Just to be clear, When I'm wiping my phone, I do an advanced wipe and select wipe cache, dalvik cache, and system, but not data? I read about someone wiping all their downloads and stuff by doing a regular wipe and I'd like to avoid that. Is that correct?
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gmac1990 said:
Just to be clear, When I'm wiping my phone, I do an advanced wipe and select wipe cache, dalvik cache, and system, but not data? I read about someone wiping all their downloads and stuff by doing a regular wipe and I'd like to avoid that. Is that correct?
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I just click wipe and that's worked for me lol
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gmac1990 said:
Just to be clear, When I'm wiping my phone, I do an advanced wipe and select wipe cache, dalvik cache, and system, but not data? I read about someone wiping all their downloads and stuff by doing a regular wipe and I'd like to avoid that. Is that correct?
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When you first go into the wipe menu, just using the default and just swiping the slider is enough for factory reset. Most devs wipe system when flashing Rom anyways.
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Is there a method of doing a total wipe of the internal SD but maintaining CWM? Have tried several roms but for past 4 weeks been on HyperDroid-Androidmeda (getting amazing battery life) and sticking with this rom. Just want to total wipe to clear clutter from prior installs!!
Any tips appreciated!! have read extensivly
TechWizard said:
Is there a method of doing a total wipe of the internal SD but maintaining CWM? Have tried several roms but for past 4 weeks been on HyperDroid-Androidmeda (getting amazing battery life) and sticking with this rom. Just want to total wipe to clear clutter from prior installs!!
Any tips appreciated!! have read extensivly
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Have u tried to format ur sd from cwm?
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Yup have done factory reset and cleared all data but still some clutter, perhaps I will just manually delete files I know are from prior installs. Just a bit of a task. But many thanks for reply appreciated...
Full wipe won't remove your CWM and Root permission.
Go to CWM Recovery, Wipe Cache Partition+ Factory reset & Wipe data + Wipe Dalvik cache.
Enough.
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ithehappy said:
Full wipe won't remove your CWM and Root permission.
Go to CWM Recovery, Wipe Cache Partition+ Factory reset & Wipe data + Wipe Dalvik cache.
Enough.
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Yep, but this wont delete everything into the SD.
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if i WIPE DALVIK, BATTERY AND CACHE it delete my games or prosses in the games i have?
ty for helpers
NO they will not be deleted. Wiping dalvik, cache or battery stats doesn't effect you applications.
what it means flash/boot ?
i had seen on some rom posted that before installing wipe/ boot !!
what does wipe/ boot means, i had wiped all cache, battert, dalvik..
dokvader114 said:
if i WIPE DALVIK, BATTERY AND CACHE it delete my games or prosses in the games i have?
ty for helpers
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sushant_1727 said:
i had seen on some rom posted that before installing wipe/ boot !!
what does wipe/ boot means, i had wiped all cache, battert, dalvik..
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Wiping only dalvik, cache and boot stats won't delete any app or app data from the phone....Wiping Data is the one which does that
Wiping of data is needed to uninstall any installed apps before doing a fresh/clean install of a new ROM
Otherwise it's most probable that the new ROM gets installed wrongly (except cm7 nightlies)
So before flashing new ROM do-
Data wipe,Dalvik, cache, battery stats wipe
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When you go to the wipe area of Amon Ra, they give you the option to wipe the system.
Will the new rom install the system files?
(My phone is getting errors and I'm wondering if this will fiv it)
Yes, your new Rom will install its own system files.
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When you go to the wipe area of Amon Ra, they give you the option to wipe the system.
Will the new rom install the system files?
(My phone is getting errors and I'm wondering if this will fiv it)
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Yes.. Wipe System, Cache,and Dalvik Cache before you Flash a new Rom.
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Always wipe system.Never flash without wiping system
For a fresh install best is to
Factory reset
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik
For a flash over
Wioe system
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik
And always do a nand backup first so you can go back
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
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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
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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?
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.
Acvice said:
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?
Airwolf79 said:
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?
Airwolf79 said:
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.