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Complete Wipe... how?

I want to wipe my phone completly. I want it wiped so new, thats its like it just came out of the box. I've tried the alt w (wipe) and I've tried reinstalling DREAIMG.nbh but still my old boot screen remains.

there is a sticky in the themes section with the original file.
you are gonna have to go in and manually change it back i think.

acousticdank said:
there is a sticky in the themes section with the original file.
you are gonna have to go in and manually change it back i think.
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Theres no option to do a full out the box restore?

Sistum Id said:
Theres no option to do a full out the box restore?
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Not really, no.

[Q] Is rebooting Android the same as a P.C.?

I know when you reboot a p.c. you dont lose any setting . I get the feeling that is not the case with Android. Can someone confirm?
Thanks and sorry for the noob question.

shaggyskunk said:
I know when you reboot a p.c. you dont lose any setting . I get the feeling that is not the case with Android. Can someone confirm?
Thanks and sorry for the noob question.
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wtf?
of course you dont 'lose settings' by rebooting.
what exactly makes you think it would work otherwise?

Pirateghost said:
wtf?
of course you dont 'lose settings' by rebooting.
what exactly makes you think it would work otherwise?
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Well it seems from stuff that I have read, that a reboot is often compared to a factory reset?
It did not make sense that a reboot would wipe the setting, but I just wanted to be sure.
Thanks!

shaggyskunk said:
Well it seems from stuff that I have read, that a reboot is often compared to a factory reset?
It did not make sense that a reboot would wipe the setting, but I just wanted to be sure.
Thanks!
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a reboot is not compared to a factory reset.
i dont know what you have been reading, but a factory reset is definitely not equal to rebooting the phone.

+1 all you settings remain intact when u reboot the device. Think about how much of a pita it would be if it did not. No one would buy an android device, and if it could not save you settings data then also your Apps would be lost upon each boot. I have no idea where someone would have claimd this but its so far from the
A factory data/wipe reset does remove all user data

amazing........i loved this question
i may put that in my Sig

silver03wrx said:
+1 all you settings remain intact when u reboot the device. Think about how much of a pita it would be if it did not. No one would buy an android device, and if it could not save you settings data then also your Apps would be lost upon each boot. I have no idea where someone would have claimd this but its so far from the
A factory data/wipe reset does remove all user data
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Thanks AGAIN Silver! I have had an Android for all of three weeks, but if it were any Win
sys I would be right at home.
I had read on a few sites that a reset would clear all of your personal info and any d/l s/w?
My next step is to root the phone. It's too bad that you can't just boot from a back up if you mess up, and just reinstall the whole O/S...but from what I can tell, you can't just get a virgin copy of the Android O/S.?

Well in this thread it is the virgin copy of our factory firmware. If u ever mess up u can use Odin in this thread to flashing back to stock.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
But also u can make backups that restore every thing before u messed up which will fix ya in most situations. Its called a nandroid backup. Once u root boot into cwm recovery, and click back up restore then select backup. Now anytime u want to go back to how your phone was when u made that back up u just ...boot into cwm click backup restore select restore and choose that restore point..... its just like the system backup/ restore in windows

silver03wrx said:
Well in this thread it is the virgin copy of our factory firmware. If u ever mess up u can use Odin in this thread to flashing back to stock.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
But also u can make backups that restore every thing before u messed up which will fix ya in most situations. Its called a nandroid backup. Once u root boot into cwm recovery, and click back up restore then select backup. Now anytime u want to go back to how your phone was when u made that back up u just ...boot into cwm click backup restore select restore and choose that restore point..... its just like the system backup/ restore in windows
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THANKS AGAIN!!
Nandroid requires root, right? I guess that's why some are nervous when delving into new territory..like me.

Yeah u need to be rooted and have cwm recovery. You do the nandroid backup/restore in cwm recovery

[Q] I used Root uninstaller to remove bloatware, but the apps are still lingering.

I semi-bricked my Optimus One earlier today, but fixed it via KDZ and the India rom fix..
Re-rooted..
and used Root Uninstaller to remove the Bollywood bloatware like I did before..
only this time, all the apps I uninstalled, are still showing in my installed list, but with the "SD card" icon..
they're NOT on the card, I made sure of that..
but idk where to find them in the filesystem..
they're taking up space that I don't really have, y'know.
how would I go about remedying this?
(I'll post a screenshot later, when the site will let me.)

Deathpunkin said:
I semi-bricked my Optimus One earlier today, but fixed it via KDZ and the India rom fix..
Re-rooted..
and used Root Uninstaller to remove the Bollywood bloatware like I did before..
only this time, all the apps I uninstalled, are still showing in my installed list, but with the "SD card" icon..
they're NOT on the card, I made sure of that..
but idk where to find them in the filesystem..
they're taking up space that I don't really have, y'know.
how would I go about remedying this?
(I'll post a screenshot later, when the site will let me.)
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It's possible that your root didn't take or the system partition didn't get remounted RW. System Apps reside in /system/app . User apps reside in /data/app .

The root did take, I confirmed that.
and the files are not in those locations..
heres the screenshot of what one looks like in app list..

Deathpunkin said:
The root did take, I confirmed that.
and the files are not in those locations..
heres the screenshot of what one looks like in app list..
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I'm at a loss then. I've never experienced the issue you are facing. You rebooted after removing those apps? Are you using some kind of *2SD script?

Yup, I rebooted.
no, I'm not using any scripts or anything..
The only thing I have my phone doing that it "shouldn't" is the root.
am I going to have to re-flash it, and try to remove them again?
Also, the apps in question are not in the list when I go through Root Uninstaller again.
I'm guessing there's something better than RU, but I just don't know what it is yet xD

Deathpunkin said:
Yup, I rebooted.
no, I'm not using any scripts or anything..
The only thing I have my phone doing that it "shouldn't" is the root.
am I going to have to re-flash it, and try to remove them again?
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Possibly as a last resort. Do you have a custom recovery installed? If so, try wiping cache and Dalvik cache and then reboot. The reboot will take a few minutes as Android will need to rebuild the caches.

shinobisoft said:
Possibly as a last resort. Do you have a custom recovery installed? If so, try wiping cache and Dalvik cache and then reboot. The reboot will take a few minutes as Android will need to rebuild the caches.
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Trying to put CWM recovery on is what got me in this mess..
I'm not going to try to do any modding outside of Root untill I get a new phone..
this is the second time I've tried.

Deathpunkin said:
Trying to put CWM recovery on is what got me in this mess..
I'm not going to try to do any modding outside of Root untill I get a new phone..
this is the second time I've tried.
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I can understand that. Did you use ROM Manager to try and install recovery? I've written a tool for Windows that can flash recoveries via fastboot and fastboot mode. If you're interested, it's called Android Flash Recovery and a link to it's thread can be found in my signature.

shinobisoft said:
I can understand that. Did you use ROM Manager to try and install recovery? I've written a tool for Windows that can flash recoveries via fastboot and fastboot mode. If you're interested, it's called Android Flash Recovery and a link to it's thread can be found in my signature.
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Yea, I tried to use ROM Manager...
I have no clue what/how to get to 'fastboot' mode..
and I don't know what BB I'm using.
I've tried to find out but nothing showing in my About Phone helps.

Deathpunkin said:
Yea, I tried to use ROM Manager...
I have no clue what/how to get to 'fastboot' mode..
and I don't know what BB I'm using.
I've tried to find out but nothing showing in my About Phone helps.
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What version of Android is on your device? 2.2 is Froyo which is old baseband. 2.3 is GingerBread which is new baseband.
Download my tool. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled on the device. Complete instructions are in the download archive. It's up to you tho.

I have used Root Uninstaller for 11/2 years on my Optimus V. The Uninstaller doesn't work that well.
I just use it because it auto saves all downloaded apk's, every version. I have to manually delete any saved versions.
Great when an update to an app is borked, or too slow of a data connection to re-install Titanium Backup after a ROM flash (I go to folder on SD card and move TB apk to root of SD card, then install).
Try using Link2SD
It has worked flawlessly to delete any unwanted pre-installed apps from ROM developers and Google Apps.
Sent from my LG-VM670 using xda premium

shinobisoft said:
What version of Android is on your device? 2.2 is Froyo which is old baseband. 2.3 is GingerBread which is new baseband.
Download my tool. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled on the device. Complete instructions are in the download archive. It's up to you tho.
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Android 2.3.3
is it 100% that it's new Baseband?
and, I might give it a try later today..
I'll update you when I get a chance.

Deathpunkin said:
Android 2.3.3
is it 100% that it's new Baseband?
and, I might give it a try later today..
I'll update you when I get a chance.
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Yes. Positive. You can optionally use the method just mentioned by AndieOpie150, or ES File Explorer has and uninstall/backup feature too.

shinobisoft said:
Download my tool. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled on the device. Complete instructions are in the download archive. It's up to you tho.
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Booted in 'fastboot mode' and it just sits at
"
Fastboot mode started
udc_start()
-- suspend --
"
not detected after fastboot by AFR
it detected before the boot, but "Flash Recovery" was greyed out.
still is greyed out.

Deathpunkin said:
Booted in 'fastboot mode' and it just sits at
"
Fastboot mode started
udc_start()
-- suspend --
"
not detected after fastboot by AFR
it detected before the boot, but "Flash Recovery" was greyed out.
still is greyed out.
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fastboot is a little weird. Boot device into fastboot mode, but not connected to PC. Then connect to PC after getting into fastboot mode.

I think I've seen something like that before. I think it's when the APK is gone but the cache, dalvik etc for the app is still there.
If you haven't yet done anything hardcore to your phone. EG: Reflashing.
And can still boot into your ROM then you might wanna give Clean Master a go.
It's here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleanmaster.mguard&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
It's got a Residual Files cleaner which might get rid of the files that are causing your problems

shinobisoft said:
fastboot is a little weird. Boot device into fastboot mode, but not connected to PC. Then connect to PC after getting into fastboot mode.
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So, Fastboot before hooking up the phone, gives me a driver searching Windows update for "Android"... I'm guessing that something is missing, yes?
WidowCranky said:
I think I've seen something like that before. I think it's when the APK is gone but the cache, dalvik etc for the app is still there.
If you haven't yet done anything hardcore to your phone. EG: Reflashing.
And can still boot into your ROM then you might wanna give Clean Master a go.
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if I've got the room, I'll give that a try.

Deathpunkin said:
if I've got the room, I'll give that a try.
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Clean Master didn't help at all, "Residual Files" only searched the SD card, even though the apps in question are taking up system space.
Thanks anyway Cranky...
might use that later for future uninstalls though.

Deathpunkin said:
So, Fastboot before hooking up the phone, gives me a driver searching Windows update for "Android"... I'm guessing that something is missing, yes?
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Yeah, the driver from LG.
Go Here.
Scroll down to Manuals & Download, Software Update tab and then "Install the USB DRIVER"
Just get the driver, don't worry about the LG Mobile Support Tool. That's for updating the stock ROM.
Officially but there are no official updates since GB.

WidowCranky said:
Yeah, the driver from LG.
Go Here.
Scroll down to Manuals & Download, Software Update tab and then "Install the USB DRIVER"
Just get the driver, don't worry about the LG Mobile Support Tool. That's for updating the stock ROM.
Officially but there are no official updates since GB.
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I have the drivers though..
I put that one in, then the United drivers.. which updated the ones from LG...
when I unplug the phone, Windows gave an error about unable to install ADB Modem or something like that..

Internal Storage seems gone

Hey, i have oneplus 6.I have unlocked the bootloader,i have stock rom and my phone was rooted with magisk. Few days ago i unrooted my phone, clicked uninstall in magisk and it started unrooting. Then if it was done i clicked reboot and after that my phone was only able to boot into twrp. It couldnt boot into ROM.Nothing on the internet helped,so i flashed my stock ROM again (i was on my stock rom already) from flash drive. It went well and my phone booted up. But since that my phone doesn't show internal storage. In file manager it shows 10/128 GB used, but if i try to look into my storage it doesnt show anything. Also if i try to take photos, it cant,and i also cant download and update several apps in play store.
Can somebody help me? Can somebody explain what happened?Does somebody know how to fix it if its even possible?
Ty for help :')

It happens to me once. I think storage encryption is broken. try factory reset

kimmix05 said:
It happens to me once. I think storage encryption is broken. try factory reset
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Hi kimmix, and thx trying to help. I havent done the factory reset yet, but i want to say that my phone doesnt have root either twrp anymore. Unlocked bootloader is ofc still there. Do i need to do factory reset from phone settings then(settings/system/recovery and resets/factory reset), somehow from my stock recovery or i need to put twrp again to my phone (from pc)?

This happened me a day or two ago.
Drove me really crazy, tried bunch of stuff flashing full zips over and over. Nothing fixed it.
Then inside twrp I used fix contents button (if I recall correctly it should be under advanced menu)
And that totally solved my problem, It should solve yours too.
Before factory resetting boot twrp via fastboot and try.
Hope this helps because that gave me some sleepless nights.

abasba said:
This happened me a day or two ago.
Drove me really crazy, tried bunch of stuff flashing full zips over and over. Nothing fixed it.
Then inside twrp I used fix contents button (if I recall correctly it should be under advanced menu)
And that totally solved my problem, It should solve yours too.
Before factory resetting boot twrp via fastboot and try.
Hope this helps because that gave me some sleepless nights.
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Hey, ty for help. I'm gonna try this as soon as possible :')

Hope it helps. Otherwise you always can use msmdownloadtool to fix issues.

abasba said:
This happened me a day or two ago.
Drove me really crazy, tried bunch of stuff flashing full zips over and over. Nothing fixed it.
Then inside twrp I used fix contents button (if I recall correctly it should be under advanced menu)
And that totally solved my problem, It should solve yours too.
Before factory resetting boot twrp via fastboot and try.
Hope this helps because that gave me some sleepless nights.
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Hey again, one little question. Did understand you correctly...
1. Put twrp again to device (i have done this for now)
2. Do factory reset (havent done)
3.Do 'fix contents' (havent done)
Ty for help

Zenquad said:
Hey, ty for help. I'm gonna try this as soon as possible :')
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Zenquad said:
Hey again, one little question. Did understand you correctly...
1. Put twrp again to device (i have done this for now)
2. Do factory reset (havent done)
3.Do 'fix contents' (havent done)
Ty for help
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Skip step 2 for now, if it does not help then sure flash oos on both slots then use fix contents again

abasba said:
This happened me a day or two ago.
Drove me really crazy, tried bunch of stuff flashing full zips over and over. Nothing fixed it.
Then inside twrp I used fix contents button (if I recall correctly it should be under advanced menu)
And that totally solved my problem, It should solve yours too.
Before factory resetting boot twrp via fastboot and try.
Hope this helps because that gave me some sleepless nights.
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Hey, sry for so many queations but...
I looked around in this forum and saw people having same-kind of problems. The replys told to do the 'format data'. Will it help my problem to be fixed?
And if it does, so i nees to just:
1. Boot to twrp
2. Select wipe then format data then confirmation
3. Then reboot
Is it just simple, am i missing some steps, please tell me. And thank you very much for help

abasba said:
Skip step 2 for now, if it does not help then sure flash oos on both slots then use fix contents again
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Ty for answering, did you mean :
1. Boot to twrp
2. Do 'fix contents'
3. Boot to system
And if doesnt work then
1. Boot to twrp
2. Do factory reset
3. Flash stock rom to A
4. Boot to B
5. Flash stock rom to B
6. Wipe cache
7. Do 'fix contents'
8. Reboot
Am i right?

abasba said:
This happened me a day or two ago.
Drove me really crazy, tried bunch of stuff flashing full zips over and over. Nothing fixed it.
Then inside twrp I used fix contents button (if I recall correctly it should be under advanced menu)
And that totally solved my problem, It should solve yours too.
Before factory resetting boot twrp via fastboot and try.
Hope this helps because that gave me some sleepless nights.
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Talking about 'fix contents'.
If i try do this it shows "it can cause system unable to boot up". Can you tell me, in wich situation or what can cause that after doing 'fix contents', device is not able to boot up.
Ty for help :')

abasba said:
Skip step 2 for now, if it does not help then sure flash oos on both slots then use fix contents again
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And if 'format data' helps to fix this problem also then wich solution should i choose:
1. Fixing contents
2. Formating data

Zenquad said:
And if 'format data' helps to fix this problem also then wich solution should i choose:
1. Fixing contents
2. Formating data
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I have no idea if formatting data helps or not actually. You can try it
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Zenquad said:
Talking about 'fix contents'.
If i try do this it shows "it can cause system unable to boot up". Can you tell me, in wich situation or what can cause that after doing 'fix contents', device is not able to boot up.
Ty for help :')
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I am not a dev nor I have no idea what does fix contents actually do. It just fixed my issue so I thought it could solve yours too

or you could just reflash stock rom from msmdownload tool to lessen the hassle lol.

blaspheme000 said:
or you could just reflash stock rom from msmdownload tool to lessen the hassle lol.
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Hey, ok ill try )

abasba said:
This happened me a day or two ago.
Drove me really crazy, tried bunch of stuff flashing full zips over and over. Nothing fixed it.
Then inside twrp I used fix contents button (if I recall correctly it should be under advanced menu)
And that totally solved my problem, It should solve yours too.
Before factory resetting boot twrp via fastboot and try.
Hope this helps because that gave me some sleepless nights.
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After decrypting the cell phone I have the same problem. I did what you suggested and it all turned out. Storage came back a thousand thanks

avirale123 said:
After decrypting the cell phone I have the same problem. I did what you suggested and it all turned out. Storage came back a thousand thanks
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Hey, i saw 'fix contexts' fixed your problem. What is "phone decrypting" and how did you do that? Maybe i did something similar that made my internal storage "go away".

Zenquad said:
Hey, i saw 'fix contexts' fixed your problem. What is "phone decrypting" and how did you do that? Maybe i did something similar that made my internal storage "go away".
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/tutorial-decrypt-flash-rom-pie-oreo-roms-t3838643

avirale123 said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/tutorial-decrypt-flash-rom-pie-oreo-roms-t3838643
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Hey again!
So i see you did that, what was in the instructions. And then your internal storage "was gone"? Then you did 'fix contexts'? Am i right?

Zenquad said:
Hey again!
So i see you did that, what was in the instructions. And then your internal storage "was gone"? Then you did 'fix contexts'? Am i right?
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exactly. If it does not help you do not waste more time and use the tool to recover the system

Tried to update, now stuck. Failed to mount data

Is someone able to help me? I messed up in a big way. Long story short, I cannot seem to get the DATA partition back on my phone. I did read the part about encryption but was so excited I (Yes, confirmed dummy) was thinking that it meant android encryption and not simply lockscreen/password.
My passcode is correct, but the data is corrupted. I cannot repair the Data partition, nor can select it in TWRP. My computer no longer recognizes the phone. My backup somewhat works but not really, since the data part of the backup can't be installed.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I read the entire thread and thought I was prepared but nope. Or do I need to go phone shopping?

Peeptastic said:
Is someone able to help me? I messed up in a big way. Long story short, I cannot seem to get the DATA partition back on my phone. I did read the part about encryption but was so excited I (Yes, confirmed dummy) was thinking that it meant android encryption and not simply lockscreen/password.
My passcode is correct, but the data is corrupted. I cannot repair the Data partition, nor can select it in TWRP. My computer no longer recognizes the phone. My backup somewhat works but not really, since the data part of the backup can't be installed.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I read the entire thread and thought I was prepared but nope. Or do I need to go phone shopping?
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So why not just download the correct ruu for your phone ,,, flash that in download mode and start over ? Or has that been tried already?

It has not been tried. I didn't know what to do. I will try that, thank you. Any other tips or steps? Again, thank you!

Peeptastic said:
It has not been tried. I didn't know what to do. I will try that, thank you. Any other tips or steps? Again, thank you!
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Its pretty straight foward, load the correct ruu on the root of your sd card , rename it to 2pzcimg.zip , boot phone to download mode , press the up volume key when prompted and thats it. hth,, good luck,

Thanks! That worked and it was super super easy.

Peeptastic said:
Thanks! That worked and it was super super easy.
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Glad I could help