I would like to clean up my Cyanongen installation, but i dont know what is safe to delete and what not.
is there is a way to start totally 'clean' with just CM7 installed?
i have a feeling alot of unused directories / files are on my phone.
I'd prefer to format everything and re-install a fresh CM7 like u do when re-installing a PC.
Do a Titanium backup to your external SD card, backup your contacts, SMS & anything else you need (EFS too use Hellcat's kTool available on Market), then transfer the folders/files to your PC.
Do a factory reset on your phone, format both your internal/external SD cards, reinstall CM & whatever kernel you like thru Odin then transfer those backup files back to your internal or external SD card & restore your backups (just the apps, not the app data). That's what I'm planning to do over Xmas/New Year (tho not with CM).
Is this what you had in mind ?
tontje said:
I would like to clean up my Cyanongen installation, but i dont know what is safe to delete and what not.
is there is a way to start totally 'clean' with just CM7 installed?
i have a feeling alot of unused directories / files are on my phone.
I'd prefer to format everything and re-install a fresh CM7 like u do when re-installing a PC.
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Do i have to re-install with Odin, or is it also possible to format everything in CWM recovery and re-install CM7 with CWM recovery aswell? besides, do i lose my current kernel when i format through recovery?
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Actually, that's a very good point. You probably noticed I ummed and ahhed/edited my post a couple of times
Yeah, I guess you can probably just as easily do it all thru the CW Recovery ;-)
Edit - Although...If you nuke your SD cards (both), I'm thinking you'll more than likely get rid of everything on them, including CW, so that's why my first thought was that you'll need to reflash CM/kernel thru Odin, put the backups back on your external SD & then go from there.
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Do i have to re-install with Odin, or is it also possible to format everything in CWM recovery and re-install CM7 with CWM recovery aswell? besides, do i lose my current kernel when i format through recovery?
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Thanks for your help, i managed to do it all through CWM recovery.
started with downloading latest CM7 zip and stored it on my external sd (emmc).
rebooted into CWM and did
* Factory reset
* did all the formats under mount/format except emmc ofcourse
* reinstalled CM7 zip
* reboot and there it is, a fresh install with no unneeded empty directory/files etc
i didnt have to do a backup since all i had was some apps (wich i can redownload from app-store, and contacts are synced through google)
Thanks again!
No worries ;-) Glad it all worked smoothly for you.
You pretty much did it all yourself anyways Now I know you for sure that you don't have to use Odin at all & will follow the steps you did myself when I wipe mine over the next week or so
Learning together is a beautiful thing
tontje said:
Thanks for your help, i managed to do it all through CWM recovery.
started with downloading latest CM7 zip and stored it on my external sd (emmc).
rebooted into CWM and did
* Factory reset
* did all the formats under mount/format except emmc ofcourse
* reinstalled CM7 zip
* reboot and there it is, a fresh install with no unneeded empty directory/files etc
i didnt have to do a backup since all i had was some apps (wich i can redownload from app-store, and contacts are synced through google)
Thanks again!
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Battery / warmth issues
since i've done a total whipe and re-installed CM7, i seem to have a recharging issue, the phone gets really warm and it doesn't continuesly charge... it was almost empty, then got it back to around 30% and now it unloading again even while its connected...
do know what's wrong or what i could do to fix this? My battery-usage is not showing anything unusual that is consuming the battery
Occasionally after flashing a new kernel (I've never experienced it with a new rom tho) I've experienced heat issues like you're describing which tend to work themselves out after a couple of charge/discharge/reboot cycles, tho not the problems with recharging.
Try draining it to 5%, boot into CW Recovery, clear cache, clear Dalvik, delete battery stats then charge the phone while it's off to 100% (dont switch it on until you get the notification).
See if that helps.
tontje said:
since i've done a total whipe and re-installed CM7, i seem to have a recharging issue, the phone gets really warm and it doesn't continuesly charge... it was almost empty, then got it back to around 30% and now it unloading again even while its connected...
do know what's wrong or what i could do to fix this? My battery-usage is not showing anything unusual that is consuming the battery
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yeah clearing the battery stats seemed to have worked.... Strange tho, since i also did that right after formatting and reinstalling CM
It worked ? Excellent
Yeah that's a strange one. I have absolutely no idea why things like that don't seem to be fixed by clearing cache/Dalvik or battery stats once, but when you do it a second time the problem is solved
Main thing is you've got your phone running sweet now
tontje said:
yeah clearing the battery stats seemed to have worked.... Strange tho, since i also did that right after formatting and reinstalling CM
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Jup! again, thanks alot m8!
You're welcome man ;-) We worked it out together.
tontje said:
Jup! again, thanks alot m8!
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When I connect my phone to my computer with the USB cable, and mount it, the drives do not show up on my computer. Everything looks correct on the phone. I want to get everything off of the phone. What can be done to fix this??
I have tried uninstalling/re-installing the drivers, rebooting my phone, checking/un-checking debugging, and nothing works. Without fixing this, I can not even Odin back to stock or flash a new ROM.
flash different kernel ! or go to dev section and find sd card fix .
sd not showing up on your computer is kernels fault which one you are on some of them are buggy and wont display sd card in computer tab .
pull your external memmory out of the phone put it in the SD SLOT IN YOUR COMPUTER copy rom of your choice ! eject the sd out of your computer put it back in the phone wualllla
bartek25 said:
flash different kernel ! or go to dev section and find sd card fix .
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Yes, I did that. Like I said, the phone is acting like it is supposed to, but I can not access either the internal nor external SD card through explorer.
You might want to try replacing the connector cable. I had the same problem with my epic and that fixed it
Good luck
clock work recovery , clear cache clean dalivk chace , fix permision , /factory reset should be done last . (it wipes everything) back up .
bartek25 said:
clock work recovery , clear cache clean dalivk chace , fix permision , /factory reset should be done last . (it wipes everything) back up .
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I am running a custom ROM. What do you mean by "Fix permission" & "factory reset"? Will doing a factory reset take me back to stock?
i tell this to everyone who has this problem: start simple. the first thing you should do in this case is reinstall you drivers. i know it sounds silly, but i have frequent mounting issues that are always resolved by simply running the SamsungDrivers.exe and reinstalling them. it refreshes the driver.
not saying its going to work everytime, but its quite possible. ive suggested this to many people in the past and it worked for them.....give it a shot.
bartek was kind enough to repeat what i said in the next post
chadhoard said:
I am running a custom ROM. What do you mean by "Fix permission" & "factory reset"? Will doing a factory reset take me back to stock?
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yes factory reset will leave you on the rom you are on right now just all from scratch all your programs will be wiped and also all unecesary files that might prevent your computer from finding your sd but REINSTALL THE DRIVERS FIRST SEE HOW THAT GOES as sometimes simple things like that are the problem .
bartek25 said:
yes factory reset will leave you on the rom you are on right now just all from scratch all your programs will be wiped and also all unecesary files that might prevent your computer from finding your sd but REINSTALL THE DRIVERS FIRST SEE HOW THAT GOES as sometimes simple things like that are the problem .
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I wiped everything and it fixed my issue. I still do not know were to "Fix permission", but at this point it works. Now when I unplug the USB, it still shows that the phone is still connected through the USB in the top left corner of the phone. Why is that?
So i flashed CM7 and it worked alright, but i cant get any of my data/apps back! When i go into the file manager built into the rom it just shows my Sdcard as empty and my sdcardext or whatever as empty also, when its unplugged and in charge only aswell. When i plug it up to my computer and put in usb transfer mode it reads all my files that i have before unlocking, cwm, rooting, and flashing CM7. Any help here?! And the rom doesnt come with the marketplace so i cant try a different file manager. Im really lost here and i dont have any of my data atm.. I have it all backed up on my pc, but no means to make my phone read its memory. Any help would be HUGELY useful right now. While in CWM before flashing i factory reset phone, didnt include sd card(as Qbking77 said in video i watched, huge thanks to him btw love his work) And then wiped cache and dalvic cache. Am i missing something here or whats going on?
EDIT: Also, when plugged into my computer it shows 2 devices, a G: and F:. there used to only be F: as the main "Moto" one, i have no sd card installed into the phone. Now it is G: that is that folder and F: is just empty and cannot be opened by windows and comes when i plug my photon in, at same time as the loaded drive G:. I just used a Nandroid backup to go back to stock rom and reflashed CM7 and still have the same issue..
With the file manager, check /mnt/emmc when running Cm7. That is where the internal sdcard is mounted.
Also. Make sure you flash GAPPS so you'll have market.
http://goo-inside.me/gapps/gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip
You can flip them by selecting settings, cyanogenmod settings, application, use internal storage.
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Thanks a ton!! That was exactly it, it mounted to that weird location! and i was able to change that, thank you so much!
Is anyone else having the calendar force close in CM7? This is something I use regularly and would like to have fixed if possible. Any semi easy DIY fixes? Other than that i am absolutely loving CM7!
I have been using checkrom revolution hd v4 for 2 weeks with DK 2.5.2 with no problems. But after a nornal reboot today, the SD card (internal) can't be read even after several reboots. I tried to formatted it but it can't be formatted either. Just bought my SGS2 two months ago only.
What should i do to recover function of my SD card again? Is it because of the custom rom that caused this issue?
Please help. Thanks!
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Try doing a full-stock restore, making sure to do a factory reset, wipe the cache and Dalvik cache along the way. If you're still having problems, take it to a Samsung service center.
That's really strange though - I'd assume that if the OS can't read/write the internal storage, then it shouldn't be able to flash a ROM, or even really load the OS?
just a thought... have you tried to: connect your phone via usb as external drive and have windows do a repair of harddrive.
i had a sdcard which was "read only" under android, after that procedure it worked again flawless
in my case the cause was a faulty titanium backup file....
screamworks said:
Try doing a full-stock restore, making sure to do a factory reset, wipe the cache and Dalvik cache along the way. If you're still having problems, take it to a Samsung service center.
That's really strange though - I'd assume that if the OS can't read/write the internal storage, then it shouldn't be able to flash a ROM, or even really load the OS?
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matis1 said:
just a thought... have you tried to: connect your phone via usb as external drive and have windows do a repair of harddrive.
i had a sdcard which was "read only" under android, after that procedure it worked again flawless
in my case the cause was a faulty titanium backup file....
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Thanks for the help! I suspect it might be Titanium Backup problem. The OS finally read the internal SD after a few more reboots but all the data inside is wiped out Not to mention I accidentally formatted my external SD by mistake as well. Sigh...got to restore everything bit by bit. Do you think it could be a media problem initially (i.e. problem with the internal SD)?
The title should give a pretty good overview. However, for completeness, here's the deal. (BTW, I've searched and haven't found a good answer. It could be that I'm not searching properly though.)
The Vibrant is running MIUI 2.3.7. It has worked perfectly, GPS included. I upgraded to a GSII during the Valentine's day thing, and now need to wipe the Vibrant so I can give it to my daughter.
I've backed up everything available to my computer, and am now looking for the best way to essentially reset the phone. I want to put MIUI back on it ultimately.
I understand that 'factory data wipe/reset' in CWM doesn't remove everything. Should I format stuff via CWM? Should I Odin back to stock, then reflash everything? If so, does that remove saved passwords, apps, etc.?
Thanks for your help!
Wipe factory reset will clear apps and user data like password.
It will not remove anything on SD card though like music, pics.
You can format SD card and external SD card.
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No need for external SD at this time, so I'm keeping it
So, format SD card from CWM? The word format frightens me a bit. I guess the OS stays in a different partition, so I don't have to worry about deleting that, right?
You can always just hook it up to your PC and pull everything off the internal that way. Then when your teen gets it there won't be anything on it.
thermanlee said:
The title should give a pretty good overview. However, for completeness, here's the deal. (BTW, I've searched and haven't found a good answer. It could be that I'm not searching properly though.)
The Vibrant is running MIUI 2.3.7. It has worked perfectly, GPS included. I upgraded to a GSII during the Valentine's day thing, and now need to wipe the Vibrant so I can give it to my daughter.
I've backed up everything available to my computer, and am now looking for the best way to essentially reset the phone. I want to put MIUI back on it ultimately.
I understand that 'factory data wipe/reset' in CWM doesn't remove everything. Should I format stuff via CWM? Should I Odin back to stock, then reflash everything? If so, does that remove saved passwords, apps, etc.?
Thanks for your help!
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This will get you back to stock eclair. Make sure you have java installed on your computer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278683
I had problems with my galaxy S, which was running on official 2.3.6
I decided to wipe everything clean and install a custom rom
But during the process, I've come across a weird weird problem
I started to get UIDs system error and was asking me to wipe data partition to use the phone
so I tried to wipe all the partitions
I have tried wiping int sd card via phone -> didn't work
I have tried wiping via cwm -> didn't work
I have tried wiping & re-partition via odin + reinstall -> didn't work
I have physically deleted contents from int sd while connected via USB -> didn't work
I have formatted the removable disk (int sd) while connected via USB -> didn't work
what I mean by didn't work is, the next time I reboot, I find that all the contents in my phone comes back alive...
I don't know what I can do to fix this problem
I can install new mods fine, but due to the fact that old system files and apps are present together, which didn't get wiped, and causes clashes and my phone won't work as it starts up... I really don't know how I can fix this problem and wipe my phone clean to "resurrect" it..
please help me if you know solution to this problem
This really sounds weired.....
You should download sd maid for root users (search for the paid version)
There you have many options for finding odd data on your sdcard and internal phone storage
you can delete files
sd maid makes you find some dead apps wich make your problems
give me a feedback if it works..or not
stay well
jiffer1991 said:
This really sounds weired.....
You should download sd maid for root users (search for the paid version)
There you have many options for finding odd data on your sdcard and internal phone storage
you can delete files
sd maid makes you find some dead apps wich make your problems
give me a feedback if it works..or not
stay well
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hey thanks for the suggestion, but at the moment, I can't use the phone at all because all my basics apps and system apps clashes on boot up, no matter what I flash on to my phone, hence basically it won't start up.. so I can't use any apps infact the phone itself
Only thing I can do is via CWM recovery mode, or via odin
If you know how to deal with this problem via that way, it will be great~
jdarkj said:
hey thanks for the suggestion, but at the moment, I can't use the phone at all because all my basics apps and system apps clashes on boot up, no matter what I flash on to my phone, hence basically it won't start up.. so I can't use any apps infact the phone itself
Only thing I can do is via CWM recovery mode, or via odin
If you know how to deal with this problem via that way, it will be great~
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Ok it seems if something went wrong during ur installation
To bring ur phone back to life
1. http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ go here type in I9000 and search for the stock rom that belongs to ur country
2.search for the *.ops file for ur I9000
3. look out for a flashing guid for ur phone ( you will find it here in the xda)
4. reflash the stock rom and test if ur problems still there
Reply to me if it worked or not