Hey all
So I'll tell the whole damned story
1- My phone was on Wanam lite
2- I wanted to flash Neatrom
3- I flashed a full KPH GB rom "a huge mistake I believe"
4- Rooted it
5- Flashed Neat rom
VIOLA!!
I now have the CRAZIEST phone ever
1- No conn. towers
2- Whenever you hold the power button, phone immediately turns off!! No options show up.
And it's generally laggy and screwed up.
PLEASE HELP!
screamwork said:
Hey all
So I'll tell the whole damned story
1- My phone was on Wanam lite
2- I wanted to flash Neatrom
3- I flashed a full KPH GB rom "a huge mistake I believe"
4- Rooted it
5- Flashed Neat rom
VIOLA!!
I now have the CRAZIEST phone ever
1- No conn. towers
2- Whenever you hold the power button, phone immediately turns off!! No options show up.
And it's generally laggy and screwed up.
PLEASE HELP!
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Just to confirm, you did a factory reset after flashing, right?
abtekk said:
Just to confirm, you did a factory reset after flashing, right?
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YES
and a full format and wipe because you are coming from a different rom?
From the neatrom thread
1- Copy all the files that you want to save to an sdcard or a computer;
2- Reboot phone into recovery;
3- Go to Mounts and Mass Storage;
4 - Format /emmc;
5- Install NeatRom;
6- Enjoy this fine ROM with a clean install;
- format /sdcard
- format /sd-ext
- format /cache
- format /system
- format /data
- format /preload
- format /emmc
This will stop and corruption from previous roms
Sparks9876 said:
and a full format and wipe because you are coming from a different rom?
From the neatrom thread
1- Copy all the files that you want to save to an sdcard or a computer;
2- Reboot phone into recovery;
3- Go to Mounts and Mass Storage;
4 - Format /emmc;
5- Install NeatRom;
6- Enjoy this fine ROM with a clean install;
- format /sdcard
- format /sd-ext
- format /cache
- format /system
- format /data
- format /preload
- format /emmc
This will stop and corruption from previous roms
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I even flashed a clean ICS with APBOOT file and repartitioned it like new.. And no I didnt wipe Emmc, it's a memory card how could it affect anything.
I have the towers connection now, and experienced a new weird thing..:
Phone can't go Idle.. It just fakes it and turns screen blank.. Even if I put a password it doesn't apply it when turning screen on, not even slide!
screamwork said:
I even flashed a clean ICS with APBOOT file and repartitioned it like new.. And no I didnt wipe Emmc, it's a memory card how could it affect anything.
I have the towers connection now, and experienced a new weird thing..:
Phone can't go Idle.. It just fakes it and turns screen blank.. Even if I put a password it doesn't apply it when turning screen on, not even slide!
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For a start you shouldn't be repartitioning anything. That was a bit silly.
Sparks9876 said:
and a full format and wipe because you are coming from a different rom?
From the neatrom thread
1- Copy all the files that you want to save to an sdcard or a computer;
2- Reboot phone into recovery;
3- Go to Mounts and Mass Storage;
4 - Format /emmc;
5- Install NeatRom;
6- Enjoy this fine ROM with a clean install;
- format /sdcard
- format /sd-ext
- format /cache
- format /system
- format /data
- format /preload
- format /emmc
This will stop and corruption from previous roms
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Emmc is not a memory card as such....it is one of the phones memory partitions......
If a dev says 'wipe it' he aint just blowin smoke out of his a**
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So what do I do now?? Where do I start??! I'm a n00b
Simple....follow ALL the flashing instructions for your chosen rom TO THE LETTER......they're there for a reason.....
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keithross39 said:
Emmc is not a memory card as such....it is one of the phones memory partitions......
If a dev says 'wipe it' he aint just blowin smoke out of his a**
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Lol seriously? So I wipe the SD card and everything??? From where do I install the Rom then!! I wouldn\t have it in my memory no more!
Lol,not only should you read the 1st post in a rom thread,you should be reading the next 2000+ posts after it,and the 3000+ posts from the discussion thread;if there is one.
Then you can see any issues others have.
Lol
Anyways I tried EVERYTHING and still have this problem
screamwork said:
Anyways I tried EVERYTHING and still have this problem
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Go into recovery and format system, data,preload,cache, and dalvik cache in advanced. Flash you're rom/gapps from int sd and reboot. Also have a copy of the rom/gapps on you're ext sd too. Have you lost any memory?
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After browsing and reading a lot of threads I decided to go with WanamLite, because from what I read everything is working like stock Samsung firmware and it's fast. I'm hoping encryption and tv-out work.
I already zergrushed root and installed CF-root CWM some days ago.
So if I flash WanamLite my new bootloader will be the one from ICS? That means I'll get an increase in the flash counter and the yellow triangle, right?
Or is it that this ROM doesn't include the bootloader section?
The instructions in the official thread say:
1 - Copy my Rom to internal sdcard
2 - Backup, backup, backup
3 - If you came from a Gingerbread or AOSP Rom, you MUST WIPE your data
4 - Flash my Rom from recovery
5 - Reboot & enjoy (and let the phone to boot up, at least 5 minutes required for media scanner to finish)
I just want to be sure on this so I don't mess up.
1 - done
2 - I have made a backup using CWM
3 - so for this I must boot into CWM recovery mode and then select Wipe Data/Factory reset and then Wipe Cache Partition?
4 - still in CWM I then must select Apply Update From SDCard?
5 - reboot
Is the above correct?
Thanks a lot for your help.
BTW, is it just me or v10.7 has more features than v10.8?
Check the changelogs in the links after the text "Before you download PLEASE vote for you preferred mods" in the original thread here
The procedure you follow is right.
I would do couple more things before flashing a new ROM.
*cwm -advanced - wipe dalvik cache.
*mounts and storage - format system. This step won't be mentioned in installation steps.but its good to do.sometimes you may have problems moving from aosp rom to sammy rom this ensures that there are no issues.just be careful that you don't format SD card.
Any new flash will increase the counter.you can reset it using the USB jig.
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Don't bother about the counter and yellow triangle if you get one, there is an app called triangle away, it will help you remove both the counter and yellow triangle with ease in ics
#*posted on the move *#
netcitizen said:
*mounts and storage - format system. This step won't be mentioned in installation steps.but its good to do.sometimes you may have problems moving from aosp rom to sammy rom this ensures that there are no issues.just be careful that you don't format SD card.
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I just want to make sure I understand this...
So what the "Wipe Data/Factory reset" does is the same as "format /data" in the CWM advanced menu.
And the "Wipe Cache Partition" is the same as "format /cache".
And you're saying to also "format /system"
Is that correct?
netcitizen said:
Any new flash will increase the counter.you can reset it using the USB jig.
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bala_gamer said:
Don't bother about the counter and yellow triangle if you get one, there is an app called triangle away, it will help you remove both the counter and yellow triangle with ease in ics
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I may be wrong on this but, I think I read somewhere that the USB jig was not working with some newer kernels.
So I thought that if the jig doesn't work then it could be that the triangleaway also wouldn't work.
But do all ROMs, or in this case WanamLite, overwrite the bootloader?
Once again thanks.
@ghost shell
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=triangle+away&c=apps this is for the trinangle Isue for rooting , but theirs another way for rooting the phone without yellow triangle by using self recovery .if u came in GB u need to wipe delvic cahce ,data .
ghost shell said:
I may be wrong on this but, I think I read somewhere that the USB jig was not working with some newer kernels.
So I thought that if the jig doesn't work then it could be that the triangleaway also wouldn't work.
But do all ROMs, or in this case WanamLite, overwrite the bootloader?
Once again thanks.
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usb jig wont work with newer bootloaders that comes with ics. triangleaway is the simpler and easy way to remove counter , usb jig is not required for ics.
for anyone who finds this thread when trying to answer their questions...
All went OK and I didn't got any yellow triangle.
So either the bootloader wasn't flashed or CWM doesn't increase the flash count.
I'm still exploring things, but the phone seems less responsible. Sometimes I tap and it does nothing.
And I think I screwed up by allowing google to backup and restore my data. Either that or WanamLite still comes loaded with a lot of crap (like widgets). I'm not sure.
To my understanding:
1. Flashing bootloaders won't give you a yellow triangle or increase flash counter.
2. Flashing with CWM or mobileODIN will not increase the flash counter as well. (Flash counter only increase when flashing non-official kernel in ODIN mode?)
3. Wananlite CWM zip doesn't flash bootloaders, you need to manually flash the ICS bootloaders if coming from GB.
4. I'm on V10.3 with siyah kernel 3.0.1, everything works as it should. (Next ROM: Sensation v3, perhaps?)
5. If you are not satisfied with the touch sensitivity, you may download ExTweaks from play store and adjust vitalij value.
Hope it helps.
Hi I was thinking of trying this rom to, but I am bit concerned about *mounts and storage-format system operation can someone exlpain this process in more depth as I don't want to loose my saved roms/back ups which are on the internal sd card and my external sd card.
The procedure you follow is right.
I would do couple more things before flashing a new ROM.
*cwm -advanced - wipe dalvik cache.
*mounts and storage - format system. This step won't be mentioned in installation steps.but its good to do.sometimes you may have problems moving from aosp rom to sammy rom this ensures that there are no issues.just be careful that you don't format SD card.
maxal said:
Hi I was thinking of trying this rom to, but I am bit concerned about *mounts and storage-format system operation can someone exlpain this process in more depth as I don't want to loose my saved roms/back ups which are on the internal sd card and my external sd card
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its very simple.....
Yesturday only I have done this for my MIUI ROM, I came from Samsung ROM earlier, but it was continuesly giving one error on each MIUI rom I flashed,
I understand Wiping and formating are same, but in the main menu it is only given few wipes which will not effect your ROM's system file and you will be able to boot even after all that wipes,
But by formating System (at Mounts & Storage) you are completely wiping your ROM with its data, but this will not wipe any data which is stored on the user partion of SDcard (which you can access from Computor through mass storage) . now your pnone is Romless and you will not be able to boot until you install a new ROM from recovey or from ODIN.
the steps are:
1) Put your favourite ROM on your iternal SD
2) wipe data factory reset
3) wipe Dalvik cache from Advance
4) go to mouts and storage and select only format system and do it.
5) go back and select install zip from SD card and install your ROM...
Reboot - DONE
Just click on the link of CWM in my signature for more knowledge about CWM menu and partitions which I gathered for me and shared with you....
Hi all
I am about to install Wanamlite and have a question. If I copy Wanamlite in my internal SD (the 11.5 GB memory space I had afrom the beginning with my SII) and that I select wipe data/factory reset, won't it delete everything on the internal SD including the Wanamlite zip ?
Thansk for your help
nsidb said:
Hi all
I am about to install Wanamlite and have a question. If I copy Wanamlite in my internal SD (the 11.5 GB memory space I had afrom the beginning with my SII) and that I select wipe data/factory reset, won't it delete everything on the internal SD including the Wanamlite zip ?
Thansk for your help
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No, wiping will not delete any user data on your SD card which is accessible through PC
wiping Cache and Data will only wipes your phon's some temporory files and applications and its data...
Hye everyone, my name is toby and I have a question..
Long a go after I bought sgs2 I try to remember, I think I've formatted this phone once using my laptop via usb. I plugged the phone, right click on my computer and format, I think it was NTFS file system. do you guys think this will have impact on the phone performance r/w or ROM? or will the sd partition won't work at all?
I'm asking this because I have installed ROM's and It lag and crashed a few times.. I think maybe this two connected.
Thank you..
p/s:f5,f5,f5,f5 waiting for some rom to update.
Yes the two are likely to be connected. If you formatted your sdcard as ntfs then I would presume that it is using the ntfs support in the Linux kernel to access it. However, NTFS is not a light fs, it is intended for heavy duty file work, and definately not suited for mobile devices. I'm not surprised it's causing your phone to lag.
I suggest you enter your phone's recovery mode and reformat your /sdcard partition, and if you have CWM just to be sure, do a full factory wipe, and format ALL partitions in the advanced section.
So...
mrnaz said:
Yes the two are likely to be connected. If you formatted your sdcard as ntfs then I would presume that it is using the ntfs support in the Linux kernel to access it. However, NTFS is not a light fs, it is intended for heavy duty file work, and definately not suited for mobile devices. I'm not surprised it's causing your phone to lag.
I suggest you enter your phone's recovery mode and reformat your /sdcard partition, and if you have CWM just to be sure, do a full factory wipe, and format ALL partitions in the advanced section.
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So... everytime I wipe cache partition in cwm recovery mode, it reformat my /sdcard? so, I have nothing to worry right, because I always do the 4 steps of cleaning before installing, sorry, flashing new rom.
No. Wiping the cache does exactly that, wipes the cache. If you do wipe the cache, you'll find the first boot after you do it will take a bit longer than normal while the cache is rebuilt.
If you want to format your /sdcard, you need to go into mounts & storage in CWM.
thegreatdead69 said:
So... everytime I wipe cache partition in cwm recovery mode, it reformat my /sdcard? so, I have nothing to worry right, because I always do the 4 steps of cleaning before installing, sorry, flashing new rom.
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Hm...
MistahBungle said:
No. Wiping the cache does exactly that, wipes the cache. If you do wipe the cache, you'll find the first boot after you do it will take a bit longer than normal while the cache is rebuilt.
If you want to format your /sdcard, you need to go into mounts & storage in CWM.
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Okkkaay... Thank you sir..
Need Help with cwm
Hye, I can't find format /sdcard option in cwm Mounts & Storage Menu..
only have this formatting option:
format cache, system, data, secondrom_cache, secondrom_data, secondrom_system, external storage, internal storage.
and I can't mount /sdcard it say Error mounting /sdcard!
I am using CWMR Touch 5.5.0.4 btw.
P/S:Im not using any external mmc.
Hello,
i really tried to find answers around before asking.
I have tryed different roms on my i9100, cm7, cm9, rr, miui. Now i have a tonn of folders from apps that are not even installed on my phone. Now what i want is to get rid of all the trash in my phone, like leftovers from apps i installed with previous roms and make a clean install of cyanogenmod 9.1.
How do i do that?
I would really appreciate any help. Tutorials, links, everything you guys can give to help me out.
Thank you
full wipe, install cm9, erase internal sd card
I normally do the wipes in cwm and format usb storage.
do the following and nothing of the old files will be left.
reboot to recovery
wipe data
wipe cache
mount and storage
format cache
format system
format data
mount cache
mount system
mount data
flash the rom
wait for the installation
Flash a samsung stock rom, keyin the following code using phone keypad *2767*3855# . Is a master factory format code.
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Do this step by step :
1. to format internal and external mmc, connect your phone in mass storage mode and format each drive with windows format tool (right click on drive icon -> format)
2. to format flash memory go to recovery wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalviq cache
3. Install rom
Cosmic Blue said:
do the following and nothing of the old files will be left.
reboot to recovery
wipe data
wipe cache
mount and storage
format cache
format system
format data
mount cache
mount system
mount data
flash the rom
wait for the installation
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Thank yo very much! I didn't notice those formats in recovery before. That solved my problem.
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Hi guys, im really new in the Root and Flash Scene.
and I got a question, does " [ROM][MIUI][20/10/12] cMIUI 2.10.19 [4.1.2][AOSP][OTA][Aroma][Multi] " works for my Samsung Galaxy S2 ?
Android Version 4.0.4
Baseband Version I9100XXLQ5
Kernel Version 3.0.31-Siyah-s2-v5.0i+
Buildnumber IMM76D.XXLQ5
Im really new in the Root and Flash Scene and i got no idea ... Can you help me maybe ? :crying:
yes as long you follow instructions when installing.
Cosmic Blue said:
yes as long you follow instructions when installing.
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So, you are sure, that will work 100% ?
i dont know, what that means :
"NOTE:
This ROM is only compatible with the included kernel and with one of the kernel which are available via OTA Updater!
I am sorry, but i am really new in this scene.
StressSyndrom said:
So, you are sure, that will work 100% ?
i dont know, what that means :
"NOTE:
This ROM is only compatible with the included kernel and with one of the kernel which are available via OTA Updater!
I am sorry, but i am really new in this scene.
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Yeah, just follow the instructions on the first post
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kilometers4 said:
Yeah, just follow the instructions on the first post
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So, i tried it, and it wont work.
after the installation of cMIUI he gets stuck on the loading screen.
I even have the phone started the whole night because I thought that it may take a little longer
go to recovery press power + volume up + home key at the same time. try cleaning the cache, then go to advanced and clean daavik cache, reboot. it may go through.
if it does not just reflash again, sometimes the first flash did not complete properly.
Cosmic Blue said:
go to recovery press power + volume up + home key at the same time. try cleaning the cache, then go to advanced and clean daavik cache, reboot. it may go through.
if it does not just reflash again, sometimes the first flash did not complete properly.
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many thanks for your answer, I'll try it immediately, can you tell me maybe recommend a good rom? I'm sorry but I know none.
Cosmic Blue said:
go to recovery press power + volume up + home key at the same time. try cleaning the cache, then go to advanced and clean daavik cache, reboot. it may go through.
if it does not just reflash again, sometimes the first flash did not complete properly.
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Sup. & back. It doesnt work .. mhm well, i did everything fine followed the instructions but still stuck in loading screen.
How did you flash the rom? What steps were you using to?
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We need to trouble shoot your phone. Tell me the exact steps when you first flashed the rom.
StressSyndrom said:
Sup. & back. It doesnt work .. mhm well, i did everything fine followed the instructions but still stuck in loading screen.
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Go back to cwm recovery and wipe data
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Cosmic Blue said:
We need to trouble shoot your phone. Tell me the exact steps when you first flashed the rom.
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i move the Zip File to my SD card.
then i go in CWM Recovery with Vol. Up + Home and Power Button
then choose file from my SD card ? isnt it so ?
Nico_60 said:
How did you flash the rom? What steps were you using to?
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i move the Zip File to my SD card.
then i go in CWM Recovery with Vol. Up + Home and Power Button
then choose file from my SD card ? isnt it so ?
I already did wipe data 2 times. still it stucks in loading screen, waited for like 20 minutes but the circle turns and shows that he load but i mean .. 20 - 30 minutes ?
StressSyndrom said:
I already did wipe data 2 times. still it stucks in loading screen, waited for like 20 minutes but the circle turns and shows that he load but i mean .. 20 - 30 minutes ?
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What kernel are you using?
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kilometers4 said:
What kernel are you using?
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Kernel Version 3.0.31-Siyah-s2-v5.0i+
you did not follow instructions properly.
to correct it.
go recovery format the internal sd by going to mounts and storage and format cache, system, data and internal storage.
and then flash the rom again.
after the phone reboots the first time reboot it again the instructions state.
what happen is you have 2 different versions of firmware on your phone becuase you did not do a proper formating. It is causing the boot loop.
Cosmic Blue said:
you did not follow instructions properly.
to correct it.
go recovery format the internal sd by going to mounts and storage and format cache, system, data and internal storage.
and then flash the rom again.
after the phone reboots the first time reboot it again the instructions state.
what happen is you have 2 different versions of firmware on your phone becuase you did not do a proper formating. It is causing the boot loop.
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So, Formatting / sdcard ... Done
Formatting /cache ... Done
Formatting /system ... Done
and Formatting /data ... Done ... but Recovery doesnt show me Internal Storage ... ?
did you look under mounts and storage.
you should have 2 different storage options on for internal which is on the phone and external which is the sdcard that you can remove from the phone.
Cosmic Blue said:
did you look under mounts and storage.
you should have 2 different storage options on for internal which is on the phone and external which is the sdcard that you can remove from the phone.
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im still in Mounts and Storage Menu
-mount /efs
-unmount /cache
-mount /system
-mount /data
-mount /sdcard
-mount /emmc
-format /cache
-format /system
-format /data
-format /sdcard
-format /emmc
and - mount USB Storage.
Got thison CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.4
-reboot system now
-install zip from sdcard
-wipe data/factory reset
-wipe cache partition
-mounts and storage
and -advanced
if i go in -advanced
-reboot recovery
-wipe dalvik cache
-wipe battery sttats
-report error
-key test
-show log
-partition sdcard
and - fix permissions
After some 2+ years of constantly changing ROMs, I've noticed that my i9100 shows more often than not the message of "your storage is getting full" or whatever it says. It does not work by clearing apps' data or even removing some of them because it ends up showing the warning soon. Also, factory reset has proved not to do much, since it just does a data wipe.
So I have decided to proceed with a format by entering Recovery > Mounts & storage > Format sdcard.
I just want to check first wether I will be able, after the format has finished, to flash CyanogenMod back from the same recovery (having placed it in the external SD card, which I understand is not formatted together with the internal storage) and have it working all ok, or the format will disable me from doing something else.
So my questions are:
That 'format sdcard' option in the Recovery means the internal storage, right?
The external SD card (the actual physical one) is not affected by the format, right?
Will I be able to flash CyanogenMod back again from the same Recovery after the format?
In case yes, any reboot in between the format and the flashing would brick my phone?
Help is much appreciated! :laugh:
jago84 said:
After some 2+ years of constantly changing ROMs, I've noticed that my i9100 shows more often than not the message of "your storage is getting full" or whatever it says. It does not work by clearing apps' data or even removing some of them because it ends up showing the warning soon. Also, factory reset has proved not to do much, since it just does a data wipe.
So I have decided to proceed with a format by entering Recovery > Mounts & storage > Format sdcard.
I just want to check first wether I will be able, after the format has finished, to flash CyanogenMod back from the same recovery (having placed it in the external SD card, which I understand is not formatted together with the internal storage) and have it working all ok, or the format will disable me from doing something else.
So my questions are:
That 'format sdcard' option in the Recovery means the internal storage, right?
The external SD card (the actual physical one) is not affected by the format, right?
Will I be able to flash CyanogenMod back again from the same Recovery after the format?
In case yes, any reboot in between the format and the flashing would brick my phone?
Help is much appreciated! :laugh:
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well as i had flashed a lot of Roms too, maybe i can help you...i'll try!
after formatting sdcard, u wont lose ROM. u will just format your sdcard(12 gb i think).
1) i think the "format sdcard" option is supposed to mean the internal storage. but in some roms that i flashed, sometimes the sdcard mean the external sdcard and EMMC means the internal sdcard...so first take a look. go to install zip and select install from internal sdcard or external sdcard and look up in the screen, if it shows that u are in /sdcard or in /emmc, so u can know what sdcard are u really going to format
2) if u select to format the internal sdcard, it will only format the internal sdcard. nothing else.
3)well, as i said in the beginning, you won't lose rom in the format...u just formated sdcard, the rom and its stuff are still there, in the device storage(not sdcard or external sdcard, but in a card that is only for system/phone stuff(its like the phone has 2 cards. one u can use and send stuff(12gb) and the other one is for system files(2gb))
4) i think it would not brick it, since u just formated the sdcard, the rom is still on your phone but in the device storage, like i said above.
the ROM files arent stored in internal sdcard or external sdcard(those u can send files by usb), they are stored in the storage of the device that is only for system files. so if u do a format it wont affect Rom or Recovery.
hope it helped a little...cheers
Short notice from my side: I doubt formatting your sdcard will help to solve your original problem (low memory). This message appears if the /data space (those 2GB where all the system settings and application data are stored) is almost used completely. The easiest way to clean up this data is a system reset (which will make you loose all your data) or you need to look whether there are applications occupying much data there and remove these apps / tell them to store their data on /sdcard (if this is possible) or to selectively remove some log files / temp data. But in this you should be very careful, because removing the wrong data might cause strange system behaviour.
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AndDiSa said:
Short notice from my side: I doubt formatting your sdcard will help to solve your original problem (low memory). This message appears if the /data space (those 2GB where all the system settings and application data are stored) is almost used completely. The easiest way to clean up this data is a system reset (which will make you loose all your data) or you need to look whether there are applications occupying much data there and remove these apps / tell them to store their data on /sdcard (if this is possible) or to selectively remove some log files / temp data. But in this you should be very careful, because removing the wrong data might cause strange system behaviour.
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I think that is not quite the problem I am faceing now. I explain myself: when I get that "storage almost full" message, if I check on Settings > Storage, the Internal Storage section (1,97 GB in total) shows an availability of only 205 MB and the bar is half full (see attached). First incoherence. I try to update any small app such as, for example, Bitcoin Wallet (1.3 MB) and it says it can't be updated because there is not enough space. Incoherent with the bar shown. Also, if I navigate to /data, it shows there is an amount of 2.31 GB inside that directory (incoherent with the amount shown by the Storage Manager. Other data folders, such as the one in /sdcard/data or the one in /data/data, are always smaller (3 MB and 425 MB respectively, also don't match any of the figures shown by the Storage Manager).
Some ROM installs ago, I remember I was able to install around 190 apps and no problem at all, and now I'm 160 and have to keep removing apps when I want to install more.
That's why I think my problem is not related to data, or fixed by a data wipe or factory reset. I understand there are too many files inside that are just lost from ROM to ROM, and not even the system know where do they belong to. It is running everything but fluent. I don't even remember what Project Butter is :silly:
RonDelonge182 said:
well as i had flashed a lot of Roms too, maybe i can help you...i'll try!
after formatting sdcard, u wont lose ROM. u will just format your sdcard(12 gb i think).
1) i think the "format sdcard" option is supposed to mean the internal storage. but in some roms that i flashed, sometimes the sdcard mean the external sdcard and EMMC means the internal sdcard...so first take a look. go to install zip and select install from internal sdcard or external sdcard and look up in the screen, if it shows that u are in /sdcard or in /emmc, so u can know what sdcard are u really going to format
2) if u select to format the internal sdcard, it will only format the internal sdcard. nothing else.
3)well, as i said in the beginning, you won't lose rom in the format...u just formated sdcard, the rom and its stuff are still there, in the device storage(not sdcard or external sdcard, but in a card that is only for system/phone stuff(its like the phone has 2 cards. one u can use and send stuff(12gb) and the other one is for system files(2gb))
4) i think it would not brick it, since u just formated the sdcard, the rom is still on your phone but in the device storage, like i said above.
the ROM files arent stored in internal sdcard or external sdcard(those u can send files by usb), they are stored in the storage of the device that is only for system files. so if u do a format it wont affect Rom or Recovery.
hope it helped a little...cheers
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Thanks for your help, dude! Much appreciated.
Anyway, I feel that, if formatting sdcard does not wipe everything, maybe then what I need is to go Recovery > Mounts and storage > format /system, format /data, etc. All of them except for the actual physical sdcard (wether it is /emmc or /sdcard) and the directory in which the recovery "lives".
So I have new questions now:
If I formatted /system, would the phone be bricked or the Recovery would still allow me to install a CM ROM stored in the sd card?
Is there any of the directories shown in Recovery > Mounts and Storage that represents the actual Recovery partition/space?
There's no recovery partition you can format.
You can format system, preload, and data partition.
But flash a ROM right after.
There are flashable scripts (ROM wipe or ROM nuke) you can use. It does all the formats and wipes, and even back up some of your folders.
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jago84 said:
I think that is not quite the problem I am faceing now. I explain myself: when I get that "storage almost full" message, if I check on Settings > Storage, the Internal Storage section (1,97 GB in total) shows an availability of only 205 MB and the bar is half full (see attached).
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It's a known bug, that Android's performance is decreasing very much as soon as there is less than 10% free on /data. Additionally I wouldn't trust the graphics you see, because especially if you have man small files, the space occupied on "disk" is much higher than the file size. If they are only adding the file size of the files stored there this will be misleading. As far as I know the block size is 4kb, so each file takes at least 4kb of the memory. You can try to move some apps to /sdcard, but this works only to an external one, so you can free some space. Otherwise have a look on /data/system/dropbox or /data/system/usagestats if you can find some files which can be removed.
jago84 said:
Thanks for your help, dude! Much appreciated.
Anyway, I feel that, if formatting sdcard does not wipe everything, maybe then what I need is to go Recovery > Mounts and storage > format /system, format /data, etc. All of them except for the actual physical sdcard (wether it is /emmc or /sdcard) and the directory in which the recovery "lives".
So I have new questions now:
If I formatted /system, would the phone be bricked or the Recovery would still allow me to install a CM ROM stored in the sd card?
Is there any of the directories shown in Recovery > Mounts and Storage that represents the actual Recovery partition/space?
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well, as Sergeileduc said, u can't format Recovery. so answering your questions:
1) yes, you would still be able to flash any other Rom, since formatting /system does not affect recovery. Wiping this partition will remove Android from the device without rendering it unbootable, and you will still be able to put the phone into recovery or bootloader mode to install a new ROM.
2) i dont think so...u can't format recovery...
hope it helped you...cheers!
well the 4rth question is no it wouldent brick your phone it will just hang at the galaxy s logo p.s thanks for helpin me on the other fourm
Just to add my own experience.....
Some months ago, my phone was suffering from poor performance (I was running CM10.1 at the time)
I decided to do a full format to totally "pristine" wipe my phone and start fresh. I copied a fresh version of the rom and gapps to my removable micro SD card and rebooted into CWM. I formatted cache, dalvic, preload, emmc and sd.....then just to be certain, I factory reset too.....
After that and while still in CWM, I flashed the rom and gapps and rebooted without issue......I believe this is what you want to do, so to answer your question. ...yes it is safe and possible to do this.....my phone is proof of that.....
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keithross39 said:
Just to add my own experience.....
Some months ago, my phone was suffering from poor performance (I was running CM10.1 at the time)
I decided to do a full format to totally "pristine" wipe my phone and start fresh. I copied a fresh version of the rom and gapps to my removable micro SD card and rebooted into CWM. I formatted cache, dalvic, preload, emmc and sd.....then just to be certain, I factory reset too.....
After that and while still in CWM, I flashed the rom and gapps and rebooted without issue......I believe this is what you want to do, so to answer your question. ...yes it is safe and possible to do this.....my phone is proof of that.....
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Thanks! Great feedback.
Just to complete my question, did you notice a significant performance improvement after the wipe-and-reinstall process?
It seemed to help a bit, but not as much as I'd anticipated. ..
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