I would like to wipe the sdcard storage, but I don't know if it's possible...
I have a gsm galaxy nexus, rooted, unlocked, not official JB Rom, with the last version of CWM.
I'm worried because of the clockwordmod folder, which contains the backups (which I don't want to save). Is this folder necessary for the program to work?
If there's no problem, is there a way to do that in recovery mode?
Of course I'll do that when changing new Rom, just to avoid apps problems.
Sorry about my English.
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guillermo1996 said:
I would like to wipe the sdcard storage, but I don't know if it's possible...
I have a gsm galaxy nexus, rooted, unlocked, not official JB Rom, with the last version of CWM.
I'm worried because of the clockwordmod folder, which contains the backups (which I don't want to save). Is this folder necessary for the program to work?
If there's no problem, is there a way to do that in recovery mode?
Of course I'll do that when changing new Rom, just to avoid apps problems.
Sorry about my English.
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you don't need the clockworkmod folder on your internal sdcard for CWM recovery to work on your phone. If you wipe the sdcard, you'll lose any back-ups, but the recovery will work fine.
Within CWM recovery, go to "mounts and storage" and then "format /sdcard", and that will wipe it.
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while this will wipe your sdcard, there is no need to format /sdcard before flashing a new ROM. as long as you wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache, you should be good to go to install a new ROM.
jss2 said:
you don't need the clockworkmod folder on your internal sdcard for CWM recovery to work on your phone. If you wipe the sdcard, you'll lose any back-ups, but the recovery will work fine.
Within CWM recovery, go to "mounts and storage" and then "format /sdcard", and that will wipe it.
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while this will wipe your sdcard, there is no need to format /sdcard before flashing a new ROM. as long as you wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache, you should be good to go to install a new ROM.
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Thanks for the answer. I know I don't need to wipe sdcard, is just that I have installed so many apps, and there are a lot of folders (the app Sd Maid don't clean everything) that I don't need, and I would like to clean it.
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guillermo1996 said:
Thanks for the answer. I know I don't need to wipe sdcard, is just that I have installed so many apps, and there are a lot of folders (the app Sd Maid don't clean everything) that I don't need, and I would like to clean it.
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I did this and I plugged my phone in and everything is still on the storage :/ Any help?
bretski169 said:
I did this and I plugged my phone in and everything is still on the storage :/ Any help?
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Are you kidding? This is thread is like older than I can remember, your issue is most likely different, reported for closing.
a manta wrote this.
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So recently I've been trying to flash the CM9 nightlies and all attempts have led to boot-loops. I was wondering if it was just a bad download so I tried to install AOKP and got the same results...so then I tried the new Paranoid Android rom and still got boot-loops. So is my phone like rejecting 4.0? somebody please help me out with this!
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So recently I've been trying to flash the CM9 nightlies and all attempts have led to boot-loops. I was wondering if it was just a bad download so I tried to install AOKP and got the same results...so then I tried the new Paranoid Android rom and still got boot-loops. So is my phone like rejecting 4.0? somebody please help me out with this!
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I've had this problem before. What I had to do to fix it was flash another recovery. You can also try fixing permissions in CWM.
PureMotive said:
I've had this problem before. What I had to do to fix it was flash another recovery. You can also try fixing permissions in CWM.
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Thanks pure! I'm trying the method of fixing permissions first and if that's unsuccessful I'll try another recovery.
I'm still having issues. I've tried the permission fix and different recovery and still nothing.
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orfius christ said:
I'm still having issues. I've tried the permission fix and different recovery and still nothing.
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You tried a new recovery as in you went from:
-CWM to Amon Ra?
OR
-CWM 5.0.0.x to CWM 3.0.0.8?
If you only did option 1, have you tried reflashing CWM in hboot?
If you only did option 2, try option 1 then. If that fails, try going into a saved nandroid, open Rom Manager, and select a different version of CWM. Make sure that you go onto settings and check "Erase Recovery."
I went from CWM to Amon.
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So I've still had no luck getting anything to run but my current. I've done all three things mentioned and still absolutely nothing. I cleaned out my SD yesterday and pretty much got rid of a lot of useless stuff, could that have effected anything?
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orfius christ said:
So I've still had no luck getting anything to run but my current. I've done all three things mentioned and still absolutely nothing. I cleaned out my SD yesterday and pretty much got rid of a lot of useless stuff, could that have effected anything?
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You probably are but i gotta ask, are you wiping everything before flashing? Meaning formating everything in the mounts and storrage menu in cwm except emmc and sd.
Yes I was, this pretty much goes with the whole reason I wanted s-on. I had this theory that if I returned to complete stock and re-rooted my phone that I could flash properly again, and I was correct.
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Here's a trick to ENSURE installation.
Make sure u back up ur apps on titanium.
1. Wipe user data 2x
2. Wipe cache partition 2x
3. Wipe Dalvick Cache 3x
4. Format boot 2x
5. Format system 2x
6. Format datadata 2x
7. Format data 2x
8. Format cache 2x
9. Flash the Rom.
10. Boot up and enjoy ICS.
This is what I do to make sure it is done. I dont trust manual installation.
Do this every time.
Dragn4rce said:
Here's a trick to ENSURE installation.
Make sure u back up ur apps on titanium.
1. Wipe user data 2x
2. Wipe cache partition 2x
3. Wipe Dalvick Cache 3x
4. Format boot 2x
5. Format system 2x
6. Format datadata 2x
7. Format data 2x
8. Format cache 2x
9. Flash the Rom.
10. Boot up and enjoy ICS.
This is what I do to make sure it is done. I dont trust manual installation.
Do this every time.
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Aha well thanks on the help but I already got everything working again. May I ask why you wipe everything so much? It doesn't really make a difference.
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Dragn4rce said:
Here's a trick to ENSURE installation.
Make sure u back up ur apps on titanium.
1. Wipe user data 2x
2. Wipe cache partition 2x
3. Wipe Dalvick Cache 3x
4. Format boot 2x
5. Format system 2x
6. Format datadata 2x
7. Format data 2x
8. Format cache 2x
9. Flash the Rom.
10. Boot up and enjoy ICS.
This is what I do to make sure it is done. I dont trust manual installation.
Do this every time.
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Oh god...no dont do this. Wipe each once or flash a superwipe script to wipe everything for you
Dragn4rce said:
Here's a trick to ENSURE installation.
Make sure u back up ur apps on titanium.
1. Wipe user data 2x
2. Wipe cache partition 2x
3. Wipe Dalvick Cache 3x
4. Format boot 2x
5. Format system 2x
6. Format datadata 2x
7. Format data 2x
8. Format cache 2x
9. Flash the Rom.
10. Boot up and enjoy ICS.
This is what I do to make sure it is done. I dont trust manual installation.
Do this every time.
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Redundancy to the max but that's OK. I've given up on trying to convince people.
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I want to format my internal sdcard. From CWM in mounts and storage there is an option for both "format /sdcard", and also an option for "format /data/sdcard".
If I flash New Rom, GAPPS, and then restore app backups can I then safely format the sdcard? I know people have regrettably formatted their sdcard following a format of system, data, cache etc and then be up s!#t creek as they deleted their Rom that was on the internal storage.
I just want to make sure that I'm not going to do this and then have a phone that won't boot up.
Thanks for any help.
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brunswick000 said:
I want to format my internal sdcard. From CWM in mounts and storage there is an option for both "format /sdcard", and also an option for "format /data/sdcard".
If I flash New Rom, GAPPS, and then restore app backups can I then safely format the sdcard? I know people have regrettably formatted their sdcard following a format of system, data, cache etc and then be up s!#t creek as they deleted their Rom that was on the internal storage.
I just want to make sure that I'm not going to do this and then have a phone that won't boot up.
Thanks for any help.
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You should backup everything you want to save to your computer, see if your recovery allow adb, if yes, wipe /sdcard then push rom and gapps back. If no, do like you said, flash rom and gapps then wipe /sdcard.
chadouming said:
You should backup everything you want to save to your computer, see if your recovery allow adb, if yes, wipe /sdcard then push rom and gapps back. If no, do like you said, flash rom and gapps then wipe /sdcard.
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Thanks. I actually managed to use the adb method, and miraculously it worked. Everything seems to be right in the "right" place. Thanks so much.
Not sure how you're finding time to make builds, post in development, and answer threads in Q&A though. You'll need a vacation after all of this.
Thanks once again
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brunswick000 said:
Thanks. I actually managed to use the adb method, and miraculously it worked. Everything seems to be right in the "right" place. Thanks so much.
Not sure how you're finding time to make builds, post in development, and answer threads in Q&A though. You'll need a vacation after all of this.
Thanks once again
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Eh, it's easy when you don't have a phone.
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Hi, i just got my nexus and have flashed a rom onto it but i want to try another rom and dont want to do a full factory reset and scrub and loose all my stuff on my internal storage.
I have used a superwipe script on my previous smart phones, is there something like this available yet? if not how do i go about changing roms without deleting from my internal storage?
Thanks for any help:good:
Well to try a different ROM, your going to have to factory reset, that doesn't mean it wipes the internal memory though. Just put the ROM on the root of the tab, and flash it. Shouldn't wipe anything off the tab besides data and cache, leaving everything else intact.
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Shaquiel Harris said:
Well to try a different ROM, your going to have to factory reset, that doesn't mean it wipes the internal memory though. Just put the ROM on the root of the tab, and flash it. Shouldn't wipe anything off the tab besides data and cache, leaving everything else intact.
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Cool!
I will try that just now
jpopgt said:
Hi, i just got my nexus and have flashed a rom onto it but i want to try another rom and dont want to do a full factory reset and scrub and loose all my stuff on my internal storage.
I have used a superwipe script on my previous smart phones, is there something like this available yet? if not how do i go about changing roms without deleting from my internal storage?
Thanks for any help:good:
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Can you just make a backup in twrp or cwm before you flash the new rom
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Sup guys, I've never had a android device with no sdcard, do what happens when you wipe the phone, all my nandroids,pictures etc get deleted?
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No, unless you tell recovery to wipe your internal sd. When you do a wipe in a custom recovery, doing the factory data reset will wipe everything on /data and /cache but it will leave the internal sdcard partition alone.
OK, I figured something like that! Thanks
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Greetings friends of the Forum. I installed and uninstalled many roms, now appeared a bug that I do not know if it is caused for had made many installed Roms customs. with all the customs ROMs every often and with a simple tasks like opening an app the Xperia ZL crash about 2 or 3 minutes and then reboot. So my question is how to make a Super Wipe from Recovery? I mean clean the whole phone (Except MicroSD) so deleted safely all the data in the internal memory and phone for then I can Installs a rom Stock (*. tft). Right now I already Flashed Stock Rom, through Flashtool, the last versión (.569) and I am testing it to see if the bug is fixed and see if the failure appeared only with the customs roms. I want to make you know that I have used Custom roms Stable and nightlys and both versions crashed and rebooted.
Full wipe means in recovery u hav to wipe data, wipe cache,mounts n storages >format system,advanced>wipe dalvik cache u need to do it everytime u change a rom
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bhavstech said:
Full wipe means in recovery u hav to wipe data, wipe cache,mounts n storages >format system,advanced>wipe dalvik cache u need to do it everytime u change a rom
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Hi, Do you mean I have to do:
Format System
Format Data
Format Cache
Format sdcard
For a super wipe and super clean and then install the new rom?
Is those 4 process safe?
melquisedec said:
Hi, Do you mean I have to do:
Format System
Format Data
Format Cache
Format sdcard
For a super wipe and super clean and then install the new rom?
Is those 4 process safe?
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Don't wipe sdcard, that is your sdcard and you may have files there you don't want wiped. System, data, cache, and dalvik-cache are the ones to wipe.
pm2gonzales said:
Don't wipe sdcard, that is your sdcard and you may have files there you don't want wiped. System, data, cache, and dalvik-cache are the ones to wipe.
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:good:
pm2gonzales said:
Don't wipe sdcard, that is your sdcard and you may have files there you don't want wiped. System, data, cache, and dalvik-cache are the ones to wipe.
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Sdcard is the internal memory and it is not the external memory (sdcard 1) can I format it?
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melquisedec said:
Sdcard is the internal memory and it is not the external memory (sdcard 1) can I format it?
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Shouldn't be an issue... are you still having problems?
If you're having problems, and don't care about anything on your phone...
Pull your external SD, and use the Sony tool to flash a clean downloaded sony stock rom to your phone.
You'll lose root, but if you're having problems anyway, it might be a good idea to just go back to a complete factory reset...
scifan said:
Shouldn't be an issue... are you still having problems?
If you're having problems, and don't care about anything on your phone...
Pull your external SD, and use the Sony tool to flash a clean downloaded sony stock rom to your phone.
You'll lose root, but if you're having problems anyway, it might be a good idea to just go back to a complete factory reset...
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I just did it. But the problem appears when I install a custom rom. (crash and then reboot)
melquisedec said:
I just did it. But the problem appears when I install a custom rom. (crash and then reboot)
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Hmm... not sure what to suggest...
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scifan said:
Hmm... not sure what to suggest...
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Wiht stock rom fine, but custom rom some times crash and then reboot, I mean, I open an App, the Zl crash then reboot. But this is not all time.
melquisedec said:
Wiht stock rom fine, but custom rom some times crash and then reboot, I mean, I open an App, the Zl crash then reboot. But this is not all time.
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Do you wipe data after installing a custom rom? (You should always wipe it!)
xyge said:
Do you wipe data after installing a custom rom? (You should always wipe it!)
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No, I Did not. I have not wipe data. How can I do that?
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melquisedec said:
No, I Did not. I have not wipe data. How can I do that?
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In recovery, before installing the rom,
goto mounts and storage then select
Format data
Format cache
It will erase all ur apps so take a backup before.
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xyge said:
In recovery, before installing the rom,
goto mounts and storage then select
Format data
Format cache
It will erase all ur apps so take a backup before.
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Is it safe to format it?