I wanna wipe my phone clean except for root any help?
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in order to wipe completely clean you kinda have to do a factory reset, and check mark the option to wipe all user data.
rooting the phone is so easy now it shouldn't be such a long process.
id say do a factory reset through your phone settings, wipe all user data, then do a second factory reset via stock recovery.
once that's done just root it again. rooting takes like 3 minutes.
doing those factory wipes will give you a clean start.
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So, I see a lot of different information about full wipes. First, just to make sure, a full wipe is the factory reset, correct?
Assuming this is the case, why do I see people say that a full wipe is recommended before install of another ROM? Since you are factory resetting, wouldn't you want to reset TO the ROM you are installing? Thus, wouldn't you wipe AFTER a flash?
Thanks.
You wipe before to give the new ROM a clean slate to be flashed on. It is a good idea to do this to ensure that no ROM specific data messes with the new ROM. Otherwise you might notice FC or other problems.
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Does a factory reset cover the cache wipes as well? or should one do those after the factory reset. Also, would it be a good idea to wipe / flash / wipe?
yes and yes
that's exactly what i do bcz with some rom you might get stuck in an endless splash screen reboot
I unlocked my bootloader, rooted and got s-off on my wildfire s. I would like to sell the phone, but don't want my Google account on it. It's still running the stock OS but has cwm recovery on it. Will I brick it if I try to restore to factory settings? If so, is there a ROM of stock MetroPCS wildfire s I can download to just flash over it?
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You can factory reset no problem, or in clockwork recovery wipe data/factory reset, the wipe cache, then finally under advance wipe dalvik.
Then when you reboot it will bring up the setup wizard like a new phone.
Then switch off and give your phone to the new owner.
Okay, I was on AOKP M4 and I wanted to upgrade to M5.
So I backup everything and make a backup of my ROM. I wipe the phone and caches and flash M5 with the GAPPS, with the latest CWM touch recovery. When my phone reboots I notice I have the same wallpaper as before and when I unlock my phone my pin is still requested and all of my apps and settings stayed exactly the same. I was never asked to sign into my Google account and the start up/set up screen never came up. I checked to see if I even updated and yes I was on M5. Now the ROM isn't very fast or smooth and I get a lot of force closes and things not working properly.
I tried the whole process again with the CWM non-touch recovery, and again my phone did not fully wipe and all my apps and setting remained exactly the same.
I tried it again with the TWRP touch recovery, and again my phone did not fully wipe and everything was the same and my phone remains kind of slow and I'm getting a lot of force closes.
Why is my phone not fully wiping? What can I do to fix this?
I would really appreciate some help!
you need to wipe factory / data.
wiping cache and dalvik doesn't wipe "/system/etc etc etc"
1. Wipe Factory
2. Wipe Data
3. Wipe Dalvik
4. Flash ROM
5. Flash Gapps.
6. Flash Kernel
for full wipe.
zephiK said:
you need to wipe factory / data.
wiping cache and dalvik doesn't wipe "/system/etc etc etc"
1. Wipe Factory
2. Wipe Data
3. Wipe Dalvik
4. Flash ROM
5. Flash Gapps.
6. Flash Kernel
for full wipe.
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Yes, that is what I'm doing. I'm wiping factory/data and I'm still having the same problem
Like with the TWRP recovery, I went to wipe, I hit factory reset, then cache, then dalvik cache and then flashed the ROM and GAPPS and all my apps and settings stayed the same. It was like if I had dirty flashed it. I don't understand what's going on.
zephiK said:
you need to wipe factory / data.
wiping cache and dalvik doesn't wipe "/system/etc etc etc"
1. Wipe Factory
2. Wipe Data
3. Wipe Dalvik
***FORMAT /SYSTEM*** (under mount in CWM I believe)
4. Flash ROM
5. Flash Gapps.
6. Flash Kernel
for full wipe.
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Try that additional step too. May or may not help
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killyouridols said:
Try that additional step too. May or may not help
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What does that do exactly? Would I have to worry about my media and sd card being wiped?
SubyWill said:
What does that do exactly? Would I have to worry about my media and sd card being wiped?
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No, all music, pictures ect will still be in place.
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Okay thank you, I guess this time in TWRP I'll do factory reset, cache, dalvik cache, and system and see if it works out
Okay, so I did factory reset, cache, dalvik cache, and format system.
I flashed M5 and GAPPS, rebooted and everything was still the same. My phone did not fully wipe.
I don't understand what's going. I'm so frustrated right now
SubyWill said:
Okay, so I did factory reset, cache, dalvik cache, and format system.
I flashed M5 and GAPPS, rebooted and everything was still the same. My phone did not fully wipe.
I don't understand what's going. I'm so frustrated right now
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I would do a factory reset, if that doesn`t help flash a stock rom and root your phone again. BTW don`t you have a nandroid backup to revert to
gee2012 said:
I would do a factory reset, if that doesn`t help flash a stock rom and root your phone again. BTW don`t you have a nandroid backup to revert to
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I have a nandroid backup, but that doesn't solve the problem of my phone not wiping.
I guess I'll unroot my phone and lock the bootloader and re-do everything to see. I don't understand why my phone isn't wiping correctly.
sometimes cwm just doesnt work with factory wipe. i've used it a few times now and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt. i have no idea why. you can try doing a factory wipe from the phone settings>backup and reset. ive only done that twice but it worked both times. if that still doesnt work just go with a fresh flash of google images using fastboot.
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I have a nandroid backup, but that doesn't solve the problem of my phone not wiping.
I guess I'll unroot my phone and lock the bootloader and re-do everything to see. I don't understand why my phone isn't wiping correctly.
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Init.d folders can only be wiped with a factory reset afaik, or manualy off course. By locking and unlocking the phone you perform a factory reset anyway, so i would flash a stock rom and start fresh. No chance on left files or scripts. You can do it with GNex Toolkit, option 8. Put the downloaded and not extracted .tgz file here C:\Galaxy Nexus ToolKit\put_google_factory_image_here and flash.
Thanks guys, I'll try that!
I'm sure this must of been asked before but I couldnt see an answer in my quick google search. I'm away to give my Note 2 to my mum, I want to wipe all data and give her a clean install with bloatware removed. If I use the factory reset / wipe data option in CWM will I lose root access? Is there an alternate way to wipe data and keep root access / custom recovery?
I have factory reset/wipe data from CWM a lot of time......No u don't loose root access, but doing so u just reset ur current rom.....this is my experience.
Thats what I wanted to hear, thanks.
Factory Reset rooted Samsung Note 2 Not turning on
Hi i did a wrong thing without reading stuff, I did a Factory Reset on rooted Samsung Note 2 and its Not turning on now ....Please help urgently as i need to gift to to someone tomorrow
Flash stock rom via odin
Make ur phn in download mode
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Use Philz Recovery... it gives u the option of fixing root before rebooting... for a clean install use odin... it is better to wipe everything and install the rom again... or at least factory reset from within the rom (it could cause some issues)...
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jackURbody said:
I'm sure this must of been asked before but I couldnt see an answer in my quick google search. I'm away to give my Note 2 to my mum, I want to wipe all data and give her a clean install with bloatware removed. If I use the factory reset / wipe data option in CWM will I lose root access? Is there an alternate way to wipe data and keep root access / custom recovery?
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No, If you factory reset you don't loose root, because factory reset only removes your personal data, apps, settings... but not system apps and root binaries.
when you wipe the system or do a full wipe does that remove the TWRP recovery mode. I wiped to go to a new ROM before but I could not get back into TWRP recovery menu and had to re-install it all over again. IS this the case every time you wipe the system?
No, wiping system only wipe the ROM. I did run into the same problem once with an older version of TWRP. Haven't had any problems with TWRP 2.6.3.1 yet(knocking on wood)
josephh71 said:
when you wipe the system or do a full wipe does that remove the TWRP recovery mode. I wiped to go to a new ROM before but I could not get back into TWRP recovery menu and had to re-install it all over again. IS this the case every time you wipe the system?
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Short answer, no. It is highly abnormal for the recovery image to be wiped/corrupted from a reset/wipe. But then again, twrp has seen its fairshares of hiccups. Maybe it was just a fluke, luck of the draw.
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thanks for the help
Thanks I thought I was doing something wrong. I had to start all over and since then I have never done a complete wipe only Davlik and Cache
josephh71 said:
Thanks I thought I was doing something wrong. I had to start all over and since then I have never done a complete wipe only Davlik and Cache
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Whenever I flash roms or restore nandroid backups, I always do a factory/data reset, wipe cache, and wipe dalvik cache. Then I proceed to flash. Never had any problems. Sorry that you had to redo everything :-{
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