OK, I have a noob question. Is internal storage truly wiped completely when doing a wipe before installing a ROM? I mean say that's your only storage and you have a nandroid on it. Would you lose that? If so, how would people with sealed and non-upgradeable storage ever create and preserve a nandrpid? Copy it to their PC before wipe?
Thanks...
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I have noticed there is a difference in Data wipe on ClockworkMod and TWRP. On ClockworkMod my internal Data is left alone when doing the Data wipe. I did a Data wipe on TWRP and I lost everything on internal. I have done this once and only once. It was a surprise to me and thankfully I had all my Ti backups on my external.
These are the options I use when doing a wipe with TWRP:
1.Cache
2. Dalvik Cache
3. Factory Reset
4. System
5. Flash Rom
I hope this helps.
UnexplainedBacon said:
OK, I have a noob question. Is internal storage truly wiped completely when doing a wipe before installing a ROM? I mean say that's your only storage and you have a nandroid on it. Would you lose that? If so, how would people with sealed and non-upgradeable storage ever create and preserve a nandrpid? Copy it to their PC before wipe?
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No its not. I factory reset before every fladh and my internal storage is always intact. Just don't select the wipe internal storage option.
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This post gives a bit of technical explanation that I found interesting, re the differences in how twrp handles Wipe Data vs Factory Reset:
http://teamw.in/DataMedia
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When I flash with Odin it does not wipe any my files.?? I can install any rom with out no files being wiped! What causing this?
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You're not doing a data/factory reset before you flash the ROM.
You mean files on your internal Sdcard? Odin doesn't do that. It resets you back to stock ROM.
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back when I made some roms for the BH2 some were like that. It has to do with that is being flashed. technically your data partition does not need to be touched when using odin and it just does system kernel and recovery, there is more to it then that but odin basically acts sort of like an update.zip file if /data isnt getting written then you files will still be there.
Does data factory wipe internal files?
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Be more specific. Are talking about your internal SD or other partitions like /data or /cache or /dbdatabase?
What specifically are you trying to wipe and why so that we can better help you fix this.
In some roms it says it will possibility of erasing internal SD. But In recovery and I do wipe date and cache and delvik and flash a new rom. The old files from the last rom still on my internal SD
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naturallight said:
In some roms it says it will possibility of erasing internal SD. But In recovery and I do wipe date and cache and delvik and flash a new rom. The old files from the last rom still on my internal SD
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their supposed to be there...
Wiping data and cache and dalvik only clears out the previous ROM and removes your apps, it doesn't remove anything from your internal/external sd.
are you TRYING to remove stuff from internal/external?
I was able to completely wipe my internal storage in recovery mode on my sgs2, is there a way to do this on the sgs3? other than manually go to the folders and delete each one?
Please advice
Thanks
May i ask why, this could be potentially fatal for your phone (i assume you realise this)
When installing a new rom there are always folders and files left behind. Cwm was abke to do this before withouth harming our devices. Wondering why the option is not there like in the sgs 2 version of cwm
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Performing a factory format using keypad
1. Key in *2767*3855#
2. Finally, SGS3 will be rebooted and factory format.
This will erase everything.. so plz make a backup before this
PLZ HIT THANKS IF MY POST WAS HELPFUL
Will i loose root?
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I think he is asking for a method to do something like old task 29 that really formats the internal memory on HTC devices...
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supersixevo said:
I was able to completely wipe my internal storage in recovery mode on my sgs2, is there a way to do this on the sgs3? other than manually go to the folders and delete each one?
Please advice
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CWM recovery is the same mounts and storage format what you want .
Standard recovery factory reset and wipe all data is the same .
jje
JJEgan said:
CWM recovery is the same mounts and storage format what you want .
Standard recovery factory reset and wipe all data is the same .
jje
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the only option under mounts and storage is to wipe the external sd card no the internal as before.
Hi,
I have CM7.2.0-RC1 installed on my Droid X2 (latest right now). The phone has gotten kind of laggy and I want to reformat the phone. And by reformatting, I want to my phone to be like I JUST installed CM7. Is there a simple way to do this since I'm already on CM7?
Thanks!
If you want to make it like a fresh install of CM7, boot into recovery and do a factory reset. This will wipe all your apps though.
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If you want to make it like a fresh install of CM7, boot into recovery and do a factory reset. This will wipe all your apps though.
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Wiping my apps is fine. Will it also remove all my pictures?
longphant said:
Wiping my apps is fine. Will it also remove all my pictures?
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i keep all of my pictures and such on the root of my external sd card. if you do the same, wiping data will not erase your pictures.
Lorenzo VonMatterhorn said:
i keep all of my pictures and such on the root of my external sd card. if you do the same, wiping data will not erase your pictures.
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Great, thanks so much to both of you!
Go in to settings do factory reset . yes it will wipe all the data in your internal memory including pictures and videos. If you don't want to lose your data so synchronized phone and backup data.
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maddyrokieasta said:
Go in to settings do factory reset . yes it will wipe all the data in your internal memory including pictures and videos. If you don't want to lose your data so synchronized phone and backup data.
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again, any pictures you want to make sure you keep, put them on the root of your external sd card somewhere safe, and wipe through recovery.
sorry this post made no sense to me and i wanted to avoid confusion. any images saved in camera apps folders may or may not be erased. move them to somewhere safe.
I have wiped data/factory reset many times from cwm bsr and have never lost any of my pictures. Fyi, wiping or resetting doesn't touch DCIM folder on your internal storage, which is where your phone saves them to by default if you select internal storage. I have some on both my external and internal storage and have never lost any of them. Again, wiping doesn't touch the folders where your pictures are stored. Unless of course you format your sd card in bsr.
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It seems that factory resetting using a custom recovery like CWM or TWRP won't remove pictures.
Hey can someone help me I want to know how to erase all data when switching Roms. I've noticed when I factory reset wipe caches, some left over data will carry over from old ROM to new ROM........ Thanks in advance
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iamtha1 said:
Hey can someone help me I want to know how to erase all data when switching Roms. I've noticed when I factory reset wipe caches, some left over data will carry over from old ROM to new ROM........ Thanks in advance
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I also had this question in my mind a couple days ago and found the answer, I wiped all the caches/dalvik/system etc....then formatted the internal storage (sdcard) in cwm which i never did until now...that erased all leftovers...hope this helps
Yeah, when you get into cwm, format /system. That will take care of it for sure. Anything on your SD cards should be irrelevant to the OS unless you're restoring data.
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just to follow up on what jank said, if you do format /data/media, it will erase your whole internal sdcard. i do this every time i install a new rom to give it a fresh start. this does not affect your external sdcard.
Thanks so much guys!
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ok just to be clear(lol) i select format /data and /data/media option(sdcard)
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iamtha1 said:
ok just to be clear(lol) i select format /data and /data/media option(sdcard)
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You only need to do format /data. That will format the whole /data partition including /data/media which is the internal sd card. However, I just want to say you only need to factory reset, wipe system, then dalvik. Wiping the whole /data partition is only causing you more grief. Nothing on the internal sd card can cause ROM issues. I have been flashing ROMs on several devices (phones and tablets) and have never had to wipe my internal sd card.
All that is necessary is to follow the directions given by the ROM developer in the OP.
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Factory Reset - Wipes /data but not /data/media. It also wipes cache.
Wipe Data - Wipes the whole /data partition (Meaning ALL user/app created files)
Wipe data/media - Only formats internal sd card.
Does a factory reset wipe internal sd card? I remember seeing a wipe option.
Sorry for the newb question
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Format data is the only way to do it with TWRP 2.5+
Note: This does NOT wipe your external sdcard fyi
Thanks. That's what I thought
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littleguevara said:
Format data is the only way to do it with TWRP 2.5+
Note: This does NOT wipe your external sdcard fyi
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so, you can format internal without compromising the system? somehow there seems to be some partition part of another former custom rom I've installed. I have only half the allotted storage on my internal and i need it to be wiped. and i have an issue with restoring to stock. phone doesn't seem to communicate with computer in odin even with reinstalling drivers.
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so, you can format internal without compromising the system? somehow there seems to be some partition part of another former custom rom I've installed. I have only half the allotted storage on my internal and i need it to be wiped. and i have an issue with restoring to stock. phone doesn't seem to communicate with computer in odin even with reinstalling drivers.
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Yes, is on the wipe menu, is the button on the right side and you have to type yes to make it even run.
Check and make sure the driver for your phone isn't the Casual driver, it will have the creator of Casuals name for the driver name if it is the Casual driver.
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