Are there left files from previous rom on sd card after flashing new rom? When I flash new rom ( I am usually using CMD 9 nightlies) is it wise to format sd card or there is nothing on it from the old rom after flashing new?
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I think you'd have more answers on the CM9 nightlys thread, for nightlys I think you can just wipe cache and dalvik cache when going from one to another. You don't have to format your SD card, I never format it.
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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 might have to do this because my files are everywhere, and possibly to have a clean start. I'm backing things up, but if I wipe internal storage, will it give me an issue if I try to flash a rom and gapps?
I believe this will delete your recovery too so you will have to push your recovery back on to your phone using adb.
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Recon0212 said:
I might have to do this because my files are everywhere, and possibly to have a clean start. I'm backing things up, but if I wipe internal storage, will it give me an issue if I try to flash a rom and gapps?
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If you wipe data in twrp it wipes the internal card now.
Learned this the hard way that they fixed it. Thankfully I don't keep anything important on their and keep it on my external card.
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I accidently wiped my internal storage on my S3 and don't have an SD card. Can I flash a new ROM using my PC? Or am I ****ed?
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I accidently wiped my internal storage on my S3 and don't have an SD card. Can I flash a new ROM using my PC? Or am I ****ed?
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Yes, you can side load a ROM that's downloaded on your PC, or you can push a ROM to your internal storage with ADB. There's definitely a few guides on how to do it in this forum.
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Yeah. Wiping and formatting your /system or any internal directories is lovely for a fresh and stable start... just need to have a ROM on your eternal SD card, haha. I've done this several time, forgetting about having a ROM to flash afterwards. LOL.
Just get an external card, have the ROM and flash it from there. Makes everything way easier!
i am thinking of doing a clean install on my phone
what i was planning to do is format everything sd/external sd
format system on CWM
i just dont want any traces from anything or any folder left behind on my phone
what is the best way to do this?
i dont wanna end up bricking it :crying:
any help is appreciated
Heimdall or Odin install stock UCLB3 GB, or stock froyo..
Then format sd cards from Settings, then factory reset from Settings.
Optional... Connect phone to PC,mount drives and use a data wipe utility on both sd cards...
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Zen Arcade said:
Heimdall or Odin install stock UCLB3 GB, or stock froyo..
Then format sd cards from Settings, then factory reset from Settings.
Optional... Connect phone to PC,mount drives and use a data wipe utility on both sd cards...
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I was thinking of flashing the same rom im using now after formatting everything?or i should go to stock before formatting?
Is it advisable to format sdcard and external sd from cwm??
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I was thinking of flashing the same rom im using now after formatting everything?or i should go to stock before formatting?
Is it advisable to format sdcard and external sd from cwm??
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My personal choice is to format both SD cards on the computer.Takes a couple of minutes,but if using Windows uncheck the quick format option,after that in recovery go to mounts and storage and format cache,data,system and boot
Go here and get qksters clean wipes. I flash this before every flash and rarely have bad flashes or bugs related to dirty flashes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23965646
U can format internal and external sd from pc then flash clean wipes then flash ur rom or odin back to stock then flash ur rom
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wawaweewa said:
I was thinking of flashing the same rom im using now after formatting everything?or i should go to stock before formatting?
Is it advisable to format sdcard and external sd from cwm??
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What ridingmac said
Or, from recovery you can format system, wipe caches, and clear data/factory reset. Then flash the ROM.
Either way, DO NOT format or erase your sdcards. Make sure your ROM install zip is copied to your internal sdcard before the steps above.
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elbscorp said:
My personal choice is to format both SD cards on the computer.Takes a couple of minutes,but if using Windows uncheck the quick format option,after that in recovery go to mounts and storage and format cache,data,system and boot
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thanks that is what i am going to do because i copied the files of both sd in my pc
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Go here and get qksters clean wipes. I flash this before every flash and rarely have bad flashes or bugs related to dirty flashes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23965646
U can format internal and external sd from pc then flash clean wipes then flash ur rom or odin back to stock then flash ur rom
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will this erase the folders in sd card (not external)
because i am seeing a lot of folders/files ( that are not usually there, from previous flash i think
Zen Arcade said:
What ridingmac said
Or, from recovery you can format system, wipe caches, and clear data/factory reset. Then flash the ROM.
Either way, DO NOT format or erase your sdcards. Make sure your ROM install zip is copied to your internal sdcard before the steps above.
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thanks for the replies well appreciated ill probably do this tomorrow
The clean wipes wont touch your sd cards internal or external. It will only delete ur current rom and such so make sure you have a cwm flashable rom in ur internal or external sd card before flashing clean wipes or that u can odin back to stock. I would reccoment a nandroid backup before doing anything.....like always
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I have been flashing and playing different roms for awhile now but I have noticed that my phone is running out of space so quickly these days. The internal sd card is full and my external sd card has a little space but that's it, and the phone won't do updates or new downloads due to the internal card being full.
I was wondering, I want to go back to using CM10 again on this Blaze with the latest gapps, but I want to wipe EVERYTHING and start fresh, I have backed things using wondershares mobilego (as well as a manual backup of both sd cards, internal and external).
Can someone give me a good medthod on wiping it all, system, cache, dalvik, internal sd card and external sd card and doing a fresh install of cm10 and gapps.
Thanks in advance
Download the latest cm10 nightly and 4.1.2 gapps from the official cm10 thread to your external SD card.
Boot to cwm and go to mounts, and format:
System
Data
Cache
Emmc
Do all of them several times.
Go to advanced and wipe davlik cache a couple times too.
Then install the cm10 zip followed by the gapps. Wipe cache and davlik one more time. You can format the external SD card any time later, after you verify boot (suggested). You can use a PC or the built in format under settings/storage.
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Download the latest cm10 nightly and 4.1.2 gapps from the official cm10 thread to your external SD card.
Boot to cwm and go to mounts, and format:
System
Data
Cache
Emmc
Do all of them several times.
Go to advanced and wipe davlik cache a couple times too.
Then install the cm10 zip followed by the gapps. Wipe cache and davlik one more time. You can format the external SD card any time later, after you verify boot (suggested). You can use a PC or the built in format under settings/storage.
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Wouldn't I also need to do format /sdcard several times as well to format the internal sd and then after I am all done I can do the format /sd-ext to format the external sd card? Which if I format the sd-ext it won't hurt anything I did for the install of CM and gapps right?
By the way, thanks for your help I appreciate it
You can format the external a couple times. Sometimes things get left behind, that's why in suggested the multiple wipes. You don't have to worry about SD ext, the partition will get wiped when the external SD card is formated. If you didn't create the partition there's nothing to worry about. I wouldn't format the emmc (internal SD card) after installing a rom as some of it is used.
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You can format the external a couple times. Sometimes things get left behind, that's why in suggested the multiple wipes. You don't have to worry about SD ext, the partition will get wiped when the external SD card is formated. If you didn't create the partition there's nothing to worry about. I wouldn't format the emmc (internal SD card) after installing a rom as some of it is used.
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Thanks again, I did as stated above then booted up, made sure all worked fine then went back into cwm and formatted the sd card (not the sd-ext). I am now putting some music and photos back on the sd card so I have them with me. Latest CM10 Nightly from the 4th seems to freeze a little bit when trying to do things on my Blaze, maybe I just need to reboot it again after I move the stuff over.
Thanks again!
Give it a a little while to settle. If it is still giving you issues try the previous nightly from 7/28.
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Thanks again, I did as stated above then booted up, made sure all worked fine then went back into cwm and formatted the sd card (not the sd-ext). I am now putting some music and photos back on the sd card so I have them with me. Latest CM10 Nightly from the 4th seems to freeze a little bit when trying to do things on my Blaze, maybe I just need to reboot it again after I move the stuff over.
Thanks again!
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Part of the internal storage is cached at /cache. It caches a bunch of things, such as mount points and app usage. When you wipe cache and start over, expect things to be slower for a couple days/reboots. Then it'll settle, as was said above
Good tips Romman0. I try to do this every 4 months or so. Blackhole and FSC only make it better, but that's clearing leftovers and realigning empty blocks and messing with the filesystem and a lot of technical junk
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Hey guys, this question is specific to the oneplus one or just simply any phone without an sd card. I owned a galaxy s4 in the past and the sd card was very useful because i would copy the rom i wanted to flash on the sd card and then using a custom recovery before flashing the rom i would WIPE THE WHOLE DEVICE (not including the ext sd card) then i would 100% clean install roms... but how would i do that with the oneplus? If i wipe the whole phone my zip file will also be gone so is there a way around this? When i flash roms i like to clean the whole device and not just wipe dalvic and cache.... Thanks!