My TF is rooted. I want to complete wipe everything and start over with nothing on the tablet. I have done a factory reset, I have gone into recovery and selected all the format options to the point it would not boot. Then flashed the revolver rom and after it starts up all my folders are still there and the internal memory is half full.
So what is the correct way to complete wipe the system?
Thank you
Being lazy I would have just tested if rm -rf /sdcard/* /sdcard/.* worked as root...lol.
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Look in revolution hd rom thread and you will find a superwipe that will do it. Superwipe lite DOES not wipe the sd but the superwipe full doea. Or you can just use the format sd card option in recovery I think it is under mounts/format, I'm using roaches modded cwm.
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I did try the format SD card in Recovery and it did not do it for some reason.
I ended up just deleteing everything using file manager and then rebooting into recovery and reinstalling the rom. This worked great.
Now to install the apps I find I use and stop installing everything I find that looks good.
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Hello XDA Developers,
First off let me say thank you for all the information always found on your forums, however I've run into a snag with my phone (HTC EVO Shift 4g) and need some help. I was doing a factory reset of my device using the tool in the Clockwork Mod Recovery (v5.0.2.0) and I went to wipe some additional data off my SD card, and inadvertently chose to format the /system, and pretty much every directory in the storage menu, which I later realized I probably shouldn't have done as now I can't get my phone to boot. Where the snag falls into here, I had made a backup of all my data on my SD card but have misplaced my full backup made through the clockwork mod. When I try booting my phone it simply comes up with the white boot screen with the "htc" logo in green. I have tried about everything I could possibly think of to get my shift working again, since it won't fully boot, the only option I've been able to try have been trying to get a ROM to install from a .zip, but I keep running into errors, did I manage to wipe out some sort of critical data when I did those formats?? Any help you guys can offer me will be GREATLY appreciated!!! Thank you in advance for your expertise and input on this.
NOTE: I have tried to download one of the STOCK RUU's that you guys have posted, I have yet to find one that will actually download or resolve my issue!
Sounds like you wiped and formatted everything.. Including your sd card.
Download a ROM to your pc - In clockwork go to mounts and storage - plug your phone into your pc and select mount usb. Transfer the ROM onto your sd card, unmounted your sd, wipe then flash.
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Alright man all that happened was when you hit format system, you wiped the ROM from the phone, so download any ROM of choice go into recovery then mount as a storage device and transfer the ROM to the SD card, unmount then format system,data,cache and dalvik cache and flash the ROM and you will be fine
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Ok but does anyone have a stock RUU Rom I can download to do this? I'd kind of like to revert to stock in this process and I can't find one that works properly, thanks!
Khaezarn said:
Ok but does anyone have a stock RUU Rom I can download to do this? I'd kind of like to revert to stock in this process and I can't find one that works properly, thanks!
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Can you boot into clock work recovery? That's all you need.
If I want to do a clean wipe of my rooted tablet is it just a matter of clearing the cache and re-installing the ROM?
That wont clean the sd card will it?
Thanks in advance.
zedsded said:
That wont clean the sd card will it?
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It won't.
To completely wipe all user data from your gTablet, boot into CWM (remove any external microSD cards first) and
a) Repartition the (internal) SD card, and
b) Format cache.
There's no need to re-install the ROM. If you do those 2 steps, above, your ROM will go back to looking like a fresh install.
Here is a link to a thread detailing the installing and running of CWM. I haven't used this particular thread yet, but will be in the next few days. I am going to install the newest gtab modified FrankenTAB build from PixelRider
I have seemingly successfully installed CM10. However, all of the internal SD folders from my prior stock 4.0.4 install are still there. I want a nice, clean and fresh install and want all junk from the previous stock version gone, but I don't know what's new and what's old. If there is a way to formate/wipe everything, then it seems that that would also delete the new system files as well as as the CM10 Rom zip, thereby making it impossible to reinstall.
Insights and suggestions on this matter greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Make sure you format /system as well as cache and factory reset. Do it twice if it will make you feel better.
You most likely just did a factory reset which leaves a bunch of trash behind.
Format all of that
Flash cm10
Flash gapps
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I have seemingly successfully installed CM10. However, all of the internal SD folders from my prior stock 4.0.4 install are still there. I want a nice, clean and fresh install and want all junk from the previous stock version gone, but I don't know what's new and what's old. If there is a way to formate/wipe everything, then it seems that that would also delete the new system files as well as as the CM10 Rom zip, thereby making it impossible to reinstall.
Insights and suggestions on this matter greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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I seem to have answered the last part of my of my inquiry. In CWM 5.5.0.4, I formatted data, system, cache, emmc, sd card. I can now only access recovery mode or download mode. In recovery mode, I obviously can't flash CM10 from the internal SD because I formatted/deleted it! When I get home, I'll try flashing CWM 6.0.1.0 in Odin and then flashing CM10 through the external SD card. If that doesn't work, then I'll have to flash the stock ROM.
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I seem to have answered the last part of my of my inquiry. In CWM 5.5.0.4, I formatted data, system, cache, emmc, sd card. I can now only access recovery mode or download mode. In recovery mode, I obviously can't flash CM10 from the internal SD because I formatted/deleted it! When I get home, I'll try flashing CWM 6.0.1.0 in Odin and then flashing CM10 through the external SD card. If that doesn't work, then I'll have to flash the stock ROM.
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Tried it the way outlined above and I now have a nice, clean install CM10!
Next time don't format emmc and sdcard.
For me i delete the files manually using Astro file manager or using a computer and use free app called (sd maid) in google play to remove more and do more cleaning of internal sd card it searches for app remains and empty directories etc all that after flashing the rom immediately before restoring my apps
Not bad but if anybody could find a better solution post it
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I've installed CWM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671598 and then from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1855686 on my TF101 and neither one can see the microSD card to back up the data
Am I doing something wrong?
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I've installed CWM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671598 and then from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1855686 on my TF101 and neither one can see the microSD card to back up the data
Am I doing something wrong?
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Change to TWRP, works so much better and can use the internal or external storage for your backup. Search the forums for the how-to.
Just tried it, from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818452
No dice, can't select "external sd card" and can't mount it...
I will look up the TWRP install and link it to you. I did an app install to flash it. I just gotta remember how I did it. I didn't have my PC with me when I went from the HD rom to CM10 and I couldn't mount my SD card with CWM at all. I remember trolling these forums to find the TWRP install. I have 24 hour duty, so i will dig for it.
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Can you not boot into the OS? or are you stuck in CWM?
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I can boot into the OS just fine and I'm not stuck in CWM. What I meant in my previous reply was that I installed TWRP via GooManager but after rebooting into it, it doesn't see my microsd card, just like CWM...
The booted OS (original, rooted) does see the card and it's empty
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I can boot into the OS just fine and I'm not stuck in CWM. What I meant in my previous reply was that I installed TWRP via GooManager but after rebooting into it, it doesn't see my microsd card, just like CWM...
The booted OS (original, rooted) does see the card and it's empty
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Install twrp, use super wipe script from android revolution HD forum.. super wipe will wipe and format everything, then format your micro SD card... then try doing a fresh install
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I wanted to go the data2sd route and tried installing by formatting the 64mb class 10 microsd with minitool partition. After installing everything , the tablet stuck at "encryption error" only option was to reset. It did that everytime i started it. So i did a factory reset, format system and it threw a error saying cannot format sdcard android secure. So i then reinstalled cleanrom using the unters rom at the bottom selection and deleted cache then dalvick took sd card out and rebooted. Finally no encyption error.
Looked in es file explorer cleanrom installed to the /data, ilooked in sdcard/ and there is a file that data2sd installed called !microSD and i cannot delete it. I opened /sdcard in root explorer and the !microSD isnt there, i tried "show hidden files" in settings but it still wont show. I booted clockworkmodand chose installfrom internal sd and the !microSD shows. I click on it and it just opens another !microSD, i can keep clicking it and at the top if the screen it will look like this /!microSD/!microSd/!microSD/ and on and on. I want to delete it or format the internal sd but i am scared to format it, i have heard horror stories of bricking when choosing format emmc or format sdcard. I have tried format system to startfresh but it will format system,then data but it will say cannot format android secure skipping format. I dont mind wiping /sdcard since i backed up a few pics and movies.
I did format the 64gb with gparted. I want to try data2sd again but imicrosd file needs to be removed most likely. I tried to rename it too but es file explorer wont let me.
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I wanted to go the data2sd route and tried installing by formatting the 64mb class 10 microsd with minitool partition. After installing everything , the tablet stuck at "encryption error" only option was to reset. It did that everytime i started it. So i did a factory reset, format system and it threw a error saying cannot format sdcard android secure. So i then reinstalled cleanrom using the unters rom at the bottom selection and deleted cache then dalvick took sd card out and rebooted. Finally no encyption error.
Looked in es file explorer cleanrom installed to the /data, ilooked in sdcard/ and there is a file that data2sd installed called !microSD and i cannot delete it. I opened /sdcard in root explorer and the !microSD isnt there, i tried "show hidden files" in settings but it still wont show. I booted clockworkmodand chose installfrom internal sd and the !microSD shows. I click on it and it just opens another !microSD, i can keep clicking it and at the top if the screen it will look like this /!microSD/!microSd/!microSD/ and on and on. I want to delete it or format the internal sd but i am scared to format it, i have heard horror stories of bricking when choosing format emmc or format sdcard. I have tried format system to startfresh but it will format system,then data but it will say cannot format android secure skipping format. I dont mind wiping /sdcard since i backed up a few pics and movies.
I did format the 64gb with gparted. I want to try data2sd again but imicrosd file needs to be removed most likely. I tried to rename it too but es file explorer wont let me.
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Nevermind, i decided to bite the bullet and install cleanrom 3.0.3 and followed directions for data2sd. It installed without encryption error and the imicrosd file was gone. But from what i have eread about data2sd it didnt install correctly because the file system should have showed sdcardi which it didnt. I tried downloading a torrent movie and the tablet became unuseable,freezing. Also moving files from the ext4 to fat32 were sloooow. I decided to flash a kernal from the t700t forum on the data2sd subject. That resulted in the encryption scenario. So i factory wiped in clockwork and installed the newest cleanrom 3.3 and the 3.2 chromidata2sd file then the mount2sd file and then the kernal pack and used the 10.4.20 tf300 kernal. Rebooted fine. The tablet is real fast but i havent tried a torrent download. I also had two weird half reboots with each one when i tried deleting a file in file manager and then in es file. I do have a folder called internal sdcard which has the usual files on it. Didnt have that with the old 3.03. I did but it was empty.
Anyone know why it reboots when deleting a file? I did disable fsync though.
Don't use minitool to partition the card. It corrupts and causes reboots, etc. Even though the d2sd thread recommended it, don't.
Use gparted instead and all will be well.
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Don't use minitool to partition the card. Corrupts and causes reboots, etc. Even though the d2sd thread recommended it, don't.
Use gparted instead and all will be well..
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I figured that out after the first encryption Error. I then spent all for one day trying to figure out how to partition the card in gparted. I should have deleted both partitions and then format them, instead I moved them in gparted and that took 4 hours. Then i found a write up on exactly what to do.
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I figured that out after the first encryption Error. I then spent all for one day trying to figure out how to partition the card in gparted. I should have deleted both partitions and then format them, instead I moved them in gparted and that took 4 hours. Then i found a write up on exactly what to do.
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Well i just went through 4 hours of being terrified that I bricked my tablet. I kept getting reboots, i installed androbench and when i clicked on the benchmark button the tablet rebooted. Tried to run the benchmark again and rebooted again. I then tried to uninstall it which rebooted the tablet again. I went to clockwork recovery and wiped /factory reset i then proceded to reinstall cleanrom 3.3 with stock kernal,then format cache, installed chromi.3.2data2sd,wiped cache,started the kernal installer and chose unters 10.4.4.20 ,wiped cache,flashed mountdata2sd.zip, factory reset. I restarted to a bootloop. I then wiped and factoryreset again and installed cleanrom again this time choosing no kernal and wentthrough the steps and had a bootloop again. I started worrying and did another factory reset but installed stock kernal and didnt install data2sd, rebooted to a the asus screen with blue loading bar, that screenflashed black and then stuck on asus screen.
I then freaked outa bit because i dont save backups. I then did a horrible thing, i formatted emmc. I had read a few posts about installing a fresh rom for thepurpous of selling. A few posts mentioned that it was safe to format emmc but to be careful since it might format an external card too. I rremoved the sd card beforehand. I then did a factory reset in clockwork and proceded to install cleanrom . Install went fine and i clicked on reboot system. BOOTLOOP! I was really freaking out now. So i looked up format emmc some more and the horror stories started appear. I downloaded peri one click root+recovery/fix-bootloops+softbricks. I had android phones listed in system properties but no adb. While searching for a work around i came across how to reinstall stock firmware over a rom. I downloaded the tf300t firmwware 2013.01.18 up date unzipped it and threw it ona microsd. In clockworkmod i chose install zip from sdcard and boom fixed!!!!!!!!!! I was sooooo happy. So i now have a locked tf300t unrooted factory fresh. But there is one problem, in file manager on /sdcard/ there is that file that mountdata2sd.zip installed called !microSD that shows 0.0bytes and i cannot delete it. It doesnt show up in windows 7 though. I have show hidden files checked too. My plan is to reinstall clockworkmod and try data2sd one more time but i want to delete that !microsd file first. I need to make a few more posts until i can ask in developer forum.
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Well i just went through 4 hours of being terrified that I bricked my tablet. I kept getting reboots, i installed androbench and when i clicked on the benchmark button the tablet rebooted. Tried to run the benchmark again and rebooted again. I then tried to uninstall it which rebooted the tablet again. I went to clockwork recovery and wiped /factory reset i then proceded to reinstall cleanrom 3.3 with stock kernal,then format cache, installed chromi.3.2data2sd,wiped cache,started the kernal installer and chose unters 10.4.4.20 ,wiped cache,flashed mountdata2sd.zip, factory reset. I restarted to a bootloop. I then wiped and factoryreset again and installed cleanrom again this time choosing no kernal and wentthrough the steps and had a bootloop again. I started worrying and did another factory reset but installed stock kernal and didnt install data2sd, rebooted to a the asus screen with blue loading bar, that screenflashed black and then stuck on asus screen.
I then freaked outa bit because i dont save backups. I then did a horrible thing, i formatted emmc. I had read a few posts about installing a fresh rom for thepurpous of selling. A few posts mentioned that it was safe to format emmc but to be careful since it might format an external card too. I rremoved the sd card beforehand. I then did a factory reset in clockwork and proceded to install cleanrom . Install went fine and i clicked on reboot system. BOOTLOOP! I was really freaking out now. So i looked up format emmc some more and the horror stories started appear. I downloaded peri one click root+recovery/fix-bootloops+softbricks. I had android phones listed in system properties but no adb. While searching for a work around i came across how to reinstall stock firmware over a rom. I downloaded the tf300t firmwware 2013.01.18 up date unzipped it and threw it ona microsd. In clockworkmod i chose install zip from sdcard and boom fixed!!!!!!!!!! I was sooooo happy. So i now have a locked tf300t unrooted factory fresh. But there is one problem, in file manager on /sdcard/ there is that file that mountdata2sd.zip installed called !microSD that shows 0.0bytes and i cannot delete it. It doesnt show up in windows 7 though. I have show hidden files checked too. My plan is to reinstall clockworkmod and try data2sd one more time but i want to delete that !microsd file first. I need to make a few more posts until i can ask in developer forum.
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I just need one more post so i can reply in developers
+1 I have the same problem as you.
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i am same problem