1. In twrp can I format my internal sdcard and then flash a ROM from my external sdcard to make it completely fresh? Will this reorganize everything back to just what the ruin has in it?
2. I see allot of posts on the 4.2.1 sdcard0/0/0 issue. I have gotten the newest twrp and am told it won't do it anymore? Does it only do this when going back and fourth from 4.1 ROMs and 4.2 ROMs? And will doing ? #1 fix this mess? Doesn't seen to be taking up any space on my internal sd just seems messy and I would like to understand it more, but from what I read it's never really explained well. I know it's for multiple users.
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Hmmm.....
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blaker13 said:
1. In twrp can I format my internal sdcard and then flash a ROM from my external sdcard to make it completely fresh? Will this reorganize everything back to just what the ruin has in it?
2. I see allot of posts on the 4.2.1 sdcard0/0/0 issue. I have gotten the newest twrp and am told it won't do it anymore? Does it only do this when going back and fourth from 4.1 ROMs and 4.2 ROMs? And will doing ? #1 fix this mess? Doesn't seen to be taking up any space on my internal sd just seems messy and I would like to understand it more, but from what I read it's never really explained well. I know it's for multiple users.
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Your backups are made on the internal sd so if you format it, you'll format those as well. Also, flashing is made from the root of the internal to make sure everything goes fine.
Not so sure about your 2nd question though.
1. Yes you can. My nan backups are on my external. Once in awhile I do format internal and flash a fresh ROM. Remember though..some app settings and saved data are on internal. Also make sure you back up your pics..if you have them on internal. Make sure the files you need to flash are actually on your external before you wipe LOL
I have my nandroids and my PiCs on my external SD... and the roms I want to flash... anything else I need on the external to format my internal? Don't care about app data and stuff.
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blaker13 said:
I have my nandroids and my PiCs on my external SD... and the roms I want to flash... anything else I need on the external to format my internal? Don't care about app data and stuff.
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Could always make a backup of your efs folder before going ahead with this. Should be done either way
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I have my nandroids and my PiCs on my external SD... and the roms I want to flash... anything else I need on the external to format my internal? Don't care about app data and stuff.
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I usually just use something like root explorer and browse the folders on my internal just to be sure. Sometimes I forget there may be an apk i want and its in my download folder. And make sure you have your titanium back up stuff if thats important to you
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When I look from the perspective my computer I can;t identify where I have fill all 15 GB from?
Could this be a possible error from the Rom its self or is it hidden files that wouldn't be seen by my computer that is causing these kinds of issues?
I have also tried switching to have most my app and information stored on the SD card but nothing seem to be working.
Thanks for any help in advance.
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When I look from the perspective my computer I can;t identify where I have fill all 15 GB from?
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Do you take a lot of pictures and/or video? If you're using a TouchWiz-based ROM, then you can tell the camera app to use the external storage (SD card) instead of local storage.
You can move them over with any file manager app.
Otherwise, I'm not sure. It's possible you have some games installed that simply can't be moved to SD, but that's pretty rare now days.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage
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Nope
I don't really take any pictures nor do I store anything on my phone really.
Here are the screenshots I took of my memory usage.
My SD card is more Full than the internal memory.
I had tried doing a factory reset which did lower the totally memory usage but still had the system memory issue.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage
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Thanks for this suggestion but I tried to down load it and my phone said I didn't have enough storage despite the storage information I had previously posted.
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Thanks for this suggestion but I tried to down load it and my phone said I didn't have enough storage despite the storage information I had previously posted.
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I would go for a fresh, clean install. Backup, wipe all and reflash.
BWolf56 said:
I would go for a fresh, clean install. Backup, wipe all and reflash.
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Seems like your "stuff" is all being saved in the wrong place or partition
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Seems like your "stuff" is all being saved in the wrong place or partition
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Agreed but I don't know 100% what to do about it.
I have done a wipe but it seems like its always still full which doesn't make sense.
I looked into storage after I installed a 4.2 rom and it said I have 4.2GB from CWM but then I can't find the files to back that up when I look from the computer side.
Any Ideas?
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Agreed but I don't know 100% what to do about it.
I have done a wipe but it seems like its always still full which doesn't make sense.
I looked into storage after I installed a 4.2 rom and it said I have 4.2GB from CWM but then I can't find the files to back that up when I look from the computer side.
Any Ideas?
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How many nandroid backups have you made?
I'm thinking you got a few you could get rid of.
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How many nandroid backups have you made?
I'm thinking you got a few you could get rid of.
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I go rid of the 2 I could find but it only openned up 2GB. I;m going to try and down load the other app that was suggested see if it clears things up.
I also had 5 GB of I donknow what kind of data on my SD card labeled. Lost.dir
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I go rid of the 2 I could find but it only openned up 2GB. I;m going to try and down load the other app that was suggested see if it clears things up.
I also had 5 GB of I donknow what kind of data on my SD card labeled. Lost.dir
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Lost.dir is for a repair recovery thingy for Mac I think. So basically, you can delete it's content if it's not something you wish to recover.
All I did was trying to copy and paste some files onto my laptop and they all disappeared completely
Both my external and internal was completely wiped clean for no reason
I dont know what i say or do
Can anyone tell me what just happened or any advice to attempt to recover my data (i highly doubt there is)
FYI i have the important data backed up such as photo and text, everything else is gone
On your external, you could use something like Recuva. It is a data recovery software and I am pretty sure it's free.
Didn't work.... But thanks
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I had similar issue when I installed 4.2.2 roms. It wiped out internal storage most the times. So far it doesn't wipe external yet.. I'm just making sure my backups are on external anymore.. it sucks we don't know root cause of this...
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].I'm sorry if any of these are dumb question but I'm kinda new to this but if you could please help me it would be greatly appreciated.. so I have wicked rom downloaded to my phone and I believe it is dl to the internal sd. So when I do the wiping that is required to do before flashing... the rom will still be on the internal sd after wipe correct? Also I have the t999 sgs3 but it is unlocked for att. It will still be unlocked right? And when I flash the rom I still put T-Mobile in the set up? Also one more thing how do I know if my phone is ics. Or jb cause I have the v8 jb downloaded I'm sry for all the question I just wanna be 100% before I do this
I'll try to answer a few of them which i can
*wiping won't delete rom files from internal sd
*it'll still be unlocked
*check android version in settings - about 4.0.4 = ics 4.1.x/4.2.x=jb
AFAIK
nikufellow said:
I'll try to answer a few of them which i can
*wiping won't delete rom files from internal sd
*it'll still be unlocked
*check android version in settings - about 4.0.4 = ics 4.1.x/4.2.x=jb
AFAIK
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Thanks alot bro and mines a 4.1.1
Wait and one more thing so sry. My backup is also saved to the internal sd it'll still be there to right? Using cwm
DJAK5150 said:
Wait and one more thing so sry. My backup is also saved to the internal sd it'll still be there to right? Using cwm
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Performing a factory reset formats everything but the /data/media/ directory, which contains your internal storage.
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Performing a factory reset formats everything but the /data/media/ directory, which contains your internal storage.
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Ty.. I hope I don't mess this up
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Ty.. I hope I don't mess this up
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If you're worried about losing any if your important content, including your nandroid backups, I recommend either transferring your content to a flash drive or to your pc that way you'll always have it and know where to look for it in case anything were to go wrong on your phone. You can also upload your content to a cloud but that can take a bit more time. If this helped please hit thanks as it really does help my status here on XDA.
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If you're worried about losing any if your important content, including your nandroid backups, I recommend either transferring your content to a flash drive or to your pc that way you'll always have it and know where to look for it in case anything were to go wrong on your phone. You can also upload your content to a cloud but that can take a bit more time. If this helped please hit thanks as it really does help my status here on XDA.
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How do I tranafer it to my comp? With sgs3 toolbox?
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How do I tranafer it to my comp? With sgs3 toolbox?
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micro usb? most common and basic way to transfer content.
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Better yet how do I get into my external sd card so I can delete stuff to make room to save a nandroid to it
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Better yet how do I get into my external sd card so I can delete stuff to make room to save a nandroid to it
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/mnt/extSdCard/
pretty straightforward
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What's that mean
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What's that mean
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Open up any root browser and navigate to mnt > extSdCard
As it shows, that is your external sd card
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Open up any root browser and navigate to mnt > extSdCard
As it shows, that is your external sd card
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So it shows that I have a back up I made with twrp so would I beagle to use that back up even if I'm using cwm
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So it shows that I have a back up I made with twrp so would I beagle to use that back up even if I'm using cwm
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No. Nandroids are recovery dependant. You would need to revert back to TWRP in oder to restore that backup and vice versa if a backup was made in CWM. Install GooManager from the Play Store, hit menu, then select "Install Openscriptrecovery" to flash the latest TWRP.
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Better yet how do I get into my external sd card so I can delete stuff to make room to save a nandroid to it
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You can either delete them from a file explorer from storage/extSdCard or just pop your SD card into a micro SD adapter if you have one and delete files from your computer
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serio22 said:
You can either delete them from a file explorer from storage/extSdCard or just pop your SD card into a micro SD adapter if you have one and delete files from your computer
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How much are you getting paid for all this? LOL
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No. Nandroids are recovery dependant. You would need to revert back to TWRP in oder to restore that backup and vice versa if a backup was made in CWM. Install GooManager from the Play Store, hit menu, then select "Install Openscriptrecovery" to flash the latest TWRP.
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But don't I have to use cwm to flash wicked?
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But don't I have to use cwm to flash wicked?
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You can use CWM or TWRP. What he's saying is you cannot recover a TWRP backup through CWM or vice versa.
So if you plan to use CWM, make a backup with CWM so you can recover in case something goes wrong. Your TWRP backup will not work with CWM.
Wicked is a great rom, it's what I use everyday.
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I have searched around and cant find a answer for this. Its probably something simple that Im overlooking.
When I DL a rom,theme, or whatever when I go into my recovey 2.5.5.0. its not there. NONE of my internal memory folders show up. The SD card memory is there.
Now I use FX file Exploerer....so to flash anything I must move the zip to the "O" folder and put it in downloads. Why isnt my internal memory not showing up? Its a real pain to have to keep moving files when the internal memory has them and it should show in recovery.
Am I missing something here?
Ummm...no suggestions?
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alloycowboy said:
Ummm...no suggestions?
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Does it work with CWM?
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alloycowboy said:
I have searched around and cant find a answer for this. Its probably something simple that Im overlooking.
When I DL a rom,theme, or whatever when I go into my recovey 2.5.5.0. its not there. NONE of my internal memory folders show up. The SD card memory is there.
Now I use FX file Exploerer....so to flash anything I must move the zip to the "O" folder and put it in downloads. Why isnt my internal memory not showing up? Its a real pain to have to keep moving files when the internal memory has them and it should show in recovery.
Am I missing something here?
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The 0 folder is the virtual sdcard (internal sdcard) and there is no need to use it at all, it has the exact same contents as /sdcard.
But don't think of it as a "duplicate" of some kind, it's a virtual partition so you really do not have any duplicate files or folders.
With your file manager navigate to the / root of the phone and there you will see /sdcard which is the default/normal internal sdcard,
If you want to check the external sdcard you would navigate to /storage/extsdcard .
The reason for this is that starting from v4.1.2 of the Jellybean firmware all future Jellybean firmwares are
mulit-user capable just like when you log into windows 7/8 which has the ability to handle more than one user
with security in mind.
I dont know if this helps but heres a lnk to check out.
http://teamw.in/androidmultiuser
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DocHoliday77 said:
I dont know if this helps but heres a lnk to check out.
http://teamw.in/androidmultiuser
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Perhaps this is the reason why so many people who have flashed a 4.2.2 CM/AOSP/AOKP rom and for one reason
or another wanted to go back to the Touchwiz 4.1.1/4.1.2 roms kept having all these "error 7's" in twrp and cwm.
Thanks fellas. I will look into this a little further
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Wasn't aware 2.5.5.0 was out...
Yes sir it is.
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Actually, its 2.5.0.0.
Just fyi.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Actually, its 2.5.0.0.
Just fyi.
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my point hidden... Cowboy, you figure it all out yet or you still all confuzzled?
Alright so I did a Nandroid backup and it says no sd-ext found skipping or something like that. I heard it doesn't matter but it's really bothering me!!! Help!
when you was doing your nandroid back up it always says that because we dont partically use external sd to install apps so the nandroid just looks in your external for installed apps and if you dont which most of us dont have it skips the process totally normal bro
Well I accidentally deleted some stuff and now it's saying that and I'm sure it didn't before. I'd there anyway to fix it?
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Reptarrr said:
Well I accidentally deleted some stuff and now it's saying that and I'm sure it didn't before. I'd there anyway to fix it?
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I recommend wiping the sd card after backing up important files. After you wipe format the sd card and you should be able to use from there. I'm pretty sure some files are just corrupted.