Just curious. There are lots of talk of backing up data. Is it really needed when doing a complete reset of the phone.
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nah, I don't think so, unless you're gonna flash different ROMs. The reason why I did a factory reset is because I backed up all my system data with Titanium backup and no longer had any available space left. So not knowing what to delete, I just did a factory reset and after that still I found the left over traces were still taking up space, so I just reformatted both external and internal memory.
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nah, I don't think so, unless you're gonna flash different ROMs. The reason why I did a factory reset is because I backed up all my system data with Titanium backup and no longer had any available space left. So not knowing what to delete, I just did a factory reset and after that still I found the left over traces were still taking up space, so I just reformatted both external and internal memory.
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Using an ordinary file manager (don't use root explorer if you want to delete all your files manually cause if you don't know what your doing then you can possibly brick your phone) you could of deleted every single file that you don't need. Android won't allow you to delete important files when using a ordinary file manager so you won't harm your device. I've tried deleting files such as "Android Secure" and all it does is create another Android Secure folder.
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redishbrown said:
Just curious. There are lots of talk of backing up data. Is it really needed when doing a complete reset of the phone.
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No a backup isn't needed, but it is similar to having insurance on a vehicle. Just in case something happens you are covered.
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redishbrown said:
Just curious. There are lots of talk of backing up data. Is it really needed when doing a complete reset of the phone.
g2x rooted stock
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Depends on what you're okay with losing and having to re-download.
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Hi everyone. I just got a replacement cappy from AT&T and I want to complete wipe out everything from the memory. Ive done a reset and in start up with no apps, but all my music and pics are still there. I did the startup into recovery menu and chose to clear data, but again, my pics and music and other files are still there.
Can anyone tell me the best way to completely wipe everything off the phone so its like I just got it stock?
Hook up your captivate to your computer and delete everything off the internal SD card.
Have you tried
Settings, privacy, factory data reset.
Out you can use odin and use master clear
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CB650 Wolf said:
Hook up your captivate to your computer and delete everything off the internal SD card.
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I wasnt sure if that was ok because I didnt know if there was any systems files that I had to worry about deleting. If not though, I think I will just do that.
mcord11758 said:
Have you tried
Settings, privacy, factory data reset.
Out you can use odin and use master clear
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I did do that, but all music, pics and videos are still on the memory.
If you hook up to your pc you will not see system files so you will not be able to delete them
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boot into recovery scrol down to delete all user data and select
recovery again and select clear cache
If u have a rooted phone u can reset ur phone to stock u it is called root manager if u have problems get at me
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Thanks everyone. I just ended up deleting all files from the phone once I mounted it to my PC. I appreciate all the responses.
I recently was getting the low internal memory msgs. So I went through and got rid off all the crap apps that I don't really use. Then I went and used Titanium to get rid of a lot of bloatware. I was back up to around 100mb of internal storage.
Then I flashed AntonX's SGS4G kernel with a twist (include Voodoo lagfix, BLN, among others. I'm pretty sure it was right after I flashed this kernel I was literally right back to having low memory. Is this normal? Is there a way to free up more internal mem, besides just deleting apk's and bloatware? Also I recently tried to flash a ROM and it came back with an error could that be because of the lack of memory?
Thanks in advance for any help!
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Stock rom with custom kernel?
You can move apps to the sdcard from manage apps then select sdcard/usb storage. There should be boxes that you can check and it will give the option to move to sdcard. Move as many apps as possible however apps that have widgets, the widget will not function properly if at all.
If you are wiping the partitions like you are suppose to then a custom rom will install. There is a chance you have a bad download tho that will give errors.
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Stock rom with custom kernel?
You can move apps to the sdcard from manage apps then select sdcard/usb storage. There should be boxes that you can check and it will give the option to move to sdcard. Move as many apps as possible however apps that have widgets, the widget will not function properly if at all.
If you are wiping the partitions like you are suppose to then a custom rom will install. There is a chance you have a bad download tho that will give errors.
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Yea, just about ask my apps were moved to the SD card. I'm just kind of an app junkie and had a huge collection. So I still got low mem warnings.
Although I am still a "noob" to this, so no I didn't know to wipe partitions. Could you explain how to do that, or point me to a thread that will? Thanks man.
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Do you really need all the apps? I mean do you use them enough daily/weekly to warrant keeping them installed? If not use something like Titanium Backup to install and remove them when you need them.
As for wiping the caches, I suggest doing some searching and reading before doing this. I can explain it but honestly you need to learn it from reading. Because my explanation will not be as informative. If you have no understanding of what your doing and why then it wont make sense.
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Do you really need all the apps? I mean do you use them enough daily/weekly to warrant keeping them installed? If not use something like Titanium Backup to install and remove them when you need them.
As for wiping the caches, I suggest doing some searching and reading before doing this. I can explain it but honestly you need to learn it from reading. Because my explanation will not be as informative. If you have no understanding of what your doing and why then it wont make sense.
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No, you're right I really don't have a need for ALL the apps. So that's what I did I got Titanium and just backed up the non-essential apps, the uninstalled them.
As for the wiping caches, I have an idea of what I'm doing. I'm learning. I will do some more research on it then. Quick question though, is it done through CWM with the option, "wipe cache" or is it more complicated than that?
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Use titanium backup. There is a function under batch operations. Clear all user and system cache. It will free space and help keep your system in tip top shape. I usually do it once a week. It is normal for your status bar and network your disconnect. It will come back a minute after the batch finishes.
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AOKP M6.4 OS : Link2SD app won't let me create script. Any ideas? I created partition back when I was on GB but it worked before on ICS. Something just doesn't seem right...
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So I've had some images on my phone I would rather not have on there and I deleted them. Yet, if I download an image restore app I'm able to get them back. I want to know if I can delete them forever so they don't get discovered in the restore/recover. Or do I have to reformat my Nexus 4?
Running CM10.1.2 (not that probably matters).
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You can't make them unrecoverable. It isn't possible to run a forensic wipe on the internal memory as it contains everything that makes the phone run.
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You can't make them unrecoverable. It isn't possible to run a forensic wipe on the internal memory as it contains everything that makes the phone run.
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I know if you reformat multiple times it makes it more difficult for the common recovery program to retreve. Of course I don't expect a total wipe that forensic data companies can recover though...
Mae7 said:
I know if you reformat multiple times it makes it more difficult for the common recovery program to retreve. Of course I don't expect a total wipe that forensic data companies can recover though...
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All that a format does is delete the reference link to the files. If you then overwrite them with other data it becomes difficult for the average user to recover.
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So I've had some images on my phone I would rather not have on there and I deleted them. Yet, if I download an image restore app I'm able to get them back. I want to know if I can delete them forever so they don't get discovered in the restore/recover. Or do I have to reformat my Nexus 4?
Running CM10.1.2 (not that probably matters).
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you can make it hard to recover
but it will still be recoverable
Download -file shredder- app from play store it will help to delete files permanently . It make u secure from recovery after selling ur phone
Hello everyone
I'm considering installing another Rom but..I need to do factory reset, What I'm worried about is internal sdcard that has Roms and kernels also my music and other files if I factory reset would my internal sdcard be wiped?
I use a Sony Xperia P LT22i Android 4.2.1
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Any help please
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you should back up the data on a pc first if it does wipe it, like with my Galaxys2 it has 2gigs of ROM space and 16gigs of a internal SD. when i factory reset the stuff on the internal SD is not deleted, be sure to make a backup of it anyway.
ok thanks will do
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Hard app data onfactory wipe
Trozzul said:
you should back up the data on a pc first if it does wipe it, like with my Galaxys2 it has 2gigs of ROM space and 16gigs of a internal SD. when i factory reset the stuff on the internal SD is not deleted, be sure to make a backup of it anyway.
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I have the opposite problem. I want to clear an mb886 of all application data. From Philz, I can do a factory wipe and as you stated the application data remains. I want all music, texts, call history, photos, bookmarks and caches etc..., all gone.
My preference is that the flash disk sectors be overwritten with random data, but a re-writing of the file structure (as in re-formatting) would be OK. Yes, I know the flash disk will churn the sectors complicating everything. I have found nothing in the Playstore that I trust to not f'up my phone
For starters, I would like to use Philz to clear my app data. I am reluctant to start unmounting and re-formatting everything in sight. I am concerned I could destroy important stuff like radio, modem configuration and such. I have not been able to find a list of what is stored where in the Android file system.
Thank you,
Ray
rlillard said:
I have the opposite problem. I want to clear an mb886 of all application data. From Philz, I can do a factory wipe and as you stated the application data remains. I want all music, texts, call history, photos, bookmarks and caches etc..., all gone.
My preference is that the flash disk sectors be overwritten with random data, but a re-writing of the file structure (as in re-formatting) would be OK. Yes, I know the flash disk will churn the sectors complicating everything. I have found nothing in the Playstore that I trust to not f'up my phone
For starters, I would like to use Philz to clear my app data. I am reluctant to start unmounting and re-formatting everything in sight. I am concerned I could destroy important stuff like radio, modem configuration and such. I have not been able to find a list of what is stored where in the Android file system.
Thank you,
Ray
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i could be entirely wrong but i think you should just wipe data plug it into a pc and when the storage comes up delete everything there. as for text messages and such you would have to delete it all yourself or if its stored on the sim card, remove the sim card.
I seem to be having the same problem as this except(android.stackexchange.com/questions/61531/removed-storage-emulated-0-file-and-lost-access-to-all-files) there was never a solution. I tried remaking the folders and restarting the phone but that didn't work.
Can anybody help me out?
Soooo you wiped internal storage? Pictures are gone... Best bet is to try Disk Digger or some similar app and see if it works. Also make a backup next time before you do whatever you tried to do as to avoid this situation in the future.
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Soooo you wiped internal storage? Pictures are gone... Best bet is to try Disk Digger or some similar app and see if it works.
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I was thinking that I only wiped the symlink to the files. I will try to see if it helps. Thanks for the tip.
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Also make a backup next time before you do whatever you tried to do as to avoid this situation in the future.
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I was going to, except to make a nandroid backup or backup in general using custom recovery I need to go have more than half of my sdcard be free space (since it back it up to the internal sdcard) and I only had like 500-600 MB free I know you can move nandroid backups to the computer to free up space, but I do not know if I could backup straight to computer since N5 has no space.
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I was thinking that I only wiped the symlink to the files. I will try to see if it helps. Thanks for the tip.
I was going to, except to make a nandroid backup or backup in general using custom recovery I need to go have more than half of my sdcard be free space (since it back it up to the internal sdcard) and I only had like 500-600 MB free I know you can move nandroid backups to the computer to free up space, but I do not know if I could backup straight to computer since N5 has no space.
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A nandroid wouldn't have helped. It doesn't backup pictures,etc. Use drop box or something or back them up on your pc frequently.
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A nandroid wouldn't have helped. It doesn't backup pictures,etc. Use drop box or something or back them up on your pc frequently.
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From my understanding, a nandroid backs up everything on the selected partition. So /system would save your ROM and its settings, etc. Normally on a phone with a SD card it won't back that up, but the N5 only has internal memory. Backing up /data won't save pictures and videos you took?
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From my understanding, a nandroid backs up everything on the selected partition. So /system would save your ROM and its settings, etc. Normally on a phone with a SD card it won't back that up, but the N5 only has internal memory. Backing up /data won't save pictures and videos you took?
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nope. It just backs up the system partition; data, apps and settings; and boot, kernel
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That's odd. I could have sworn after I accidentally wiped my internal storage I had my pictures back after restoring a nandroid. Still have them all.
OP, any luck with disk digger? I just deleted a folder of useless memes I made with an app and used disk digger and restored them. This is the one I used
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdigger
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OP, any luck with disk digger? I just deleted a folder of useless memes I made with an app and used disk digger and restored them. This is the one I used
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdigger
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Running it right now! It has found 6876 files and counting, and they seem to be full size! Thank you so much! That app is awesome.
And thanks guys, going to go back up my files after it's done
EDIT: Shame the file structure is not preserved
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EDIT: Shame the file structure is not preserved
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It's not possible..
You're scanning the drive for actual files on the drive that no longer exist in the filesystem. Think of the file system as a database that tells the OS where the files are. When you delete a file, it doesn't really get deleted. Just the database entry about it.
The files exist whether there is a database entry in the file system or not but if you think about it, unlike files , the folders don't really exist on the disk.. When you create a folder, it doesn't really create a folder on the disk. It just reflects the "location" in the database. Folders don't exist on the disk so they cannot be restored. Restoring the files just adds new entries to the file system. It cannot find the deleted entries and reconnect them with the actual files
Hope this clarifies what you're seeing
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