How do I hard reset - Captivate General

I am new to android, am able to flash hack mod etc blah blah blah. In the coarse of all this tinkering, my file system is cluttered, and I want it gone, totally fresh. Clearing data in the recovery menu does nothing, factory reset in the phone does nothing.
Does anyone know how to hard reset this phone? The "Master Clear" option in odin3 does nothing, and I have yet to see someone who said it did something for them. I just want a pure stock sd card, can I open it in windows and just delete everything there? Thanks in advance, and I have searched for hours about this stupid thing.

You can format the sd card by going to settings > sd card and phone storage > scroll to internal sd > press unmount sd card > format sd card > then remount the sd card

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memory card not recognized -> do you want to format message

Hello all,
sometimes my HTC magician does not recognize my 2gb sd card.
When this happens, a message pops up asking me if I want to format the card.
If I take out the card and reinsert it into the device, everything's fine (card woks like a charm).
Is there any way to disable the "do you want to format" system message? Because if I press "OK" accidentially (e.g. when the phone is in my pocket), everything on the card would be erased.
So, does anyone of you know of any registry tweak / program / workaround to disable this message? Help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in avance!!
if i were you i'd put the card into a pc cardreader copy what it have to the pc
and say yes when it ask to format
reasons:
1. the file system could be getting corrupt
2. card could be die'ing
3. sd slot in phone could be die'ing
removing a system warrning like that would result in nothing but tears
Thanks for the advice, already did that.
But still, the card works fine, only sometimes the message pops up and I want to know if there#s a way to disable it.

Selling Skyrocket, didn't wipe

I did a factory reset on my Skyrocket, all my pictures are still there along with other personal info on the internal SD card. What is the best way to destroy all of this date for resell?
Thanks!
Remove sim card, under settings > storage, select both format USB storage and format sdcard (if u have one) and then perform another factory reset
thanks for the replies! I was trying to get 350 for it but i think i am going to list it for 275. I got a Note and love it

[Q] Sd Card Issue Causes Immediate Crash And Reboot

So I've been running a CM10 nightly build version for awhile now. No issues whatsoever. However after making no ROM changes to my phone for several weeks, I wokeup this morning with my phone auto rebooting every time it tried to activate the SD card at first boot.
What I've done so far:
Backed up all my photos from the SD card by booting into recovery
Attempted format the SD and all formattable mounts.
Wiping all caches.
Resetting to factory defaults
Recalling on my backup restore point (failed)
What I'm running into:
The SD Card can not be modified. I've tried running the "Fix permissions" utyx on Clockwork recovery, and it is failing. I can't format it, I can't delete anything from it, and I can't add anything to it. Very unusual. Is this a hardware failure? That's the direction I am currently leaning toward.
Thank you.
Just updating on my progress with diagnosis.
Clarification: Mounting the SD to USB in Recovery 'does' allow files to be pulled off. Deleting files from the mounted drive from within windows makes it appear like the files are deleted. Remounting the SD Card show's the files have returned.
Attempted Troubleshooting: Mounted SD card to PC, and ran formatting from PC side. Format, upon reaching 100% says the format has failed. SD Card becomes unreadable from the PC. Dismounting from USB and navigating to "Install zip" show's as no files. Then performing an SD Formatting from recovery on the phone returns all files as if a format has never been run. I am not attempting to format from PC again.
Very frustrating. Second format completed successfully. unmounting the sd card from pc and remounting show'd a clean sd card. Going to "install from sdcard" show'd a blank file system. Unmounting the SD Card from the phone internally via recovery, and remounting it returns all files back to the sd card.
I almost feel like the "read only" switch has somehow been tagged physically on the card.
Edit: don't want to bump my own thread for this partial update. I've had 0 success. The only thing I can think of trying is loading a different recovery engine (maybe TWRP), however I can recall the exact commands and steps to be able to push something like that.
Short and sweet "I think she's dead Jim", unless someone has some input.

[Q] SD Card help

As you all know, you cant mount or unmount an SD Card on the HTC One X, so then i downloaded this battery saving app and i accidentally clicked unmount SD, and now, all my data on my SD Card is all gone can someone please help me find a solution??? Thank you!
Well you'll probly have to format the sd on a pc in windows to get it remounted
try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942519
Just go into Settings > Storage and scroll to the bottom. There should be an option to remount the SD card. Or just reboot the phone. Nothing to worry about. :good:
Hydromea said:
Just go into Settings > Storage and scroll to the bottom. There should be an option to remount the SD card. Or just reboot the phone. Nothing to worry about. :good:
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my bad. his post is correct.
YES SOLVED THE PROBLEM, while backing up apps, suddenly, ALL MY APPS WERE THERE AND MY SD CARD WAS READABLE. Haha

SD card will not (actually) format

Hello,
so I have this SanDisk Ultra 32 GB MicroSD card that I wanted to move to another Android phone but no matter what I do I cannot properly erase the files that are written on it. Every time I format the card the process seemingly completes without errors and you get the "card ready for use blah blah blah" message but the files are still there like nothing happened.
I tried to format it on the new phone -> files still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free
I tried to format it on the old phone -> files still there., 13GB out of 30ish space free
I connected the old phone as mass storage to PC:
- a dialog appears if I want to check sdcard for errors -> no errors found
- tried to format by right clicking in My Computer > H: drive > fast format -> files still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free
- tried to format by right clicking in My Computer > H: drive > full format -> files still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free
- ran chkdsk -> no errors
After searching for some answers I tried:
1) diskpart > attributes disk clear readonly
2) diskpart > clean
3) computer management tool > new simple volume
4) sdcard shows as empty on PC with full 30ish space free
5) disconnected from PC -> in Android the files are still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free (same after phone reboot)
6) reconnected to PC as mass storage -> files still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free
So I repeated the whole process with diskpart and computer management tool but this time before disconnecting from PC I created a test txt file on the empty SD card. After disconnecting from PC the test txt file was gone while old files were back yet again.
I also checked if there's a physical readonly switch on the card itself but couldn't find any, so I guess there isn't.
I'm thinking that maybe the card is busted, but if it is, why isn't it showing any errors?
CuriousJack said:
Hello,
so I have this SanDisk Ultra 32 GB MicroSD card that I wanted to move to another Android phone but no matter what I do I cannot properly erase the files that are written on it. Every time I format the card the process seemingly completes without errors and you get the "card ready for use blah blah blah" message but the files are still there like nothing happened.
I tried to format it on the new phone -> files still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free
I tried to format it on the old phone -> files still there., 13GB out of 30ish space free
I connected the old phone as mass storage to PC:
- a dialog appears if I want to check sdcard for errors -> no errors found
- tried to format by right clicking in My Computer > H: drive > fast format -> files still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free
- tried to format by right clicking in My Computer > H: drive > full format -> files still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free
- ran chkdsk -> no errors
After searching for some answers I tried:
1) diskpart > attributes disk clear readonly
2) diskpart > clean
3) computer management tool > new simple volume
4) sdcard shows as empty on PC with full 30ish space free
5) disconnected from PC -> in Android the files are still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free (same after phone reboot)
6) reconnected to PC as mass storage -> files still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free
So I repeated the whole process with diskpart and computer management tool but this time before disconnecting from PC I created a test txt file on the empty SD card. After disconnecting from PC the test txt file was gone while old files were back yet again.
I also checked if there's a physical readonly switch on the card itself but couldn't find any, so I guess there isn't.
I'm thinking that maybe the card is busted, but if it is, why isn't it showing any errors?
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Use the PC to directly format the sdcard instead of trying to do it through the device or trying to do it with PC connected to the device. Use a card reader. Also, make sure the sdcard isn't encrypted or right protected.
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Droidriven said:
Use the PC to directly format the sdcard instead of trying to do it through the device or trying to do it with PC connected to the device. Use a card reader. Also, make sure the sdcard isn't encrypted or right protected.
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I don't have a card reader, that's why I'm connecting it through a phone. Wouldn't the mass storage option be essentially the same as putting the card in a card reader (the phone has Android 5, which still has the mass storage capability)?
I also noticed that I cannot even create a new folder on the card from within Android. Built in file explorer says "some file operation failed", Astro says "could not write file".
CuriousJack said:
I don't have a card reader, that's why I'm connecting it through a phone. Wouldn't the mass storage option be essentially the same as putting the card in a card reader (the phone has Android 5, which still has the mass storage capability)?
I also noticed that I cannot even create a new folder on the card from within Android. Built in file explorer says "some file operation failed", Astro says "could not write file".
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It sounds to me like the sdcard has been "write protected", in other words, it is set to read-only and needs to be set to read/write, look for methods to remove the write protection to return it to read/write status.
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Droidriven said:
It sounds to me like the sdcard has been "write protected", in other words, it is set to read-only and needs to be set to read/write, look for methods to remove the write protection to return it to read/write status.
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Could the write protection be caused by the fact that I used to move apps to SD onto this sdcard (the old "move to sd" option, not adoptable storage)? I moved all apps to internal storage and set internal storage as the default install location prior to the first format attempt but dunno if it was enough.
CuriousJack said:
Could the write protection be caused by the fact that I used to move apps to SD onto this sdcard (the old "move to sd" option, not adoptable storage)? I moved all apps to internal storage and set internal storage as the default install location prior to the first format attempt but dunno if it was enough.
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If you mean the standard "move to sd" option in the app info page in system settings>apps settings, I doubt that is the issue.
If you used some kind of mod like Link2SD, that might be part of the issue.
If you moved system apps to SD, that also might be part of the issue.
Try factory resetting the device then see if it will format the card.
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Droidriven said:
If you mean the standard "move to sd" option in the app info page in system settings>apps settings, I doubt that is the issue.
If you used some kind of mod like Link2SD, that might be part of the issue.
If you moved system apps to SD, that also might be part of the issue.
Try factory resetting the device then see if it will format the card.
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Just the standard "move to SD" option and I didn't touch any system apps. Also the phone wasn't rooted.
Now I'm trying to format the card using SD Formatter but it seems to be stuck at 0%.
Is there a piece of software that could tell me if the card is out of write cycles or generally check its health?
CuriousJack said:
Just the standard "move to SD" option and I didn't touch any system apps. Also the phone wasn't rooted.
Now I'm trying to format the card using SD Formatter but it seems to be stuck at 0%.
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With the sdcard inserted in your phone, boot to stock recovery and select the factory reset option, after you reset the device, then choose the option to wipe cache partition. After resetting and wiping, reboot into system and try formatting the sdcard.
The reason I say to do this is because it will remove any settings or cached files that might be causing the issue.
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