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[Q] How to delete old files???????

Hi guys. I have the 16 GB White one.
I have flashed at least 20 different ROMS since i got this phone. Even though i always wipe all data and cache. I still can see files in the tree that belong to older roms. I have have files that say BACKED, another one that says AOKP and others. Right now i'm running on Liquidsmooth JB v2-RC3.
The major files i have are the backups from CWM. Two back ups: (stock and the present liquid jb) Booth together don't make more that 4GB. Then i have on pictures and videos less that 2 BG. What else could be taking my space? I should have more than 4 GB free and my phone says i only have 500 MB free.
Is there any way to delete everything on the phone to make it clean like when it came out? Buut that i could stil keep the rom i'm using. Or even if i have to do al over again. Can some one explain to me please. Any help with be appreciated. i'LL PUSH THAT THANKS BUTTON AGAIN AND AGAIN.

In recovery format data, system, and internal (and/or) external sdcard. OR get FX file explorer or solid explorer 2 (my favorites) explore the files and delete what u don't want
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Another good app is call DiskUsage.
It will show you in a graphical form what is taking up so much space. It will work on internal and external and obviously you are rooted, so it has those functions too.

What if i delete something that wont let me boot again? Also i noticed that in the internal SD card tree, there are two CLOCKWORKMOD FILES
Clockworkmod
Clockworkmod Copy
Right now i only have one back up because i deleted LIQUID one. So, right now i only have the STOCK Rom backup. Wish is around 1.8 GB.
Why there are two CWM flies and booth have 1.8 GB. ??????????So, The stock rom takes me almost 4 GB ?????????????????????/ Thats crazy.
I'd like to delete everything and start again. But i'm affraid to delete any file that preventes me from booting into recovery at least......Thanks again mate. SORRY MY ENGLISH

Thanks mate. Hey, i tried to download the DiskUsage from the market by Ivan Volosyuk and it says this app is not compatible with me device. WTF??? LOL
T2mo SGS3 16GB
Liquid Rom
KT747 Kernel.

Just delete the old roms from the download folder with a file explorer.
If you've been using Rom manager it puts them in its folder
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Thanks again: Well. I wonder. What would happen if i FORMAT the entire internal card and then drop a rom in it, to flash. Would this make any sense if i want to make a clean FLASH?????
I think i'm missing something here. Has any body done this before? Format the whole card and start from zero again????
Thanks again and i wont forget to hit that thanks to you.

Cuban Cigar said:
Thanks again: Well. I wonder. What would happen if i FORMAT the entire internal card and then drop a rom in it, to flash. Would this make any sense if i want to make a clean FLASH?????
I think i'm missing something here. Has any body done this before? Format the whole card and start from zero again????
Thanks again and i wont forget to hit that thanks to you.
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S clean flash is one where yoy have done a factory reset / wipe dalvik, cache and data.
If you reset from the settings menu it should wipe you back to an out of the box state, or a clean fresh rom installed state.
If you factory reset from cwm or twrp it will not wipe the internal sdcard.
Download your rom of choice to External sdcard, backup internal, factory reset ftom settings menu, reboot recovery and flash rom from external sd.
Earlier you were talking about not having enough space, can you not back up your int/ext to your computer?
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Now we are talking. Yes, i have backed up all my files to my computer. I will give this a try and will report to you tomorrow. Thanks again mate

Hi again, Well. I did what you told me: Factory reset from Setting, backup/reset, FACTORY RESET. The phone went into CWM and a blue bar went from left to right in only 5 secondes and then Liquidsmooth jb rom started to boot. I let it finish and then rebooted into cmw and wiped everything posible there, from dalvik to cache pertition and did it 3 times just in case, then i flashe the new JellyFrost JB leak.
When i booted the phone and connected to PC i still have 0.98 BG free.
I wonder if i should format this thing from my computer in FAT 32 ????????
Or what i'm i doing wrong?????? I can see all the old files still there of program i have not installed yet....Crazy mess......Any idea....I feel like a D..k

I'm sorry man! Its because of the recovery. Hitting factory reset just rebbots recovery and uses the factory reset there. If you have cwm or twrp it won't wipe everything. Forgot about that.
Try this instead. I use twrp and in the Wipe menu there is an option to format data. If cwm has the same option try using that instead of factory reset. I think its there in case you do want to wipe everything.
Don't try to format the internal using your computer.
Internal sdcard is actually just part of the /data partition. If you go to /data/media it is the same thing as /mnt/sdcard or /storage/sdcard. The internal sdcard is not a separate partition itself.
Just to clarify from your last post. When you factory reset were your apps gone? When you were referring to parts of your programs left over, were you talking about the folders on the internal sdcard?
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I think I get what you mean OP. I still have folders on my phone from apps I uninstalled weeks ago >.<
It's pretty obnoxious. Especially since most are empty.

You should have an option to format sd card under mounts and storage in cwr. This should do what you're asking. Make sure you have a rom ready to go on your external sd though, because this should wipe everything.
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There's also a super wipe script floating around the dev section somewhere that should do the trick also
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WOW. Now we are really talking. Thank you so much. I found it right were you said. under mounts and storage in cwr. I was able to wipe everything and now i have 11 GB Free.
Thanks again for all the support and to all the guys that jumped to help. I love this forum.

TWRP Wiping & Another Question on Safe to Delete???

I'm wondering if within it I wiped cache (All by itself, not dalvik) if it would delete all my installed app's or just set them back to default freshly installed as if I'd never opened and set them up yet?
Also I applied this mod http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036796 on another rom and later on decided not to use it anymore, but ever since removing it I am always getting on the very root base of the phone
extSdCard (Same as storage/sdcard1 )
sdcard (Same as storage/sdcard0 )
storage / emulated / sdcard0 and sdcard1
Which of those "sdcard0 and sdcard1" is safe to delete? I suspect this is from the mod I had before...
But I wiped my internal storage before flashing PAC-man 4.2.2, but now I keep getting a insufficient storage available on certain apps.and I have 7.19Gb's of space left on the internal sd. So I believe one of those questionable sdcard directories is making stuff go there then thinking I'm out of space of stuff.

Wiping cache would not do any of that to your apps. I'm not sure about your second question. On 4.2.2 roms, sdcard0 is internal and sdcard1 is external
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n1nj4Lo said:
I'm wondering if within it I wiped cache (All by itself, not dalvik) if it would delete all my installed app's or just set them back to default freshly installed as if I'd never opened and set them up yet?
Also I applied this mod http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036796 on another rom and later on decided not to use it anymore, but ever since removing it I am always getting on the very root base of the phone
extSdCard (Same as storage/sdcard1 )
sdcard (Same as storage/sdcard0 )
storage / emulated / sdcard0 and sdcard1
Which of those "sdcard0 and sdcard1" is safe to delete? I suspect this is from the mod I had before...
Ok concerning the sdcard0 folder! If you went back to a TW Rom, and you now have that folder still there! Sdcard0 you can move everything (pictures, etc) from there over to the original sdcard folder. And then you can delete that other folder. And your apps shouldn't say anything about insufficient storage!
Same thing happen to my friend on here. And he had to do the same thing.
Because those 4.2.2.Rom's create, that folder?? and you know that already!!
Hope that helps you...
Just my 2¢®
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Bajanman said:
n1nj4Lo said:
I'm wondering if within it I wiped cache (All by itself, not dalvik) if it would delete all my installed app's or just set them back to default freshly installed as if I'd never opened and set them up yet?
Also I applied this mod http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036796 on another rom and later on decided not to use it anymore, but ever since removing it I am always getting on the very root base of the phone
extSdCard (Same as storage/sdcard1 )
sdcard (Same as storage/sdcard0 )
storage / emulated / sdcard0 and sdcard1
Which of those "sdcard0 and sdcard1" is safe to delete? I suspect this is from the mod I had before...
Ok concerning the sdcard0 folder! If you went back to a TW Rom, and you now have that folder still there! Sdcard0 you can move everything (pictures, etc) from there over to the original sdcard folder. And then you can delete that other folder. And your apps shouldn't say anything about insufficient storage!
Same thing happen to my friend on here. And he had to do the same thing.
Because those 4.2.2.Rom's create, that folder?? and you know that already!!
Hope that helps you...
Just my 2¢®
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Do ya mean after I move it I can delete the whole storage folder and everything in it or what? Just clarifying don't wanna mess anything up majorly...
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TWRP Format Data
Ooopsy crapola!!! Accidentally deleted my whole external sd card somehow. When I didn't even touch Wipe - External SD in TWRP...
Trying to hopefully recover all my files on my external sd card with MiniTool Power Data Recovery. -fingers crossed!-
Well now that the external sd card is gone what does Format Data do? Does it just format the internal sd or both external and internal?

Internal SD and AOSP roms

Tried Google search and didn't get an answer to this. I flashed the PACman ROM yesterday night, and after everything booted I couldn't find my internal SD card with root explorer. Where would it be stored? I loved how responsive the ROM was and would like to try it more, but I have things on my internal SD that I need to access.
Also the SD card was not erased. I use TWRP and did a factory reset/wipe cache/wipe dalvik before I flashed. I restored my nand after trying out the ROM and everything was still there on my internal SD after reboot.
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dante32278 said:
Tried Google search and didn't get an answer to this. I flashed the PACman ROM yesterday night, and after everything booted I couldn't find my internal SD card with root explorer. Where would it be stored? I loved how responsive the ROM was and would like to try it more, but I have things on my internal SD that I need to access.
Also the SD card was not erased. I use TWRP and did a factory reset/wipe cache/wipe dalvik before I flashed. I restored my nand after trying out the ROM and everything was still there on my internal SD after reboot.
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When you flash an aosp 4.2.x ROM you will get your internal SD card repartitioned and you will have a new "0" folder upon boot and all your data should be in that "0." This happens to every 4.2.X ROM because when the new update was introduced there's a feature that allows multiple users that does this. If you want to reverse this and get rid of that "0" folder so your stuff gets saved correctly and you can access it at ease first, copy all your data from that 0 folder out to the root of your internal SD. After you have moved the contents delete the folder. Now the folder might not delete because its encrypted to prevent that so all you have to do is rename that folder and reboot TRWP recovery. If you have cwm I would flash twrp because cwm doesn't have a file manager. That being said once your in recovery hit advanced I believe and then file manager. Scroll and find internal SD, then find that folder you renamed and open it. Now at the bottom right it should have tap select and then tap delete and swipe to delete it and you should be done. Hope this helps
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jazz995756 said:
When you flash an aosp 4.2.x ROM you will get your internal SD card repartitioned and you will have a new "0" folder upon boot and all your data should be in that "0." This happens to every 4.2.X ROM because when the new update was introduced there's a feature that allows multiple users that does this. If you want to reverse this and get rid of that "0" folder so your stuff gets saved correctly and you can access it at ease first, copy all your data from that 0 folder out to the root of your internal SD. After you have moved the contents delete the folder. Now the folder might not delete because its encrypted to prevent that so all you have to do is rename that folder and reboot TRWP recovery. If you have cwm I would flash twrp because cwm doesn't have a file manager. That being said once your in recovery hit advanced I believe and then file manager. Scroll and find internal SD, then find that folder you renamed and open it. Now at the bottom right it should have tap select and then tap delete and swipe to delete it and you should be done. Hope this helps
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That helped tons, thank you I really appreciate it!!
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dante32278 said:
That helped tons, thank you I really appreciate it!!
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Your welcome glad to help :thumbup:
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OK so issue is partially resolved. When I am in pacman from 4-2-13 I can only see part of the files on my SD card. I cannot see anything on there from the last 60 days or so. I have been running TW ROMs for a while and in root explorer my internal storage shows as sdcard0 for them. Is that causing some sort of conflict with how 4.2.2 reads my SD card? How do I get everything on my internal to show in one folder? I thought about renaming sdcard0 to just sdcard on my TW ROM and then flashing 4.2.2 but I would rather ask before doing so.
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dante32278 said:
OK so issue is partially resolved. When I am in pacman from 4-2-13 I can only see part of the files on my SD card. I cannot see anything on there from the last 60 days or so. I have been running TW ROMs for a while and in root explorer my internal storage shows as sdcard0 for them. Is that causing some sort of conflict with how 4.2.2 reads my SD card? How do I get everything on my internal to show in one folder? I thought about renaming sdcard0 to just sdcard on my TW ROM and then flashing 4.2.2 but I would rather ask before doing so.
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Sdcard0 is the factory name to your internal SD card no need to mess with that, but inside that directory will be the "0" folder which is where all your stuff is if its not in there maybe its in your external SD if you have one I know my phone switches back and forth it gets annoying but I can handle it.
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Missing Storage After Flashing Liquid Smooth?

I just flashed LiquidSmooth v2.5 with the following steps:
CWM backup onto internal sd card
Move Rom and Google apps to internal sd card
Wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache
Format /system, Format /data
Install Rom, Google apps
Boot
However, now when I look at the internal storage of my phone through settings, there is 12.05GB available, but only 1.68GB free space. I have not downloaded any apps, and I have no media on the device (pictures, music, videos, etc). When I connect the phone to my computer and explore the internal storage, there is nothing there as well. I think there is a lot of stuff taking up room that I can't see. How do I get to those files to delete them and make more room? Is the problem that I am not using an external sd card?
Thanks in advance.

Get disk usage from the market. It will show you what's using your space.
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I just downloaded and used it. It says that 9.3GB is system data? Is that possible? How can I get rid of that?

Go to the root required section and choose /data. That should give you better results.
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Internal SD Card possibly corrupt

Hey guys,
I noticed that a couple of weeks ago, the apps I have installed on phone storage disappear after a few reboots. This happens on every ROM I have tried (currently on OrDroid 15)
After let's say the 3rd reboot, i notice there are less icons in the app drawer than there used to be. So i check my apps and under "all" the missing apps show up as "com.android.xyz" with an SD card symbol next to them.
To fix the issue is simple, I just have to reinstall the apps from the Play Store and all my data is conserved as well, but then I have to move the apps manually to the internal storage...
Could this be because of zipalign? Is my sd card corrupt? And how do I format it properly?
Thanks for your help guys
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Mount the sdcard inside the recovery as a usb mass storage device and copy all content to the pc (if possible) then unmount and format the sdcard in the mounts & storage menu (if you have cwm recovery) then copy back the content.
You can also format it and then mount it in the recovery and let a disk checking software scan the sdcard for errors !

Mr Hofs said:
Mount the sdcard inside the recovery as a usb mass storage device and copy all content to the pc (if possible) then unmount and format the sdcard in the mounts & storage menu (if you have cwm recovery) then copy back the content.
You can also format it and then mount it in the recovery and let a disk checking software scan the sdcard for errors !
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That's what I did a few months ago, but the issue is still there. I even checked the file system for errors and nothing was corrupted according to the PC... I should have asked more clearly, is there a way to format rhe SD card from the PC? What file format should it be? FAT or NTFS?
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Fat32.....

Mr Hofs said:
Fat32.....
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Thank you, I will format it via my PC, wipe and reflash OrDroid. Let's see how it turns out..

Good luck

Ok, formatted as FAT32 in Windows, wiped, reflashed OrDroid.
Apps were downloaded and a few were automatically installed on phone storage.
Rebooted to recovery, installed Lyapota Resources (for Sense 5 icons), wiped cache and Dalvik.
Rebooted, apps that were installed on phone storage are gone.... I can't believe this s***!!!!
I think it has something to do with either wiping cache/dalvik or with zipalign...
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d1n0x said:
Ok, formatted as FAT32 in Windows, wiped, reflashed OrDroid.
Apps were downloaded and a few were automatically installed on phone storage.
Rebooted to recovery, installed Lyapota Resources (for Sense 5 icons), wiped cache and Dalvik.
Rebooted, apps that were installed on phone storage are gone.... I can't believe this s***!!!!
I think it has something to do with either wiping cache/dalvik or with zipalign...
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Try on stock rom.
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d1n0x said:
Ok, formatted as FAT32 in Windows, wiped, reflashed OrDroid.
Apps were downloaded and a few were automatically installed on phone storage.
Rebooted to recovery, installed Lyapota Resources (for Sense 5 icons), wiped cache and Dalvik.
Rebooted, apps that were installed on phone storage are gone.... I can't believe this s***!!!!
I think it has something to do with either wiping cache/dalvik or with zipalign...
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Did you try fixing permissions after all flashes?
Could be why your apps are gone after Icon Flash.

Wilks3y said:
Did you try fixing permissions after all flashes?
Could be why your apps are gone after Icon Flash.
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Yes, also tried that. I moved the apps that were originally installed on phone storage to internal storage, rebooted a few times, booted to recovery, wiped cache/dalvik, everything fine.
As soon as I move them back to phone storage, I rebooted a few times, booted to recovery again and wiped cache and dalvik. fixed permissions, rebooted, apps are gone...
As for stock ROM, I do not want to go back to stock, unless it is absolutely necessary