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Hey guys, after having my phone for coming up on 2 years, my Internal SD has been filled with tons of garbage apps that I've tried, uninstalled, and a bunch of other stuff. I was wondering - what is the best procedure for formatting this to clean it up a little? If I copy my Titanium Backup folder to my PC (some savegames i want on there ) am I pretty much safe to just format it? Is there anything I should know?
Can anybody offer me any information on this
Kops said:
Can anybody offer me any information on this
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I also need to knw, if its safe to format Internal SD.
Since im on ICS, i have noticed many of my Games (Gameloft) are not working properly and continuously crashing, previously i was on GB, I think its because of the data stored(game data) or any thing else in there. Agn, is it safe to format Internal SD, that is approx 6gb. ?
If Yes, then what items are to be made backup?
You can format your internal sd card no problem. Personally I like to copy everything off the internal sd card onto my pc first. Once this data is safe I delete it off the phone. Restart in recovery, format the internal sd card & do a factory reset, clear cache and dalvick cache.
Now phone is like new...
scubadude said:
You can format your internal sd card no problem. Personally I like to copy everything off the internal sd card onto my pc first. Once this data is safe I delete it off the phone. Restart in recovery, format the internal sd card & do a factory reset, clear cache and dalvick cache.
Now phone is like new...
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Well, and good! That is a good idea to have everything backup in computer. Thank you.
Yes u can format bt after format u hav to flash a rom thru odin as ur phone is clean without any system files.
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Sys81 said:
Yes u can format bt after format u hav to flash a rom thru odin as ur phone is clean without any system files.
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Stop spouting nonsense. The internal SD is separate from system.
Knowledge is Power. Guard it well.
snapper.fishes said:
Stop spouting nonsense. The internal SD is separate from system.
Knowledge is Power. Guard it well.
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Well its nt nonsense it depends on hw he format it. I format usin my com leh.
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Although I'm not certain, I would think that I might lose some app data, but all the important system files are in /system
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Well its nt nonsense it depends on hw he format it. I format usin my com leh.
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Even formatting on a computer should not affect System partition. Not unless if you are using ADB commands to specifically format the internal SD. That's a LOT of extra effort.
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Even formatting on a computer should not affect System partition. Not unless if you are using ADB commands to specifically format the internal SD. That's a LOT of extra effort.
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Serious? Y dun u try and then get back to me agn regardin this prob.
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Sys81 said:
Serious? Y dun u try and then get back to me agn regardin this prob.
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I haven't tried this, but I'm assuming Snapper's correct on this subject. The PC will only mount the /sdcard partition, which you should be able to wipe without losing any of your /system data.
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I haven't tried this, but I'm assuming Snapper's correct on this subject. The PC will only mount the /sdcard partition, which you should be able to wipe without losing any of your /system data.
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Hmm than mayb im wrong as last time i format than after a reboot theres prob. Well i fix it by flashin via odin.
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Hay guys when i ttying to install any app from Playstore is show me message of insufficent space.....asbi djt have many app installed.....this problem presist with any download of app which is more then 10mb......is thr any solution to solve this....thanks in advance
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ali_khalid5518 said:
Hay guys when i ttying to install any app from Playstore is show me message of insufficent space.....asbi djt have many app installed.....this problem presist with any download of app which is more then 10mb......is thr any solution to solve this....thanks in advance
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Try to wipe cache memory under Settings. Applications. Manage Applications.
Find Playstore and clear cache..
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I tried but it didnt have any cache present....
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Have you used titanium backup to restore any apps? Uninstall titanium, retry market download.
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No i want to download apps from market no use of titanium backup here
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ali_khalid5518 said:
No i want to download apps from market no use of titanium backup here
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The reason I mention tb is it has a market link which often affects downloads from play store. So if you've restored using tb, this may be why you're unable to download from play store
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Simple question and you've probably checked -
But under storage what shows as used / free?
For both USB and SD card?
Might find your culprit in there....
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The reason I mention tb is it has a market link which often affects downloads from play store. So if you've restored using tb, this may be why you're unable to download from play store
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Yes i am using TB....so is thr any solution
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CJSlim79 said:
Simple question and you've probably checked -
But under storage what shows as used / free?
For both USB and SD card?
Might find your culprit in there....
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Its show 212mb free out of 1.8gb and on sd it shows 1.2gb free
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Try un installing titanium, then try downloading some apps and let us know
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ali_khalid5518 said:
Its show 212mb free out of 1.8gb and on sd it shows 1.2gb free
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Seems you've a s**tload of stuff on the internal SD ....
Possibly move some of the pics/movies/music to the External SD and see if you get the same issue...
Given that the OS will need at least some space to run 212Mb seems awfully low for your internal SD..
Just for reference - I've got
Internal Storage: 1.97Gb
Free: 1.38Gb
USB Storage:
- Total: 11.08GBl
- Free: 9.6GB
And my External card is more or less empty since last nights return to 'Virgin' system...
So that is:
SD Card:
- Total: 7.28GB
- Free: 5.76GB
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CJSlim79 said:
Seems you've a s**tload of stuff on the internal SD ....
Possibly move some of the pics/movies/music to the External SD and see if you get the same issue...
Given that the OS will need at least some space to run 212Mb seems awfully low for your internal SD..
Just for reference - I've got
Internal Storage: 1.97Gb
Free: 1.38Gb
USB Storage:
- Total: 11.08GBl
- Free: 9.6GB
And my External card is more or less empty since last nights return to 'Virgin' system...
So that is:
SD Card:
- Total: 7.28GB
- Free: 5.76GB
Just a thought....
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No don't even try it.
You're wasting your time. I had the same issue.
I deleted some apps, transferred them to sdcard, tried airplane-cold-reboot, wiped all caches, restored fixes, reflashed kernel... everything failed.
If you're in the same position as I was, then backup whatever you can.
Do a factory reset from the Settings (so everything in internal memory gets wiped).
Then wipe all cache, re-flash your rom, then kernel, fix permissions... and reboot.
Restore all your stuff, and it will magically be fixed !
(its because of accumulating bad partitions in your internal sdcard, combined with kernel misunderstandings, it makes it impervious to re-write in some sectors)
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No don't even try it.
You're wasting your time. I had the same issue.
I deleted some apps, transferred them to sdcard, tried airplane-cold-reboot, wiped all caches, restored fixes, reflashed kernel... everything failed.
If you're in the same position as I was, then backup whatever you can.
Do a factory reset from the Settings (so everything in internal memory gets wiped).
Then wipe all cache, re-flash your rom, then kernel, fix permissions... and reboot.
Restore all your stuff, and it will magically be fixed !
(its because of accumulating bad partitions in your internal sdcard, combined with kernel misunderstandings, it makes it impervious to re-write in some sectors)
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Do NOT Full Wipe / Factory reset on ICS Stock Kernel, For real safety save what you can - Flash a GB Stock via ODIN, Do your wipes / formats in GB then proceed from there...
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Do NOT Full Wipe / Factory reset on ICS Stock Kernel, For real safety save what you can - Flash a GB Stock via ODIN, Do your wipes / formats in GB then proceed from there...
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Yes. I should've included that.
Thanks
So hay guys
I successfuly swaped my sd cards ..
4.8GB FAT32
2GB EXT3
1GB Linux swap
But every time i restart my tab and all apps which ive installed are away but if go.to settings and look at all my installed apps there are grey boxes with 0,00byte?
So how can i fix it must i create another partition? I was thinking that the ext3 is for stuff like save settings or app cache/data?
Must i edit any file in the root of my device?
Its really annoying :/
I hope u can help me
My device:
-2.3.6 Stock
-Overcome 4.0.0 Kernel
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I understand you didn't take out your broken internal SD.
You just partition your external SD.
And not to ext4 but ext3 only.
Maybe that is all OK, I could be wrong.
But have you tried booting without your external SD?
I just suspect your external isn't being used.
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I think that the /data partition doesn't work for me?
But how i can allow my ext sd card to write into the /data partition?
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By removing your internal SD card like the other thread with success stories.
At least that is what I think you need to do.
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Hmm but if i remove my internal sd must i flash the rom again or is the rom automaticly on my ext sd?
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No, I think the other thread has all the steps.
And I think you do need ext4, not ext2 or 3.
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I have been trying to delete these apps off of my Note3. When I delete or uninstall them they re-appear after I reboot my phone. Any help would be greatly appreciated as this has me completely stumped. Thank You....
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I have been trying to delete these apps off of my Note3. When I delete or uninstall them they re-appear after I reboot my phone. Any help would be greatly appreciated as this has me completely stumped. Thank You....
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have root? if so get root uninstaller.
i don't remember those apk's specifically tho. not sure where you got that stuff. do you know what it is?
You've been visiting naughty sites!
Try force stop before uninstalling.
Daily motion, lucky patcher, etc. I tried to force stop before uninstalling and that didn't work. No naughty sites.
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Looks like these are on your SD card. Did you try backing up internal storage, removing external SD then delete? Might have to do some SD house cleaning!
No I haven't tried that. What would be the process?
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Backup internal storage to PC, then go to settings/general/storage and select format SD card. Do the same with your external SD but use a card reader with your PC. Delete the apps again and reboot. Hopefully the rouge apps will not reappear. Then copy the files you know back into internal storage. Try not to over write anything in internal storage unless you're sure you know what it is. Same for external. Format SD card then copy back the files from the backup you made. If you're not sure about a file, don't copy it back to storage. Hopefully this will take care of the issue. It's also good to clean stuff from storage that serves no purpose. Good luck!
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Just delete the secured android folder from your sd card
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If I format my internal sd without backing it up what will I lose? Im not worried about anything on it getting lost.
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If I format my internal sd without backing it up what will I lose? Im not worried about anything on it getting lost.
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Everything you see in that directory when you view it on a computer.. You will loose all photos, music, games and any other personal data or apps you have downloaded or installed. You will basically have a new phone with only stock apps and data on it.
@Solarenemy68, thank you. Will I lose my root?
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Will I lose my root if I format my internal sd?
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NO! Do what agensmith said.
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Who is agensmith? Once I remove the extsd card I dont see a option to format the internal sd card so how do I format the internal sd
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I just ended up doing a firmware update to mj5 then re-rooting with kingo.
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Lol...
Hi there. We have a problem with a galaxy mini plus. Its stuck in a boot-loop and after a long time of trying we believe the internal /data is fried/not working in a hardware matter of speaking. So we would like to ask if theres anyway to make the system boot and directly mount sd-ext as our data, as to not use /data at all to bypass the problem. Thanks in advance
-saruboy
We've tried that of course. As I said I believe the internal /data partition has been HARDWAREly corrupted, and no reflashing is gonna fix that. Thats why im kindly asking anyone for a script that would during boot mount sd-ext partition instead of the real /data without using the real /data at all. Thanks.
-saruboy
edit: the post that was deleted was suggesting me to flash stock with odin just so you know what i was answering.
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Here also interested. I was given this phone and it's showing similar symptoms, though it can actually wipe/format the data partition, but still bootloops after wiping/formatting.
Gonna make further tests on it.