Hi to everyone out there,
Before i begin i'd like to apologize to you all because i am going to ask a noob question...
I was wondering if there is a way to restore my SD card back to the original state it was when i bought the phone.
The reason i am asking you this is because i want to delete, after a period of time with apps 'n' games installed
and uninstalled in it, all the unnecessary files and folders that were behind after the removal. So i thought instead
of looking my files and folders one by one to find out which one i use and which one i'don't and also remove them one by one
i was wondering if there was an easy way out of this problem by restoring my SD card back to its stock status.
Please throw some light on my dark corners of my mind....
Thank you in advance,
Copy all the info on your memory on to a pc. Go into settings, storage and then wipe phone storage.
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skywalker1970 said:
Copy all the info on your memory on to a pc. Go into settings, storage and then wipe phone storage.
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Yes but in that way i will copy all the files and folders to my pc including the ones i don't want.
Is there a way to copy only the files and folders that there were in the SD card right out from the factory?
In other words i want to restore my HTC One X SD Card to its factory default status but not format everything in it.
Thank you for your reply although it didn't answer my question
Wiping phone storage will restore it to how it came from the factory. The files and folders needed are automatically added by android.
The reason I told you to copy everything to your pc is to have a back up. You can them copy back what you need.
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skywalker1970 said:
Wiping phone storage will restore it to how it came from the factory. The files and folders needed are automatically added by android.
The reason I told you to copy everything to your pc is to have a back up. You can them copy back what you need.
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Thank you a zillion times, now after your last post i understood what you've told me in the first place.
You were very kind and very helpful and you solved my noob puzzle, much obliged and thank you again,
you are a lifesaver !!! :highfive:
Anytime. That's what xda and hox forums are for. To help each other.
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Hi,
I need advice what is-not-possible if I delete the backup file inside the folder. I am using backup apps nowadays.
These filed are very big in mega byte size.
Thank you.
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If you flash a rom and something goes wrong then you will have two options to wipe and start again or restore your backed up rom and data .....useful if you like to flash custom Roms alot, or if you like to modify your phones boot,splash etc and then want to revert back
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seacoral123 said:
Hi,
I need advice what is-not-possible if I delete the backup file inside the folder. I am using backup apps nowadays.
These filed are very big in mega byte size.
Thank you.
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The reason it's big is because it's the backup of your stock ROM. You should NEVER delete this as you may need it in the future if something goes wrong with your handset.
It is not purely a back up of apps on the phone, it is the backup of the operating system that the phone cannot run without.
If you delete it and you brick your phone somehow, then you have small chance of getting it back again.
Nah it is not that serious, a full wipe + custom rom will restore a phone just like a nandroid backup would.
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True, but what if you want to revert it back to stock in order to send it back to your carrier if you have a hardware problem that needs fixing?
Thank you for you reply. I will keep one the oldest copy.
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to be on the safe side, keep a backup of your stock ROM and all of your installed ROM on your SDcard and on your PC/Portable Drive. If you upgrade your custom ROM, delete the old one on your SD to save space. Anyway its just 800MB on your stock ROM plus 400-600MB on your custom ROM
Hello everyone. My friend rooted my EVO for me about two months ago and I went CRAZY downloading roms and themes and all sorts if stuff. The problem now is my phone is FULL and so is the SD card. So my question is what can I delete off the phone using astro and still have a functioning phone. Also what can I delete off the SD card? All I want left on my phone is to keep it rooted, keep my current rom, and be able to re sync on Google contacts. I want all the apps and other roms gone.. is my best bet to unroot, hard reset and then root again? Thanks for your help.
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All you have to do is go to recovery then wipe or factory reset if you will then wipe your sd card also
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Why don't you just delete the zips for roms that you aren't using? You can either use file explorer (or something like it) or put the SD card in a card reader to delete the roms. Should be able to delete the apk's that you don't want too.
You can also connect as a usb memory device to your computer and delete that way.
I would make a copy of your SD card at its present state just in case.
Cranbiz, that's the method I was using but Im not sure which files are pertinent and which ones aren't so i dont want to delete the wrong ones.
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I have had similar experience and this is what I've dive:
Backup your SDcard on your PC then format your SDcard, wipe everything, transfer over your desired ROM and flash.
Now you have a clean setup and can pull anything of your backup if you need to.
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I want to switch back to CM7 from Oxygen. Is it a good idea to move all my apps back to the phone before switching, so they're not all floating around on the SD card after I switch? I'm not going to wipe the SD card.
DamonZ28 said:
I want to switch back to CM7 from Oxygen. Is it a good idea to move all my apps back to the phone before switching, so they're not all floating around on the SD card after I switch? I'm not going to wipe the SD card.
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Installed apps? If you change ROM to a totally different one, full wipe is required, which means all your apps will disappear. If you dont want to install all your apk-s copy them into the .zip. I keep all the apps in a folder on the SD-card to install after ROM- change.
Use Titaium Backup you can find it in the market(free app) but with the Pro version restoring your apps is MUCH easier
I'm not talking about restoring apps after installing a new rom (although I appreciate the help on that too). I just don't want the apps that I've transferred to the SD card to be left there.
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It won't be a bad idea what you wanna do.
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Or maybe I'll just uninstall them all...
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Or maybe I'll just uninstall them all...
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I have read somewhere that you can delete all folders from the SD except the ones you have copied (photos, music, etc.)
When fishing roms do you have to keep the download on your sd card after you've made a nandroid back up? My card was getting full so I deleted a ROM I never used anymore from the sd card, just to be curious I restored from recovery and it worked just fine, even though I had deleted the download. Have I had a full sd card all this time for nothing? Lol
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yes for sure =)
coachmoore said:
When fishing roms do you have to keep the download on your sd card after you've made a nandroid back up? My card was getting full so I deleted a ROM I never used anymore from the sd card, just to be curious I restored from recovery and it worked just fine, even though I had deleted the download. Have I had a full sd card all this time for nothing? Lol
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Install zip is just needed for a fresh install. If you have a working Nandroid you can delete the original zip.
Not that dumb a question, believe it or not. Its been asked by plenty of others.
But the answer is you can just delete the .zip file, after you've flashed it. I tend to keep some of the files on my PC, just in case I want to do a fresh flash from them (not use a nandroid). But that's just a personal choice, and something I've rarely (if ever) done. But with hard drive space so cheap, doesn't hurt to have some backups.
Thanks guys! I download all of then to my phone so it was really taXing on my card! I deleted all the zips, now I have alot of room!
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coachmoore said:
Thanks guys! I download all of then to my phone so it was really taXing on my card! I deleted all the zips, now I have alot of room!
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I had the same problem at first...
Now i've got no place left because of too many nandroid from different ROMs. One of my hypothesis is that ORD is a virus spread by SD Card manufacturer ;p
I leave most of my nandroids on my computer along with all the other downloads for my phones, roms, apks, kernels, etc. I have an 8gb sd card and use drop box. Try to keep pictures, music and videos to a minimum but somehow I always seem to run low on space. I guess we all have to get 16gb cards!
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Yes, you can delete it. Personally though, I delete all but the last ROM I downloaded, just in case I get an error with the new ROM, I can flash the old one back right there.
Just recently rooted my friend's GN2, I transfered the files to the SD card and went into CWM recovery. I'm having 2 issues.
1: The phone says there's not enough room to make a backup when there clearly is. I have about 2 gigs on the internal, but but it either says I have 3mb of free space or 0.
2: I click 'install from SD' and the only file it sees is "-clockworkmod/ ".
What am I doing wrong? I personally have an S2 and it's very similar but these two things are preventing me from flashing any rom.
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Every time I have that happen formatting the sd fixed it.
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Every time I have that happen formatting the sd fixed it.
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Would everything on the internal be lost?
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What I do is copy titanium backup folder and music or whatever i wanna keep. To my desktop. Format the sd. Then copy back my stuff to sd. System files remain untouched. If that doesn't work,a bad flash was taken. And full wipe and reinstall of rom,will be needed. You can do this in recovery and all will be fine. Your system files will regenerate on first boot up,after sd format.
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Sweet thanks I'll try that
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