So, i'm debating between two ROM's right now, i've played with one for about a month and a half and i'm starting to test the other one. i'm curious, once i decide which ROM i want to use, how can i permanently delete all the apps on the old rom? i want to make sure that i have enough storage on my internalSD card so that i dont run out of space. Is there a way to make sure all the data/files from the old rom get deleted?
Thank you in advance for any help
troysyx said:
So, i'm debating between two ROM's right now, i've played with one for about a month and a half and i'm starting to test the other one. i'm curious, once i decide which ROM i want to use, how can i permanently delete all the apps on the old rom? i want to make sure that i have enough storage on my internalSD card so that i dont run out of space. Is there a way to make sure all the data/files from the old rom get deleted?
Thank you in advance for any help
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Just wipe data in recovery and it'll delete those apps.
Neverendingxsin said:
Just wipe data in recovery and it'll delete those apps.
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In case I ever wanted to go back, does the nandroid backup keep those apps?
troysyx said:
In case I ever wanted to go back, does the nandroid backup keep those apps?
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Yes. You can restore to go back to exactly where you were.
Perfect! Ill keep my backups on my externalSD cars and my computer and just do a factory reset to delete everything. Thank you both so much. You rock!!!!:victory:
I have 200 apps on mine and only uses 3 GB.
prdog1 said:
I have 200 apps on mine and only uses 3 GB.
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ha-ha i know i probably shouldn't worry about my storage so much, but i do wish they would bring back the apps2SD feature. I've heard though that its just Samsung because of the way they format it.
troysyx said:
ha-ha i know i probably shouldn't worry about my storage so much, but i do wish they would bring back the apps2SD feature. I've heard though that its just Samsung because of the way they format it.
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It's anything with ICS up.
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Ok simple question I know but its in not easy to get a DEFINITIVE answer for (yes I have searched). When the time comes for me to install a custom ROM to my beloved Nexus S, it is highly recommended to do a full system wipe....fine, but does this leave my precious SD saved files intact or is it literally a nuclear option wipe? Apologies for this simplistic question but I prefer caution to bravery
You're forced into it anyway, unlocking the phone wipes it.
Rusty! said:
You're forced into it anyway, unlocking the phone wipes it.
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Thanks for that, I am unlocked and rooted, did that the day I got it and realised that procedure would kill the SD card. Does the same apply to, for example, loading cyanogen off rom manager? I mean would my nandroid backup of my current rom still be in the Clockwork backup folder on the SD card after a wipe? (I got it saved to my laptop anyway) Thanks
It leaves your sd contents intact. The wipe just clears out everything for the operating system like your apps. Just always make a backup to pc just in case.
Very good, thank you for the advice. I will backup all possible things and all will be fine. I worried that with the SD card being internal on the Nexus S that it made a wipe that much more complete!
willcpfc said:
Very good, thank you for the advice. I will backup all possible things and all will be fine. I worried that with the SD card being internal on the Nexus S that it made a wipe that much more complete!
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Since you're rooted I suggest you get Titanium backup. Go for the paid version, it makes restoring everything much easier.
icandy75 said:
Since you're rooted I suggest you get Titanium backup. Go for the paid version, it makes restoring everything much easier.
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Got it I do titanium backup's, Nandroid backups with Clockwork, and just for completeness save the lot to the laptop....I should pop it all on a memory stick just in case my laptop packs up! Where others boldly go......I follow behind with caution
That's actually quite funny. So far I have yet to have an issue with my NS wiping SD card so I would say you SHOULD be safe. I did however loose EVERYTHING twice when testing different roms and kernels with my Vibrant so now like yourself I backup EVERYTHING. When restoring with Ti I suggest you only restore you apps and not full system. That has been known to cause issues.
Agreed. Titanium for apps only. I guess it would not be the end of the world to lose everything but it would be a hell of a job to put it all back how it used to be......and that scares me man!! And thanks for the advice to my reassuring but simple questions.
If you have Titanium Pro, you can also backup to dropbox so you always have it with you on the go. Well, sort of anyways.
I tried to flash 2.3.5 to my galaxy s 4g and it was a bad rom so I tried to put it back the stock+root ROM using ODIN. Now whenever I turn my phone on it just keeps rebootiing I have been trying to get it fixed but whatever I do it just seems to keep rebooting. Sorry if there is a fix and I didnt see it but its late and im very stressed now that my phone isnt working.....
What do you mean you flashed a bad ROM? Can you be more specific?
Try doing a battery pull and reflashing it in Odin.
yea, just follow the NOOBS GUIDE TO ODIN in the BIBLE. from there, you should be fine. instead of using KB5, i would recommend using Raver's KC1 (search for it). that will give you a fresh start.
Sorry I was really tired and stressed out last night but I got it to work finally. I just put 2.3.4 on it and it worked right away. I do have another question though. This is the first time I have ever actually flashed a ROM on my phone. Is there a way to get all the apps back that were on my SD card or do I have to re-download all of them? Also if I have to re-download all the apps is there a way I can get my saves back for the game?
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Sorry I was really tired and stressed out last night but I got it to work finally. I just put 2.3.4 on it and it worked right away. I do have another question though. This is the first time I have ever actually flashed a ROM on my phone. Is there a way to get all the apps back that were on my SD card or do I have to re-download all of them? Also if I have to re-download all the apps is there a way I can get my saves back for the game?
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I maybe be wrong. But your apps are saved on your phone. some off the data from these apps might be saved on your sd card, and some may not. In the future, prior to flashing a rom, in stall a program called titanium backup from the market. It will backup all your apps and data in one click to your sd card. then once u flash a new rom install TB first and restore those apps. they will all have there log ins, games will be where u left them, ect.
But for now, yes u have to use the market to restore the apps one by one.
Mizun0h said:
I maybe be wrong. But your apps are saved on your phone. some off the data from these apps might be saved on your sd card, and some may not. In the future, prior to flashing a rom, in stall a program called titanium backup from the market. It will backup all your apps and data in one click to your sd card. then once u flash a new rom install TB first and restore those apps. they will all have there log ins, games will be where u left them, ect.
But for now, yes u have to use the market to restore the apps one by one.
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I figured I would. I will see if I can look through the files and get any save files. Is it ok to re-format my SD card after saving every thing i need? Just so I can start off fresh?
you can back everything up by making a nandroid backup.
go into cwm, backup and restore and select backup. then when you want to restore after flashing a rom, go to backup and restore, then go to advanced and then restore data. that should do it
jager555 said:
you can back everything up by making a nandroid backup.
go into cwm, backup and restore and select backup. then when you want to restore after flashing a rom, go to backup and restore, then go to advanced and then restore data. that should do it
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This is only to help me before I flash right? I'm kinda screwed as of right now and have to start from scratch. No big deal to me really just means I lost all my saved games. Is it ok to re-format my SD card right now?
if you reformat, you will lose everything on the sd...so its up to you. after you've flashed the rom, you can take it out and reformat and the rom will run fine, if that is what you mean.
jager555 said:
if you reformat, you will lose everything on the sd...so its up to you. after you've flashed the rom, you can take it out and reformat and the rom will run fine, if that is what you mean.
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Ya i know I will lose everything. I already backed up everything. But I have one problem. My phone won't let me click on re-format for the SD card. Should I use my comp to re-format it?
make sure you unmount it first. or you can boot into cwm and format the sd
First Go into Download Mode
this is how you do it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069032
Then You Already know How To odin So just do your normal Procedure and you should be okay heres the Bible incase you need Anything else its all here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117554&highlight=bible
if anything just msg me but ill keep reading your thread to see if u fixed it... =)
I installed cm9 on my samsung galaxy tab 2 7 and am really digging it. I'm really new to the whole cyanogenmod and android tablet thing. I have performed a factory reset, but there seems to still be things on the device taking up space.
With only 8 gigs of space to start with space is at a premium, so is there anything i can do to safely wipe the whole thing and start from a fresh install? Is this even possible?
Any space saving advice is welcome.
Brandon
btmullins said:
I installed cm9 on my samsung galaxy tab 2 7 and am really digging it. I'm really new to the whole cyanogenmod and android tablet thing. I have performed a factory reset, but there seems to still be things on the device taking up space.
With only 8 gigs of space to start with space is at a premium, so is there anything i can do to safely wipe the whole thing and start from a fresh install? Is this even possible?
Any space saving advice is welcome.
Brandon
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I guess you could try before installing, do a factory reset in Stock ROM, that will format your Sdcard and give you more space... Don't forget to do a TB backup...
I have only 1.5 gigs on my Fascinate, but I am only using about 800mb. Android apps do not take up very much space at all. Also, forgive me if I misinterpret your question, but the space is taken up by your /system and /data partitions, which eat into the 8 gb.
focasam said:
I guess you could try before installing, do a factory reset in Stock ROM, that will format your Sdcard and give you more space... Don't forget to do a TB backup...
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Um... In my haste I did neglect to do a backup. Fortunately everything seems to be in working order. I am using CWM to do a backup now.
Is there a reason I should use TB to do a backup instead of CWM?
I'm still really new to this, I'm just glad I didn't screw anything up on my first try.
As long as you use it only, TB backup should be functionally equivalent to a CWM NAND backup. But if you upgrade to another TAB, only TB backup could be easily transferred to thew new TAB. CWM NAND backup could note be used on the new TAB.
I may be posting in the wrong thread so if that is the case plz let me know.
So, I want to install another rom in my phone and as we all know I guess, that means that I will lose my apps. Although I can use titanium backup to restore them afterwards, this time, the problem is that I dont have enough space to do the backup as usual... And I already own an 8gb sd card so dont tell me to buy a bigger one(if I do I will download even more games to play xD)... So, could I somehow make a backup of my apps into my pc, since it is the only place where I have enough space? Oh and I want also to have the data of each app( I am on a limited data plan for a couple of months)
Any solution will be greatly appreciated
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Mokiwipeout said:
I may be posting in the wrong thread so if that is the case plz let me know.
So, I want to install another rom in my phone and as we all know I guess, that means that I will lose my apps. Although I can use titanium backup to restore them afterwards, this time, the problem is that I dont have enough space to do the backup as usual... And I already own an 8gb sd card so dont tell me to buy a bigger one(if I do I will download even more games to play xD)... So, could I somehow make a backup of my apps into my pc, since it is the only place where I have enough space? Oh and I want also to have the data of each app( I am on a limited data plan for a couple of months)
Any solution will be greatly appreciated
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Remove some items from your sd card n make dwm backup then later u can place the cwm backup on ur pc
n can restore later
I've got two easy solutions to your problem:
- try out Carbon and find if it's able to back everything (app+data) durectly on your PC (personally I prefer TitaniumBackPRO and I've never used Carbon, but a friend of mine told me that he uses it to backup+restore stuff)
- try to create not just one single big and heavy backup with Titanium BackUp but...just more than one!
I mean, you can select to backup half of the apps+data you've got in your phone in one backup, upload it to Dropbox/Drive/Box...and then do the other half-backup of apps+data of your phone.
Maybe it's not that fast but it's easy...and you don't have to use any other apps than the one you've already on your smartphone.
Cheers!
Mokiwipeout said:
I may be posting in the wrong thread so if that is the case plz let me know.
So, I want to install another rom in my phone and as we all know I guess, that means that I will lose my apps. Although I can use titanium backup to restore them afterwards, this time, the problem is that I dont have enough space to do the backup as usual... And I already own an 8gb sd card so dont tell me to buy a bigger one(if I do I will download even more games to play xD)... So, could I somehow make a backup of my apps into my pc, since it is the only place where I have enough space? Oh and I want also to have the data of each app( I am on a limited data plan for a couple of months)
Any solution will be greatly appreciated
Sent from my MT27i using xda premium
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Have you looked into the cloud solutions TitaniumBackupPRO has? I've used it with Google Drive and it worked very well.
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JaronRH said:
Have you looked into the cloud solutions TitaniumBackupPRO has? I've used it with Google Drive and it worked very well.
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This is what I would suggest... if you don't mind spending a little money.
Mokiwipeout said:
I may be posting in the wrong thread so if that is the case plz let me know.
So, I want to install another rom in my phone and as we all know I guess, that means that I will lose my apps. Although I can use titanium backup to restore them afterwards, this time, the problem is that I dont have enough space to do the backup as usual... And I already own an 8gb sd card so dont tell me to buy a bigger one(if I do I will download even more games to play xD)... So, could I somehow make a backup of my apps into my pc, since it is the only place where I have enough space? Oh and I want also to have the data of each app( I am on a limited data plan for a couple of months)
Any solution will be greatly appreciated
Sent from my MT27i using xda premium
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Helium app should dao it for you. Afaik you will be able to back up your app apk as well as the app data. Search for it on google play. You will have to download Helium app for your PC as well. That will enable you to backup stuff to PC.
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Why not just get another SD card lol. I would delete my old backups if you don't need them and transfer the files I have on the SD card now to the PC. Then I'd use titanium backup and save then transfer that contents to my PC.
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You could try Titanium Backup its gr8 but you need a pro version.
Is there a problem with having multiple backups say by TWRP, Titanium etc... Will this cause a problem. I would think not if you are able to choose which of these you want to restore, but, that's just me thinking out loud.
jvenz76 said:
Is there a problem with having multiple backups say by TWRP, Titanium etc... Will this cause a problem. I would think not if you are able to choose which of these you want to restore, but, that's just me thinking out loud.
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As long as you have enough space on your phone's storage --> Make as many backups as you like. I move older backups to my computer for example.
Edit: Titanium Backup free can only store 1 Backup per app. Donate version has no limitation for that.
Thank you fot the info.
jvenz76 said:
Thank you fot the info.
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Please press the "thanks" button on the right bottom of my posts instead writing it
Storage space on the SD card is the only problem I see.