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Installing new rom phone does not seem to wipe..

OK been doing this rom stuff since the captivate. But as I remember (whitch may be wrong) I thought a factory/data reset in CWM wipes the phone. As in every time in install a new rom(latest infuse 2.1) using full version and doing factory data reset all my files on internal memory are still present. I.E. the photos and app. folders..
Yes sorda newb question .
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You need to factory reset your phone,or format your SD card to get that done bro
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Done the factory reset in the phone under privacy.. never removes any files or folders .. just acts like the day I got it with having to run setup. But folders are still present. should I check that box after selecting. Says for external storage.
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In regards to wiping all of the folders and such, you would need to unmount and format the sd card to remove all of that.
Factory Resetting only resets the OS and files related to that, which is why you are able to do it without losing any of your pictures, music, etc.

ZeroIsntTheHero said:
In regards to wiping all of the folders and such, you would need to unmount and format the sd card to remove all of that.
Factory Resetting only resets the OS and files related to that, which is why you are able to do it without losing any of your pictures, music, etc.
Erased!
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I would factory reset and then go into SD card under strings and format then your on clean slate buddy
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ZeroIsntTheHero said:
In regards to wiping all of the folders and such, you would need to unmount and format the sd card to remove all of that.
Factory Resetting only resets the OS and files related to that, which is why you are able to do it without losing any of your pictures, music, etc.
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Yes it does! Ok I tested it for you and yes check the USB storage that will do the trick. Erases all.
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tyshemi said:
Yes it does! Ok I tested it for you and yes check the USB storage that will do the trick. Erases all.
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Thanks just did myself and worked... thanks.. stuck at work and don't need a paperweight for the day..
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chvybeatsford said:
Thanks just did myself and worked... thanks.. stuck at work and don't need a paperweight for the day..
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No problem
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Trap just remembered u can hit thanks now in app. Thanks has been tapped.
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thanks for thanks
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Trap just remembered u can hit thanks now in app. Thanks has been tapped.
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gave you a thanks for a thanks

SD card says 100% full... but its not!

Just like the title says. I am trying to do a backup and it tells me that the SD card is full, but I went through and deleted a bunch of stuff off of it... This is quite frustrating and I don't really want to format the card as I have stuff on there I don't want to lose. Any ideas?

copy SD to computer then format? then move what you want back to SD when your done?

cainG2x said:
copy SD to computer then format? then move what you want back to SD when your done?
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Simplicity at its finest!
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cainG2x said:
copy SD to computer then format? then move what you want back to SD when your done?
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duh, lol. I didn't even think of that! Thanks

If that doesn't do it for you, I have something else which may work.

nickcuban said:
duh, lol. I didn't even think of that! Thanks
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hehehe no problem..

I figured out what it actually was... I saw a hidden folder called .trashes and it contained EVERYTHING I deleted. So I deleted it out of there and BAM, tons of room!

Ah, gotta love Mac. Delete everything only to have it moved to a hidden folder.
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here's another thing (if youre sing a mac) when you delete something off your phone's sdcard using your mac, when youre done deleting everything empty your trash as long as its in your trash the phone still counts it as taking up space, idk why

Well on windows, with a portable device it just straight up deletes the files, or rather marks the space as empty, on the hard drive the space gets marked and the file goes to a 'secret' folder in the root of the drive until you empty the bin. Mac is similar but keeps the files on the drive. It also creates some sort cache for each file on the drive. A thumbnail cache maybe.
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nickcuban said:
I figured out what it actually was... I saw a hidden folder called .trashes and it contained EVERYTHING I deleted. So I deleted it out of there and BAM, tons of room!
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Where did you find this folder? I'm having the same problem.
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jghidalgo307 said:
Where did you find this folder? I'm having the same problem.
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Using root explorer on the phone, you can just select to view hidden folders in the settings and it should show up on the root of the card. I can't help you with windows or Mac cause i haven't used either...
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jghidalgo307 said:
Where did you find this folder? I'm having the same problem.
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If you have access to a Mac, just plug it in and empty the trash. If you're on a pc you ahve to go to control panel>folder options> and check show hidden files and folders. You *may* have to tell it to show protected system files as well, I don't recall of the top of my head if you do or not.

jghidalgo307 said:
Where did you find this folder? I'm having the same problem.
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When I figured out what was going on, I was using a windows pc and not my macbook. You basically need to be able to see hidden files/folders and find the .trashes folder and delete everything in it. I have not tried it through the phone so I would try what was said above if you want to use the phone.

Thank you my g2x people
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Don't forget that Android is built on top of gnu/Linux.
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Accidentally factory reset

So after JB update, my tablet keeps rebooting after few seconds. My bro got frustrated and keep pressing the button and he has accidentally factory reset the tablet. Now my work files and pictures are all gone. Is there a way to restore them?

sikz said:
So after JB update, my tablet keeps rebooting after few seconds. My bro got frustrated and keep pressing the button and he has accidentally factory reset the tablet. Now my work files and pictures are all gone. Is there a way to restore them?
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Try connecting it to a windows pc, and then try a program that finds deleted files! You may find something!!
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I accidentally did a factory restore after the update failed and now i cant get it no more what do I need to do to get the update.
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Paschalis said:
Try connecting it to a windows pc, and then try a program that finds deleted files! You may find something!!
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as windows dont see your tablet's drives as regular drives but as an emulated network device you wont be able to do anything this way.
if the data was on the sd card you can try to mount it directly on a pc with an usb adapter and use an undelete utility from windows
if it was on the internal memory, say farewell to your data and next time dont forget to backup everything before doing some major risky operation.
also, your brother, never give him -anything-.

It's the internal disk. So it is pretty much the end of the line for me? Arghh

sikz said:
It's the internal disk. So it is pretty much the end of the line for me? Arghh
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since none of the tools can get direct read/write access via your pc - yeah
idk if there is smth. in the playstore thats actually not a scam and can recover deleted stuff on the internal drive.
set up TB to automatically backup to dropbox or google drive - that way your brother can drop it in a fishtank and you still have your data.
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CWM ExtSDcard support?

Is there any way on the gs3 to save your nandroids to the ext SD card?
Mine shows the option greyed out.
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If you booted into CWM using the EZ Recovery app then you would notice that you can manually save backups to either sd card.
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It might also be that you don't have your external card formatted to fat32. CWM doesn't like the exFat format that I believe all big cards come in.

Brian Gove said:
It might also be that you don't have your external card formatted to fat32. CWM doesn't like the exFat format that I believe all big cards come in.
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I think that may be the issue then. Thanks
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Brian Gove said:
It might also be that you don't have your external card formatted to fat32. CWM doesn't like the exFat format that I believe all big cards come in.
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This!

Brian Gove said:
It might also be that you don't have your external card formatted to fat32. CWM doesn't like the exFat format that I believe all big cards come in.
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so i finally put my sd card in my computer and its showing up being formatted as fat32 so idk what the issue may be.

Ok maybe I put the topic wrong. What I meant was from manager doesn't see my extsd card
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xM Minton Mx said:
Ok maybe I put the topic wrong. What I meant was from manager doesn't see my extsd card
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If your talking about rom manager then yea thats normal!
On a side note, I recomend flashing files manually in CWM recovery...you would not believe how many threads I have helped folks get out of a softbrick or bootloop situation by flashing with rom manager. The app works great, but you still need to know the background information on what your flashing! To many people think since they can pull the file up on RM, it must be compatible, or they flash with the wrong recovery = soft brick! Part of the main reason my guide is written in its fashion...provides proper instructions to flash, makes one read a bit, and repeats its self to pound the info into ones head. Not tryin to preach to ya, just wanted to share some possibly useful info to yourself and others. thx

I was wondering the same about saving to external from rom manager. So our only option it looks like is to boot to recovery and manually go to save it to the external sd?
Tap'n

techgov8 said:
I was wondering the same about saving to external from rom manager. So our only option it looks like is to boot to recovery and manually go to save it to the external sd?
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Yeah that's what I was saying. And I don't flash anything with room manager lol. Just bought it back when I had the OG droid and then I seen that option so I was just curious.
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[Q] HTC One memory issue

HI
I have htc one sv 4.1.2 sense 4+
i have problem with less phone memory
it has two parttions
app storage which is total 3.85gb which was already 70%used
and Phone Storage which is total 4.15gb
as i install apps itsalmost out of space.
I mounted 8gb sandisk sd card, but the problem is i cannot move apps to it.
i used app2sd but it moves apps between the internal storages not to sd card.
now, i am out of space.. can anybody help please

Hi!
Will take a look at this link, it will surely solve your problem !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42121194#post42121194
Have fun

stilflip said:
Hi!
Will take a look at this link, it will surely solve your problem !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42121194#post42121194
Have fun
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Thanks dear.
Is there any other option without rooting your device?

If you do not wish to root your device then your only option will be to start deleting stuff to make more room.
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Modding.MyMind said:
If you do not wish to root your device then your only option will be to start deleting stuff to make more room.
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I have this very same problem but it's nothing I have installed. I get the 'No free space on storage, click here to free some room' and then it shows me whats taking so much space, its only apps in this list, and that is ~80MB out of 3.9GB.
I used a rootexplorer to look around in the phone for some weird cache but found nothing. Nothing.
Please help, it even tells me I cannot receive any text messages.
Oh and..
Rooting is not an option since it's not my phone (borrowing it for.. probably a while..).
Wiping is not an option either.. :/
Any good apps for searching for weird stuff like this?
Thanks in advance.