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So I have been rooted for the past 8 hrs.
I went from the original july 5th evo 1.32 to 2.2 froyo rooted.
Now throughout this process - actually awhile back, I deleted some folders (audio,pictures) from the SD.
what I would like to do is to get my SD card back to original factory SD.
all the files/folder and if possible to 1.32 root or unrooted.
Basically I would like to start from scratch and with the knowledge gained, I can optimize and learn more about the system.
is this possible?
I dont care if I lose all my apps and whatnot I have gained. I would like to go as if I have just purchased the phone from day 1.
wow
dude i think the apps will just create a folder on the sd card for you so if you really want to just format the sd card then turn on your phone and use it, i think that is what you are talking about?
grrgrrgrr said:
So I have been rooted for the past 8 hrs.
I went from the original july 5th evo 1.32 to 2.2 froyo rooted.
Now throughout this process - actually awhile back, I deleted some folders (audio,pictures) from the SD.
what I would like to do is to get my SD card back to original factory SD.
all the files/folder and if possible to 1.32 root or unrooted.
Basically I would like to start from scratch and with the knowledge gained, I can optimize and learn more about the system.
is this possible?
I dont care if I lose all my apps and whatnot I have gained. I would like to go as if I have just purchased the phone from day 1.
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"you must be the change you wish to see in the world"
Could just format your sd card to wipe it, then do a factory rest on your phone. Don't see how going back to a 1.32 rom is going to matter. When you do that your phone will create the stock folders on the sd card on boot.
However if you wanted to do it your way, I believe you would have to load a 1.42 rom first then run the 1.36 ruu.
All advice in the post is brought to you by an android noob so take it as it is.
Well It seems my HTC.gallery isn't working, I can't get to my wallpaper and some system setting is force closing. Not sure if I deleted important files/folder or advance task killer f'ed it up. Lastly I just got the xda app and it says this was done by pc36100??? Why doesn't it say evo?
Thank u in advance
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grrgrrgrr said:
Well It seems my HTC.gallery isn't working, I can't get to my wallpaper and some system setting is force closing. Not sure if I deleted important files/folder or advance task killer f'ed it up. Lastly I just got the xda app and it says this was done by pc36100??? Why doesn't it say evo?
Thank u in advance
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there is nothing important on the sdcard when you first get it. If youre getting force close (FC) errors, then check with the rom documentation, perhaps you missed a step or perhaps its a know bug. the XDA app goes by the name of the phone (i think) which is the PC36100, just change the signature part in the settings.
If you go to menu -> settings in the xda app you can make your sig say whatever you want. It's currently set to the default sig which displays the model number. This can also be found under your battery if you take it out (if my memory is right).
If you're having problems and want stock just install a stock 2.2 rooted rom. Should solve any of your issues. Like was stated in the post before this, make sure you read the rom install instructions, some you need to do wipes.
Also if you're using the 3d gallery from the n1 (i think) I believe there is an issue with it fc if opened in portrait mode. Open in landscape and then you can rotate to portrait.
it dosent say evo because
grrgrrgrr said:
Well It seems my HTC.gallery isn't working, I can't get to my wallpaper and some system setting is force closing. Not sure if I deleted important files/folder or advance task killer f'ed it up. Lastly I just got the xda app and it says this was done by pc36100??? Why doesn't it say evo?
Thank u in advance
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you have the engineering hboot hold volume down while pressing power then i bet you will see that it says "HBOOT-0.76.2000 (PC3610000)"
MAJOR HELP NEEDED PLEASE.
Basic Info
Im rooted, nand unlocked and was on fresh. I nandroid backup into Ava-FroyoV5 Rom
From there I unmounted my SD and formatted.
Followed by Factory Reset.
Phone boots up, I enter back into Ava-FroyoV5
I connect my phone to the PC to view the SD - as expected everything gone.
I downloaded strong file manager to confirm, it's confirmed.
But how/why did my phone manage to boot than since the pc36img file is gone?
or the Ava-FroyoV5.zip is gone? Why is my phone working and not stuck???
I made sure to view all hidden files in the SD and it shows the following folders:
.android_secure
downloads
LOST.dir
so now my question is - am I STILL ROOTED???
if not, what do I do now?
If I am;
where can I get a 1.32 or 2.2 stock rom? All the 1.32 rom links are dead and I can't seem to find a stock 2.2 rom.
Lastly - let's assume where I am right now, with AVA-froyoV5 - can I download titanium backup and get my stuff back since I had them backed up??? I dont see how but than again I dont see how my phone read ava-froyov5....
bump - changed my last post to something else - urgent help, read above, sorry n thanks
Yes you should still be rooted. Once the pc36img file was flashes to the phone it no longer needs to be on the card. That is also why your phone booted with no problems. You should be able to find a stock rooted 2.2 in the development forum. I'm pretty sure Netarchy and Steelh both have it posted.
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Never used Titanium Backup, did you back up to sd card or online? If you backed it up to your sd card and did not back up your card before you formatted it the info is gone. Any alps you had purchased should show up in the Market so you can redownload them.
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Never used Titanium Backup, did you back up to sd card or online? If you backed it up to your sd card and did not back up your card before you formatted it the info is gone. Any alps you had purchased should show up in the Market so you can redownload them.
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thanks, was wondering how powerful titanium was, if it was able to bring it back, but it doesnt.
No loss - i wanted to get everything original but rooted and I have achieved that.
But now im still lost in the logic of, how did my phone boot up?
the way im thinking in my head is:
I format my Harddrive, thus removing windows
yet when I turn on my computer, it loads into windows
But I haven't installed windows after the format.
So how did it find Ava-FroyoV5 (bootloader???)
Will it be able to find the Fresh Rom as well?? (I was scared to turn the phone off and thought I got lucky here)
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the way im thinking in my head is:
I format my Harddrive, thus removing windows
yet when I turn on my computer, it loads into windows
But I haven't installed windows after the format.
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But what if the first time you booted Windows, it loaded all of the Windows files into BIOS?
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Since Ava was the last time you were running, it was stored on the phone not on the sd card, same as if you were to boot and unrooted phone wo an ad card it would still boot the stock 2.1 or 2.2. The phone always searches for a pc36img file on reboot but doesn't need one to boot into the os.
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so than, how do I get access to the internal memory???
Should be able to access it via ADB or possibly through a terminal emulator. What are you trying to do?
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exploring atm. just learning how the phone works.
Like a human anatomy.
Most unrooted ppl enjoys how the body works, the structure, bones.
Rooted (SD) are the blood, veins, organs
Internal memory are the inside of organs, the blood cells, etc
so im just learning right now.
Also I'd probably want to delete stuff in there perhaps?
I just got my stock 2.2 root rom which will be my fallback to anything I mess up on.
I guess my end goal is to see how a rom works and how the phone works. Than if possible, to make my own mod (if its easy)
Or to find a rom that has the bare bones.
removed all default images (live, static wallpapers, audio, etc)
removed all apps that can be downloaded on market if needs be.
basically bare bones with the fast/power engines, tires, transmission that makes the phone (car) run.
Leave the styling, seats, weight, etc to me.
Gotcha, check out Cyanogen or one of the AOSP roms if you want the highest possible performance.
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I have tried everything I know to do so I'm here asking for help....
I run Calks ROM and recently tried updating without wiping (normally never do). After a couple days of a buggy phone, I decided to wipe data, format, format, format, wipe data, etc and flashed it again. Start using it and it starts acting up again. Did my wipe/format deal and flashed stock...and left it stock. Within the first day it locked up and reset itself multiple times.
I don't know what to do...is there anyway to start any "cleaner" than formatting everything multiple times? I would really like a working phone again...
Are you restoring your information with titanium backup? If you are that's your problem.
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gqstatus0685 said:
Are you restoring your information with titanium backup? If you are that's your problem.
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+1. You can restore apps only, but don't restore apps + data.
Is this the only rom that's causing it?
I never, ever, ever use any "backup" anything. All apps get reloaded one by one and settings get modified one by one...
This is happening with every rom I try. I format EVERYTHING (except SD card, which is my next attempt at fixing...). This is why it's so frustrating. I can't blame anything. I try running the ROMs stock (no not-included apps) and the phone is still running like crap.
Tried deleting the ".android_secure" folder from the sd card?
If it's happening on every rom, and you completely wipe every thing correctly, the only thing they have in common is the sd card contents. Right?
My Evo made me Swype this from the XDA App.
xNotta said:
Tried deleting the ".android_secure" folder from the sd card?
If it's happening on every rom, and you completely wipe every thing correctly, the only thing they have in common is the sd card contents. Right?
My Evo made me Swype this from the XDA App.
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Android secure is supposed to be deleted during the fActory reset. I will try getting the SD formatted tonight and start FRESH, FRESH....
perhaps it's the kernel?
SpaceMonky said:
perhaps it's the kernel?
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I've tried many kernels (stock, stock tweaked, ziggy, kingxklack)
awenthol said:
Android secure is supposed to be deleted during the fActory reset. I will try getting the SD formatted tonight and start FRESH, FRESH....
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Mines never been deleted from stock factory reset or reset with amon.
It started to cause problems with app downloads from me switching roms and reinstalling all my apps and moving them.
Just remember, if you have apps on your sd card (Not on a separate partition) move them to the phone before deleting it if you want to keep them.
Any luck fixing it yet?
What bout nand restore? Did you ever make a nand backup? It has always fixed any issues I've ever had.
I've been traveling for work and haven't had a chance to sit down and mess with it since the night I initially posted. Hopefully it is as simple as androidsecure not getting deleted...thanks for the heads up.
I just did a FULL FULL FULL wipe of the phone. "Factory reset," "format; SD, SD ext, system, boot, data, etc"....
I then flashed zip, rebooted and let it sit for 10 min before turning it on...upon unlocking, it locked up.
THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS!!! Is it possible the phone is just effed???
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What bout nand restore? Did you ever make a nand backup? It has always fixed any issues I've ever had.
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No good either...the last "good" backup comes up with "checksum error."
I'm not big on nand backups, since I usually do full wipes and restart from scratch. I don't really care if I can restore an old setup.
If you can't find a software reason for its acting up, it's a hardware problem. Full wipes take care of pretty much any software problem.
I would suggest unrooting and taking it by a Sprint store. If none of the suggestions you've tried so far have done any good, that's about your only option.
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TheMagicalSock said:
If you can't find a software reason for its acting up, it's a hardware problem. Full wipes take care of pretty much any software problem.
I would suggest unrooting and taking it by a Sprint store. If none of the suggestions you've tried so far have done any good, that's about your only option.
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That's not an option either...as I bought it outright off ebay.
Guess I'll just go to the Epic...
Hey all, having problems with my SD card. I am able to mount to the computer to transfer files but when i do it freezes there is no progression after a certain point and everytime i mount it tells me i need to fix the SD card or continue without fixing.. My question is if i fix it and it removes data will i lose root and everything so i have to start over? or not? Atm i am transferring item via SD piggy back from my tablet to SD.
Don't know if it will help running aokp build 40.
Cheers in advanced
Star all over from scratch... best thing I can think off. That way if something is not set right it won't brick you. As long as u have a Google account you won't loose nothing. Once u restore to factory and reroot just sign in to your phone as new (when you bought it) and all the files u have accumulated while come back. Music and other stuff not purchased will be lost since you will start of fresh as a new device. Just follow the instructions. As they say, K.I.S.S. ( keep it simple stupid) no pun intended. Once u completed all of that you can restart all you was doing.
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Star all over from scratch... best thing I can think off. That way if something is not set right it won't brick you. As long as u have a Google account you won't loose nothing. Once u restore to factory and reroot just sign in to your phone as new (when you bought it) and all the files u have accumulated while come back. Music and other stuff not purchased will be lost since you will start of fresh as a new device. Just follow the instructions. As they say, K.I.S.S. ( keep it simple stupid) no pun intended. Once u completed all of that you can restart all you was doing.
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Restoring your phone has nothing to do with your sd card for one thing, the other thing would be your not going to brick your phone by wiping your sd card. You may erase a nandroid thou if there stored on your sd.
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OK cool thanks guys i will erase some nandroids and go from there
I agree but also disagree. In the even that he does a factory full on restore he would have to reset and by doing so he would format his internal and external SD cards. Hence why he would loose any stored data. If he only is wipping then none is lost. At least that's the way I have done. I'm not a dev or any of the sort. Just someone with a stretched hand to help.
Edit. I always suggest to start from scratch due to if something may have gone faulty (bad download, bugs, or anything of the sort) it can be erased and won't be introduced to newer rom flashed. Always clean keeps thins safer. But then again that's my opinion
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If I'm posting this in the wrong place I apologize in advance. I'm also a bit freaked out since my phone seems to be kaput right now, but I have faith this is fixable. I need some of you professionals to give me your advice on how to go about fixing this.
Okay here we go...
I have in the past rooted my phone without any major issues by just reading this awesome site. I recently used "SPH-D710_FI27_CL1127689_Rooted_NoData" to root my phone using the one click method and everything was working fine. I realize now that I should have backed up all of my user data on the phone prior to updating to ICS from Gingerbread.
So, I think I made a newbie mistake by actually using Titanium Backup Pro (updated to latest version) to restore 1 file called wallpaper from the date 03/2012 (March 2012) which was when my phone was using Gingerbread 2.3.4 I think. I remember hitting the restore button and getting an option to restore only the data, so I chose this and a notification said, "Reboot phone for changes to take effect". Once the phone rebooted I unlock the screen and see the wallpaper I had from earlier this year. Now, I think the main problem is that I'm now using Ice Cream Sandwhich 4.0.4 and restoring the wallpaper from Gingerbread 2.3.4 has caused some underlying issues which is causing my phone to constantly reboot.
I went to the Sprint store and explained the issue and the Sprint representative said my phone needed to be reset because it seems to be glitching out. I informed him that I had files on my phone that I wanted to try to backup to my computer before I completely wipe the phone. Now, I'm home and I'm trying to get my phone to pop up in Windows 7 x64. I keep getting USB connection errors while connecting my phone to my PC because the phone keeps constantly rebooting while the drivers are trying to install then as soon as the phone reboots the driver installation fails.
USB Device Not Recognized
SAMSUNG Mobile MTP Device failed installation
So I've tried uninstalling Samsung Kies and the USB drivers and then re-installing them and rebooting. Still no joy because my phone keeps constantly rebooting. It is never going to complete installing because the phone is completely unstable at this point in time. Further research led me to updating the MTP from Microsoft. After installing this I rebooted. Problem is I'm still getting connection issues while trying to connect my Epic 4G Touch to my PC because the drivers are not able to install because of the constant reboots, even though they were installed previously. This is how I was able to root my phone to begin with.
So basically what I'm trying to do is backup my files on my phone to my computer (which it now may be too late) before I just completely reflash a fresh ROM (Full Restore on FI27) and start over from scratch.
I had the idea of actually reapplying "SPH-D710_FI27_CL1127689_Rooted_NoData" to hopefully reset the kernel so I could backup my phone to my computer. This hasn't resulted in any changes whatsoever either. I'm completely stumped and would really appreciate some wisdom here.
I hope all of this makes sense and I hope someone out there is nice enough to take a little time to point me in the right direction.
I have just placed the phone in download mode with the idea of re-downloading "SPH-D710_FI27_CL1127689_Kernel" and USB drivers have been installed successfully.
Nice to see this thread is getting some views, but no one has any advice to give me?
What files on your phone do you need?
I just got the Phone to show up in Windows Explorer by plugging in the USB cable right when the Yellow 4G came up and I was browsing the phone and I noticed the SD Card was not showing up, but before long the phone rebooted and I'm still trying to access the phone but the damn thing keeps rebooting constantly.
I'm just trying to backup photos I don't have backed up anywhere else. Other than that I'm hoping I can do a full restore using "SPH-D710_FI27_CL1127689_Rooted_Restore" and that will at least get my phone back to operating normally right?
Just go into the recovery menu and do a factory reset. It won't format your SD card.
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m4xwellmurd3r thanks for the advice.
I got impatient and went ahead and flashed "SPH-D710_FI27_CL1127689_Rooted_Restore" and my phone is back to operating normally. My SD card is still intact as well! What is really surprising is the fact that the pictures that were on my phone are still there. I don't understand, I obviously did something wrong. Also no longer having USB connection issues so that is a big relief as well!
Of course all the applications I had installed are no longer present, but why are my pictures still intact after using a Rooted Restore.
I want to completely wipe my phone and then create a backup with Titanium Backup and call it Stock_Version#. Then after I root the phone and get everything setup the way I like it I want to create another backup called something else. Is this the correct way to go about doing this?
Because none of your storage gets wiped by factory resets. Resets only affect the rom portion of your phone not storage. Glad you got it working
By the way rooted restore already wiped everything on your phone and rooted it so you're good to go
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m4xwellmurd3r said:
Because none of your storage gets wiped by factory resets. Resets only affect the rom portion of your phone not storage. Glad you got it working
By the way rooted restore already wiped everything on your phone and rooted it so you're good to go
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Really? Okay, so I shouldn't see any empty folders for apps I no longer use?
I swear everytime I start looking at the folders in my phone I see things I don't recognize and it just bothers me. This is one reason I wanted to reset my phone and start over fresh.
Also is there a good tutorial for using Titanium Backup?
Any folders made on the SD card and internal storage will remain since factory resets won't touch the data, even if the app is gone
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So when you install an app just to test it out then you un-install it remnants of that app are still left behind. This I have to say I don't like. There has to be a better way to keep the file structure free from accumulating garbage. Is there a better way or not?
Ci2e said:
So when you install an app just to test it out then you un-install it remnants of that app are still left behind. This I have to say I don't like. There has to be a better way to keep the file structure free from accumulating garbage. Is there a better way or not?
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You could always delete the /data contents for the APK but not if it's in android.secure.... you won't know what is what in there.
@garwynn - What is the difference between SPH-D710_FI27_CL1127689_Rooted_Restore.exe, and SPH-D710_FI27_CL1127689_Rooted_Restore_v2.exe?
Also I want to completely reset my phone now that I have everything backed up to my PC that I care about. So do I need to do a factory reset on the phone and then flash one of the files above?
The plan is to get a fresh start and use Titanium Backup like I should have been doing from the start!
Ci2e said:
@garwynn - What is the difference between SPH-D710_FI27_CL1127689_Rooted_Restore.exe, and SPH-D710_FI27_CL1127689_Rooted_Restore_v2.exe?
Also I want to completely reset my phone now that I have everything backed up to my PC that I care about. So do I need to do a factory reset on the phone and then flash one of the files above?
The plan is to get a fresh start and use Titanium Backup like I should have been doing from the start!
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Copied from the v2 thread.
garwynn said:
...What's the difference? Flash order.
Normally our one clicks don't have the same order as Sextape's leak.
Version #2 is a test of using the same order and so far so good for me.
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That's great I can't find that thread at all, can you give me some linkage?
MoHoGalore can you answer my second question?
Ci2e said:
That's great I can't find that thread at all, can you give me some linkage?
MoHoGalore can you answer my second question?
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Click the tiny arrow beside Garwynn's name in the quote I posted. It'll take you to that thread i copied it from.
No, you do not need to factory reset when you use an Odin one click.
I just got done using an Odin One Click -> SPH-D710_FI27_CL1127689_Rooted_Restore.exe, all my data was left intact. Are you sure you know what you're talking about?
Ci2e said:
I just got done using an Odin One Click -> SPH-D710_FI27_CL1127689_Rooted_Restore.exe, all my data was left intact. Are you sure you know what you're talking about?
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Lol. So your google account settings remained? You didn't have to setup anything?? If that's the case, either it was the no data version or it didn't flash.
And if you're taking about formatting the usb storage, like blues said in the other thread you asked, it doesn't format it.
But feel free to get other opinions.
:edit: And the only way I'd ever suggest to "factory reset" from the privacy menu, would be to use a gb build. But don't take my word for it, read the brick bug thread.
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I'm just getting confused here I think your right. So basically if I do a factory reset via the settings menu, that will reset everything but keep the same model FI27. Then all I'll need to do is reflash the SPH-D710_FI27_CL1127689_Rooted_Restore.exe, right?
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I'm just getting confused here I think your right. So basically if I do a factory reset via the settings menu, that will reset everything but keep the same model FI27. Then all I'll need to do is reflash the SPH-D710_FI27_CL1127689_Rooted_Restore.exe, right?
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See my edit above. I'll never suggest using that option with an ics build at this time.
Now, having said that, i have done it but with the brick bug, that choice is yours.
What i try to do is just format the drives (both internal and external) when connected to my laptop then power off, then use a one click.
Safe method - use a gb one click, factory reset via privacy option in settings and format usb, then use the fi27 one click.
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Okay tell me I understand this correctly.
Format both internal/external drives via settings > privacy > Factory data reset (this does not touch the SD Card, right?) while USB cable connected.
Power off phone and boot into download mode, then flash a "Stock Gingerbread Rom" (matching the model #, will it still be FI27 or not?) then at this point if I'm still on FI27 all I'll need to do is reflash "SPH-D710_FI27_CL1127689_Rooted_Restore" to regain root.
If after doing a factory reset and flashing a stock gingerbread rom I may have to wait for updates to be pushed to my phone, or not?
Hey guys, ill provide a little backstory first. when 4.2 came out, i upgraded my rom (PA) from 4.1.2 to 4.2.1 but i forgot to update my clockwork mod first so when i installed 4.2, it created a partition on my phone. so now there is storage only accesible when im on 4.2 and when im on 4.1 when all of this happened, my phone turned into a lag demon, it crawls around now to the point where doing simple tasks is near impossible. trying to make a nandroid abckup takes 45 minutes before i give up and do a battery pull so my question is
tl;dr what can i do to my phone to speed it up so i can make a nandroid backup,
what did i do wrong?,
how can i fix it?
and how can i COMPLETELY wipe my storage and start brand new? factory reset doesnt do enough i mean i want it be WIPED.
thanks for the help in advance guys
What is all this partitioning crap people are doing to their phones? Perhaps people shouldnt be messing with that. Anyway, maybe you should look into how to return your phone to stock with a factory image. Search for it.
but that wouldnt solve my problem of my phone being a slow piece of **** and two it wouldnt wipe my phone
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but that wouldnt solve my problem of my phone being a slow piece of **** and two it wouldnt wipe my phone
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maybe you should read the return to stock thread instead of complaining.
apparently fastboot erase userdata doesnt wipe the phone according to your reasoning
I believe it does wipe your phone. I'm not talking about a simple factory reset. I'm talking about flashing the stock image to your phone using your computer. It completely wipes everything and puts it back to stock.
Hold on, I'll link you to it.
EDIT: In case it wasn't obvious, I took the link from Zepius signature.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
oh man thanks for that link that should help me a lot. another question is how do i perform an adb pull for full storage and/or select files?