I've been holding off on putting music on my phone because I didn't know if wiping, would wipe my music out too, so does it?
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every time i wiped data and the caches when flashing a new rom, my pictures and music stay on my phone.
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Crisisx1 said:
every time i wiped data and the caches when flashing a new rom, my pictures and music stay on my phone.
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Good to know I appreciate it now I can use some of that space lol
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einrae214 said:
Yes it will. Not if its on your sdcard tho
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look at the title, he clearly states internal sd card.
Crisisx1 said:
look at the title, he clearly states internal sd card.
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I'm not talking about a micro SD I'm talking about the internal SD(memory) that's on the phone just to clarify
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Look I'm not stupid. Everybodys quick to make somebody feel like a idiot when there just trying to help. I know what he was talking about because I answered there question unlike you did. Respect is earned
not given. I was just trying too help but people wanna be douche bags.
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Why did you quote me and talk to the other poster I was just clarifying to remove any sort of confusion
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Not gonna help.
I've tried several roms and each time I wipe data, cache, and dalvik via CWM and Ive never lost any of my data including pictures, downloaded files etc from my internal storage.
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aznmode said:
I've tried several roms and each time I wipe data, cache, and dalvik via CWM and Ive never lost any of my data including pictures, downloaded files etc from my internal storage.
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Thank you I'll give it a try I got a 2 to 1 ratio telling me music stays thanks I appreciate it
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Anything on your internal memory will stay. When you wipe data factory reset it only deletes the root partition. Doesn't include the sdcard. Internal or external. In cwm it will not delete uour music if it is stored in the internal SD card. If you do a master reset through the stock ROM. It gives you the option to format sdcard. If you check it. It WILL wipe the internal SD card.
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Your music should be safe if you wipedata/ factory reset from recovery.
If you do a factory reset through the stock ROM and you check format SD card you will lose anything in the internal SD card.
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Uh.. it clearly states that factory data reset will wipe your internal SD when you go to do it.. it won't wipe an external SD card but YES it does wipe the regular built in SD
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You actually have the option to wipe your SD card at the time of a master reset through settings. What it states is all system data will be deleted. Including contacts saved on phone memory settings apps. Etc. It does NOT automatically erase your internal SD card when you do a regular master reset.
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ingenious247 said:
Uh.. it clearly states that factory data reset will wipe your internal SD when you go to do it.. it won't wipe an external SD card but YES it does wipe the regular built in SD
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no it does not. i do not have any other sd card in my phone except the built in one. i have flashed about 5 roms and each time i did a full wipe in CWM and my music AND photos stayed.
That's not the same as a factory data reset. Reread my post.
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Sorry to correct you but a factory data reset does not wipe the internal SD card. It doesn't matter if you wipe your phone through recovery or settings. Unless you tell your phone to it will not wipe the sd card. I don't know where you are getting your information from but you have to tell your phone to format the SD card. Factory data reset does not wipe internal SD card automatically neither does a master reset. You must select that option to format USB storage. In other words internal SD card.
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Sorry to correct YOU but you're wrong, so that's that. Thank you end of story.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Dang dude I had to restore md5 and try for my self. But I stand corrected.
Wiping data WILL erase your internal sd card.
I went through the whole process of restoring stock rom and put a song in the internal storage root directory and did a master reset. When it rebooted song was gone! First time I see this on a galaxy. In conclusion, it's been tested and YES it will delete your internal SD.
sorry for the wrong info but it does delete usb storage as it indicates in the IMG ingenious247 posted...
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I have a question I think it might be stupid but I was wondering when we wipe our phones just a factory wipe or when we go to flash a rom does that mean the things that are saved to the internal memory are going to be wiped also.
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bleedblaqk336 said:
I have a question I think it might be stupid but I was wondering when we wipe our phones just a factory wipe or when we go to flash a rom does that mean the things that are saved to the internal memory are going to be wiped also.
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bleedblaqk336 said:
I have a question I think it might be stupid but I was wondering when we wipe our phones just a factory wipe or when we go to flash a rom does that mean the things that are saved to the internal memory are going to be wiped also.
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Short answer... No.
I think its good to know why. Consider it this way: the internal memory is mounted as if it were an sd card. On any other phone, when you root and flash, the sd card doesn't get affected because you are only altering the ROM. Everything on the sd card stays the same. Same process with ours: the phone registers that partition as an sd card, separate from the ROM.
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Hello guys, please go easy on me with this question. So I'm switching over to Verizon and was pretty set on getting the nexus. I currently have the gs2 with T-Mobile and am an avid flasher. My only concern now is since the nexus doesn't have an SD card, when you flash a new ROM how do you back up all your stuff without losing all of it when you wipe? Is it possible to do it all through the phone without copying the files to a computer? Thanks a lot. Really looking forward to joining the nexus side of the xda community! :beer:
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No need to worry because it doesn't wipe the saved data it works as if you have an SD card. Hit thanks if I helped.
bradley26 said:
No need to worry because it doesn't wipe the saved data it works as if you have an SD card. Hit thanks if I helped.
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^^This. the gnex has a virtual sd card which while flashing a rom, kerel, etc in cwm is not wiped.
Phew, that's awesome! Thanks!
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Just FYI, really...but I thought I'd throw it out there.
The newer recoveries do have an option to wipe the SD card.
Just...don't touch that?
Haha.
And the STOCK recovery does wipe the SD card when you do a "factory reset."
All of the custom recoveries wipe /data/ but ignore /data/media/ which is where your virtual SDcard is located...so you lost nothing that was on your "Sdcard."
I'm noticing errors on roms i never used to notice.. like a day after flashing, random apps like messages and keyboard are FC'ing, when they never used to do that.
Is there a guide somewhere how to completely wipe every trace of use on my phone and start fresh? I'm afraid of wiping away some critical file and bricking my phone by just wiping everything I can find though.
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I'm noticing errors on roms i never used to notice.. like a day after flashing, random apps like messages and keyboard are FC'ing, when they never used to do that.
Is there a guide somewhere how to completely wipe every trace of use on my phone and start fresh? I'm afraid of wiping away some critical file and bricking my phone by just wiping everything I can find though.
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Go into CWM and Factory Reset -> Wipe Cache -> Wipe Dalvik Cache. Then go to mounts and storage and Format /data, Format /system. I normally format /sdcard as well, but MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BACKED UP TO AN EXTERNAL SD CARD.
i always due all except format SD card.. maybe thats why things are in conflict.. ive never done that one...
With the new method of using the internal SD as the phone data storage this is entirely possible. If there are files/databases for apps stored on the SD that is incompatible with the apps in questions problems can arise. I would suggest you make a full copy of your internal SD to a safe location and format, then after the ROM install if you find you are missing app data for something that cant be easily rebuilt you can copy that app's data back specifically to avoid resurrecting the problem.
Sounds like a wise move. Thank you sir.
I imagine I need to put the recovery image back in the sd card immediately, or is cwm smart enough to save that one?
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Sounds like a wise move. Thank you sir.
I imagine I need to put the recovery image back in the sd card immediately, or is cwm smart enough to save that one?
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Cwm shouldn't blow away itself. 99.9% sure it won't.
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Cwm shouldn't blow away itself. 99.9% sure it won't.
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No, the recovery is stored in its own partition and up until the last version of CWM i used (6.0 something) there is no option to modify the recovery partition at all. I switched to TWRP for multiple reasons, one of which is the ability to include a backup of the recovery partition in backups.
Is it perfectly safe to format the internal sd card? I've made a backup of the sd card a little while ago contemplating this but couldn't find any good info on this. I'm more or less in the same boat and would like to start 100% fresh
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thatsupnow said:
Is it perfectly safe to format the internal sd card? I've made a backup of the sd card a little while ago contemplating this but couldn't find any good info on this. I'm more or less in the same boat and would like to start 100% fresh
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Yeap :good:, the only risk of formatting the internal stoarge is losing the data on it, big shocker huh , unless of course you were to format to an unsupported file system. I dont think this is even possible without trying real hard to do so.
Cool cool thanks man yea I'm not worried about any of the data on the internal
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Does the recovery get wiped too if the internal sd card is wiped?
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thatsupnow said:
Is it perfectly safe to format the internal sd card? I've made a backup of the sd card a little while ago contemplating this but couldn't find any good info on this. I'm more or less in the same boat and would like to start 100% fresh
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If it is just applications data for the most part I just get rid of it and let the app use its new fresh installed data, even just delete the folder when I have no idea what it's for or who put it there. Because, if the app or system needs it, it will just put it back. Personal data is all I worry about, but I back that up in Google contacts and such so they just show up when it sync.
And I just save zips, and movies, and apk and such.
Then wipe the rest, no worries mate, I don't bother with backup restore anymore.
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Deoxlar said:
Does the recovery get wiped too if the internal sd card is wiped?
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I just visited the FAQ & I saw that if I flash a ROM it will wipe my internal storage. Is there a way around that or is that gonna become a part of life for owning the S3? And also, when flashing a ROM, do you always to flash that firmware/modemAIO.zip? Sorry if these questions have already been asked but like I said, I'm new to the S3(not new to android/flashing ROMs)
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Chew DZ said:
I just visited the FAQ & I saw that if I flash a ROM it will wipe my internal storage. Is there a way around that or is that gonna become a part of life for owning the S3? And also, when flashing a ROM, do you always to flash that firmware/modemAIO.zip? Sorry if these questions have already been asked but like I said, I'm new to the S3(not new to android/flashing ROMs)
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When first flashing you want to make a back up on your computer . So back up your internal sd and external sd if you have one . To do so you will need to install the samsung drivers on your computer. The modem firmware is only flashed if the rom hour flashing is not updated with the latest n greatest which most are . Be sure to only flash roms that your carrier specific. Let us know how it goes.
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When first flashing you want to make a back up on your computer . So back up your internal sd and external sd if you have one . To do so you will need to install the samsung drivers on your computer. The modem firmware is only flashed if the rom hour flashing is not updated with the latest n greatest which most are . Be sure to only flash roms that your carrier specific. Let us know how it goes.
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Thank you for the reply. It's greatly appreciated.
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Chew DZ said:
I just visited the FAQ & I saw that if I flash a ROM it will wipe my internal storage. Is there a way around that or is that gonna become a part of life for owning the S3? And also, when flashing a ROM, do you always to flash that firmware/modemAIO.zip? Sorry if these questions have already been asked but like I said, I'm new to the S3(not new to android/flashing ROMs)
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It only wipes your internal if you choose the option to wipe data in recovery
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It only wipes your internal if you choose the option to wipe data in recovery
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Well yes, of course. Most ROMs call for you to wipe data/factory reset to flash them. My question was if there is a way to wipe your data without wiping the internal storage.
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Well yes, of course. Most ROMs call for you to wipe data/factory reset to flash them. My question was if there is a way to wipe your data without wiping the internal storage.
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Nope, sure isn't
I'm sorry but wiping data/factory reset will not delete your internal storage. If it did then I would never be able to flash any roms or kernels lol. It wipes your data clean and any stored personal info and accounts, allowing a clean install of a new rom. All your stored pictures, files, downloads will remain intact.
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I'm sorry but wiping data/factory reset will not delete your internal storage. If it did then I would never be able to flash any roms or kernels lol. It wipes your data clean and any stored personal info and accounts, allowing a clean install of a new rom. All your stored pictures, files, downloads will remain intact.
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So the guy above you is wrong?
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edfunkycold said:
I'm sorry but wiping data/factory reset will not delete your internal storage. If it did then I would never be able to flash any roms or kernels lol. It wipes your data clean and any stored personal info and accounts, allowing a clean install of a new rom. All your stored pictures, files, downloads will remain intact.
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It clears mine everything
Next time I flash a Rom I will screen shot the before and after wipe
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It clears mine everything
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Flastnoles11, what are you hitting that it clears? Internal SD or External SD do not get touched on factory wipe reset. You should not loose anything.
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Flastnoles11, what are you hitting that it clears? Internal SD or External SD do not get touched on factory wipe reset. You should not loose anything.
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Idk man but it clears out my entire internal storage when I hit wipe data... even warns that internal storage will be wiped before hand...
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Ahh, I see, I'm hitting format data when I should be hitting factory reset! Lol... what I said still holds true though, internal storage is only wiped if you select wipe (or format I guess) data.. thanks bud, thought it was weird that kept happening.. learn something new everyday
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Idk man but it clears out my entire internal storage when I hit wipe data... even warns that internal storage will be wiped before hand...
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Lol there you, I taught you something for a change.
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Lol there you, I taught you something for a change.
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Appreciate that, added to the FAQ for proper procedure to install a Rom. Really need to finish that FAQ, Monday hopefully.....
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So the guy above you is wrong?
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No he was just hitting the wrong option. You only need to hit wipe/factory reset when installing a new rom and it will not wipe your internal or external.
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So the guy above you is wrong?
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You dont loose anything stored on the internal memory . But you always want make a back up to your computer or make a nand back up just in case something goes wrong in the process.
I just got an extended battery and wanted to wipe my internal SD so I can have a clean start and flash revolt with lightning kernel. I have no access to a computer. Would it be safe to put the ROM on my SD then wipe internal, then flash all in one recovery session? Thanks
It is probably ok. Although just to be sure I would stick a reboot in between.
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It is probably ok. Although just to be sure I would stick a reboot in between.
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But if I reboot I wouldn't be able to get back into recovery though right? Or would it not wipe that part?
If you just wipe internal only you still have a rom. If you format system your rom is gone. And you can just reboot recovery its much faster. You can go ahead and try it all at once. Worst outcome is you reflash the rom. No biggie
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Yeah I just wanted to do a complete internal SD wipe, I didn't want to get locked out with no recovery. I'll wipe, then reboot then wipe ROM I guess then flash
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Yeah I just wanted to do a complete internal SD wipe, I didn't want to get locked out with no recovery. I'll wipe, then reboot then wipe ROM I guess then flash
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If you go to settings/storage and format your internal, it will wipe it clean, but you'll still have your ROM.Just did it the other day.
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Thanks guys. It's just internal SD, not sure why I was thinking about the internal phone storage.
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Well to me internal phone storage is internal sd card. The reason I didnt say for you to wipe that in setting is because I was unsure of the rom. As far as I can remember some stock roms had the brick bug still in it if you access the wipe by settings> storage.
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Either way, I'm on a night shift and tired as hell, didn't think it through haha. Thanks for the help
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