Found this in the instructions for Unleased r3
The instructions for Note: If you are coming from another ROM please use Kings Format_All.zip
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What does this actually format? Does it mess with the SD card?
As far as I'm aware, it does all the Data/Cache/Dalvik wiping necessary to start off brand new. SD Card isn't touched.
xfusejc said:
As far as I'm aware, it does all the Data/Cache/Dalvik wiping necessary to start off brand new. SD Card isn't touched.
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Correct. It just clears all the data/dalvik/cache. Just like if you were to do a factory reset. Instead of choosing each one separately, (date full factory reset, cache, data, dalvik/cache it will do it all for you. Won't hurt to run that and still do wipe everything separately still just to be double sure Will not touch the SD card at all.
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Its the exact same as calkulin's format all, except his is edify compatible.
Cool, thanks! I failed at the set up and going back to other ROM. Cant get emails to set up cause I must be missing something, but it's late. Will try again tomorrow.
I tried using it with the NEW GB R2 ROM and i get installation aborted. anyone else have this issue
Kings Format All
Hiya all,
Wanted to load up kings now that I have a unlocked Gingerbread 4G (Thank you Revolutionary!)
Tried to load this using the recovery that Revolutionary installs, but it fails every time - telling me that there is a compatibility issue. Anyone having the same problem?
bconway said:
Hiya all,
Wanted to load up kings now that I have a unlocked Gingerbread 4G (Thank you Revolutionary!)
Tried to load this using the recovery that Revolutionary installs, but it fails every time - telling me that there is a compatibility issue. Anyone having the same problem?
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I don't use the new recovery and still use amonra, but you can send a pm to EvolvedAndroid. He unrooted his phone in hopes of getting a 3d and couldn't. So he wasn't working on roms until the Revolutionary root. He may be able to help you.
jayharper08 said:
Correct. It just clears all the data/dalvik/cache. Just like if you were to do a factory reset. Instead of choosing each one separately, (date full factory reset, cache, data, dalvik/cache it will do it all for you. Won't hurt to run that and still do wipe everything separately still just to be double sure Will not touch the SD card at all.
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I agree! I wipe everything 3x and then do the format all 3x and Virus Superwipe 3x! I've nvr had problems installing a ROM!
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Hello Pals,
Recently I've been finding that when rebooting, my EVO hangs at the white boot screen. The only fix I've found for it is to pull the battery, reboot into recovery, wipe cache, then restart. Anyone have an idea of what I cocked up?
Yes, I wipe EVERYTHING upon installing any rom. I've tried Fresh, Cyanogen, Mik, Myn's rom. All of them do this, so obviously there is something wrong with the phone. I think I boogered it up with all the ROM flashing.
jormungand said:
Hello Pals,
Recently I've been finding that when rebooting, my EVO hangs at the white boot screen. The only fix I've found for it is to pull the battery, reboot into recovery, wipe cache, then restart. Anyone have an idea of what I cocked up?
Yes, I wipe EVERYTHING upon installing any rom. I've tried Fresh, Cyanogen, Mik, Myn's rom. All of them do this, so obviously there is something wrong with the phone. I think I boogered it up with all the ROM flashing.
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Do you keep flashing the same kernel or do you just use the kernel that comes with whatever ROM?
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Do you keep flashing the same kernel or do you just use the kernel that comes with whatever ROM?
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I've done both, but now using the kernel that comes preinstalled with whatever ROM i'm using. I haven't had this issue at all since yesterday. It's a launch day HW#2 EVO if it helps.
jormungand said:
I've done both, but now using the kernel that comes preinstalled with whatever ROM i'm using. I haven't had this issue at all since yesterday. It's a launch day HW#2 EVO if it helps.
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When you wipe "everything" what does it mean you actually wipe?
If it doesn't include [system/boot] use this: Calkulin's Format all
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When you wipe "everything" what does it mean you actually wipe?
If it doesn't include [system/boot] use this: Calkulin's Format all
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i just used it, installed his rom. same thing. starting to wonder if the phone took a bump at work or something.
jormungand said:
i just used it, installed his rom. same thing. starting to wonder if the phone took a bump at work or something.
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Hmm...
Maybe the next step would be to wipe the SD card and then wipe the phone entirely and then reflash your ROM and kernel.
There are files on the SD card that could cause issues [in android secure and sdext]
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Hmm...
Maybe the next step would be to wipe the SD card and then wipe the phone entirely and then reflash your ROM and kernel.
There are files on the SD card that could cause issues [in android secure and sdext]
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thanks for the help, i'll go ahead and try that!
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thanks for the help, i'll go ahead and try that!
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You're welcome.
Feel free to follow up if that doesn't help.
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You're welcome.
Feel free to follow up if that doesn't help.
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well, after a couple days of no issues the problem is back. i went ahead and flashed the format all zip, then cm again, turned off the phone while at work, and boom. stuck on the white evo screen.
I have this same issue. The only way I can get it passed the white htc EVO 4G screen is to pull the battery. It's so annoying. Were you able to resolve this?
Hi I recently flashed evo-decks 1.2 stable after I did that I had errors with any nandroids and I can't flash any sense or aosp ones either. I'm stuck and and stumped as to what my course of action should please any ideas would be fantastic thank you.
Well first, do you have a current working rom at the moment?
What he ^ said.
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yes I do its the evo decks 1.2z the one I found to be more of a stable version
[email protected] said:
yes I do its the evo decks 1.2z the one I found to be more of a stable version
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Well backup the rom; make sure you have at least 500mb free space. Do a full wipe [factory/data, cache, dalvik cache], flash the new rom. Make sure you have more space, because the sense 2.1/3.0 can be big in backup size.
What happens when you try to flash another Rom?
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I get stuck at the HTC evo 4g screen just stays white and wont boot I have wiped it numerous times and I get the same result never happend until I flashed the 1.2 stable I also did flash the vipermod and Google apps as well as available memory mod I found I had used that multiple times before as well
Wipe everything 3x, use Virus's CR super wipe after you manually wipe everything. Factory wipe, cache and delvik cache. That should clear everything out. Then flash a Rom. It sounds like something isn't getting wiped.
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Well it says report to the recovery log to see what went wrong its preventing me from even Making a backup at all it says depot to recovery log to see what went wrong seems more serious no?
So because somethings not wiping properly that will give me an error telling me to view the recovery log and then prevent me from flashing different builds and making a nandroid backup I don't seem to see a link for the superwipe under virus I tried searching and i could not locate it is it on his website?
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So because somethings not wiping properly that will give me an error telling me to view the recovery log and then prevent me from flashing different builds and making a nandroid backup I don't seem to see a link for the superwipe under virus I tried searching and i could not locate it is it on his website?
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here you go.
http://bit.ly/jEjuoN
If I were you, I'd backup my SD Card, format it, repartition it, if you're using partitions, and then copy the essentials back over. Specifically, you're nandroid folder, then reflash your Recovery, which hopefully, is Amon Ra.
Then either try to reflash one of your nandroids, although if it was me, I'd just copy the ROM you want first, and then try to flash that, and it if goes well, try a nandroid you have saved.
I've had this happen twice and both times, reflashing recovery did the trick
Alright ill try thanks alot everyone I appreaciate your help ill get back to you guys hopefully with good news
Well so there's no way I could just wipe it with recovery and flash it over cause apparently I'm not the only one with this issue and somebody said it has to do with partitions of my SD card I'm trying to look into it deeper.
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Well so there's no way I could just wipe it with recovery and flash it over cause apparently I'm not the only one with this issue and somebody said it has to do with partitions of my SD card I'm trying to look into it deeper.
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You don't have to partition it; first reflash your recovery via PC36IMG image, then copy your sdcard to a pc, format it, then copy the files back over, try to restore a backup, or reflash the rom.
im noticing alot of diff wipe zips out there now.
just wondering if everyones still using virus's or if theres better? kingsmod, gruesomwolf, virus, or other.
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im noticing alot of diff wipe zips out there now.
just wondering if everyones still using virus's or if theres better? kingsmod, gruesomwolf, virus, or other.
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I've used Kings and Gruesomes and I prefer Gruesomes just because it reboots recovery after the wiping
I prefer Amon recovery it has a superwipe feature
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I prefer Amon recovery it has a superwipe feature
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which version because i dont recall a feature in the version i have.
just manually selecting the wipe cache/dalvic/sd etc etc
Gruesome's is the best.
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The BEST is Amon Ra, wipe everything, except SD Card.....
HipKat said:
The BEST is Amon Ra, wipe everything, except SD Card.....
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Yeah.....I've only ever done this, flashed an embarrassing amount of roms, and I've never had to reflash anything. I thought those scripts were only needed by those who run CWM.
fitz420 said:
Yeah.....I've only ever done this, flashed an embarrassing amount of roms, and I've never had to reflash anything. I thought those scripts were only needed by those who run CWM.
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The scripts are an easy way to wipe. I wipe everything with one, then go straight to flashing whatever ROM I was going to flash without having to navigate the menus. BTW, I use Calkulin's zip with AmonRa
Run VR Superwipe once and then wipe everything (except for SD card) twice by hand in Amon Ra. I have yet to have a failed install or issues
Well, I ran Calk's twice and both times I had to reflash Recovery afterwards....
Someone please link me to gruesomwolf's wipe. I can not find it. All I keep getting is this thread in the results..never even heard of it until this thread.
Edit: Disregard, I finally found it.
where? can someone post the link? I googled "gruesome wolf wipe script" and am unable to find it.
Here ya go!
Thank you.
Check out the format all. It wipes everything but things on SD card. so it literally erases the whole rom. If you run this, you wont be booting until you flash something. This is like a total wipe
Having trouble with AOSP? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295702
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Crossrocker said:
Check out the format all. It wipes everything but things on SD card. so it literally erases the whole rom. If you run this, you wont be booting until you flash something. This is like a total wipe.
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I had been content with my setup, but I finally got a chance to check out the Format All. It does what it's supposed to do, but if you think it's good, then you should try VR Superwipe. It's wipes everything 3 times! I like to manually wipe everything with Ra Amon, flash VR Superwipe and then Gruesomes Wipe All just because it reboots back into recovery. A bit overkill, but I'm always sure everything is squeaky clean.
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I had been content with my setup, but I finally got a chance to check out the Format All. It does what it's supposed to do, but if you think it's good, then you should try VR Superwipe. It's wipes everything 3 times! I like to manually wipe everything with Ra Amon, flash VR Superwipe and then Gruesomes Wipe All just because it reboots back into recovery. A bit overkill, but I'm always sure everything is squeaky clean.
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Yep, I flash this and Calkulin's format all, then wipe data/factory reset, cache and davlik cache. Never had an issue
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I use all the wipes out there and then gruesomes last becuz it reboots into recovery.
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I like r2r and amon ra it wipes and reformats more times then I can count. I usually factory reset n wipe caches first just for peace of mind. Never had a problem n I have flashed every sense Rom n probably half of the aosp.
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VR_SUPERWIPE has never caused any problems on my part
Now for about the last 2 months now this phone has been really getting to me. I have been putting different roms on my phones thinking that my roms have been messing up , but everytime i put a new rom on my phone i have the same issue. when i tried to log on the internet it will force close then i have to do it again to log online. it is really an issue now. does anyone know if it is my phoneor something? someone suggested that i got to rom manager and go to fix permission and i did that and it did not work. my ast resr s taking this root off my phone. the reason for that is because i am about to sell my phone and i dont want to sell it and the phone keeps having this issue. any suggestions?? thanks
May have to unroot and take to sprint, only thing I can think of
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Trying switching your recovery to amon ra and I don't recommend using ROM manager instead flash your Rom manually in the recovery
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well i doubt its anything sprint can do. i never had this issue before i believe its something thats on the phone from the root
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well i doubt its anything sprint can do. i never had this issue before i believe its something thats on the phone from the root
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Simply having root will not cause force close issues. It's more likely that you're either not wiping thoroughly, or that you're restoring system data.
Have you tried wiping everything (system, data, cache, dalvik, boot, sd-ext, and android_secure)? If you've been using ClockworkMod, you've probably only been wiping data, cache, and dalvik.
If this is the case, either switch to Amon Ra and wipe those before flashing, or use a wipe script that will wipe those options. Running an RUU may be another means to the same end.
If you've been wiping everything, or if it doesn't work, it could also be something with your radio. You can try updating or downgrading.
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i got the links from this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2078193&page=1 for CM10 and GAPPs. it says something about A2SD but i'm not really sure what that does. Do I need it, as in the instructions it just says to get both CM10 and the gapps. Also, I already tried installing the programs and then rebooting into the bootloader screen and then recovery. When I wipe data/factory reset and then try to flash the cm10 from the sd card it aborts halfway through. What am I doing wrong?
edit : i have s-on and hboot 2.18.0001
You need to wipe everything, not just data. As in data, cache, and dalvik cache. Then try flashing your rom again
Also, A2SD stands for "Apps2SD(card)". If the rom has it enabled, then you wont be able to use it properly without having a partitioned sdcard (that means without having setup your sd with a portion of it for apps)
But you can flash any rom with *-on, the only thing that you cant do (this part is specific to the supersonic evo, its different for other htc phones) is flash radios
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i got the links from this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2078193&page=1 for CM10 and GAPPs. it says something about A2SD but i'm not really sure what that does. Do I need it, as in the instructions it just says to get both CM10 and the gapps. Also, I already tried installing the programs and then rebooting into the bootloader screen and then recovery. When I wipe data/factory reset and then try to flash the cm10 from the sd card it aborts halfway through. What am I doing wrong?
edit : i have s-on and hboot 2.18.0001
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If your using amon ra 2.3, then you should wipe everything EXCEPT SDCARD before flashing the rom of your choice, not just factory reset. Some ppl go as far as to wipe everything three times. If that doesn't work you should try to download again to make sure you don't have a bad download.
Edit: dangit CNexus beat me lol
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CRIME INC. said:
If your using amon ra 2.3, then you should wipe everything EXCEPT SDCARD before flashing the rom of your choice, not just factory reset. Some ppl go as far as to wipe everything three times. If that doesn't work you should try to download again to make sure you don't have a bad download.
Edit: dangit CNexus beat me lol
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CNexus said:
You need to wipe everything, not just data. As in data, cache, and dalvik cache. Then try flashing your rom again
Also, A2SD stands for "Apps2SD(card)". If the rom has it enabled, then you wont be able to use it properly without having a partitioned sdcard (that means without having setup your sd with a portion of it for apps)
But you can flash any rom with *-on, the only thing that you cant do (this part is specific to the supersonic evo, its different for other htc phones) is flash radios
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i just pressed "Wipe ALL userdata/factory reset" "Wipe CACHE:" "wipe Dalvik-cache:" and wipe "DATA:" but theres still stuff like "BOOT" "SYSTEM" "SDEXT" and "DATA:Battery settings" and Data:rotate settings (the last two i'm going to assume aren't important). But it still aborted the installation... Maybe it might be a corrupt file? Because I didn't actually try the files from the other thread yet, but from another video which was for the LTE...
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i just pressed "Wipe ALL userdata/factory reset" "Wipe CACHE:" "wipe Dalvik-cache:" and wipe "DATA:" but theres still stuff like "BOOT" "SYSTEM" "SDEXT" and "DATA:Battery settings" and Data:rotate settings (the last two i'm going to assume aren't important). But it still aborted the installation... Maybe it might be a corrupt file? Because I didn't actually try the files from the other thread yet, but from another video which was for the LTE...
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If you downloaded the files from the lte thread then that's your problem. Although cm10 is cm10 on any phone, the links are device specific. Download from the evo 4g thread and try again
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If you downloaded the files from the lte thread then that's your problem. Although cm10 is cm10 on any phone, the links are device specific. Download from the evo 4g thread and try again
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ok thanks bro i already downloaded stuff from the evo thread so ill just send it to my phone and then try again
Yeah thats the next thing I was gonna suggest....most ROMs do device checking, but it can get dangerous if you flash a rom thats not for your phone, even if its similar.
For example, over at the Sprint Samsung S3 forums, I've seen some people end up with bricked phones when they accidentally flash roms made for the international S3, just because the misc partition on the international version just happens to be in the same place as the boot partition on the Sprint version. Very dangerous sometimes so be careful what you flash, this goes for ANY flashable zip, whether it be a mod, theme, app, rom, etc. Just my 2 cents
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everything went great, thank you Cnexus and crime inc.
another question though, in the app store it says that my evo still isn't compatible with games like modern combat 4. anyway around that?
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