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wiping between rom switches

i have a question about wiping before installing a new rom. if i take my g1 the way it is currently with all my settings and back it up with switchrom through the console then perform a wipe and install a new rom. will my settings be preserved when i restore the previous backup or will all the settings be wiped regardless?? TY -joe

lokeycmos said:
i have a question about wiping before installing a new rom. if i take my g1 the way it is currently with all my settings and back it up with switchrom through the console then perform a wipe and install a new rom. will my settings be preserved when i restore the previous backup or will all the settings be wiped regardless?? TY -joe
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If you make a backup and it is saved to your sdcard, you can do anything to your rom and your old settings will still be there (when you restore).

does this also apply to: wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, wipe sd ext partition, wipe battery stat,s and wipe rotate settings as well? ty

i just went ahead and tried it. switchrom will restore regardless of anything you wipe.

lokeycmos said:
i just went ahead and tried it. switchrom will restore regardless of anything you wipe.
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You can always look at your backup itself to see what it contains.
Glad that you found your answer though.
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[Q] MotoX DEV factor reset; lose TWRP, SuperSU

Question if I do a factor reset on my MotoX DEV Ed. 4.4.2 updated with unlocked bootloader, TWRP, SuperSU will I need to reinstall TWRP and SuperSU or will I retain TWRP and SuperSU?

A factory reset just wipes /data (via recovery). It doesn't do anything to recovery or to /system. Put those two together and you have your answer.

CartlandSmith said:
And when you have TWRP installed, it doesn't even completely wipe data since your Nandroid backups survive a factory reset. I just did one and was surprised to see that.
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"Data" in this case is the /data partition. Backups are stored on the SD card, which is a separate partition.
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CartlandSmith said:
thanks I did eventually figure that out. So /data is apps, settings, contacts, texts, call logs. Anything else?
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Correct.
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kbluhm said:
"Data" in this case is the /data partition. Backups are stored on the SD card, which is a separate partition.
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No it isn't. The /sdcard is /data/media. The reason that TWRP and CWM do not format this during a factory reset is that they are setup not to. They don't actually format when you do it, they do a "rm -rf" of everything except /data/media, unless you select the option to wipe everything, in which case, they actually format it.

Best way to wipe fresh and restore?

I am having some wacky issues with my Moto X. I am on a dev edition with bootloader unlocked and rooter on 4.4.2. What would be the easiest most effective way to wipe and then restore my apps and what not?

reno55 said:
I am having some wacky issues with my Moto X. I am on a dev edition with bootloader unlocked and rooter on 4.4.2. What would be the easiest most effective way to wipe and then restore my apps and what not?
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Boot into TWRP, select Wipe, then advanced wipe. Then check dalvik cache, data and cache. If you want your sd card wiped, too, select internal storage.
DO NOT WIPE SYSTEM UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

I would recommend fxz save data it resets your whole system like its fresh out of the box except your data so all your apps are still there. This will hopefully fix any wacky behavior. After the fxz reinstall twrp or whatever recovery you use then root. If you have fonts or xposed installed you will have install the fonts again. With xposed all you have to do is turn it on since you didn't wipe data it will reinstate the changes.
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What is fxz?
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NightThyme said:
Boot into TWRP, select Wipe, then advanced wipe. Then check dalvik cache, data and cache. If you want your sd card wiped, too, select internal storage.
DO NOT WIPE SYSTEM UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
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If I do this will all my apps and SD card files be there?
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reno55 said:
If I do this will all my apps and SD card files be there?
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if you wipe internal storage, you will lose your SD card files, pictures, music, videos and any other content you store on your internal sd card. If you wipe data, you will lose your apps, texts messages, call logs, system settings and contacts. But I thought you wanted to wipe your apps?
If you don't want to wipe your apps, try wiping just dalvik cache and cache and see if that helps before you wipe data.
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reno55 said:
What is fxz?
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fxz = fastboot xml zip file

Question about Installing a New ROM

I'm really confused about what to do before flashing this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694471
I'm coming from CM11, I don't know what to do when it says "so basically just FULLY wipe". Does this mean to just factory reset, or can somebody tell me which boxes to tick in TWRP (System, Cache, Dalvik Cache, etc.) I'm worried that factory resetting will delete internal storage, because I have accidentally deleted internal storage before while flashing a new ROM, and it was a nightmare.
Thanks in advance!

KangKong70 said:
I'm really confused about what to do before flashing this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694471
I'm coming from CM11, I don't know what to do when it says "so basically just FULLY wipe". Does this mean to just factory reset, or can somebody tell me which boxes to tick in TWRP (System, Cache, Dalvik Cache, etc.) I'm worried that factory resetting will delete internal storage, because I have accidentally deleted internal storage before while flashing a new ROM, and it was a nightmare.
Thanks in advance!
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In your recovery, a full wipe would be wipe all of: /system; /cache/; dalvik cache and /cache.
Frankly, the latter is a joke -- there's nothing interesting in /cache other than logs, but folks still do it.
what will happen is the /system and /cache partitions will get reformatted. Dalvik Cache will get 'deleted' and the /data partition will get cleaned out (files removed) *other than* your Internal sdcard data.
BTW, if you have a handle as kangkong, you really ought to live up to the suggestions in the name

Thanks for the help, though I am a bit confused about what you mean about my name.

Td hes a newb if you check his profile hes has no idea what kanging is apparently lol
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And to answer your question in lamens terms just do a factory reset youll be good
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[Q] Full Wipe and Titanium Backup

hi guys,
I am a longterm flasher with older htcs, but new to htc one. I want to update and full wipe my Insertcoin Rom, i don't want to lose all of my apps and data, therefore i have made an titanmium backup.
Now I have read that htc had changed some things about the way directiories are handled when full wiping, maybe resulting in loosing everything on the phone.
my question:
Do i lose my backup from titanium in /sdcard/ when I do a full wipe?
thanks in advance

Guids said:
hi guys,
I am a longterm flasher with older htcs, but new to htc one. I want to update and full wipe my Insertcoin Rom, i don't want to lose all of my apps and data, therefore i have made an titanmium backup.
Now I have read that htc had changed some things about the way directiories are handled when full wiping, maybe resulting in loosing everything on the phone.
my question:
Do i lose my backup from titanium in /sdcard/ when I do a full wipe?
thanks in advance
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If you have already unlocked bootloader, and what you are referring to as Full wipe is wiping data/cache and system via recovery (cwm/twrp) then you will not lose data on /data/data where TiBu backup files are located.

madnav said:
If you have already unlocked bootloader, and what you are referring to as Full wipe is wiping data/cache and system via recovery (cwm/twrp) then you will not lose data on /data/data where TiBu backup files are located.
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thank you for your quick reply and clarifying this topic!

madnav said:
If you have already unlocked bootloader, and what you are referring to as Full wipe is wiping data/cache and system via recovery (cwm/twrp) then you will not lose data on /data/data where TiBu backup files are located.
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Guids said:
thank you for your quick reply and clarifying this topic!
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small correction if I may, sdcard/internal storage redirects to /data/media/ (on android 4.1.2) or /data/media/0/ (on android 4.2.2+)