I have TWRP 2.2.1 installed, unlocked bootloader and rooted, I want to install a new ROM but I want to do a full wipe as per the installation instruction.
In the Wipe Menu I see 6 different options. Which ones do I wipe for it to be a full wipe?
Cache (I can probably wipe this)
Dalvik cache (I can probably wipe this)
Facory Reset
System
Exernal Storage (I probably don't need to wipe this)
Internal Storage
Thanks,
Richard
A full wipe is factory reset.
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skennelly said:
A full wipe is factory reset.
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Not true, A factory reset wipes data, and cache. A true full wipe is System, data, and cache. When doing this I usually click on factory reset twice and then system twice
skennelly said:
A full wipe is factory reset.
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And I'd throw "System" in there for good measure.
Thanks guys. Worked like a charm.
There is a mod you can flash that does the same thing called superwipe
Sorry to bump this, but factory reset WILL NOT erase media on phone, right?
No, it will not. ONLY a SD card erase will wipe the media.
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Just gonna add that I erase both caches any time I'm in recovery . why not take the opportunity while u can.
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I use swm6180_superwipe between flashes. Not sure that it's necessarily any better than using the wipe option in TWRP, but here's a link. https://db.tt/lAVSMRwY
I wish I could remember what thread it was from so I could link you to it directly, but it you find it make sure you thank swm6180.
sorry to resurrect this yet again but dose swm6180_superwipe still work? i used to use one on my galaxy s2x but that one no longer works i have been told.
full wipe!" i must to select all ? :dalvik , data, internal storage, cache, usb otg )? and " system " no correct?
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Maybe alot of newbies ask of this already but i just wanna ask it again
What is a Full wipe is that the same as wipe?
and how do u do a full wipe properly?
Wipe
1. Wipe data/factory reset
2. Wipe Dalvik-cache
3. Wipe SD:
4. Wipe battery stats
5. Wipe rotate settings
Should i do (1.) or (1. & 2.) or (1. 2 & 3) on the amon ra boot screen
A full wipe is wiping all of those, however it is not always needed depending on whether or not you actually use Apps 2 SD etc
Most of the time you only need to wipe option 1 (with the occasional 2 as well)
2 is included by 1, for a full wipe do 1 (and 3 if you have an ext partition on your sdcard).
I've been flashing custom roms and updates for a about a month now, with once every 3 days on average. Wipe option 2 never finished successfully, and showed a message that I had to use adb to perform it or something. (not sure of the message though).
Anyway, out of no where, it worked today for the first time. I was on aHero v0.3 Rom.
What could be the reason? Is it the Rom? The only thing different I've done in this Rom was use Root Explorer.
this is a know bug in the recovery image. it tries to wipe dalvik-cache on the ext partition, which ofcourse fails if you don't have one. nevermind, the wipe works regardless of the error message.
kendong2 said:
this is a know bug in the recovery image. it tries to wipe dalvik-cache on the ext partition, which ofcourse fails if you don't have one. nevermind, the wipe works regardless of the error message.
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I did partition my sd card recently but never actually made use of it. (unless some rom used it automatically) .. anyway that should explain it.
Thanks
kendong2 said:
this is a know bug in the recovery image. it tries to wipe dalvik-cache on the ext partition, which ofcourse fails if you don't have one. nevermind, the wipe works regardless of the error message.
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I never get an error when I wiped mine and I don't have an ext partition
What have I done wrong
I've only ever used option 1. No issues to report here.
does Wipe SD literally deletes the content of the SD card? like formatting?
When it's recommended to use that?
no. it is called "wipe SD:ext" because it wipes only the ext partition of the sdcard. not sure what it does exactly, but i am pretty sure it just deletes the "app" and "app-private" folders on the ext partition, i have other files there that are not deleted when i wipe it.
Cool, I hope that this fixes the problems with my rom.
OK, if I understand it properly I have to lose all my apps and data to install or update a new ROM? Of course I may use Titanium backup but that is quite long process to restore all apss and data again, right?
Yes, mostly you have to wipe all. Sometimes it says that you only need to wipe cache/ dalvik cache if coming from a previous version. Do you have the free version of Titanium Backup? If you do I would suggest downloading either the paid version or MyBackup Root (it's free). Then you get one click restore. It still takes a lot of time, but you can do other stuff while it's doing it
Oh, yes, it is a good feature to restore on one click. I thought it is weird. No I understand when it is just in paid version. One more thing. Once I was restoring apps, I used app2sd script but TB restored somehow in the wrong place because the notification about low space appeared. Even though I did not get it before when I used the script. How to make sure thet TB restore apps to the right place? Thanks!!
Full wipe required?
OK, so for the RCMixHD v3.6 with Data 2 Ext(4) they say a
"Full wipe is required"
What does that mean? It is totally unclear and not being explained anywhere in the ROM tutorials. Pretty weird, because it seems rather important.
I have the ClockworkMod Recovery bootware on my HTC Desire, so how does one perform a "full wipe" without also wiping HBOOT and such (when it is S-OFF I would understand a "full wipe" actually wipes *everything* on the internal NAND/SD) ?
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OK, so for the RCMixHD v3.6 with Data 2 Ext(4) they say a
"Full wipe is required"
What does that mean? It is totally unclear and not being explained anywhere in the ROM tutorials. Pretty weird, because it seems rather important.
I have the ClockworkMod Recovery bootware on my HTC Desire, so how does one perform a "full wipe" without also wiping HBOOT and such (when it is S-OFF I would understand a "full wipe" actually wipes *everything* on the internal NAND/SD) ?
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1. Wipe data/factory reset
2. Wipe Dalvik-cache
3. Wipe SD:
4. Wipe battery stats
full wipe
Im doing leedroid full wipe right one and its been a good hour now froze the HTC screen. Can anyone tell me how long it normally takes?
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1. Wipe data/factory reset
3. Wipe SD:
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It's strange how both of these are rarely really required, while I STILL see this "full wipe required" being advertised for most roms. It's nonsense. Why would you need to wipe your entire SD? If a certain formatting would be required for the rom to function properly, it should include a script that does that for you and prompt before wiping your SD-card.
Also, the Factory reset is only required in very rare cases.
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It's strange how both of these are rarely really required, while I STILL see this "full wipe required" being advertised for most roms. It's nonsense. Why would you need to wipe your entire SD? If a certain formatting would be required for the rom to function properly, it should include a script that does that for you and prompt before wiping your SD-card.
Also, the Factory reset is only required in very rare cases.
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Well if I am updating from the same rom I will do cache and dalvik only.
When cm 7.1 hits ill do full because of updated android
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Every time I flash a new ROM or restore a nandroid backup, I do the following:
1. Wipe Dalvik cache
2. Wipe data/factory reset
The second step formats /data, /cache, /sd-ext, and /sdcard/.android_secure, so that's a pretty thorough wipe if you ask me. I wipe the Dalvik cache as well to be as thorough as possible.
Optionally, you can format /system under mounts and storage in CWM recovery.
I see people saying that wiping data, cache, and dalvik is considered a full wipe. But isn't that incorrect? Wouldn't formatting the system, data, and cache be considered a full wipe? If using TWRP, under advanced settings or options is a an option for formatting. When choosing to format system, data, and cache partitions, isn't that what people want to do when doing a "full wipe"?
Formatting system will clear dalvik so I'm just confused when people say to wipe fully, and by that they say to wipe data, cache, and dalvik. That's nothing, but a factory reset because all that does is erase your data, and leave the system intact with whatever you installed into the system such as kernels or tweaks.
So my question is, what do you guys and gals consider to be a full wipe?
I use the advanced> format menu to wipe each invidual partition, including /system. I myself have always wondered this as well seeing as to most people, a full wipe is considered a factory reset which includes data, cache, and dalvik cache. I wipe each individual partition including system and thus never have weird problems that others complain about.
I've wondered that same thing, cause some say wipe everything and then some say format ur system first. So which is? Which way is the Proper way?
The proper way is formating
System
Data
Cache
Formatting system clears dalvik. I'm just confused because people keep telling others to do incorrect things when they say full wipe. I just want to know what the users think when they use the term.
DDiaz007 said:
The proper way is formating
System
Data
Cache
Formatting system clears dalvik. I'm just confused because people keep telling others to do incorrect things when they say full wipe. I just want to know what the users think when they use the term.
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Well I use the super wipe zip, I think that's what it's called, to wipe my phone then I was just formatting my system. I wasn't really sure what people wanted. Like I said one says wipe and one will say format, but thanks for telling me the proper way.
mugetsu666 said:
Well I use the super wipe zip, I think that's what it's called, to wipe my phone then I was just formatting my system. I wasn't really sure what people wanted. Like I said one says wipe and one will say format, but thanks for telling me the proper way.
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A zip? You'll be fine if it does what it is supposed to do. But if you do it manually, this is the correct way.
DDiaz007 said:
A zip? You'll be fine if it does what it is supposed to do. But if you do it manually, this is the correct way.
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I just looked and it's the infected wipe is what I've been using but I guess I'll start doing it the proper way then.
I have always considered wiping data, cache, and dalvik as a full wipe. And formatting every thing as, well, formatting lol. I have never formatted any of my partitions when installing new roms, can't say I have ever had an issue either.
But you certainly bring up an interesting point.
For those that are confused: "formatting a partition = "wiping" a partition.
format boot (contains kernel,ramdisk,etc.)
format system (contains base OS,apps and framework,etc.)
format data (user apps,accounts,batt stats,dalvik,etc.)
format cache (lots of stuff, lol)
/full wipe
side note: every ROM zip I've ever seen formats system and boot, so usually if you're flashing a ROM (and feel like wiping) it's totally fine to just wipe data and cache and then flash. If you're flashing over (no data wipe) then you'd want to wipe cache and dalvik, same for a kernel, that gets rid of cached stuff you probably don't want on boot. Especially dalvik since it contains a classes.dex for all your apps, which could contain old data you don't want in your new ROM. These dex files are built during the bootup, so it's safe to wipe them out, that's also the reason a bootup takes a lot longer after a dalvik wipe where you haven't wiped data.
hope this helps
When you don't get poopoo stains on your undies.
Sry troll moment lol had to do it sry diaz.
I always thought full wipe was data dalvick, cache, battery stats, system/ SD partition
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thizzlemania91 said:
When you don't get poopoo stains on your undies.
Sry troll moment lol had to do it sry diaz.
I always thought full wipe was data dalvick, cache, battery stats, system/ SD partition
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dalvik is IN /data.
batt stats are IN /data.
who wipes sdcard for full wipe?
il Duce said:
dalvik is IN /data.
batt stats are IN /data.
who wipes sdcard for full wipe?
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No **** lol
Get all those nasty tt backup apps you guys save lol
il Duce said:
format boot (contains kernel,ramdisk,etc.)
format system (contains base OS,apps and framework,etc.)
format data (user apps,accounts,batt stats,dalvik,etc.)
format cache (lots of stuff, lol)
/full wipe
side note: every ROM zip I've ever seen formats system and boot, so usually if you're flashing a ROM (and feel like wiping) it's totally fine to just wipe data and cache and then flash. If you're flashing over (no data wipe) then you'd want to wipe cache and dalvik, same for a kernel, that gets rid of cached stuff you probably don't want on boot. Especially dalvik since it contains a classes.dex for all your apps, which could contain old data you don't want in your new ROM. These dex files are built during the bootup, so it's safe to wipe them out, that's also the reason a bootup takes a lot longer after a dalvik wipe where you haven't wiped data.
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Ahh I see now, much appreciated!
DDiaz007 said:
Ahh I see now, much appreciated!
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anytime. hey what happened to nuggy? does nobody like cyan sense?
il Duce said:
anytime. hey what happened to nuggy? does nobody like cyan sense?
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I don't know, he went dark on me. I assume life. I like it, but who knows? :-(
I finally joined Google Plus so I can play tester for you guys if you still need it. I tried joining before when I had asked you, but it rejected my alias.
Front to Back or Back to Front & Toilet Paper or Wet Wipes? Just Kidding!
When wiping via Factory Reset in TWRP what is the best way to insure everything is getting fully wiped except our external SD card. After I did a factory reset there was still everything on the internal sd card. Do any of you use the superwipe.zip?
What Procedures do you follow when switching Roms?
DGreen1 said:
Front to Back or Back to Front & Toilet Paper or Wet Wipes? Just Kidding!
When wiping via Factory Reset in TWRP what is the best way to insure everything is getting fully wiped except our external SD card. After I did a factory reset there was still everything on the internal sd card. Do any of you use the superwipe.zip?
What Procedures do you follow when switching Roms?
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i wipe data factory reset.. then wipe cash..then dalvik cash..then flash rom.. been doing that for a year wit no problems
I dont know for sure as I to am new to this device. But Id think it would be the same as any other device
I do know for google wallet you need to clear before flashing or it borks on this device,,,
for wiping from recovery I believe it goes something like this:
Wipe data factory reset
wipe data
wipe cache
wipe dalvic cache
wipe system
wipe boot
wipe sd-ext (if there is one???)
flash your rom and reboot
Please anyone correct me if im wrong,,,Thaks and hope it helps ya,,,Later,,,:cool;
drlzanej said:
I dont know for sure as I to am new to this device. But Id think it would be the same as any other device
I do know for google wallet you need to clear before flashing or it borks on this device,,,
for wiping from recovery I believe it goes something like this:
Wipe data factory reset
wipe data
wipe cache
wipe dalvic cache
wipe system
wipe boot
wipe sd-ext (if there is one???)
flash your rom and reboot
Please anyone correct me if im wrong,,,Thaks and hope it helps ya,,,Later,,,:cool;
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Factory reset wipes /data and /cache
after Factory reset, wipe System and you should be good to go on a new or fresh installation from zip. i dont think wiping boot is necessary but you can. so do
Factory Reset
System
Boot
Dalvik-cache is in /data so you dont have to wipe that.
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Factory Reset
System
Boot
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This is the best, and also the quickest way.
Thanks for the help... I just don't understand why I have the following on my phone.
Sdcard - I understand that this is internal.
Sdcard2
Sd-ext.
Both the sdcard2 and Sd-ext have the same files on them, it has my music, some apk files, and my flash zip files. Now my poweramp player shows duplicate albums for all of my music stored on my external sd.
Any ideas
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DGreen1 said:
Thanks for the help... I just don't understand why I have the following on my phone.
Sdcard - I understand that this is internal.
Sdcard2
Sd-ext.
Both the sdcard2 and Sd-ext have the same files on them, it has my music, some apk files, and my flash zip files. Now my poweramp player shows duplicate albums for all of my music stored on my external sd.
Any ideas
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Sd-ext is or was the best way to move apps to the sd card. But with the new OS it isn't required if the app is made right
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I factory reset twice, wipe dalvik twice and wipe system twice. I don't wipe cache since the factory reset does it.
Now that it was clarified dalvik is wiped with the factory reset I'll probably stop doing that. I just wish it clarified it since it specifically indicates the cache was wiped.
I use this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1700211
I assume the advantage of using the full wipe zip is how fast it works. What else is recommended to wipe before flashing a new rom. What I have been doing is flashing the wipe zip, then formatting system, cache, and data, then wiping dalvik cache. Is all that necessary? Should I also be doing a full wipe/ factory reset? Thanks in advance.
Airwolf79 said:
I assume the advantage of using the full wipe zip is how fast it works. What else is recommended to wipe before flashing a new rom. What I have been doing is flashing the wipe zip, then formatting system, cache, and data, then wiping dalvik cache. Is all that necessary? Should I also be doing a full wipe/ factory reset? Thanks in advance.
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I believe the zip you are referring to is Bills fullwipe zip. It wipes everything needed to flash a rom except dalvik cache. So, flash the zip, wipe dalvik, flash your rom.
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I believe the zip you are referring to is Bills fullwipe zip. It wipes everything needed to flash a rom except dalvik cache. So, flash the zip, wipe dalvik, flash your rom.
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Yes, sorry, its Th3Bill's zip, but I got it on Joker's site. So its normal for it to wipe superfast, like in a few seconds? What about formatting system, data, and cache, is that not needed either?
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Yes, sorry, its Th3Bill's zip, but I got it on Joker's site. So its normal for it to wipe superfast, like in a few seconds? What about formatting system, data, and cache, is that not needed either?
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Nope, that's the three it wipes. And yes a few seconds is normal. Only thing you might wanna wipe is dalvik.
But, I mean there is the full wipe/factory reset, and then under mounts u can manually format each one. What is the difference between formatting and wiping?
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But, I mean there is the full wipe/factory reset, and then under mounts u can manually format each one. What is the difference between formatting and wiping?
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For our usage, not much difference.. But technically, wiping referrs to 'deleting' everything there. Deleting makes something disappear, but doesn't make it nonexistent. It just tells the system that this space can be used for other things now. Until the the given sectors where the data resided are used to write something else, the deleted items technically still exist. Formatting, on the other hand, goes through every sector and writes over it with 'blank' data, securely making the data unrecoverable (for the most part).
How can you relate this to your phone? Well, if you are installing a new rom, wiping the data is sufficient. If you are getting rid of your phone for whatever reason, formatting is suggested.
Ok, thank u for the clear explanation.
So many answers but what is now an real Full Wipe?
As per my knowledge,
Full Wipe means, cleaning the old ROM information in the mobile.
If you want to know the process for Full wipe, you can check it here.
Regards,
Hereticnine.
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache
Mounts and storage:
Format System
Format Data
Format Cache
Advanced:
Wipe Dalvik cache
Wipe battery stats
Fix permissions
Flash something
That's what I normally do with a full wipe
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So many answers but what is now an real Full Wipe?
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Just reboot into recovery (custom kernel not stock recovery) and use the Wipe data/factory reset option. You can also do extra wipes like described above if yo wish but in most cases just the wipe data/factory reset will suffice.