I have rooted and cycled through a few custom roms. I have been on cm10.1 since early december and feel like i have lots of my apps in 2 or 3 different places on the memory. How do I know what is current and what is old unused info. I would be willing to do a fun system reset if i knew it would get rid of all the extra junk i have know but even when i have done that in the past it seems like there is still stuff i installed in the memory
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You can factory reset somewhere in the settings menu, or if you have installed cwn you can delete everything within that and install a new rom via odin.
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To get rid of everything, you'll have to format you internal sd card and do a factory reset. Then flash the stock rom with Odin. What recovery are you using?
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I am using clockworkmod. I have only used odin when i rooted.
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Can I deleted everything stored under the sd card without messing anything up
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Can I deleted everything stored under the sd card without messing anything up
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Depends on what you mean by not messing anything up. If you want your phone to be like new and you're willing to odin or recovery a new Rom, then yes. If you want existing stuff to run correctly, then no
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Can I deleted everything stored under the sd card without messing anything up
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You could format /system, format /sdcard, do a system wipe, wipe dalvik cache and then flash your rom from with the zip with sideload (on ADB), assuming you have all your personal files and apps backed up.
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I have purchased a used Nexus One running stock 2.3.3 (with locked bootloader) and I am wondering how I am going to wipe it as if it were a brand new install (no residual settings, apps, accounts etc)?
I have done a bit of research and found that the recovery allows you to wipe data, is this what I would do?
Thanks,
menu/settings/privacy/factory data reset
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menu/settings/privacy/factory data reset
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Okay I'll try that. Thanks! How does this compare to the recovery 'wipe'?
if you're not rooted then this is your only option.it works well. to do a recovery wipe then you will need root and a custom recovery installed.
I thought it was the same thing? You can wipe in stock recovery...can't you?
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Yes, you can
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Ive just rooted my galaxy s with cf root. If for some reason i wanted to unroot and go back to what i had before i rooted which was stock 2.3.3 JVO, how would i do it? In the about phone section of the settings nothing has changed. The firmware version is still the same and mentions nothing about cf root. Is this normal?
I now want to start using custom roms which will speed up my phone. What do you reccomen?
Check the kernel version. That would have changed. I'm not sure of unrooting. To my knowledge, you'd probably just have to flash a fresh firmware using ODIN. As far as custom ROMs go, I just posted: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14520580&postcount=15
The kernel version hasn't changed.
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I'm not sure, but I never came across a way to unroot... If I want to remove the root I just flash a stock rom and wipe everything (Usually when I need to send my phone to my carrier )
If I flash a vision custom rom, will I lose all data such as apps I.have installed? Basically, would it be like a factory reset?
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seeraj15 said:
If I flash a vision custom rom, will I lose all data such as apps I.have installed? Basically, would it be like a factory reset?
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Vision custom ROM?
Sorry about that i have no idea why i put 'vision'.
Well then it would depend on the specific custom ROM. Some wipe data, some don't and that is usually specified. Either way, if you're moving onto a custom ROM, it is still highly advised you backup your data, do a factory reset and then restore it.
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Sorry about that i have no idea why i put 'vision'.
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Using swype? Maybe you meant version.happens to me all the tims
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Yes i am using swype I have heard that ext4 is faster than rfs. How do i get ext4?
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Yes i am using swype I have heard that ext4 is faster than rfs. How do i get ext4?
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Using a lagfix kernel.
If I flash GingerReal will I lose photos and music that are on the internal sd card? when I did a factory reset I never lost them.
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If I flash GingerReal will I lose photos and music that are on the internal sd card? when I did a factory reset I never lost them.
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On the guide it says I have to wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition. Are you sure that I won't lose my photos?
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On the guide it says I have to wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition. Are you sure that I won't lose my photos?
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Factory reset only wipes app data. So you lose all apps and settings, not the data on your sdcard, like photos, music, etc.
in the proccess in flashing the ics rom and just ran the exploit and got rooted and i navigated to safe system menu and i toggled safe menu and it says data.img not found sskipping restore of /data safesystem is no enabled does this mean it did not back up my previous file i want to flash this but i am curious on what this exactly means please help!!!
Someone please help! !! Just sitting in recovery waiting to find out what I should do
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Someone please help! !! Just sitting in recovery waiting to find out what I should do
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What does it ask you to do next?
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When you toggled to safe mode, which.toggle option did you select? One will back you up and the other one won't I don't believe.
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I just did toggle safe system after done it says safe system is now enabled I would flash ics I think just want to reboot but just making sure I didn't screw anything up while in recovery
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I didn't flash any roms just rooted running the exploit and then enabled toggle safe system so I should probably just reboot and be fine but I just want to make sure
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Once you toggle to safe, then you flash ics. Even if it didn't back up your original system, the worst that should happen when going back to your normal system is that it will take you back to a fresh install and you will need to set your accounts back up and reinstall your apps
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I didn't flash any roms just rooted running the exploit and then enabled toggle safe system so I should probably just reboot and be fine but I just want to make sure
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If you don't flash ics (or any rom) when your in safe mode and reboot your phone, it won't load because there isn't a version of android there.
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Sweet give it a try thanks man ill report back in a minute
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flashed ics and it gave me bad/installation aborted going to try and transfer on sd card with my wifes phone with a fresh download see if that works and it should go onto external correct???
I believe I have mine in internal. I think you can install it from either location.
You may want to clear the cache and stystem data before flashing if you didn't. Sometimes that helps.
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at this point i am worried about my battery dying on me and i am just sol...
ok looks like was just a bad md5 or something so when i flash google apps do i wipe anything prior to flashing that???
cool got it up just setting up but i have to say this rooting proccess was so much more work than i made it out to be but can't hurt to be too careful i guess
My Note wont install any roms via Odin or CWM..
I tried to downgrade from ICS to GB...NOw i have this problem...Any Solutions...?
Need some help...please..
Phone goes into download mode and also CWM Recovery...But install anything...just gets stuck...
What ROM were you on exactly??Does it get stuck at the factory file??
Yes..it gets stuck on factory file... I was running custom ics... Try to go back to gb
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Yes..it gets stuck on factory file... I was running custom ics... Try to go back to gb
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Normally means its bricked if it freezes on flashing the factory file
Did you perform any factory resets while on ics?
Sounds like superbrick, have you got warranty?
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yes...i have warranty...ics was running then i tried to downgrade to gb...
Yes it happen with my friend recently..u have to bring to ssc.
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i got it...up and running....this work....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
lifesaver....YESSSSSSS!...my note works again...
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i got it...up and running....this work....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
lifesaver....YESSSSSSS!...my note works again...
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So that's a workaround that will repartition your chip, means you will lose some space on internal SD.
Can you let us know how much space you lost? Its usually around 3 to 4gb, but have seen as high as 5.
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It is possible to try and regain some of that lost space, but its very time consuming, There is also a way you can swap the memory around, So your external SD will become internal and vice versa, Pretty neat if you have a 16gb+ external sd.
Although with the brickbug bug, Id much rather keep all my precious stuff on my external sd just incase.
See this link - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28057775
i lost about 3-4gb...not a deal breaker since it has external sd...im happy...she is running...again..
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i lost about 3-4gb...not a deal breaker since it has external sd...im happy...she is running...again..
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Glad its back up.
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So I got tired of low memory so I backed up my stock slot and wiped then installed alliance rom on stock slot and now my backups are gone in twrp bit in root browser they're still under twrp backups any idea how to make them show up in recovery?
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So I got tired of low memory so I backed up my stock slot and wiped then installed alliance rom on stock slot and now my backups are gone in twrp bit in root browser they're still under twrp backups any idea how to make them show up in recovery?
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Do you have an external sd?
No
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No
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I would've suggested trying to copy the backup you see in root browser to the external sd, you mentioned you installed to stock slot and wiped and every now and then ss does that, sometimes it erases your internal sd and maybe what you see in root browser are the "corpse" of the backup you made. Try to get an ex sd will save you a lot of headache in the future.