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Wiped OS

So working on my USCC desire.
I was trying to install a ROM on the phone, and while doing so I wiped the phone. When I say wiped I mean that there is nothing on the sd card, no OS, no backups, nothing. I still have access to ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.0.9.
Is there anything I can do.

Depends on what you want. If you want a working phone boot in to recovery mount your sd, copy a rom and flash. If you want your data back try a data recovery program.
Not sure if its the same for cdma phones but it's better to use CWM 2.5.0.7(do check if this works for cdna phones)
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Thanks ill try that tonight.
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is it possible, that being a flash-aholic is messing up my phone?

I'm noticing errors on roms i never used to notice.. like a day after flashing, random apps like messages and keyboard are FC'ing, when they never used to do that.
Is there a guide somewhere how to completely wipe every trace of use on my phone and start fresh? I'm afraid of wiping away some critical file and bricking my phone by just wiping everything I can find though.

theraker007 said:
I'm noticing errors on roms i never used to notice.. like a day after flashing, random apps like messages and keyboard are FC'ing, when they never used to do that.
Is there a guide somewhere how to completely wipe every trace of use on my phone and start fresh? I'm afraid of wiping away some critical file and bricking my phone by just wiping everything I can find though.
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Go into CWM and Factory Reset -> Wipe Cache -> Wipe Dalvik Cache. Then go to mounts and storage and Format /data, Format /system. I normally format /sdcard as well, but MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BACKED UP TO AN EXTERNAL SD CARD.

i always due all except format SD card.. maybe thats why things are in conflict.. ive never done that one...

With the new method of using the internal SD as the phone data storage this is entirely possible. If there are files/databases for apps stored on the SD that is incompatible with the apps in questions problems can arise. I would suggest you make a full copy of your internal SD to a safe location and format, then after the ROM install if you find you are missing app data for something that cant be easily rebuilt you can copy that app's data back specifically to avoid resurrecting the problem.

Sounds like a wise move. Thank you sir.
I imagine I need to put the recovery image back in the sd card immediately, or is cwm smart enough to save that one?

theraker007 said:
Sounds like a wise move. Thank you sir.
I imagine I need to put the recovery image back in the sd card immediately, or is cwm smart enough to save that one?
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Cwm shouldn't blow away itself. 99.9% sure it won't.

saj222 said:
Cwm shouldn't blow away itself. 99.9% sure it won't.
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No, the recovery is stored in its own partition and up until the last version of CWM i used (6.0 something) there is no option to modify the recovery partition at all. I switched to TWRP for multiple reasons, one of which is the ability to include a backup of the recovery partition in backups.

Is it perfectly safe to format the internal sd card? I've made a backup of the sd card a little while ago contemplating this but couldn't find any good info on this. I'm more or less in the same boat and would like to start 100% fresh
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thatsupnow said:
Is it perfectly safe to format the internal sd card? I've made a backup of the sd card a little while ago contemplating this but couldn't find any good info on this. I'm more or less in the same boat and would like to start 100% fresh
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Yeap :good:, the only risk of formatting the internal stoarge is losing the data on it, big shocker huh , unless of course you were to format to an unsupported file system. I dont think this is even possible without trying real hard to do so.

Cool cool thanks man yea I'm not worried about any of the data on the internal
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Does the recovery get wiped too if the internal sd card is wiped?
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thatsupnow said:
Is it perfectly safe to format the internal sd card? I've made a backup of the sd card a little while ago contemplating this but couldn't find any good info on this. I'm more or less in the same boat and would like to start 100% fresh
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If it is just applications data for the most part I just get rid of it and let the app use its new fresh installed data, even just delete the folder when I have no idea what it's for or who put it there. Because, if the app or system needs it, it will just put it back. Personal data is all I worry about, but I back that up in Google contacts and such so they just show up when it sync.
And I just save zips, and movies, and apk and such.
Then wipe the rest, no worries mate, I don't bother with backup restore anymore.
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Deoxlar said:
Does the recovery get wiped too if the internal sd card is wiped?
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No

Internal sd card wont mount by itself.

Everytime i cut my phone on i have to go to settings and mount the internal sd card.its mounts my 32gb external sd card on its own every time.i've tried factory reset thru recovery and on the phone and still the same thing.plz help someone,its a hassle having to manually mount my internal storage every boot.
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Have you tried a full wipe and reflash using TWRP?
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wyldkard said:
Have you tried a full wipe and reflash using TWRP?
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I did full wipe and reflash many time throught install of new roms,whats "TWRP'?plz respond,sorry it took days for me to respond when im the one asking for help,lol,just now checking up on issue again because im getting very annoyed with having to manually mount internal sd every boot.
EDIT: I got the issue fixed,I just formatted system in recovery...so to anyone else having a similar issue,just wipe data and format system in recovery...

[Q] Drivers for windows

is there any drivers that will work with the SGH-t999 while in recovery? ive tried the samsung drivers and they dont work and also the google drivers.
i was not paying attention to what i was doing and formated the internal storage just after formating the system... so now i has no rom and no back up and twrp doesnt have a mass storage does any one know if CWM does?

xneolithicspx said:
is there any drivers that will work with the SGH-t999 while in recovery? ive tried the samsung drivers and they dont work and also the google drivers.
i was not paying attention to what i was doing and formated the internal storage just after formating the system... so now i has no rom and no back up and twrp doesnt have a mass storage does any one know if CWM does?
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since you already wiped the system I would just odin back to stock

j_smith305 said:
since you already wiped the system I would just odin back to stock
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that is the only option i see that will work so im waiting on a download but thats an hour and a half wait... was wondering if someone know of drivers that would work or if any recovery has a usb mount option

What if you unmounted external sd, take it out, copy your rom to it, put it back in phone and mount it. Not sure if this is possible, I have never tried, but I have unmounted and remounted my extsd while in recovery using TWRP. That's assuming you have an external sd. Good luck.
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I didn't have an external at the time. Phone is fixed though.
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[Q] Have twrp but no OS on phone. Can't get to needed file on twrp.

I'm stuck. I think the partition got messed up and I can't move anything to my internal memory so twrp can flash. it also won't let me move any files onto my internal memory from my external card. There any way around this so I can install an os to my phone? I need something that can rebuild the correct partitions on my phones memory, I guess.

If you can get in to download mode, use Odin to do a full restore.
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mrcrptguy said:
If you can get in to download mode, use Odin to do a full restore.
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OK. Took me a few tries and removing my external card a couple times, but I got it. thanks.