Never had an issue doing this on the SGII, but having some difficulty doing this on the SGIII...
So I wanted to start off fresh and completely wiped when going from Release 3 (Special FiveOhFox Edition) to the current Release 4 Update 1.
Via recovery, I cleared Cache partition and Dalvik. I then flashed the Darkside Superwipe that was still on my SD card from my SGII, then
Proceeded to flash rom. Upon initial setup, after Google account, there is a screen where you enter your name. To my surprise, my name was
already filled in, so system was not fully wiped. What am I omitting to do?
p.s. I am getting lag on screen wake, sometimes a 3 second lag after button is pressed. I believe a full wipe will cure this...I hope
Any info/link appreciated.
Sorry for the n00b question
Android_Guy said:
Never had an issue doing this on the SGII, but having some difficulty doing this on the SGIII...
So I wanted to start off fresh and completely wiped when going from Release 3 (Special FiveOhFox Edition) to the current Release 4 Update 1.
Via recovery, I cleared Cache partition and Dalvik. I then flashed the Darkside Superwipe that was still on my SD card from my SGII, then
Proceeded to flash rom. Upon initial setup, after Google account, there is a screen where you enter your name. To my surprise, my name was
already filled in, so system was not fully wiped. What am I omitting to do?
p.s. I am getting lag on screen wake, sometimes a 3 second lag after button is pressed. I believe a full wipe will cure this...I hope
Any info/link appreciated.
Sorry for the n00b question
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You need to do a data wipe, and possibly also a system wipe. But definitely the data partition. Wiping cache and dalvik don't actually affect any of the data on your device.
gbzbar said:
You need to do a data wipe, and possibly also a system wipe. But definitely the data partition. Wiping cache and dalvik don't actually affect any of the data on your device.
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Is there a "tool" or zip to do this or must it be done manually? How do I go about doing this?
Did you try doing the "factory" wipe?
Menu > System Settings > Storage > Format SD Card
Android_Guy said:
Is there a "tool" or zip to do this or must it be done manually? How do I go about doing this?
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Do it manually, superwipes don't work on this phone.
I used a super wipe on mine and it messed up the partitions. Luckily I was still in my trial window and swapped it out. Man I felt like a noob lol. I usually wipe /system as well as the normal and that seems to be good enough.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
Thanks to everyone above for the info. :good: MUCH appreciated
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So i just flashed this rom. and everything worked fine including the ring. So after, i flashed diff mods and colors for the acer ring and also the fix (that was updated 6/2/12 i believe?
then after taking some screen shots. a pop up said,
system ui has stopped unexpecticly. or something like that.
and now the botton in the center is gone. So i cant use it at all.
Checked settings and it is enabled.
What should i do to fix? just reflash any acer ring or just the fix. or just flash the hole rom again?
trevor7428 said:
So i just flashed this rom. and everything worked fine including the ring. So after, i flashed diff mods and colors for the acer ring and also the fix (that was updated 6/2/12 i believe?
then after taking some screen shots. a pop up said,
system ui has stopped unexpecticly. or something like that.
and now the botton in the center is gone. So i cant use it at all.
Checked settings and it is enabled.
What should i do to fix? just reflash any acer ring or just the fix. or just flash the hole rom again?
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Reboot into recovery then wipe cache, dalvik, fix permissions then reboot check the ring.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
pio_masaki said:
Reboot into recovery then wipe cache, dalvik, fix permissions then reboot check the ring.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
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ya. i got it working again.
i get nervous going into recovery to flash something. i already bricked my transformer tf300 last week. but i got it back up and running. i just get scared. I'm gunna do a noob mistake and permently brick one of my devices.
but i didnt wipe anything. i rebooted, but it was still gone, went in settings unchecked, checked acer ring, rebooted again then it was back
btw do you no how to change bookmarks in acer ring. too ur google/ chrome bookmarks instead of the stock ones?
I haven't noticed a way it seems to only show the stock browser, import them into the stock browser should put them on the ring too. Also delete from the stock any you don't want.
Huge edit: forgot to mention, any changes like flashing rings or mods etc. Should be followed by cache and dalvik wipe, and maybe fix permissions. That way old info is wiped so the new info can settle instead of it finding new info where it expects old info...make sense?
Flashing is fine provided you know what you're doing. Don't just do random things and you'll be OK. Only flash for your device, and mods meant for your rom, like the stuff civato posts for his FR rom. Recovery is safe as long as you use common sense and caution. If you don't know what something does, don't use it. Google it or ask, better to wait and know then guess and brick.
Generally always safe to do is wipe cache dalvik fix permissions. No data loss that you see occurs.
Safe if something broke and won't boot BUT you lose apps and settings is wipe data/ factory reset, done with wipe cache and dalvik and maybe fix permissions.
Wiping system wipes out android and you must flash a new rom or restore to boot into the system, and is always done with cache dalvik and data.
I strongly advise against partitioning from recovery if possible. If you must partition your SD card then use a PC tool not recovery. Don't initiate sd-ext wipes directly, if it happens on resets that's fine just don't do it by itself. I only mention this because on my phone we had a string of bricks due to bad recovery mapping and it was nuking our loaders instead. Stick to what I said and you're safe in recovery and flashing. I'm sure others can chime in with more info on this too.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
pio_masaki said:
I haven't noticed a way it seems to only show the stock browser, import them into the stock browser should put them on the ring too. Also delete from the stock any you don't want.
Huge edit: forgot to mention, any changes like flashing rings or mods etc. Should be followed by cache and dalvik wipe, and maybe fix permissions. That way old info is wiped so the new info can settle instead of it finding new info where it expects old info...make sense?
Flashing is fine provided you know what you're doing. Don't just do random things and you'll be OK. Only flash for your device, and mods meant for your rom, like the stuff civato posts for his FR rom. Recovery is safe as long as you use common sense and caution. If you don't know what something does, don't use it. Google it or ask, better to wait and know then guess and brick.
Generally always safe to do is wipe cache dalvik fix permissions. No data loss that you see occurs.
Safe if something broke and won't boot BUT you lose apps and settings is wipe data/ factory reset, done with wipe cache and dalvik and maybe fix permissions.
Wiping system wipes out android and you must flash a new rom or restore to boot into the system, and is always done with cache dalvik and data.
I strongly advise against partitioning from recovery if possible. If you must partition your SD card then use a PC tool not recovery. Don't initiate sd-ext wipes directly, if it happens on resets that's fine just don't do it by itself. I only mention this because on my phone we had a string of bricks due to bad recovery mapping and it was nuking our loaders instead. Stick to what I said and you're safe in recovery and flashing. I'm sure others can chime in with more info on this too.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
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i thanked you for your last post i feel i owe you more thanks than replies you made specifically to me lol. yah i had no idea you had to wipe cache and dalvik and fix permissions. when flashing the acer ring. i thought only do that on roms. thats probably why my acer ring was giving me problems. havn't had one problem with it since i wiped.
but just to clarify, do you wipe cache/ dalvik before or after you flash (Acer ring for example) or both?
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i thanked you for your last post i feel i owe you more thanks than replies you made specifically to me lol. yah i had no idea you had to wipe cache and dalvik and fix permissions. when flashing the acer ring. i thought only do that on roms. thats probably why my acer ring was giving me problems. havn't had one problem with it since i wiped.
but just to clarify, do you wipe cache/ dalvik before or after you flash (Acer ring for example) or both?
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Either or. Some say before flashing some say after. I do before and after but that's just because of my scripts doing it before I flash (full rom). Something like the ring I flash then wipe cache dalvik fix perms after, so any of the mods etc that are not rom installs. Full rom installs I full wipe before then flash everything then clear cache and dalvik. I only fix perms if I get FCs.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
When I'm flashing a new ROM, I like to install it as cleanly as possible. Usually a factory reset along with wiping cache and dalvik. Doing this, I know my sdcard contents will remain safe. Does wiping system in TWRP wipe out my sdcard as well? If not, I'll start doing that as well. If it does, I guess I won't.
no, only /system.
only time your SDCARD is wiped is if you choose format /sdcard.
No. Wiping system wipes /system. Wiping internal storage wipes the internal storage. The two don't cross at all.
Thanks a lot, both of you.
For giggles, what does wiping system do? Obviously wipes system, but I mean in terms of flashing a new ROM. How is it beneficial, I guess is what I'm asking.
blackplague1347 said:
Thanks a lot, both of you.
For giggles, what does wiping system do? Obviously wipes system, but I mean in terms of flashing a new ROM. How is it beneficial, I guess is what I'm asking.
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it makes the /system partition is clean so there is no remnants of the previous rom.
most rom installs include a script that wipe it, so generally its not needed.
You will also lose the contents of /sdcard when you lock/unlock your bootloader. (root)
I do literally everything except wipe external SD.
Even Format Data.
jbbosu said:
I do literally everything except wipe external SD.
Even Format Data.
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why did you bump a 5 month old thread?
Zepius said:
why did you bump a 5 month old thread?
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For the record, his bump on the 5 month old thread helped me, over two years later.
Thanks everyone.
Thanks
It is Still helping people like me...Thnx...Keep Bumping
Same
Can confirm... Keep bumping
Hey Guys
Yep
Very useful. One up from me as well. IS TWRP only way to do FULL WIPE or are there alternatives? For example, can this be achieved without being rooted?
bump LOL does wiping the ext_sd actually wipe the data or is it still accessible via linux? im hoping that it only deletes the data table
nvm, it only deletes the data table. Data recovered, crisis averted
I know this is now 4 months old, so using twrp system wipe- wipes out the current android firmware too or no?
If you just want to delete everything from Android SD card , you'd better use eraser tool to do ,
Once you use it to erase your Android SD card , all of the data save on the SD card can be completely deleted ,
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I know this is now 4 months old, so using twrp system wipe- wipes out the current android firmware too or no?
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I also need that answer
Bump, thanks for explain
Attached are three recovery flashable wiping tools I use when doing my work.
I find them to be incredibly useful tools that save some power button & volume rocker mashing, and time.
Wipe Cache and Dalvik - Wipes Cache and Dalvik (duh!)
Useful for:
-Flashing GApps
-Resolving app issues
Wipe Full - Wipes Cache, Dalvik, Data, and System
-Wipes just about all data except internal sd card
-Stops just short of a factory reset (does not wipe media)
-Useful for flashing ROMs within a type (e.g. going from one CM ROM to another CM ROM)
Wipe Full Factory Reset - Wipes Cache, Dalvik, Data, System, and internal sd card
-Useful when going from one ROM type to another (e.g. going from CM to TW)
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This is the part of the updater-script that selectively wipes /data in case anyone wants to add this to their ROM:
Code:
delete_recursive("/data/dalvik-cache");
delete_recursive("/data/app");
delete_recursive("/data/app-asec");
delete_recursive("/data/app-private");
delete_recursive("/data/backup");
delete_recursive("/data/data");
delete_recursive("/data/drm");
delete_recursive("/data/log");
delete_recursive("/data/misc");
delete_recursive("/data/property");
delete_recursive("/data/system");
delete_recursive("/data/time");
delete_recursive("/data/user");
Changing the code above to the code below effectively performs a factory reset
(look at /data/media and you will see your internal sd card)
Code:
delete_recursive("/data");
As Always - Flash at your own risk!
Thanks. They will be handy in cases
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
I'll go ahead and ask...how do you use it ? Flash it in CWM or TWRP like a ROM or kernel every time you need to use it ?
And thank you for the work
hednik said:
I'll go ahead and ask...how do you use it ? Flash it in CWM or TWRP like a ROM or kernel every time you need to use it ?
And thank you for the work
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Yep. Just flash it. It's a nice time and button saver.
Nice work:good:
I added a full wipe with factory reset zip to the OP and updated the post to reflect the changes.
Some of you have expressed an interest in making a donation even though I don't want them (thanks ).
But if any of you have a few bucks to spare, we have a fellow xda member that could really use the money right now.
Please don't post saying that you donated since I don't want anyone to feel obligated to do it, or feel uncomfortable if they don't. Just be happy knowing you helped someone in need. Thanks!
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...lletin-please-help-ryan-scott-chiefzreloaded/
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Some of you have expressed an interest in making a donation even though I don't want them (thanks ).
But if any of you have a few bucks to spare, we have a fellow xda member that could really use the money right now.
Please don't post saying that you donated since I don't want anyone to feel obligated to do it, or feel uncomfortable if they don't. Just be happy knowing you helped someone in need. Thanks!
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...lletin-please-help-ryan-scott-chiefzreloaded/
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Sounds like a deal
Question about this: The full wipe + factory reset, is this like the super wipe script ? I'm wanting to clean up all the clutter and seeing how clean this script gets and what it leave ?
hednik said:
Sounds like a deal
Question about this: The full wipe + factory reset, is this like the super wipe script ? I'm wanting to clean up all the clutter and seeing how clean this script gets and what it leave ?
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I am not sure which super wipe script you are referring.
Full Wipe Factory Reset is the same as wiping cache, dalvik, system, and doing a factory reset in recovery. It just does it in about 5 seconds.
It won't touch your external sd card, radio, recovery, etc.
upndwn4par said:
I am not sure which super wipe script you are referring.
Full Wipe Factory Reset is the same as wiping cache, dalvik, system, and doing a factory reset in recovery. It just does it in about 5 seconds.
It won't touch your external sd card, radio, recovery, etc.
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It's a script I've seen in come aroma installers in past where it wipes internal SD. Are you saying the
Wipe Full Factory Reset wipes all media internal card. i guess the confusion comes from wording as "factory reset" in TWRP leaves all data and media but factory reset in your wording is the sames as factory reset in stock recovery ?
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It's a script I've seen in come aroma installers in past where it wipes internal SD. Are you saying the
Wipe Full Factory Reset wipes all media internal card. i guess the confusion comes from wording as "factory reset" in TWRP leaves all data and media but factory reset in your wording is the sames as factory reset in stock recovery ?
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Yes. It will wipe your internal sd - everything.
asking this to be on the safe side here. but the full wipe option it says it wipes the internal sd card does that mean like it erase everything as if nothing was nothing on it?
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asking this to be on the safe side here. but the full wipe option it says it wipes the internal sd card does that mean like it erase everything as if nothing was nothing on it?
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Not Full Wipe, but Full Wipe Factory Reset wipes the internal sd card. And yes, wipes it clean.
To help improve the quality of both the development and general sections, I decided to have this thread moved to the general section.
Just giving you a heads up in case you need to find it.
kennyglass123 will be moving this thread soon.
Hey I was just wandering around and stumbled in here. Will this work on the sprint gs3?
Sounds handy.
Thanks
hllywd said:
Hey I was just wandering around and stumbled in here. Will this work on the sprint gs3?
Sounds handy.
Thanks
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Yes. I also posted this in the Sprint dev section. It is exactly the same as this one.
Thanks, sounds like some good apps
These are a godsend. Thanks so much for them!
This is brilliant!:highfive: I know we all can do this by button or rocker mashing but this is great. Thank you for putting them together! Much appreciated!
This is awesome, I will definitely be using this from now on when moving from ROM to ROM. Thanks so much!
Hey all,
I've been searching for a while now and decided I should just post my question finally. I have the Galaxy SIII, rooted, and running CM10 stable. For the last 3 months or so, my SMS app, Messaging, has been randomly force closing and crashing. The only way to fix it is by rebooting the phone. I've tried re-flashing the mod 5 times, and even wiped data and done 2 factory resets. Still no luck.
And more recently my "phone" app has been doing it too. It crashes when I open up the dial pad and drops calls randomly and I have to restart my phone for it to work again.
Both of these will happen randomly. Sometimes I can go 4 hours without having to restart my phone, other times I have to restart my phone every 20 minutes. It's really starting to bug me.
Is there an app that's known to cause these crashes? Or is there a possibility that the mod file is corrupt? Thoughts? Questions? Any help is appreciated!!
When you flashed Cm10, did you come from stock or a custom rom? Did you also format /system?
If you made a nandroid while on stock, I would:
Wipe data, cache, dalvik and restore that. Then (assuming you still have Cm10 and gapps zips on your device) I would wipe data and caches again, format /system and flash rom/gapps. Wipe data/cache and reboot.
xBeerdroiDx said:
When you flashed Cm10, did you come from stock or a custom rom? Did you also format /system?
If you made a nandroid while on stock, I would:
Wipe data, cache, dalvik and restore that. Then (assuming you still have Cm10 and gapps zips on your device) I would wipe data and caches again, format /system and flash rom/gapps. Wipe data/cache and reboot.
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When I flashed, it was from a previous CM10 ROM that worked fine. I reflashed because one of my apps was getting an "unknown" error, and now this crashing is happening. I don't think I have ever done "format /system". How do I go about that?
tango259 said:
When I flashed, it was from a previous CM10 ROM that worked fine. I reflashed because one of my apps was getting an "unknown" error, and now this crashing is happening. I don't think I have ever done "format /system". How do I go about that?
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To have a completely clean install, you should always:
Wipe data
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik (under advanced)
Format /system (under mounts and storage)
Flash rom
Flash gapps
Wipe data
Reboot
Be sure to have whatever you feel important backed up as this will wipe your system. Make a nandroid first if you don't already have one
xBeerdroiDx said:
To have a completely clean install, you should always:
Wipe data
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik (under advanced)
Format /system (under mounts and storage)
Flash rom
Flash gapps
Wipe data
Reboot
Be sure to have whatever you feel important backed up as this will wipe your system. Make a nandroid first if you don't already have one
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Thanks!! I'll try it tonight and post with the results tomorrow. Last time I flashed it took 2 days until the problems arose again.
tango259 said:
Thanks!! I'll try it tonight and post with the results tomorrow. Last time I flashed it took 2 days until the problems arose again.
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There shouldn't be any issues if you have flashed correctly. Many users have also noted that a custom rom performs better when returning to stock and then flashing the new rom via the above procedures. Feel free to pm me your results
What the???
xBeerdroiDx said:
There shouldn't be any issues if you have flashed correctly. Many users have also noted that a custom rom performs better when returning to stock and then flashing the new rom via the above procedures. Feel free to pm me your results
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To have a completely clean install, you should always:
Wipe data
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik (under advanced)
Format /system (under mounts and storage)
Flash rom
Flash gapps
Wipe data <------------- ????
Reboot
I can't see this is a good thing, but I'm a noob.
You're saying after installing the new ROM and apps (Flash rom Flash gapps), you then go back into CWM and select 'wipe data/factory reset'??
Again, I'm a noob and maybe I'm reading this wrong!
Doing a wipe again right after installing a new ROM sounds so wrong to me.
What would that do?
RoidRulez said:
Wipe data <------------- ????
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This step (step 7 in your list) isn't necessary.
When in doubt, follow the directions in the OP of the rom you are trying to flash, usually can't go wrong.
Hi there, apologies if this is a silly question. I'm not an expert by any means, just a guy who follows the directions given on helpful sites like this.
I recently flashed the Slimkat ROM onto my n7100 for various reasons. But when I did, I obviously didn't completely wipe everything (which is what I intended).
Because for example, I installed a couple games on there and found that my game-saves were still there, also there were some bits on the obb folder from apps that I had on my phone previously but haven't installed since flashing the new ROM.
Why is this? Did I maybe miss a step when flashing the ROM? I know I did the 'wipe and restore factory settings' part in CWM, but I'm not 100% if I did the part with wiping the dalvik and cache etc.
Would that be the reason?
And If I want to give my phone a completely clean wipe what's the best way to do that now? Would I have to go through the steps as if I were flashing the ROM all over again? Or could I just go into recovery mode and wipe the dalvik, cache, system, data etc and reboot?
P.S. Yes, I know that no one who gives advice is responsible if I brick my phone.
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Hi there, apologies if this is a silly question. I'm not an expert by any means, just a guy who follows the directions given on helpful sites like this.
I recently flashed the Slimkat ROM onto my n7100 for various reasons. But when I did, I obviously didn't completely wipe everything (which is what I intended).
Because for example, I installed a couple games on there and found that my game-saves were still there, also there were some bits on the obb folder from apps that I had on my phone previously but haven't installed since flashing the new ROM.
Why is this? Did I maybe miss a step when flashing the ROM? I know I did the 'wipe and restore factory settings' part in CWM, but I'm not 100% if I did the part with wiping the dalvik and cache etc.
Would that be the reason?
And If I want to give my phone a completely clean wipe what's the best way to do that now? Would I have to go through the steps as if I were flashing the ROM all over again? Or could I just go into recovery mode and wipe the dalvik, cache, system, data etc and reboot?
P.S. Yes, I know that no one who gives advice is responsible if I brick my phone.
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wipe cache + factory reset and dalvik cache. you should be ok. Also don't wipe system.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk
ceomaverick said:
wipe cache + factory reset and dalvik cache. you should be ok. Also don't wipe system.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk
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Just a follow up - I did a wipe + factory reset, wiped cache partition, wiped davlik cache, and was surprised to find I still had leftovers on my phone. For example I had some episodes of a tv show in my downloads folder and also there was still app leftovers in the obb folder. Meh... I'll just delete stuff manually.
sonofsmallface said:
Just a follow up - I did a wipe + factory reset, wiped cache partition, wiped davlik cache, and was surprised to find I still had leftovers on my phone. For example I had some episodes of a tv show in my downloads folder and also there was still app leftovers in the obb folder. Meh... I'll just delete stuff manually.
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Well, you will have to flash stock recovery then. after that, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache. This will erase everything on internal SD card. I assume u have backed up EFS and other important stuff.
press thumbs up if u find this suggestion helpful.
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Well, you will have to flash stock recovery then. after that, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache. This will erase everything on internal SD card. I assume u have backed up EFS and other important stuff.
press thumbs up if u find this suggestion helpful.
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By the way, I sort of overlooked the obvious - in the end I just did a factory wipe and reset from inside Slimkat i.e. not via recovery mode.
And that did the job fine. Cleaned up several gigs worth of clutter which apps like SD Maid seemed to have skipped over as well.