Hey guys.
So for obvious reasons, most ROMs need wiping - which is fine. But when I got my HOX, it was semi-second hand (dude bought it, didn't like after a couple of weeks) so I did a factory reset wipe from the bootloader and I noticed it deleted all the pictures and music that were in the /sdcard/ folder.
Now, I have a TON of music and pics in there - filling out most of the 32gigs. Is there a way to wipe without deleting everything in that folder? Backing it up each time is going to be a pain.
Erm you need a pc to flash so copy the stuff you wanna keep to the pc befor you flash....
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Not so.
max_3000 said:
Hey guys.
So for obvious reasons, most ROMs need wiping - which is fine. But when I got my HOX, it was semi-second hand (dude bought it, didn't like after a couple of weeks) so I did a factory reset wipe from the bootloader and I noticed it deleted all the pictures and music that were in the /sdcard/ folder.
Now, I have a TON of music and pics in there - filling out most of the 32gigs. Is there a way to wipe without deleting everything in that folder? Backing it up each time is going to be a pain.
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Ignore the previous post, but when you factory wipe/wipe dalvik cache/ or any rom related wipes, you do not touch the part of the memory that your HOX has designated as SDCARD, therefore anything that is saved to an area that you can access from the phone while its running Eg. pictures songs videos and such will not be affected, it only affects the internal section, the rom/internal apps/and system settings.
Remember to hit thanks <3
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smithr179 said:
Ignore the previous post, but when you factory wipe/wipe dalvik cache/ or any rom related wipes, you do not touch the part of the memory that your HOX has designated as SDCARD, therefore anything that is saved to an area that you can access from the phone while its running Eg. pictures songs videos and such will not be affected, it only affects the internal section, the rom/internal apps/and system settings.
Remember to hit thanks <3
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Sorry, missed one part, do not do a factory wipe from the bootloader, this is a complete refresh to the state it was in from factory, instead if you have rooted i would recommend installing a custom recovery, like CWM or something, so when you do the factory wipes and such, it will not affect the /SDCARD/ area.
smithr179 said:
Ignore the previous post, but when you factory wipe/wipe dalvik cache/ or any rom related wipes, you do not touch the part of the memory that your HOX has designated as SDCARD, therefore anything that is saved to an area that you can access from the phone while its running Eg. pictures songs videos and such will not be affected, it only affects the internal section, the rom/internal apps/and system settings.
Remember to hit thanks <3
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Sorry, missed one part, do not do a factory wipe from the bootloader, this is a complete refresh to the state it was in from factory, instead if you have rooted i would recommend installing a custom recovery, like CWM or something, so when you do the factory wipes and such, it will not affect the /SDCARD/ area.
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With CWM 5.8.4.0, bootloader's factory reset option takes you automatically to Recovery screen, so all files on SDCARD remain untouched unless you format your SDCARD from recovery.
Thanks you guys!
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Hey guys, the media scanner on my phone won't stop running and it's making my phone hot as hell. I've already rebooted twice, and I've cleared cache and dalvik.
I'm running Blazer 4.0 and I'm underclocked and undervolted. Kernel is Gunslinger 1.4.1. Modem is FC24. Any help would be appreciated!
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EDIT: After a couple of hours it went away on its own. Oh well!
I had to restore a nandroid the one time I had that happen.
this just started happening to mine yesterday. it comes and goes though, never just gets stuck there. i noticed when i pull the NB down it's showing as "scanning media storage usb". so crazy that you just posted this. maybe its our phones wigging out because sprint is currently trying to push ICS OTA to all et4gs right now can't hurt to dream lol.
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It's a corrupt mediascanner.apk or mediaprovider.apk (depending on what part it's stuck on.) Try redownloading Blazer and push both apks to /system/app.
EDIT: I've had this happen to me when I tampered with mediascanner.apk while theming.
TheHighlightGuy said:
Hey guys, the media scanner on my phone won't stop running and it's making my phone hot as hell. I've already rebooted twice, and I've cleared cache and dalvik.
I'm running Blazer 4.0 and I'm underclocked and undervolted. Kernel is Gunslinger 1.4.1. Modem is FC24. Any help would be appreciated!
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EDIT: After a couple of hours it went away on its own. Oh well!
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I had this issue not too long ago. it will drain the battery in nothing. To fix it, clear media storage from the apps menu (in settings) and then reboot (so it rescans the card). You'll see that media storage data cache is very large (about 100 to 250 MB).
Some ppl have reported that doing this resets ringtones
Media storage issues
I had a similar problem- My issue began ( I presume ) when I had phone in Aegis case) in a horizontal position in leather pouch- If I somehow moved around to my side where phone was at- I would inadvertently press the power button to cause it to reboot- Then a ringtone ( minimal tone ) would play for 5-10 minutes- drove me nuts- So I tried this- In app Rom Toolbox, I went into root browser, system/media/ringtones/minimal tone ( I had identified the name of tone playing first by going through titles of tones in all sounds ) I clicked on the tone- and selected to delete that file. Then I rebooted phone. However- I am not an expert-
If I did this wrong- then a big oops- However- whenever I reboot phone after
I flashed a rom ( blazer 4.0,) Then 4.1 1 month later- gunslinger kernel, and now fc 24 modem- the tone is gone still- EXCEPT when I ran calkulin modified zip- it somehow restored the deleted file. And I deleted it again. now- a brief tone plays for 2-3 secs. I asked developer of rom toolbox why if a file is deleted- how it can be restored. Anyway- I ended up deleting any ringtones/tones that suck- that came with phone to remove additional bloat and avoid annoying sounds issue(s). Feedback/corrections welcomed !!
Overstew said:
It's a corrupt mediascanner.apk or mediaprovider.apk (depending on what part it's stuck on.) Try redownloading Blazer and push both apks to /system/app.
EDIT: I've had this happen to me when I tampered with mediascanner.apk while theming.
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Im on GS3 and this **** is happening on every rom.I can delete com.android.media.providers folder and e erything is good.But as soon as i take some pictures or download some movies or music media scanner start running crazy again.
Im gonna try your method and see if it works,i might just delete those apk's and see what happens.
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fenixjn said:
I had this issue not too long ago. it will drain the battery in nothing. To fix it, clear media storage from the apps menu (in settings) and then reboot (so it rescans the card). You'll see that media storage data cache is very large (about 100 to 250 MB).
Some ppl have reported that doing this resets ringtones
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Yeah it works but when you put more files on the phone the problem reocurs.I have to clear the cache everytime i put new files on my phone-and thats not good.
Hopefully Jellybaen fixes it,this is worst problem i had in all my android life.
I had this happening at random about 6 months ago on stock rooted EL29.
Reflashed with OneClick Odin, didn't fix it. Then with full wipe OC-Odin, still there. Tried Calks EL29 ROM with full wipes, it kept doing it.
Reformatted and even replaced the microSD card, no cookie.
The only thing that solved this issue for me was full wipe, ODIN stock, then format BOTH internal and external storage after first boot.
Just make sure you back up anything of importance beforehand from your phone.
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lviv73 said:
Im on GS3 and this **** is happening on every rom.I can delete com.android.media.providers folder and e erything is good.But as soon as i take some pictures or download some movies or music media scanner start running crazy again.
Im gonna try your method and see if it works,i might just delete those apk's and see what happens.
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Yeah it works but when you put more files on the phone the problem reocurs.I have to clear the cache everytime i put new files on my phone-and thats not good.
Hopefully Jellybaen fixes it,this is worst problem i had in all my android life.
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Maybe you have some corrupt media that's screwing with it? Considering you did a full wipe when you reinstalled each ROM
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kozmo2k4 said:
I had this happening at random about 6 months ago on stock rooted EL29.
Reflashed with OneClick Odin, didn't fix it. Then with full wipe OC-Odin, still there. Tried Calks EL29 ROM with full wipes, it kept doing it.
Reformatted and even replaced the microSD card, no cookie.
The only thing that solved this issue for me was full wipe, ODIN stock, then format BOTH internal and external storage after first boot.
Just make sure you back up anything of importance beforehand from your phone.
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Thanx for the tip,i wish ics still mounted UMS so i can back up files to my ps3 because my laptop broke.Im gonna have to buy external sd and try your method.
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TheHighlightGuy said:
Maybe you have some corrupt media that's screwing with it? Considering you did a full wipe when you reinstalled each ROM
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Way ahead of you.I did a lot of study on this subject and all i can say is that there seams to be no permanents solution.
Overstew said:
It's a corrupt mediascanner.apk or mediaprovider.apk (depending on what part it's stuck on.) Try redownloading Blazer and push both apks to /system/app.
EDIT: I've had this happen to me when I tampered with mediascanner.apk while theming.
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Im on ics and i dont have mediascaner.apk or mediaprovider.apk in my system/app folder,i only have mediauploader.apk.
Hi all,
I have HTC wildfire for almost a couple of years, recently it started to randomly restart, about 5-8 times a day (the phone is off during the night).
At the time it begun I had OLDWildPuzzleROM_2.2 Froyo v8.0.11 ROM, with HBoot 0.8.
Before the restarts happened I rooted my phone using unrEVOked-3-2-Windoze (it stayed S-Off though).
I don't think the restarts happened right after the root so I'm not sure that is the cause
I few days ago I flashed it with "RUU_Buzz_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.22.405.1_Radio_13.55.55.2 4H_3.35.20.10_release_160191_signed" which changed my HBoot from 0.8 to 1.01.0001. I found the ROM here and followed the instructions.
I had to make a goldcard (I formatted the SD card using the phone and not using the PC).
My phone continues to randomly restart.
We don't have HTC representative in my country, only non official labs that deal with repair, so I can't go to the company for repair. talking to the lab guy he says it is probably a software issue and not a hardware issue, though I don't understand how it is possible since I flashed a completely new ROM. Oh, and the lab guy says he will charge me whether the repair works of fails....
Do you have any suggestions?
Many thanks
PS
I read about boot loop, I'm not sure what boot loop is, but when my phone restarts it shows the HTC logo as it does during power on or full restart.
bootlooping is random restarting or continuous looping of boot.
reasons could be many......
overclocking your cpu to high.
low on memory (too many apps installed / running).
v6 / supercarger / juwwes ram scripts etc etc.
MokeeOs
So that doesn't apply to me
I don't overclock
I have restarts even without installing any apps
I don't know what v6 / supercarger / juwwes ram scripts mean
any ideas of what should I do?
slymobi said:
bootlooping is random restarting or continuous looping of boot.
reasons could be many......
overclocking your cpu to high.
low on memory (too many apps installed / running).
v6 / supercarger / juwwes ram scripts etc etc.
MokeeOs
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Clonimus said:
So that doesn't apply to me
I don't overclock
I have restarts even without installing any apps
I don't know what v6 / supercarger / juwwes ram scripts mean
any ideas of what should I do?
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like slymobi already mentioned it could have several reasons - but we've already excluded a few...
Another idea is to start your phone without the sdcard and look if the reboots continue
Important: flashing a different ROM to solve the issue almost doesn't help if you haven't done a complete wipe/factory reset - it has also been reported (not confirmed, though) that Clockworkmod recovery randomly fails with wiping - so it might also help to repeat the procedure.
Probably slymobi will point to a thread where he explains a complete wipe... (you could search in his threads - I'm busy and it's really hot here atm )
I mean: to be sure I always try to format + wipe + factory reset (sound redundant but feels safer...)
eventcom said:
like slymobi already mentioned it could have several reasons - but we've already excluded a few...
Another idea is to start your phone without the sdcard and look if the reboots continue
Important: flashing a different ROM to solve the issue almost doesn't help if you haven't done a complete wipe/factory reset - it has also been reported (not confirmed, though) that Clockworkmod recovery randomly fails with wiping - so it might also help to repeat the procedure.
Probably slymobi will point to a thread where he explains a complete wipe... (you could search in his threads - I'm busy and it's really hot here atm )
I mean: to be sure I always try to format + wipe + factory reset (sound redundant but feels safer...)
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thank you,
I will try to find a tutorial that illustrates how to do a format and complete wipe, I will appreciate it if someone will have the time to point one, but will look for it myself too.
so I understand you all think it is not a hardware issue.
BTW I did a factory reset on my original ROM before I flashed a new one.
Clonimus said:
thank you,
I will try to find a tutorial that illustrates how to do a format and complete wipe, I will appreciate it if someone will have the time to point one, but will look for it myself too.
so I understand you all think it is not a hardware issue.
BTW I did a factory reset on my original ROM before I flashed a new one.
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Sorry, couldn't find how to do a system format. can you help?
Does "wipe" as you call it the same as factory reset? if so that I did but no format.
In the recovery go under Mounts and Storage and select Format System.
Technically factory reset is a wipe, it wipes cache, data and sd-ext
Clonimus said:
thank you,
I will try to find a tutorial that illustrates how to do a format and complete wipe, I will appreciate it if someone will have the time to point one, but will look for it myself too.
so I understand you all think it is not a hardware issue.
BTW I did a factory reset on my original ROM before I flashed a new one.
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There's another thing you might want to check: a lot of people had reboots when they (or the phone) switched on 3G. So do you have reboots, too, with data/3G off?
Furthermore I also know of at least one case where the reboots were caused by a damaged battery - so it might be a hardware issue as well - but in most cases I know of it hasn't been
Re. how to do a clean wipe/format: in this thread I describe my method (sometimes I'll do it different, though) and slymobi describes how he does it (your choice): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1833966
Lesicnik1 said:
In the recovery go under Mounts and Storage and select Format System.
Technically factory reset is a wipe, it wipes cache, data and sd-ext
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yes but as you probably know, sometimes that might just not be clean enough...
reboot into recovery,power off then volume down button and power button at same time,in this menu,using trackball to select,
wipe data / restore factory settings,
wipe cache,
go into advanced and wipe dalvik cache.
press power button to go back.
go into mounts and storage,
format data,
format cache,
format system,
format sdext,
DONT FORMAT SDCARD
you have now wiped your phone clean.
press power button to go back,
install rom from sdcard,navigate to where your rom is on your sdcard and select / confirm,
let it install..........
don't reboot,if gapps are needed?
flash correct gapps in same way as you just flashed rom........
reboot.
MokeeOs
eventcom said:
There's another thing you might want to check: a lot of people had reboots when they (or the phone) switched on 3G. So do you have reboots, too, with data/3G off?
Furthermore I also know of at least one case where the reboots were caused by a damaged battery - so it might be a hardware issue as well - but in most cases I know of it hasn't been
Re. how to do a clean wipe/format: in this thread I describe my method (sometimes I'll do it different, though) and slymobi describes how he does it (your choice): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1833966
yes but as you probably know, sometimes that might just not be clean enough...
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Thank you eventcom,
Actually I didn't think about it but the restarts started a bit after I started using the 3G internet.
If so will the format-wipe-flash procedure will help? this phone suppose to be 3G capable, no?
Many thanks
If the reboots happen because of you enabling 3G I think re-flashing the radio will fix that. (Not so sure on that, someone please complete me)
slymobi said:
reboot into recovery,power off then volume down button and power button at same time,in this menu,using trackball to select,
wipe data / restore factory settings,
wipe cache,
go into advanced and wipe dalvik cache.
press power button to go back.
go into mounts and storage,
format data,
format cache,
format system,
format sdext,
DONT FORMAT SDCARD
you have now wiped your phone clean.
press power button to go back,
install rom from sdcard,navigate to where your rom is on your sdcard and select / confirm,
let it install..........
don't reboot,
flash gapps in same way as you just flashed rom........
reboot.
MokeeOs
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Thank you slymobi,
but as I wrote above, when I did the RUU thingy I had to do the goldcard procedure and so I formatted my SD card.
Does it have a ROM image after I did the RUU flash?
what is "flash gapps", is it one of the option in the menu? sorry, I'm new to all of this
thank you for your patience and valuable help
gapps is the google apps package.needed for most non sense roms I think
its fine that you have formatted the sdcard at that stage. I meant whenever your performing recovery wipes to be careful not to format sdcard as it does exactly what it says and you will delete all contents of sdcard.
MokeeOs
Lesicnik1 said:
If the reboots happen because of you enabling 3G I think re-flashing the radio will fix that. (Not so sure on that, someone please complete me)
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can you flash just the radio?
Lesicnik1 said:
If the reboots happen because of you enabling 3G I think re-flashing the radio will fix that. (Not so sure on that, someone please complete me)
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forgot about this.
yep I think you're correct,if it is the 3g? but what triggered it?
MokeeOs
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Clonimus said:
can you flash just the radio?
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lol I knew this was coming next.
yes you can. I'm busy now so hopefully someone will guide you.
if not search forum on how to flash radio etc etc.
MokeeOs
Yes you can.
First download the file I attached and this file: http://www.mediafire.com/?lkhsl6hojm7vplv
Put both on the SD card
Flash the first one in the recovery, this will give you a temporary 2.5.X recovery, that goes away on reboot.
Within that recovery flash the second file I put up (the radio file itself)
Lesicnik1 said:
Yes you can.
First download the file I attached and this file: http://www.mediafire.com/?lkhsl6hojm7vplv
Put both on the SD card
Flash the first one in the recovery, this will give you a temporary 2.5.X recovery, that goes away on reboot.
Within that recoveryond flash the sec file I put up (the radio file itself)
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I feel so stupid asking this, but how do I 'flash the in the recovery'? I don't know the basics, also the 'Within that recovery and flash the sec file' is a bit esoteric for me
I feel stupid since I am an electronic engineer and working with J-Tag and embedded systems
Thank a lot
Flash them both, just like you flash a ROM
Once you flash the first file a new recovery will pop up, within that one, flash the radio file
Lesicnik1 said:
Flash them both, just like you flash a ROM
Once you flash the first file a new recovery will pop up, within that one, flash the radio file
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That's my point exactly, I never flashed a ROM on a cell phone
I used the RUU exe, it was as simple as running a windows application.
Do I have to root the device? and mimic a ROM update procedure to do that?
Or wait, is it by using the bootloader menu that comes up when you press down+power on?
lesicnik I would have thought you of all people would give better instructions. Especially after yesterdays pm. lol.
MokeeOs
My Note 2 felt great on stock rom but after flashing a couple of roms and then back to the stock rom, it feels slower than before.
What caused this and how do I fix this?
Did u wipe factory settings and cache partition before flashing back stock rom
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Yes, I wiped eveeything before and after flashing.
BullHorn7 said:
Yes, I wiped eveeything before and after flashing.
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I'm not sure how great is great for you but this is what I do to ensure i have a fresh rom install to stock.
1) After flashing stock rom from odin, battery pull
2) Wipe factory settings and cache partition from recovery
3) Let phone settle for 5mins upon entering into homescreen
4) Format internal sd and ext sd card from PC
5) Factory reset from settings
See if its better for you. Usually after flashing, media will scan the phone for around 5mins so its a little laggy at first. Should be fine after that
Isn't formatting the internal sd after the rom is already installed going to delete some important files?
I feel exactly the same. Wiping everything before flashing a new ROM. It may be just in my head, we probably got used to the speed but I don't know, it just feels a bit slower than before on stock.
BullHorn7 said:
Isn't formatting the internal sd after the rom is already installed going to delete some important files?
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Of cos... common sense will be backing up your data first. I had a conflict with a media file from previous rom file before and media scan went bonkers.
Anyway after a factory reset... those samsung folders etc will all be generated back. You dont have to worry about losing anything unless you have important files like pictures etc in it. If thats the case, just make a backup to the pc and copy back to your sd
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ionutzm05 said:
I feel exactly the same. Wiping everything before flashing a new ROM. It may be just in my head, we probably got used to the speed but I don't know, it just feels a bit slower than before on stock.
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If you feel the phone is sluggish.
Go to developement options,
1) Set all animation scale to 0.5 or turn it off. ( Do take note, that if u turn off animation, Touchwiz will crash whenever you try edit pages )
2) Tick Force GPU rendering
And you will feel the extra smoothness
unholygid said:
Of cos... common sense will be backing up your data first. I had a conflict with a media file from previous rom file before and media scan went bonkers.
Anyway after a factory reset... those samsung folders etc will all be generated back. You dont have to worry about losing anything unless you have important files like pictures etc in it. If thats the case, just make a backup to the pc and copy back to your sd
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If you feel the phone is sluggish.
Go to developement options,
1) Set all animation scale to 0.5 or turn it off. ( Do take note, that if u turn off animation, Touchwiz will crash whenever you try edit pages )
2) Tick Force GPU rendering
And you will feel the extra smoothness
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not really, just you dont need to disable "animator duration scale" and you wont get fc while trying to delete home page. Make it 0.5x and other scales you can disable
I'm flashing my phone with a new ROM, and I'd love to clean my phone out completely. I noticed when I did the standard wipe data/cache/dalvik, I'm still left with all of the other junk from my previous install (draw something, photos, etc.). How do I go about cleaning out my phone without screwing anything up? I've been Google searching what the exact steps to do so are, but all I can find is people wondering how to fix the screw ups I'm trying to avoid.
I'm using TWRP v2.6.3.0.
Thanks.
edit: Apparently I can't English at 4am.
Bump. Anyone? I figured this would be a simple one for most of you guys.
adamdavidson said:
Bump. Anyone? I figured this would be a simple one for most of you guys.
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I will format data also. This gets rid of the extra files from previous downloads that is not always cleaned by factory reset.
adamdavidson said:
I'm flashing my phone with a new ROM, and I'd love to clean my phone out completely. I noticed when I did the standard wipe data/cache/dalvik, I'm still left with all of the other junk from my previous install (draw something, photos, etc.). How do I go about cleaning out my phone without screwing anything up? I've been Google searching what the exact steps to do so are, but all I can find is people wondering how to fix the screw ups I'm trying to avoid.
I'm using TWRP v2.6.3.0.
Thanks.
edit: Apparently I can't English at 4am.
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I'm assuming that you've also been doing factory resets?
If you have and that's still not getting rid of enough for you, there's an option in TWRP to wipe your storage (see the last paragraph in particular: http://teamw.in/whattowipe) and get rid of everything, though I've never done it myself. You'd obviously have to be careful about having your nandroids, backups, and the ROM you want to flash somewhere else ready to go after you've wiped.
I'd wait for confirmation from someone who's done it before giving it a go, mind you.
I assume that the storage wipe won't affect my SD card? That's where I have the ROM, etc. That's all I'm concerned about.
My options when I go into the "Wipe" menu are Advanced Wipe, which gives me the options to wipe Dalvik, Cache, System, Data, Internal, External, and USB-OTG.
The other option is "Format Data", and that says it'll wipe my apps, backups, pictures, videos, media, and removes encryption on internal storage.
I assume I need to do the "Format Data" one, but I'm just wondering if that will affect any of the important stuff in the phone, ie. recovery and whatnot.
Okay guys, thanks for the help. I just went into the "Advanced Wipe" menu, and wiped Internal Storage, as well as the standard dalvik, cache, etc. Seems to have done the job, my phone now has 10GB free with a new ROM, as opposed to 3GB free. I figured I'd post my results, just in case someone else wanders over here with the same question.
Thanks again.
This is a question that has been bugging me for some time since my technical knowledge on Android doesn't go that deep.
Whenever we do a factory reset with either TWRP or CMW recovery to change from one ROM to another, does that action delete EVERYTHING from the previous ROM, or are there some residue files left?
Every now and then, whenever I see that my device feels slow or having lots of small issues, I flash the stock Google factory image, which deletes pretty much everything extra, and start again from there.
Do any of you do this aswell once in a while? Or is it useless?
Any other tips to help my little bit of OCD regarding a clean file library?
Thanks!
Bosio91 said:
This is a question that has been bugging me for some time since my technical knowledge on Android doesn't go that deep.
Whenever we do a factory reset with either TWRP or CMW recovery to change from one ROM to another, does that action delete EVERYTHING from the previous ROM, or are there some residue files left?
Every now and then, whenever I see that my device feels slow or having lots of small issues, I flash the stock Google factory image, which deletes pretty much everything extra, and start again from there.
Do any of you do this aswell once in a while? Or is it useless?
Any other tips to help my little bit of OCD regarding a clean file library?
Thanks!
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No a factory reset doesnt wipe anything. In fact it only wipes your data (your apps and any app data). So if you want to start clean you must wipe: factory, cach, system, dalvik cache.
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