Just like everyone else, I have moved on to the new SGS 3 phone. And now I am selling my fascinate very cheap to a coworker. But before I can do that, I need to get rid of all my personal data on there. What is the best way to ensure all my personal information is completely wiped from the phone and microSD?
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Just like everyone else, I have moved on to the new SGS 3 phone. And now I am selling my fascinate very cheap to a coworker. But before I can do that, I need to get rid of all my personal data on there. What is the best way to ensure all my personal information is completely wiped from the phone and microSD?
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Reformat the sd card then odin back to stock eh03
What software is currently on it, and what software do you want to be on it when you give it to him?
If you want him to have the latest official release just ODIN back to EH03 with the PIT file. That will wipe everything from the phone. If you want to keep any custom rom and Kernel then reboot into recovery and do a data, cache and dalvik wipe.
If you want to wipe the SDCard go into Settings when the phone is booted up and under "Storage" there should be an option to unmount and erase the card. You can also try it from CWM under Mounts and Storage; there's an option to wipe the sdcard.
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Thanks for the quick responses. I have stock Android 2.2 on it, with root. I suppose I could bring it up to the latest stock version.
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I've read alot of the threads around but cant seem to find specific info that I require. I've already rooted and flashed Litening ROM 1.5, however I want to try other ROMS and read its best to wipe before some of them.
Now most of the instructions say to boot into CWM and do a data/cache wipe, can anyone tell em what does this wipe exactly?
From what I can understand the 16gb is partitioned into the "sd card" and the storage? When looking through Windows Explorer only the larger (I believe sd card" partition shows up, with download folder, CWM back ups, music, camera images etc.
Does this get wiped, or is it just apps/personalisation of the phone? I've got titanium backup and backed up all data + user data etc which can be restored, but I just want to check that music/camera images etc won't go!
Hope its not too stupid a question, cheers for any info!
My understanding is: wipe = factory reset. I hope I'm right with that assumption.
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Wipes....
I got caught once when I installed cognition for the first time. The installation somehow did wipe my internal sdcard with all my stuff on it. (Although I do have backups on my PC) So it was just a pain but not serious.
But the odd thing is that all the following upgrades of the rom did not wipe the sdcard, so DG might have change the way it does the wipes.
Also if you do a factory reset either via keypad on phone with the *#... it will wipe the sdcard.
So one needs to be carefull and make sure that we have backups of the stuff we want to keep.
I find this annoying making the 16GB card internal sdcard almost behaive as temporary storage ruther than permanent.
So watch out.
thanks for both replies! still not 100% sure though, does anyone know 100% what the CWM wipe options actually wipe?
thanks again!
How about "everything"? It sets your phone back to the way it was when you first started it.
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Back up sd card and wipe phone to learn.
jje
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Am looking at handing my G-Tab over to someone else and do not want to leave my paid apps/private login stuff on there. What is the best (fastest/easiest/safest) way to clean it off?
Is there a Factory reset that does that or do I have to re-flash the ROM or what? It is currently running one of the last versions of FlashBack.
I'm about to sell my tablet too. What I'm gonna do is format the sd card, data wipe/cache, wipe dalvik and battery stats. It should completely delete everything
nunjabusiness said:
Am looking at handing my G-Tab over to someone else and do not want to leave my paid apps/private login stuff on there. What is the best (fastest/easiest/safest) way to clean it off?
Is there a Factory reset that does that or do I have to re-flash the ROM or what? It is currently running one of the last versions of FlashBack.
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a couple of things to consider. If i was going to, I would:
/settings/privacy/factory reset
then cwm.
mount menu
format everything?
partition
4096/0 then back to 2048/0
then mount usb -copy over an update and install via cwm or nvflash stock 3588 or higher.
that should wipe everything for good...lol..maybe
I want to know if there is a way to completely format everything on my Vibrant before installing a new JB Rom. I have a lot of clutter that's built up over time. Folders with nothing in them, files from older roms, etc. How can I wipe everything and do a complete fresh install, step by step?
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I want to know if there is a way to completely format everything on my Vibrant before installing a new JB Rom. I have a lot of clutter that's built up over time. Folders with nothing in them, files from older roms, etc. How can I wipe everything and do a complete fresh install, step by step?[/QUOT
Go to mounts and storage in recovery and format, data, datadata, system and SD card. Do not format boot! You can do it before you Odin back to stock (clean slate). Then get root and cwm recovery and flash back to JB.
* you will lose everything, pics, music, app backups, ROM/kernel zips etc. Backup anything you dont want to lose and for safe measures backup your /efs.
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Thanks so much man! Just pictures and music... lol, going to take a while. But perhaps I can revive this beast of a phone before I get a Note at Tax Time. Thanks again!
Hey, I was just re-reading. Do not format boot at all. Just wanted to clarify that. The easiest way to back everything up, IMO, is to copy the entire SD to your PC. Then you can sort through it there.
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Hello, i have a galaxy s3 i9300.
I have rooted my phone tryd out many roms and kernels. I had siyah kernel but switched to an other kernel, i had dual boot with the siyah kernel. And the 2nd rom files from dual boot are still on the phone, i tryd formating system etc, wiping caches, wiping dalvik, factory reset.
I just want complete wipe, all personal stuff can wipe to music etc. IDC just that my phone is like brand new and i can start over.
Can you help me guys?
Simple, format external sdcard and internal sdcard, format system partition in recovery, wipe cache and data (factory reset ) .
What I am talking about is formatting in recovery, after you formatted 2 sdcards, system, data and cache.
You now can:
1. Pull out external sdcard, insert it into card reader or other external sdcard capable devices, copy stock ROM , flash it, done
2. Simply use sideload in recovery to flash new stock ROM.
3. Odin, I don't have explain any further, do I?
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I'm trying to do the same thing. I'm currently running on Cyanogenmod 10.1 NIGHTLY Build and want to revert back to Stock ROM in order to return my phone for technical audio jack problems. Basically I don't want to trigger the flash counter, does the sideloader option do that?
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JohnDidThat said:
I'm trying to do the same thing. I'm currently running on Cyanogenmod 10.1 NIGHTLY Build and want to revert back to Stock ROM in order to return my phone for technical audio jack problems. Basically I don't want to trigger the flash counter, does the sideloader option do that?
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Count is only for Odin, not recovery.
So do what I said and avoid Odin way, or use Mobile Odin which doesn't increase count
Sideload just as normal as you use recovery to install, except the zip file isn't stored in your sdcard but be pushed from computer by using adb command
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My external sd card doesnt need a wipe. I also dont need the stock rom i just want my device clean. There is 9 gb in the path "0". So is it possible to not wipe my extern sd card and put rom in it what i can install after super wipe?.
Can it be done without odin to erase all my date without erasing cwm recovery and such away? With the steps you said i needed to do.
Im scared of odin btw. I only did it once and thats when i rooted my phone. I can format my sd card in win 7 so.
Sorry a bit nooby.
I would really like to check out the recently released i717 official rom, but i don't want to have to go through the process of backing everything up, wiping everything, running odin, risking bricking my device, and then have to move all my data back over.
Is there a version of this rom that has been rooted and zipped so i can install it with twrp like every other rom i've ever come across?
thanks in advance,
cpgeek
If you use the Kies software on your pc it will install the stock rom and save your apps and data.
If you use the stock rom in the development section by pmtr3 you can flash that as a zip and it is rooted.
But when you change a rom to a different base you should factory reset and wipe first. If you skip this procedure (called dirty flashing) you can have troubles later.
rangercaptain said:
If you use the Kies software on your pc it will install the stock rom and save your apps and data.
If you use the stock rom in the development section by pmtr3 you can flash that as a zip and it is rooted.
But when you change a rom to a different base you should factory reset and wipe first. If you skip this procedure (called dirty flashing) you can have troubles later.
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thank you for your fast reply, I apologize my search-fu rather tanked on this one d'oh
thanks again though!
Yeah buddy, the xda apps stink. I usee the odin tar from samfirmware.com to get the stock JB. This morning I flashed the pmtr3 stock on top of what I had without backups or resets. But its the same base.
At least be sure to do usual wipes. If it borks your phone you can always fix it later.
rangercaptain said:
If you use the Kies software on your pc it will install the stock rom and save your apps and data.
If you use the stock rom in the development section by pmtr3 you can flash that as a zip and it is rooted.
But when you change a rom to a different base you should factory reset and wipe first. If you skip this procedure (called dirty flashing) you can have troubles later.
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I should have spoke more carefully - I *always* run "factory reset", wipe "system" and "caches" from TWRP, it's the internal sd filesystem data that I wanted to retain which is separate from the OS image and it's active data files. I don't want to have to move around my music, pictures, app archive, etc.
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I should have spoke more carefully - I *always* run "factory reset", wipe "system" and "caches" from TWRP, it's the internal sd filesystem data that I wanted to retain which is separate from the OS image and it's active data files. I don't want to have to move around my music, pictures, app archive, etc.
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You shouldn't have to worry about wiping your internal memory. I updated with kies and didn't touch my internal memory, and neither did kies. However it is recommended. I now have some extra folders that aren't being used on my internal memory. I'd delete them but last time I did that I kept getting errors. So now I make a spot on my external sd card saying "internal backup" and copy everything to it. Then I wipe internal as I do a factory reset. Once up and running I move what I need back to the internal memory from the sd backup.