Hi there, I want to know if there is a way to perform a full format to my phone. I mean I can format my internal memory but is there a way to format even the OS installed before I flash back to stock? Is there any possibility to loose download mode if I try full format? Thanks.
Related
Hi folks,
I searched and searched, but I couldn't found the right answer. I am runing custom rom and I want to delete every possible data, apps,... and install new rom, so that I will know what is from this rom. I have so manny different data on my hone that I don't know what it is.
Please let me know how I can do it in Twrp. Thanks in advance.
Kjerkoli...
kjerkoli said:
Hi folks,
I searched and searched, but I couldn't found the right answer. I am runing custom rom and I want to delete every possible data, apps,... and install new rom, so that I will know what is from this rom. I have so manny different data on my hone that I don't know what it is.
Please let me know how I can do it in Twrp. Thanks in advance.
Kjerkoli...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
flash stock rom from odin..and perform factory reset after.using stock recovery..and then format your sd card to fat 32 to clean all those unecessary files of yours that you dont know..if you want stock...
EDITr perform factory reset inTWRP..wipe data..cache..factory reset..and format data..then install new rom if you want another custom rom
examiner said:
flash stock rom from odin..and perform factory reset after.using stock recovery..and then format your sd card to fat 32 to clean all those unecessary files of yours that you dont know..if you want stock...
EDITr perform factory reset inTWRP..wipe data..cache..factory reset..and format data..then install new rom if you want another custom rom
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the reply. But won't I delete also the new rom .zip file which will be on internal storage?
Please let me know about my worries.
Kjerkoli...
kjerkoli said:
Thanks for the reply. But won't I delete also the new rom .zip file which will be on internal storage?
Please let me know about my worries.
Kjerkoli...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
settings/backup and reset/factory reset it will reset your device as a newly flashed rom without any other app u might have installed ,whatever comes with the rom it will be there all default
shhbz said:
settings/backup and reset/factory reset it will reset your device as a newly flashed rom without any other app u might have installed ,whatever comes with the rom it will be there all default
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the reply but I am still not sure what to do. Guess I should get step by step instructions. Sorry
I have new rom .zip file on internal sd in one map...
kjerkoli said:
Thanks for the reply but I am still not sure what to do. Guess I should get step by step instructions. Sorry
I have new rom .zip file on internal sd in one map...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
sorry bro was not able to get you earlier
u mean you have a rom zip on your internal in that case just enter recovery and hope u have rooted and stuff
Switch of your device press Vol up+home+power all at the same time and leave the power button once you see the samsung logo
now in recovery wipe data factory/cache/dalvik cahe and you are good to proceed flashing if you have an external sd then keep your zip in ext sd and do full wipe which will wipe your internal sd as well but not the external so if u have an external sd you can do a full wipe else just do the steps mentioned it will be fine
and if you have stock rom it is flashable via mobile odin please read this thread to understand everything http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696
what does your new rom state stock or custom
shhbz said:
sorry bro was not able to get you earlier
u mean you have a rom zip on your internal in that case just enter recovery and hope u have rooted and stuff
Switch of your device press Vol up+home+power all at the same time and leave the power button once you see the samsung logo
now in recovery wipe data factory/cache/dalvik cahe and you are good to proceed flashing if you have an external sd then keep your zip in ext sd and do full wipe which will wipe your internal sd as well but not the external so if u have an external sd you can do a full wipe else just do the steps mentioned it will be fine
and if you have stock rom it is flashable via mobile odin please read this thread to understand everything http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696
what does your new rom state stock or custom
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Really appriciate it. I am already runing on custom rom. I also have a new custom rom .zip file on internal sd (don't have ext. sd card) I change many roms, so I have a lot of unnecessary stuff in data. I would like to delete everything and then install new custom rom .zip file.
I am afraid of loosing new custom rom .zip file, twrp,... Is it possible to do it or I have to flash stock rom and then do the simple factory reset in settings?
Thanks
kjerkoli said:
Really appriciate it. I am already runing on custom rom. I also have a new custom rom .zip file on internal sd (don't have ext. sd card) I change many roms, so I have a lot of unnecessary stuff in data. I would like to delete everything and then install new custom rom .zip file.
I am afraid of loosing new custom rom .zip file, twrp,... Is it possible to do it or I have to flash stock rom and then do the simple factory reset in settings?
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well then in that case its already answered just wipe cache/ dalvik cache/data factory reset and choose your zip
shhbz said:
Well then in that case its already answered just wipe cache/ dalvik cache/data factory reset and choose your zip
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hi again. I guess I am not for this tech stuff
I have done this (or i think) I still have a lot of unnecessary folders. I installed new custom rom now. I am going to stick with it, but I still want to delete everything except rom that I am running on and other important stuff that makes this phone run.
Another help would be much apriciated. (step by step if possible)
Kjerkoli
kjerkoli said:
hi again. I guess I am not for this tech stuff
I have done this (or i think) I still have a lot of unnecessary folders. I installed new custom rom now. I am going to stick with it, but I still want to delete.everything except rom that I am running on and other important stuff that makes this phone run.
Another help would be much apriciated. (step by step if possible)
Kjerkoli
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It seems u want to get rid of all uneccesary junk so thats possible to be removed only if you do full wipe thats is u even have to wipe system that will delete everything of the last rom and even in internal but after that u need to mount ur storage from recovery and then transfer the zip of your rom and flash it .so u need to be sure that your recovery is able to mount internal sd , I blv I hv posted a super wipe link so u can even flash that that will erase evrything u wish to but mounting of card shd work to let u transfer the file of rom zip or the safest get a ext sd transfer the rom zip and after clean wipe install zip from external sd.
If your mount sd is working first try and check that connect ur phn to pc via usb and in recovery select mount sd if it shows then you are good to go and get what u need.
So the prob lies u want steps but I need surity if ur mount storage works if it does then just flash this file attached as I hope it has uploaded fine as I used my phn to do so .just flash the zip attached and it will wipe all on its own .mount sd transfer ur custom rom zip and selec t it to flash . U get what u want
shhbz said:
It seems u want to get rid of all uneccesary junk so thats possible to be removed only if you do full wipe thats is u even have to wipe system that will delete everything of the last rom and even in internal but after that u need to mount ur storage from recovery and then transfer the zip of your rom and flash it .so u need to be sure that your recovery is able to mount internal sd , I blv I hv posted a super wipe link so u can even flash that that will erase evrything u wish to but mounting of card shd work to let u transfer the file of rom zip or the safest get a ext sd transfer the rom zip and after clean wipe install zip from external sd.
If your mount sd is working first try and check that connect ur phn to pc via usb and in recovery select mount sd if it shows then you are good to go and get what u need.
So the prob lies u want steps but I need surity if ur mount storage works if it does then just flash this file attached as I hope it has uploaded fine as I used my phn to do so .just flash the zip attached and it will wipe all on its own .mount sd transfer ur custom rom zip and selec t it to flash . U get what u want
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I realy appriciate your work but still to fresh to understand. This mounting thing is driving me crazy. I will just go and buy the sd card, it's easy.
So what i could understand is that I put your posted zip file on my internal sd card and i put my custom rom zip file to external sd card. Is that 100% ok?
and when I do that, whats next? (sorry mate)
kjerkoli said:
I realy appriciate your work but still to fresh to understand. This mounting thing is driving me crazy. I will just go and buy the sd card, it's easy.
So what i could understand is that I put your posted zip file on my internal sd card and i put my custom rom zip file to external sd card. Is that 100% ok?
and when I do that, whats next? (sorry mate)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
why are you so worried its a simple step
1. boot into recovery - u know how to do it
2. connect your phone to pc and now click mount and see if you find the option to mount sd as soon as u click it it will recognise the internal sd
3. thats said if it works you can move ahead - just select the flash zip u have kept in ur internal sd it will wipe everything and now u mount again and transfer the rom zip
4.you can proceed flashing the rom zip from internal sd. done!
5. if you have an ext sd card then place both wipe zip and rom zip in external and choose install zip from external sd and select wipe zip .it will run some codes on screen and everything is wiped out now the recovery will restart and now select the rom zip thats it.
note: its a simple stuff what i am trying to make u understand is that if u clean wipe then you loose all ,everything from internal storage so u need some rom zip to flash which u need in external or internal so u need to transfer that zip, if its in external it wont get wiped off so you dont need any mounting to be done.
before all do backup your efs for your safety . I hope you know that or must have gone through it.
or rather do some reading it will take an hour for you to go through everything in detail
shhbz said:
why are you so worried its a simple step
1. boot into recovery - u know how to do it
2. connect your phone to pc and now click mount and see if you find the option to mount sd as soon as u click it it will recognise the internal sd
3. thats said if it works you can move ahead - just select the flash zip u have kept in ur internal sd it will wipe everything and now u mount again and transfer the rom zip
4.you can proceed flashing the rom zip from internal sd. done!
5. if you have an ext sd card then place both wipe zip and rom zip in external and choose install zip from external sd and select wipe zip .it will run some codes on screen and everything is wiped out now the recovery will restart and now select the rom zip thats it.
note: its a simple stuff what i am trying to make u understand is that if u clean wipe then you loose all ,everything from internal storage so u need some rom zip to flash which u need in external or internal so u need to transfer that zip, if its in external it wont get wiped off so you dont need any mounting to be done.
before all do backup your efs for your safety . I hope you know that or must have gone through it.
or rather do some reading it will take an hour for you to go through everything in detail
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you so much. It worked. So the next time I can do the same when I will have all the unnecessary folders?
Take care
Kjerkoli...
After many program installations and various rom setups, I want to free up space on my Internal SD Card by doing a full wipe. Is there a way to do this and be able to load a rom?
sfetaz said:
After many program installations and various rom setups, I want to free up space on my Internal SD Card by doing a full wipe. Is there a way to do this and be able to load a rom?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Stock recovery wipes everything but TWRP preserves the "virtual" sdcard. There might (or might not) be some advanced option in TWRP to wipe the virtual sdcard, never looked.
Twrp has the wipe option, I knew that already. I wanted to find a way to use it and still be able to flash a rom. In any case I figured out how to transfer a file to the device with the ADB push command after getting adb to recognize the nexus. Will attempt all this in a couple of days.
sfetaz said:
Twrp has the wipe option, I knew that already. I wanted to find a way to use it and still be able to flash a rom. In any case I figured out how to transfer a file to the device with the ADB push command after getting adb to recognize the nexus. Will attempt all this in a couple of days.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I guess I don't understand what you mean then as by default twrp doesn't reset your virtual sdcard for a wipe, so whichever ROM update.zip files you had on the virtual sdcard would survive a wipe in twrp, so there would be no reason to copy them back over.
I guess maybe your question had nothing to do with wipe, and you were really asking how to transfer a custom ROM install file to the tablet so twrp can install it. You can do that using adb or mtp or just download the file using the browser on the tablet.
In advanced wipe there is a box for internal storage... and TWRP supports OTG so you can connect a flash drive formated to FAT32 that contains the Zip you wan't to flash and flash it like any other file.
iamezio said:
In advanced wipe there is a box for internal storage... and TWRP supports OTG so you can connect a flash drive formated to FAT32 that contains the Zip you wan't to flash and flash it like any other file.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is what I mean. My virtual SD Card (data/media) is bloated with files I want to get rid of. So I wanted to wipe internal storage to clear all files and reinstall a rom. Using ADB or USB-OTG as iamezio says, I can transfer a rom zip back to the internal storage after wiping it to be able to install a rom. When I first made this post I wasn't sure how to do this.
sfetaz said:
This is what I mean. My virtual SD Card (data/media) is bloated with files I want to get rid of. So I wanted to wipe internal storage to clear all files and reinstall a rom.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, when you do a wipe from twrp, it is just removing all the files using a delete operation, which you can also do yourself.
The part of your question that seemed pertinent to me is you wanted TWRP to see your ROM file, which is the same question one would have if they asked how do I install a ROM.
sfetaz said:
This is what I mean. My virtual SD Card (data/media) is bloated with files I want to get rid of. So I wanted to wipe internal storage to clear all files and reinstall a rom. Using ADB or USB-OTG as iamezio says, I can transfer a rom zip back to the internal storage after wiping it to be able to install a rom. When I first made this post I wasn't sure how to do this.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
twrp will wipe you internal storage with that option you saw in advanced settings. i actually did that one day by mistake and had to sideload the files to get back up and running. if that's what you are ready for, then go for it, it'll do it...
Hello guys, I have a major problem on my N7100. After updating to 4.4.2 TW, I see that I'm not able to write on my INTERNAL storage (I don't have any sd card), and I can't do a full wipe because I have many apps with valuable data, and I can't erase them without a backup, and since I cannot do a backup, so I cannot do a full wipe. Also I cannot put a rom in my phone to flash it without touching Data partitions, please help!!!
aze300 said:
Hello guys, I have a major problem on my N7100. After updating to 4.4.2 TW, I see that I'm not able to write on my INTERNAL storage (I don't have any sd card), and I can't do a full wipe because I have many apps with valuable data, and I can't erase them without a backup, and since I cannot do a backup, so I cannot do a full wipe. Also I cannot put a rom in my phone to flash it without touching Data partitions, please help!!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What about taking the MicoSD out from the back of the GN2 and using a multi card reader or similar and backing up the contents onto a PC/MAC, then formatting it to the correct format type (I think FAT32) for non stock ROMS, then doing what you need to do with the device. The only reason I suggest this route is because this is exactly what I ended up doing this very week. I now have a GT-N7105 running Omni 4.4.2 with 64Gb worth of MicroSD storage, and all the data that I had before Samsung screwed the pooch with an update.
Hope this helps.
WB
My phone is currently messed up. There are so many things in internal memory with sdcard1, sdcard0 type folders which I am not even aware of (i did created some TWRP stuff, partition ? format etc) ...
Now what i want to do is to clean install my phone with probably some 5.0 update ... But before doing that, I want to know how can i delete everything from my internal storage ? I am pretty sure doing a factory reset doesn't erase everything. so how should i do it ?
Easiest and most certain way to wipe everything and go back to full stock is to run RUU. Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/general/htc-one-m8-european-signed-ruu-0p6bimg-t2911563
I am currently s-on .... I was looking for something which is quick and i don't have to do s-off
For s-on, you have ruu.exe and your current firmware must be the same or the lower version. You can run ruu.exe and completely wipe device and back to stock. If you are s-on, bootloader must be locked (relocked) for ruu to run.
Can you point me to the tutorial if i have s-on ? I was actually thinking to install a Lollipop rom but mostly roms ask that i have to be s-off thats why i am still stuck at Revolution HD based on 4.3
..alee said:
My phone is currently messed up. There are so many things in internal memory with sdcard1, sdcard0 type folders which I am not even aware of (i did created some TWRP stuff, partition ? format etc) ...
Now what i want to do is to clean install my phone with probably some 5.0 update ... But before doing that, I want to know how can i delete everything from my internal storage ? I am pretty sure doing a factory reset doesn't erase everything. so how should i do it ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In TWRP - select wipe - advance wipe - tick internal storage - swipe to wipe <---- this wipe the whole internal storage
Better - In TWRP - select wipe - Format Data - yes <--- this wipe the whole data partition including internal storage
Hey everyone
I'm currently on Xiaomi eu rom and I have a love hate relationship with it... I wanna try arrow os 11 and flash it via twrp but I don't want to format my internal storage.
Am I able to flash a different rom without wiping internal storage, only data?
You have to clean flash going from any one rom to another.
If you are on xiaomi.eu and install arrow 11, you must clean flash.
Clean flash as in format data (internal storage) or clean flash as in wipe data without internal storage?
Sorry, by clean flash I meant doing a format data including internal storage.
What should I wipe in TWRP?
If you are switching ROMs (changing from one ROM to a completely different one) then you should perform a factory reset. A factory reset wipes data and cache...
twrp.me
every time i dit it on a poco F 3 i bricked it