I was using a Yu Yureka before switching Le Eco Le Max 2. I'm used to of keeping all personal files and data in external storage and only apps and OS and other things on internal storage. Now, I'm considering installing custom ROMs, kernels etc on my new device. The only thing I'm bothered about is my data on internal storage. My movies, pics, music, documents all are there.
So my question here is, what steps you take before flashing a custom ROM on devices with no external storage?
Just make sure you del fingerprints & remove any lock before flashing twrp or any other rom every time & don't wipe Internal Storage.Also you can backup on pc just to be on safe side
User storage is totally separate and flashing roms won't touch it. Unless you specifically tell TWRP to wipe internal storage...just think of internal storage as the external storage when flashing anything, as everything is flashed to other partitions.
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Hi all. I'd really really like to delete all my internal memory before trying my next custom rom!!!
As I search for different custom roms to try it drives me a bit nuts that my internal memory has loads of stuff left there from previous installs of apps, ROMS and whatever-the-hell-else-I-can't-recognise etc. I delete the folders I'm sure I don't need but it still bugs me the amount of rogue, seemingly uneeded folders and files sitting there. All these folders and files from old apps despite doing the standard factory reset, cache, dalvik cache steps makes me crazy!
So here's my question: can how can I safely nuke all my internal memory before putting my next custom ROM on to try?
I suppose I'll I have to leave the actual custom ROM .zip on the internal memory somewhere - I've read that clockwork recovery can't access the external sd card. I was sure clockwork recovery could access the external sd card on my old Nexus 1. .
Anyways, any advice would be much appreciated! I'd like to avoid software bricking my phone if I can avoid it!!!
If you are on stock Rom > turn off your device > hold volume up+ home + power till it boots into android recovery.. perform a data wipe from there.. it'll wipe everything (not the external storage).. your phone will be like it was when u bought it.
And older versions of the official clockworkmod recoveries don't support external storage. Newer version do I think. ( needs clarification!!).
Alternatively you can also use chainfire's clockworkmod recovery. It supports external storage.
(Note: clockworkmod recovery only wipe the system partition. All your personal data will be intact.. but the stock android recovery wipes everything!!)
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Thanks for the reply!
Unfrotunately I'm long gone from having a stock recovery. I have "clockworkmod recovery v5.8.4.3" although I'm not sure whether it's the chainfire one or the other one. It has the hat with the circle icon in it and is the blue monochrome menus. While it does have an option to mount an external sd, I can't seem to browse to my external sd when I choose install zip from sd card. Despite whichever folders I mount on the external sd card, only my internal memory appears to come up when browsing for install zip from sd card.
It would be nice if one of the recoveries out there could do a full wipe of internal memory! Unless that would delete the recovery too. Is recovery installed in the internal memory or somewhere else on the galaxy s3?
Bump! Not just because I like my post at the top but seriously, don't all those silly, un-necessary folders and files drive anyone else crazy!!!! Maybe I'm just getting a bit OCD... I've even tried a bunch of cleaner apps but to no avail. Damn apps not cleaning up after themselves...
Try this
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If you know a script called "superwipe"recommended for flashing new CustomRoms, flash this script in clockworkmod recovery menu by choosing instal zip from SD CARD,and the internal memory will be completely vanished,while the EXTERNALSDCARD stays Untouched.
if i helped you feel free to press thanks!!
LargePiece said:
Bump! Not just because I like my post at the top but seriously, don't all those silly, un-necessary folders and files drive anyone else crazy!!!! Maybe I'm just getting a bit OCD... I've even tried a bunch of cleaner apps but to no avail. Damn apps not cleaning up after themselves...
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Use Megawipe script from the General Section..search it there..put it on your extsdcard and flash via CWM..all you data will be wiped just the extsdcard will be left..
Well chainfire's 5.5.0.4 CWM recovery "1.5" loads from my external sd card instead so assuming I have my ROM files on there, I should be able to use that script without bricking my phone! Wish me luck! Lol. Thanks for the help.
Quick question, If you save music and pics on the internal storage, will it survive flashing different roms, or will it be deleted? thanks for your answers.
Should survive flashing custom ROMs, but flashing a RUU or unlocking bootloader will wipe it (as will if you end up with a bad flash such that the only way out is a RUU). Best to back it up once in a while.
My name's Harold and I'm a flashaholic....
Thanks. I have some music on my sd card that is taking up a lot of space, but I have nothing on my internal storage, so thought about moving it over.
Hello guys,
after flashed so many ROMs, I see my internal storage with lots of folders...
Some folders starting with . (dot) and some normal.
I know that some of these folders were created when installed some apps.
But now, I'm very happy with lastest MROM, I want to do a real clean in my internal storage.
And I think the "trash" (not really trash, but maybe old rom configs, etc) are still in my internal storage.
Every folder in internal storage can be removed? If yes, can I just delete them from windows?
Any of these folders are used by android system?
Thank you very much!
Of you just flash the rom then you can go ahead and delete everything I'm the internal storage. Yes there are some needed files but from what I know android with automatic create back the needed files. I usually format my internal storage and add card after I flash a rom I plan to keep. I don't keep anything important on my storage but you get the point.
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The Android system couldn't care less about anything in the user storage. Those are mostly your pictures, videos, music, whatever. Some of them however (including the "dot" ones) are the applications' config or state files, if you delete those the app will just go back to freshly-installed state. In short, there is no way to stop the system itself from working by doing anything to the user storage (unless of course you've modified the system itself).
Thank you guys!
I will clean my internal storage then.
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I'm trying to create an image of my device, but the memory of the device is way more than half full.
Since ClockWorkMod is trying to backup to the DEVICE memory, and not the SD card memory, it obviously doesn't have enough room to do so.
How can I change the location of where it does the backup?
I'm using ClockWorkMod recovery v4.0.1.5 with CF root, and I'm quite a newbie when it comes to ROM changing and everything, never done that.
Thanks
In the backup/restore settings in CWRecovery, you should have the option to backup to internal/external storage. Choose external if you don't have enough space in internal.
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In the backup/restore settings in CWRecovery, you should have the option to backup to internal/external storage. Choose external if you don't have enough space in internal.
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I do not see any "settings" in the backup/restore.
Also - I cleared about 700MB from my device memory, leaving it with 10GB used space and 2GB free, and it seems like it did a backup which its size is about 2GB leaving me with about 100 free MB. How does it make sense? doesn't it backup the data like images and videos?
Will still prefer to try and backup to SD.
Thanks
CWM will make an 'image' of the phone at the time you make the backup minus the modem & external SD card (if you have one). If you have photos/videos/whatever stored in the usual place on the internal storage these will be backed up. That backup size is normal.
Do you have an external/separate SD card, or are you talking about the two separate parts of the internal storage; you have the part that's used by the 'system'; & the 'userspace' which is normally referred to as 'sdcard' ? If you are using an external/separate SD card, there's definitely an option in the backup & restore settings to backup to external SD card (I'm looking at that menu right now).
I have a feeling the version of CWM you're using may have something to do with you not having these options; 4x is ancient, I don't even remember what options are in the menus of that; we're now using 6x.
Perhaps you might want to use a kernel that has a more recent version of CWM if that's the case & it's not allowing you do what you want ?
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CWM will make an 'image' of the phone at the time you make the backup minus the modem & external SD card (if you have one). If you have photos/videos/whatever stored in the usual place on the internal storage these will be backed up. That backup size is normal.
Do you have an external/separate SD card, or are you talking about the two separate parts of the internal storage; you have the part that's used by the 'system'; & the 'userspace' which is normally referred to as 'sdcard' ? If you are using an external/separate SD card, there's definitely an option in the backup & restore settings to backup to external SD card (I'm looking at that menu right now).
I have a feeling the version of CWM you're using may have something to do with you not having these options; 4x is ancient, I don't even remember what options are in the menus of that; we're now using 6x.
Perhaps you might want to use a kernel that has a more recent version of CWM if that's the case & it's not allowing you do what you want ?
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I did mean the external storage, yes.
I tried to update to 6x but it stayed the same version.
Anyway, if you're sure it makes sense that 10GB became 2GB after backup, then I'll trust that and will use the backup it created in the internal storage.
What I meant was, you said the backup size was ~2GB; that is indeed normal. If you attempt to update CWM independently of the kernel, you will revert to whatever version is baked into the kernel when you next reboot. If you want to update to a permanent later version of CWM, you'll need to flash a kernel that has said version of CWM.
if you're on PhilZ kernel, you can choose to compress the backup file. (low, medium or high compression)
You can also get a smaller file size, by uninstalling apps you certainly dont need. You can clear off cache files.
For cleanup i recommend Clean Master - search playstore
Hi all,
I stuck with thinking and perhaps somebody knows if this is possible at all and how to:
I have an Onyx and I am on new bootloader, TWRP by BlueSpark and ROM is Crdroid Nougat 7.1
This works perfect as daily driver.
Usually I do nandroids out of TWRP for proper backup before trying other things and I use the OTG connection with a 128GB drive, also worked perfectly so far.
Lately I added a microsd instead of the 2nd SIM, and I migrated it to become available as internal memory, because I ran out of memory.
Also this is working well and as exepted.
Now I would like to go into TWRP and make a Nandroid. At this point I am not able to backup internal memery including the migrated SD card. I can only backup the "real" internal part, so I do not have a real snapshot of the whole phone to be on hand if needed to be restored.
How can I achieve that, I can't find the clue? There is no relevant partionion I can add, whatever? Is it possible at all? Perhaps it is related to the TWRP version?
Thanks for your thoughts,
D.
I don't have a link for it but I'll at least tell you what happened. When you choose to use the SD card as "adopted storage" Android encrypts the SD card so that it can store sensitive app data on it securely. Since it's encrypted TWRP cannot read the SD card now at all. I think there's a version of TWRP on here (maybe by the developer of Blu_spark?) that is for devices that are encrypted but since I myself don't use encryption I don't know where that is on here.