i have xt912. i installed lineage os 13 on stock slot. i did that by doing a factory reset in safestrap recovery. But that seemed very slow. Now i want to install mokee 6.0 rom. what partitions should i wipe. Should i wipe system+dalvik+data+cache or should i do data+dalvik+cache (factory reset) .
i have read on some threads that system should not be wiped. What is the reason for that?
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I always think that flashing a new ROM will put the new ROM image in /system and wipe everything there.
but seems that flashing a new ROM, and format /system then flashing a new ROM has different result.
Flashing a new rom (unofficially - e.g Custom Roms via ClockworkMod), will NOT wipe data automatically. BUT it is highly recommended to wipe data before flashing a new rom. Some roms won't require that like coming from a CyanogenMod nightly to another. On the other hand, some roms will not work whatsoever unless the data is wiped before flashing.
I always backup currant rom, and wipe all data. Fix it right the first time! lol
I just do a factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik, then flash the rom straight. Would you be kind enough to tell me what difference is there between flashing rom straight and format system before flashing rom?
Hello!
I've been having really really weird problems with my phone and CWM.
Right now I have latest stable CM installed.
Today I decided to switch to ParanoidAndroid.
I got the right ROM, but I installed the wrong google apps the 4.2.2 one.
Now I get a crash when I try to use the keyboard so I decided to flash it again.
I went back into CWM.
Factory reset, deleted cache, wiped dalvik cache.
Installed the same .zip file I did the first time for Paranoid Android except I didn't install Google Apps.
I restart the phone and it doesn't seem to have flashed, it's the one with 4.2.2 GAPPS.
I've tried wiping it 3 times.
I decided to check internal storage on my phone and this is what I see.
I don't think it's supposed to look like this after I just did a factory reset. Right?
http :// puu.sh/5gzsb.png
http :// puu.sh/5gzsR.png
(I can't post links yet)
Right now I just want to hard reset my phone and install PA.
EDIT: I just Factory Reset, Wiped Cache and dalvik restarted my phone and I'm back to the PA ROM with GAPPS 4.2.2
via CWM
go to mounts & storage >> Format system
then
wipe data/factory reset
wipe dalvik cache
flash ROM
Flash Gapps
Flash Desired kernel (if any)
Reboot
everything should be Fine
And for next time I suggest you use philz recovery, it has a clean install options in wipe data/factory reset, it should help you
I really want to use SafeStrap instead of BMM because with BMM, my SD card and internal storage get messed up on every reboot. However, I'm just not ok with partitioning in order to install a ROM; I want it installed over my Stock partition. Can I do that with SafeStrap? Whenever I try, it just boots to a black screen after the recovery.
Redjax said:
I really want to use SafeStrap instead of BMM because with BMM, my SD card and internal storage get messed up on every reboot. However, I'm just not ok with partitioning in order to install a ROM; I want it installed over my Stock partition. Can I do that with SafeStrap? Whenever I try, it just boots to a black screen after the recovery.
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yeah you can. clear you cache and dalvik in the recovery, should start up find after that.
@Redjax Have you had any luck in doing this? I tried flashing to the stock partition (after making backups of everything, thank goodness!) and got the same black screen. Is there anything extra to do if you want to flash the Stock partition?
I flashed to the newest cm11 to stock slot on SS3.65. Here's what I did with no problems.
Activate Stock Slot
Wipe: Cache, Dalvik Cache, Android_secure, System, Data (Repeat; I always wipe everything twice, probably unnecessary, but i like to be sure)
Flash CM11 Nightly
Flash PA Gapps
Flash JBX Kernal
Flash WiFi Patch
Wipe Cache, Dalvik Cache again
Reboot
Everything worked fine first try. I realize what you flash will probably be different depending on which Rom you choose.
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coreywallen said:
I flashed to the newest cm11 to stock slot on SS3.65. Here's what I did with no problems.
Activate Stock Slot
Wipe: Cache, Dalvik Cache, Android_secure, System, Data (Repeat; I always wipe everything twice, probably unnecessary, but i like to be sure)
Flash CM11 Nightly
Flash PA Gapps
Flash JBX Kernal
Flash WiFi Patch
Wipe Cache, Dalvik Cache again
Reboot
Everything worked fine first try. I realize what you flash will probably be different depending on which Rom you choose.
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Hmm.. I wiped everything except for the Android_secure... Wonder if that's what did it? I was just trying to flash the latest/first official CM11 nightly, along with DHackers no_set_metadata GAPPS.
After I flashed the phone wouldn't boot -- just red Moto symbol then black screen. I managed to get it into APX Fastboot mode, used DROID_RAZR_Utility to flash the stock rom back on to the phone (without data wipe). Lo and behold, the phone came back to life! RE-rooted and reinstalled Safestrap 3.65, and all the slots were still there -- no harm, no foul, but I thought for a good while I bricked the phone. Whew!
Ok, Off to research what the Android_secure partition is for...
I think, BMM is better than SS, don't have any problem with my device
I've been out of the loop for awhile. Back in the days of og droid we just used recovery. SS came in later allowing you to have dual boot.
If you don't want that option can you just use a recovery like CW and not use SS or BMM?
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On SS 3.65 i always wipe in my stock rom everything exept the SD card and the internal Storage and it works, i do it like that nearly a year without any problems.
Yes, I've not had a problem. I'm using Jelly Bean's ROM, and all I did was backup my Stock ROM, wipe it, and install through SafeStrap. I don't know why it wouldn't work for you...what ROM are you attempting it with?
I have a question that must be obvious to many but I don't know the answer and am curious.
Right now I am rooted and if I want to install a new rom I do the factory reset and wipe caches in recovery and then install the custom rom.
What happens if
1. I do this reset and clear caches within recovery and just reboot without installing a rom?
2. What happens if I do a factory reset with settings?
I know the phone will start in setup mode but will it have the last rom I installed or what?
If you're wiping system too, then the phone won't boot - except to recovery if you tell it to. If you're not wiping system but you're wiping data, then the phone will boot but be like you just installed it new for the first time and you have to set it up.
I'm not positive what Factory Reset within settings will do, if it works or not, when you have a custom recovery installed. Normally under a completely stock ROM with stock recovery, Factory Reset from Settings or from the stock recovery would wipe everything but system. It wipes Data, Cache, Dalvik, and internal storage. You can achieve the same thing from custom recovery if you wish to. And yes, as long as you didn't wipe System, the last ROM you had installed would boot.
Doing a factory reset from settings with twrp installed should be like doing a factory reset in twrp. TWRP will takeover when the phone restarts to do the factory reset. At least that is how it was with my Moto X phones. I've done it with Jasmine on my G3, but don't remember the outcome. It was only a few days ago too. Lol. I'm a retard.
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Hello, i want to decrypt my phone and need a bit of help. i saw that i need to wipe and format daata to decrypt my phone. what i am not sure about is if i wipe everything in the recovery is the rom i used before still on the phone or do i have to reflash it?
You are most likely using TWRP recovery. To decrypt your phone, boot into recovery, then press wipe. Select "Format data". Type "yes", as instructed to do so. At this point, your internal storage will be wiped, so make a backup! This will NOT wipe your ROM (you delete it, if you wipe your system partition). Instead, it will wipe your data - just like a factory reset.
After this, I do recommend you flash DFE (if you are planning to root your phone, first install Magisk, then DFE). It's been deprecated some time ago, however it was necessary for my device; for the recovery to work properly.