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Help formatting internal SD

I want to format (delete) my internal SD. Will this delete my current ROM? Is there a better way to do this? Thanks for any help...

Make sure you back up your info onto your computer. Your from is already installed as a daily driver. So if you format your internal memory, it will still be operational. But if you go into CWM and factory reset, then it may go back to stock or just be stuck in a boot loop, I've had both things happen to me.

So what if I were just to hook up to pc & delete all files on that drive? Would that be better?

I do that so I could have control and better view of my files. So that is a decent option to do too.

In CWM, go to mounts & storage, and then you can format whatever. The internal sd is called sd card, and external sd card is called emmc, pretty sure.

GBGamer said:
In CWM, go to mounts & storage, and then you can format whatever. The internal sd is called sd card, and external sd card is called emmc, pretty sure.
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This info is correct. This is the other route you could go also to format your internal SD card.

Question about internal SD and partition

So I have a question about the internal SD card.
I'm so used to having a 1GB internal or so with an external 16GB where I store all of my videos/photos/files.
When things go wrong, I hard reset my phone and dont have to worry about losing my precious data.
So with the new partition scheme of the s3 (32GB), my question is...
How does the reset work? Will it only reset the small partition and leave the large storage space alone? or will it erase everything on the 32GB?
Thanks in advance

helpppp

I think a Hard Reset will erase all personal files on internal only, will not touch files on external sd.

joeyhdownsouth said:
I think a Hard Reset will erase all personal files on internal only, will not touch files on external sd.
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Thank you for the response!
But IM more curiuos about the fixed SD card that came with the phone. It is 32GB but it is partitioned into 2. IM curious to know that if I do a hard reset, will it wipe out the entire 32GB of internal storage...or will it only wipe out the small portion (2 gb i think)

Formatting Internal SD Card Via CWM

Hello,
I am having a bunch of issues with reception/call echo issues while using all JB roms. I wanted to know if formatting my internal sd card and reinstalling a jb rom would help with my issues? I've never reformatted the internal sd card before because i'm worried about bricking my phone/wiping out files needed in my OS. What i really want is to clean up my internal sd card and only have files that are needed to flash a new zip/rom. Can anyone give me specific instructions on how to format internal sd card while still being able to put a rom back on my internal sd card so that i can flash roms like before. Thanks

You really don't need to format your internal storage. Try just wiping/formatting data, wipe cache, formatting system, then flash your ROM again. Let me know if that solves the problem

[Q] internal storage sd card

i just installed cynogenmod 10 on my galaxy w today
when i checked the storage, it appears to be 2 internal storage partition.
i installed some apps, then move them to SD card when there is no SD card on my phone.
so, the apps goes from the default internal storage to the other partition.
when i mounted my SD card, 3 partition appears, the 2 internal partition and an SD card partition,
the SD card partition is greyed out.
I repeated repeat the same process of moving apps from phone to SD card but still, there isnt any change on the SD card when i checked it on my comp.
the apps still goes to the other partition of internal storage
anyone has idea to solve this issue?
Thanks

i have the some probleme :/

With CM10 this is normal. If you want your external micro SD card to be used as phone storage, download and flash the ROM in this link.....
http://www.mediafire.com/?aah2qbpolod24q6
It is a modified version of ARCO's CM10 (alpha 6 kernel 3) that has the vold fstab (storage mounts) already swapped. (modification courtesy of Temenalie)
Flash it as normal (wipe data, cache and dalvic. Flash ROM and gapps) then reinstall your apps and move them to SD card.....job done.....
Just make sure that the micro SD card has been inserted into the phone BEFORE you flash the ROM.
sent from my CM10.1 powered I9100 with Tapatalk 2

keithross39 said:
With CM10 this is normal. If you want your external micro SD card to be used as phone storage, download and flash the ROM in this link.....
http://www.mediafire.com/?aah2qbpolod24q6
It is a modified version of ARCO's CM10 (alpha 6 kernel 3) that has the vold fstab (storage mounts) already swapped. (modification courtesy of Temenalie)
Flash it as normal (wipe data, cache and dalvic. Flash ROM and gapps) then reinstall your apps and move them to SD card.....job done.....
Just make sure that the micro SD card has been inserted into the phone BEFORE you flash the ROM.
sent from my CM10.1 powered I9100 with Tapatalk 2
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You know, if you're using TWRP, you can just copy vold.fstab from the External SD into /system
Sent from my GT-I8150 using xda app-developers app

Stupid question but It really matters with me. So please answer me

Should I have a memory card to put the rom and recovery on it?
or can i transfer rom to mobile phone after formatting to install it?

You can copy it to internal storage and select not to format internal storage in the recovery.

Egyptiandroid said:
Should I have a memory card to put the rom and recovery on it?
or can i transfer rom to mobile phone after formatting to install it?
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After the phone is WIPED (not format, format removes the encryption of /data), the phone in recovery mode mounts the internal storage as MTP.
Therefore there's no need for any memory card. You can simply copy the rom from computer to the mounted MTP device.