now.
LOST.DIR is empty on both internal and external SD card.
Also the problem with remnants was happening before I upgraded to ICS, do I don't think its related to partitioning at all.
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Last time I had this issue, it was on my Moto Milestone where I had app2sd running, and my SD card was becoming corrupted. I had to format my SD card and re-install the affected apps.
Hmm, I am not using any external app like app2sd, just the option which is offering Android itself. You were formatting internal or external one?
Stileth said:
Hmm, I am not using any external app like app2sd, just the option which is offering Android itself. You were formatting internal or external one?
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I was describing my condition on one of my old phones. (An old Motorola Milestone, which did not have an internal SD) Not an I9100.
If you are using the default app2sd in Android, then you'll want to format internal. But back up all your files (music, pictures, whatever else) before you do, obviously.
I see. Yeah I was planning to do backup of course, but if I copy back all after format won't be back also the problem?
Lost dir from me was to check for corruption as thats where corrupt sd card files go.
Copy backup to PC just in case .
jje
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I see. Yeah I was planning to do backup of course, but if I copy back all after format won't be back also the problem?
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hey pal before trying 2 delete any app please ensure that u have cleard the data and cache of the same since they do pose a problem later also manually delete all those app folders on ur sdcard after deleting the apps
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I see. Yeah I was planning to do backup of course, but if I copy back all after format won't be back also the problem?
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It shouldn't matter...
But my advice is to go through your installed apps and make a list of all apps that are marked as installed to your SD. Then uninstall all of the ones that are. Then back up your internal SD, and do your format of internal SD.
DO NOT copy back the .android_secure folder after you format. This is the folder that Android uses for it's built-in app2sd. (so it will get created again automatically later)
That means you'll have to re-install all of the apps you made a list of above, but it SHOULD help alleviate your problem.
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Sun90 said:
hey pal before trying 2 delete any app please ensure that u have cleard the data and cache of the same since they do pose a problem later also manually delete all those app folders on ur sdcard after deleting the apps
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The condition he describes is that the app is no longer being registered as installed. So I don't think he'll be able to do this.
Thanks mate, I am now making backup of internal SD card before formatting although there is no .android_secure folder. There is one on external SD card, but its empty. Anyway will try the format after all the data are copied.
So backup done, formatted card, copied all back, restarted phone and the remnants are still there
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So backup done, formatted card, copied all back, restarted phone and the remnants are still there
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Hmm.. you may not have a choice but to do a factory reset/full wipe to get rid of 'em. Sorry dude.
Thats not what I wanted to hear. Should I go for factory reset available directly from Android or should I boot to recovery and go with factory reset/wipe data or wipe cache?
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Thats not what I wanted to hear. Should I go for factory reset available directly from Android or should I boot to recovery and go with factory reset/wipe data or wipe cache?
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Either one should be fine.
FYI, you can back up most stuff you have and restore using various methods, so you can get back to your current state... it will just take a bit of effort.
And which would you recommend? I have Titanium Backup Pro to use or is there easier way?
I've been flashing roms to my phone a lot lately and was thinking about restoring my phone by formatting/wiping everything possible using TWRP 2.4.4.0. I have seen the options available in one of the menus and wanted to know which ones I should select in order to safely wipe everything from it. I'm currently running Jelly'Beans' - Build 12 with a 40 GB sd card attached. I'm also backing all of my stuff up to dropbox so I will have everything safe for the keeping.
Any recommendations or steps I should take to get this done?
Thanks
I use every wipe function available whenever i flash a new rom...
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I use every wipe function available whenever i flash a new rom...
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I was just wondering if it would be OK to wipe "System", "External Storage", "Internal Storage" & "Format Data". I really want to wipe this thing squeaky clean and start off fresh. I'm kinda assuming that if I do all four mentioned above that basically the only thing left on my phone would be TWRP. I will then need to put a ROM on my sd card and then install it. Is that correct?
Thanks for your reply s10sdeville..... :good:
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I was just wondering if it would be OK to wipe "System", "External Storage", "Internal Storage" & "Format Data". I really want to wipe this thing squeaky clean and start off fresh. I'm kinda assuming that if I do all four mentioned above that basically the only thing left on my phone would be TWRP. I will then need to put a ROM on my sd card and then install it. Is that correct?
Thanks for your reply s10sdeville..... :good:
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I know the first three are Ok, but I don't know about format data. Yes you will need a way to put a ROM on your phone. Your SdCard is as good a way as any.
Make sure you have a good nandroid backup in case something goes wrong
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ezas said:
I know the first three are Ok, but I don't know about format data. Yes you will need a way to put a ROM on your phone. Your SdCard is as good a way as any.
Make sure you have a good nandroid backup in case something goes wrong
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Again, thanks for the replies guys. I've got 4 solid Nandroid backups on my sd card (will be gone soon), as well as on dropbox, my internal storage and my PC.
Will check back for any more replies just in case before I go through with this.
I gotta go to bed for now, have to go to work in 4 1/2 hours and I'd best get some good sleep...
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None of the wipes actually delete twrp..i do em all then after the flash i wipe my sdcard
Hi, I did a factory reset and it's deleted all my internal sd files, is there any way to recover these?
Thanks for any help
Global_Killa said:
Hi, I did a factory reset and it's deleted all my internal sd files, is there any way to recover these?
Thanks for any help
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No no way though its worth trying RECUVA and their are one or two paid for apps on the market .
Want to know more search this exact same question multiple posts .
jje
Global_Killa said:
Hi, I did a factory reset and it's deleted all my internal sd files, is there any way to recover these?
Thanks for any help
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This is impossible. The Factory reset only deletes your installed Apps and data BUT no personal data that is stored on the internal sd card. Did you flash a ROM after this? If yes, was it CyanogenMod 10.1 or AOKP?
Scarface1991 said:
This is impossible. The Factory reset only deletes your installed Apps and data BUT no personal data that is stored on the internal sd card. Did you flash a ROM after this? If yes, was it CyanogenMod 10.1 or AOKP?
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I used the Samsung Galaxy S3 ToolKit v7 to download and flash stock ROM since I wanted to go back for a while to test battery life, after it had flashed the stock ROM I checked and all the files was still there but TouchWiz and something else kept crashing so I went to 'Settings -> Back up and reset -> Factory data reset'. After this all files on internal sd are gone. I thought that it didn't delete them or I would have made a backup.
All I'm really bothered about is my Titanium backup files
Well you're outta luck. It warns you beforehand that it wipes all the internal memory... Sorry.
b-eock said:
Well you're outta luck. It warns you beforehand that it wipes all the internal memory... Sorry.
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Thanks anyway. I'm trying to make heads or tails of this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
Global_Killa said:
I used the Samsung Galaxy S3 ToolKit v7 to download and flash stock ROM since I wanted to go back for a while to test battery life, after it had flashed the stock ROM I checked and all the files was still there but TouchWiz and something else kept crashing so I went to 'Settings -> Back up and reset -> Factory data reset'. After this all files on internal sd are gone. I thought that it didn't delete them or I would have made a backup.
All I'm really bothered about is my Titanium backup files
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Why all your apps should still be available from the market .
TB backups can be set to EXT SD and also copied to a PC .
jje
JJEgan said:
Why all your apps should still be available from the market .
TB backups can be set to EXT SD and also copied to a PC .
jje
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I know they're on the market, just takes longer having to download and log back into the apps and some are fairly big games, lost the game saves as well. I wanted the sms messages mainly, never mind, will be more careful next time.
Global_Killa said:
I know they're on the market, just takes longer having to download and log back into the apps and some are fairly big games, lost the game saves as well. I wanted the sms messages mainly, never mind, will be more careful next time.
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This is why you use external SD for those backups and ALWAYS make a backup.