So I have read and read and read about going from a ROM to another but I just want to make sure I don't mess up anything. So factory resetting will wipe everything but won't touch the SD card as far as I understand. I just want to make sure that if I wipe the cache and devic cache and factory reset then flash the 4.3 for a clean flash it should all be good. Any reinsurance will be helpful...thanks in advanced! ^_^
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HTID_Pyro said:
So I have read and read and read about going from a ROM to another but I just want to make sure I don't mess up anything. So factory resetting will wipe everything but won't touch the SD card as far as I understand. I just want to make sure that if I wipe the cache and devic cache and factory reset then flash the 4.3 for a clean flash it should all be good. Any reinsurance will be helpful...thanks in advanced! ^_^
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On stock recovery it will also wipe the sdcard (internal storage). Make sure you have a custom recovery installed. As far as the wiping goes you are right but I suggest wiping system under "mounts and storage" too.
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I have twrp so if I factory reset it wipes everything but the internal SD card right? Sorry I've never gone from a 4.2 to 4.3 or a different ROM so I just want to make sure I don't mess anything up...your help is greatly appreciated!!! ^_^
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I'm unlocked and rooted too
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I flashed AOKP milestone 5, I was coming from M4. I backed up SMS, pics, music and synced to Google for contacts in anticipation that when I wipe/reset I'd lose everything...
Flashed m5 and gapps after wiping and when I rebooted Android started to upgrade them it said something about apps and went configuring apps 1/138 and so on until it was done.
I was booted back into exactly what I had before same settings, apps, music. I went to about screen and I'm on M5 and 4.04
Did something go wrong ? Should I of had to get all my stuff back? Did I do a dirty flash somehow?
Thanks for any help.
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Sounds like you didn't wipe it properly if it is working good no need to now but if you have problems then you should wipe and reflash.
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Did you wipe all 3 areas? And how many times did you wipe?
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I went into recovery and did wipe/data reset
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Should I have done something else? Why did it install fine but I had everything still.
Like music pics contacts sms
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Any extra input on this? Shall I reflash, I've been going for a few hours now and haven't noticed any problems but I want to be on the safe side
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Check the Android revolution thread for the super wipe zip. Flash that then re flash m5.
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Any extra input on this? Shall I reflash, I've been going for a few hours now and haven't noticed any problems but I want to be on the safe side
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You are good. It was rebuilding dalvik cache from you wipe before the installation.
So any reason that when I wiped, it well, didn't wipe? I only did data/factory reset in the recovery menu.
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You didn't wipe cache and Dalvik cache.
Factory/data wipe formats cache & data.
I wiped, cache, dalvik cache and data/factory reset then flashed AOKP M5 and Gapps again. When i got rebooted, its the same thing.. all my music is there, pics,sms, contacts, apps.
Why wont the phone let me wipe and install a rom fresh?
Is it because im already coming for aokp m4?
It is something to do with Clockwork mod?
Please help.
Try that super wipe lite zip mention earlier or go into the mounts section and format data, cache and system. Then wipe dalvik. Flash rom & gapps again.
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I wiped, cache, dalvik cache and data/factory reset then flashed AOKP M5 and Gapps again. When i got rebooted, its the same thing.. all my music is there, pics,sms, contacts, apps.
Why wont the phone let me wipe and install a rom fresh?
Is it because im already coming for aokp m4?
It is something to do with Clockwork mod?
Please help.
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i had this problem before when doing factory reset from cwm. i just use fastboot to flash stock 4.0.4 then use cwm to flash aokp.
1) wipe data/factory reset
2) wipe /system (if you don't wipe this partition it leaves settings and files from the previous rom that could prove problematic)
3) wipe dalvik
4) flash rom
5) flash gapps
if installing a kernel after wards
6) wipe dalvik (again)
7) flash kernel
The music and pics should matter unless your wiping the sd card in recovery the SMS should have been gone after a wipe though
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Yeah the SMS is still there.. idk what to do its not like the phone doesn't work or anything but its weird that I can't wipe and start clean I'll prolly have to unroot/ lock the boot loader and start all over. If anyone else has any input, please share
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so i tried to reinstall stock rom from tmobile after i was disappointed with the jelly bean leaked update but now the phone boots up but wont go past the last samsung logo =/ some help would be appreciated and i tried reflashing the rom as well but only way it works is if i reflash the jelly bean update ..
Boot into recovery and wipe cache, dalvik and factory reset.
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Boot into recovery and wipe cache, dalvik and factory reset.
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anyway i can do that but still keep my apps and stuff? like if i back up to my computer then like copy and paste it back into the internal drive will that work?
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anyway i can do that but still keep my apps and stuff? like if i back up to my computer then like copy and paste it back into the internal drive will that work?
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You can try using titanium backup or another like it. Or restore the data partition from your nandroid.
BUT!, I wouldnt recommend this. You are trying to go from jb to ics while keeping the apps and data you had while in jb. Ill bet this is exactly whats causing it to hang. you will be much better off and have a more stable system if you do a clean install.
Copy all of the apps you have in /data/app to your external sdcard. Then reinstall from those.
When ever making a jump from one os version to another it is always best to do a clean install.
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Just wipe cache, clear dalvik cache, wipe data/factory reset. Dalvik cache is located under advanced. Those are the steps to flashing ROM'S. If you don't have Titanium Backup from the market, I highly recommend it. Any apps you downloaded from the market will automatically restore after you sign in. But if you are stuck, just to the 3 steps above in CWM. Or just flash a older ROM you might have stored just to get back to normal. Hope this helps. Good luck brother!
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Need some quick help here. I unlocked and rooted my gnex. I have done this several times before and with all my other android phones. As soon as I rooted it, I flashed the new 4.2 gapps package. Upon booting, the launcher would not respond and thusly I could not access my home screen or app drawer. I had to open my apps from the google now target on the lock screen. As I read more, I heard not to flash the 4.2 gapps unless you have flashed another rom.
So I went to chrome, dl'ed the cm10 m2 zip, went into rom manager and flashed the cm10 and 4.2 gapps again. Now upon booting, the cyanogenmod icon is bootlooping, and has been for the last ten minutes. I went back into recovery and tried the process again, this time wiping the cache and dalvik, to no avail...same bootloop.
Please help!
Install a stock ROM using fastboot.....
Beamed from my Maguro.
If it helps at all, it's a Verizon galaxy nexus. Please help! Also if it is at all possible to save pictures, please let me know. Wiping would be my last resort.
Thanks
Mach3.2 said:
Install a stock ROM using fastboot.....
Beamed from my Maguro.
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Is there a way of flashing stock that does not require a wipe?
Also I did make a nandroid of the stock rooted rom, but for some reason, after flashing that, the cyanogenmod logo stilled appeared at boot...
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If it helps at all, it's a Verizon galaxy nexus. Please help! Also if it is at all possible to save pictures, please let me know. Wiping would be my last resort.
Thanks
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U need to wipe cache/dalvik/factory reset/system(u need to do this every time before flashing a ROM) , do it like 3 times and re-flash ROM. Don't worry about ur photos, they r in the internal memory and u don't need to wipe it, so u won't lose them.
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Which file did you flash? You could've used the 'maguro' (GSM) one instead of the 'toro' (Verizon) one
pr0xyw0rm said:
U need to wipe cache/dalvik/factory reset/system(u need to do this every time before flashing a ROM) , do it like 3 times and re-flash ROM. Don't worry about ur photos, they r in the internal memory and u don't need to wipe it, so u won't lose them.
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When you factory reset, the entire phone is wiped, no? And how can I factory reset from recovery?
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Which file did you flash? You could've used the 'maguro' (GSM) one instead of the 'toro' (Verizon) one
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I was sure to flash the toro file. I don't believe that is the problem.
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When you factory reset, the entire phone is wiped, no? And how can I factory reset from recovery?
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Nope. Factory Reset doesn't wipe the internal SD. It should be located inside the wiping options(I'm using TWRP recovery). Anyways u should wipe cache/dalvik/factory reset/system before flashing a ROM not just factory reset.
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adb pull /sdcard in recovery
download stock image from Google and flash
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
fastboot oem lock
Got home from class, wiped cahce, dalvik, and data, flashed cm10 m2 and gapps 4.2. Everythings great and I still have my pics. Thanks guys
It was just taking that plunge of wiping data that was freaking me out. I had some pics that i absolutely could not lose, but after reading on it more, it makes sense that the wipe would not format the internal sd.
Thanks again!
swimman2867 said:
Got home from class, wiped cahce, dalvik, and data, flashed cm10 m2 and gapps 4.2. Everythings great and I still have my pics. Thanks guys
It was just taking that plunge of wiping data that was freaking me out. I had some pics that i absolutely could not lose, but after reading on it more, it makes sense that the wipe would not format the internal sd.
Thanks again!
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U r welcome. I'm glad to hear that.
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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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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
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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
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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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Hi, i just got my nexus and have flashed a rom onto it but i want to try another rom and dont want to do a full factory reset and scrub and loose all my stuff on my internal storage.
I have used a superwipe script on my previous smart phones, is there something like this available yet? if not how do i go about changing roms without deleting from my internal storage?
Thanks for any help:good:
Well to try a different ROM, your going to have to factory reset, that doesn't mean it wipes the internal memory though. Just put the ROM on the root of the tab, and flash it. Shouldn't wipe anything off the tab besides data and cache, leaving everything else intact.
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Shaquiel Harris said:
Well to try a different ROM, your going to have to factory reset, that doesn't mean it wipes the internal memory though. Just put the ROM on the root of the tab, and flash it. Shouldn't wipe anything off the tab besides data and cache, leaving everything else intact.
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Cool!
I will try that just now
jpopgt said:
Hi, i just got my nexus and have flashed a rom onto it but i want to try another rom and dont want to do a full factory reset and scrub and loose all my stuff on my internal storage.
I have used a superwipe script on my previous smart phones, is there something like this available yet? if not how do i go about changing roms without deleting from my internal storage?
Thanks for any help:good:
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Can you just make a backup in twrp or cwm before you flash the new rom
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