[Q] manage applications stuck in 'computing' help please - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Captivate, build 1007, current rom cognition
I've gone back to stock with odin, things look normal, but when i root and flash back to a rom [cognition] i am unable to add few, if any apps. manage applications has any apps in this "computing" mode that never changes
when i try to wipe Dalvic cache, it appears to wipe, but "E: can't/ mount/ dev/ block/ mmcblk1p2 (file exists)" Does that mean i'm not really wiping dalvic ?
I've also wiped partition cache, formated system, data and cache, should i format sdcard?
I have several apps in TiBu, can i copy that folder back to the sd card if i format the sd card?
I've also also wiped data/factory reset ed from both CW recovery as well as in android.
This question has come up in other areas but with either no answers or to delete cache from market, which of i cannot do when it's 'computing'
Any thoughts or assistance will be appreciated
thanks

I'd imagine that you already found a solution to your issue, being that it was posted a while ago. I wanted to post what worked for me, with the same issue. Look in your SD card for a folder called .android_secure. There you will find all your downloaded apps, delete all the apps with a -2 in the extention. They are duplicate apps that have been stored. Once I deleted all thos it worked for me!

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[Q] Apps from older ROM still in SD card after flash

I flashed my i9000m from Stock ROM to a i9000 ROM, then to ICS (CM9). Everything works perfectly. No complaints. The only thing that bugs me is I still have 1GB left of space, when I have no access to the older apps that I had previously. Could they all be backed up somewhere?
I made sure to Data Wipe and Cache Wipe before installing ICS, before and after. Any ideas what I can do?
Thanks
Sepharite said:
I flashed my i9000m from Stock ROM to a i9000 ROM, then to ICS (CM9). Everything works perfectly. No complaints. The only thing that bugs me is I still have 1GB left of space, when I have no access to the older apps that I had previously. Could they all be backed up somewhere?
I made sure to Data Wipe and Cache Wipe before installing ICS, before and after. Any ideas what I can do?
Thanks
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data wipe means completely delete everything, i also flashed ICS yesterday but didn't data wipe, everything is on my sd card, check with a file manager
untamedkid said:
data wipe means completely delete everything, i also flashed ICS yesterday but didn't data wipe, everything is on my sd card, check with a file manager
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Yup. I data wiped, but I guess that didn't work properly.
Any other way to remove excess apps? I don't know which is which using file manager.
By "Data Wipe" it means deleting files from /data, /system, /datadata, /cache and dalvik cache. Not Internal_SD and External_SD, as it not picks which file is used or which not.
If you want to clear EVERYTHING (all data on phone - to make as "just bought") you need to tick Repartition in Odin. That removes every piece of info on your phone.
simply do factory reset/format before doing any firmware update and after update, after update u can delete all sd-card files or do format it by going into setting sd options.

Internal memory - Very strange case

Hello,
To make a long story short
Probably one of my installed apps is causing this problem I have (app2sd)
A few days ago I always got this "force close" msg for ALL of my apps.
I decided to factory reset - although it worked ALL the apps folders were not deleted from internal memory
BUT the apps are not there realy, just the folders.
I did a hard reset, the same.
all the info on the INTERNAL MEMORY comes back after any type of reboot.
Tried to FLASH and reinstall the ORIGINAL STOCK. -- NOTHING it doesn't work, I mean the new installation is but the apps' folders are STUCK on the internal memory of the phone.
Any help?
How can I really format the internal memory? flash it totally? I can't even re install the apps again from market, it doesn't let me.
help?!
DannyBrazil said:
How can I really format the internal memory? flash it totally? I can't even re install the apps again from market, it doesn't let me.
help?!
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If you are currently on Gingerbread 2.3.6, go into menu> settings > storage and format your SD card and settings privacy> to do a factory reset and erase all than try power down and boot into 2e recovery to do a wipe data and wipe cache and reboot phone to download mode and re-flash the ROM again and back to recovery again to wipe data and cache

[Q] Full Wipe Equivalent

Hey coming from the nexus s 4g, there was a way where you can get similar to that of doing a full wipe while keeping your data. All you did was wipe system, cache, and dalvik cache. You kept the data for apps/settings, and this worked whenever you upgraded or changed to any rom. Not sure how the file system is setup for htc one but can you do the same thing on this device?
also I've seen that there's lots of ways to access the internal sd card (/sdcard folder, /storage/sdcard0 folder, /storage/emulated/0 folder)... what's the difference between these?

Free disk space disappeared

I have a galaxy tab 8.9 with Cwm installed (Gt-P7310)
I've been trying out different rom's lately.
After returning to the stock Ics had noticed that only free memory 1 Gb. Before trying the Rom's had a free space of 6 gb.
The Sd folder has a size of 6 Gigas. I do not know where they might be the other 5 gb.
Is there any way to delete the entire contents of the tablet and re-install android? Something similar to format a pc?
I've tried installing with Odin, but the end had the same available space.
Thanks!!
Have you tried wiping the sdcard partition?
0. Before you do this make a nandroid backup and transfer that backup to your pc, along with any important files you want to keep.
Download a ROM.zip and Gapps.zip and put them on the sdcard partition.
1. In recovery, wipe system, data, cache, and dalvik.
2. Install a new ROM and Gapps.
This next part could be risky. If something went wrong with your flash, it might be a pain to get files back on to fix it, but if you know how to use ADB, it is easy enough. That being said, most flashes go fine, and you shouldn't have any trouble.
3. Wipe the sdcard partition. Reboot. When all is said and done, you should have around 10 or 12 gb of space.
Thanks for the tip.
I had already tried to wipe system, data, cache, and dalvik and install a new rom with no results.
But I found the problem:
The Camera folder was duplicated in: / data / media.
After removing it I was the free space que I expected.
Thanks for your help!

Galaxy Tab P1000L Problem Factory Reset

Hello everyone I have a problem with my Galaxy Tab P1000L.
the problem is quite rare for me apparently not delete anything
from the internal memory.
installed several times the rooms froyo 2.2, 2.3 ginger, even after installing the room my files, photos, music, videos are still there.
the system is unstable in any room each app crash.
when I can open the settings and give reformatted USB storage says successfully formatting but when I look at the files are still there, as if I try to delete from the pc delete but not works the files are still there.
the problem could be some encrypted file o partition? , is there any way to make a super wipe or something similar?
from the Recovery -
wipe data - factory reset.
and says
wiping data formating /data
Error mounting /data!
skipping format ...
formating /cache...
formating /dbdata...
formating /sdcard /android_secure ...
formating /sdcard /android...
wiped all user data
but all data remain the same in the same place
sorry for my English, it is very bad. I speak Spanish
thanks and I hope you can help me miss my tab greetings to all

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