Hi.
My phone last time get lags and slower. I dont want to try fix it. I want to refresh my phone, delete everything and save only my ROMs ( now downloaded MIUI - want to try and SmartDroid )
I flashed many times and once did hard reset. After hard reset i had option inslall only via ODIN, not from internal memory.
Ho can i delete everything on my phone without roms for fresh install fresh rom from inernal memory? ( i dont have sd card )
Do not delete your efs partition. You will not be able to connect to any network if you do. When you flash a rom you must follow the instructions. Often the instructions include factory reset or clear data, cache and dalvick cache.and system. My advice is dont just go deleting files if you dont know what they are. Flash your roms with clockworkmod but make a nandroid backup before incase you need to go back to your previous rom.
bitpie said:
Hi.
My phone last time get lags and slower. I dont want to try fix it. I want to refresh my phone, delete everything and save only my ROMs ( now downloaded MIUI - want to try and SmartDroid )
I flashed many times and once did hard reset. After hard reset i had option inslall only via ODIN, not from internal memory.
Ho can i delete everything on my phone without roms for fresh install fresh rom from inernal memory? ( i dont have sd card )
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Flashing a Rom Doesnt require Deleting all files from your internal memory.
As you said you want to refresh your phone..... What excatly Does Refresh Mean ???
Deleting All Files From Internal Memory is not a solution To Lags.
Use CWM and do a factory Reset, Cache Wipe & Dalvik Cache Wipe Then Install A new Rom. This Is nothing But Refeshing ur Phone
Factory Reset Wont Wipe Ur Data ....So Roms Stored in The Internal Storage Wont Get Deleted.
There is a Tool Called Zoots Wipe Scripts which are useful to Clean Up Your Phone Give It A Try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/tool-mega-wipesuper-wipefactory-t1832326/page20
bitpie said:
Hi.
My phone last time get lags and slower. I dont want to try fix it. I want to refresh my phone, delete everything and save only my ROMs ( now downloaded MIUI - want to try and SmartDroid )
I flashed many times and once did hard reset. After hard reset i had option inslall only via ODIN, not from internal memory.
Ho can i delete everything on my phone without roms for fresh install fresh rom from inernal memory? ( i dont have sd card )
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If you mean doing a full factory reset, it will not do any modification to the ROM as it is read only memory. It will still be there as it is after the reset as long as you do NOT format the /system partition. Your internal storage (apps, app data, settings..etc) however will be wiped. So make sure you back up any necessary files prior to resetting.
Shouldn't flashing a pit file and then the rom after it help?
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I tried to reset my phone to factory state but after i flashed everything.. all my files were still there..
I tried to format my sdcard internal&external, no good..
Tells me that its formating but nothing happens, and my external card isnt recognized any more by the phone just says "card is blank".
How do i fix this?how do i fully reset my phone and the sdcard?
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TRY
Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .Or need to return to service or decide if its hardware/firmware problem .
Backup data first if phone is working .
Boot CWM recovery
Mounts and Storage
Format cache data system sd card .
Remove battery
Boot to download mode
Open Odin
Install correct stock firmware .
Still problems use usb jig to set rom counter to zero .
Return to service centre .
I did the full wipe from cwm but didnt flash after it...
I will try it now an post result, thx.. any way
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Worked. It did cleaned my internal sdcard..
I have another pesky problem,
I have whatsapp installed and i cant use a shortcut from contact to send via whatsapp.
Any thought? This problem stayed after factory reset ...
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hielo_te said:
I tried to reset my phone to factory state but after i flashed everything.. all my files were still there..
I tried to format my sdcard internal&external, no good..
Tells me that its formating but nothing happens, and my external card isnt recognized any more by the phone just says "card is blank".
How do i fix this?how do i fully reset my phone and the sdcard?
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If you really want to wipe your device, press:
*2767*3855#
WARNING, there is no confirmation, when you pres the last digit "#", everything is gone for good... Make a backup first, this code wipes your whole SD and formats it to factory defaults, i "think" only the external sd is untouched, not sure, you'd better remove it before typing the code.
Hope it helps
spsf said:
If you really want to wipe your device, press:
*2767*3855#
WARNING, there is no confirmation, when you pres the last digit "#", everything is gone for good... Make a backup first, this code wipes your whole SD and formats it to factory defaults, i "think" only the external sd is untouched, not sure, you'd better remove it before typing the code.
Hope it helps
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Is there any different between this method (*2767*3855# ) and by going in to settings ->privat --> factory reset? If so, what's the different (im not sarcastic, i really want to know)
thank you,
from memory, a factory reset via android's menu only wipes /data and /cache (plus a few other things like the android_secure, .cache and sd-ext folders) but leaves your internal and external SD intact.
the service code is the "real deal" and wipes everything that's mounted. Why don't you try it and tell us the results? I hear lots of good about it... ^^
Snakeforhire said:
from memory, a factory reset via android's menu only wipes /data and /cache (plus a few other things like the android_secure, .cache and sd-ext folders) but leaves your internal and external SD intact.
the service code is the "real deal" and wipes everything that's mounted. Why don't you try it and tell us the results? I hear lots of good about it... ^^
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Nah, i leave it to someone els. Do you know if this method also erase the root or not?
nope, /system partition remains as is (including all the files that were installed to it, but there aren't that many of them. Most third-party files get written to /data, which is also wiped. There might remain a few .conf files in .etc though, but it's rarely a problem -especially for rooted users, since we're used to completely wipe everything including /system when flashing a new stock ROM )
Use the service code or as JJEgan said:
Boot CWM recovery,
go to Mounts and Storage,
Format cache, data, system and sd card.
^^both of these methods do the same thing and will wipe everything that has been changed by the user.
Good Luck.
I performed the *2767*3855# method but yet on first start up im still seeing a background from a old rom ive flashed to it? Why is this? Is there any way to completely nuke everything on the phone? and just start flashing things back onto it?
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Hi how do I completly set my phone back to original unrooted status?
I have read up on so much but I seem to have made a right mess of my phone.
I can't unroot it no matter what I do, I put the original kernal back on through odin but it is still rooted but it got rid of yellow triangle.
The phone works ok and boots up but even the usb jig won't reset the counter, just boots into recovery mode.
I'm at the point as I don't know what I have done anymore.
Please help someone.
Hi All,
I did a factory reset today and flashed the stock 4.1.1 Polish ROM via Odin. This process seems to have wiped my files (including photos etc) from my S3 (internal memory, not SD card). I've flashed plenty of ROMS before and this has never happened.
Anyone know if it's possible to get them back? I guess I've installed new apps etc now so a lot of the data would have been overwritten. Frustrating!
Thanks for any tips.
UnitedWeFall said:
Hi All,
I did a factory reset today and flashed the stock 4.1.1 Polish ROM via Odin. This process seems to have wiped my files (including photos etc) from my S3 (internal memory, not SD card). I've flashed plenty of ROMS before and this has never happened.
Anyone know if it's possible to get them back? I guess I've installed new apps etc now so a lot of the data would have been overwritten. Frustrating!
Thanks for any tips.
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You answered your own question with your first sentence : I did a factory reset...
Unfortunately its not possible to get back the data
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Unless you backed up on PC or sd card...
Factory reset in S3 will always wipe internal memory as it shares internal memory for applications.
If you want to restore try some data recovery software that supports SD card.
ultramag69 said:
Unless you backed up on PC or sd card...
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That would be the only way. There is a very small window to recover data wiped from flash memory and on a phone it would be even more difficult. Maybe a Clockwork backup?
Internal SDcard is mounted on the system partition via Fuse..so if you format the /system partition..sdcard is formatted as well..
Pointers for future..
Use CWM for flashing ROMS..(I hate Odin )
Backup your internal SDcard on your PC regularly
Perform a Nandroid Backup on your ExtSDcard before flashing any ROM.
If you ever need to factory reset..use the wipe data/factory reset option in CWM and not in Stock Recovery
For a clean install, if you want to wipe system partition..use wipe /system option under mount and format in CWM..it just wipes the system files and your SDcard data will be safe..
You will not face such issues if you in the future if you follow these pointers.
zoot1 said:
Internal SDcard is mounted on the system partition via Fuse..so if you format the /system partition..sdcard is formatted as well..
Pointers for future..
Use CWM for flashing ROMS..(I hate Odin )
Backup your internal SDcard on your PC regularly
Perform a Nandroid Backup on your ExtSDcard before flashing any ROM.
If you ever need to factory reset..use the wipe data/factory reset option in CWM and not in Stock Recovery
For a clean install, if you want to wipe system partition..use wipe /system option under mount and format in CWM..it just wipes the system files and your SDcard data will be safe..
You will not face such issues if you in the future if you follow these pointers.
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Thanks for that. Lesson learnt I guess..
Hi Everbody!
This is my first post, so i apologise if i do something wrong...
Here it is my problem...
Last week i buy a S3 I9300. I flash Sentinel Rom 4.XX. Before that i did make root and did intall TWRP, since is less problematic than Recovery...(in opinion of the developer).
Now comes my problem....
The developer says in their instructions:
5 Factory Reset and wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache
6 Format System Partition
Im looking at TWRP at this moment...and i have no doubts about Wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache.Ok.
Format System Partition.....now, here it is my big problem. Do i press System? Do i Wipe System?
Or do i press: Internal Storage?
What i want is a FULL Clean of the S3. I really don`t care about backups, programs, since i have all on my PC......i want a ROM clean without any trash from previous room...
I have some experience with flashing, with 3º party softwares, but this room uses a zip file...with is for me more complicated, since i never now if im making a fresh install, or a "mix" of files....
Resuming:
On TWRP, except the SD EXTERNAL where i have some backups, and the ROM.zip, what is the best option do format/Clean ALL internal storage?
And yes i read the tread about 4.2.2 new system of data lost..(wich i still think is to confuse, but that`s another question).
Thank you in advance!:good:
P.S: - I don`t have (or don`t see) the famous /data/media/0.......
Im using at this moment Sentinel 4.50. No problems.
What i want is a FULL Clean of the S3. I really don`t care about backups, programs, since i have all on my PC......i want a ROM clean without any trash from previous room...
TWRP / wipe cache dalvik system internal sd card and data .
jje
JJEgan said:
What i want is a FULL Clean of the S3. I really don`t care about backups, programs, since i have all on my PC......i want a ROM clean without any trash from previous room...
TWRP / wipe cache dalvik system internal sd card and data .
jje
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Hi.
Hi didn`t understand your statement. I forget to tell that i also do/did Factory Reset.
I says this because one of the occasions, making this 3 steps, didn`t erase previous files from the previous ROM....
What`s the best opcion to erase internal and SD Card, with exception of external card?
Thks in advance.
So, while trying to install cyanogenmod in my s3 and after wiping the cache and preforming a factory reset in clockworkmod recovery both music and photo data wasn't removed, tried again but nothing happened! What should I do this is very confusing ?
Castdeath97 said:
So, while trying to install cyanogenmod in my s3 and after wiping the cache and preforming a factory reset in clockworkmod recovery both music and photo data wasn't removed, tried again but nothing happened! What should I do this is very confusing ?
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me too, as a matter of fact i`m now in great trouble because the device won't recognize my ex-sd, cwm won't mount it, there is no way to re flash ROM ( odin doesn't support installing CM ). When i go to setting-> storage the phone simply crashes. so anyone know how to just wipe out everything, make the internal mem back to its original???
Use the cyanogen mod installer
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Maybe you can try the Mega wipe script at this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1983489
Use at your own risk, and keep a backup somewhere because it will erase everything ..
Brother,
Only stock recovery gets crazy and erase everything in your internal memory and resets the rom and wipes the app datas …
Custom recovery does't do that it protects your personal data and only wipes app data and resets the rom …
If your issues is with a buggy rom try a different one …
External sd not mounting is an rom issue not with factory reset …
If you want to go back to stock, data wipe isn't going to do it, you will have to download the stock rom from sammobile.com and flash it using Odin …
Ps: get the correct stock rom or you'll brick your phone!!
If I helped hit thanks …
i think the 4.3 stock is the problem... it prevents any cook rom to get access to sd but i'm not sure why this is possible... all i know is i use odin to install stock 4.3 and it works without problem but switching to any rom cook then the sd just simply gets lost...
vutranloc said:
i think the 4.3 stock is the problem... it prevents any cook rom to get access to sd but i'm not sure why this is possible... all i know is i use odin to install stock 4.3 and it works without problem but switching to any rom cook then the sd just simply gets lost...
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Only for you ???
The problem is, its not one or specific app that crash, its almost all.. the error massage overlapping the other error massage! its almost impossible for me to navigate through my phone. Each time I click "OK", other errors pop up.. usually its not happen to the apps I install, the error happen on android service app.. like phone, contact, calendar, google service, etc.. etc.. the only solution I did is to wipe everything (since I root it). I have to wipe everything for it to work.. if I wipe internal only, and install other custom rom.. its not working.. I have to wipe everything.
my question is how to fix this "Unfortunately, (apps) has stopped..." error without wiping everything???
If you are using custom ROM then download exactly the SAME version of the ROM you currently have and reflash it without doing factory reset (make sure you wipe out dalvik and regular cache after flashing). Also this sounds like corrupt internal storage, best solution involves losing ALL of your data (yes, even ROM). I suggest you to do hard reset (completely format /system partition). After doing that be aware that no OS will be installed on your phone and you should flash one using recovery like you do with regular ROM installation (with cache cleaning and Gapps flashing). Your phone will work like charm again. Make sure your backup all your important stuff before doing it. Also if you use SD card I would recommend formatting it as well because it contains (probably) broken application data and obbs.
Or, try reinstalling the google services app.. If that fails reflash the rom twice via recovery. If that fails, as above, backup, reset to stock and start over.
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Forcellrus said:
If you are using custom ROM then download exactly the SAME version of the ROM you currently have and reflash it without doing factory reset (make sure you wipe out dalvik and regular cache after flashing). Also this sounds like corrupt internal storage, best solution involves losing ALL of your data (yes, even ROM). I suggest you to do hard reset (completely format /system partition). After doing that be aware that no OS will be installed on your phone and you should flash one using recovery like you do with regular ROM installation (with cache cleaning and Gapps flashing). Your phone will work like charm again. Make sure your backup all your important stuff before doing it. Also if you use SD card I would recommend formatting it as well because it contains (probably) broken application data and obbs.
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Thanks for the reply.. :good::good: When you say "corrupt internal storage".. do you mean hardware? so, in the future it might happen again? what trigger this error? its happen so sudden.. haha.. sorry for a lot of question.. this error happen to me twice.. on difference phone! one Samsung S3.. the other one Asus Zenfone 5 LTE.. luckly for S3, I manage to restore it, but for asus..... well.... Damn you asus!!
shivadow said:
Or, try reinstalling the google services app.. If that fails reflash the rom twice via recovery. If that fails, as above, backup, reset to stock and start over.
Beamed in by telepathy.
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Thanks for the reply!! :good::good: I will try to reflash gapp if that happen again..
KhairJhonny said:
Thanks for the reply.. :good::good: When you say "corrupt internal storage".. do you mean hardware? so, in the future it might happen again? what trigger this error? its happen so sudden.. haha.. sorry for a lot of question.. this error happen to me twice.. on difference phone! one Samsung S3.. the other one Asus Zenfone 5 LTE.. luckly for S3, I manage to restore it, but for asus..... well.... Damn you asus!!
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By Corrupt Internal Storage I mean software way, it gets formatted to RAW instead of exFAT or NTFS or whatever format it is by default. This was happening quite a lot with my SD card, Android system was reading/writing something on it in the background, I was playing some game and suddendly phone restarted because of Low memory killer. And what happened is that SD card operation suddendly stopped which most probably made it virtually corrupt (formatted from NTFS to RAW) and made it unable to read on phone and PC. Only solution was to format is using Windows' Disk Managment tool and format it freshly. Same thing rarely happens to internal storage which means your ROM won't boot and your phone will be booted into recovery or you will get bootloop. That being said maybe some of your segments from OS are virtually damaged which prevents apps from functioning properly making them crash. Another reason could be "optimizing" apps such as Greenify, Battery Boosters etc which can crash other apps as well.