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So I was running latest DroidTheory rom. And because im a retard. I decided to go into recovery and WIPE WIPE ALLL. This included the "mounts and storage > format SD card". Now my phone wont boot up at all. It stays on the "HTC" screen
Im freaking out and I dont know what to do
When I go into Bootloader I see that I still have S-OFF. So i guess I aint that screwed .... Any thoughts?
I lost my nandroids. maybe should I just reflash my former rom?
kevenrivera said:
I lost my nandroids. maybe should I just reflash my former rom?
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yes, download and reflash. whatever you had before is lost.
Thank you. I was honestly freaking out! But all is good now
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I am always afraid of doing something like that, or having my SD card go bad. I make a copy of my SD card every couple weeks and keep it stored on my PC.
before you put anything else on your sd card pull it and put it in a card reader and try to run a data recovery tool on it. when you formated you didnt delete it all it just told the sd card that it could now write over everything, esecially making it empty, but its still there untill you write anything else to it
dak_181 said:
before you put anything else on your sd card pull it and put it in a card reader and try to run a data recovery tool on it. when you formated you didnt delete it all it just told the sd card that it could now write over everything, esecially making it empty, but its still there untill you write anything else to it
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omg, I didnt know that!
im such a purist and I need to be aware its completely clean.
Thanks for the input to all of you
Originally Posted by dak_181<br />
before you put anything else on your sd card pull it and put it in a card reader and try to run a data recovery tool on it. when you formated you didnt delete it all it just told the sd card that it could now write over everything, esecially making it empty, but its still there untill you write anything else to it
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omg, I didnt know that!<br />
im such a purist and I need to be aware its completely clean.<br />
Thanks for the input to all of you
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Keep that in mind because that is how all data storage works. I had an SD card go bad and lost 300+ pictures from an amine convention; a free program was able to retrieve all but 10 images. Also, this is why, when throwing out any storage medium, DESTROY it so that no one may recover your data. In the case of selling something they make programs that will rewrite the data until it cannot be recovered.
With enough time, patience, and thousands of dollars, you to can have your data recovered off of a burnt hard drive...
Cast by the Odinson's mighty Mjolnir!
From yesterday,a serious problem is occuring with my mobile.
When I insert memory card and reboot my phone,then it gets reboot itself in 4 to 5 minutes.But,when I remove sd card and switch on the phone,then it works fine.
What is the method to get rid of this problem?
puneet13 said:
From yesterday,a serious problem is occuring with my mobile.
When I insert memory card and reboot my phone,then it gets reboot itself in 4 to 5 minutes.But,when I remove sd card and switch on the phone,then it works fine.
What is the method to get rid of this problem?
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Reflash the rom.
ashishv said:
Reflash the rom.
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it'll see...what u did do before your problem..?..maybe corrupted sd card, bad partition, corrupted script app2sd..too many things with your problem
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If I reflash the rom,then I will lose my all apps and games.I want to make backup first ,but no option for such things.
sd card is not corrupted.no partition made,so,no app2sd.I had just moved my installed applications on sd card.
puneet13 said:
If I reflash the rom,then I will lose my all apps and games.I want to make backup first ,but no option for such things.
sd card is not corrupted.no partition made,so,no app2sd.I had just moved my installed applications on sd card.
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Try to format your sd card..u not loose all apps and settings, just wipe only cache and dalvik cache..
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.
rocky23 said:
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.
Stileth said:
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
Stileth said:
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
Stileth said:
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?
Stileth said:
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?
hello, i have a question. what will happen if i format my SD card? will it disturb my android system? i have unlocked bootloader + root.
ahmadfauzan011 said:
hello, i have a question. what will happen if i format my SD card? will it disturb my android system? i have unlocked bootloader + root.
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No... It wouldn't affect the custom ROM and the system root(apart from the themes on MIUI)
but the apps saved on sd card won't open...
PREDATOR95 said:
Yup... It wouldn't affect the custom ROM and the system root(apart from the themes on MIUI)
but the apps saved on sd card won't open...
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what should i do? i need to format my sd card.
ahmadfauzan011 said:
what should i do? i need to format my sd card.
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backup the entire sd card on PC first. now format ur SD card. Restore android_secure and Android folder ( i think there are some necessary files inside this for the ROM even though im not so sure )
now try restarting. if the ROM isnt rebooting Restore all from backup in pc into the rom and then restart again.
I would advise u have a card reader before u try this method.
Cheers :highfive:
MoonBlade said:
backup the entire sd card on PC first. now format ur SD card. Restore android_secure and Android folder ( i think there are some necessary files inside this for the ROM even though im not so sure )
now try restarting. if the ROM isnt rebooting Restore all from backup in pc into the rom and then restart again.
I would advise u have a card reader before u try this method.
Cheers :highfive:
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thanks for the instructions. but, will it affect the Super User?
ahmadfauzan011 said:
thanks for the instructions. but, will it affect the Super User?
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na dont think so
MoonBlade said:
na dont think so
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okay, i'll try it. thanks 4 the info.
Or just move all apps to phone memory and format the sd card...
It will not affect SuperUser because SU is stored in system internal memory
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Or just move all apps to phone memory and format the sd card...
It will not affect SuperUser because SU is stored in system internal memory
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oh. New things ! haha. btw, thanks 4 the info. i'll try it tonight.
how about do a cwm back-up, then a titanium back-up, then copy the clockworkmod folder and the titaniumbackup folder to you computer, then format your SD card, then copy the clockworkmod and titaniumbackup folders from computer to the newly formatted SD card, then perform a restore on both cwm and titanium?
I havent tried this yet though...
Hello!
I have used my S2 quite a while now and have had the same ROM for a while too, but not bothered about it. I have only used the internet a lot on it and messaged/called people. It has started to get very slow and it feels laggy. Sometimes when I accidently doubleclick the homebutton or something, it changes the color of the phone and I have to restart the phone to get back to the normal color. And sometimes 50% battery disappear jut when I restart the phone. Therefore I wanna reset the phone(remove ROM and all stuff) back to how it was when I bought it. I hope this will make my phone faster. How do I reset it or restore it back to normal firmware? Or is there a guide I can follow?
Thanks in advance!
From recovery wipe data or format /Data
If you have ics 4.0.4 dont do this
Another way is from settings / backup and restore / factory reset
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krazy1101 said:
From recovery wipe data or format /Data
If you have ics 4.0.4 dont do this
Another way is from settings / backup and restore / factory reset
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Oh, I could do it through the settings. I will put all apps and photos on my computer so I can transfer them after I have reset the phone. Is there any other thing you recommend me to do before I press reset?
Make backup for contacts and remove external sd card an backup entirely internal sd card to pc
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krazy1101 said:
Make backup for contacts and remove external sd card an backup entirely internal sd card to pc
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"remove external sd card an backup entirely internal sd card to pc"
How do I do that?
1. Connect s2 to pc
2. Copy everything in pc
3. Remove back cover battery and sd card
4. Turn on phone and select that
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krazy1101 said:
1. Connect s2 to pc
2. Copy everything in pc
3. Remove back cover battery and sd card
4. Turn on phone and select that
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I can't remove the battery and the sd card, and then turn on the phone. Do you maybe mean that I should remove the sd card, then turn on the phone and factory reset it?
Yes thats what i mean
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