Quick question, If you save music and pics on the internal storage, will it survive flashing different roms, or will it be deleted? thanks for your answers.
Should survive flashing custom ROMs, but flashing a RUU or unlocking bootloader will wipe it (as will if you end up with a bad flash such that the only way out is a RUU). Best to back it up once in a while.
My name's Harold and I'm a flashaholic....
Thanks. I have some music on my sd card that is taking up a lot of space, but I have nothing on my internal storage, so thought about moving it over.
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Hi everyone,
I've booted into recovery, wiped the dalvick, wiped the cache, wiped the data+factory reset, then installed villain rom,
and sure enough, my /sdcard folder is still full of junk... even though the phone didn't come with an SDCARD (slot is empty, if I add and sdcard it mounts in external_sd).
So i'm wondering, how can you, totally, permanently, irrevocably, delete absolutely everything from the phone, without exception
Thank you!
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This will leave the sd card untouched right? Right now when I install roms I back a few apps up seperately to external, run Ti, then do a nand. I take the whole internal sd and transfer it over to my pc and that is my backup. I have been leaving the sd in with the phones internal wipes and it is untouched. This is what I want, I have my music and wallpapers, ringtones etc there and they can sit through a wipe without being touch and its saves having to move them back onto the phone. Wasn't sure if the hard reset would also wipe the sd card which is why I have been pulling it. I think on my next flash I may just back up the sd card and let fly if no one has tried it yet.
krabman said:
This will leave the sd card untouched right? Right now when I install roms I back a few apps up seperately to external, run Ti, then do a nand. I take the whole internal sd and transfer it over to my pc and that is my backup. I have been leaving the sd in with the phones internal wipes and it is untouched. This is what I want, I have my music and wallpapers, ringtones etc there and they can sit through a wipe without being touch and its saves having to move them back onto the phone. Wasn't sure if the hard reset would also wipe the sd card which is why I have been pulling it. I think on my next flash I may just back up the sd card and let fly if no one has tried it yet.
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This will wipe everything apart from your external SD Card! It will be like the device came from the factory.
Yes, this is why I do it and I knew that, I like a completely fresh start on a new rom and Ti makes it pretty painless. I just wasn't sure if it also wiped/formatted the sd card which is what I don't want. This way I can leave all my music and such there that just moves from one rom to the next and not have to mess with it so this is exactly what I was hoping to hear.
Well looks like my thread was highjacked :-(
I'm trying to delete everything, including the SD
cigaro78 said:
I'm trying to delete everything, including the SD
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Just format the SD card manually.
Thats what i do format SD card via |Windows .
Plus for overkill via CWM advanced format system sd card etc .
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Will This un root my phone ?
cigaro78 said:
Well looks like my thread was highjacked :-(
I'm trying to delete everything, including the SD
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That is kind of what I suggested the hard reset will do. It will wipe everything!
did you try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6948568&postcount=6
this will really wipe everything, including internal storage
Hey guys,
I'm new to roms, and this is my first android phone.
I'm currently on 2.3.4 and I am rooted.
From reading around, I've found that I need to start by unlocking the bootloader, then flashing recovery, then installing a rom from there.
Before attempting anything, what do I need to backup and how?
I've backed up all user apps with TiBu, and the backup is on my external sd card, a 32gb.
What else would need backing up from the phone's internal memory?
I know that unlocking the bootloader requires a data wipe (?), but what exactly does it wipe, and what files should I worry about?
Secondly, when attempting anything, do I copy and use the files from sdcard or sdcard-ext? Can I just remove the external sd card all together and proceed from there?
I'm just a bit concerned about stuff on internal memory such as the camera roll, pictures, app settings (such as my angry birds progress...all 3 stars...lol)
I'm lost guys.
Thanks for any help anyone offers!
For backing up, I have before put the backup files on my computer as a precaution in case I screw up and I use titanium backup also.
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back up your entire ROM and put it on your pc and keep a copy on your external sd card in case you end up with problems while flashing ROMS
So backing up my entire rom through recovery will keep all my data on the phone? (pictures, etc)
Is the external SD card actually necessary for flashing?
Hey everyone just flashed my Rezound to de-sensed-ish ICS after running Nandroid from stock/rooted.
On my HTC storage I see a bunch of folders that look like they are from apps I had on the stock rom... slacker... soundhound.. gameloft etc. Can I delete these? Would I still be able to restore to stock if needed (is the nandroid backup on my ext SD ALL I need to do so)? Basically I can't tell which files/folders belong to my ICS install and which do not. Its not a huge issue... just messy and confusing.
I think I did a full wipe before flashing to ICS but this makes me think I did not?
A full wipe is only going to wipe /cache and /data. Phone storage is really just an internal SD Card(or at least that's how it's seen by the O/S). Nothing will ever touch your SD card without warning seven ways to Sunday. So if you want to, go into your storage options and format your internal SD. That sounds like what you were looking for.
done thank you!
I've been using cyanogenmod ROM on my tab 2 p3100 that has been acting weird; maps force closing, black screens constantly, apps freezing for extended periods of time, and I want to start fresh. I'm going on a road trip for the holidays and would really like to use maps as they were intended.
I wiped all my personal data but there are still some pictures showing up in gallery and some app folders that didn't get deleted. My understanding is that this is all on the internal SD card. Is the ROM itself (AOKP 4.1.2) on the internal SD card also? If I were to go into CWM and format the internal SD would I lose everything and would the phone be unable to boot or would I be able to simply re-flash the ROM? if i were to put the new ROM on an external SD card would i be able to go back into CWM and flash it from there?
If I'm missing something feel free to correct me or point me in the right direction (a guide would be ideal). I've searched on various sights and can't find exactly what I'm looking for, everything seems a little vague.
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I've been using cyanogenmod ROM on my tab 2 p3100 that has been acting weird; maps force closing, black screens constantly, apps freezing for extended periods of time, and I want to start fresh. I'm going on a road trip for the holidays and would really like to use maps as they were intended.
I wiped all my personal data but there are still some pictures showing up in gallery and some app folders that didn't get deleted. My understanding is that this is all on the internal SD card. Is the ROM itself (AOKP 4.1.2) on the internal SD card also? If I were to go into CWM and format the internal SD would I lose everything and would the phone be unable to boot or would I be able to simply re-flash the ROM? if i were to put the new ROM on an external SD card would i be able to go back into CWM and flash it from there?
If I'm missing something feel free to correct me or point me in the right direction (a guide would be ideal). I've searched on various sights and can't find exactly what I'm looking for, everything seems a little vague.
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i was wondered this a long time ago also bare with me as i try my best to explain what i know. so since tabs normally come with a lot of internal space and from what my knowledge is it makes the internal the default storage. for every file manager i use it defaults to the internal if you pop a micro sdcard into it the internal will still be the default apps will install on the internal only first (unless you use apps2sd or your internal has run out of storage) as for where the rom is at. yes it is inside the sdcard thats why when we buy the 16gig and we only end up with 14g its for the rom and other necessity's the tab needs to live. i dont know how you would format the internal sd card but im sure you would lose your rom if you do it. its very confusing i lost my stock backup (got the tab 2 also) because i thought the backup went to the external but it when to the internal and i wipped data and flashed a new rom. not sure if i answered your questions or answered any of them at all.
Also please remove this from your signature "hit thanks, instead of saying thanks" you shun yourself saying that we are here to help people not feel cool because we have alot of likes :/
I was using a Yu Yureka before switching Le Eco Le Max 2. I'm used to of keeping all personal files and data in external storage and only apps and OS and other things on internal storage. Now, I'm considering installing custom ROMs, kernels etc on my new device. The only thing I'm bothered about is my data on internal storage. My movies, pics, music, documents all are there.
So my question here is, what steps you take before flashing a custom ROM on devices with no external storage?
Just make sure you del fingerprints & remove any lock before flashing twrp or any other rom every time & don't wipe Internal Storage.Also you can backup on pc just to be on safe side
User storage is totally separate and flashing roms won't touch it. Unless you specifically tell TWRP to wipe internal storage...just think of internal storage as the external storage when flashing anything, as everything is flashed to other partitions.