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Wiping internal memory

Hello. I use Samsung Captivate smartphone.
When I chose "wipe data" in CWM menu (while installing new rom), it does not wipe it... does anyone know why?
thank you.

wipe data, wipe dalvik cache, wipe everything just to be safe
and when you boot your phone, do a factory reset

uzbeque said:
Hello. I use Samsung Captivate smartphone.
When I chose "wipe data" in CWM menu (while installing new rom), it does not wipe it... does anyone know why?
thank you.
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What do you mean does wipe? How's your new rom installation result? For custom rom it is needed to wipe otherwise you'll get a boot loop
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sweetnsour said:
wipe data, wipe dalvik cache, wipe everything just to be safe
and when you boot your phone, do a factory reset
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When you wipe everything, you should have phone with fully blanc internal memory right?

mazta132 said:
What do you mean does wipe? How's your new rom installation result? For custom rom it is needed to wipe otherwise you'll get a boot loop
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New ROM is working well, but sometimes it is working slow... and sometimes Dialer is exiting when i want to type digits.

What cwm are you using? I'm on an atrix but I know some cwm on the atrix do not wipe properly and we have to use fastboot to wipe. Not sure how that works on your device.
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CwM is: Dark Core Recovery v3.0.2.8x

[Q] SUPERWIPE for NEXUS S?

Hey - has anyone tried using SUPERWIPE on NEXUS S?
eg http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
I have been having some problems with CWM not always wiping properly, and then me getting FCs and laggy responsiveness after installing well-rated ROMs.
Superwipe is said to do a better job, but does not seem to be for the NEXUS S per se, which is why I ask.

ac17 said:
Hey - has anyone tried using SUPERWIPE on NEXUS S?
eg http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
I have been having some problems with CWM not always wiping properly, and then me getting FCs and laggy responsiveness after installing well-rated ROMs.
Superwipe is said to do a better job, but does not seem to be for the NEXUS S per se, which is why I ask.
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Not needed if you use a sacrificial lamb and do the aztec dance...

I used to use wipe zips until some versions of CM9 refused to install/boot afterwards. Now I manually mount and format data, system, cache, and boot prior to installing a rom. Haven't had a problem since switching to this method.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365158

Super wipe is overkill and not needed . Most recoverys work great to wipe and flash any rom fine.
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ac17 said:
Hey - has anyone tried using SUPERWIPE on NEXUS S?
eg http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
I have been having some problems with CWM not always wiping properly, and then me getting FCs and laggy responsiveness after installing well-rated ROMs.
Superwipe is said to do a better job, but does not seem to be for the NEXUS S per se, which is why I ask.
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Wiping storage ain't like wiping your ass, 1 wipe suffices.

Cool! - Thanks for the wipe all info.
It seems that I have never wiped 'Boot' in CWM and i have gone through countless custom ROMS by different makers.
Maybe that's the problem (I normally just do 'factory reset' and 'wipe Dalvik')
Is it true that if you wipe 'boot' in CWM (or if using the full wipe all script), that you need to have already put your new ROM on your SD card because you MUST follow a wipe of 'boot' straight away with an install of a new ROM, else you will brick your phone?

Oh, one final question - have you guys ever in CWM hit 'format sdcard' to fine that once you boot up and browse your SD card the format didn't work?

Braneless said:
I used to use wipe zips until some versions of CM9 refused to install/boot afterwards. Now I manually mount and format data, system, cache, and boot prior to installing a rom. Haven't had a problem since switching to this method.
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Same here.......
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ac17 said:
Cool! - Thanks for the wipe all info.
It seems that I have never wiped 'Boot' in CWM and i have gone through countless custom ROMS by different makers.
Maybe that's the problem (I normally just do 'factory reset' and 'wipe Dalvik')
Is it true that if you wipe 'boot' in CWM (or if using the full wipe all script), that you need to have already put your new ROM on your SD card because you MUST follow a wipe of 'boot' straight away with an install of a new ROM, else you will brick your phone?
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My ROMs have never been on the root of my SD card (I like to organize all my ZIPs in folders)... Probably not a good idea haha. And I have always wiped boot last... never been bricked. I've been boot looped but that's always been a bad ZIP file's fault. And I make NANDROIDs for just such loops.
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madd0g said:
Wiping storage ain't like wiping your ass, 1 wipe suffices.
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Braneless said:
I used to use wipe zips until some versions of CM9 refused to install/boot afterwards. Now I manually mount and format data, system, cache, and boot prior to installing a rom. Haven't had a problem since switching to this method.
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Same thing for me.
And CWM wipes works perfectly. Don't be so lazy men.

Just do it this way.
One clicks and wipe zips will fail so you should learn what they are doing in case you need to do it yourself.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27350690&postcount=4976

[Q] Process system is not responding. Would you like to close it?

I got this while replying to a text message...
I've been getting quite alot of these, from even various applications. It's driving me nuts!!!!
Is there any (permanent) solution for this??
ROM: Gummy
Kernel version: 3.1.10_IcyGlitch_V14-BS_I896-I897 [email protected] #1
Baseband version: T959TLJL3
I'd be forever grateful if this problem could be solved... I really love this ROM

First I would reboot to recovery, then wipe cache, in advanced wipe dalvik cache, then fix permissions. If the problem comes back , I would back up your apps, msgs, that you want, then, wipe system,cache, wipe data/factory reset, and reflash. Maybe a newer rom.
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This is a bug firmware, also sometimes a problem when using swap. I recommend flash newest ROM, they are much better.
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simple man said:
First I would reboot to recovery, then wipe cache, in advanced wipe dalvik cache, then fix permissions. If the problem comes back , I would back up your apps, msgs, that you want, then, wipe system,cache, wipe data/factory reset, and reflash. Maybe a newer rom.
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I did the first thing you reommended, it didn't work and to make matters worse, ma phone doesn't pass the boot screen....
I quickly rebooted in recovery and made a nandroid backup - followed your second suggestion but i never made a backup of ma msgs because you didn't say so in the 1st suggestion... i can load new roms but can restore from ma nandroid backup

When you wipe dalvik cache, your phone can and will take several minutes to reboot, because it's rebuilding the dalvik cache. Secondly, wiping dalvik cache and fixing permissions wouldn't cause your phone to not boot. Between my wife's and my phone, I've flashed Roms, updated, experimented, fixed, stuff, etc... hundreds of times, and never has a dalvik cache wipe / fix permissions caused the phone to not boot. Hesitant to try to help, because you seem to be blaming me..... But if you can't restore a nandroid, it could be you're on a kernel in which the nandroid backup/restore feature doesn't work, you are running an earlier ICS build.
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aduka said:
This is a bug firmware, also sometimes a problem when using swap. I recommend flash newest ROM, they are much better.
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Please elaborate... btw i have a friend tht has the same ROM and doesn't face the same issues like me :/

aduka said:
This is a bug firmware, also sometimes a problem when using swap. I recommend flash newest ROM, they are much better.
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simple man said:
When you wipe dalvik cache, your phone can and will take several minutes to reboot, because it's rebuilding the dalvik cache. Secondly, wiping dalvik cache and fixing permissions wouldn't cause your phone to not boot. Between my wife's and my phone, I've flashed Roms, updated, experimented, fixed, stuff, etc... hundreds of times, and never has a dalvik cache wipe / fix permissions caused the phone to not boot. Hesitant to try to help, because you seem to be blaming me.
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I'm sorry if i came across like that...
just that the phone is driving me nuts
ALSO.... it's the second time i am seeing where reboot take way longer than usual after restoring from a nandroid backup. I av done quite a few and reboot takes less than 10mins. I attempted one the other day and 2hrs 30mins later all i saw was the splash screen and boot animation, phone HOTT!!
This evening again, it looked as if it was going to do the same thing thing... it passed 20mins, i can't sit around waiting for that again

It sounds like a flash to stock KK4 (Full Reparation) would be your best bet. If you're already on G. B. bootloaders, I would recommend the NO BOOTLOADER version, no use flashing bootloader unnecessarily. After that, I would flash the rom of your choice, following the instructions in the O. P. line by line.
Maybe a lot more current rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
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duwii said:
Please elaborate... btw i have a friend tht has the same ROM and doesn't face the same issues like me :/
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Then I recommend re-flash the stock kk4 NO BOOTLOADER, format the internal sd, install the ROM again and install all the programs manually, not with the nandroid backup.
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stucks on htc(bootscreen)

hey when i tries to install jaggyrom 4.0.3 after installation it stucks on boot screen(ie htc)
i did all things like wipe fractory reset, wipe cache etc etc
but everytime it stucks on htc plz help me plz
can i be ever be able to install it plz help me plz

shubhamj596 said:
hey when i tries to install jaggyrom 4.0.3 after installation it stucks on boot screen(ie htc)
i did all things like wipe fractory reset, wipe cache etc etc
but everytime it stucks on htc plz help me plz
can i be ever be able to install it plz help me plz
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Try switching the phone on after removing the battery and putting it back
I hope you wiped davlik cache too
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shubhamj596 said:
hey when i tries to install jaggyrom 4.0.3 after installation it stucks on boot screen(ie htc)
i did all things like wipe fractory reset, wipe cache etc etc
but everytime it stucks on htc plz help me plz
can i be ever be able to install it plz help me plz
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Go to mounts and storage and format system
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ShadowCode said:
Go to mounts and storage and format system
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did all things but not working like as again installing after removing battery and also after formatting system
what should i do now

shubhamj596 said:
did all things but not working like as again installing after removing battery and also after formatting system
what should i do now
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Give me the logcat if possible
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ShadowCode said:
Give me the logcat if possible
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http://www.mediafire.com/view/?cuut5cap7lh484m

Mine is also stuck at the boot screen PLEASE HELP
---------- Post added at 06:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:16 PM ----------
Hey now its working ,I wiped Dalvik cache and rebooted

But whenever i try to install apps it reboots
what to do please HELP

Do factory reset now, don't flash again, just do factory reset, if this doesn't help, flash cranium kernel 2.

Hello,
I also faced the same prob. As u did but this is what worked out for me-->
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
Just download superwipe.zip from this thread. Flash it then your rom(no need of wipe data / dalvik cache after flashing superwipe).
I hope it'll work
You can press the thanks button if i helped
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jaydenmonckton said:
Hello,
I also faced the same prob. As u did but this is what worked out for me-->
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
Just download superwipe.zip from this thread. Flash it then your rom(no need of wipe data / dalvik cache after flashing superwipe).
I hope it'll work
You can press the thanks button if i helped
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The link you gave is broken :crying:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812624 That's the thread, in the 1-st or 2-nd post was superwipe.zip

shortyoko said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812624 That's the thread, in the 1-st or 2-nd post was superwipe.zip
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I flashed superwipe then flashed ROM then did "reboot now"
Its been 20 mins still stuck at HTC boot screen.
Please tell me what to do

take out the battery reinsert it and just turn it on, don't go to recovery, if again stuck on boot screen, try flashing again both things, but AFTER superwipe, wipe sd ext manually, AFTER flashing the rom, do factory reset. If this doesn't help choose another rom. Also same thing may appear if your sd isn't partitioned corectly, how did you did it?

shortyoko said:
take out the battery reinsert it and just turn it on, don't go to recovery, if again stuck on boot screen, try flashing again both things, but AFTER superwipe, wipe sd ext manually, AFTER flashing the rom, do factory reset. If this doesn't help choose another rom. Also same thing may appear if your sd isn't partitioned corectly, how did you did it?
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Is there a need of formating sd ext even after flashing superwipe ???
And one more thing u said after flashing the rom do a factory reset, but doesent tht wipe the rom also ?? So he will be again get in a bootloop ? Please clarify im a noob too
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shortyoko said:
take out the battery reinsert it and just turn it on, don't go to recovery, if again stuck on boot screen, try flashing again both things, but AFTER superwipe, wipe sd ext manually, AFTER flashing the rom, do factory reset. If this doesn't help choose another rom. Also same thing may appear if your sd isn't partitioned corectly, how did you did it?
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i havent partitioned my sd card. Its fat 32
I am also a noob

jaydenmonckton- No it won't wipe the rom, it maybe will just rearange some files, about superwipe, it sometimes gives error about sd-ext which users almost never see, my advice was to do it anyway cos it won't do any harm.
praveenbusy- Exactly from that you have errors, every rom which has preconfigured some kind of script requires sd-ext partition, which is almost every 2.3.5 except stock ones. I say almost, because jaggy's 2.7 and earlyer builds, a2sd gives some errors and after that rom is usable, I think Ateeq's also was working but I'm not sure about it . Definetely it's better to repartition your sd with ext partition.

I once tried to make a clean backup of my stock rom....so i wipe data / factory reseted and then backuped !! But i coundnt restore that nandroid, always get in a bootloop !
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shortyoko said:
jaydenmonckton- No it won't wipe the rom, it maybe will just rearange some files, about superwipe, it sometimes gives error about sd-ext which users almost never see, my advice was to do it anyway cos it won't do any harm.
praveenbusy- Exactly from that you have errors, every rom which has preconfigured some kind of script requires sd-ext partition, which is almost every 2.3.5 except stock ones. I say almost, because jaggy's 2.7 and earlyer builds, a2sd gives some errors and after that rom is usable, I think Ateeq's also was working but I'm not sure about it . Definetely it's better to repartition your sd with ext partition.
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whenever i try to do partition with Minitool its gives me Error code :16
dont know whats the problem
My is a 4gb card i use a memorycard reader .I tried doing ext4 partition of 1 gb with no luck.

Do it from recovery, you just have to keep in mind that your WHOLE sd will be erased, so if you have something important on it, move it.
jaydenmonckton- did you turn on the phone after factory reset, because if you didn't it's normal to give you bootloop now, I don't have any ideas why it's doing this, it shouldn't, if you say exactly(step by step, everithing) how did you make the backup..... then it's possible to figure out what's wrong, if you are interested thou.

Heeeeeeeeeelp

Hey guys I've been on Ginger dx and as video problem is fixed on ics, I tried it. I installed 3 roms: icy snap, lastkiss and whitehawk but every time I start using the phone it either stuck and then shut down or show me lg logo and boots up
plz help me!

Possible solutions:
1. Try wiping all data, cache etc and dont forget to format boot also.
2. Try reflashing the rom.
3.Just check whether roms you downloaded are not corrupted.

sarus_b said:
Possible solutions:
1. Try wiping all data, cache etc and dont forget to format boot also.
2. Try reflashing the rom.
3.Just check whether roms you downloaded are not corrupted.
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I tried them all but none of them worked
The roms are not corrupted because the three of them work on my brother's p500 without any problem
i even tried to install a new clockwork version and new kernels but nothing solved the problem
help me pleeeeeaaaaaaase !

Did you do:
Wipe -> Factory Reset -> Cache -> Dalvik Cache -> System -> SD-EXT?
I can't think of anything that would prevent the ROMS to work except for not deleting everything before installing them.

zeratos said:
Did you do:
Wipe -> Factory Reset -> Cache -> Dalvik Cache -> System -> SD-EXT?
I can't think of anything that would prevent the ROMS to work except for not deleting everything before installing them.
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I did everything you can ever imagine in recovery but the problem persists
In fact my problem is with ICS roms ( the three ones I mentioned ) but gingerbread roms work perfect !
I'm going mad with this problem and I can't imagine why only ICS roms donn't work properly !

borchaniz said:
or show me lg logo and boots up
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Boots up to where? More details please.
And, do JB ROMs work fine?
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Try changing ur recovery to amon ra 3.06 .. wipe all/factory reset-> wipe system -> wipe dalvik-> wipe battery stats ...
Flash zip and see what happens
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