In the TWRP Recovery, under the wipe menu, there is an option to wipe the system. Does wiping the system in TWRP, wipe all of the internal and external sd card too?
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To my knowledge it only wipes the /system folder. There are other buttons in TWRP to wipe internal and external storage.
Lilsir64 said:
In the TWRP Recovery, under the wipe menu, there is an option to wipe the system. Does wiping the system in TWRP, wipe all of the internal and external sd card too?
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Wiping system wipes your Rom.
Wiping data deletes everything on internal sd card
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Lilsir64 said:
In the TWRP Recovery, under the wipe menu, there is an option to wipe the system. Does wiping the system in TWRP, wipe all of the internal and external sd card too?
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No it wipes /system
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Does it erase ur data files on internal sd?
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No. When you flash a rom you should only wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache, which won't erase your internal sd card.
midnitecoupe said:
No. When you flash a rom you should only wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache, which won't erase your internal sd card.
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Thank you so much for this fast respond
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I've done some searches but I can't find details of exactly what is involved in a full wipe.
What constitutes a full wipe?
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Swell6 said:
I've done some searches but I can't find details of exactly what is involved in a full wipe.
What constitutes a full wipe?
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Wipe data/factory data reset
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Format system.
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rachit.rc96 said:
Wipe data/factory data reset
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Format system.
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Also wipe boot partition and possibly other system files stored on sd card other than .android_secure.
If you select the wipe data/factory reset and then wipe all partitions except sd card option it does the same thing. Just be sure to flash something that restores boot partition as having no boot image can result in a "stuck" device.
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Install 4ext recovery from www.4ext.net. Boot into recovery, select 'wipe/format' -> 'format all partitions (except SD card)'.
Wiping the boot, system, data, cache partitions & .android_secure folder is what constitutes a full wipe. With 4ext recovery you can full wipe at once using the above option.
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sashank said:
Install 4ext recovery from www.4ext.net. Boot into recovery, select 'wipe/format' -> 'format all partitions (except SD card)'.
Wiping the boot, system, data, cache partitions & .android_secure folder is what constitutes a full wipe. With 4ext recovery you can full wipe at once using the above option.
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Plus one to this it's the easiest way. Instead 4ext and every looked back since!
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Hey all, I'm new to the Galaxy Nexus. When you wipe data does that wipe your internal storage as well? As in the mnt/SDcard partition.
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No. Your content is in data/media
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In a custom recovery, no. I believe stock recovery will wipe everything.
3rdstring said:
In a custom recovery, no. I believe stock recovery will wipe everything.
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Yup if you're on stock recovery, it'll delete everything except things like ROM and kernel
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gmap516 said:
Hey all, I'm new to the Galaxy Nexus. When you wipe data does that wipe your internal storage as well? As in the mnt/SDcard partition.
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Just to add some detail:
When you wipe data (or factory reset) using a stock recovery, it wipes the entire userdata partition (which is mounted as /data in Android). The userdata partition is where all your data is stored included anything stored in /sdcard. [It does not touch any other partition. So if you have a custom ROM, doing a factory reset will not magically restore the stock ROM. Same thing for the other partitions.]
When you wipe data (factory reset) using a custom recovery, it deletes all files in /data except the files in /data/media (which is mounted as /sdcard in Android).
Noob question... What will happen when I format system. What will I lose and keep. Will my internal storage get lost? And will I have to push new rom back to phone via usb transfer. I do understand wiping data, both caches, and system, but what does formatting system do.?
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Your ROM is installed on /system. If you wipe system you wipe the os. It doesn't touch the data or internal storage.
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Yes,you have to push new rom back to phone via usb transfer!
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Yes,you have to push new rom back to phone via usb transfer!
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no. no you dont.
wiping /system just erases the /system partition.
Thanx guys... I think I'm good. System wipe/format system will not erase data. But a data format wipe you lose everything. That's what I thought but wanted to double check so I didn't lose important data.
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Before this i am using phone with micro sd extrrnal, so when i full wipe, i know sd not wiped.
So, in gnex, it use internal, so if want to flash new rom, what i need to avoid so data in internal not wiped? Does full wipe erase sd also?
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Both "Wipe data/cache" in CWM and "Wipe data" in TWRP excludes internal media (/data/media), so you should be good to go.
CWM is verified on my Nex4 and TWRP is verified on GNex.
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so in cwm, factory reset still not wipe my storage?
vocyber said:
so in cwm, factory reset still not wipe my storage?
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factory reset will only wipe system and cash partitions.
handofdark said:
factory reset will only wipe system and cash partitions.
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And the data partition minus the media directory (SD card)
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