I'm sorry if this has already been answered but I would like someone to lay out to me exactly what doing a data wipe with CWM will delete. Will it erase the entire internal SD card or only certain portions or what? I have found various other answered pertaining to this question but none are directly about the Galaxy Nexus. I want to make sure that I won't lose the 25 gigs of music that I just transferred on here from my old SD card. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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it won't touch the virtual sdcard
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Wiping from CWM will not wipe /data/media (i.e. your internel SD) if your on the latest version of CWM. It has been provisioned to be aware of that directory.
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OK thank you so much. Got the latest cwm so I should be good. I do have all my stuff backed up but it takes so long to transfer all of it.
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I usually wipe and restore before custom rom. Which folde/directory if any, remains untouched by the Nexus after a wipe? I have GBs of music, etc that I would like to keep in there instead of adding all those files to my phone after every wipe.
Thanks guys, keep up the good work.
SicMe said:
I usually wipe and restore before custom rom. Which folde/directory if any, remains untouched by the Nexus after a wipe? I have GBs of music, etc that I would like to keep in there instead of adding all those files to my phone after every wipe.
Thanks guys, keep up the good work.
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/sdcard or /mnt/sdcard isn't touched.. nor is /data/media I believe
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joshnichols189 said:
/sdcard or /mnt/sdcard isn't touched.. nor is /data/media I believe
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Thanks, going to read that other thread, oops.
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I just bought a 32gb sd card for my phone. When I try to flash a Rom or do a nandroid backup it fails. Do I need to do anything special? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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dave2metz said:
I just bought a 32gb sd card for my phone. When I try to flash a Rom or do a nandroid backup it fails. Do I need to do anything special? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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Make sure your backup is being sent to the sdcard and not internal memory ...cuz the internal memory may be full and therefore causes the back up to fail because there's no room....if your using rom manager go to the settings and it'll let you choose whether you want to do backups with internal or external.....this can also be done within recovery as well but I don't have the options memorized to dictate them to you
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Hey I'm still new to Verizon g nexus and want to confirm that wiping data will not erase things like pictures, music and everything else on my internal memory
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Wiping data in custom recovery will not touch your "SD card"
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Yes. It definitely will.
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Yes I am also wondering if doing a data wipe from clockworkmod recovery will delete the sdcard partition? I am about to try as soon as all my music finishes copying over to my computer. I'll post my results here once I know.Cheers!
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dragonboydbboy said:
Yes I am also wondering if doing a data wipe from clockworkmod recovery will delete the sdcard partition? I am about to try as soon as all my music finishes copying over to my computer. I'll post my results here once I know.Cheers!
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OK thanks man. I just put all my stuff from my charge on here and don't want to have to do it again
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dragonboydbboy said:
Yes I am also wondering if doing a data wipe from clockworkmod recovery will delete the sdcard partition? I am about to try as soon as all my music finishes copying over to my computer. I'll post my results here once I know.Cheers!
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No. Wiping in clockwork mod will NOT delete anything on your "SD card".
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HTCluva said:
Hey I'm still new to Verizon g nexus and want to confirm that wiping data will not erase things like pictures, music and everything else on my internal memory
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If you're on a custom ROM and wiping from CWM Recovery, it will not wipe the virtual "SDcard".
If you're on stock ROM and doing something like unlocking the bootloader, wiping the device, it will wipe everything.
I'm on gummynex and the optimus prime recovery. I should be fine then
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Can indeed confirm that it saves the sdcard partition from a clockworckmod custom rom wipe. Yay! Thanks all!
Thanks for all the help guys
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I would grately appreciate if any Dev can make a flashable zip, like the one Darkside made for the s2
Or I'm wondering if I can still use the darkside one, b4 I flash a new ROM on my S3?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31278065
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Already done!
Check the OP of wildchlds XquiziT xD thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1875923
I wouldn't use one from a differnt phone, just to be safe.
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Thanks guys I was looking for this a long time.
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Already done!
Check the OP of wildchlds XquiziT xD thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1875923
I wouldn't use one from a differnt phone, just to be safe.
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I read the OP but it says its gonna wipe my internal SD card, such as data and media.
I got a bunch of movies on my Int. SD card, so do I have to move them to my SD card?
That or back them up to a pc. Superwipe wipes everything but external sd.
Sounds like you are looking for something more like the factory reset through cwm or twrp.
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That or back them up to a pc. Superwipe wipes everything but external sd.
Sounds like you are looking for something more like the factory reset through cwm or twrp.
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I had the s2 but I always used the script from darkside, it didn't touch my SD card even the internal.
If u got time check it out and you'll see what I'm looking for.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487706
Just go into cwr and mounts and storage and format system, data, and cache.
It will accomplish the same thing
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I flashed xylon maguro 0082 odexed and it messed up my internal storage. Scrutineers I flash it created a new storage files. Thought I new what I was doing but clearly I don't. So now I go to storage/o for times to find my internals. Please help. Don't know how to correct. Hope this is the right forum.
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The directory structure has changed as of Jelly Bean 4.2.
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Is any way how to change it back? Can I revert back to stock 4.0.4 and fix it that way? Thanks for the reply.
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I guess it has to do with 4.2 using symbolic links and 4.1.2 using hard links.
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I flashed xylon maguro 0082 odexed and it messed up my internal storage. Scrutineers I flash it created a new storage files. Thought I new what I was doing but clearly I don't. So now I go to storage/o for times to find my internals. Please help. Don't know how to correct. Hope this is the right forum.
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Thesingle 0 stucture is rhe new file structure. If you're getting multiple nested 0 folders you need to update your custom recovery to prevent that from happening again.
If done properly, you should one and only one 0 folder. Best bet is to: pull all the files from your sdcard, get the latest recovery version, delete your nested 0 folders, then restore your sdcard data.
Easiest way overall: update recovery, backup sdcard, format internal storage, reboot, restore sdcard.
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Thanks. I appreciate it. Will do and let you know how's it goes.
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Used stick mount backed up and cwm 6.0.1.5 updated, formatted and restored. Now what rom to flash. !
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