Selling my phone and need to know how to wipe all my data a reset it. Not having an sd card makes it a little more tricky (I think). I have factory rooted rom downloaded on my computer, but I don't want to do a factory reset/wipe and not be able to access my phone aftwards. Is there a trick to this? I've done it countless times with an sd card, and no big deal because data doesn't wipe off card, but not sure how to do it on my One.
thanks!
powerwagon said:
Selling my phone and need to know how to wipe all my data a reset it. Not having an sd card makes it a little more tricky (I think). I have factory rooted rom downloaded on my computer, but I don't want to do a factory reset/wipe and not be able to access my phone aftwards. Is there a trick to this? I've done it countless times with an sd card, and no big deal because data doesn't wipe off card, but not sure how to do it on my One.
thanks!
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My phone is unlocked and rooted btw.
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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!
Input *2767*3855# into dialpad.
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 .
jje
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
Hi
I just transferred ALL pics and movies from phone memory to my external card thats 8 GB.
Still it says my phone have 6GB free of 11GB..
So 5 GB are used on what??
Have tried cache cleaners of many kinds but they dont delete much..Maybe 5 MB.
So im wondering why the phone memory take so much GB when im not able to see it anywhere.
Under phone i have a lot of folders,but it dont seem like they are big.
Whats the best thing to do to get more memory on the phone?
Formating?
Well I don't know what you want but if you press *2767*3855# then the phone will do a Factory Reset (All data on Phone memory will be wiped clean, setting and other stuffs too). Remove your SD Card before doing it.
Regards.
ithehappy said:
Well I don't know what you want but if you press *2767*3855# then the phone will do a Factory Reset (All data on Phone memory will be wiped clean, setting and other stuffs too). Remove your SD Card before doing it.
Regards.
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Ok.Just think its strange the phone take 5 GB on nothing i can see..
What happens to my backup i made on CWC?
And is this the same kind of factory reset i do in settings-private-?
I can reset to factory there to..
Cache is stored on the data partition not on the sd card so that won't help. Have you already rebooted and check the (hidden) files/folders in /mnt?
2GB for the system/user data.
And loads of other small partitions for cache's, boot loader, modem, etcetc.
Also look at this thread which has all the answers you want.
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Cache is stored on the data partition not on the sd card so that won't help. Have you already rebooted and check the (hidden) files/folders in /mnt?
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No..Dont know how to do it.My first android
I have been using checkrom revolution hd v4 for 2 weeks with DK 2.5.2 with no problems. But after a nornal reboot today, the SD card (internal) can't be read even after several reboots. I tried to formatted it but it can't be formatted either. Just bought my SGS2 two months ago only.
What should i do to recover function of my SD card again? Is it because of the custom rom that caused this issue?
Please help. Thanks!
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Try doing a full-stock restore, making sure to do a factory reset, wipe the cache and Dalvik cache along the way. If you're still having problems, take it to a Samsung service center.
That's really strange though - I'd assume that if the OS can't read/write the internal storage, then it shouldn't be able to flash a ROM, or even really load the OS?
just a thought... have you tried to: connect your phone via usb as external drive and have windows do a repair of harddrive.
i had a sdcard which was "read only" under android, after that procedure it worked again flawless
in my case the cause was a faulty titanium backup file....
screamworks said:
Try doing a full-stock restore, making sure to do a factory reset, wipe the cache and Dalvik cache along the way. If you're still having problems, take it to a Samsung service center.
That's really strange though - I'd assume that if the OS can't read/write the internal storage, then it shouldn't be able to flash a ROM, or even really load the OS?
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matis1 said:
just a thought... have you tried to: connect your phone via usb as external drive and have windows do a repair of harddrive.
i had a sdcard which was "read only" under android, after that procedure it worked again flawless
in my case the cause was a faulty titanium backup file....
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Thanks for the help! I suspect it might be Titanium Backup problem. The OS finally read the internal SD after a few more reboots but all the data inside is wiped out Not to mention I accidentally formatted my external SD by mistake as well. Sigh...got to restore everything bit by bit. Do you think it could be a media problem initially (i.e. problem with the internal SD)?
I am about to sell my T-Mobile Galaxy Vibrant and I wanted to do a hard reset on the CM7 operating system. I do not want to remove the CM7 system or anything like that, I basically want to restore it back to first time setup ie: enter gmail username and so forth. I re-booted into recovery through CWM and I was given the options of:
- reboot system now
- apply update from sdcard
- wipe data/factory reset
- wipe cache partition
- install zip from sdcard
- backup and restore
- mount and storage
- advanced
(In Advanced Menu)
- Reboot Recovery
- Wipe Dalvik Cache
- Wipe Battery Stats
- Report Error
- Key Test
- Partition SD card.
- Fix Permissions
(original menu)
- power off
The only reason reason I am asking is because on my HD2 (CM7) I had an option of a Hard Reset in CWM which I used to revert my phone back to first boot (technically). I do not have an option for that on this phone and I want to make sure I do not brick it prior to selling it.
any help would be greatly appreciated. Please keep in mind I do not want to remove CM7 or make the phone stock again. I basically want to reset CM7 so that it removes all of my personal info.
Thank you.
wipe data/factory reset should do the trick. If you want to delete all the stuff on your internal card you need to format internal memory as well
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wipe data/factory reset should do the trick. If you want to delete all the stuff on your internal card you need to format internal memory as well
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Not really too concerned about the internal card, because I basically went through and removed apps and other stuff one by one.
Wipe/factory will do the basic job. If you trust the buyer, that's adequate. If not, you should try to repeatedly overwrite all SD cards with shred, a Linux command, or equivalent. Too bad that is not built into recovery, as shredding /data wouldn't hurt either.
cashmundy said:
Wipe/factory will do the basic job. If you trust the buyer, that's adequate. If not, you should try to repeatedly overwrite all SD cards with shred, a Linux command, or equivalent. Too bad that is not built into recovery, as shredding /data wouldn't hurt either.
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I trust the buyer, she is a co-worker of mine and just needs a phone. So the wipe/factory will basically restore me back to when it ws first flashed. That is all I really need to hear/know.
Thanks for the help guys.
cashmundy said:
Wipe/factory will do the basic job. If you trust the buyer, that's adequate. If not, you should try to repeatedly overwrite all SD cards with shred, a Linux command, or equivalent. Too bad that is not built into recovery, as shredding /data wouldn't hurt either.
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BTW, I am gonna pull the SD and SIM so as long as I can revert it to the state it was after it's original flash I will be happy.
That leaves only the "internal sdcard" (odd terminology) and whatever might be hiding in /data to worry about, and that's only if your phone might end up in Nigeria or Russia or somesuch. Factory reset should be fine otherwise.
Tip for new owner: I went to a T-Mobile store and they gave me a sim for free, no paperwork. $1.99 if you do it online and requires physical addresses, no PO boxes allowed.
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That leaves only the "internal sdcard" (odd terminology) and whatever might be hiding in /data to worry about, and that's only if your phone might end up in Nigeria or Russia or somesuch. Factory reset should be fine otherwise.
Tip for new owner: I went to a T-Mobile store and they gave me a sim for free, no paperwork. $1.99 if you do it online and requires physical addresses, no PO boxes allowed.
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The SIM wont be an issue, she gave her mother her phone, because her mother had the Samsung Behold (Worst phone I have ever seen). They got tired T-Mobile telling them they have had no issues or complaints with the Behold (which is a lie) and wanted to make them pay full price for a new phone. My GF and my co-worker both sent numerours Behold's back to T-mobile. We had to send one of the replacements back 2 days after getting it because the radio was done...
Anyways away from the little rant I am pretty sure we will be good.
Thanks for the info guys
(clicked thanks on your post already)
so I was in the process of installing JB on my gs2, backed up my device, everything was fine. until I factory resetted before flashing CM10, now I have no software on my device and I can't connect it to the computer to put a ROM across. so I went searching and found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585494
and followed the instructions, but my computer won't install the drivers. I have also played around in device manager with this. So I resorted to an old 2gb ext sd card I had lying around thinking I would put CM10 on that, but the zip file being 155mb, doesn't want to install on a 2GB sd card. would my phone have recognised it any way? I have also tried droid explorer but I am in way over my head with that.
what do I do please? this has been the past 4 hours of my night and I'm running out of options.
Sultan89 said:
so I was in the process of installing JB on my gs2, backed up my device, everything was fine. until I factory resetted before flashing CM10, now I have no software on my device and I can't connect it to the computer to put a ROM across. so I went searching and found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585494
and followed the instructions, but my computer won't install the drivers. I have also played around in device manager with this. So I resorted to an old 2gb ext sd card I had lying around thinking I would put CM10 on that, but the zip file being 155mb, doesn't want to install on a 2GB sd card. would my phone have recognised it any way? I have also tried droid explorer but I am in way over my head with that.
what do I do please? this has been the past 4 hours of my night and I'm running out of options.
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so I simply, out of curiousity, restored the backup I did though CWM and it worked! *facepalm* but I thought it would have deleted it all off the memory since I did a factory reset? but anyway, it's working and I'm putting CM10 and GAPPS on now and then going to flash first this time!!
Sultan89 said:
EDIT******
so I simply, out of curiousity, restored the backup I did though CWM and it worked! *facepalm* but I thought it would have deleted it all off the memory since I did a factory reset? but anyway, it's working and I'm putting CM10 and GAPPS on now and then going to flash first this time!!
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Wipe Data / factory reset doesn't format your internal SD card