whats the correct command to format my internal storage in fastboot? I ask a I'm paranoid that I'll wipe the wrong partition and brick.
My internal storage (possibly more partitions????) is borked from trying a nandroid when I didn't have enough space (2gb not enough lol). Now everything is running f-cked and laggy. Tried full wipe and everything.
I tried erase storage from settings but now I cant even get back into recovery, it reboots instantly!!!
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Given the "new" mass storage system set up on our Galaxy Nexi, what is kept and what is erased when we wipe data and/or other 'partitions'?
When I fastboot oem unlock'ed, everything on the mass storage was wiped out. I was kind of expecting it, so no problems.
EDIT: read that SDcards also get wiped when fastboot oem unlock is executed. Okay, that's a parallel.
I'm wondering because when lots of ROMs start appearing ripe for flashing, will we have to transfer all the contents of the mass storage over to a hard drive, flash the ROM, etc., and then transfer all the contents back? In particular, our titanium backup backups.
Whereas with other Androids with SDcards, provided you didn't specifically wipe sd-ext or format the SD, that was regarded as safe.
After the bootloader is unlocked CWM acts the same as any other device. The "sd card" isn't wiped when flashing.
Whenever I flash any rom on my gsm nexus my previous apps and info still show up on the new rom, even if I did a full wipe. Is there something wrong with my nexus?
If they're on your virtual sd card then no, nothing's wrong. CWR doesn't touch your sd card partition nor does doing a factory reset. The only way to delete everything is to format them (mounts & storage -> format /data). If you want you can format all of the partitions, however you won't be able to boot until you flash recovery and adb push your ROM's zip onto the 'sd card' and install it.
Have had my Galaxy Nexus for 2 years now. It was also my first android device so I've tried every app out there haha. This year I did my first root and tested a few roms. I think I have found one I like but before starting fresh I would like to completely restart my internal memory and SD card. Every flash I have done I have just done the factory reset which clears my SD card only I believe. I use TWRP and see that they have a few options to erase internal memory along with other things. Is it safe to do the advanced wipe? If I checked off all of the items and did the advanced erase, would I have to install the factory image in SDK again before being able to install a rom? How else would I install a rom if there is no data on the phone? All I am looking for is to completely clean up my phone before continuing on with it. Hopefully my post makes sense. Thanks for any future replies.
Best way to do that is to follow this guide and return to stock then start over. I'm pretty sure it wipes everything in the process.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
Yes I've done the return to stock from your link. Although some items are still in my internal memory left behind from apps. The options I speak of are as follows in TWRP.
Dalvik Cache
System
Cache
Data
Internal Storage
USB OTG
Question is can I just select all of these and wipe the phone and reinstall factory image in fastboot. or a rom in fastboot?
sumthin2die4 said:
Yes I've done the return to stock from your link. Although some items are still in my internal memory left behind from apps. The options I speak of are as follows in TWRP.
Dalvik Cache
System
Cache
Data
Internal Storage
USB OTG
Question is can I just select all of these and wipe the phone and reinstall factory image in fastboot. or a rom in fastboot?
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re-lock then unlock the bootloader will wipe your data and internal sdcard.
flashing userdata.img with fastboot will do the same
Why i dont have almost nothig of free space on my internal memory? i installed custom rom and wiped everything with twrp recovery but i still dont have any space left.. how to resolve this?
Try Wipe data, System, cache, dalvik, and reinstall phone
Edit: Oh sorry you already done this, i don't know
Boot into twrp...go to wipe then fix or change filesystem of internal storage..check what format internal storage is in..if it is in vfat change it to ext4..! this should solve your problem..
PS :VERY IMPORTANT: you will lose all data on internal storage! i am not responsible for loss of data or bricked phone !
I was facing the same problem . By Factory Data Reset from the settings of Redmi 1s i succeeded in reclaiming 2.3 GB of internal storage.. In the process of reset all personal data, apps and even google apps are gone .. but i restored from the backup i have created before hand
i apologize if these seems like stupid idea, but I come from having a Samsung S4 (sgh-i337) and would save my data to the SD card and wipe all of the internal memory when clean flashing new roms.
is there a way to do that for the 128gb storage space, to save 10-15gb for backups, roms, etc? assuming in TWRP
I got my 5T on Tuesday and already have installed TWRP and rooted my device
I just didnt want to configure it too much if i have to wipe it all to resize partitions
thanks for the feedback
No, u cannot save space on the internal memory that will not be touched. You do not have to wipe your internal memory though when flashing new ROMs. That is completely separate from the flashing process. When flashing you wipe cache, dalvik, boot, system, and data, not storage or internal memory. Flash the ROM, boot up, and everything on your internal storage will be present. Also, this should go in the questions and answers thread.