how can i wipe sd card and get my space back ?
when i upgraded from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2 my sd card dissapeared
i had it all backed up like it says before going to 4.2.2 so all good !
i already located it in data/media or somethin like that.
So i just need to know how to wipe my whole sd card safley withou touching the rom installed i can restore all my data no problem
how do i wipe the extra 6 gigs thats in data/media
Install rom of choice then use recovery to format /sdcard. It's found in advanced options in cwm. Not sure where to find it in twrp.
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I am helping a friend to root her LG P970 and I am thinking to flash boybe's cm7.
Should I make any changes to the SD card partition? If yes,
What is the best partition for a 4GB SD card in my situation?
Thanks!
Put the card inside phone and format(options > storage > format). This is the best option, I think.
No need to format the SD Card at all (unless you want to get rid of the junk from some apps you won't be using anymore), no need to create partitions... Just put boype's .zip file on the SD card. Then go to CWM and do wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition. After that in CWM go to install zip from SD card and choose boype's.zip. That's it.. ofc you have to be on a rooted OB with patched CWM.
hi everyone,
i am using TWRP 2.2.1 on my sgs+ for a long period w/o problems, but now i did some mistake and i cannot anymore read external SD from TWRP.
what i did is: full wipe and factory reset (as i always did before any flash), but this time i also did an internal storage wipe, because i wanted to try a clean installation of a rom.
after this internal storage wipe, i went back to install menu, but i am not able to see external storage. it seems that i only get access to internal storage.
if i try nount menu and i mount external sd card, i can correctly see the sd on my win7 pc, so i am sure that it works and the files are inside it.
but if i cannot access it from twrp, i cannot flash any rom!
i try to play wit mount menu, and check some field (mount system, mount data, mount cache...) but i do not even know what i am doying!
any hints?
thanks in advance!
I'm having this problem all of a sudden...
I don't know how to fix this..
I try to change on other ROM but same result.
Please help me guys...
If I download something from xplorer it will display SD card unavailable.
If I open play store it will suddenly close...
Unfortunately Google play store stopped........
Also I can't access my internal storage.....
I use twrp
laloy said:
I'm having this problem all of a sudden...
I don't know how to fix this..
I try to change on other ROM but same result.
Please help me guys...
If I download something from xplorer it will display SD card unavailable.
If I open play store it will suddenly close...
Unfortunately Google play store stopped........
Also I can't access my internal storage.....
I use twrp
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Wipe data,system,cache and data/media (internal sd card).
Format your external sd card via recovery or PC. (optional)
I think it's happening due to corrupt file system.Though if the problem is within your internal SD card instead of external one, there is no need to format external sd card.
ottomanhero said:
Wipe data,system,cache and data/media (internal sd card).
Format your external sd card via recovery or PC. (optional)
I think it's happening due to corrupt file system.Though if the problem is within your internal SD card instead of external one, there is no need to format external sd card.
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i dont know why....
now im good already..
i flash using sw update so i could bring my phone alive...
later i will try to flash costum rom again...
laloy said:
i dont know why....
now im good already..
i flash using sw update so i could bring my phone alive...
later i will try to flash costum rom again...
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You might still want to wipe data/media after sw update.It only wipes data, system and cache and not data/media.
I know this because I've had my internal sd card (data/media) corrupted before, preventing my phone from booting.Was only able to fix it via recovery, by wiping internal sd card.Stock, CWM or TWRP a wipe should do it.But SW update doesn't format internal sd card.
ottomanhero said:
You might still want to wipe data/media after sw update.It only wipes data, system and cache and not data/media.
I know this because I've had my internal sd card (data/media) corrupted before, preventing my phone from booting.Was only able to fix it via recovery, by wiping internal sd card.Stock, CWM or TWRP a wipe should do it.But SW update doesn't format internal sd card.
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but i cant access on internal sd card....
i cant even download, display sd card unavailable and when i plug to my pc the internal drive is unknown....
now i can access already since i used sw update
done flashing cm11 nightly and no more major problem.
i think my internal sd card corrupted last time...
thanks ottomanhero and have a nice day.........................
Hi,
It's my first time rooting/flashing and I have 2 questions
1) where on the phone should I keep the ROM and gaps files,
On the SD card or can I leave them on the internal memory?
2) using twrp (this is the installation not a ROM update) what wipes to i need to do, is cache and dalvik and data good enough ? Or also system and internal storage? (And will it not delete my nandroid backup and my rom and gapps?)
Thanks
Hi,
to answer your questions:
1.) save rom and gapps on external sd card. You can also save them on internal memory but when you wipe everything those files are gone too, unless you exclude internal storage.
2.) If you come from stock it is recommended to to wipe everything, even data and internal storage. You can move those files (rom, gapps) back onto internal storage in recovery. Nandroid backups should be saved either on external SD card or PC, not on the internal storage. One wrong wipe and your backup is gone.
If you want to flash a custom rom there is no need to root your phone - just flash a recovery and you'e good to go
Hello,
I believe I have a problem with internal memory card... Full wiping not working sometimes (says it cannot mount '/system'), and time to time new image installation stops on the extraction phase...
Is there any way to format internal card except TWRP wiping?..
Or maybe there's some other way to reliably clean up the intermal card?
Please advice.
Format from settings and just delete everything on phone. Let phone boot then Odin. Alternatively twrp has option to wipe internal, just be sure you have backup and new rom on external before you wipe.