Hi
Is there a way to format the internal SD???
Thanks
Anyone????
ejamin73 said:
Hi
Is there a way to format the internal SD???
Thanks
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Which format? You should be able to format your SD card in your phone to FAT32 (or exFAT but not sure which) through Settings >> Storage >> Format.
lordazoroth said:
Which format? You should be able to format your SD card in your phone to FAT32 (or exFAT but not sure which) through Settings >> Storage >> Format.
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I'm able to format/erase the External sd. I need to format/erase the Internal sd & in Settings >> Storage >> Format it doesn't give me the option to do so to the internal. Only the external.
I'm rooted & with TWRP. Tried to nandroid back up to internal sd but when it was almost done it said I didn't have enough space.
I had about 5gb before & now I have less than 1gb. I manually erase everything from the sd card but still I only have about 2gb left.
In Settings >> Storage >> Miscellaneous it says that I have 7.5gb used but If I add up the files that I can see it doesn't even add up to 2gb
ejamin73 said:
I'm able to format/erase the External sd. I need to format/erase the Internal sd & in Settings >> Storage >> Format it doesn't give me the option to do so to the internal. Only the external.
I'm rooted & with TWRP. Tried to nandroid back up to internal sd but when it was almost done it said I didn't have enough space.
I had about 5gb before & now I have less than 1gb. I manually erase everything from the sd card but still I only have about 2gb left.
In Settings >> Storage >> Miscellaneous it says that I have 7.5gb used but If I add up the files that I can see it doesn't even add up to 2gb
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In TWRP go to Wipe>Advanced wipe> Internal. Make sure you have backed up anything you want to keep from there to sd card and/or computer. Also make sure the backup you plan to restore is not on the internal, I know this seems obvious but it happens.
tenxo said:
In TWRP go to Wipe>Advanced wipe> Internal. Make sure you have backed up anything you want to keep from there to sd card and/or computer. Also make sure the backup you plan to restore is not on the internal, I know this seems obvious but it happens.
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Thank you!!! I'll try that
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so I figured out why my recovery wasn't working well
The first thing I tried to do when I got clock mod recovery
Was partition my sd, but not knowing that it would partition
The internal sd!
My question is does anybody know how to recover the internal sd
That would solve my check sum error in recovery
T inhanks advance!
So you re-partitioned your internal sd card? What did it partition it as exactly? Didn't even know that was possible.
Can you go into your phone and reformat it?
Menu > Settings > SD card and phone storage > Unmount phone storage > Format phone storage.
The above method will completely wipe your internal sd and you will lose all your data.
You could also try doing a factory reset.
I just found this: I think it is exactly what you are going to need.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745547
Thank you so much man I'm gonna go try it out tonight!
I'm selling my Amaze, keeping external memory.
Where is the location for custom recovery - is it on internal or external card, or somewhere else - in the phone?
I want to wipe the internal memory, keeping temp external card, reboot into recover and install custom rom from external memory, then reboot and remove internal memory.
Will the above procedure work ?
your internal memory is basically an internal sd card, so formatting that will not affect your recovery or system etc. there's a partition set for system files. Your procedure will work, just flash a rom and format the internal sd before or after, it won't matter.
andy55 said:
your internal memory is basically an internal sd card, so formatting that will not affect your recovery or system etc. there's a partition set for system files. Your procedure will work, just flash a rom and format the internal sd before or after, it won't matter.
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Thanks, wasn't entirely sure, as I'm about to do all of this in front of the buyer. I guess formatting internal SD card from recovery is the safest way, as I read doing it via PC renders the card useless.
Thanks mate!
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Hi,
Short question:
When I format "internal SD" (not the SD card) from CWM does this mean that all data ROM-wise was cleared? Or there are some other partitions that I can not access from CWM? Where I can read about this?
taddzio said:
Hi,
Short question:
When I format "internal SD" (not the SD card) from CWM does this mean that all data ROM-wise was cleared? Or there are some other partitions that I can not access from CWM? Where I can read about this?
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You can clear everything from cwm..
sent from here, there, somewhere!!
zoot1 said:
You can clear everything from cwm..
sent from here, there, somewhere!!
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That is not really answer to my question but thank you anyway
It was the answer if you go to mounts and storage in recovery .
jje
The internal memory has nothing to do with the rom
AndroidGaalaxy said:
The internal memory has nothing to do with the rom
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No idea what you mean in this context internal memory is internal storage .
The firmware is located in different partitions of the internal storage often called memory by some users .
The user wants to wipe these partitions of the current rom and its data .
Recovery mounts and storage format data cache system sd card and preload .
jje
JJEgan said:
No idea what you mean in this context internal memory is internal storage .
The firmware is located in different partitions of the internal storage often called memory by some users .
The user wants to wipe these partitions of the current rom and its data .
Recovery mounts and storage format data cache system sd card and preload .
jje
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I meant "format internal sd" in recovery does not affect the Rom
(Google traduction is very bad lol)
AndroidGaalaxy said:
I meant "format internal sd" in recovery does not affect the Rom
(Google traduction is very bad lol)
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There is no "format internal SD" in CWM.. However if you use the wipe data option it will not remove the rom you are using.. Just the data... Location where all your downloaded apps and settings are stored..
There is a format "/sdcard" option which will format your internal storage area.. Including everything on your internal sdcard.. Again will not delete your rom...
sent from here, there, somewhere!!
zoot1 said:
There is no "format internal SD" in CWM.. However if you use the wipe data option it will not remove the rom you are using.. Just the data... Location where all your downloaded apps and settings are stored..
There is a format "/sdcard" option which will format your internal storage area.. Including everything on your internal sdcard.. Again will not delete your rom...
sent from here, there, somewhere!!
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Yes here I was talking to / sdcard when I said "Internal SD Card" : D
For the OP
to wipe all data and the rom boot to recovery as i said and the method i have used for years on SGS .
Mounts and storage
Format cache system data preload and sd card .
Phone will now no longer boot no OS/Rom .
There is format internal sd card in recovery .
Running custom rom that needs rebuild so i just flashed Touch recovery .
formatted as above phone no longer boots no rom no OS empty .
jje
Hi,
So I had this weird glitch yesterday where I lost everything in my SD card and in the internal Storage.
Is it possible to downlaod somewhere an image of the official internal storage content and structure?
matthieup said:
Hi,
So I had this weird glitch yesterday where I lost everything in my SD card and in the internal Storage.
Is it possible to downlaod somewhere an image of the official internal storage content and structure?
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When you say everything do you mean all partitions lost as in the phone is totally dead?
delsus said:
When you say everything do you mean all partitions lost as in the phone is totally dead?
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no wierdly just a format of internal and external SD if you want.
Just the storage part
matthieup said:
no wierdly just a format of internal and external SD if you want.
Just the storage part
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If it's just the storage (as in sd and internal sd) it should be ok, if you can't save anything to the internal sd, then just formatting it should fix it.
delsus said:
If it's just the storage (as in sd and internal sd) it should be ok, if you can't save anything to the internal sd, then just formatting it should fix it.
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I would have liked to be able to recover or restore what was there (2 day old phone) as I haven't sorted out yet all the Sony crap.
Not a big deal as everything else seem to be working
Hi, I'm using a n7000 Slimkat 4.4.4 rom, with slim kernel 3.0.80+ autobuild.
Previously I used link2sd to create a partition on my SD card to get more space on my internal, and after a while I realised my USB storage is being recognised as an SD card. I tried a full wipe and reinstalled my rom but now even the internal storage is messed up. Not even the reformat works anymore
It's too complicated to explain in words so here are the screenshots. So how f**ked am I and how do I salvage this?
Each time I link files into the card (700mb size, it worked previously) it freezes the whole phone
From the storage option I can see this:
1. Internal storage 2GB (normal, nothing wrong with it)
2. Internal storage 11GB (this should be USB storage, and it has a erase SD card option at the end)
3. SD card 2GB (It was 4GB but I used link2sd to create an internal partition. MTP and mass storage is not detected but using card reader it is fine)
4. USB storage (there is only a mount and erase SD card option which is greyed out/unclickable and does not has any space indicator)
AutumQueen92 said:
Hi, I'm using a n7000 Slimkat 4.4.4 rom, with slim kernel 3.0.80+ autobuild.
Previously I used link2sd to create a partition on my SD card to get more space on my internal, and after a while I realised my USB storage is being recognised as an SD card. I tried a full wipe and reinstalled my rom but now even the internal storage is messed up. Not even the reformat works anymore
It's too complicated to explain in words so here are the screenshots. So how f**ked am I and how do I salvage this?
Each time I link files into the card (700mb size, it worked previously) it freezes the whole phone
From the storage option I can see this:
1. Internal storage 2GB (normal, nothing wrong with it)
2. Internal storage 11GB (this should be USB storage, and it has a erase SD card option at the end)
3. SD card 2GB (It was 4GB but I used link2sd to create an internal partition. MTP and mass storage is not detected but using card reader it is fine)
4. USB storage (there is only a mount and erase SD card option which is greyed out/unclickable and does not has any space indicator)
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there is nothing wrong at all.
just repartition and reformat your sdcard and dont use external sdcards for app storage.
Lanchon said:
there is nothing wrong at all.
just repartition and reformat your sdcard and dont use external sdcards for app storage.
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But what about the greyed out USB storage option? I don't remember seeing it in that way
AutumQueen92 said:
But what about the greyed out USB storage option? I don't remember seeing it in that way
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it should be grayed unless you connect usb storage to your phone.