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Lost 2,000+ pics when I rooted because the idiot who made the video didn't mention that your internal sd card gets wiped. Don't want it happening every time I flash a new rom.
(this is the first phone that I have had that doesn't have an external sd card.)
arozer said:
Lost 2,000+ pics when I rooted because the idiot who made the video didn't mention that your internal sd card gets wiped. Don't want it happening every time I flash a new rom.
(this is the first phone that I have had that doesn't have an external sd card.)
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Name calling is useless. You shouldn't hold someone responsible for what happens when YOU tamper with YOUR device.
That being said, no. A factory reset does not wipe internal storage
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Try using recuva, you may be able to get some of the pictures back
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Name calling is useless. You shouldn't hold someone responsible for what happens when YOU tamper with YOUR device.
That being said, no. A factory reset does not wipe internal storage
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I agree but just so fkn frustrated that I lost 2000+ pics. In the video he even mentioned "oh yeah, I should have mentioned that it wipes everything" after it happened. Well then, edit your video and mention it in the beginning mofo!!
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Try using recuva, you may be able to get some of the pictures back
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Tried or my friend. No luck
Thanks thou. To the both of you.
arozer said:
I agree but just so fkn frustrated that I lost 2000+ pics. In the video he even mentioned "oh yeah, I should have mentioned that it wipes everything" after it happened. Well then, edit your video and mention it in the beginning mofo!!
Thanks thou. To the both of you.
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Or you could of read one of the 1000 disclaimers that HTC gives you during the process saying that it will wipe your phone.
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By reading the instructions and watching the videos FIRST, you probably would have caught that. Just sayin.
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Even if you didn't know, doesn't everyone around these forums backup anything and everything? Lol
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I'm assuming that now at least, you backup your photo's?
I wouldn't dream of doing anything to my phone that could brick it if messed up, with my only copy of important stuff on it.
That's just an accident waiting to happen.
To everyone above:
I've been rooting and flashing roms since 2008. I'm fully aware of what happens. This was just my first phone without an SD Card do that's why u was caught off guard. I wasn't aware that it even wipes the internal memory.
That's why the person who makes a GUIDE should mention it. This was probably the worst "guide" every made. I've even made guides before and mention everything important.
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To everyone above:
I've been rooting and flashing roms since 2008. I'm fully aware of what happens. This was just my first phone without an SD Card do that's why u was caught off guard. I wasn't aware that it even wipes the internal memory.
That's why the person who makes a GUIDE should mention it. This was probably the worst "guide" every made. I've even made guides before and mention everything important.
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God, I wish there was a way to downvote your post. Its your phone, you read non of the disclaimers that HTC gave you and didn't even watch the guide through before you did it. You blindly went through a process which tells you multiple times that it will wipe your data, and you didn't back it up.
The guy who made the video owes you nothing, he didn't have to make it and you didn't have to follow it.
Loosing your pictures is your fault, no one else's.
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arozer said:
To everyone above:
I've been rooting and flashing roms since 2008. I'm fully aware of what happens. This was just my first phone without an SD Card do that's why u was caught off guard. I wasn't aware that it even wipes the internal memory.
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There is no excuse for ignorance.
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I know exactly the video guide you're talking about. I remember thinking that he should have put a warning at the beginning too, but luckily I didn't lose anything important.
Sorry, I'm afraid your pictures are gone forever unless you can get lucky with some "un-deleting" software.
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I'm just wondering, if you swap to use external memory do you have to format it to work with your phone?
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Was wondering the same thing. What about write speeds?
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I did the swap with a ultra 64gb. It works fine. Read the threads about it and FOLLOW the directions.
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I did the swap with a ultra 64gb. It works fine. Read the threads about it and FOLLOW the directions.
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curious if theres a specific link you might have for the swap
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curious if theres a specific link you might have for the swap
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Ditto. Can't say I've read much about it
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Haven't found a good way to swap them, reduced to using the wonderful app Directory Bind to do this, but now I have a hard time remembering what folders have been moved the real SDcard.
With my Motorola phones it was as simple as editing the fold.fstab file, not so much with this phone.
http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-n...sd-card-with-rooted-galaxy-note-2-app2sd-mod/
did this on CleanROM and it works.
I didn't like it, so prior to doing it I did a nandroid backup.
I don't like the fact the script has to run every time the phone boots, yes, i know it does this automatically.
Also, i'm a bit confused how backups will work when you use this app, too. I know the system files are still stored on the phone's physical hdd... but i'm wondering what happens when I restore in titanium backup and have two different locations where APKs should be?
There are some other issues in beans thread, i've heard. I'm not sure if ROM related or not, though.
The one thing with Directory Bind is that it has to continue to run too, but its very easy on the RAM and battery, not a big deal.
I have tried that script, but it would never remount my sdcard, so both /mtn/sdcard/ and /mnt/extsdcard/ would show up as the internal memory, thats when I found the Directory Bind.
Directory Bind works wonders, I have /sdcard/Android/ pointing to /mnt/extSdCard/Android/ without issues, along with some others. Its just the programs that don't store their data there that you tend to have issues with.
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The one thing with Directory Bind is that it has to continue to run too, but its very easy on the RAM and battery, not a big deal.
I have tried that script, but it would never remount my sdcard, so both /mtn/sdcard/ and /mnt/extsdcard/ would show up as the internal memory, thats when I found the Directory Bind.
Directory Bind works wonders, I have /sdcard/Android/ pointing to /mnt/extSdCard/Android/ without issues, along with some others. Its just the programs that don't store their data there that you tend to have issues with.
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Except that when we get 4.2 directory bind doesn't work.
Oh ****, thats gunna suck.
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Hey guys new to the note 2 forum. I recently rooted and unlocked my device thanks ti CASUAL and have been looking into ways of clearing bloatware.. I have cleared quite a bit thru titanium BU but when I go into storage under settings its saying miscellaneous files 10.11gb.. when I click on it.. it on shows 5.77gb.. anybody know the issue? Is that just software on my phone that it needs.. an excess of 5gb or so..
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2223765
Look at my thread "How much free storage should I have?"
I goofed and put my backups on sd0card instead of extsdcard.
You too?
Nice! I just had them bu in the internal instead of external so I simply just moved them..? does the internal sd card get wiped when you wipe everything to go to new ROM bc if thats the case all twrp files should be on the external.. right?
EDIT: nevermind figured everything out thank you for help.. I flashed parandroid 3+ but wasnt really a fan I just the phone 2 weeks ago and I am kinda digging the touchwiz interface... and lightsaber sounds I just put on the phone for the s pen:thumbup::thumbup:
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Alright, so I've been modding my phone and many others since the early days of the Captivate, so I'm pretty well versed in how all of this works. That being said, here's my problem:
My phone has become a bit of a whiny b*tch when it comes to flashing ROMs. I know every phone is unique and what works for some may not work for others. But ROMs that have always done well for me (for instance, Flappjaxxx's Unofficial has always ran flawlessly on my device) are now buggy as hell. MD5s are always verified, I fully wipe as instructed, I don't overclock... It just doesn't work right anymore. I get kernel panics and random reboots all the time.
Any insight as to just what the hell is going on with my device would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Cheers.
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Boraltis said:
Alright, so I've been modding my phone and many others since the early days of the Captivate, so I'm pretty well versed in how all of this works. That being said, here's my problem:
My phone has become a bit of a whiny b*tch when it comes to flashing ROMs. I know every phone is unique and what works for some may not work for others. But ROMs that have always done well for me (for instance, Flappjaxxx's Unofficial has always ran flawlessly on my device) are now buggy as hell. MD5s are always verified, I fully wipe as instructed, I don't overclock... It just doesn't work right anymore. I get kernel panics and random reboots all the time.
Any insight as to just what the hell is going on with my device would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Cheers.
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its been a while since I have seen a Flapp's rom on here..............
it may not have anything to do with it, but is that an unofficial 4.1 or 4.2 ?
is that the only rom?
I see your stats and know your experienced, but running a rom from Flapp tells me it may have been a little while. things have progressed quite a bit since then.
lets try this.............when was the last time you went into recovery and wiped you Davlik or Cache? could just be a little constipated.
Flapp is gone, his work only survives on his own site. I keep a copy of his ICS native ROM around because, so far, nothing has come close to being as snappy and stable. It's a sort of safe place that I always come back to. I could go weeks without rebooting and never bog down. I love it.
I still flash new works regularly, always with the necessary wipes. When I start getting buggy, I always try the usual go-to fixes. Wiping the caches, Fix Permissions, all that noise. At first, I just thought it was the rampant instability that comes with a new base. New base, new bugs. But for the last month or so, it makes no difference. ICS or JB, Native or AOSP... It's all unstable for me. Something is wrong somewhere. Something that doesn't change with wipes and a flash.
I'm just hoping that someone with a deep knowledge of Android has dealt with this and reads this post.
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Boraltis said:
Flapp is gone, his work only survives on his own site. I keep a copy of his ICS native ROM around because, so far, nothing has come close to being as snappy and stable. It's a sort of safe place that I always come back to. I could go weeks without rebooting and never bog down. I love it.
I still flash new works regularly, always with the necessary wipes. When I start getting buggy, I always try the usual go-to fixes. Wiping the caches, Fix Permissions, all that noise. At first, I just thought it was the rampant instability that comes with a new base. New base, new bugs. But for the last month or so, it makes no difference. ICS or JB, Native or AOSP... It's all unstable for me. Something is wrong somewhere. Something that doesn't change with wipes and a flash.
I'm just hoping that someone with a deep knowledge of Android has dealt with this and reads this post.
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for what it is worth, I had some issues when 4.3 came out. was only 1 or 2 that I could run and seemed if I could run it, after about a week it would start going haywire. 2 roms would not run at all. I am not big on running an alternate kernel. the rom should run with the kernel the developer included. I posted a thread and others suggested wiping EMMC. that scared the crap out of me. my internal storage was very full. I was having to delete a file just to install another.
I moved all my music and pics to external and got rid of everything else. anything else was on Google.
I now have no more issues running whatever I want and have maybe had 2 ort 3 reboots in last month or more.
out of habit now, what I do after my multiple wipes is flash rom itself, then flash rom and gapps. let it settle for the 10 and reboot again. then set up. been a pretty solid routine
many out there still have have issues with 4.2, but I have heard of very very few reboot issues on 4.3.
good luck my friend
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for what it is worth, I had some issues when 4.3 came out. was only 1 or 2 that I could run and seemed if I could run it, after about a week it would start going haywire. 2 roms would not run at all. I am not big on running an alternate kernel. the rom should run with the kernel the developer included. I posted a thread and others suggested wiping EMMC. that scared the crap out of me. my internal storage was very full. I was having to delete a file just to install another.
I moved all my music and pics to external and got rid of everything else. anything else was on Google.
I now have no more issues running whatever I want and have maybe had 2 ort 3 reboots in last month or more.
out of habit now, what I do after my multiple wipes is flash rom itself, then flash rom and gapps. let it settle for the 10 and reboot again. then set up. been a pretty solid routine
many out there still have have issues with 4.2, but I have heard of very very few reboot issues on 4.3.
good luck my friend
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Lol dammit! I figured that'd be the suggestion. I was really hoping not to have to wipe my internal storage. Like you said, that is some seriously scary business. I already keep my backups and music on the external, so I guess I'll just backup my pics to my laptop and give it a good wipe.
Thanks for the advice.
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Yup momma always said wipe really good
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Lol indeed she did. However, she didn't say jack**** about formatting my internal memory.
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Lol indeed she did. However, she didn't say jack**** about formatting my internal memory.
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No but she said use your Brain dumb*** .. Just put everything you want on a pc and wipe the hell out of it
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Boraltis said:
Lol indeed she did. However, she didn't say jack**** about formatting my internal memory.
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cant you go blind from doing that?
don't worry, it's only natural for a young man to explore his partitions
Lol. Effin clowns. Turns out I'm far too lazy to sift through the folders. I dragged the DCIM onto my desktop and wiped that S.O.B. clean. I haven't seen 11 GB free since I bought this bastard lol. Hopefully it works out.
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It will..... Yeah we like to have a little fun around here.:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:
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for instance when I have a ROM backed in a nanodriod and also downloaded ROMs that are on my device how do I move them to like Dropbox or mega,etc for I can free up some space on my device.can I store them on copy storage app?and then say if I want to install the ROM or ROMs on my device how do I move them back to my devices storage space. Thanks In advance!!!
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for instance when I have a ROM backed in a nanodriod and also downloaded ROMs that are on my device how do I move them to like Dropbox or mega,etc for I can free up some space on my device.can I store them on copy storage app?and then say if I want to install the ROM or ROMs on my device how do I move them back to my devices storage space. Thanks In advance!!!
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I have an external SD card that I keep the latest version on, and move the old versions to my PC and keep them there until I get rid of the device. If my ROM devs come out with a new version, I download it to my PC, check the MD5 to make sure it downloaded correctly and then after it runs cleanly for a week or so with no major issues I move it to my phone and install it. Then after it runs cleanly on my phone for a week or so I move my backup of the old ROM and Nandroid I did before loading the new ROM, to my PC for as long as I feel it's necessary. I'll eventually delete them from my PC when they get real old and I'm sure I won't want to use them again. But I do keep a backup of the original software the phone came with or anything else I think is significant.
Anyway, that's what I do but I'm old and anal about this kind of stuff. If you talk to 100 people about this you will get 100 different responses.
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I do just about the same as the guy above me. I'll move older backups to a computer so I'm not filling my internal/external storage. I generally keep one back up on my external as well as Roms I have downloaded. It would be less time consuming to move files with a computer than downloading what you need. Tw backups are larger than the ROM itself in my experience.
I don't have a computer all I have is my Gs5 to use to do this with?what storage apps do you guys mostly prefer to download ROMs,apps,pics,etc to Google drive,mega,Dropbox,box,etc.Because on my Gs5 I usually have 2,3 ROMs backed up on my device and I want to move the ROMs,apps,etc to a storage for I can free up space on my device. And then whenever I can always move a backed up ROM from my storage and reinstall them onto my device. What's the fastest, easiest most convenient way to do this. Thanks In advance!!!
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I don't have a computer all I have is my Gs5 to use to do this with?what storage apps do you guys mostly prefer to download ROMs,apps,pics,etc to Google drive,mega,Dropbox,box,etc.Because on my Gs5 I usually have 2,3 ROMs backed up on my device and I want to move the ROMs,apps,etc to a storage for I can free up space on my device. And then whenever I can always move a backed up ROM from my storage and reinstall them onto my device. What's the fastest, easiest most convenient way to do this. Thanks In advance!!!
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Honestly, if you don't have a computer its probably better to get a higher capacity SD card. I don't download loads of Roms. If I feel the need to test one I'll backup, flash, test, then keep or delete the file based on my experience.
All my photos are backed up to Dropbox, as well as videos. I try to keep as many things as possible on the external card to keep the system running smoothly. I'd also suggest maybe keeping another micro SD with all the things you want on it.
Backing up things online usually requires you to download them again to access them, which to me, is inefficient. You'd also need to find a site that hosts large files. I don't know much how much help I am, but I'd try to get at least a 64gb card if you don't have a PC. I have over 40 gigs of backups alone on my computer.
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Honestly, if you don't have a computer its probably better to get a higher capacity SD card. I don't download loads of Roms. If I feel the need to test one I'll backup, flash, test, then keep or delete the file based on my experience.
All my photos are backed up to Dropbox, as well as videos. I try to keep as many things as possible on the external card to keep the system running smoothly. I'd also suggest maybe keeping another micro SD with all the things you want on it.
Backing up things online usually requires you to download them again to access them, which to me, is inefficient. You'd also need to find a site that hosts large files. I don't know much how much help I am, but I'd try to get at least a 64gb card if you don't have a PC. I have over 40 gigs of backups alone on my computer.
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Thanks bud I was thinking about buying a 128 Gig micro SD card.could you point me in the direction of a good one. Take care!!!
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Thanks bud I was thinking about buying a 128 Gig micro SD card.could you point me in the direction of a good one. Take care!!!
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I'm on the lookout for one as well. I'll let you know when I find one. 32 won't even cut it for me as of now.
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I'm on the lookout for one as well. I'll let you know when I find one. 32 won't even cut it for me as of now.
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Unless I find a great sale on dealnews or slickdeals or something like that the best deals I find are at newegg.
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Unless I find a great sale on dealnews or slickdeals or something like that the best deals I find are at newegg.
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Thank you. I usually go the eBay route whenever possible. Do 128 GB cards work on our phones? I know they're supposed to, but I've read conflicting statements on here.
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for instance when I have a ROM backed in a nanodriod and also downloaded ROMs that are on my device how do I move them to like Dropbox or mega,etc for I can free up some space on my device.can I store them on copy storage app?and then say if I want to install the ROM or ROMs on my device how do I move them back to my devices storage space. Thanks In advance!!!
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Go to your dropbox app and use the upload function. You might have to zip the file first . I know google drive will do it automatticly , Then when you want to put it back on your device just unzip it first or just extract it once its on your device.
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Thank you. I usually go the eBay route whenever possible. Do 128 GB cards work on our phones? I know they're supposed to, but I've read conflicting statements on here.
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From what I've read they work well except for a guy that had a bad card. Shouldn't be an issue.
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Can I just transfer ROMs,mods,etc to my micro SD card to store them and then just move them back to my device storage when I want to reinstall a particular ROM? Thanks.
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Can I just transfer ROMs,mods,etc to my micro SD card to store them and then just move them back to my device storage when I want to reinstall a particular ROM? Thanks.
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You can if you are rooted and have a file explorer. But I'm not sure you need to. I install all my ROMs from my SD card and back everything up to my SD card.
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You can if you are roomed and have a file explorer. But I'm not sure you need to. I install all my ROMs from my SD card and back everything up to my SD card.
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Yes I'm rooted.
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