I wanna clean my phone and get a fresh rom install and I wanted to know is there effective way of cleaning the internal SD card from all the junk that accumulated over the time with a command or I'll have to do it manually?
I format emmc in cwm, that's how i do it before rom flashes.
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I thought that was the way but I googled it and everything that came up said never to do it.
I just noticed in the settings>storage theres an option to format usb storage will that do the trick?
I wipe from recovery. Under mounts and storage I believe
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Tried wiping sd card from recovery last time, it wiped my external one and then I had to restore it ><
cdshepherd said:
I wipe from recovery. Under mounts and storage I believe
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Yes
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kishke said:
Tried wiping sd card from recovery last time, it wiped my external one and then I had to restore it ><
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It's called emmc
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kishke said:
I wanna clean my phone and get a fresh rom install and I wanted to know is there effective way of cleaning the internal SD card from all the junk that accumulated over the time with a command or I'll have to do it manually?
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You can factory data reset from settings, and you can format usb storage from settings.
Bealzibooze said:
You can factory data reset from settings, and you can format usb storage from settings.
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Never do that on ics, though
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xcrazydx said:
Never do that on ics, though
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I actually tried it said it formatted but nothing was missing from internal or external.
I used cwm emmc format, had troubles because installing from sd card didnt get passed the samsung logo even after downloading the rom again.
Had to do a nandroid and copy the installation to the internal and then flash.
Connect phone to PC
In CWM , mount USB storage...
When the phone storage is dispalyed on PC explorer , wipe everything you see (ctrl+a then del)
Do you have a PC ?
Actually I'm usually using my mac because it's nicer to do it from the bed. But I'll remember it for next time everything is already working great, well almost(see my other thread if interested).
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I performed a Factory Reset / Wipe and was under the impression this cleared everything off the Xoom that I had added. Upon looking at the /mnt/sdcard folder I see folders of Apps that I had previously installed.
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Can the /mnt/sdcard be formatted ? If so how ?
Not super familiar with the whole file system setup so If this is a noob/stupid question could you please explain things for me.
mgabriel2 said:
Can the /mnt/sdcard be formatted ? If so how ?
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There are two ways that I know of that I personally have done just in the last week or so. First you can unmount the SD card from the Xoom and place it in an Android Cell Phone, and go to settings/storage and from there unmount the card and click reformat SD card. Or you can hook the Xoom up via USB and clear it from within the PC/mac. Hope this helped.
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Nope that would be for the micro USB card this is the /mint/sdcard which is part of the internal memory
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mgabriel2 said:
Nope that would be for the micro USB card this is the /mint/sdcard which is part of the internal memory
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Fastboot -w wipes all user data including /mnt/sdcard I lost some pictures of my dog because of it
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The simplest way I know of is thru the Backup/Restore options in CWM, just doing the wipes won't do it. I use the Team Rogue version of CWM tho, i don't remember off hand if it can be done in the other recovery's (i.e. Rom Managers version or the one from solarnz that is most popular).
I just, personally, like the way the menus are laid out with Team Rogue's version and not having like a dozen No's with one Yes when confirming an action, nothing against the others.
Thanks guys I will try the Fastboot -w when at home and able to use it and Team Rogue's Recovery when at work.
Its been awhile but what is the option in Team Rogue recovery I dont see one to wipe the Internal data
mgabriel2 said:
Its been awhile but what is the option in Team Rogue recovery I dont see one to wipe the Internal data
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I believe that its or in the Advance or Mount Storage options....
I'm trying to use odin to go back to stock that way i can do cleaner installs of other roms. The only problem is that when i plug my Phone in my computer in download mode my computer says "USB device not recognized". It's most likely my USB port or my computer. Anyways, i tried going to device properties and updating the drivers automatically but it doesn't find anything. Is there anything i can do to go back to stock or do i have to try another computer? I have another computer and my sisters have laptops but i'd rather not mess with any ones computer as i don't want to get blamed if they get a virus.
Try this...ensure you read all post 1&2...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
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bigjoe2675 said:
Try this...ensure you read all post 1&2...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
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On the second post step 4 for When in CWM: says
When in CWM: "Go back and into Mount and Storage: format system, format data, format cache." will this erase all my pictures and music if so is this step necessary?
I keep my pics music on my ext sd card...but it will not format your inter or ext sd card that I do know. But you should copy all off your phone...i would....i just like the re assurance..
I keep everything on my ext sd card and i pop it out when i use this method...which i just did early today...
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QUICK_silvr said:
On the second post step 4 for When in CWM: says
When in CWM: "Go back and into Mount and Storage: format system, format data, format cache." will this erase all my pictures and music if so is this step necessary?
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Those steps will not affect your sdcards. They are needed to ensure a clean install of the new rom. Make sure the new rom is copied to your internal sdcard before you boot recovery/cwm and perform these steps.
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So once upon a time my USB storage on my skyrocket was filled to the brim with games all 10gb full. I flashed a new rom but it still says my USB storage is full however the game files should be gone and I checked and there not there. I try formatting the USB storage. Factory resetting trying different roms but the USB storage still says its full. This is problematic because it won't let me open certain apps. Does anyone no what the problem and or how to fix it?
Many thanks
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Did you try formatting it from recovery using format emmc?
Format USB doesn't do a thing and factory reset doesn't wipe the USB storage.
kishke said:
Did you try formatting it from recovery using format emmc?
Format USB doesn't do a thing and factory reset doesn't wipe the USB storage.
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This. You have to format emmc to get rid of old stuff
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Cool thanks bromigos
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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?
DroidNewbcake said:
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 currently running CleanROM 7 and I'm looking to start fresh i.e. format both my S.D. card and internal storage. If I do the "factory data reset" from within the settings options should this do the trick? Will I be back to a fresh install of CleanROM after this? Or would you recommend wiping internal storage from recovery and then reflashing the ROM?
Thanks!
skytbest said:
I am currently running CleanROM 7 and I'm looking to start fresh i.e. format both my S.D. card and internal storage. If I do the "factory data reset" from within the settings options should this do the trick? Will I be back to a fresh install of CleanROM after this? Or would you recommend wiping internal storage from recovery and then reflashing the ROM?
Thanks!
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1. If you wipe everything in recovery, you're not going to have the .zip anymore (because it got wiped)
2. You can wipe it from the settings first to see if you like it
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Hmong_Xiong said:
1. If you wipe everything in recovery, you're not going to have the .zip anymore (because it got wiped)
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Well I would keep the zip on my SD
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Well I would keep the zip on my SD
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But I thought you're wiping everything? (Internal and external?)
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Hmong_Xiong said:
But I thought you're wiping everything? (Internal and external?)
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Ah, right. Well I already wiped my SD. So I guess I could just take the ROM and put it on the SD then wipe internal with TWRP and install the ROM from SD