Hey guys, this question is specific to the oneplus one or just simply any phone without an sd card. I owned a galaxy s4 in the past and the sd card was very useful because i would copy the rom i wanted to flash on the sd card and then using a custom recovery before flashing the rom i would WIPE THE WHOLE DEVICE (not including the ext sd card) then i would 100% clean install roms... but how would i do that with the oneplus? If i wipe the whole phone my zip file will also be gone so is there a way around this? When i flash roms i like to clean the whole device and not just wipe dalvic and cache.... Thanks!
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If I want to do a clean wipe of my rooted tablet is it just a matter of clearing the cache and re-installing the ROM?
That wont clean the sd card will it?
Thanks in advance.
zedsded said:
That wont clean the sd card will it?
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It won't.
To completely wipe all user data from your gTablet, boot into CWM (remove any external microSD cards first) and
a) Repartition the (internal) SD card, and
b) Format cache.
There's no need to re-install the ROM. If you do those 2 steps, above, your ROM will go back to looking like a fresh install.
Here is a link to a thread detailing the installing and running of CWM. I haven't used this particular thread yet, but will be in the next few days. I am going to install the newest gtab modified FrankenTAB build from PixelRider
Are there left files from previous rom on sd card after flashing new rom? When I flash new rom ( I am usually using CMD 9 nightlies) is it wise to format sd card or there is nothing on it from the old rom after flashing new?
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I think you'd have more answers on the CM9 nightlys thread, for nightlys I think you can just wipe cache and dalvik cache when going from one to another. You don't have to format your SD card, I never format it.
Thank you.
Hi guys, first post from me. I wish i could post this in the proper thread, but since i am new i am not allowed, so excuse me for the inconvenience.
I want to use custom roms to enhance my phone, i've been reading up in this forum and some video's on youtube. I've already rooted my phone before, so that part is out of the way.
Now here is my phone setup:
- Samsung Galaxy S Plus
fw= 2.3.5
baseband= I9001BOKP1
kernel= [email protected]#1
build= GINGERBREAD.BOK4
carrier= T-Mobile
- External SD Card, 486 MB
I just used the SD Card from my old Samsung phone (G-600)
The thing is, i have used Apps2SD to set apps to my SD card (the external one)
1.A: So if i am going to backup will that also be stored back to my SD after i format it?
1.B: Or is external SD card formatting not required for a fresh clean install?
The ROM i want to use is Cranium RC9
As i understand this ROM comes with a kernel as well, so..
2: should i do anything kernel related? (since it's my first time to install a ROM and all)
And finally..
3: What is the correct method for a 1st time/clean ROM installation?
If i look at the 1st post of the Cranium ROM thread, then i see install methods if you already have RC8. And the other method is for installing RC4. Please don't tell me i have to go through all the RC's to get to RC9 o_0
Thanks for at least reading this and hopefully some one can help me further on this
1.A When you backup, choose internal SD since backup has about 1GB of size if you have lots of apps. Go to feamod recovery 1.4, backup and restore then backup to internal sd card. When you finish ROM flashing restore your apps only in advanced restore.
1.B I don't think you have to format external sd, anyway you can back it up too.
2. I don't think so. The rom comes with a kernel..
3. For fresh ROM installation, Format system, data, and cache. You can also wipe dalvik cache. Then flash using ODIN or CWM, depending on the file. Reboot system and you can restore data only after going to cwm again.
You can also read fabsau's starter guide in our forum(i9001)..
In my opinion, try broodROM, comes with skyhigh kernel, ICS theme, beats audio, smoother scrolling and more..
If this helped press THANKS
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Thanks this was helpful to me
Hey guys. This is my first time installing anything on my phone so I'm going to sound very unexperienced but heres what ive done.
*Verizon Galaxy S3 i535. 4.1.2
*factory reset the phone to beign with (nothing important on it)
*got successful root
*downloaded cyanogenmod from cm website
*used goomanager for reboot
*created backup of internal storage, boot, and data
*wiped dalvik cache, system, data,cache
*went to install and tried to find cm files but were nowhere to be found.
So now I'm currently restoring to backup so i can reinstall the cm and gapps but I'm not sure if I am installing them correctly. Could somebody please inform me of the right way to get the files from my computer to my s3. Thanks so much.
Just a personal preference, but I move all my flashables to my SD card, in a unique folder, so they're easier to locate. Everything you've done sounds right... just save CM to your phone, then use a file manager to move the zip to your SD card. You should find the file easier on the SD card.
Hey guys, i havent owned a device in which i ever needed to use fastboot in and i learned how to for my one plus. Something is confusing me though... when i flash pieces of a rom onto my phone why do i not need to erase the phone first? Is it possible to erase everything off your phone before using fastboot and i mean EVERYTHING including the rom thats on it. When i had my gs4 i used twrp to wipe the entire device except the external sd card which had the rom in it and once it deleted everything off the phone i would install the new rom. Im kind of a clean freak in a sense... so how do i do that with the one plus and also if there is a way to completely wipe my device would it somehow mess something up... its kinda risky since opo doesnt have ext sd card which you can put a rom in if its bricked and just go into recovery and flash it... so what do you experts think?!
Edit: BASICALLY what i want to know is... if my device had no os to boot on and was basically lets say soft bricked it would be very easy to just use fastboot and install a rom correct?
When installing a ROM all you do first is wipe system/data/cache/dalvik cache using TWRP. At no point do you need to wipe the internal storage (virtual sd card). Fastboot shouldn't even come into the equation when installing a ROM. But, if you happen to wipe your OS and also wipe your internal storage, you can use adb while in TWRP to push a ROM zip to the phone to flash. My advice: don't ever wipe your sd card, there's no need for it.
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When installing a ROM all you do first is wipe system/data/cache/dalvik cache using TWRP. At no point do you need to wipe the internal storage (virtual sd card). Fastboot shouldn't even come into the equation when installing a ROM. But, if you happen to wipe your OS and also wipe your internal storage, you can use adb while in TWRP to push a ROM zip to the phone to flash. My advice: don't ever wipe your sd card, there's no need for it.
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Are you sure? Kay. I'll trust you on that until I feel adventurous and wanna try it but thanks anyways.
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Yeah I'm sure, why would you need to wipe the sd card? The point of wiping the system, data, cache, and dalvik cache partitions is so you don't have remnants of a previous OS lingering when installing a new OS (obviously that will cause problems). The internal storage does not contain elements of the OS, it contains user data and user media. It is very (read: extremely) rare for data on the internal storage to cause problems and need to be wiped.
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Yeah I'm sure, why would you need to wipe the sd card? The point of wiping the system, data, cache, and dalvik cache partitions is so you don't have remnants of a previous OS lingering when installing a new OS (obviously that will cause problems). The internal storage does not contain elements of the OS, it contains user data and user media. It is very (read: extremely) rare for data on the internal storage to cause problems and need to be wiped.
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The reason why is because i want to actually delete all my data. I dont know any other way that any other app can delete literally all my data off the phone and make my phone be at the max capacity again.
Just wipe your internal storage from recovery in addition to the other things already listed
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