If I format my SD card do I need to do a factory reset as well and will I need to adb push the OS back on?
Rynet said:
If I format my SD card do I need to do a factory reset as well and will I need to adb push the OS back on?
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No,just make sure you backup everything from the sdcard before cause you will lose it.The os is on your phone once you flash it.
If you were using apps2sd, things might go a little wacky if you re-partition and wipe your sd. If that's the case, you may want to flash a new ROM.
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i just wiped everything ,shouldnt that erase everything? after the wipe i flashed a rom and programs that i had installed prior to the wipe were still on my phone.the google/facebook flickr setup screen came up like i was turning the phone on for the first time so i wiped again this time everything including wipe sd card and i go back and go to flash zip from sd card and the rom is still there shouldnt it be gone after wiping?
what ROM is still where? You cant completely remove all ROM from your phone by a simple wipe... if that's what you're saying...
jerry43812 said:
what ROM is still where? You cant completely remove all ROM from your phone by a simple wipe... if that's what you're saying...
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the rom zip was still on the sd card but i repartitioned and it's gone now
If you just wiped the ext partition on your SD card from recovery all that does is wipe the partition where it stores the apps for apps2sd. You would need to format the SD card or like you did repartition it to completely wipe it.
Ok so I booted into Recovery, did Wipe Data/Factory Reset then went into Mounts and Storage and did format /system. I stupidly did all this without copying a custom Rom to my internal SD card first. The phone now doesn't boot, I can't mount USB storage in recovery because there is no option to do so and the RUU isnt available.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
PS. Yes I know I should have done a Nandroid backup first and yes I know I'm an idiot.
dr9722 said:
Ok so I booted into Recovery, did Wipe Data/Factory Reset then went into Mounts and Storage and did format /system. I stupidly did all this without copying a custom Rom to my internal SD card first. The phone now doesn't boot, I can't mount USB storage in recovery because there is no option to do so and the RUU isnt available.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
PS. Yes I know I should have done a Nandroid backup first and yes I know I'm an idiot.
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can you not push the rom onto the sdcard with fastboot using ADB from your pc?
jcb1985 said:
can you not push the rom onto the sdcard with fastboot using ADB from your pc?
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Managed to sideload the Rom via ADB. Thanks
I plan on flashing a new rom
and my question is, if wiping the system and the internal storage can damage my phone?
thank you
-Kreator- said:
I plan on flashing a new rom
and my question is, if wiping the system and the internal storage can damage my phone?
thank you
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it won't physically damage your phone, but there's really no need to wipe system (as it gets wiped during installation of new ROM), and if you wipe internal storage, you will have to do one of the following to get the ROM onto your phone to be able to install it:
1- OTG cable
2- adb push
3- adb sideload
nkk71 said:
it won't physically damage your phone, but there's really no need to wipe system (as it gets wiped during installation of new ROM), and if you wipe internal storage, you will have to do one of the following to get the ROM onto your phone to be able to install it:
1- OTG cable
2- adb push
3- adb sideload
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I just been having a lot of buttery issue and I tried reinstalling backup and roms and nothing helps
so i want to try this
It won't ruin anything?
and i know, i have a OTG cable
-Kreator- said:
I just been having a lot of buttery issue and I tried reinstalling backup and roms and nothing helps
so i want to try this
It won't ruin anything?
and i know, i have a OTG cable
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wiping system, data and internal storage is fine, won't ruin anything
I have flashed a bunch of different ROMs lately. I always wipe cache, dalvik and do a factory reset but maybe it may no longer be enough. Currently, my phone is rooted with Cocore and CWM. I am thinking about going to CM11. Last time I tried that, I noticed some stuff during setup was overlooked because it already seemed to be there. So I think some bits and pieces are left in the phone. Therefore, I want to "scrub" it before trying another ROM (thinking CM11 this time). I know the CM kernel comes with it.
questions:
1) Can I just mount and reformat system, data, cache and preload to clear everything out before flashing a new ROM?
2) Will the kernel be protected (in this case is CoCore) after reformating or should I worry about it?
3) When I flash the original stock 4.1.2 from Odin, does it completely reformat everything when it loads onto the system?
corvus.corax said:
I have flashed a bunch of different ROMs lately. I always wipe cache, dalvik and do a factory reset but maybe it may no longer be enough. Currently, my phone is rooted with Cocore and CWM. I am thinking about going to CM11. Last time I tried that, I noticed some stuff during setup was overlooked because it already seemed to be there. So I think some bits and pieces are left in the phone. Therefore, I want to "scrub" it before trying another ROM (thinking CM11 this time). I know the CM kernel comes with it.
questions:
1) Can I just mount and reformat system, data, cache and preload to clear everything out before flashing a new ROM?
2) Will the kernel be protected (in this case is CoCore) after reformating or should I worry about it?
3) When I flash the original stock 4.1.2 from Odin, does it completely reformat everything when it loads onto the system?
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Some information are stored on internal SD memory. Maybe it was there. Try to delete it. Backup SD to PC, format it - do factory reset and see if it is happening again.
shut_down said:
Some information are stored on internal SD memory. Maybe it was there. Try to delete it. Backup SD to PC, format it - do factory reset and see if it is happening again.
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If I backup the internal SD card to the PC and then restore after a reformat, won't the offending bits come back again?
corvus.corax said:
If I backup the internal SD card to the PC and then restore after a reformat, won't the offending bits come back again?
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I did not tell you to restore it. Keep it on PC, in case you need some of data from there. Maybe you erase some picture that you need or something like that. And not to blame me later. :fingers-crossed:
I believe I may have bricked my Fire HD 7". I decided to flash a new ROM. Something I've done many many times. However, this time I decided to wipe the SD card because I wanted to get rid of all the app folders, my documents, music, etc. and start from a clean state. The problem is that it occurred to me half a second after the wipe that the ROM zip as well as the backup were on the internal SD.
So now I'm in TWRP trying to mount the device, but Windows (8.1) will not recognize the internal storage and mount it as a drive. I have the latest drivers installed but nothing...
It seems I have no way of getting a new ROM onto the internal SD card so that I can flash as normal. Help?
sicembaylor said:
I believe I may have bricked my Fire HD 7". I decided to flash a new ROM. Something I've done many many times. However, this time I decided to wipe the SD card because I wanted to get rid of all the app folders, my documents, music, etc. and start from a clean state. The problem is that it occurred to me half a second after the wipe that the ROM zip as well as the backup were on the internal SD.
So now I'm in TWRP trying to mount the device, but Windows (8.1) will not recognize the internal storage and mount it as a drive. I have the latest drivers installed but nothing...
It seems I have no way of getting a new ROM onto the internal SD card so that I can flash as normal. Help?
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Use a Linux distro live CD to side load the ROM.
Sent from my device running CyanogenMod 11
SafinWasi said:
Use a Linux distro live CD to side load the ROM.
Sent from my device running CyanogenMod 11
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Tried that under Ubuntu. I get an error message that the volume (Kindle) can't be mounted.
Figured out the solution. Neither Windows nor Linux would mount the device, so that I could transfer the ROM to internal storage the easy way. What worked was using ADB sideload. Now I'm relieved! For anyone else having this issue or a similar issue because they had a brain fart and wiped the internal storage AFTER wiping the ROM -- this is the solution to the problem. Use ADB sideload in TWRP.
So what are the steps
sicembaylor said:
Figured out the solution. Neither Windows nor Linux would mount the device, so that I could transfer the ROM to internal storage the easy way. What worked was using ADB sideload. Now I'm relieved! For anyone else having this issue or a similar issue because they had a brain fart and wiped the internal storage AFTER wiping the ROM -- this is the solution to the problem. Use ADB sideload in TWRP.
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I'm in the exact same situation you were in (pre-brain fart) - I want to get a "fresh start" with my kindle. What are the steps I should take? I see in TWRP that I can wipe Dalvik, Data, Internal Storage, Cache and System.
I'm guessing I should wipe System, Cache, Dalvik, Flash the ROM, flash gapps, then wipe data/internal storage -- does this sound right?
Thanks
chiph72 said:
I'm in the exact same situation you were in (pre-brain fart) - I want to get a "fresh start" with my kindle. What are the steps I should take? I see in TWRP that I can wipe Dalvik, Data, Internal Storage, Cache and System.
I'm guessing I should wipe System, Cache, Dalvik, Flash the ROM, flash gapps, then wipe data/internal storage -- does this sound right?
Thanks
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No need to wipe internal storage.
Re: No need to wipe internal storage
Rushead said:
No need to wipe internal storage.
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Thanks - can you explain though? OP wanted to get rid of all of the music/documents/etc... Isn't the internal storage where these are? If not, what is stored here?
You can wipe internal if you want to, but be sure you can adb push your rom. I don't like to do this b/c it leaves you no backup plan. Besides, "fresh start" is mostly placebo imo.