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Format emmc

If I go into CWM Touch and in mounts and storage. If I do format emmc, will that format and wipe my internal hard drive? I want to wipe my internal and have a clean drive.
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to be honest after reading around recommendation s say not to do it however whenever im looking to get rid of my file i connect it to pc and format internal sd and have no issues so i dont see reason why format emmc with cwm or twrp would be any different
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Don't do it! I read around and found that it is ok to do this, however it actually erased your internal 2gb. If you format this and reboot you will be stuck.
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I'm on the most recent CWM (sk8's, anyway) and I've done this. I did it last night, actually. Here's what I did:
Copy everything from internal to my PC, then clean up what I didn't need on the PC copy.
Boot into Recovery, go to Mounts & Storage and mount /emmc, then format /emmc 3x (not necessary to do more than once, but just clearing everything off). Plug back into USB then go to Mounts & Storage > Mount USB Storage
Let the drivers install and let everything mount and come up, then copy my cleaned up backup back onto the internal memory, unmount everything unplug and reboot again. Everything worked for me.
I did the same thing for /sdcard (External SD).

I did it last night, phone runs much better and all the junk is off my phone.
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how?
specter07 said:
I did it last night, phone runs much better and all the junk is off my phone.
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can you provide a step by step how you formated your internal storage?
i need to do this for my internal storage is full and after eveything i did to empty it still stays full.

Damaged Phone Memory

I recently downgraded to gingerbread , everything went well thanks to xbsall's new rebooter tool.
I booted and when i came to the home screen i came across an error which said "Damaged Phone Memory".
I first ignored it and went on but when i installed ez file explorer , it says no sd card mounted or nonexistent.
I can't seem to download anything (No sd card error again) except apps which install at system's partition.
Anyone have this error ?
Edit : When i return to ICS it all goes away.
I also realized my old stuff is still around. (That's odd because i thought due to the change in size in partitions it formatted the sdcard. It's actually more odd because i manually formatted it.)
I wiped data/factory reset.
Wiped dalvik cache wiped everything.
Formatted Sdcard. (Apparently it doesn't recognize my sdcard so this format may not count...)
No luck so far.

Pretty sure you just need to reformat/erase the sd card from the menu.
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When you downgrade from xbsall's ICS port with v21e it will always show damaged phone memory. All you have to do is flash your countries stock ROM. There is a thread somewhere for the download links. Just look for them then unzip the .bin and .fls files then flash them as you did to up/down grade.
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Will try the next time i'm not lazy...
Thanks for the help guys.
Will ask xbsall to include this in his repair guide.
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Format sdcard from ROM settings

Factory reset in the main menu if it's the internal storage. It's normally due to the fact that the SD and/or other storage areas are formatted as EXT4, something GB can't handle seemingly.

InternalSDcard partition allocates different memmory blocks in my Ported SU760 ICS than those of original P920 Gingerbread thats why you need to reformat when you get back to Gingerbread.
Both in ICS and GB it is in FAT format.

Is factory reset from clockwork any different from the original ? If no i did a factory reset at clockwork but it didn't work...
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I said format internal SD from your ROM settings.
Boot into ROM go to settings, storage and FORMAT internalSD

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I said format internal SD from your ROM settings.
Boot into ROM go to settings, storage and FORMAT internalSD
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I asked it in accordance to what Devion said.
Sorry forgot to quote...

Can't I recover files if i not update back to ICS? no other way? I need this files...

I had this exact same issue, and when pressed app menu, i only had the 3D apps, (couldnt even go to settings),
What i did was; on main screen pressed left capacitive button to get to settings and did a factory reset.

just downgraded and had 0 internal memory but after factory reset I now have 0.89 gb internal memory (not internal sd) is it supposed to be this only? I had the impression it was around 2 gigs?
btw I got stock v21E nothing uninstalled

jimakos29 said:
just downgraded and had 0 internal memory but after factory reset I now have 0.89 gb internal memory (not internal sd) is it supposed to be this only? I had the impression it was around 2 gigs?
btw I got stock v21E nothing uninstalled
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Nothing is damaged just format the memory from the menu and it will be fine (might need a rebooting as well, can't remember)
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saint_cow said:
Nothing is damaged just format the memory from the menu and it will be fine (might need a rebooting as well, can't remember)
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had already formatted and done a factory reset. Now my question is apart from internal sd which gives me about 5.5 gig i get a mere 0.89 gig of internal ram. Is it supposed to be that only or more? Again I had the impression that it was supposed to be around 2 gig internal memory (i.e reserved for app installation). Stock v21E nothing installed and nothing removed.

jimakos29 said:
had already formatted and done a factory reset. Now my question is apart from internal sd which gives me about 5.5 gig i get a mere 0.89 gig of internal ram. Is it supposed to be that only or more? Again I had the impression that it was supposed to be around 2 gig internal memory (i.e reserved for app installation). Stock v21E nothing installed and nothing removed.
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what you got is right.
I had the same issue of "damaged internal memory". Factory reset helped.
Its only 1GB internal.
Please click on thanks if you think I helped.
schubeir

boltthrower56 said:
I recently downgraded to gingerbread , everything went well thanks to xbsall's new rebooter tool.
I booted and when i came to the home screen i came across an error which said "Damaged Phone Memory".
I first ignored it and went on but when i installed ez file explorer , it says no sd card mounted or nonexistent.
I can't seem to download anything (No sd card error again) except apps which install at system's partition.
Anyone have this error ?
Edit : When i return to ICS it all goes away.
I also realized my old stuff is still around. (That's odd because i thought due to the change in size in partitions it formatted the sdcard. It's actually more odd because i manually formatted it.)
I wiped data/factory reset.
Wiped dalvik cache wiped everything.
Formatted Sdcard. (Apparently it doesn't recognize my sdcard so this format may not count...)
No luck so far.
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DID you succeed, cuz i've the same pb but my phone is a P925 not the P920
And all the advises here don't work for me
In fact GB V21e bootloader and rebooter in xbsall doesn't succeed in booting my phone after downgrade so I went back to ICS bootloader wich boot but end up with this memory problem. No formating/factory reset from romor even from recovery work for me. Perharp your v21e is not suitable for LG P925 ??!!
Any suggestions

Will wiping internal sd card remove recovery?

I've seen some post suggesting that wiping the internal ad card will result in a smoother Rom. Aside from application data and media files, I have the recovery image on the internal sd or the basic setup for using twrp. If I wipe the internal will I still have recovery? Should I move those files to the external?
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prescottc5 said:
I've seen some post suggesting that wiping the internal ad card will result in a smoother Rom. Aside from application data and media files, I have the recovery image on the internal sd or the basic setup for using twrp. If I wipe the internal will I still have recovery? Should I move those files to the external?
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Recovery is on separate partition. SD card wipe will not affect it. Wipe away.

Was wondering the same thing and was always afraid to do it. So our recovery is fine if we wipe internal/external storage?

[Q] Using link2sd is decreasing internal memory instead of increasing it

I have a strange link2sd problem... I created the partition and it has been mounted successfully. If I click 'create link' the operation is completed successfully. However after linking the app through link2sd I am left with LESS internal memory than before. I'm using the stock OS but have rooted the phone. Attached are the screenshots showing what happens
As you can see I had 20mb free at the start but after linking I have 14.2mb free.
However in the 2nd partition the memory use increased. So basically when I link something it used more internal memory AND more sd card partition 2 memory. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

It sucks having low memory : /
I have installed ONLY stuff I use. This includes aldiko, viber, whatsapp and other low memory using apps. Had to uninstall firefox and facebook even though I used them but didn't have the memory

Try clearing all app caches or dalvik cache...
Htc Pico

Use disk usage app @/data and post screenshots before linking and after linking
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new_ay said:
Try clearing all app caches or dalvik cache...
Htc Pico
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App caches were only 1.9mb total, when i clear dalvik cache it says 'found no files to delete'

Try partitioning again...maybe it will help..
htc pico ..

It's probably app data (i.e. the data stored by apps, such as messages, game saves etc.) If you go install "Disk Usage" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage&feature=nav_result choose "[root required]", then "/data/app", it will show you which apps are storing the most data. Then go to those apps in settings and clear the data for those apps.
You might also want to consider installing a custom kernel (e.g. cranium build #2) and then installing "Mounts2SD" instead of Link2SD; it lets you move the app data to the SD card as well as the apps themselves.

Thanks for this reply!
Can you point me to the latest stable rom I should install? Everytime i think about installing a custom kernel i get scared by too much information

saadghauri said:
Can you point me to the latest stable rom I should install? Everytime i think about installing a custom kernel i get scared by too much information
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The decent custom ROMs don't include scripts for putting apps on SD card, you have to install them yourself. But having said that, I have been using CM10 build #6 for a few weeks now, with Mounts2SD installed (from Play Store app) without any major problems. (Only real bug I've experienced is being unable to toggle WiFi, the solution to which is leaving it on always if you're going to need it; there is also a bug where voices can be distorted in calls, but that only happens if you have 3G enabled while in calls I believe, and I rarely have 3G enabled, so I haven't encountered that issue).
If either of those bugs are big issues for you, I'm afraid I don't think there are any custom ROMs based on 4.0+ without those bugs, so you'd probably have to stay on stock...

Is it possible that you could have mounted the Primary partition as the secondary? :silly:
Or maybe you're using Link2SD with Mounts2SD script already present? :supersilly:

stroLLium said:
Is it possible that you could have mounted the Primary partition as the secondary? :silly:
Or maybe you're using Link2SD with Mounts2SD script already present? :supersilly:
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I don't think so, as the image shows the mounted partition being 650mb, while my sd card is 16gb and default memory space is only 150mb.
I'm using the stock rom so its unlikely that Mount2sd script would be present, no?

saadghauri said:
I'm using the stock rom so its unlikely that Mount2sd script would be present, no?
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Oh. Didn't read that. Yup, there would probably be no script if you're using stock ROM.
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As far as I remember, Link2SD does not move 'data' files to SDcard. They go to the internal memory. Reboot your phone and then see if it makes a difference. Also clear the cache and dalvik-cache.

TWRP and No SD card ?

Hi guys I was wondering how does TWRP handle devices with no SD card ? Everytime I want to flash a ROM I have to wipe data does this wipe everything on your phone ? Do I make backups after every flash ?

The phone has a internal storage eMMC 5.0 of 16GB/64GB.
No it does not wipe your internal storage.

naruto.ninjakid said:
Hi guys I was wondering how does TWRP handle devices with no SD card ? Everytime I want to flash a ROM I have to wipe data does this wipe everything on your phone ? Do I make backups after every flash ?
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Yes it treats the virtual sdcard as an actual sdcard, and will not format it.

It works this way even with devices with external sd cards. Internal memory is not touched.
What you're actually working on is only system partition.

/data/media is where your personal storage is. It's symbolically linked to /sdcard as well for old apps the need it. When you factory reset (format /data) it excludes /data/media. Nothing is lost. You also don't need to wipe every time you flash a ROM. At least you don't unless you are changing to a different ROM just not when updating, though it's probably advisable to at least wipe dalvik cache.
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Thanks guys I was a little confused! Never had a phone without an SD card.
zephiK said:
The phone has a internal storage eMMC 5.0 of 16GB/64GB.
No it does not wipe your internal storage.
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vladashram said:
Yes it treats the virtual sdcard as an actual sdcard, and will not format it.
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DuckMcQUack said:
It works this way even with devices with external sd cards. Internal memory is not touched.
What you're actually working on is only system partition.
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The Jack of Clubs said:
/data/media is where your personal storage is. It's symbolically linked to /sdcard as well for old apps the need it. When you factory reset (format /data) it excludes /data/media. Nothing is lost. You also don't need to wipe every time you flash a ROM. At least you don't unless you are changing to a different ROM just not when updating, though it's probably advisable to at least wipe dalvik cache.
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naruto.ninjakid said:
Thanks guys I was a little confused! Never had a phone without an SD card.
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If your using twrp there is wipebwhich does a factory wipe which wipes the data and cache. Doesnt touch your actual data. If you go to advanced wipe in wipe you can choose whatever your want. And wipe whole phone. But if you do that you will need to backup and then sideload or use USB otg to flash a ROM back....