Trying clear out internal SD card. Can you lock boot loader with custom ROM to clear everything and i mean everything. What is best way other than factory reset.
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Reboot into recovery and format internal storage?
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jmileti said:
Trying clear out internal SD card. Can you lock boot loader with custom ROM to clear everything and i mean everything. What is best way other than factory reset.
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fastboot erase userdata
this will clear EVERYTHING off the sdcard
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If I do a factory reset via the recovery method will it actually erase any photos I have taken that are on the phone considering there is not a memory card on the phone out will they be safe?
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Yea it should
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I might be wrong but I think it stores photos on a seperate partition. Meaning it should still be there after a reset.
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xxprodigyxx11 said:
I might be wrong but I think it stores photos on a seperate partition. Meaning it should still be there after a reset.
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No it doesn't.
Because the phone doesn't have a SDcard, everything is on 1 partition. Factory reset literally removes everything. You'll lose it all. Back things up before you reset.
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If I do a factory reset via the recovery method will it actually erase any photos I have taken that are on the phone considering there is not a memory card on the phone out will they be safe?
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It'll only format /sdcard/.androidsecure as far as i know, if you do reset via recovery.
However if you do it via settings menu then It'll ask you if you want to erase sd card content or not, if you choose so, it'll erase photos and everything on sdcard, however if you don't, then it won't.
This option will come on next screen after you choose to do factory reset.
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If you wipe data/cache in clockworkmod it DOES NOT ERASE THE /sdcard
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martonikaj said:
No it doesn't.
Because the phone doesn't have a SDcard, everything is on 1 partition. Factory reset literally removes everything. You'll lose it all. Back things up before you reset.
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There is a /mnt/sdcard as if the phone actually had an SD card.
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joshnichols189 said:
There is a /mnt/sdcard as if the phone actually had an SD card.
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So there is a seperate partition?
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Thanks all for your replies, ill back up first just in case before I return it for a swap,
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xxprodigyxx11 said:
So there is a seperate partition?
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yes
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ajhavery said:
It'll only format /sdcard/.androidsecure as far as i know, if you do reset via recovery.
However if you do it via settings menu then It'll ask you if you want to erase sd card content or not, if you choose so, it'll erase photos and everything on sdcard, however if you don't, then it won't.
This option will come on next screen after you choose to do factory reset.
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I dont get that option , it just goes and wipes everything and I mean everything
potsykate said:
If I do a factory reset via the recovery method will it actually erase any photos I have taken that are on the phone considering there is not a memory card on the phone out will they be safe?
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No all photos still be present. A format erases everything
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Hey I'm still new to Verizon g nexus and want to confirm that wiping data will not erase things like pictures, music and everything else on my internal memory
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Wiping data in custom recovery will not touch your "SD card"
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Yes. It definitely will.
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Yes I am also wondering if doing a data wipe from clockworkmod recovery will delete the sdcard partition? I am about to try as soon as all my music finishes copying over to my computer. I'll post my results here once I know.Cheers!
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dragonboydbboy said:
Yes I am also wondering if doing a data wipe from clockworkmod recovery will delete the sdcard partition? I am about to try as soon as all my music finishes copying over to my computer. I'll post my results here once I know.Cheers!
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OK thanks man. I just put all my stuff from my charge on here and don't want to have to do it again
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dragonboydbboy said:
Yes I am also wondering if doing a data wipe from clockworkmod recovery will delete the sdcard partition? I am about to try as soon as all my music finishes copying over to my computer. I'll post my results here once I know.Cheers!
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No. Wiping in clockwork mod will NOT delete anything on your "SD card".
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HTCluva said:
Hey I'm still new to Verizon g nexus and want to confirm that wiping data will not erase things like pictures, music and everything else on my internal memory
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If you're on a custom ROM and wiping from CWM Recovery, it will not wipe the virtual "SDcard".
If you're on stock ROM and doing something like unlocking the bootloader, wiping the device, it will wipe everything.
I'm on gummynex and the optimus prime recovery. I should be fine then
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Can indeed confirm that it saves the sdcard partition from a clockworckmod custom rom wipe. Yay! Thanks all!
Thanks for all the help guys
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Is there a way to wipe my internal 16gig.. From loading 4.2 and coming back to 4.1 somehow my internal memory is messed up. When I go into twrp I can see some files in my downloads folder but when I boot up and explore my memory it's different. I have factory reset and wipe when I Flashed new rom but it don't fix it.
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wilderckw said:
Is there a way to wipe my internal 16gig.. From loading 4.2 and coming back to 4.1 somehow my internal memory is messed up. When I go into twrp I can see some files in my downloads folder but when I boot up and explore my memory it's different. I have factory reset and wipe when I Flashed new rom but it don't fix it.
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Try looking in data/media and you will most likely find your files. It's a 4.2 change
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In twrp there is a wipe internal option. Not sure if that'll do what you need.
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In twrp there is a wipe internal option. Not sure if that'll do what you need.
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I was thinking I could do that then restore my tom backup or flash a new rom just never did it before..
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I'm looking to sell my galaxy nexus and I was just wondering if its okay to just make a backup of my internal storage and wipe the whole thing. I'm not sure if there would be any hidden files that could be looked at (Google Wallet/other secure app files) if I just do a factory reset and wipe my pictures. All I'm asking is if it is okay to wipe the whole internal storage of my Gnex. Thanks for any help.
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Factory Reset is enough!
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Factory reset only deletes user data. If you want tot delete everything you can just lock and re unlock the bootloader.
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mrgnex said:
Factory reset only deletes user data. If you want tot delete everything you can just lock and re unlock the bootloader.
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Factory reset only wipes /data in a CUSTOM recovery. In stock recovery it handles the storage partition also
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Good day fine community.
My Galaxy S3 i747M(Rogers) stays stuck @ Galaxy S3 screen after flashing this ROM S3Rx 3.0 TouchWiz 4.3 MJB (1-27-14) Full AROMA.
1. First succesfully flashed 4.3 bootloader and MK5 modem from within a 4.1 ROM
2. Then used TRWP, full wipe, formatted internal sd, flashed ROM and loaded well.
3. Then attempted a Nandroid, which for some reason stayed almost an hour in the "backing up system data", so I cancelled it when the "cannot finish" message appeared.
4. Then rebooted, and now stays stuck in Galaxy S3 screen.
I redid 1, 2 and 4, and still stuck, even if I let the phone rest for more than 10 minutes.
For the life of me, it seems to be a bootloader issue, but I am unsure.
Anyone has any idea what I did wrong?
Thank you.
Try wipe of /system and all other wipes that you can apply. These are under the advanced section of your recovery
This will wipe your whole phone. Then try and reboot
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Reboot into what? Everything's wiped.
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Builtnoob, did that. My sd card was fully wiped, as well as cache and dalvik. Thanks for the input.
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Shortydogg, once i flashed and was in the launcher, and alk was working fine, I rebooted in to recovery to do nand. Even if the nand was uncuccessfull, i should still be able to boot into the rom, since it was already running. That is my question: how come it stays stuck at boot. Thx for looking into it.
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Usually first boot takes a good half hour at times. Give it some time. However this could be due to a faulty flash. Or some corruption of data. Use twrp to mount your internal memory. Then redownload the ROM and reflash .
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Did you format the internal SD or did you format the system, data, and cache from recovery?
audit13, I formatted everything but my ext sd card. Tonight I will try again, this time with fresh download and wiping cache and dalvik after flashing, before booting, and will report back. Thanks guys.
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audit13, I formatted everything but my ext sd card. Tonight I will try again, this time with fresh download and wiping cache and dalvik after flashing, before booting, and will report back. Thanks guys.
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Don't forget the /system wipe as a lot of the stock ROMs do need it
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buildnoob, 10-4.
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An easier fix may be to just flash a pre-rooted 4.3 ROM that is made for the Bell, Telus or Rogers version of your phone. Then, load a custom recovery to flash custom ROMs.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
Buildnoob, thanks for the info. I did fresh install and wiped cache and dalvik after flash and now all is well.
Thanks guys for the help.
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buildnoob, 10-4.
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