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[Q] Problem going back to stock with odin

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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Will erasing Internal Storage in TWRP give me any issues with flashing?

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!

Unable to detect/read from internal SD card

Hi all, I am posting this on behalf of my friend who has faced a problem with his Galaxy 3. This is the problem as described by him:
"When I look into settings>storage, it shows that the total space of the internal memory is 0, I can't install any apps and it do a factory reset every boot
here is what I have done to solve this problem:
use odin to flash to stock rom
use heimdall to flash to stock rom
wipe data, factory reset
reboot
format /cache, /system, /sd-ext
also, I am unable to clear dalvik cache"
Any ideas how to solve this? I have advised him to mount /SDcard or usb storage but to no avail. The internal SD card can be read from Mini partition wizard and it is formatted to FAT32. Thanks in advance for the help.

ballsofsteel said:
Hi all, I am posting this on behalf of my friend who has faced a problem with his Galaxy 3. This is the problem as described by him:
"When I look into settings>storage, it shows that the total space of the internal memory is 0, I can't install any apps and it do a factory reset every boot
here is what I have done to solve this problem:
use odin to flash to stock rom
use heimdall to flash to stock rom
wipe data, factory reset
reboot
format /cache, /system, /sd-ext
also, I am unable to clear dalvik cache"
Any ideas how to solve this? I have advised him to mount /SDcard or usb storage but to no avail. The internal SD card can be read from Mini partition wizard and it is formatted to FAT32. Thanks in advance for the help.
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Are u sure that although you formatted / system your phone booted
I was under the impression that doing that deleted the /system completely
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Arjav23 said:
Are u sure that although you formatted / system your phone booted
I was under the impression that doing that deleted the /system completely
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If the /system is deleted completely as you said, then is there any solution to it?
(I am the 'friend' mentioned in this thread, just signed up in XDA)

lastingfreedom said:
If the /system is deleted completely as you said, then is there any solution to it?
(I am the 'friend' mentioned in this thread, just signed up in XDA)
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Flash a Rom
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Arjav23 said:
Flash a Rom
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Well if his /sdcard stuff is gone and he can't read the phone from a computer it's not really an option. Any other solutions?

ballsofsteel said:
Well if his /sdcard stuff is gone and he can't read the phone from a computer it's not really an option. Any other solutions?
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when flashing in Odin, I was stuck in the setup connection part, then it failed, the only way to flash is by CWM, if I can flash to stock with CWM, then I think it can solve the problem

ballsofsteel said:
Well if his /sdcard stuff is gone and he can't read the phone from a computer it's not really an option. Any other solutions?
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Computer will read phone even if there is
No sd card
lastingfreedom said:
when flashing in Odin, I was stuck in the setup connection part, then it failed, the only way to flash is by CWM, if I can flash to stock with CWM, then I think it can solve the problem
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Try turning on USB debugging and then flash
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ballsofsteel said:
Hi all, I am posting this on behalf of my friend who has faced a problem with his Galaxy 3. This is the problem as described by him:
"When I look into settings>storage, it shows that the total space of the internal memory is 0, I can't install any apps and it do a factory reset every boot
here is what I have done to solve this problem:
use odin to flash to stock rom
use heimdall to flash to stock rom
wipe data, factory reset
reboot
format /cache, /system, /sd-ext
also, I am unable to clear dalvik cache"
Any ideas how to solve this? I have advised him to mount /SDcard or usb storage but to no avail. The internal SD card can be read from Mini partition wizard and it is formatted to FAT32. Thanks in advance for the help.
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to solve 0 kb problem just flash the zerofill tar by hillbeast. just download the attachment from below, extact the zip file and flash it via odin.Remove your sim card and sd card before flashing.

Arjav23 said:
Computer will read phone even if there is
No sd card
Try turning on USB debugging and then flash
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I am sure USB debugging is on, the computer can read my phone's external SD only, the internal SD can only be read by a software called mini partition wizard
avinash19 said:
to solve 0 kb problem just flash the zerofill tar by hillbeast. just download the attachment from below, extact the zip file and flash it via odin.Remove your sim card and sd card before flashing.
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I have tried your solution already, as mentioned above, I was stucked in the setup connection part of odin and I can just flash with CWM (not even heimdall)

lastingfreedom said:
I am sure USB debugging is on, the computer can read my phone's external SD only, the internal SD can only be read by a software called mini partition wizard
I have tried your solution already, as mentioned above, I was stucked in the setup connection part of odin and I can just flash with CWM (not even heimdall)
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can i format the internal sd?

hi all
when i install a rom using cwm is it safe to format the internal SD before wipe date and format system?
this is because i cannot backup my rom using cwm
thanks
joe

[email protected] said:
hi all
when i install a rom using cwm is it safe to format the internal SD before wipe date and format system?
this is because i cannot backup my rom using cwm
thanks
joe
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It is okay to do a full format for your internal memory, if and only if you don't need anything on your SD card. Be sure to have copied everything you need to another storage before proceeding. But how can you flash a ROM from CWM if you formated everything. Just format after flashing the ROM not before.
Why you can't backup using CWM?
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LuCeiFeR said:
It is okay to do a full format for your internal memory, if and only if you don't need anything on your SD card. Be sure to have copied everything you need to another storage before proceeding. But how can you flash a ROM from CWM if you formated everything. Just format after flashing the ROM not before.
Why you can't backup using CWM?
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If the ROM is on an external sdcard, it shouldn't matter. still, that is good advice, as accidents happen. For instance, when i started using twrp I formatted my external sdcard instead of my internal, and lost my backups. Live and learn..
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CWM will not backup my ROM and i think there might be some corruption on the SD card because CWM goes throught the motion of backing up the rom but says it cannot find SD card or SD ext.
Can i reinstall CWM over its-self?
thanks
joe

joesto1 said:
CWM will not backup my ROM and i think there might be some corruption on the SD card because CWM goes throught the motion of backing up the rom but says it cannot find SD card or SD ext.
Can i reinstall CWM over its-self?
thanks
joe
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Are you certain there is no backup? I know i have had it say something like, can not find SD ext skipping SD ext, or something, when using cwm, and it really didn't matter. Uhm, but yeah, you can always reflash it or try another custom recovery, like twrp.
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joesto1 said:
CWM will not backup my ROM and i think there might be some corruption on the SD card because CWM goes throught the motion of backing up the rom but says it cannot find SD card or SD ext.
Can i reinstall CWM over its-self?
thanks
joe
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Yes, you can reinstall it over itself. Have you also tried to backup to external sd?
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Thanks for your replys
What i have learned is that in JB 4.2. CWM put these backups in a safe place on the SD card (cannot find the with a file explorer) but when i use CWM to ro restore my image it does it 100%
Don't know how to backup to ext SD.
thanks
Joe

[email protected] said:
Thanks for your replys
What i have learned is that in JB 4.2. CWM put these backups in a safe place on the SD card (cannot find the with a file explorer) but when i use CWM to ro restore my image it does it 100%
Don't know how to backup to ext SD.
thanks
Joe
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If you use Philz touch recovery you will find the option to backup to external sd. I don't remember if it's possible with Cwm too.
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gabripranzo said:
If you use Philz touch recovery you will find the option to backup to external sd. I don't remember if it's possible with Cwm too.
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It is.
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there is an option in cwn to backup to ext SD but is does not save it to SD or EXT SD so is this because CWM is corrupt?
thanks
joe

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....