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[Q] Best Way to get Super Wiped?

I tried a ROM update today (Magnolia) and my phone is now seriously slow (including SpeedTest which shows about 50Kbps download speed). I attempted to reinstall the same ROM and to restore a Nandroid (neither of which has helped). I did every wipe present in CWM v2.5.1.2 (I know v3.x.x.x is not a good wiper) and in HBOOT, also all to no avail.
It is possible that the ROM is focused on carefully updating itself rather than completely overwriting.
Does anyone have a recommendation as to the best way to really ensure that no old runaway processes are surviving the flashes (ROM or Nandroid)? I am wondering if flashing another ROM would do it (it wouldn't try to update), but am very open to suggestions.
Thanks!

I had the same problem when I would install a rom with the CW 3.0.0.8 and it will just update the current rom, and not do a full wipe like I just to get before with the CW 2.x.x.x what I have done to get a clean install is this...
- I dont use the Rom Manager no more to update...
- Boot into Recovery and do the Following before you install a new Rom..
1-) Wipe Data/ Factory Reset
2-) Wipe Cache Partition
3-) Install the Rom .Zip with CW
Thats how I have done it before hope it helps...

Dont use rom manager to install go into recovery. Do a factory reset twice, then goto mounts and storage and format manually, data, cache, system, boot. Do that twice or more and youre super wiped as you put it. But as far as magnolia goes...did you make sure that you dl'd the flashover and not the whole rom?
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Thanks
Pete - Thanks. I never use RomManager to do ANYTHING (and remain surprised that people do). I do factory reset and wipe in CWM but never formatted system; which I just posted in the Magnolia forum as being what I thought is causing all the trouble. At least this lets me know how to manually do it. Thanks

1107963 said:
I had the same problem when I would install a rom with the CW 3.0.0.8 and it will just update the current rom, and not do a full wipe like I just to get before with the CW 2.x.x.x what I have done to get a clean install is this...
- I dont use the Rom Manager no more to update...
- Boot into Recovery and do the Following before you install a new Rom..
1-) Wipe Data/ Factory Reset
2-) Wipe Cache Partition
3-) Install the Rom .Zip with CW
Thats how I have done it before hope it helps...
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Building on this- I do EVERYTHING from recovery. In addition to the steps listed I also go to "mounts and storage" and wipe /system, /data, /cache, and /boot. Eradicate!
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I gave out a loud guffah when reading this thread title. Maybe stuff's just funnier before having coffee.

johnchad14 said:
I gave out a loud guffah when reading this thread title. Maybe stuff's just funnier before having coffee.
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Right? Super Charmin came to mind right away.
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[Q] Flashing Gingerbread-Inc-Deck

I'm going to be using CWM Recovery to flash Gingerbread-Inc-Deck on my Droid Incredible. It seems like a decent and stable ROM.
Instructions say to do a full wipe and I'm wondering what that entails. I was under the impression that it was the usual data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, and wipe dalvik cache. However, after the recent posts about bootloops and being stuck at the splash screen... I am just wanting to make sure I do this properly.
Can someone please clarify, what does a full wipe refer to on the Droid Incredible? Even better, how do you flash a ROM on your Droid Incredible? This will be my first time flashing a ROM on my DInc and I want to do it right.

Data, cache, dalvik, boot and system I usually wipe.
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-

watt9493 said:
Data, cache, dalvik, boot and system I usually wipe.
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
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Interesting... Thank you! Where do I go to wipe boot and system? Is that under mounts and storage?

VisualPerfection said:
Interesting... Thank you! Where do I go to wipe boot and system? Is that under mounts and storage?
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Yes, go into recovery and then the mounts and storage menu and wipe everything you can in there except sdcard and emmc. Then go to the advanced menu and wipe dalvik-cache. Then flash your rom by going to install zip from sdcard then choose zip from sdcard and select the rom zip you downloaded.

cmlusco said:
Yes, go into recovery and then the mounts and storage menu and wipe everything you can in there except sdcard and emmc. Then go to the advanced menu and wipe dalvik-cache. Then flash your rom by going to install zip from sdcard then choose zip from sdcard and select the rom zip you downloaded.
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Do I need to do data/factory reset and wipe cache partition?

VisualPerfection said:
Do I need to do data/factory reset and wipe cache partition?
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No by wiping everything in mounts and storage you are essentailly doing the factory reset with the addition of boot and system.

cmlusco said:
No by wiping everything in mounts and storage you are essentailly doing the factory reset with the addition of boot and system.
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Okay, thank you! So data, cache, boot, system, and all that stuff will be in mounts and storage? Hope this'll work!

VisualPerfection said:
Okay, thank you! So data, cache, dalvik, boot, system, and all that stuff will be in mounts and storage? Hope this'll work!
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Yes they are all in mounts and storage. It should work without any issues. Not wiping things correctly is usually the most common issue causer when installing a rom.

Yes they are all in mounts and storage. It should work without any issues. Not wiping things correctly is usually the most common issue causer when installing a rom.
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Yes, that is why I wanted to make sure I did this correctly! Thank you again for your help. One last thing, after doing all this, I will still have root right?

VisualPerfection said:
Yes, that is why I wanted to make sure I did this correctly! Thank you again for your help. One last thing, after doing all this, I will still have root right?
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As long as the rom you are flashing is a rooted rom which almost all (99%) are, then yes you will still have root. And yes inc-deck is a rooted rom.

Oh and most important before you wipe and flash remember to make a backup of your current setup just incase.

cmlusco said:
As long as the rom you are flashing is a rooted rom which almost all (99%) are, then yes you will still have root. And yes inc-deck is a rooted rom.
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Great, I can't thank you enough for answering all my n00b questions! ...even more so, I can't wait to load a custom ROM and kernel on my DInc.
Edit: Yes, I will absolutely make a back-up before flashing anything.

[URGENT]How do I restore from a NANDROID?

I went through a few guides about restoring from NANDROID backup, but all of them didn't mention about Wipe Data/Factory Reset or Wipe Cache etc. So I'm curious and don't know what to do now. Do I need to wipe?

Yes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30007255
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Teichopsia said:
Yes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30007255
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30530565&postcount=179
This? In the steps there's no wiping. So if you confirm to me here I need to wipe, I'll listen. So the answer is yes or no? And if yes, do I need to wipe cache?

Read the guide in post#7.
Yes to wipe.
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ImjuzCY said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30530565&postcount=179
This? In the steps there's no wiping. So if you confirm to me here I need to wipe, I'll listen. So the answer is yes or no? And if yes, do I need to wipe cache?
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It's always recommended to wipe to get a clean environment, especially if you want to restore to another ROM than the one you are currently on, you should wipe then Restore NAND.

Wiping is recommended, but often times I don't (just don't come screaming if things happen )
When you restore a ROM, all your existing system information is overwritten, so it shouldn't be an issue. Sometimes if the ROM you're restoring from doesn't contain a certain partition (like dalvik cache), but the ROM you're on right now and changing from does, you can get issues, since there's no dalvik cache to replace.
That's how I understand it at least.

This is what I do when I install a new ROM
I Use 4EXT Recovery Touch
Step 1:- backup | restore --> Backup
Step 2:- wipe | format --> wipe data/factory reset --> wipe cache --> wipe dalvik
Step 3:- install from sdcard --> choose zip from sdcard
Step 4:- full wipe
That's it.....

ImjuzCY said:
I went through a few guides about restoring from NANDROID backup, but all of them didn't mention about Wipe Data/Factory Reset or Wipe Cache etc. So I'm curious and don't know what to do now. Do I need to wipe?
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I stand corrected. It seems one doesn't have to manually wipe when restoring a backup. At least in 4ext it is done automatically. I'll be taking a look at it later and edit this post if I'm wrong. Just in case
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[Q] Desire stuck on CM boot after first reboot

Hi,
I recently rooted my htc desire, unrevoked method, flashed default recovery. Before flashing the stable CM for Desire, I wiped dalvik cache, wiped all data, wiped cache partition. After the installation, I logged into my google account. Problems started when going into settings resulted in going to blank settings page. Same goes for any settings window (system, play store settings). Whats more, after every single CM I install, the phone gets stuck on CM loading screen, after installing the rom, setting everything up and rebooting for the first time. The phone is S-ON. I'll try to upload logs from debugger soon.
Thanks in advance for any help.
http://pastebin.com/Zy6jKANt Log from exact loop during loading
Disregard those settings part above, its non existent now, just the loop.

macolour said:
Hi,
I recently rooted my htc desire, unrevoked method, flashed default recovery. Before flashing the stable CM for Desire, I wiped dalvik cache, wiped all data, wiped cache partition. After the installation, I logged into my google account. Problems started when going into settings resulted in going to blank settings page. Same goes for any settings window (system, play store settings). Whats more, after every single CM I install, the phone gets stuck on CM loading screen, after installing the rom, setting everything up and rebooting for the first time. The phone is S-ON. I'll try to upload logs from debugger soon.
Thanks in advance for any help.
http://pastebin.com/Zy6jKANt Log from exact loop during loading
Disregard those settings part above, its non existent now, just the loop.
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You should s-off before installing any custom rom. Did you make a backup before installing cm7?

abaaaabbbb63 said:
You should s-off before installing any custom rom. Did you make a backup before installing cm7?
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Wow, really? Some custom gb seemed to work just fine with s-on. I think I have a backup but I wouldn't count on it, it may have some files missing. I'm not sure now whether unrevoked did s-off on that phone, will check as soon as I get back to it.

macolour said:
Wow, really? Some custom gb seemed to work just fine with s-on. I think I have a backup but I wouldn't count on it, it may have some files missing. I'm not sure now whether unrevoked did s-off on that phone, will check as soon as I get back to it.
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You don't have to s-off to install custom Rom, only a custom recovery.
However it is much more useful to have s-off than not so it's thoroughly recommended.
For instance, you can change hboot to use your internal memory partition layout and have more space. Currently you are on stock hboot with 250MB /system but your Rom system size is much less, so you are wasting space.
Changing hboot will give you smaller system and more internal memory
S-off will also allow you to change recovery to something like 4ext (see my sig), allowing more reliable and easier partitioning of sdcard.
Regarding your specific problem, not sure you did a proper full wipe before installing? Need to use the wipe data/factory reset option within recovery as a minimum before installing new rom

eddiehk6 said:
Regarding your specific problem, not sure you did a proper full wipe before installing? Need to use the wipe data/factory reset option within recovery as a minimum before installing new rom
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Every single install, wiping data, cache, dalvik cache as well. Everything done from within recovery. Logs indicate a problem with hw audio decoding, though I might be wrong.

macolour said:
Every single install, wiping data, cache, dalvik cache as well. Everything done from within recovery. Logs indicate a problem with hw audio decoding, though I might be wrong.
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did you specifically use the "wipe data/factory reset" option within recovery, or only the "format data" option under mounts and storage?
the "wipe data/factory reset" also formats the /system partition, which is just as important /data. cache and dalvik are just temporary files, should get wiped anyway on fresh rom install, but no harm in manually wiping.
haven't had time to look at the logs, not an expert in them anyway. you could try to install a different ROM to see if you have the same issues, or restore a nandoid (hope you made one, you should always do this before wiping/flashing).

eddiehk6 said:
did you specifically use the "wipe data/factory reset" option within recovery, or only the "format data" option under mounts and storage?
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Wipe data. I'll try to make other roms work.

[Q] Need dire help, did something bad!

I didn't much of it and opened up my root uninstaller and disabled blinkfeed.
which pretty much killed my phone, I'm not able to boot or see my home screen.
if I open up recovery then I see PhilZ Touch 6.
Is there a way I can launch Root uninstaller by itself and just re-enable it?
I know that will fix it.
Thanks!

Just restore a nandroid or reflash your rom.

berndblb said:
Just restore a nandroid or reflash your rom.
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How do I do that?
And I don't think I ever backed up because I haven't had the phone for long at
How do I just wipe it and reset it to how it was?
do I WipeData/Factory Reset?

technocrat7 said:
How do I do that?
And I don't think I ever backed up because I haven't had the phone for long at
How do I just wipe it and reset it to how it was?
do I WipeData/Factory Reset?
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A nandroid should be your first action after installing a custom recovery - and I bet now you see why...
If you are running a custom rom, just re-flash it just like you installed it originally.
If you are running stock it kinda depends on your carrier, if you are S-off etc.
Tell us more about your setup.

It's an HTC One M8 from T-Mobile
I got the phone from my cousin and he already had it rooted.
But I had blinkfeed and stuff and I don't think I had a custom ROM.
It was just generic T-Mobile Sense 4.4+ I think. Sense 6
What If I want to install my own custom ROM on it with root?
Could I put Android Revolution HD on it or something?
Oh and it's:
*** TAMPERERD ***
*** UNLOCKED ***
M8_UL PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT 3.16.0.00000
OpenDSP-v38.2.2
OS-1.57.531
eMMC-boot 2048MB

Yes. Just download the ARHD installation zip to a microSD. Insert the card into your phone and boot to recovery.
I have not used Philz' recovery, but I bet it's very similar to CWM or TWRP. There's going to be an option under the Wipe menu to do a "Factory Wipe". That will wipe your /data partition without wiping your /data/media folder where your personal files (pictures, movies etc) live, and also wipe cache and Dalvik.
You HAVE to do this wipe prior to installing a different rom or the files left behind by your stock installation may bork your new rom right from the get go.
After the wipe finished, go to the Install option in Philz (there maybe a sub-option 'Install from microSD or external SD'), find the ARHD zip file and flash it.
After the install finished, just for good measure (and because I'm not familiar with Philz) go back to the Home screen in recovery, select Wipe again and wipe cache and Dalvik.
You may have to look through the options under Wipe, but you should find a page where you can select which partitions to wipe. Just check cache and Dalvik, nothing else, and wipe.
Then reboot to system.
Good luck. [emoji106]

berndblb said:
Yes. Just download the ARHD installation zip to a microSD. Insert the card into your phone and boot to recovery.
I have not used Philz' recovery, but I bet it's very similar to CWM or TWRP. There's going to be an option under the Wipe menu to do a "Factory Wipe". That will wipe your /data partition without wiping your /data/media folder where your personal files (pictures, movies etc) live, and also wipe cache and Dalvik.
You HAVE to do this wipe prior to installing a different rom or the files left behind by your stock installation may bork your new rom right from the get go.
After the wipe finished, go to the Install option in Philz (there maybe a sub-option 'Install from microSD or external SD'), find the ARHD zip file and flash it.
After the install finished, just for good measure (and because I'm not familiar with Philz) go back to the Home screen in recovery, select Wipe again and wipe cache and Dalvik.
You may have to look through the options under Wipe, but you should find a page where you can select which partitions to wipe. Just check cache and Dalvik, nothing else, and wipe.
Then reboot to system.
Good luck. [emoji106]
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Thank you!
It worked, I'm on Android Revolution HD running version 8.1 on my HTC One M8
Also got it working with ART run-time.
Everything works like a charm and I made a nandroid backup.
Thank you sir, good day!

technocrat7 said:
Thank you!
It worked, I'm on Android Revolution HD running version 8.1 on my HTC One M8
Also got it working with ART run-time.
Everything works like a charm and I made a nandroid backup.
Thank you sir, good day!
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That was quick! :laugh:
Make another nandroid once you got everything set up to your liking.