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Whay exactly does a full wipe consist of? Using RA 2.3 recovery.

I usually wipe system, cache, and dalvik that way I keep all my dl app but some wipe data also. U can wipe boot as well.

[email protected] said:
Whay exactly does a full wipe consist of? Using RA 2.3 recovery.
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A full wipe, in preparation to flash a new rom would consist of wiping:
data/factory reset
cache
dalvik cache
boot
system
I always wipe everything 2 or 3 times. I also flash Calkulin's Format All after wiping all of the above. That might be overkill, but it makes me feel better before I flash a rom, lol. You get a completely clean start.

k2buckley said:
A full wipe, in preparation to flash a new rom would consist of wiping:
data/factory reset
cache
dalvik cache
boot
system
I always wipe everything 2 or 3 times. I also flash Calkulin's Format All after wiping all of the above. That might be overkill, but it makes me feel better before I flash a rom, lol. You get a completely clean start.
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What would happen if i wiped everything and rebooted? not that i wanna try it or anything just curious

My definition of a full wipe using amon RA is EVERYTHING in the wipe menu except the SD card and when I flash a different rom, I wipe everything on that list with the exception of the card itself. Technically speaking, however, the list that k2buckley posted is correct.
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What would happen if i wiped everything and rebooted? not that i wanna try it or anything just curious
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If you tried to boot after wiping what I mentioned, you will either hang at the splash screen or it will boot you right to fastboot (not sure really though, as I've never tried, but it wouldn't boot, for sure). Since it wipes system and boot image, there would be nothing installed for you to boot into. Btw, I would avoid trying that lol.
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k2buckley said:
If you tried to boot after wiping what I mentioned, you will either hang at the splash screen or it will boot you right to fastboot (not sure really though, as I've never tried, but it wouldn't boot, for sure). Since it wipes system and boot image, there would be nothing installed for you to boot into. Btw, I would avoid trying that lol.
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+1........(laughing)
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dougjamal said:
My definition of a full wipe using amon RA is EVERYTHING in the wipe menu except the SD card and when I flash a different rom, I wipe everything on that list with the exception of the card itself. Technically speaking, however, the list that k2buckley posted is correct.
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That's crazy. Wiping everything like that is over kill. No need to wipe data as its all the apps that uve downloaded from the market. The only ones really needed are dalvik, cache, boot, and system. And I've only ever had to do it one time then flash a rom and it works everytime plus I have all my data and apps there still

Papa Smurf151 said:
That's crazy. Wiping everything like that is over kill. No need to wipe data as its all the apps that uve downloaded from the market. The only ones really needed are dalvik, cache, boot, and system. And I've only ever had to do it one time then flash a rom and it works everytime plus I have all my data and apps there still
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He asked what a FULL wipe was. Not if it was necessary or required. And not wiping data when going from one rom to a different one (not an update of the same rom, but to a totally different rom) has ALWAYS left me with weird issues, such as wake locks, cm Widgets on salvage mod, reboots etc.
Oh well, we all have our own methods and rituals for flashing, lol. I will stick to my methods, and everyone else can use theirs.
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Papa Smurf151 said:
That's crazy. Wiping everything like that is over kill. No need to wipe data as its all the apps that uve downloaded from the market. The only ones really needed are dalvik, cache, boot, and system. And I've only ever had to do it one time then flash a rom and it works everytime plus I have all my data and apps there still
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It may very well be overkill, however, that is my method and it has served me well and has saved me a great deal of unnecessary troubleshooting. But hey, to each his or her own, right? Take care and enjoy the rest of your night....
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k2buckley said:
.....And not wiping data when going from one rom to a different one (not an update of the same rom, but to a totally different rom) has ALWAYS left me with weird issues, such as wake locks, cm Widgets on salvage mod, reboots etc......
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Same here, my friend.........and when I change roms, I don't want any remnants of the previous one.
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dougjamal said:
Same here, my friend.........and when I change roms, I don't want any remnants of the previous one.
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I agree as well; I only restore my apps with data and my launcher settings, [person preference].

teh roxxorz said:
I agree as well; I only restore my apps with data and my launcher settings, [person preference].
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I'm guessing u know this but have u ever looked at ur data folder with root exployer or what ever. The app folder might have 5-6 apps in it and the app-private folder holds the apps u dl from market. So wiping it in recovery makes little sense. I've flashed plenty of different roms without wiping data and never had a problem. Plus on an upnote all ihave to do is flash the roms and gapps if needed and restart and that's it. No need to sit there for an hour restoring apps or settings

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I'm guessing u know this but have u ever looked at ur data folder with root exployer or what ever.
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Yes, i have.
The app folder might have 5-6 apps in it and the app-private folder holds the apps u dl from market.
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Not with my current setup. My data/apps/ folder contains ALL of my 3rd party apps except Anfry Birds Rio and my app-private folder is empty.
So wiping it in recovery makes little sense.
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Yes and No.
I've flashed plenty of different roms without wiping data and never had a problem.
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I believe you and don't have a problem with you doing it that way, however, like you, I, too, have flashed a great deal of roms and my method has also served me well. It is not wrong for me to use my method. It's just a matter of preference and nothing more.
Plus on an upnote all ihave to do is flash the roms and gapps if needed and restart and that's it. No need to sit there for an hour restoring apps or settings
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I understand, but, I do not sit for hours restoring my apps. My apps are restored within minutes. Anyway, I appreciate your viewpoint. Take care and have a great night.....
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Return after MIUI

I just sifted through the forum and couldnt find anything so is there a special thing you have to do if you want to return to Sense after CM 7 and MIUI? Or can you just flash a Sense rom?
I remember on the Fascinate we had to ODIN a stock ROM after because of MTD BLM.

No you can just flash. Well you should clear data/cache.
I normally wipe data factory
wipe cache
format system
clear davlik
clear battery
then flash.
Might be to much but thats normally what I do and Ive never had any problems.

jaypr9 said:
No you can just flash. Well you should clear data/cache.
I normally wipe data factory
wipe cache
format system
clear davlik
clear battery
then flash.
Might be to much but thats normally what I do and Ive never had any problems.
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Awesome thank you very much.

jaypr9 said:
No you can just flash. Well you should clear data/cache.
I normally wipe data factory
wipe cache
format system
clear davlik
clear battery
then flash.
Might be to much but thats normally what I do and Ive never had any problems.
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Not too much..perfect explanation.
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jaypr9 said:
No you can just flash. Well you should clear data/cache.
I normally wipe data factory
wipe cache
format system
clear davlik
clear battery
then flash.
Might be to much but thats normally what I do and Ive never had any problems.
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I would definitely wipe all those, especially from an AOSP Rom to a Sense Rom

FWIW, I do the same, except I don't bother to wipe battery stats.

Fasinationinmotion said:
I just sifted through the forum and couldnt find anything so is there a special thing you have to do if you want to return to Sense after CM 7 and MIUI? Or can you just flash a Sense rom?
I remember on the Fascinate we had to ODIN a stock ROM after because of MTD BLM.
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Make sure you return to a stock kernel as well (if you changed it). From what I have heard, sense and AOSP kernels are not compatible with each other.
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kingsway8605 said:
.... From what I have heard, sense and AOSP kernels are not compatible with each other.
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This is TRUE!

Better yet... Couldn't U just make a backup of the sense then just restore it
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(Request) cwm flashable super wipe script.

Looking to see if one of the awesome devs here can whip something up. On previous devices we seemed to have some flashable wipe scripts that would do a thorough job of cleaning the device before a flash. For instance one could wipe cache, dalvic, data, and system, as well as do some sort of disc alignment in one flashable script. It would mount the proper partitions and ensure that the device was clean for a fresh install. With all the choices between aosp, ics, and jelly bean roms, this may help alleviate some of the questions about what,and how to wipe properly. I for one would love to see a similar file for this device.
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Micronads said:
Looking to see if one of the awesome devs here can whip something up. On previous devices we seemed to have some flashable wipe scripts that would do a thorough job of cleaning the device before a flash. For instance one could wipe cache, dalvic, data, and system, as well as do some sort of disc alignment in one flashable script. It would mount the proper partitions and ensure that the device was clean for a fresh install. With all the choices between aosp, ics, and jelly bean roms, this may help alleviate some of the questions about what,and how to wipe properly. I for one would love to see a similar file for this device.
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+1, I was using a super wipe script on my Galaxy Nexus and it helps streamline and optimize flashes

Micronads said:
Looking to see if one of the awesome devs here can whip something up. On previous devices we seemed to have some flashable wipe scripts that would do a thorough job of cleaning the device before a flash. For instance one could wipe cache, dalvic, data, and system, as well as do some sort of disc alignment in one flashable script. It would mount the proper partitions and ensure that the device was clean for a fresh install. With all the choices between aosp, ics, and jelly bean roms, this may help alleviate some of the questions about what,and how to wipe properly. I for one would love to see a similar file for this device.
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If people have any questions about how to wipe or what wipes are necessary for there particular flash I believe they should read more and learn about there device inside and out so they won't need to ask such questions and can fix problems themselves, not spoon feed them a do all script that they have no clue what it's doing or afterwards if something goes wrong they will have no clue how they got there or how to fix it. My 2c.
I do see your point of making it easier for power users however, but in reality most fresh install require 3 different wipes all located right next to each other(twrp) and dirty installs even less, I don't really see that 10 seconds it takes to wipe the phone clean to be such an issue, but that's just me. Not trying to argue or flame, just my thoughts.
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I don't know about disk alignment but this will do the wiping for you.
I know this is obvious but don't run this from the internal storage. Only do it from external.
http://goo.im/devs/crawrj/Android/ATT_GS3/CWM-Wipe-All-GS3.zip

corythug said:
If people have any questions about how to wipe or what wipes are necessary for there particular flash I believe they should read more and learn about there device inside and out so they won't need to ask such questions and can fix problems themselves, not spoon feed them a do all script that they have no clue what it's doing or afterwards if something goes wrong they will have no clue how they got there or how to fix it. My 2c.
I do see your point of making it easier for power users however, but in reality most fresh install require 3 different wipes all located right next to each other(twrp) and dirty installs even less, I don't really see that 10 seconds it takes to wipe the phone clean to be such an issue, but that's just me. Not trying to argue or flame, just my thoughts.
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No clue on how they got there or how to fix it? It is a wipe script, not a magically fix and load custom stuff on there phone script. Again if you cant help then don't post.

crawrj said:
I don't know about disk alignment but this will do the wiping for you.
I know this is obvious but don't run this from the internal storage. Only do it from external.
http://goo.im/devs/crawrj/Android/ATT_GS3/CWM-Wipe-All-GS3.zip
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Does this wipe internal storage? Based on your instructions I am assuming so.

That's the problem to use a script to wipe data also wipe your internal sdcard. The only safe way is to use a custom recovery that doesn't wipe /data/media. I can look into it and see if it can be done without wiping data/media but no promises...
The link above just deletes the directories, including data so i wouldn't recommend using that if you want to keep your internal sd contents.

Here is the one we used on the hercules, maybe you can try to make it work on this device.

smokin1337 said:
That's the problem to use a script to wipe data also wipe your internal sdcard. The only safe way is to use a custom recovery that doesn't wipe /data/media. I can look into it and see if it can be done without wiping data/media but no promises...
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Thank you sir. I have attached in the post above this the script that was used on the S2. Maybe you can do something with it.

Micronads said:
Does this wipe internal storage? Based on your instructions I am assuming so.
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Yeah it wipes data like a factory reset.
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smokin1337 said:
That's the problem to use a script to wipe data also wipe your internal sdcard. The only safe way is to use a custom recovery that doesn't wipe /data/media. I can look into it and see if it can be done without wiping data/media but no promises...
The link above just deletes the directories, including data so i wouldn't recommend using that if you want to keep your internal sd contents.
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You could have it backup /data/media and restore it after the wipe. Of course the better way would be to just skip it but I am not sure how to do that.

OK here is a new one that will wipe data but not /data/media.
http://goo.im/devs/crawrj/Android/ATT_GS3/CWM-Wipe-All-GS3.zip
Edit: It still wipes cache, system and dalvik just to be clear.

So it wipes data, system, cache, and dalvic. I was only concerned because i thought your original one wiped sdcard.
Edit. Did you see the file i posted from the last script i used?
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Micronads said:
So it wipes data, system, cache, and dalvic. I was only concerned because i thought your original one wiped sdcard.
Edit. Did you see the file i posted from the last script i used?
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Yeah it wipes all of those but doesn't wipe /data/media. The original one did wipe all of data so I fixed it to skip media.
I must have missed that post but to be honest I am weary of the disk align thing. I have never done it and have never had a problem so I likely never would use it.
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Will this work on the T-Mobile S3?

pgg285 said:
Will this work on the T-Mobile S3?
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It will as long as your partitions are the same. I can't imagine why they wouldn't be. I know Sprints are. Once I get to the office I will check it out.
Edit: Yes it will work on the T-Mobile S3.
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Question about updating a rom.

OK I wanted to to if you have to factory reset and all that when you flash a new update on a rom. Or do you just flash it without clearing your data. Thanks.
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CaLLm3LAzY- said:
OK I wanted to to if you have to factory reset and all that when you flash a new update on a rom. Or do you just flash it without clearing your data. Thanks.
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If you're updating you can just wipe cache and dalvik :good:

BAM1789 said:
If you're updating you can just wipe cache and dalvik :good:
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A lot of the time you don't even have to do that, you can just go ahead and flash. It's always a good idea though. It's also good to do a full reset when flashing updates from, i.e., CM10 to 10.1.

BAM1789 said:
If you're updating you can just wipe cache and dalvik :good:
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Thanks!
Fracta1 said:
A lot of the time you don't even have to do that, you can just go ahead and flash. It's always a good idea though. It's also good to do a full reset when flashing updates from, i.e., CM10 to 10.1.
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Flashing kernels?

Are there any steps I do to flash a new kernel? Like wipe the cache or anything?
And let's say I have the deviant kernel, how can I switch to the faux kernel?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277368&highlight=+q+wipe

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277368&highlight=+q+wipe
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Thanks!
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norml said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277368&highlight=+q+wipe
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Do i wipe it afterwards or before?
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Both. Think of it like this...
Would you ever take a dump without wiping? NEVER. Wipe, wipe, wipe, wipe, wipe. A wiping flasher is a happy flasher.

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Do i wipe it afterwards or before?
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I'm still pretty new to all this stuff, from what I've read, it's all different, noone ever is really specific, which is annoying imo. And a lot of guides/tutorials are very vague. Step by step guide, my ass, lol. I think if ur flashing a new rom, u wanna do data, system, cache and dalvik. If ur jus restoring a backup, I think all you need is factory data reset which is basically data, cache and dalvik. But hey, WTF do I know, hopefully someone can fill us in, I originally posted that link, because I remembered it because it was the only one that was pretty specific. Good luck man.

norml said:
I'm still pretty new to all this stuff, from what I've read, it's all different, noone ever is really specific, which is annoying imo. And a lot of guides/tutorials are very vague. Step by step guide, my ass, lol. I think if ur flashing a new rom, u wanna do data, system, cache and dalvik. If ur jus restoring a backup, I think all you need is factory data reset which is basically data, cache and dalvik. But hey, WTF do I know, hopefully someone can fill us in, I originally posted that link, because I remembered it because it was the only one that was pretty specific. Good luck man.
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In almost any ROM i have ever flashed its been recommended to wipe System,Data,Cache,Deviant Cache Before you flash the Rom after you flash the ROM wipe Cache, Deviant Cache.
With Kernels wipe Cache,Deviant Cache Before and again after.
Just in my experiences.

luckyduck69 said:
Both. Think of it like this...
Would you ever take a dump without wiping? NEVER. Wipe, wipe, wipe, wipe, wipe. A wiping flasher is a happy flasher.
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Nice reference haha!
Thanks for the help!
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Thanks! I'll do both just to make sure!
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mike105217 said:
In almost any ROM i have ever flashed its been recommended to wipe System,Data,Cache,Deviant Cache Before you flash the Rom after you flash the ROM wipe Cache, Deviant Cache.
With Kernels wipe Cache,Deviant Cache Before and again after.
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Could you be a little bit more specific pls?:silly: JK, thanks man.

Haha, I really hate it when they don't specify important things!
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norml said:
Could you be a little bit more specific pls?:silly: JK, thanks man.
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No problem.