I am getting my Note 2 on Monday second hand. I am going to jailbreak and root but want to wipe the SD card to start fresh. I know from my S3 that a "factory reset" does not wipe the Sdcard. Can I wipe the internal SD in TWRP before installing a ROM that get rid of everything?
Character Zero said:
Can I wipe the internal SD in TWRP before installing a ROM that get rid of everything?
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In short, yes.
mutelight said:
In short, yes.
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What is the long explanation?
Character Zero said:
What is the long explanation?
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You'd want to wipe /system, /cache, and /data too for a nice clean install.
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I am not liking restoring +2gigs of **** every other week... I would just like to wipe /system and install new rom. TWRP has it (but its format), and I find it to be a bit buggy.
Tilde88 said:
I am not liking restoring +2gigs of **** every other week... I would just like to wipe /system and install new rom. TWRP has it (but its format), and I find it to be a bit buggy.
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Isn't that under "Advanced"
Tilde88 said:
I am not liking restoring +2gigs of **** every other week... I would just like to wipe /system and install new rom. TWRP has it (but its format), and I find it to be a bit buggy.
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A little demanding, are we?
eXplicit815 said:
Isn't that under "Advanced"
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no
spencer88 said:
A little demanding, are we?
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and no... dont be so presumptuous...
Check under mounts and partitions menu. I know it's there in CWM for my Transformer. But I use twrp on my Evo so I'm not sure.
Clay333 said:
Check under mounts and partitions menu. I know it's there in CWM for my Transformer. But I use twrp on my Evo so I'm not sure.
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It's under a sub-menu for sure. I remember when the change was made, I had a little trouble finding it on my buddy's Incredible. It was under a sub-menu, though.
Clay333 said:
Check under mounts and partitions menu. I know it's there in CWM for my Transformer. But I use twrp on my Evo so I'm not sure.
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o.0 im a friggin idiot... ive used CW rec in so many devices... i guess its been a while haa
Tilde88 said:
o.0 im a friggin idiot... ive used CW rec in so many devices... i guess its been a while haa
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so... Format system in CW would be the same has doing "wipe cache" & "wipe davik cache" . This is the way i have done it. would format system erase my SD card?
eduardmc said:
so... Format system in CW would be the same has doing "wipe cache" & "wipe davik cache" . This is the way i have done it. would format system erase my SD card?
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format system will basically wipe out the ROM and leave data alone, like your market apps and such. no it will not wipe your sd card.
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Hi
I have a huge problem.
Sms/mms app won't run. It crashes after boot and any time I try to start it.
I have made several clean installations of stock ROM with no result. Including wiping everything of course.
But I can't figure out how to format the internal SD. There's files left there no matter what I do.
How do I make a true format so I can start over from scratch?
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Damien74 said:
Hi
I have a huge problem.
Sms/mms app won't run. It crashes after boot and any time I try to start it.
I have made several clean installations of stock ROM with no result. Including wiping everything of course.
But I can't figure out how to format the internal SD. There's files left there no matter what I do.
How do I make a true format so I can start over from scratch?
Sent from my Goner Simpsung S3 - XDA dev app.
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Probably files whose path gets rebuilt after a wipe, like DCIM.
In twrp recovery you have in wipe menu options to wipe internal sdcard, or format data completely, including /data/media (= sdcard).
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slaphead20 said:
Probably files whose path gets rebuilt after a wipe, like DCIM.
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Yes but not only, there are some other files still there.
Striatum_bdr said:
In twrp recovery you have in wipe menu options to wipe internal sdcard, or format data completely, including /data/media (= sdcard).
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What is twrp? I rooted the simple way which includes CWM (CF-Root 6.4).
jaidev.s said:
Key in *2767*3855#
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I did several hard resets, but those do not fix anything really.
It would be helpful if you list what files they are
slaphead20 said:
It would be helpful if you list what files they are
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No that doesn't matter. I just wanna format the card.
Damien74 said:
No that doesn't matter. I just wanna format the card.
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Recovery/mounts and storage/format sd
Twrp is a recovery, there is a thread in Android original development section.
slaphead20 said:
Recovery/mounts and storage/format sd
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No, I tried that several times. I think that is supposed to format the external memory card BTW.
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Twrp is a recovery, there is a thread in Android original development section.
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Thanks! I read about it. I'm gonna try it later on. Seems fast.
Striatum_bdr said:
Twrp is a recovery, there is a thread in Android original development section.
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BTW: that must be some special. You can't format the internal card when using the phone. To many files in it that system uses.
Hi, I'm using the Dorimanx Kernel along with the Ressurection Remix ROM and I was wondering, can I format my internal sd card in any way? The latest version has bugged the storage opting in the settings so I can't possibly manage this that way.
alabrand said:
Hi, I'm using the Dorimanx Kernel along with the Ressurection Remix ROM and I was wondering, can I format my internal sd card in any way? The latest version has bugged the storage opting in the settings so I can't possibly manage this that way.
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If you cant do it in current kernel flash another, what so hard about that?
TheATHEiST said:
If you cant do it in current kernel flash another, what so hard about that?
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err, what?
alabrand said:
err, what?
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When you say format internal storage are you referring to wiping it via rom or recovery?
If recovery have you tried another kernel?
If rom them why not change rom version??
By the way the word you was looking for was "pardon".
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When you say format internal storage are you referring to wiping it via rom or recovery?
If recovery have you tried another kernel?
If rom them why not change rom version??
By the way the word you was looking for was "pardon".
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Am I automatically required to use the word pardon? Lolwut.
And when I say format internal SDcard then I mean wiping it clean so that only the necessary folders and files are remaining.
alabrand said:
Am I automatically required to use the word pardon? Lolwut.
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No but it would be considered rude if you was expecting people to help you.
alabrand said:
And when I say format internal SDcard then I mean wiping it clean so that only the necessary folders and files are remaining.
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Well your internal SD is partitioned. When you wipe data/factory reset teh system partition is returned to default. You could then wipe the card you want to format when mounted via USB in Windows, all needed files would be re-created on fist boot of factory reset system afaik.
Remember to backup what you want to keep like photos/efs backup folder etc etc.
Reboot in recovery, go into "mounts and storage" menu and format the internal SD card.
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Reboot in recovery, go into "mounts and storage" menu and format the internal SD card.
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Nice, thanks! Will this remove any files related to my rom & kernel?
Will this remove any of my important files and will I have to install the rom all over again? Or am I good to go?
Nope, but all your data and settings will be gone. It's like you started your phone for the first time.
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just do it in recovery.
Hello
I recently rooted and flashed LiquidSmooth onto my SG3 I747M and i would like to get rid of all the junk on my internal harddrive. I was wondering what the procedure would be to wipe my internal harddrive (So i do not have any random folders or old app files) on TWRP without losing my custom rom and root. Would i have to save the backup (just incase), custom rom and root on my sd card and just install it right after I wipe my harddrive?
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated
Thank you!
Wipe cache and go to /system/app and /data/app and delete unwanted apps. That should be enough.
Astu04 said:
Wipe cache and go to /system/app and /data/app and delete unwanted apps. That should be enough.
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Id like to just format my internal harddrive completely. Is there anyway of doing this without losing my custom rom, root and bricking my phone? Ive been searching everywhere and i havent been able to find a clear answer.
2trainz said:
Id like to just format my internal harddrive completely. Is there anyway of doing this without losing my custom rom, root and bricking my phone? Ive been searching everywhere and i havent been able to find a clear answer.
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boot into twrp, go to the wipe menu, and wipe everysingle thing. Then reflash your rom. That will wipe everything, and reinstall liquid smooth.
Doing this wont brick your phone or make you lose root.
chromium96 said:
boot into twrp, go to the wipe menu, and wipe everysingle thing. Then reflash your rom. That will wipe everything, and reinstall liquid smooth.
Doing this wont brick your phone or make you lose root.
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Thank you! This is exactly what i was looking for. What would i be wiping though? Obviously Cache, Dalvik and Factory Reset but do i have to wipe System, Internal storage and format data? (What does format data do)?
2trainz said:
Thank you! This is exactly what i was looking for. What would i be wiping though? Obviously Cache, Dalvik and Factory Reset but do i have to wipe System, Internal storage and format data? (What does format data do)?
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yeah wipe everything including system, and internal storage. format data formats the data partition of the phone, which is also necessary.
The only thing you dont have to wipe is your external sd card (if you even have one). Press thanks if i helped.
I wiped system, cache, dalvik, boot and recovery before installing a new custom rom. What are chances that a malicious code still run on the device? Thanks
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I wiped system, cache, dalvik, boot and recovery before installing a new custom rom. What are chances that a malicious code still run on the device? Thanks
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Have you mounted every partition you've seen in mount menu of twrp and wiped them? Also there are other memory spaces, but I guess they are not used by malware (no guarantee).
There's also data partition, I wiped that. EFS I don't think there's an option to wipe it. USB otg is unmounted.
TheTripLoop said:
There's also data partition, I wiped that. EFS I don't think there's an option to wipe it. USB otg is unmounted.
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Yeah, data partition should be wiped too(wipes your data, be careful!). And internal storage too!
It doesn't answer my question
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It doesn't answer my question
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It's easy: wipe/format every single partition = no code will be survive