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How do I wipe EVERYTHING on my internal SD card?

Hi guys.
I want to start from scratch regarding my internal SD card (not using external) because I have a lot of junk that just needs to be gone.
I'm running Synergy's latest nightly and am going to flash a Jelly Bean ROM (don't know which yet) right after wiping everything.
So my question is, what do I do to make sure everything is wiped, and my phone still boots? I'm kind of lost.
I usually use CWM to flash, so what do I press in order to do this?
Thanks a lot.

You have to format the internal card with a filw explorer or in a recovery
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ikr said:
You have to format the internal card with a filw explorer or in a recovery
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Understood, but what happens when I try to reboot back into the phone; will it boot normally?

I ditto this question. I'm also curious about formatting my internal card and starting from scratch. I know factory reset from cwm recovery doesn't do it. I'm afraid to just start doing things and bricking this thing. Even though I was told by my cousin who has flashed many phone its very hard to hard brick a Samsung.
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Blutonic said:
Hi guys.
I want to start from scratch regarding my internal SD card (not using external) because I have a lot of junk that just needs to be gone.
I'm running Synergy's latest nightly and am going to flash a Jelly Bean ROM (don't know which yet) right after wiping everything.
So my question is, what do I do to make sure everything is wiped, and my phone still boots? I'm kind of lost.
I usually use CWM to flash, so what do I press in order to do this?
Thanks a lot.
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section 6 of my guide :good:

Please forgive me but where is your guide?
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Blutonic said:
Understood, but what happens when I try to reboot back into the phone; will it boot normally?
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Yes it should boot fine. The sd just holds your junk and possible some config info for some apps.

piiman said:
Yes it should boot fine. The sd just holds your junk and possible some config info for some apps.
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Ok, I'm just going to boot into CWM, Reformat, and Reboot. Hopefully everything goes well.
I'll get back to this topic to tell you how it went.

Ok, reformatting from CWM, then rebooting worked perfectly!
Going on to JB now, thanks for the help everyone.

Uhhh....right-click + "delete" while connected to your computer. Or from settings.
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Blutonic said:
Ok, reformatting from CWM, then rebooting worked perfectly!
Going on to JB now, thanks for the help everyone.
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After reformatting, the rom was still installed right? but all your apps and clutter was gone?
Just curious cause I also did data/factory reset from cwm and all it did was delete the rom and apps but all the stuff left over from the apps and music/photos/videos were still there.

uf21 said:
After reformatting, the rom was still installed right? but all your apps and clutter was gone?
Just curious cause I also did data/factory reset from cwm and all it did was delete the rom and apps but all the stuff left over from the apps and music/photos/videos were still there.
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Hey buddy they're talking a little different then just data reset. To erase all that other stuff go into cwm under mounts and storage and click format internal SD card. The ROM will still work but it will erase everything on your internal memory so if you have pictures you want back then up
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kintwofan said:
Hey buddy they're talking a little different then just data reset. To erase all that other stuff go into cwm under mounts and storage and click format internal SD card. The ROM will still work but it will erase everything on your internal memory so if you have pictures you want back then up
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I thinks thats what I'm looking for. Last question, if I do that will my system settings stay, will I have to sign into everything again and will all my apps be gone?

uf21 said:
I thinks thats what I'm looking for. Last question, if I do that will my system settings stay, will I have to sign into everything again and will all my apps be gone?
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In all honesty I'm not sure if it will erase settings as well. I don't believe it will but some app settings are stored on the SD card so you may have to sign back into some things.
If you choose to factory reset at the same time then yes you will have to reset everything up.
One thing to keep in mind if you make your backups without selecting external SD card they will ask be erased so you will have no backups
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kintwofan said:
In all honesty I'm not sure if it will erase settings as well. I don't believe it will but some app settings are stored on the SD card so you may have to sign back into some things.
If you choose to factory reset at the same time then yes you will have to reset everything up.
One thing to keep in mind if you make your backups without selecting external SD card they will ask be erased so you will have no backups
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I've been asking around since yesterday and no one could give me a straight answer until now, so thanks for your help, much appreciated.

uf21 said:
I've been asking around since yesterday and no one could give me a straight answer until now, so thanks for your help, much appreciated.
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Glad I could help out!
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kintwofan said:
Glad I could help out!
If I helped you in some way.... pass on the favor and help the next person!
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Quick question, I just went into cwm recover then mounts and storage and the options are
Format /cache
Format /system
Format /data
Format /preload
Format /sdcard
Would sdcard be the internal sd card?
It sounds like that wipes everything (rom and all) and not just internal sd?

uf21 said:
Quick question, I just went into cwm recover then mounts and storage and the options are
Format /cache
Format /system
Format /data
Format /preload
Format /sdcard
Would sdcard be the internal sd card?
It sounds like that wipes everything (rom and all) and not just internal sd?
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You just want to wipe internal? if you want to be safe, take out your external sdcard, then do format /sdcard . This will wipe your internal sdcard.

low memory with 10.2

not only does cm10.2 not recognize that there is 8gb on onboard but it only seems to see about half that. now i cant even update nor download apps. any ideas?
thanks!!!

nycdave said:
not only does cm10.2 not recognize that there is 8gb on onboard but it only seems to see about half that. now i cant even update nor download apps. any ideas?
thanks!!!
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roms take more space after being flashed
so to increase your memory you can uninstall unwanted system apps and other apps and after that boot into recovery and wipe cache partition and then reboot you will really have more free space
also
you are having space issues right??
dont you use sd card ??

aditya rathee said:
roms take more space after being flashed
so to increase your memory you can uninstall unwanted system apps and other apps and after that boot into recovery and wipe cache partition and then reboot you will really have more free space
also
you are having space issues right??
dont you use sd card ??
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If you do the correct wipes and install an aftermarket ROM, is should take up less space. Most aftermarket ROMs are quite a bit smaller than the stock ROMs. There are a few running around in this forum that are heavily bloated with stuff to make the Tab more media friendly, but these are the exceptions. With that being said, did you do a clean wipe prior to install? If not, that's the issue. There's some left over data in there. Also, the memory is partitioned into sections, one for the ROM and one for storage. Getting a SD would be good so you can store your backups there. Backups take up a lot of memory.

RikRong said:
If you do the correct wipes and install an aftermarket ROM, is should take up less space. Most aftermarket ROMs are quite a bit smaller than the stock ROMs. There are a few running around in this forum that are heavily bloated with stuff to make the Tab more media friendly, but these are the exceptions. With that being said, did you do a clean wipe prior to install? If not, that's the issue. There's some left over data in there. Also, the memory is partitioned into sections, one for the ROM and one for storage. Getting a SD would be good so you can store your backups there. Backups take up a lot of memory.
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yes bro i totally agree with you 16 gb internal storage is filled up very quickly if we install apps and play movies and songs and do some gaming
that's why i was asking that whether @nycdave was having sd card or not

aditya rathee said:
yes bro i totally agree with you 16 gb internal storage is filled up very quickly if we install apps and play movies and songs and do some gaming
that's why i was asking that whether @nycdave was having sd card or not
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GUYS..... first of all thank you so much for taking the time to respond. this has been a thorn in my side for a while now.. i do indeed have an sd and prior to the switch from stock to cm10.2 i was able to employ the ext script to swap memory which worked well overall. i do not know of any viable way to employ any memory swap script or app thast works well with cm10.2 i have done a great deal of research and i have not seen anything.. im also not a noob but i do feel like on right now!!!! this is so annoying. here are my questions:
do you know of any app to sd applications that work with cm10.2?
do you know of anyway to install apps to the card?
as for the wipe.... yes I did wipe completely ( at least I thought I did) I wiped data, system, cache, dalvik, and then formatted system, cache, data then wiped then cleared dalvik again prior to rebooting. this was thorough and typically what i do when I flash.
im totally open to suggestions. as of now the tab is pretty much rendered useless because I cannot even update apps. it only sees 4.59gb of the onboard space and the entire 16gb of the ext card.
thanks !!!!!!!!!!!

nycdave said:
GUYS..... first of all thank you so much for taking the time to respond. this has been a thorn in my side for a while now.. i do indeed have an sd and prior to the switch from stock to cm10.2 i was able to employ the ext script to swap memory which worked well overall. i do not know of any viable way to employ any memory swap script or app thast works well with cm10.2 i have done a great deal of research and i have not seen anything.. im also not a noob but i do feel like on right now!!!! this is so annoying. here are my questions:
do you know of any app to sd applications that work with cm10.2?
do you know of anyway to install apps to the card?
as for the wipe.... yes I did wipe completely ( at least I thought I did) I wiped data, system, cache, dalvik, and then formatted system, cache, data then wiped then cleared dalvik again prior to rebooting. this was thorough and typically what i do when I flash.
im totally open to suggestions. as of now the tab is pretty much rendered useless because I cannot even update apps. it only sees 4.59gb of the onboard space and the entire 16gb of the ext card.
thanks !!!!!!!!!!!
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right now there might not be any app which works with cm 10.2 cos it itself is not quiet stable right now
also to move apps to sd you can try app2sd script or any app which move apps to sd card on rooted phones

aditya rathee said:
right now there might not be any app which works with cm 10.2 cos it itself is not quiet stable right now
also to move apps to sd you can try app2sd script or any app which move apps to sd card on rooted phones
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thanks man I have tried it... does not work. my primary concern right now is getting back the total 8gb onboard memory without switching back to stock. I have cleared and formatted data/cache/system partitions and I have flashed a few times already. im losing my mind over this bull**** already. any other ideas?

nycdave said:
thanks man I have tried it... does not work. my primary concern right now is getting back the total 8gb onboard memory without switching back to stock. I have cleared and formatted data/cache/system partitions and I have flashed a few times already. im losing my mind over this bull**** already. any other ideas?
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i think that some memory is occupied by the rom so there is not a thing you can do besides clearing cache so it is of no use
also have you tried sdmaid??

aditya rathee said:
i think that some memory is occupied by the rom so there is not a thing you can do besides clearing cache so it is of no use
also have you tried sdmaid??
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no i have not tried that what is it? do you think cm10.2 takes nearly half the capacity though bro? i have never had this probem with any other device before that has been running cm10

nycdave said:
no i have not tried that what is it? do you think cm10.2 takes nearly half the capacity though bro? i have never had this probem with any other device before that has been running cm10
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it has more clean up features than many other apps so you can try it
also i dont know how so much memory is occupied in this rom of yours
i think you have not done wipes before installing this rom

aditya rathee said:
it has more clean up features than many other apps so you can try it
also i dont know how so much memory is occupied in this rom of yours
i think you have not done wipes before installing this rom
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not only have I done tons of wipes but I have wiped completely..... all the way down to going back to stock to check if I have made a mistake alomng the way........ nothing works!! and with stock i get a full 8gb. with cm10 i get only 4.59

nycdave said:
not only have I done tons of wipes but I have wiped completely..... all the way down to going back to stock to check if I have made a mistake alomng the way........ nothing works!! and with stock i get a full 8gb. with cm10 i get only 4.59
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try some other good rom than this cm which poses a memory problem for you

aditya rathee said:
try some other good rom than this cm which poses a memory problem for you
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got any suggestions?

nycdave said:
got any suggestions?
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yup
try pac rom or cm11 both are good and pac rom more stable than cm11 cos it is in initial stages

nycdave said:
got any suggestions?
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I don't see a link for a cm11 build for the tab 2. Do u have one that u can send me to?
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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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/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....

[Q] Noob about roms

Hi guys, maybe I am a noob talking about the Moto G, I used to have a Xperia Z1 and everytime I wanted to flash a new rom I had to put the zip into the SD card...
Now with my Moto G is the same process, "save the zip in the SD (internal storage), wipe data, cache, system and flash the rom" my question is, If I deleted the data also the zip will disappear right? and my CWM backup too.
Any help here please. I am confused:silly:
regards
PS sorry for my english

No, it wont disappear, because CWM wipes /data partition, not /sdcard so all stuff inside /sdcard wont get deleted

juliospinoza said:
Hi guys, maybe I am a noob talking about the Moto G, I used to have a Xperia Z1 and everytime I wanted to flash a new rom I had to put the zip into the SD card...
Now with my Moto G is the same process, "save the zip in the SD (internal storage), wipe data, cache, system and flash the rom" my question is, If I deleted the data also the zip will disappear right? and my CWM backup too.
Any help here please. I am confused:silly:
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Actually first you install the ROM zip and then wipe the things and thus the zip is not deleted since it has already been flashed
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Meuuks13 said:
Actually first you install the ROM zip and then wipe the things and thus the zip is not deleted since it has already been flashed
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eddydc1 said:
No, it wont disappear, because CWM wipes /data partition, not /sdcard so all stuff inside /sdcard wont get deleted
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So, Do I have to flash the zip before the wipes or after that? Because if the CWM does not delete the data info, only the partition means that I will acumulate a lot of unnecesary data, like folders, thumbnails, etc etc
thanks

juliospinoza said:
So, Do I have to flash the zip before the wipes or after that? Because if the CWM does not delete the data info, only the partition means that I will acumulate a lot of unnecesary data, like folders, thumbnails, etc etc
thanks
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I think the senior member got it wrong.
Wiping through cwm deletes everything. So you gotta install the zip first.

Meuuks13 said:
I think the senior member got it wrong.
Wiping through cwm deletes everything. So you gotta install the zip first.
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I think he does
one last question my friend.
The CWM backup will be deleted right? So i Have to download the backuo to my computer just in case
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juliospinoza said:
I think he does
one last question my friend.
The CWM backup will be deleted right? So i Have to download the backuo to my computer just in case
regards
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Ohh yup.. The backup will be deleted!.. But I don't think that copying the backup to a pc would do any good since if something went wrong and you bricked your phone you will most probably need to restore to stock firmware to unbrick your phone.
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juliospinoza said:
I think he does
one last question my friend.
The CWM backup will be deleted right? So i Have to download the backuo to my computer just in case
regards
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Actually Senior member got the impression you are using clockworkmod(cwm) recovery to flash a new ROM in Moto G, thats why he said that. If you are using stock recovery, then Meuuks13 is perfectly correct otherwise eddydc1 would have been right.

If you have cwm, wiping data won't wipe your internal storage. Am I right?

vhngu930 said:
If you have cwm, wiping data won't wipe your internal storage. Am I right?
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Yes you are right.
But if you have the stock recovery it also wipes /sdcard.
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vhngu930 said:
If you have cwm, wiping data won't wipe your internal storage. Am I right?
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Cases have been noted that if you use wipe data/factory reset option in cwm, it will wipe your internal storage. But thankfully this option doesn't wipe the data in external storage(like one's in Moto G 4G/LTE)
Since i own XT1033 and don't have the luxury of external SD card, i use TWRP Recovery so that when i do factory reset, it leaves my internal storage data alone. Giving me the option whether to use leftover data or delete it.

rohitthe1 said:
Cases have been noted that if you use wipe data/factory reset option in cwm, it will wipe your internal storage. But thankfully this option doesn't wipe the data in external storage(like one's in Moto G 4G/LTE)
Since i own XT1033 and don't have the luxury of external SD card, i use TWRP Recovery so that when i do factory reset, it leaves my internal storage data alone. Giving me the option whether to use leftover data or delete it.
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This never happened to me before...

rohitthe1 said:
Cases have been noted that if you use wipe data/factory reset option in cwm, it will wipe your internal storage. But thankfully this option doesn't wipe the data in external storage(like one's in Moto G 4G/LTE)
Since i own XT1033 and don't have the luxury of external SD card, i use TWRP Recovery so that when i do factory reset, it leaves my internal storage data alone. Giving me the option whether to use leftover data or delete it.
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XT1032 owner here , and user of CWM , flashed tons of ROMs and Kernels and such and never did I lose anything on the SDCard partition .
I'm thinking it probably depends more on the phone model (not sure if carrier too ...)

vhngu930 said:
This never happened to me before...
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Hir0xM said:
XT1032 owner here , and user of CWM , flashed tons of ROMs and Kernels and such and never did I lose anything on the SDCard partition .
I'm thinking it probably depends more on the phone model (not sure if carrier too ...)
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Probably or may be due to some manufacturing defect. But suppose if we live in the ideal world, like i mentioned earlier in Post #8, use of wipe data/factory reset option in cwm should/will not wipe your personal data from internal storage.

A question about wiping via recovery

I see some roms recommending a full wipe..
- Perform a FULL WIPE as described below if coming from another ROM
(A full wipe is when you wipe system/data/cache/internal and/or sdcard)
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If I do this.. how will I flash anything ? won't everything be wiped from storage in its entirety ?

Wipe everything except external SD !... Where your ROM and gapps should be.
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shayneflashindaily said:
Wipe everything except external SD !... Where your ROM and gapps should be.
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if I don't have a separate SD installed..
are my files in what's listed as "SDCard/Download" considered "external" ?
might be "Storage/Download" too..

jaladhjin said:
if I don't have a separate SD installed..
are my files in what's listed as "SDCard/Download" considered "external" ?
might be "Storage/Download" too..
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No .... You only have external storage if you have a external micro SD installed bud
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