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[Q] Wiping for a Clean Slate

So I've been doing the whole ICS thing. And it's been fun. But I'm looking to go back to stability for now.
Also I purchased this phone second hand and it's always had remnants of the old owners files floating around on it.
So my question is. What is the best way to wipe the phone to a clean slate (obviously leaving my SD card in tact)?
Secondly, is there anything I have to do if I go from ICS to TDJ's 2.6?
Thanks for the help.

Dark side wipe.
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born2gethard said:
Dark side wipe.
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That doesn't do it. I've dark side wiped over 100 times.
Then I flash and still have old pictures and old program folders. That is not what I'm asking for.
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gorillaz1 said:
That doesn't do it. I've dark side wiped over 100 times.
Then I flash and still have old pictures and old program folders. That is not what I'm asking for.
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Everything u are talking about must be either on the internal or external SD. Darkside wipe removes everything on nand memory

icenight89 said:
Everything u are talking about must be either on the internal or external SD. Darkside wipe removes everything on nand memory
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So assuming it's the internal SD, what is the best route to clean that?
I'm basically looking for a total clean wipe.

gorillaz1 said:
So assuming it's the internal SD, what is the best route to clean that?
I'm basically looking for a total clean wipe.
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If you want a total wipe best way is to do this in recovery.
Go to mounts and storage
Format/data
Format /system
Format /cache
Format /emmc
DO NOT FORMAT SD CARD
Then flash the darkside super wipe followed by flashing the rom of your choice. Just remember to back up anything you don't want to lose from your internal memory and to have the superwipe file and rom you want to flash on your SD card.
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gorillaz1 said:
So assuming it's the internal SD, what is the best route to clean that?
I'm basically looking for a total clean wipe.
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Go to your Settings then go to Storage. Then format USB storage and will clean internal SD card.
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I suggest u first connect ur phone to computer and mount USB storage. Copy off all files that u may need from both internal and external, then right click and format both as fat32. Then reboot into cwm and dark side wipe, and flash whichever rom u like.

foreverloco said:
If you want a total wipe best way is to do this in recovery.
Go to mounts and storage
Format/data
Format /system
Format /cache
Format /emmc
DO NOT FORMAT SD CARD
Then flash the darkside super wipe followed by flashing the rom of your choice. Just remember to back up anything you don't want to lose from your internal memory and to have the superwipe file and rom you want to flash on your SD card.
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That's more of what I'm looking for.
SO just do that. Super wipe. Flash 2.6. HALLELUJAH BATTERY LIFE JESUS.

gorillaz1 said:
That's more of what I'm looking for.
SO just do that. Super wipe. Flash 2.6. HALLELUJAH BATTERY LIFE JESUS.
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If he helped u hit his thanks button

icenight89 said:
I suggest u first connect ur phone to computer and mount USB storage. Copy off all files that u may need from both internal and external, then right click and format both as fat32. Then reboot into cwm and dark side wipe, and flash whichever rom u like.
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So what does formatting both as fat32 do exactly? Or do you just mean that's the current format it is?

icenight89 said:
If he helped u hit his thanks button
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Calm down I do all my thanking at the end. It'll get there. I'm a thanker.

gorillaz1 said:
That's more of what I'm looking for.
SO just do that. Super wipe. Flash 2.6. HALLELUJAH BATTERY LIFE JESUS.
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Yep just do that and the phone will be all clean. I always do it that way when I'm jumping from different roms and when I just get an itch to wipe the phone clean but I always backup my titanium bu folder to either my desktop or SD card so I can transfer it back when I'm done and restore my apps
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Yeah I'm still trying to figure out what apps I really care to do that with. I wish the play store had a separate area for purchased apps and apps you've installed. It's annoying that I have to scroll through 50 billion apps sometimes.

gorillaz1 said:
So what does formatting both as fat32 do exactly? Or do you just mean that's the current format it is?
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Same thing as foreverloco suggested, just different method is all, his is easier if u don't need to backup much

I wish Apex worked on GB. I'm gonna miss that and Chrome Browser the most.

icenight89 said:
Same thing as foreverloco suggested, just different method is all, his is easier if u don't need to backup much
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Roger that.
So while I have a thread. I'm guessing AOSP ICS things can't be used with GB? Like if I wanted the AOSP ICS Lockscreen?

gorillaz1 said:
Roger that.
So while I have a thread. I'm guessing AOSP ICS things can't be used with GB? Like if I wanted the AOSP ICS Lockscreen?
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Not a chance brow sky, ics only. Use widget locker or go locker if u want aosp lookalike on gb. If u want the real thing, ics only

Figured. Oh well ill be patient. I'll miss the music controls on lock screen.
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When I DL adwlauncher ex from the store, where does the apk go so I can push it to system?
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Cleared Dalvik cache, decreased internal memory!!

i cleared my delvik cache using SKIN1980 CWM nd instead of increased internal memory it decreased it... before clearing i had abt 90mb free intenal memory but after clearing delvik cache i only hav 20mb
plz can someone tell me to how to get the memory back!!
thanks

Thats new. Try doing a data wipe too. But do a Titanium Backup before that and restore it after the wipe.

raolemo said:
Thats new. Try doing a data wipe too. But do a Titanium Backup before that and restore it after the wipe.
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ok
but any reasons why did that happen?

Solehria said:
ok
but any reasons why did that happen?
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I've no idea! xP

well...I have 1,2 gb internal memory in my device. I doesn't care how many app installed in my device anymore. ^,^v

kurotsugi said:
well...I have 1,2 gb internal memory in my device. I doesn't care how many app installed in my device anymore. ^,^v
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got the link!! but i use link2sd to link files!

check my sig. you'll need at least 8gb sdcard in order to do that.

Any News?

factory reset phone?

whats the best way to factory reset my stock Galaxy S4 sgh-m919 mdl t-mobile phone with it being rooted and having custom cwm?
i want to cuz the internal storage is full after trying to flash a couple of zips like stochbootenabler.zip and such cuz i was trying to change my boot animation and take out the carrier logo which i did succeed in doing but restored back cuz of the full internal storage but after restoring its still full even after uninstalling every app i can think of, so im thinking a factory reset should do the trick?? any help, Big TY'S!! :fingers-crossed:
whatever i need to do to get back my internal storage ill do it, deleting everything from app manager and and stock app manager does not help

mrdreamers said:
whats the best way to factory reset my stock Galaxy S4 sgh-m919 mdl t-mobile phone with it being rooted and having custom cwm?
i want to cuz the internal storage is full after trying to flash a couple of zips like stochbootenabler.zip and such cuz i was trying to change my boot animation and take out the carrier logo which i did succeed in doing but restored back cuz of the full internal storage but after restoring its still full even after uninstalling every app i can think of, so im thinking a factory reset should do the trick?? any help, Big TY'S!! :fingers-crossed:
whatever i need to do to get back my internal storage ill do it, deleting everything from app manager and and stock app manager does not help
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Have you made any backups? backups by default are stored internally and each one takes around 3gb... check your cwm folder on your internal storage with a file manager... honestly Ive never had to do anything extreme to free up space.. all ive done is browse the internal and find what exactly is taking up space.
Debloat and remove any system apps you dont use or wont need. and while minimal you can also delete ringtones, alarms and notifications youll never use.
you can also use foldermount to move game and app data n such to the external sd card.
as far as the bootanimation its easy enough to replace by moving the bootanimation zips over manually with a file manager, set permissions, and reboot. no flashing necessary.

ty 4 your response
The Illest 619 said:
Have you made any backups? backups by default are stored internally and each one takes around 3gb... check your cwm folder on your internal storage with a file manager... honestly Ive never had to do anything extreme to free up space.. all ive done is browse the internal and find what exactly is taking up space.
Debloat and remove any system apps you dont use or wont need. and while minimal you can also delete ringtones, alarms and notifications youll never use.
you can also use foldermount to move game and app data n such to the external sd card.
as far as the bootanimation its easy enough to replace by moving the bootanimation zips over manually with a file manager, set permissions, and reboot. no flashing necessary.
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ty 4 the response but i have tried all this, removing most of bloat and apps and searched extensively for evey thing i can remove and it still shows that my internal storage is full with only 147mb left out of 9.62 gb, is it safe tho to do a factory reset? if it is should i do it through cwm or through stock? i just want my internal storage back at any cost. ty again any more help would be much appreciated

mrdreamers said:
ty 4 the response but i have tried all this, removing most of bloat and apps and searched extensively for evey thing i can remove and it still shows that my internal storage is full with only 147mb left out of 9.62 gb, is it safe tho to do a factory reset? if it is should i do it through cwm or through stock? i just want my internal storage back at any cost. ty again any more help would be much appreciated
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The CWM backup folder is pretty well hidden unless you know where to look for it... system root-> /data/media/clockworkmod. That is more than likely what's eating your space; in fact, I would be almost positive that is where your space has gone. Either way, factory resets are safe, just realize that you lose ALL your apps + data. Anything saved on your EXTERNAL sd card are safe and won't be deleted though.

ty 4 That
lordcheeto03 said:
The CWM backup folder is pretty well hidden unless you know where to look for it... system root-> /data/media/clockworkmod. That is more than likely what's eating your space; in fact, I would be almost positive that is where your space has gone. Either way, factory resets are safe, just realize that you lose ALL your apps + data. Anything saved on your EXTERNAL sd card are safe and won't be deleted though.
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ill take a look and ill come back and let you know ty!

Help!
lordcheeto03 said:
The CWM backup folder is pretty well hidden unless you know where to look for it... system root-> /data/media/clockworkmod. That is more than likely what's eating your space; in fact, I would be almost positive that is where your space has gone. Either way, factory resets are safe, just realize that you lose ALL your apps + data. Anything saved on your EXTERNAL sd card are safe and won't be deleted though.
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i did a factory reset and my internal storage is still full i cant even install root explorer to check where you said it might be full at, what can i do plz help ty!

mrdreamers said:
i did a factory reset and my internal storage is still full i cant even install root explorer to check where you said it might be full at, what can i do plz help ty!
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Format emmc in recovery will wipe it clean
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ty!!
Miami8906 said:
Format emmc in recovery will wipe it clean
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:good:
TY! ill try that, tho i have never done it before do i need to put GS4 sgh-m919 t-mobile stock rom or a custom rom in the external sd card and flash it after i format emmc in cwm? or is it like doing a factory reset but wipes out more??

Boot into recovery and clear data, cache, and dalvik cache
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Android_Monsters said:
Boot into recovery and clear data, cache, and dalvik cache
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do i need a rom?
or just go into cwm and do that?
btw is that what he means when he says "format emmc and wipe it clean"??
i heard doing this will brick your phone, so what r the safest steps on doing this?

mrdreamers said:
do i need a rom?
or just go into cwm and do that?
btw is that what he means when he says "format emmc and wipe it clean"??
i heard doing this will brick your phone, so what r the safest steps on doing this?
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This will help some.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2349052
This is easy and safe.
The Ax says, be careful.

mrdreamers said:
do i need a rom?
or just go into cwm and do that?
btw is that what he means when he says "format emmc and wipe it clean"??
i heard doing this will brick your phone, so what r the safest steps on doing this?
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You just need clockwork. You'll see the choices in the menus.
It is not what he meant by telling you to erase your emmc. He was teasing you cause doing a wipe is pretty basic.
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TY
TheAxman said:
This will help some.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2349052
This is easy and safe.
The Ax says, be careful.
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is this the kernel i want to flash after the custom rom or stock rom?
|KERNEL||STOCK|| Boot.img & Modules M919 UVUAMDB & UVUAMDL || Updated 5|08
or is there more then one?
ive flashed custom roms before i just never flashed a kernel with them.
MY phone again is a ROOTED Stocked SG4 SGH-M919 MDL T-Mobile with touch CWM.
BTW i cant install anything else on my phone is it ok to put the apps on external sd card without using TiBu?
Also would i need a kernel to flash the Death Star Rom?
i tried flashing the Wicked Rom but it stuck on the samsung s4 logo so i replace it at t-mobile with another which i have now

Backing up internal storage before doing wipe?

I fell behind on the CM nightlies and stable builds so I'm looking to backup all my internal memory (pics videos apps) so I can do a full wipe and start fresh with no issues. Any recommendations on what to do? The gs3 internal memory isn't the easiest to work with. Thanks
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Snipe175 said:
I fell behind on the CM nightlies and stable builds so I'm looking to backup all my internal memory (pics videos apps) so I can do a full wipe and start fresh with no issues. Any recommendations on what to do? The gs3 internal memory isn't the easiest to work with. Thanks
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Copy to computer. If no computer, copy to extsd.

Use one of the many wireless transfer apps in the store. Makes it very easy to do.
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Snipe175 said:
I fell behind on the CM nightlies and stable builds so I'm looking to backup all my internal memory (pics videos apps) so I can do a full wipe and start fresh with no issues. Any recommendations on what to do? The gs3 internal memory isn't the easiest to work with. Thanks
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Please do know
Interanal SD = /data/Media
Data Partition wipe in Recovery = /data/data being wiped.
So what you have on internal SD will be safe as all recoveries don't include /data/media when wiping. They have additional option to wipe internal sd. You don't need that.

Perseus71 said:
So what you have on internal SD will be safe as all recoveries don't include /data/media when wiping.
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Except stock recovery, for some strange reason.

Aerowinder said:
Except stock recovery, for some strange reason.
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Ah Yes, fergot that crap. I should have said all Quality Recoveries. :laugh:

Aerowinder said:
Except stock recovery, for some strange reason.
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Stock recovery wipes internal sdcard because it formats /data. It's by design as a true factory reset should reset the phone to a clean, out of box state. Now, why they didn't make it an option, I don't know!
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Will wiping / factory reset clear internal memory?

Will doing a full wipe thru recovery clear my internal memory? I want to make sure my internal memory doesn't get deleted so I backed it up. So I just wanted to make sure before going to a new ROM. Thanks!

Snipe175 said:
Will doing a full wipe thru recovery clear my internal memory? I want to make sure my internal memory doesn't get deleted so I backed it up. So I just wanted to make sure before going to a new ROM. Thanks!
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The only time factory reset will wipe internal memory is if you are on stock recovery.
Good move on the backup. Should be doing that anyhow.

Aerowinder said:
The only time factory reset will wipe internal memory is if you are on stock recovery.
Good move on the backup. Should be doing that anyhow.
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I'm on Clockwork Recovery, so I should be fine correct?

Snipe175 said:
I'm on Clockwork Recovery, so I should be fine correct?
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Yes
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