Just as the title states. Has anyone attempted to factory reset WebOS with Android installed? I'm pretty sure it'll either:
A) Brick the tablet
B) Erase Android
I'm selling my Touchpad and the buyer wants Android installed. I can easily wipe my accounts from Android (install a new rom) but how would I remove my account from WebOS while keeping Android installed?
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Thanks for the response but that didn't answer my question. I have used WebOS Doctor and it did erase Android. I'm trying to wipe WebOS while keeping Android.
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You are going to have to set the Touchpad back up [into webOS], and reinstall Android, then got back into webOS, and reset your settings, as in factory reset, so that it erases all your user data in webOS, but don't do the full erase, it may erase the Android info, and repartition [not quite sure]
That should do it for you, clean webOS, and a functional Android partition
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Hello,
I rooted my eris about a month ago and have flashed about every rom thats been on grdlock's site. But one thing I've never been quite clear on is the whole wipe process. Can someone explain the difference between the factory wipe and the dalvik wipe? For instance why should i do one or the other or both before flashing a new custom rom?
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Can anybody help??
The factory wipe cleans the phones OS out, the dalvik wipe clears the cache. You don't need to know exactly what they do to know they definitely make ROMs run much cleaner when you do it, because I really dont know the specifics. I don't know how commands are programmed into DOS but I still know that the commands work...if that metaphor makes any sense.
PS - you should definitely do both before flashing a new ROM or restoring a nandroid backup
thanks taco. that helps a ton.
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chaneer said:
thanks taco. that helps a ton.
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Sorry to let you down my friend.
factory wipe is like formating your harddrive on your computer before installing a new OS.
dalvik is a way to run multiple virtual machines where parts of the applications your running on android also run during normal operation to minimize memory and cpu usage, the cache obviously plays a part in memory usage, clearing this is like rebooting the ram on your computer to run faster.
in summary: format both and google your questions before asking them.
thanks guys. and trust me i did search all over for this but couldnt find a definitive answer. i just wanted to know for myself exactly what each "wipe-type" does, but i'll just stick with using both before i flash a new rom unless the dev instructs otherwise.
factory wipe is like formating your harddrive on your computer before installing a new OS.
dalvik is a way to run multiple virtual machines where parts of the applications your running on android also run during normal operation to minimize memory and cpu usage, the cache obviously plays a part in memory usage, clearing this is like rebooting the ram on your computer to run faster.
in summary: format both and google your questions before asking them.
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Factory wipe is not wiping the os
...factory is like restoring the os, to how it came when you first got your computer, deleting all your programs, personal files, and stuff, that you added over the life of your computer.
You got cache down though.
Hope that makes it a little more clear.
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Hey guys,
So I'm planning to flash the ROM at this URL: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131217 but it requires that I "wipe" first. My rank says it all--I'm new to this stuff.
So, to the question; What should I wipe, and any tips on flashing this ROM?
Thanks,
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Well, Its for a different phone, so I would say no.
First of all, Linux has a few different folders. /data is used to install all your apps and stuff, but /system is for the 0S and stuff. The /system section is restricted unless you gain root access. Anyways, /system isn't removed via factory reset, just /data. Installing a new rom, /system has files usually overwritten.... Hope that helps a little. The other folders are for cleaning up what's ever left over.
With the forward progress of the Android Alphas, I feel like my touchpad is teetering and slowly becoming more and more cluttered. Call me an OCD freak but right now I need help going back to square one;
I want to wipe the touchpad completely, of android, webos, all data.
Reinstall webos fresh and clean and updated.
Install the 3.5 release of the android alpha
continue loving my touchpad
If anyone knows what I need to accomplish these goals, let me know? Thanks.
use WebOS doctor and wipe everything clean).
Then open webos, do anything you need to do there.
Then install android on it.
FatalIll said:
I feel like my touchpad is teetering and slowly becoming more and more cluttered. Call me an OCD freak but right now I need help going back to square one
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i feel the same
FatalIll said:
With the forward progress of the Android Alphas, I feel like my touchpad is teetering and slowly becoming more and more cluttered. Call me an OCD freak but right now I need help going back to square one;
I want to wipe the touchpad completely, of android, webos, all data.
Reinstall webos fresh and clean and updated.
Install the 3.5 release of the android alpha
continue loving my touchpad
If anyone knows what I need to accomplish these goals, let me know? Thanks.
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There is a preware app that removes everything android, that's out. I have not tried it but it sounds good if you want to start over.
Web-doc does not remove all the files and folders. I thank it just changes the format.
so no one knows a way to just format everything?
Wipe Everything
I also would like to know how to wipe everything including all android partitions and ext3fs partitions (from ubuntu). I think I read somewhere the doctor doesn't rewrite partition tables. Any help would be great!
I would assume do a acmeuninstall then webos doctor it
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Hi everyone, new to xda.
I also thought it would be a good idea to wipe my TP clean and re-install with the latest version of xron's build. I've had every version of cm7 since it was first released and countless apps, so it was kind of cluttered up. Anyway, uninstalled with the acmeuninstaller and then did a factory erase in webos. Went about my business as usual with the acme installer (with cwm and moboot and the newest xron). Thought all was well until I boot to cwm, no cyanogenmod option! I flashed it using cwm, but I heard somewhere they don't recommend that, so I started over again, and flashed EVERY release from day 1 to the latest one. TP seems cleaner and less cluttered, but I was wondering why the acmeinstaller wouldn't recognize the xron file and install it?
FatalIll said:
With the forward progress of the Android Alphas, I feel like my touchpad is teetering and slowly becoming more and more cluttered. Call me an OCD freak but right now I need help going back to square one;
I want to wipe the touchpad completely, of android, webos, all data.
Reinstall webos fresh and clean and updated.
Install the 3.5 release of the android alpha
continue loving my touchpad
If anyone knows what I need to accomplish these goals, let me know? Thanks.
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web doctor-device info-reset options-secure full erase-reload android
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Hi everyone, new to xda.
I also thought it would be a good idea to wipe my TP clean and re-install with the latest version of xron's build. I've had every version of cm7 since it was first released and countless apps, so it was kind of cluttered up. Anyway, uninstalled with the acmeuninstaller and then did a factory erase in webos. Went about my business as usual with the acme installer (with cwm and moboot and the newest xron). Thought all was well until I boot to cwm, no cyanogenmod option! I flashed it using cwm, but I heard somewhere they don't recommend that, so I started over again, and flashed EVERY release from day 1 to the latest one. TP seems cleaner and less cluttered, but I was wondering why the acmeinstaller wouldn't recognize the xron file and install it?
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I think you need to rename the xron filename to start with "update-...." and then do the acmeinstall with remaining 2 files i.e. cmw n moboot
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since installing android partitions the memory, wouldn't you have to remove the android partition first in order to truly wipe the touchpad?
Once the partition is removed, you could use OS doctor to wipe what's left, and start fresh. At least that's what I'm thinking.
I read elsewhere that you can format the Touchpad in a Linux distro and remove all of the partitions. I have not tried it but I will when I get home and have a better internet connection.
since upgrading from 3.02 to 3.04, my touchpad has been giving me a lot of trouble. I lost android access and had to reflash moboot, after which i found out i couldnt access CWM. I tried flashing it through ACME but it didn't work. Installed Xron and the files got mixed up with the previous android version.
I'd like to wipe everything off including the SD. And then do a fresh restore with WebOS doctor after which im gonna install CM9
Any advice?
I'd run ACMEUninstaller first, then webosdoctor.
ACMEUninstaller repartitions the drive and removes android. But webOS doctor doesn't wipe the SD.
ACMEUninstaller will completely remove Android. WebOS doctor will restore the webOS side of your tablet to its original "out of the box" state. Unless your intentions are to brick your device by "wiping" it clean, I would agree with the ACMEUninstaller/webOS doctor method.
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ACMEUninstaller will completely remove Android. WebOS doctor will restore the webOS side of your tablet to its original "out of the box" state. Unless your intentions are to brick your device by "wiping" it clean, I would agree with the ACMEUninstaller/webOS doctor method.
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I'm confused. Currently, my SD partitions are kinda wacked up because I had alot of stuff on the WebOS side before installing android.
Have Xron on it currently.
Should I use ACMEUninstaller, reinstall Android CM7, then flash CM9 straight over?
Or should I just wipe, then flash CM9 over?
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I'm confused. Currently, my SD partitions are kinda wacked up because I had alot of stuff on the WebOS side before installing android.
Have Xron on it currently.
Should I use ACMEUninstaller, reinstall Android CM7, then flash CM9 straight over?
Or should I just wipe, then flash CM9 over?
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I could be mistaken, but the OP's original question was to basically start from a "clean slate". So we were just saying to use ACMEUninstaller then webOS Doc to achieve that. If you're concerned about the partitions and you don't mind the wipe, then that's what I would do if I were you.
Leo will probably have better input than me, but if I were in your shoes, I would do the ACMEUinstaller on your current version of Android. You don't have to reinstall CM7, just make sure you put the ACMEInstaller2 in the appropriate spot.
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I could be mistaken, but the OP's original question was to basically start from a "clean slate". So we were just saying to use ACMEUninstaller then webOS Doc to achieve that. If you're concerned about the partitions and you don't mind the wipe, then that's what I would do if I were you.
Leo will probably have better input than me, but if I were in your shoes, I would do the ACMEUinstaller on your current version of Android. You don't have to reinstall CM7, just make sure you put the ACMEInstaller2 in the appropriate spot.
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How about the SD?/
WebOS and Android use the same partition for SD, which is /media. You can wipe that yourself if you want by just mounting to computer and deleting what's in there. But yea, there are files for both systems in that partition, nothing that will brick you by deleting them though.
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How about the SD?/
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Ziyad I'm not trying to be mean, but either I am not understanding your question or you're not understanding our answers. I'm going to break down your thread title bit by bit...
"How to remove android..." Pause there. Use ACMEUninstaller.
"...wipe SD..." I am assuming you realize the Touchpad does not have an SD. So we will continue.
"...and start with a FRESH Touchpad." WebOS Doctor. This is a sure way to do it. WEBOS Doc will reinstall a FRESH copy of webOS onto your Touchpad, bringing it to out of the box condition. It will wipe the /media file like the previous post mentioned.
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since upgrading from 3.02 to 3.04, my touchpad has been giving me a lot of trouble. I lost android access and had to reflash moboot, after which i found out i couldnt access CWM. I tried flashing it through ACME but it didn't work. Installed Xron and the files got mixed up with the previous android version.
I'd like to wipe everything off including the SD. And then do a fresh restore with WebOS doctor after which im gonna install CM9
Any advice?
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Okay so you currently have android installed, and want to upgrade to CM9 but also repair you touchpad. I would recommend the following:
1. run ACMEUninstaller
2. run WebOS doctor
3. delete everything off your /SD card that you don't want/need
4. update to WebOS 3.0.5
5. install CM9/moboot 3.0.5/CWM using ACMEInstaller2
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Okay so you currently have android installed, and want to upgrade to CM9 but also repair you touchpad. I would recommend the following:
1. run ACMEUninstaller
2. run WebOS doctor
3. delete everything off your /SD card that you don't want/need
4. update to WebOS 3.0.5
5. install CM9/moboot 3.0.5/CWM using ACMEInstaller2
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Ziyad I'm not trying to be mean, but either I am not understanding your question or you're not understanding our answers. I'm going to break down your thread title bit by bit...
"How to remove android..." Pause there. Use ACMEUninstaller.
"...wipe SD..." I am assuming you realize the Touchpad does not have an SD. So we will continue.
"...and start with a FRESH Touchpad." WebOS Doctor. This is a sure way to do it. WEBOS Doc will reinstall a FRESH copy of webOS onto your Touchpad, bringing it to out of the box condition. It will wipe the /media file like the previous post mentioned.
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Thanks a lot for your replies
But I still can't access CWM through moboot. I'm doing it manually by pushing the uImage.clockworkmod via novacom to get access and flash zips.
I even tried reinstalling CWM through ACMEInstaller2(flashed CM9 on my touchpad btw)
Can't you just do a full wipe in WebOS and then literally start at a clean slate, i.e. no Android and cleaned SD card?
What you want to do is follow THIS GUIDE HERE. It shows you how to completely remove Android, re-partition the device, and start completely fresh as if you had just opened the box of your brand-new HP Touchpad when it ran 3.0.0. I follow this guide about every 2-3 months just to make sure everything's running clean and good, and I have yet to ever run into problems.
It completely restores it to factory levels - partitions, WebOS 3.0.0, nothing else. It is your go-to guide on what you should do to start fresh.
From there, read the guide on Rootz and install CM9, and then from there, flash whatever ROM you wanna try out and enjoy.
does tptb remove everything.. I want to learn it all.. Im hooked on touchpad is there a way to start over I cant find webos doctor nor much on how to install and run it on touchpad.. Im wanting to start from scratch.. I have been learning so much on here, tried all the roms and aosp as well thanks..
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does tptb remove everything.. I want to learn it all.. Im hooked on touchpad is there a way to start over I cant find webos doctor nor much on how to install and run it on touchpad.. Im wanting to start from scratch.. I have been learning so much on here, tried all the roms and aosp as well thanks..
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yes Jcsullins TPtoolbox here will remove all the data, including WebOS, when you do a complete data reset.
I haven't used the Touchpad in a while, and I have three different boot options, WebOS, CM8 and CM9.
If I doctor it, that will still leave the CM's there?
How do I get it back to factory settings?
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I haven't used the Touchpad in a while, and I have three different boot options, WebOS, CM8 and CM9.
If I doctor it, that will still leave the CM's there?
How do I get it back to factory settings?
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After you doctor, reinstall moboot again, your Android files will still be there.
There's an utility (classic nerd's) that will clean up the moboot menu. To get back to factory settings I think you have to use android remover (or something like that) from webos then run something like secure full erase.
Make sure you have a good backup, just in case.
Run ACMEUninstaller before anything else , after that you should be left with only Webos.
If that is the case boot into Webos run preware and search install and run Android uninstaller, this will remove moboot.
If you have the 32 gig version it should show the TOUCHPAD's hard drive as 27.2 gig instead of 25.5 . You can then do factory reset within Webos and then upgrade to the latest version or if you wish or just install whatever version of Android you want without resetting and or upgrading.
I hope this helps, if you have a problem post back or pm.
Hello, I recently installed CM9 on my device, but I want to return it back to factory settings because I'm giving it to my Mom. She doesn't need anything more confusing on there. How do I go about wiping everything off and just leaving HP OS on there?
Thanks!
I would just use Acmeuninstaller which will remove the Android partition and then in webos do a factory reset.
Reverend Kyle has a nice how to video here with a link for Acmeuninstaller here
http://www.reverendkyle.com/index.p...yanogenmod-android-alpha-from-the-hp-touchpad