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Wiping Question[look at post #12,19]

Hey all.
After installing CM-v4.0.2 and the Dark Dream Theme I was golden.
Then I wanted to try Jac xrom. So I ran recovery, wiped, and installed and loaded the rom.
Everything was ok. But I noticed my apps were still showing up even after wiping. I think this is because of the A2SD feature....some would FC but I just uninstalled those ones and reinstalled and they worked.
So I ran recovery, wiped, and then installed CM 4.0.4. My apps are still there.
So now you know my history, how can I "WIPE" my SD card from my phone, if that is even possible?
I know how with my partition manager, but that is such a hassle....

Code:
mount -o rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
cd /system/sd
rm -r *
try that

Is that from Virtual terminal, or from recovery terminal?

Since u have cyan's 1.4 recovery u can fix it without deleteing them and installing agian. Go into the recovery console and run fix_permissions reboot and you sould be good. Should look like this:
Fix_permissions (press enter)
Reboot(press enter)
After it reboots u shouldnt have anymore fc!

rakjer said:
Is that from Virtual terminal, or from recovery terminal?
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its better to do it in the recovery terminal, but you can do it in terminal but you will receive massive force closes till your wipe your phone and flash a new rom. but try to do what pistol4413 said first, if you want to keep you apps

So if I wanted to start from scratch(no apps on SD) I would:
-Run the code david1171 provided from terminal
-flash a fresh rom
-flash a fresh theme
and if I want to change roms after that I would:
-wipe
-flash new rom
-run fix_permissions
[EDIT]
Would it be smart to do a nandroid backup so if I dont like a rom I can just reflash the backup?

rakjer said:
So if I wanted to start from scratch(no apps on SD) I would:
-Run the code david1171 provided from terminal
-flash a fresh rom
-flash a fresh theme
and if I want to change roms after that I would:
-wipe
-flash new rom
-run fix_permissions
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yep you got it or for changing roms you shouldn't have to wipe if going between cupcake builds but a wipe is needed if changing from a hero to cupcake or vice versa.

Wow you posted fast. Thanks. I couldnt even edit that fast.
Would it be smart to do a nandroid backup so if I dont like a rom I can just reflash the backup?

rakjer said:
Wow you posted fast. Thanks. I couldnt even edit that fast.
Would it be smart to do a nandroid backup so if I dont like a rom I can just reflash the backup?
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yeah i nandroid before flashing any new rom that i think could mess up. and i just go between forums a lot. i have the dev, theme, and Q&A in my toolbar on firefox so i just click between them frequentlly lol

So that code you provided only deletes the contents of the partitions, and not the partitions themselves?

rakjer said:
So that code you provided only deletes the contents of the partitions, and not the partitions themselves?
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that is correct. to delete the actual partition you would have to go into parted via the recovery console and type rm x(substitute with whichever partition needs to be removed)

Ok. So I formatted my SD. Re-flashed 4.0.4.(no theme this time)
Now all is ok EXCEPT, when I go to my downloads, everything I have purchased/downloaded says it is still installed ,and I try to uninstall and it gives an "uninstall unsucessful". After that it highlights the app and makes it "purchased" so I can DL it again.
I tried to run fix_permissions but this had no effect.
Anyway around this?
Has this already been addressed? If not should I post this in Cyanogens thread?

It is possible that it is your market database connected to your gmail account, I wouldn't worry about it if the programs are no longer there

gridlock32404 said:
It is possible that it is your market database connected to your gmail account, I wouldn't worry about it if the programs are no longer there
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that's correct don't worry about it. if they say free beside them that should mean that they are no longer on your phone but it is still linked to the market database

He is saying that he is trying to uninstall them though so it would have to be saying installed so it is sounding more like some type of remains possibley on there

gridlock32404 said:
He is saying that he is trying to uninstall them though so it would have to be saying installed so it is sounding more like some type of remains possibley on there
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now i am confused bc he says it says free... wouldn't it say installed if the phone still thought the app was installed
oh wait i went back and reread what he said a few times, and from what i understand it could be that the phone registers the apps being on it but when he tries to uninstall it the phone can't find the app, then it says uninstall unsuccessful and gives the option to reinstall it. maybe thats what it is

That is exactly what is going on, it's nothing to worry about though

gridlock32404 said:
That is exactly what is going on, it's nothing to worry about though
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at least now he has a reason behind it yay for logical deduction

That is what is happening guys. Thanks for the insight.
All my purchased apps say installed, even though they are not installed.
When I select one from the "my downloads" it gives the option to run or uninstall.
-If I choose run, it says app not found
-If I choose uninstall, it says uninstall unsuccessful.
After all that, the app goes back to "purchased" status do I can DL again.
Same goes for the free apps.
This is quite bothersome.
Now I am just in need of a fix
Does any one have a fix or any suggestions to fix?

rakjer said:
That is what is happening guys. Thanks for the insight.
All my purchased apps say installed, even though they are not installed.
When I select one from the "my downloads" it gives the option to run or uninstall.
-If I choose run, it says app not found
-If I choose uninstall, it says uninstall unsuccessful.
After all that, the app goes back to "purchased" status do I can DL again.
Same goes for the free apps.
This is quite bothersome.
Now I am just in need of a fix
Does any one have a fix or any suggestions to fix?
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try going to settings- applications- manage applications- market- clear cache.

noob question:formatted my sd (incl. my apps 2sd) and now i cand download my old apps

I wanted to try a hero rom but i didn't have a swap so i formatted my sd. i didn't like the hero rom so i restored from a nandroid. now, when i go to the marketplace it thinks that the app (ie facebook) is installed and the install options are greyed out. will i have to do a wipe or is there an easy way around this? really not that big of a deal but i dont like wiping.

try this. go into settings > applications > manage apps. scroll down and find the market, could also be called vending. then click on it, n go clear data and clear cache. it should reset ya market. then reboot and try going to ya market. it should ask you to accept the terms and conditions again as if you just wiped.

the cache clearing didn't work, i'll just wipe now. thanks though

Don't wipe yet, drop to a terminal and do this
cp /data/system/packages.xml /sdcard/packages.xmlback
rm /data/system/packages.xml
reboot
should clear it up.
PS - next time post in Q&A forum.

ok thanks daveid. im new to these forums (obviously) I already wiped, but it doesn't really matter, most of my data is in the cloud anyhow.

Android Market disappears after ext wipe?

Okay, this is a little odd -
I found myself getting stuck in bootloops on my G1, after updating to Cyanogen 4.2.10, and so I decided to go into recovery (Amon Ra) and wipe the ext partition.
Upon booting my phone back up again, everything worked great, very smooth. I pushed my (backed-up) apps back to the phone, and all was well...
Until I realized that the Market app was oddly missing. Other Google apps are there - Gmail, messaging, etc. But not the market.
In my hurry to fix my problem I neglected to make a full backup, and so, uhh, I'm sorta borked.
Any way I can get back the market? I know it's Google's secret little code, but is there any way someone can surreptitiously direct me towards an apk?
I'd be much obliged.
Android G-1 (on T-Mobile)
Stock SD card because I suck
Recovery: Amon Ra v1.2.3
HardSPL 10.95.3000
Radio: 2.22.19.26I

ohspaceman said:
Okay, this is a little odd -
I found myself getting stuck in bootloops on my G1, after updating to Cyanogen 4.2.10, and so I decided to go into recovery (Amon Ra) and wipe the ext partition.
Upon booting my phone back up again, everything worked great, very smooth. I pushed my (backed-up) apps back to the phone, and all was well...
Until I realized that the Market app was oddly missing. Other Google apps are there - Gmail, messaging, etc. But not the market.
In my hurry to fix my problem I neglected to make a full backup, and so, uhh, I'm sorta borked.
Any way I can get back the market? I know it's Google's secret little code, but is there any way someone can surreptitiously direct me towards an apk?
I'd be much obliged.
Android G-1 (on T-Mobile)
Stock SD card because I suck
Recovery: Amon Ra v1.2.3
HardSPL 10.95.3000
Radio: 2.22.19.26I
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You could find the Vending.apk in any of the full build's that don't use the legal work around like Cyanogen
I'd just download Dwang's or WG's build, unzip and you could find it in it's respective place

I have pretty much the same problem...
a few days ago my phone started spazzing after installing Cyanogen's 4.2.11 and there was nothing i could do except formatting my sd card and a factory reset... eventually, i got my phone back to work, but it only came with all of the default apps except for the Android Market.
So then i tried to install the HTC recovery image along with cyanogen 4.2.11.1 to see if that would fix my problem, but my market app is STILL missing. I really need my market app back -____- even though cyanogen's rom comes with slideme mobentoo marketplace, the app force closes whenever i try to open it.
can anyone help?

^ I would just start all over. Cyan is working on experimental now so you likely have the final stable build, for the time being anyway.
wipe, use AmonRAs recovery to partition your SD and get you to EXT4.
Flash HTC, immediately after flash cyan... reboot and you should have googles apps back (including market).
Download your apps and then go back to recovery and make a nandroid+Ext backup for any future issues.
I just startwed from scratch and am glad I did. My G1 seems a lot faster afterwards.
OR, do ^^ if you are capable.

vending was stored on the /system/sd/app (ext partition app folder), push it to /system/app so it won't get erased when you wipe ext.

The root of the problem is:
the market is a system app so it's in /system/app
however there is a new update for the market so when you open it and it connects to Google servers it updates the market app.
since most roms (like cyanogens) have app2sd setup ... when the android market updates itself, it installs on the ext partition. /system/sd (symb link)
So if you wipe your ext you also wipe the market but no other system apps because they reside on system memory.
maybe the new market needs to be included in these roms ... or make an exception of some sort. However ... that's probably what happened in your case. Hopefully you can understand that.
good day!
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Apps won't install anymore - Froyo

Just recently I can no longer install apps. From the market or anywhere else, I always get "INSTALLATION unsuccessful". My phone storage has 50mb and plenty of space on my sd card. Also I set the install location to where it installs to sd automatically. What's the deal?

Anyone have this problem?

im also wondering this. often i get this. the app wont install at all or i have to wait a while to try and install it again n it works. wonder whats causing this

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I've been having this issue too, and not only in Froyo.

U moved the dalvik cache to cache partition and cache partition is now full

I find a solution! If you were having problems similar to me, this should work. Anyways, goto terminal, su and type:
rm /mnt/secure/asec/smdl2tmp1.asec
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I rebooted and everything is back to normal and I can install apps again.
Thanks to this thread http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...all-around-failures/page__p__24608#entry24608

I was going to say do a logcat when trying to install the app to see what its moaning about!

donutman said:
I find a solution! If you were having problems similar to me, this should work. Anyways, goto terminal, su and type:
I rebooted and everything is back to normal and I can install apps again.
Thanks to this thread http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...all-around-failures/page__p__24608#entry24608
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I'm having this same issue. I formatted my system, data, and cache. Now nothing will install. The suggestions above haven't worked yet.

Has someone found a solution yet?

This is happening for me too...my market/play store keeps force closing and I can't install 90% of the things I try to install (even things that have been on my phone in the past). I feel like chucking my phone out the window I'm getting so frustrated.

why i get force close every app after wiping cach/davlic cach?

Normaly i dont wipe. Because i get this always bit was in a good mood so was yeah i installed laatest nightly and wiped cache/davlix.
But like always it makes force close every app. Okay 50% then but still.
Developers always say do that wipE cache/davlix no need to factory reset.
But when i do that my apps force close......
Why is that.... i know its davlix cache but is does both. So what to dp? Or does it fix it self the force closes?

reggiexp said:
Normaly i dont wipe. Because i get this always bit was in a good mood so was yeah i installed laatest nightly and wiped cache/davlix.
But like always it makes force close every app. Okay 50% then but still.
Developers always say do that wipE cache/davlix no need to factory reset.
But when i do that my apps force close......
Why is that.... i know its davlix cache but is does both. So what to dp? Or does it fix it self the force closes?
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You should always wipe cache and Dalvik before installing / updating rom.
Do you have more than 50 apps in sd? If so, that's what could be causing the problem. Move some back to 'internal' memory, until there's less than 50 in the sd card. If that's not the case, then I suggest a clean install (use acmeunistaller then in webOs, use 'remove android', or something like that. You can get this in preware. Then, install android again, using acmeinstaller3). You should be good to go now. Good luck.
Do a backup, just in case.

chicle_11 said:
You should always wipe cache and Dalvik before installing / updating rom.
Do you have more than 50 apps in sd? If so, that's what could be causing the problem. Move some back to 'internal' memory, until there's less than 50 in the sd card. If that's not the case, then I suggest a clean install (use acmeunistaller then in webOs, use 'remove android', or something like that. You can get this in preware. Then, install android again, using acmeinstaller3). You should be good to go now. Good luck.
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yeah that must be the problem..
have like 150 apps..
okay now i get it, because i have always some apps who force close if i do a cache/dalvik cache clean.
no i get why i get that thxx
i learned some thing new.
but i have notist some thing titanuim always force closes, after wipe, i wont start need to re install how can that? its on tablet not on sd...
but never mind i dont like updating nightlies because i use 132dpi i find 160 to big.... and 120 to little
so every time i update need to reput it in 132 fix market.. i use old market... 3.5.X because 3.10.9 doesnt work well doesnt show 80%off the apps on market....