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[Q] HOW-TO? Clean ENTIRE phone, Manual or Superwipe?

IDK if this is ever an issue for new users but When I search I never find the exact thing I wish to know but much close to it.
In all My 16GB phone as of yesterday with no media or installed apps my phone had only 1 GB free and the filesystem was full of folders from old apps. I had installed and uninstalled many apps and flashed many roms, Which I believe left many leftover files. So I was told to format the System Partition and either restore or install a new rom. Since my latest nandroid was ICS based I decided to start fresh (also to clear up as much space I could.
My question now is, I still have many extra files from uninstalled apps. My phone now has 6.8GB of the available 11.8GB according to Windows 7.
So to completely START CLEAN what is the best method? (I will have a nandorid backup and a rom to install both on my pc and on my External SD Card)
Using CWMR,
Format System, Then Format SdCard? Then the Steps Required to install The Specific ROM you will now install.
Is the SdCard partition the usable space? If it is then the System Partition Contains all System Files and leftovers from flashing Roms and Kernels? If that is correct then Is the SdCard Partition basically the Users Space for apps and Media and what Shows up on the PC and The user Directory once Rooted?
Is this The Best way to do it? I have Seen Superwipe although have not found a page specifically about it. I have found versions of the script for many devices. Since their seems to be one available for the Samsung GS3 should i just flash that (I see it on the page for installation of the Xquizit Rom) and on an older post for another device said that it would "wipe /boot /data /system /cache and /devlog" then it says your phone is ready to install the rom (on the page i forget the rom or device it was for).
So to Clean my phone to the point that it is as close to possible as being new and this is the first rom to be installed and the first apps to be installed, when i install apps.
To accomplish this Should I? Use CWMR and manually format the system and the sd card partitions? or use the Superwipe script from the Xquizit Rom page?
Lastly but Most Importantly to use Superwipe do I simply just flash the zip? Also if i do it manually Have i described the correct way to do it?
Last of all Thank you and Sorry Its I just have never done this and as i still haven't even paid off my phone I don't want to Brick this phone at ALL.

Since this post has no reply's but some views that means i either asked a question that either A. has been asked and answered and i have not found it. or B. This is something that is so easy its never really been an issue.
If its A. Could someone be kind and just link to a post, or post the correct search term as I have been unable to find it.
If its B. Then to close this will I have a problem formatting the SD-card the same way I formatted the system partition
Also is their a Superwipe how to? and does it do what i think it does (basically format your hole phone in one easy step by running a script via your recovery mod?
I just don't want to brick this phone when it comes to formatting it just scares me for the first time.

Use the Odin software for a clean install. It wipes partitions, radio's everything. You can choose to intall a rooted Tmo update with Odin so that way you are ready to go. Just flash CWM with Rom manager after using Odin and you are ready to flash any rom you want.
See this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687

Go here http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-T999
Download: Galaxy S 3 (T-Mobile) SGH-T999 TMB T999UVDLJA Android 4.1.1 20.10.2012 19.10.2012
Then just odin that file and this will reset your phone 100% like you bought it from the store.
Then after that you can re-root your phone, download Titanium Back up and clean up bloatware or simply flash a custom rom.

Crisisx1 said:
Go here http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-T999
Download: Galaxy S 3 (T-Mobile) SGH-T999 TMB T999UVDLJA Android 4.1.1 20.10.2012 19.10.2012
Then just odin that file and this will reset your phone 100% like you bought it from the store.
Then after that you can re-root your phone, download Titanium Back up and clean up bloatware or simply flash a custom rom.
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Will Odin even replace custom recovery and radio with the stock recovery and radio? Or must that be done manually?
-Sent from my Razr i on AT&T.-

Yes ODIN will replace everything. I suggest using the pre-rooted route66 file for ODIN in Doc's thread I referenced above. It saves a step.

phositadc said:
Will Odin even replace custom recovery and radio with the stock recovery and radio? Or must that be done manually?
-Sent from my Razr i on AT&T.-
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Yes. Odin will replace everything. You would have a phone just as if you bought it brand new @ a store.
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jcbofkc said:
Yes ODIN will replace everything. I suggest using the pre-rooted route66 file for ODIN in Doc's thread I referenced above. It saves a step.
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Wow good to know so returning to bone factory stock is as simple as running triangle away if necessary and then using Odin to flash stock firmware. Amazing!
-Sent from my GS3 running CM10.-

[Solved] $10 Reward to whoever can help me get my phone working again! (SOFT BRICK)

Basically this is what happened, I rooted my phone using TeamEpic-Root-from-Recovery-v5.zip and CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-v5.tar.zip with Odin without any problems. Then I tried tampering with the framework-res.apk and I thought I did it correctly, I replaced it with the current res in the /system/framework folder of the internal sd. Then I rebooted my phone and bam stuck at the Samsung Galaxy S III screen. I've now tried finding a way to get into the internal sd card to replace the framework-res.apk back to original but my computer wont recognize it when in recovery or downloading mode. I have trying reflashing Clockworkmod several times and I've tried wiping the cache and factory reset. When I factory reset it says error mounting sd card, aborting. I am now out of ideas as to how to fix it and I'm not sure what to do with PIT files, which could be a possible solution. I am running Tmobile's Galaxy S3 T-999 16gb. All that being said, anyone who can help me get my phone back up and running I will reward you with $10 through paypal, because that's how desperate I am to fix my phone before someone finds out I bricked it!

Re: $10 Reward to whoever can help me get my phone working again! (SOFT BRICK)
Something similar happened to me. What I did was use a different lower version of Odin and reinstalled the drivers, and everything worked fine. It may not work for you but it's just a, thought, and try reflashing with the T-Mobile Stock ICS rom.
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camacho.kyle said:
Something similar happened to me. What I did was use a different lower version of Odin and reinstalled the drivers, and everything worked fine. It may not work for you but it's just a, thought, and try reflashing with the T-Mobile Stock ICS rom.
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Thanks for the reply, what do you mean by reinstall drivers, like kies? I can't flash any rom's because I can't transfer the zip files over to the sd card since my phone won't recognize it since it won't go past the samsung screen. All I can do is flash clockwork mod from odin like .md5 and .tar. If I install a lower version of Odin what version did you use, and do you think flashing clockwork mod will be able to replace the framework-res.apk through odin?

Re: $10 Reward to whoever can help me get my phone working again! (SOFT BRICK)
iAmYoungSpiffy said:
Thanks for the reply, what do you mean by reinstall drivers, like kies?
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Reinstall the drivers for Odin, and you can even try reinstalling Kies too. Make sure you restart your pc after you reinstall kies and the drivers.
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Are the files you flashed for a I9300? They do not look familiar to me.

Re: $10 Reward to whoever can help me get my phone working again! (SOFT BRICK)
Aerowinder said:
Are you using a SGH-T999 or an I9300? If the former, use the links in my signature. Should fix it if it's not hosed.
Uninstall Kies (and the drivers if the Kies uninstall doesn't do it).
You may want to Odin a stock rom. If you do, it it before flashing a recovery.
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He's using a T999
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camacho.kyle said:
He's using a T999
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
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Do you think changing the clockworkmod .tar.md5 file and flashing something different will have any affect? If so, what do you suggest?

Check out my signature, it has everything you should need (save the OS you want).

Aerowinder said:
Check out my signature, it has everything you should need (save the OS you want).
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Wow thanks for that clockworck mod! It has much more features than v5 I'm gonna play around with it and see what I can come up with.

Aerowinder said:
Check out my signature, it has everything you should need (save the OS you want).
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Thank you for the files, I'm now able to flash roms from my sd. I"ve flashed your clockwork and superuser. However, when I load up the phone I'm still getting stuck at the samsung logo

no external sdcard?

Did you try to flash another rom? What were you using, and what did you flash?

Why are you trying to fix a bricked ROM with CWM?
Just Odin a stock rom, and work from there. I don't know why you would keep trying to reflash recovery, that isn't going to do squat for you.

Go to the section/post in the general section on ODIN and pick a STANDARD ODIN image...Odin isn't that hard to manage.
Or use the S3 toolbox posting in the general section.
Most likely, this is because the rom has something funny in the cache...WIPE it to factory if you can get into a recovery...
Scott

mt3g said:
no external sdcard?
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I do, 64gb

Aerowinder said:
Did you try to flash another rom? What were you using, and what did you flash?
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I used Odin v307 to flash TeamEpic-Root-from-Recovery-v5.zip, i used clockwork mod to flash CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-v5.tar.md5 (I got both of these from a post on these forums. I also tried superuser. Nothing is working do you have a download link to a ROM I could try?

You can't flash a rom from your external sdcard? or your internal? or either?

sbaeder said:
Go to the section/post in the general section on ODIN and pick a STANDARD ODIN image...Odin isn't that hard to manage.
Or use the S3 toolbox posting in the general section.
Most likely, this is because the rom has something funny in the cache...WIPE it to factory if you can get into a recovery...
Scott
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I've now tried flashing Team Epic's ROM and I've wiped all cache restored to factory settings wiped dalvik cache, no progress.

mt3g said:
You can't flash a rom from your external sdcard? or your internal? or either?
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Now that I updated my clockwork mod I'm able to flash from my sd card. Trouble for me is finding the right ROM that is compatible and appealing. I've tried a few now and whenever I flash them I go to boot up the phone and I get stopped on the samsung galaxy s iii logo. There has to be a way to wipe everything and flash a fresh clean rom. I've stayed up till 2 in the morning only to get up at 6 in the morning two nights in a row now totaling almost 10 hours of trying to fix my phone

iAmYoungSpiffy said:
I used Odin v307 to flash TeamEpic-Root-from-Recovery-v5.zip, i used clockwork mod to flash CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-v5.tar.md5 (I got both of these from a post on these forums. I also tried superuser. Nothing is working do you have a download link to a ROM I could try?
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From this quote it seems that you are flashing TWRP recovery and the flashing CWR right after it. That makes no sense. I don't use CWR on this phone but have used it before. So I'm not sure that LTE should be in the description as T999 isn't an LTE device. I could be wrong though. You can get an Odin-able version of either TWRP or CWR from this page.
Go here and download the stock image TMO T999UVDLJA. Follow the directions in the OP (make sure you unzip it first. Read and then read it again) . Fire up Odin and put the Root66 tar in the PDA slot (nothing in PIT). Flash the Root66. It will take about 5 minutes or so. Once it says Pass it should reboot. It WILL bootloop. If you have already flashed EITHER TWRP or CWR, then boot into recovery and Factory Reset. If you haven't flashed EITHER TWRP or CWR, then pull your battery and boot back into Download Mode. From there you put EITHER TWRP or CWR into the PDA slot and flash it. Pass. The reboot into recovery and Factory Reset.
First boot will take the longest bc it has to rebuild the /cache and /dalvik-cache. Let's get you up and running before you move on to flashing a custom ROM, OK?

[Q] Need Help Restoring Galaxy S4

So I'm not sure what I did but to keep it simple I was trying to flash ROMs like I always do but while flashing it gave me an error. Now when I'm in recovery and try to even wipe or install a new rom, it keeps saying failed. something is wrong with /system. I can't flash anything on the device or restore my backup file to it because of the error.
I would like to ODIN back to stock because at this point I'm not sure what else to try. The problem is, I can't seem to find an ODIN link to download anywhere..I've tried about 6 links but none of them actually work.
I'm also on a time constraint (need to head to class). blah!
If anyone could help with either getting this thing working OR providing me with a copy of the .tar file to restore via Dropbox or something I'd be forever grateful.

disturkis4u said:
So I'm not sure what I did but to keep it simple I was trying to flash ROMs like I always do but while flashing it gave me an error. Now when I'm in recovery and try to even wipe or install a new rom, it keeps saying failed. something is wrong with /system. I can't flash anything on the device or restore my backup file to it because of the error.
I would like to ODIN back to stock because at this point I'm not sure what else to try. The problem is, I can't seem to find an ODIN link to download anywhere..I've tried about 6 links but none of them actually work.
I'm also on a time constraint (need to head to class). blah!
If anyone could help with either getting this thing working OR providing me with a copy of the .tar file to restore via Dropbox or something I'd be forever grateful.
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Stock tar
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/213469534/9ff06bd/M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_TMB.zip.html
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[Q] So whats mobile odin pro even for?

I mistakenly bought mobile odin pro thinking it was like CWM/TWRP. But it looks like it only supports some obscure .tar format that rom authors dont even use, which makes it about useless. So, what is this program even for? Most if not all roms are in zip format, not tar. So why would anybody use mobile odin?

It can be used to 'Odin' a recovery image such as TWRP or CWM, and flash stock firmware files that are in .tar format (just remove the .md5 at the end of a download I think, it might work with .tar.md5, not sure since I've used it only once or twice).
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So it's a recovery meant to install other recoveries? Whats the point in that? You can install CWM/TWRP without mobile odin on any rooted S4

It's not a recovery. Have you ever used Odin on a computer to flash a ROM, radio/modem, recovery, etc to your phone? This is just an on-device version of that. It doesn't require a PC and USB cable to use - a big plus if you need/want to flash something and you don't have a PC and/or USB cable handy. Another big plus is it does not increase your flash counter. You can find more info about it in its official thread, here.

But it only flashes tar files, and most roms come in zip, right? I understand the whole flash counter thing, but what good is it besides flashing back to stock roms or something since the vast majority of roms arent even compatible with this thing?

RunNgun42 said:
But it only flashes tar files, and most roms come in zip, right? I understand the whole flash counter thing, but what good is it besides flashing back to stock roms or something since the vast majority of roms arent even compatible with this thing?
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As far as I can tell, the Pro version supports most zip files as well.

KaneHusky said:
As far as I can tell, the Pro version supports most zip files as well.
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Hmm, I was too scared to try since every forum post mentions tar files. But a full blown recovery like CWP lets me perform nandroid backups right? I cant backup anything in Odin mobile can I? This also lets me restore nandroids in the event something goes horrible wrong

RunNgun42 said:
Hmm, I was too scared to try since every forum post mentions tar files. But a full blown recovery like CWP lets me perform nandroid backups right? I cant backup anything in Odin mobile can I? This also lets me restore nandroids in the event something goes horrible wrong
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Correct, recovery is the best(only?) way to perform nandroid backup/restores. And for most people, recovery is probably the preferred method of flashing since it has more flexibility. Mobile Odin would probably only come in handy a few times - at least that I can think of for myself. I have it installed but I've yet to use it.

Odin and Recovery are two very different things for doing very different tasks.
They are not the same.
If you own any Samsung device, you should read up on Odin and what it does. It is a VERY useful tool.
Read this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628
This is about the full PC versiono of Odin. It will help explain what it is.

Think it's kind of shaky myself used it once to flash a modem and it soft bricked stuck at boot screen. Had to system restore. Still have it on my phone but have lost a little trust in it since that happened.
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seeing that your having trouble understanding what odin is for, i suggest that you uninstall it, take it as a loss, and never use it, just to prevent brickings.
though if you read up on it, its a very useful tool for those that dont have computers or arent at a computer 24/7. worth every cent i paid for it, though i use it to flash modems 90% of the time, since ive had bad experiences with modems in .zip format

[Q] bricked my note 3 n900t kitkat .PIT file issue

I was going to upgrade to kitkat, and was in the process of just doing a factory wipe using teamwin. The issue is, I was a work doing this at my desk and trying to just breeze through it and deleted the OS. I have all of the files I need to throw kitkat on it, but the .PIT file. I was reading some of the forum posts and I came across one where someone was running into a similar download mode issue using Odin and was able to get his note 3 to work again after adding in the PIT file. My issue is, Ive scoured for my particular PIT file, but to no avail. can someone please help. Thanks in advance. :fingers-crossed:

According to your post, all you did was format the system in TWRP? Do you still have TWRP installed? If so, you can just flash another rom. Otherwise, have you tried just flashing the stock tar file in Odin? I'm assuming I'm missing a big detail, as to why you went from wiping the system in recovery, to having a bigger issue.
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Towle said:
According to your post, all you did was format the system in TWRP? Do you still have TWRP installed? If so, you can just flash another rom. Otherwise, have you tried just flashing the stock tar file in Odin? I'm assuming I'm missing a big detail, as to why you went from wiping the system in recovery, to having a bigger issue.
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That worked. I just flashed a new ROM. I was over complicating it. What happened is i was manually selecting wipe criteria and checked the box for the OS to wipe with the cache and such. When i was going through the process before it was giving me a partition error.
Thanks for the help =)