Hello everybody, new user here. I've been lurking for quite a while now, and decided to register since I need a question answered.
So anyway, to the question.
I want to install a custom ROM, LiquidSmooth to be exact, and I want to know, do I need to keep the previous system, the stock system, from Samsung, or can I delete it, and install my ROM? Problem is, I've got no external SD card, and I'm kind of OCD about spacing, I've noticed that when I installed it over the stock ROM, it worked perfectly, only thing that bothered me is that the system emulates a folder for all files, the folders called 0 in a normal file browser, and emulated in others.
Any help would be greatly appriciated.
-RCencelj
RCencelj said:
Hello everybody, new user here. I've been lurking for quite a while now, and decided to register since I need a question answered.
So anyway, to the question.
I want to install a custom ROM, LiquidSmooth to be exact, and I want to know, do I need to keep the previous system, the stock system, from Samsung, or can I delete it, and install my ROM? Problem is, I've got no external SD card, and I'm kind of OCD about spacing, I've noticed that when I installed it over the stock ROM, it worked perfectly, only thing that bothered me is that the system emulates a folder for all files, the folders called 0 in a normal file browser, and emulated in others.
Any help would be greatly appriciated.
-RCencelj
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Custom rom
it worked perfectly, only thing that bothered me is that the system emulates a folder for all files, the folders called 0 in a normal file browser, and emulated in others.
Yes that is correct
You can delete previous system
jje
flashing a rom wipes system automatically
That's good and all, but how do I go about doing that? Since I don't own or have an external SD card, and I would preferably delete (wipe) everything with TWRP, problem is, if I do that, I delete the file that's on the phone, the .zip file that you use to install the actual ROM, so, where do I put the file so that it doesn't get deleted when I wipe everything off the phone?
*Edit*: Well, if it wipes the system automatically, how can I make it, so that the 0 or 'emulated' folder doesn't exist, and it just stores everything like the default ROM from Samsung? If that's possible.
RCencelj said:
That's good and all, but how do I go about doing that? Since I don't own or have an external SD card, and I would preferably delete (wipe) everything with TWRP, problem is, if I do that, I delete the file that's on the phone, the .zip file that you use to install the actual ROM, so, where do I put the file so that it doesn't get deleted when I wipe everything off the phone?
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Flashing roms wipes system not whole internal SD card.
You won't loose all files in the internal SD card unless you choose to format internal CD card in the recovery (not needed to flash new rom).
Regards
RCencelj said:
*Edit*: Well, if it wipes the system automatically, how can I make it, so that the 0 or 'emulated' folder doesn't exist, and it just stores everything like the default ROM from Samsung? If that's possible.
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Firstly it overwrites system rather than wiping so sometimes you can end up with residual files causing problems, hence most devs recommend you format system before flashing.
Secondly the 0 folder is the equivalent on 4.2 roms of the root folder on older roms. You can delete everything outside of the 0 folder, or so I believe but if you successfully delete the 0 folder it will be recreated on the next boot.
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Firstly it overwrites system rather than wiping so sometimes you can end up with residual files causing problems, hence most devs recommend you format system before flashing.
Secondly the 0 folder is the equivalent on 4.2 roms of the root folder on older roms. You can delete everything outside of the 0 folder, or so I believe but if you successfully delete the 0 folder it will be recreated on the next boot.
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So, just so I know I understood you, the 0 folder is the actual system for 4.2.x Android systems, and it can't be deleted/replaced?
If so, can I delete everything in the previous folder, except the 0 folder, like the DCIM, music, etc. folders, and I'm assuming those were used by the previous system, the default Samsung ROM.
Also, to be sure, if I just do a factory reset and install the LiquidSmooth ROM, it should delete the previous system and all files should work correctly on the new ROM?
RCencelj said:
So, just so I know I understood you, the 0 folder is the actual system for 4.2.x Android systems, and it can't be deleted/replaced?
If so, can I delete everything in the previous folder, except the 0 folder, like the DCIM, music, etc. folders, and I'm assuming those were used by the previous system, the default Samsung ROM.
Also, to be sure, if I just do a factory reset and install the LiquidSmooth ROM, it should delete the previous system and all files should work correctly on the new ROM?
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if you revert back from 4.2.1 / 4.2.2 to 4.1.2 and below
make sure you download the megawipe from below link then flash any ROM you want
flash the megawipe zip file totally clear all your content in internal storage = just like format windows
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832326
Thanks everyone, I got it sorted out now.
Hello everyone. I am very new to rooting/flashing so bear with me.
I've been searching this site for answers all day and can't seem to find one.
I accidentally deleted the folder storage/emulated/0 on my rooted Verizon Galaxy S4.
What exactly was in the folder? Was it just media such as photos and music etc. or was there data that was necessary for the phone to operate correctly?
So far, the only thing I have noticed that has been deleted are pictures and music. My settings are still the same and my apps all work.
I just want to make sure I didn't delete anything that was needed.
If I did delete things that are needed, would I have to flash the original rom, and then re-root?
Or, could I just flash a new rom and forget about my deleted files?
That folder leads to the internal SD card of the device. No system files were harmed in the process.
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Hello everbody ,
first of all thank you for your help. I know this question is a little bit annoying but i read a lot of threads and I still not know what software is the best one to recover/restore delete files on android internal memory. I made a big mistake and select a full wipe in the aroma installer instead of a factory reset before. Now everything is gone on my internal space. For sure I will not commit this mistake again. Only the TWRP backup und Titanium backup is available on my PC. Very important for me is to restore the pictures that I've been lost.
Maybe there is a friendly person who can help me to recover my files :good:
Device: LG G2
regards
Thread can be closed.
I've restored most of the files with Dr. Fone for Android and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGw1fxUD-uY
Thanks anyway
regards
Hey.
I've got a question. If I delete all files in the root folder (/ deepest subfolder), what would happen? e.g. /system, /sys, /vendor etc.
If this results in big trouble? Or can I even clean up my phone this way and install all things new (Rom etc.)?
Maybe a stupid question
Cic3ro said:
Hey.
I've got a question. If I delete all files in the root folder (/ deepest subfolder), what would happen? e.g. /system, /sys, /vendor etc.
If this results in big trouble? Or can I even clean up my phone this way and install all things new (Rom etc.)?
Maybe a stupid question
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doing that will definitely brick you phone, to factory reset your phone you would format the /data partition or just use the reset option in settings
But sometimes i delete everything from internal and sd space and later, after installing a New Rom clean Master founds old trash =/