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Easiest way to clear all data?

Now i know that i can do a factory reset although that wont clear my pictures and what not, so what do i need to do to clear those without bricking my device, since ive heard its bad to use /format sdcard

confyzone said:
Now i know that i can do a factory reset although that wont clear my pictures and what not, so what do i need to do to clear those without bricking my device, since ive heard its bad to use /format sdcard
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format your sdcard, internal and external from within windows or from recovery, but back it up first from within windows

Format /sdcard wipes your external sdcard.
Format /emmc for your internal sd card.
This is for Sky ICS Build F.
Found this out the hard way when I aoft bricked my phone after format /sdcard and when I went to flash a new rom my external was wiped clean.
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so if i do /emmc in recovery after i do a factory reset will it still boot into my CM10 rom? Or will i need to odin stock and go through the process to get it again?

confyzone said:
so if i do /emmc in recovery after i do a factory reset will it still boot into my CM10 rom? Or will i need to odin stock and go through the process to get it again?
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The rom (any rom) lives in /system partition ...
/data partition holds your apps
/cache holds your apps data and files (cache files)
/sd card (internal or external) is the place for your personal files
So when doing Factory reset , the recovery will wipe /data + /cache , but your rom would stay untouched like just flashed , the same is applied to the /sd card..
Like Vincom said : connect your phone to PC , from my computer , right click the storage of your phone (after you tap on your phone screen connection) and choose format sure after you backup your important files , then it will be formated or just select everything then delete ... After that boot into recovery then do factory reset ... Your current rom will stay as is ..but everything else is gone ...
Hope this helps.

how does the internal card like being formatted? FAT? FAT32?

copene said:
how does the internal card like being formatted? FAT? FAT32?
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Yeah it's always been a bit of a chubby chaser..
sorry I couldn't resist
*Cue crickets chirping*

copene said:
how does the internal card like being formatted? FAT? FAT32?
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> fat 32<

Just FYI- In JB(CM10) the new naming convention is /storage/sdcard0 for internal and sdcard1 for external..
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[Q] Apps to sdext partition in CM10?

I can't move my apps to my sdext partition, I tried Link2sd and it can't detect my partition (I already tried deleting the partition and creating a new one) I google searched and didn't find anything useful.
So, Is there a way to move all my apps to sdext in CM10?

have you mounted the second partition ?
in recovery mode mount the sd-ext partition . then in link2sd , create mount script and reboot.
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Try this
Try using S2E. its good and easy to use..
HIt THANX if I helped YOU

soham jambhekar said:
have you mounted the second partition ?
in recovery mode mount the sd-ext partition . then in link2sd , create mount script and reboot.
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Thanks, I'll try it later.

[Q] Formatting /data error

Hi all, I'm having a serious problem in my TF101 C10...
I cannot boot any OS (it get stuck into Android screen), but only into Recovery. When I try to wipe Factory Reset I get the following message:
Formatting /data...
Skipping erase of data/media.
Error removing /data/data/com.android.gallery3d/cache/156C764383426C78.bin!
Also I cannot Unmount the /data partition!!!
Can anybody help me?
Thanks in advance!

Can you update your recovery before trying to wipe ?
Unsure if that is possible, but if you can find a new recovery .zip, maybe you can flash it and then see if the wipe works

sandroaw said:
Hi all, I'm having a serious problem in my TF101 C10...
I cannot boot any OS (it get stuck into Android screen), but only into Recovery. When I try to wipe Factory Reset I get the following message:
Formatting /data...
Skipping erase of data/media.
Error removing /data/data/com.android.gallery3d/cache/156C764383426C78.bin!
Also I cannot Unmount the /data partition!!!
Can anybody help me?
Thanks in advance!
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Push a different recovery using easy flasher... preferably TWRP...
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udupa82 said:
Push a different recovery using easy flasher... preferably TWRP...
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Thank you for the reply udupa82, I've already tried the TWRP and didn't solved it, the same problem....

sandroaw said:
Thank you for the reply udupa82, I've already tried the TWRP and didn't solved it, the same problem....
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Did you out try formatting your internal memory ( wiping) using twrp...? Also reformat your micro SD using your computer and then copy just the ROM back on to it.... now in trap wipe everything and try installation of the ROM..
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udupa82 said:
Did you out try formatting your internal memory ( wiping) using twrp...? Also reformat your micro SD using your computer and then copy just the ROM back on to it.... now in trap wipe everything and try installation of the ROM..
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Yup, I tried to wipe using TWRP but I always get the error message of that file that cannot be deleted. I also tried the wiping option into coldboot but it doesn't helped either because the /data dir is not wiped...

I had the same problem what I did to resolve it was i formatted my internal storage via TWRP and tried to load the ROM and it booted fine.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1245892 use super wipe script to completely reformat partitions

VITUSH said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1245892 use super wipe script to completely reformat partitions
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Thank you VITUSH, it worked! I installed the ARHD 3.6 and is working fine!!
Thanks a lot!

ICS PLUS and Ext Problem

I finally upgraded the ICS Plus by Hehappy from CM 7 GB and I increased the ext partition from 1 gb to 2gb as i was falling short of space. However the ROM is not recognizing the new EXT4 which I partitioned using Mini tool partition wizard. It don't show on Titanium Backup or S2E app. Then I converted it into EXT3 it still recognize it. Can you tell me what the problem is? Am I missing something?
I was using EXT2 with GB which I created using Clockwork recovery. But now I wanna use EXT4. Can you help me? Thank You.

Tried formatting with CWM
I formatted the the sd-ext partition with CWM and it was recognized by the phone. TB and S2E showed the information of the partition. However when I checked the information on the Mini partition tool, It shows that its a EXT2 partition. How to get EXT4 working on my phone?

If you have formatted ext partition using CWM it must be ext2. CWM uses ext2 format
Just try to format whole card from the start and partition it using only either CWM or Mini tool partition manager. If your using the tool make sure you do this using the card reader.

sarus_b said:
If you have formatted ext partition using CWM it must be ext2. CWM uses ext2 format
Just try to format whole card from the start and partition it using only either CWM or Mini tool partition manager. If your using the tool make sure you do this using the card reader.
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I partitioned it with Mini tool partition like I have mentioned in my first post. It was not being recognised. It was only after I formatted the sd-ext with CWM that the sd-ext was being recognized. What am I doing wrong?

I dont think you are doing anything wrong. Maybe its bug in rom which causes the problem. There are same issues reported by some members who do not have ext4 working.
You can try amonra recovery and format partition to ext4 and see if it helps

sweettaniyaa said:
I finally upgraded the ICS Plus by Hehappy from CM 7 GB and I increased the ext partition from 1 gb to 2gb as i was falling short of space. However the ROM is not recognizing the new EXT4 which I partitioned using Mini tool partition wizard. It don't show on Titanium Backup or S2E app. Then I converted it into EXT3 it still recognize it. Can you tell me what the problem is? Am I missing something?
I was using EXT2 with GB which I created using Clockwork recovery. But now I wanna use EXT4. Can you help me? Thank You.
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Flash AmonRa recovery. Backup your SDcard. Erase SDcard from Settings> Storage.
Partition SDcard through recovery. Upgrade it first to ext3 then to ext4. You can see these options in AmonRa.

rr0yy said:
Flash AmonRa recovery. Backup your SDcard. Erase SDcard from Settings> Storage.
Partition SDcard through recovery. Upgrade it first to ext3 then to ext4. You can see these options in AmonRa.
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Thanks I will try that but after I get back to my normal routine. Right now I am traveling. Till then I will go with EXT2. But I am facing a heavy battery drain. I have my wifi on almost all the time. Probably that's it. But its almost twice as that it was with GB. Any solution to it? Also the volume of the phone ring seems to be less than GB at its highest level.

sweettaniyaa said:
Thanks I will try that but after I get back to my normal routine. Right now I am traveling. Till then I will go with EXT2. But I am facing a heavy battery drain. I have my wifi on almost all the time. Probably that's it. But its almost twice as that it was with GB. Any solution to it? Also the volume of the phone ring seems to be less than GB at its highest level.
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If you are sure its already ext2 then you just have to flash amonra recovery and upgrade it to ext4.I never used ext2 so i cant tell you any advantage of ext4 over ext2.
Download wifi TX power from playstore and reduce wifi txpower.. See if it helps.
Edit: Battery drain is due to v3 kernel.. No solution to it yet.

[Troubleshoot]Sense Rom Stuck At Boot Animation.

Please help me...I flashed the FlyROM V4 correctly but its stuck at boot animation...when i go to mount sd-ext..its shows "Error mounting sd-ext"..is that the problem? If it is..how to solve it?

Make Sure You Made A Sd-Ext Partition Correct, To Check Whether You Made A Partition Correct Or Not, Just Mount Sd-Ext In Recovery, If It Mounts Without Any Error Then Just Go Ahead, But If It Shows An Error, It Means You Didn't Make A Partition Correct. So Now What You Need To Do Is:
1. Don't Partion Your SD Card By Using Recovery.
2. Partition It Via "Minitool Partition Wizard" Manually.
3. Create A Ext 4 Partition As Primary.
4. Now, Install Yannou's Recovery (The One Which You Install While Rooting)
5. Finally, Mount Sd-Ext And Flash Any Sense 4 Rom..
Note: Don't Use CWM Recovery, It Never Mount Sd-Ext At Any Cost.. Use Yannou's Recovery Or Philz Touch Recovery Instead..
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thanks for replying here..i got the problem solved by just
1. removing old partitions
2. changing to philz recovery
3. making a new partition using philz and then flashing..
But now am unable to install any kind of memory script to increase internal memory..even after installing successfully .. the memory isnt increasing..what's wrong?

First open ur rom zip, navigate to system/etc/init.d and remove that 78mv2ext file and replace it with ur desired script and then reflash rom..
But do this at your own risk, if u get into a bootloop just reflash the rom with 78mv2ext script again..
Note: in sense roms, internal memory will always be 150 mb, but when you install apps its internal memory will not decrease as it decreases usually because of that Sd-Ext Partition you created..
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lol i didnt know internal memory is always 150mb..but it doesnt decreases..if its true..then there's no problem.