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I have a question I think it might be stupid but I was wondering when we wipe our phones just a factory wipe or when we go to flash a rom does that mean the things that are saved to the internal memory are going to be wiped also.
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bleedblaqk336 said:
I have a question I think it might be stupid but I was wondering when we wipe our phones just a factory wipe or when we go to flash a rom does that mean the things that are saved to the internal memory are going to be wiped also.
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bleedblaqk336 said:
I have a question I think it might be stupid but I was wondering when we wipe our phones just a factory wipe or when we go to flash a rom does that mean the things that are saved to the internal memory are going to be wiped also.
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Short answer... No.
I think its good to know why. Consider it this way: the internal memory is mounted as if it were an sd card. On any other phone, when you root and flash, the sd card doesn't get affected because you are only altering the ROM. Everything on the sd card stays the same. Same process with ours: the phone registers that partition as an sd card, separate from the ROM.
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Wipe data, wipes internal SD card too?

I've been holding off on putting music on my phone because I didn't know if wiping, would wipe my music out too, so does it?
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every time i wiped data and the caches when flashing a new rom, my pictures and music stay on my phone.

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Crisisx1 said:
every time i wiped data and the caches when flashing a new rom, my pictures and music stay on my phone.
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Good to know I appreciate it now I can use some of that space lol
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einrae214 said:
Yes it will. Not if its on your sdcard tho
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look at the title, he clearly states internal sd card.

Crisisx1 said:
look at the title, he clearly states internal sd card.
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I'm not talking about a micro SD I'm talking about the internal SD(memory) that's on the phone just to clarify
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Nothing

einrae214 said:
Look I'm not stupid. Everybodys quick to make somebody feel like a idiot when there just trying to help. I know what he was talking about because I answered there question unlike you did. Respect is earned
not given. I was just trying too help but people wanna be douche bags.
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Why did you quote me and talk to the other poster I was just clarifying to remove any sort of confusion
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Not gonna help.

I've tried several roms and each time I wipe data, cache, and dalvik via CWM and Ive never lost any of my data including pictures, downloaded files etc from my internal storage.
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aznmode said:
I've tried several roms and each time I wipe data, cache, and dalvik via CWM and Ive never lost any of my data including pictures, downloaded files etc from my internal storage.
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Thank you I'll give it a try I got a 2 to 1 ratio telling me music stays thanks I appreciate it
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Anything on your internal memory will stay. When you wipe data factory reset it only deletes the root partition. Doesn't include the sdcard. Internal or external. In cwm it will not delete uour music if it is stored in the internal SD card. If you do a master reset through the stock ROM. It gives you the option to format sdcard. If you check it. It WILL wipe the internal SD card.
In conclusion:
Your music should be safe if you wipedata/ factory reset from recovery.
If you do a factory reset through the stock ROM and you check format SD card you will lose anything in the internal SD card.
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Uh.. it clearly states that factory data reset will wipe your internal SD when you go to do it.. it won't wipe an external SD card but YES it does wipe the regular built in SD
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You actually have the option to wipe your SD card at the time of a master reset through settings. What it states is all system data will be deleted. Including contacts saved on phone memory settings apps. Etc. It does NOT automatically erase your internal SD card when you do a regular master reset.
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ingenious247 said:
Uh.. it clearly states that factory data reset will wipe your internal SD when you go to do it.. it won't wipe an external SD card but YES it does wipe the regular built in SD
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no it does not. i do not have any other sd card in my phone except the built in one. i have flashed about 5 roms and each time i did a full wipe in CWM and my music AND photos stayed.

That's not the same as a factory data reset. Reread my post.
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Sorry to correct you but a factory data reset does not wipe the internal SD card. It doesn't matter if you wipe your phone through recovery or settings. Unless you tell your phone to it will not wipe the sd card. I don't know where you are getting your information from but you have to tell your phone to format the SD card. Factory data reset does not wipe internal SD card automatically neither does a master reset. You must select that option to format USB storage. In other words internal SD card.
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Sorry to correct YOU but you're wrong, so that's that. Thank you end of story.
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Yeah.
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ingenious247 said:
Yeah.
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Dang dude I had to restore md5 and try for my self. But I stand corrected.
Wiping data WILL erase your internal sd card.
I went through the whole process of restoring stock rom and put a song in the internal storage root directory and did a master reset. When it rebooted song was gone! First time I see this on a galaxy. In conclusion, it's been tested and YES it will delete your internal SD.
sorry for the wrong info but it does delete usb storage as it indicates in the IMG ingenious247 posted...

[Mod][Utility] Wiping Tools - Simple and Fast

Attached are three recovery flashable wiping tools I use when doing my work.
I find them to be incredibly useful tools that save some power button & volume rocker mashing, and time.
Wipe Cache and Dalvik - Wipes Cache and Dalvik (duh!)
Useful for:
-Flashing GApps
-Resolving app issues
Wipe Full - Wipes Cache, Dalvik, Data, and System
-Wipes just about all data except internal sd card
-Stops just short of a factory reset (does not wipe media)
-Useful for flashing ROMs within a type (e.g. going from one CM ROM to another CM ROM)
Wipe Full Factory Reset - Wipes Cache, Dalvik, Data, System, and internal sd card
-Useful when going from one ROM type to another (e.g. going from CM to TW)
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This is the part of the updater-script that selectively wipes /data in case anyone wants to add this to their ROM:
Code:
delete_recursive("/data/dalvik-cache");
delete_recursive("/data/app");
delete_recursive("/data/app-asec");
delete_recursive("/data/app-private");
delete_recursive("/data/backup");
delete_recursive("/data/data");
delete_recursive("/data/drm");
delete_recursive("/data/log");
delete_recursive("/data/misc");
delete_recursive("/data/property");
delete_recursive("/data/system");
delete_recursive("/data/time");
delete_recursive("/data/user");
Changing the code above to the code below effectively performs a factory reset
(look at /data/media and you will see your internal sd card)
Code:
delete_recursive("/data");
As Always - Flash at your own risk!

First! And am trying it* now
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This would be nice as long as it doesn't do what the other wipe zips did posted awhile back....

w8setter said:
This would be nice as long as it doesn't do what the other wipe zips did posted awhile back....
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I use these all the time. There should be no problems.
The only possible issue is that there are additional Sprint specific folders in /data that should be deleted as well to complete the wiping process.
What happened with the other wipe zips?

Um read the post and the part where it says wipe everything except internal sd......does this mean it'll wipe external sd as well or not?
Also does this wipes Sprint specific files and if it does what's the repercussion?
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fabzbear said:
Um read the post and the part where it says wipe everything except internal sd......does this mean it'll wipe external sd as well or not?
Also does this wipes Sprint specific files and if it does what's the repercussion?
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Full Wipe is just like a factory reset, except it does not wipe your internal sd card. And like a factory reset, this will not wipe your external sd card. As shown in the OP it only wipes files in /data.
The repercussions are effectively the same as a factory reset you would perform in recovery.

I added a full wipe with factory reset zip to the OP and updated the post to reflect the changes.

upndwn4par said:
I use these all the time. There should be no problems.
The only possible issue is that there are additional Sprint specific folders in /data that should be deleted as well to complete the wiping process.
What happened with the other wipe zips?
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There was a previous mod created by someone who just kind of copied and pasted and the wipe actually wiped some serious items that caused the phone to brick. I don't remember what it actually wiped (partition I think) but it was very important to the phone, it was eventually fixed but there were a lot of angry people with shiny new paperweights instead of phones.

Jfree3000 said:
There was a previous mod created by someone who just kind of copied and pasted and the wipe actually wiped some serious items that caused the phone to brick. I don't remember what it actually wiped (partition I think) but it was very important to the phone, it was eventually fixed but there were a lot of angry people with shiny new paperweights instead of phones.
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Hopefully one of the local devs that you guys trust will stop by and give these zips the all clear.
Otherwise you will be without some handy tools.

Can any dev's confirm, yet
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VikingoRMCF said:
Can any dev's confirm, yet
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You already tried them when you flashed CSROM.

Cool, then I can say it works great!
Thank you!

Jfree3000 said:
There was a previous mod created by someone who just kind of copied and pasted and the wipe actually wiped some serious items that caused the phone to brick. I don't remember what it actually wiped (partition I think) but it was very important to the phone, it was eventually fixed but there were a lot of angry people with shiny new paperweights instead of phones.
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I remember that.....good memory. Thanks for these brother.
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I just wanted to confirm that when I was switching from Paranoid Android (CM10 based ROM) to Galaxy S fre3 2.34d (TW based ROM), I was left with about 2.5GB of internal space because the wipe options in recovery were not wiping properly.
I successfully used the factory reset zip and then flashed a new ROM and now have 11.65GB available on internal storage.
THANKS OP!

Thanks to the OP for his work. Now, stupid "user who doesn't know anything" question;
Some instructions and videos say to use the "format" function (e.g.; format system format cache, etc)
In the command code: what is different between a "wipe" and a "format"?
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I would try this but im old school hehe
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Just what i needed, it works flawlessly

I was running a CM M1 nightly and wanted to update I used the wrote and factory reset zip and it wiped my entire internal memory...
I'm not sure why this happened I used this zip before without issue but it sucked getting phone restored and trying to in delete at least pictures on the phone.
I noticed that the least couple of nightlies is creating a folder called 0 and moving all directories there. Not sure if that had anything to do with it.
I just wanted to share not complaining. Thanks! :beer:
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edisonalvarez said:
I was running a CM M1 nightly and wanted to update I used the wrote and factory reset zip and it wiped my entire internal memory...
I'm not sure why this happened I used this zip before without issue but it sucked getting phone restored and trying to in delete at least pictures on the phone.
I noticed that the least couple of nightlies is creating a folder called 0 and moving all directories there. Not sure if that had anything to do with it.
I just wanted to share not complaining. Thanks! :beer:
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Lolololol sucks for you.
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edisonalvarez said:
I was running a CM M1 nightly and wanted to update I used the wrote and factory reset zip and it wiped my entire internal memory...
I'm not sure why this happened I used this zip before without issue but it sucked getting phone restored and trying to in delete at least pictures on the phone.
I noticed that the least couple of nightlies is creating a folder called 0 and moving all directories there. Not sure if that had anything to do with it.
I just wanted to share not complaining. Thanks! :beer:
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Sorry you lost your files.
The factory reset zip does perform a factory reset. That is what it is supposed to do.
Are you sure you didn't use the full wipe before?
I always store my important stuff on my external sd card so this can't happen. I also keep the factory reset zip in a separate folder so I can't use it by accident (I've done that before).
And yes, the CM 10.1 ROMs will create the "0" folder (which is for profiles) and will also usually create new (often multiple) sdcard0 folders.

Internal SD wipe ok?

I just got an extended battery and wanted to wipe my internal SD so I can have a clean start and flash revolt with lightning kernel. I have no access to a computer. Would it be safe to put the ROM on my SD then wipe internal, then flash all in one recovery session? Thanks

It is probably ok. Although just to be sure I would stick a reboot in between.
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patrao_n said:
It is probably ok. Although just to be sure I would stick a reboot in between.
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But if I reboot I wouldn't be able to get back into recovery though right? Or would it not wipe that part?

If you just wipe internal only you still have a rom. If you format system your rom is gone. And you can just reboot recovery its much faster. You can go ahead and try it all at once. Worst outcome is you reflash the rom. No biggie
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Yeah I just wanted to do a complete internal SD wipe, I didn't want to get locked out with no recovery. I'll wipe, then reboot then wipe ROM I guess then flash

hrffd said:
Yeah I just wanted to do a complete internal SD wipe, I didn't want to get locked out with no recovery. I'll wipe, then reboot then wipe ROM I guess then flash
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If you go to settings/storage and format your internal, it will wipe it clean, but you'll still have your ROM.Just did it the other day.
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Thanks guys. It's just internal SD, not sure why I was thinking about the internal phone storage.
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Well to me internal phone storage is internal sd card. The reason I didnt say for you to wipe that in setting is because I was unsure of the rom. As far as I can remember some stock roms had the brick bug still in it if you access the wipe by settings> storage.
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Either way, I'm on a night shift and tired as hell, didn't think it through haha. Thanks for the help
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Phone wont start up

Hello the phone was working perfectly , i pressed the power off button and selected recovery the TWRP recovery comes on then screen turns black...i took the battery out and try to restart the phone it only goes as far as the twrp screen then shuts off....any ideas how to fix this?
any ideas would be a huge help.....ps phone wont boot up it just goes to the twrp recovery screen then screen turns off, battery was at 78%

Have you tried a factory reset? That might help your problem!!
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Bajanman said:
Have you tried a factory reset? That might help your problem!!
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when i attempt to turn phone on it just goes to teamwin recovery screen then shuts offi have no ability to do any reseting

yokozuna82 said:
when i attempt to turn phone on it just goes to teamwin recovery screen then shuts offi have no ability to do any reseting
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Your probably gonna have to use odin to flash the stock firmware to the phone, you will lose root and all your internal data though. You should always clear data/factory reset before doing this but since you don't have that option you might just have to flash over everything and hope for the best. Or you could also try flashing a TWRP tar through odin also and hope it fixes your recovery. You could also try flashing a CWM tar in odin if you cant find the twrp tar then from cwm flash twrp.

Quickvic30 said:
Your probably going to have to use odin to flash the stock firmware to the phone, you will lose root and all your internal data though. You should always clear data/factory reset before doing this but since you don't have that option you might just have to flash over everything and hope for the best.
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yeah i was think that this would be the only option....downloading the stock tar now

yokozuna82 said:
when i attempt to turn phone on it just goes to teamwin recovery screen then shuts offi have no ability to do any reseting
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Sounds like you were doing something else..
Cuz you didn't say exactly what you were doing b4 this all started. Going off of assumption.. what it might be
so since you're saying after you turn on the phone it shuts down right after, have you tired going into download mode so you can re flash whatever Rom you had on there! Or you might just have to go back to a stock image !! To fix your issues.
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yokozuna82 said:
yeah i was think that this would be the only option....downloading the stock tar now
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Cool, let us know how it goes. Try odin flashing twrp first to see if you can save your stuff.

Flash a kernel... Maybe u accidentally wiped it in twrp... That would cause those issues u say ur having

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Cool, let us know how it goes. Try odin flashing twrp first to see if you can save your stuff.
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i reflashed back to stock .....installed clean rom 5.0 phone still seems to freeze every so often
before i install any ROM or Kernel i always wipe cache wipe dev. and factory resest....what am i doing wrong ?

yokozuna82 said:
i reflashed back to stock .....installed clean rom 5.0 phone still seems to freeze every so often
before i install any ROM or Kernel i always wipe cache wipe dev. and factory resest....what am i doing wrong ?
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I'd run stock for a day or two and see if there's any other potential issues.

rquinn19 said:
I'd run stock for a day or two and see if there's any other potential issues.
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I'm going to install SKYNOTE 9 and see what happens...then ill go back to Stock if that fails

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I'd run stock for a day or two and see if there's any other potential issues.
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I would try this^^^^^. Have you tried wiping internal storage and formatting data? I wipe cache, delvic cache, data, sytem, internal storage and format data 3 times each and that seems to wok well for me. Of course your going to lose all your data but its a very good wipe method.

Quickvic30 said:
Your probably gonna have to use odin to flash the stock firmware to the phone, you will lose root and all your internal data though. You should always clear data/factory reset before doing this but since you don't have that option you might just have to flash over everything and hope for the best.
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Y would should he do that "always" before using Odin? Odin wipes EVERYTHING anyways. Really just a pointless step
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Quickvic30 said:
I would try this^^^^^. Have you tried wiping internal storage and formatting data? I wipe cache, delvic cache, data, sytem, internal storage and format data 3 times each and that seems to wok well for me. Of course your going to lose all your data but its a very good wipe method.
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Again.... this isn't necessary being Odin wipes ur phone 100% clean. Leaves NOTHING but the stock files on ur internal. A wipe of micro sd might b a good suggestion if he has one
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softballjunkee13 said:
Y would should he do that "always" before using Odin? Odin wipes EVERYTHING anyways. Really just a pointless step
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Again.... this isn't necessary being Odin wipes ur phone 100% clean. Leaves NOTHING but the stock files on ur internal. A wipe of micro sd might b a good suggestion if he has one
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Just a suggestion and it can't hurt anything.

Why not just remove the sd card to see if that stops the freezes?

Boot to recovery now that you are running and wipe data/factory reset the device again. ..
Then boot and set up again. ..
Then run the device for 2 days before evaluation again. .
Android OS MUST SETTLE before any real trouble shooting can be done with any accuracy. ..g
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Okay so got into download mode and put on stock everything. .and started from scratch. ...phone works great so far oh and I also put a new micro sdcard in it ...will keep you guys updated ...thanks for all the help and advice
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