wiping phone clean - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys,
After years of rooting my phone several times a year I really want to format the entire phone clean before installing a new ROM
I want to reformat everything so traces of anything remains on my phone memory whatsoever to avoid any clashes with other ROM's I install.
Whats the easiest and best way you guys can suggest I go about doing this?
Thank you in advance

Look for Hawkerpaul's ROM Nuke script mate. And don't forget to thank him for it!

cheers mate...
will this brick my device? as how will my system operate without an OS?
just wondering
thanks

xirokx said:
cheers mate...
will this brick my device? as how will my system operate without an OS?
just wondering
thanks
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You've got it wrong mate. A Nuke script is meant to be used before flashing a new ROM.
And no, it won't brick your device. Make sure you read the whole thread about the scripts first.

immortalneo said:
You've got it wrong mate. A Nuke script is meant to be used before flashing a new ROM.
And no, it won't brick your device. Make sure you read the whole thread about the scripts first.
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thank you

Related

Installing applications (newbie)

i was installing a few softwares form the market and i think it installed them on to the phone.
how to install the applications on to the memory card?
how can move the applications to the memory card?
Thanks in advance!
You need to be running a ROM with apps2sd enabled.
Im not sure if using it on a stock ROM is possible or not.
ddotpatel said:
You need to be running a ROM with apps2sd enabled.
Im not sure if using it on a stock ROM is possible or not.
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where can i get the rom from?
is this risky to do?
what benefits are there to this rom?
Thanks in advance
sorry for so many questions
qasi said:
where can i get the rom from?
is this risky to do?
what benefits are there to this rom?
Thanks in advance
sorry for so many questions
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Follow BTDAG's guide like i said earlier. The instructions are bang on so not much could go wrong. It is a little risky,... but its a risk most people on this site are willing to take.
*JUST MAKE SURE YOU ARE PATIENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN UPDATING RADIO*
EDIT.......... LOTS of ROMS available in the development section.

[Q] how to avoid soft brick hardbrick and etc?

As i asked, anyone could give me any advices? Just all causes of the bricks? I read,the forum as well as i can, there are many many many topics, but i dont want to make a stupid mistake ... thank u in advance guys and gerlz
heklind said:
As i asked, anyone could give me any advices? Just all causes of the bricks? I read,the forum as well as i can, there are many many many topics, but i dont want to make a stupid mistake ... thank u in advance guys and gerlz
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Well, just follow the exact instructions the developers give when you flash something And always make a Nandroid back up first.
Furthermore: check for which phone models the roms etc. are (I9100 or anything else you have), to avoid flashing something bad.
If you're afraid for the eMMC brickbug: read the threads that are made for it for info about that.
Sent from the Matrix
The emmc brick bug only happens on stock kernel when wipe data is selected just flash any other kernel before doing anything else and then your safe. Don't flash a ROM for any other phone including the i9100G double check before flash the file name is usually .............i9100
Honestly ? Don't flash anything in the first place. Leave your phone stock & enjoy using it.
If the thought of breaking it frightens you, leave it alone.
Nandriod backup can't save you from hard brick. RTFM (or thread) is the only safe path if you can't stop the hacking itch, and don't be a hero to be the first one to try something new like leaked ROM. Good luck.
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You win best post of the week Sage advice.
xdanoober said:
Nandriod backup can't save you from hard brick. RTFM (or thread) is the only safe path if you can't stop the hacking itch, and don't be a hero to be the first one to try something new like leaked ROM. Good luck.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
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MistahBungle said:
Honestly ? Don't flash anything in the first place. Leave your phone stock & enjoy using it.
If the thought of breaking it frightens you, leave it alone.
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Thx for advice, but as u can see, i'm asking for help coz i want to mod my phone... not to leave it stock.
heklind said:
Thx for advice, but as u can see, i'm asking for help coz i want to mod my phone... not to leave it stock.
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Well, then use the other advices that are given to you
But there's always a risk, so in fact it's a matter of minimizing them. If you want be totally risk free, then you indeed have to leave it stock.
Sent from the Matrix
I have rooted my phone with fake recovery, i want to install a speedmod kernel. I have stock recovery. Is it needed to install manually cwm first?? @Hardcore is writing that cwm is included, but im not sure that its written into this kernel or i need to download the cwm too, but where? There is no link in the topic So all i need to flash the kernel through the stock recovery and i'll got cwm and speedmod and done or download cwm from somewhere first and flash kernel through the cwm?
Here is the topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574218
Thx in advance and rly sorry for my english, its not my primary language heh
Donnie Sins said:
in fact it's a matter of minimizing them.
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That's the point )
Anyone can help me?
ok done, help not needed

Pls answer. Sorry for being noob.

Good day everyone! Im totally have very less idea regarding android but im a fast learner. I got my first android phone and I rooted it using framaroot v1.6. Now i want to learn how to flash roms. Here goes my questions..
Which is advisable to the newbies like me? cwm or twrp?
Right after rooting? What is the best thing to do? If back-up, what to back-up? Also how to back-up?
Now for cwm or twrp, pls guide me which of them should i use and pls provide steps.
Very Big Thanks for Answering!
(Sorry im totally noob)
qaasedsawd said:
Good day everyone! Im totally have very less idea regarding android but im a fast learner. I got my first android phone and I rooted it using framaroot v1.6. Now i want to learn how to flash roms. Here goes my questions..
Which is advisable to the newbies like me? cwm or twrp?
Right after rooting? What is the best thing to do? If back-up, what to back-up? Also how to back-up?
Now for cwm or twrp, pls guide me which of them should i use and pls provide steps.
Very Big Thanks for Answering!
(Sorry im totally noob)
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You can go for either one of them...i use cwm but its personal choice..now how yo flash cwm on your phone..just search the forum with your phone name..every detail is out here..you just have to search.after flashing cwm just take a backup of your current rom to be safe in case something goes wrong and flash a new one.search for custom roms for your phone in the forum. The procedure for flashing it will be written there only.
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Dark Wraith said:
You can go for either one of them...i use cwm but its personal choice..now how yo flash cwm on your phone..just search the forum with your phone name..every detail is out here..you just have to search.after flashing cwm just take a backup of your current rom to be safe in case something goes wrong and flash a new one.search for custom roms for your phone in the forum. The procedure for flashing it will be written there only.
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Ok sir ill go with twrp.. Pls answer my questions above one by one if its ok.. What should i do right after rooting? What should i back-up? How to back-up? If installed another rom, can i still access my apps? Will the apps remain on progress? or it will be back to start again (as if newly installed). Thanks a lot!
After install the recovery, make a full backup (the recovery have that option, but I dunno where is it in TWRP).
If you're going to install a ROM, surely you'll need to make a factory reset (another recovery option), so all your apps will be lost, however, you can make a backup of your apps (and/or its data) using some app like Titanium Backup, and restore the backup after install the ROM.
qaasedsawd said:
Ok sir ill go with twrp.. Pls answer my questions above one by one if its ok.. What should i do right after rooting? What should i back-up? How to back-up? If installed another rom, can i still access my apps? Will the apps remain on progress? or it will be back to start again (as if newly installed). Thanks a lot!
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RoberGalarga said:
After install the recovery, make a full backup (the recovery have that option, but I dunno where is it in TWRP).
If you're going to install a ROM, surely you'll need to make a factory reset (another recovery option), so all your apps will be lost, however, you can make a backup of your apps (and/or its data) using some app like Titanium Backup, and restore the backup after install the ROM.
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Adding to this..you can restore apps through cwm itself.after creating backup and flashing rom,select advance restore then select only data then select fix permissions..everything is here only bro..just search the forums
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hm.. thanks for all the replies.. how partitioning? when should i do it? ive read some posts about partitioning so i think its important, is it or is it not? thank you i really appreciate every reply.
It depends of your phone and your usage habits. If your phone have few space to install apps, or you will install many apps then maybe you will need more space, this is the purpose of partitioning.
How to do it... well, you need to make the partition in your SD (you can do it from the recovery, or from your PC using any partitioning utility) and then, to use the partition, you'll need to install an app like Link2SD (you can install the scripts used by Link2SD if you prefer, but for the newbies is recommended use an app instead).
Ok sir, im learning a lot.. How about making NANDROID Backup?
How should i make one? Or which is the safest way to make backup?
My phone uses MT6589 and rooted with SuperSU
I saw a post using MtkDroidTools_v248.exe
Should i go with it? Pls guide me to the safest path because i dont want to end up having no phone to use. Thanks a lot again!
qaasedsawd said:
Ok sir, im learning a lot.. How about making NANDROID Backup?
How should i make one? Or which is the safest way to make backup?
My phone uses MT6589 and rooted with SuperSU
I saw a post using MtkDroidTools_v248.exe
Should i go with it? Pls guide me to the safest path because i dont want to end up having no phone to use. Thanks a lot again!
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Brother the entire forum is at your disposal.you can find any and every information here.Make google and xda search fields your best friend if you wanna learn......
As a fellow mt65XX device user...if you are scared of bricking ur device..just stay a bit away from sp flashtools until u are confident enuff and know what you doing??
Dark Wraith said:
Brother the entire forum is at your disposal.you can find any and every information here.Make google and xda search fields your best friend if you wanna learn......
As a fellow mt65XX device user...if you are scared of bricking ur device..just stay a bit away from sp flashtools until u are confident enuff and know what you doing??
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Im sorry sir. I think i ask too many questions. I can search how but i wont know which of those methods is the safest or easiest to use. Anyway i really appreciate the response. Thanks a lot sir!
qaasedsawd said:
How about making NANDROID Backup?
How should i make one? Or which is the safest way to make backup?
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The nandroid backup is a backup made with the recovery, as simple as that
RoberGalarga said:
The nandroid backup is a backup made with the recovery, as simple as that
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You are talking about cwm & twrp right?
qaasedsawd said:
Im sorry sir. I think i ask too many questions. I can search how but i wont know which of those methods is the safest or easiest to use. Anyway i really appreciate the response. Thanks a lot sir!
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No issues man..questions are always welcome here..all i am saying is that you can find all the info here..as for whats safe or not,since you are using mediatek processor,just be careful of spflashtools..try sticking to cwm as much as possible
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qaasedsawd said:
You are talking about cwm & twrp right?
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Yep
Ok sir. Thanks for the responses..
ill just clear things out. So i can make nandroid backup with just my phone? No use of computer? Hehe. If yes. Id be glad, coz i think its easier.
qaasedsawd said:
Ok sir. Thanks for the responses..
ill just clear things out. So i can make nandroid backup with just my phone? No use of computer? Hehe. If yes. Id be glad, coz i think its easier.
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Yes,you can make a nandroid backup using your phone only.
Dark Wraith said:
Yes,you can make a nandroid backup using your phone only.
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Thanks a lot sir. ill be working in my phone this weekend. i hope everything will be awesome. i also hope you wont get tired of answering my noob questions. ) Thank you so much!
fear not!
qaasedsawd said:
Thanks a lot sir. ill be working in my phone this weekend. i hope everything will be awesome. i also hope you wont get tired of answering my noob questions. ) Thank you so much!
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I've just started to play with custom roms 2 days ago and nothing went badly wrong just yet With some precautions (the backups) and attention to the instructions you will do just fine Make sure you get the correct roms for your phone, because my first attempt to flash a rom was from a different phone model Nothing wrong happened, just an error message, but its a good example that you should play attention to the names and versions of the files!
good luck
qaasedsawd said:
Thanks a lot sir. ill be working in my phone this weekend. i hope everything will be awesome. i also hope you wont get tired of answering my noob questions. ) Thank you so much!
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No i wont..
Dark Wraith said:
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No i wont..
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Wait sir, i got a little bit confused.. Hehe. What is Mobile Uncle Tool? Do i need it to have CWM or TWRP?

Few Question about rooting and formatting

Hi all ,
i rooted my device using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-x/general/guide-root-oneplus-x-twrp-pc-t3251027
now i have few question:
1) can i use this method to have full controll of my phone? http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-x/general/discussion-how-to-root-oneplus-x-t3242830
2) if i want to return to a stock-rom with no rooting what i have to do? I have only to rebbot in recovery, go to advanced and then to a format data?
i know that this informations is spread around the various thread, but i don't want to brick my phone so i need a clear answer.
*sigh*
mohammedtabish said:
*sigh*
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[sarcasm]Thansk for the detailed answer. You really help me.[/sarcasm]
If you want to go back to stock, just flash the full Rom zip 2.2.0.
If you go the opposite, there is no reason you can't apply the other method to unlock bootloader & then...
But if you don't know what you are doing, don't !
Kéno40 said:
But if you don't know what you are doing, don't !
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Read, read, read.
Cronos89 said:
[sarcasm]Thansk for the detailed answer. You really help me.[/sarcasm]
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No problem pal i will always help you .... N sorry you can pm me and ask any ques n i will answer you just pm me
Cronos89 said:
Hi all ,
i rooted my device using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-x/general/guide-root-oneplus-x-twrp-pc-t3251027
now i have few question:
1) can i use this method to have full controll of my phone? http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-x/general/discussion-how-to-root-oneplus-x-t3242830
2) if i want to return to a stock-rom with no rooting what i have to do? I have only to rebbot in recovery, go to advanced and then to a format data?
i know that this informations is spread around the various thread, but i don't want to brick my phone so i need a clear answer.
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And most important thing, take Efs backup and save it somewhere safe. Do not mess this up.

Wana try Cynogen some help pls

hi
im not new to flashing new roms .But i always get to know how to get back to stock rom
i did not see any tute here or may be i missed it can any one point me to one
.I just want a plain simple rom that works fine without any problem and i was planning to try Cynogen seen a few roms for the same
1. pls do give me a tute to get back to stock if needed
2. do we need to un luck the boodloader as on the HTC phones if so do guide me on the same
3. kindly do tell me which cynogen is the best for us now i just want a good working no probem
rom
4. Does using cynogen void my warranty I do know yes for other phones but somewhere i read that it is not so for the Oneplus kindly clarify on the same
thanks in advance:good:
Which phone do u have now?
haree said:
hi
im not new to flashing new roms .But i always get to know how to get back to stock rom
i did not see any tute here or may be i missed it can any one point me to one
.I just want a plain simple rom that works fine without any problem and i was planning to try Cynogen seen a few roms for the same
1. pls do give me a tute to get back to stock if needed
2. do we need to un luck the boodloader as on the HTC phones if so do guide me on the same
3. kindly do tell me which cynogen is the best for us now i just want a good working no probem
rom
4. Does using cynogen void my warranty I do know yes for other phones but somewhere i read that it is not so for the Oneplus kindly clarify on the same
thanks in advance:good:
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Given that you are recognized contributor, I am surprised that you did not look into general section. We have threads for different things. Anyway I will try to answer you questions
1. You need to download full zip of 2.2.0 and flash that. You can restore to stock. Or simply backup your current oos using twrp, restore only system and boot, you will have stock.
2. Yes, here is the link
3. cm12.1 by master awesome is pretty stable.
4. Rooting/flashing does not void warranty for oneplus, however if you damage anything, I am not sure if it will be covered.
P.S. always have backup of stock and efs. Do not miss this step.
saurabh40629 said:
Given that you are recognized contributor, I am surprised that you did not look into general section. We have threads for different things. Anyway I will try to answer you questions
1. You need to download full zip of 2.2.0 and flash that. You can restore to stock. Or simply backup your current oos using twrp, restore only system and boot, you will have stock.
2. Yes, here is the link
3. cm12.1 by master awesome is pretty stable.
4. Rooting/flashing does not void warranty for oneplus, however if you damage anything, I am not sure if it will be covered.
P.S. always have backup of stock and efs. Do not miss this step.
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Hi
thanks buddy sorry i missed it out i did look around could not find it ill read on it and try the same on sat or sun
cmpunk24 said:
Which phone do u have now?
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hi its their on my sign OPX sorry may be my sign confused u my phone is OPX is why i asked here
haree said:
Hi
thanks buddy sorry i missed it out i did look around could not find it ill read on it and try the same on sat or sun
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No problem, glad to be of some help. btw only issue in cm12.1 is "ok google" detection not working. but given the stability and smoothness, I am not even bothered about it.
saurabh40629 said:
No problem, glad to be of some help. btw only issue in cm12.1 is "ok google" detection not working. but given the stability and smoothness, I am not even bothered about it.
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thanks again buddy for the info i dont even use it so i dont care too just wanna good clean phone not all that happy with the stock
saurabh40629 said:
4. Rooting/flashing does not void warranty for oneplus, however if you damage anything, I am not sure if it will be covered.
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It's written in OnePlus policy that if your manipulation ends with a lost IMEI device, it's not covered for example !
Kéno40 said:
It's written in OnePlus policy that if your manipulation ends with a lost IMEI device, it's not covered for example !
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and that's the reason I mentioned to backup efs before doing anything.
saurabh40629 said:
and that's the reason I mentioned to backup efs before doing anything.
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well having read ur link and seeing all the process needed to get it done looks like right now i dont have the time to or patience to do it will do it but may be not right now :laugh:

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