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Hey guys.. I have flashed a few roms to my Raider now, but my internal SD is a mess - lots of old left-over install folders, leftover app bits..etc. When I'm in CWM Recovery, I found an option to format the internal SD card. My question is this: What will that wipe? Everything?? Does it wipe out my CWM and the installed ROM as well?? I'm scared to try it, bc I don't want to brick my phone. I'm not real familiar with pushing files to the SD card thru ADB (actually I just know its possible, no idea what the commands are) so I don't want to have to go that route, but I'd REALLY like to wipe my internal storage and clean it up.
Ideas?
I recommend going into your settings when your booted into android. So long as you have no apps installed to the I.internal sd card you are safe to format.
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Hey guys.. I have flashed a few roms to my Raider now, but my internal SD is a mess - lots of old left-over install folders, leftover app bits..etc. When I'm in CWM Recovery, I found an option to format the internal SD card. My question is this: What will that wipe? Everything?? Does it wipe out my CWM and the installed ROM as well?? I'm scared to try it, bc I don't want to brick my phone. I'm not real familiar with pushing files to the SD card thru ADB (actually I just know its possible, no idea what the commands are) so I don't want to have to go that route, but I'd REALLY like to wipe my internal storage and clean it up.
Ideas?
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i would not use the CWM option to do that, it is a port and not fully supported and i know on some other devices (not sure about vivid) but that would soft brick the device
I always use the windows format and change the allocation size while I'm at it. Just backup what you need and copy it over when you are done. Since there are a lot of leftover bits I'd recommend not doing a quick format. The method in which you format probably doesn't matter but I like working from the computer when it comes to this stuff.
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And formatting the *internal* storage from USB storage mode in Windows won't clear out my HoliRaider ROM? I just don't wanna brick my phone its running awesome now thanks to bananacakes.
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No, the rom is installed on its own partition. I've formatted with no issues after I rooted and debloated my phone
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In storage under other it seems that every time I flash a ROM, it's taking up more and more space. I deleted all backups and ROMs that I'm not using. How can I tell what's taking up all that space? It's like 8gb and climbing.
zammboss said:
In storage under other it seems that every time I flash a ROM, it's taking up more and more space. I deleted all backups and ROMs that I'm not using. How can I tell what's taking up all that space? It's like 8gb and climbing.
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data > media > 0 I believe.
Have you been going 4.1.2 > 4.2.2 a lot? If so ^^^ is your problem.
sauprankul said:
data > media > 0 I believe.
Have you been going 4.1.2 > 4.2.2 a lot? If so ^^^ is your problem.
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nope. went from 4.1.2 > 4.2.2 > 4.3 > 4.2.2
zammboss said:
nope. went from 4.1.2 > 4.2.2 > 4.3 > 4.2.2
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Are you doing backups in recovery before you flash? They take a lot of room if you keep lots of them.
zammboss said:
nope. went from 4.1.2 > 4.2.2 > 4.3 > 4.2.2
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Still. It wouldn't hurt to poke around with ES and see if there is anything specifically that you are hoarding.
I actually just looked into this as well because 15gigs are held up in other for me. I have a bunch of different locations of the same SD card contents. 1 in /data/media/0 a second in /sdcard and a third in /mnt/ with like two others sdcard and 0 in the mnt folder.. Which one of the one I'm actually using? Or are they all just shortcuts perhaps?
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Ajxx16 said:
I actually just looked into this as well because 15gigs are held up in other for me. I have a bunch of different locations of the same SD card contents. 1 in /data/media/0 a second in /sdcard and a third in /mnt/ with like two others sdcard and 0 in the mnt folder.. Which one of the one I'm actually using? Or are they all just shortcuts perhaps?
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Easy way to tell is to take a few pictures. And rename them **something. Then go around seeing which is which. It's sloppy to have so many duplicates lying around. Tsk Tsk.
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Easy way to tell is to take a few pictures. And rename them **something. Then go around seeing which is which. It's sloppy to have so many duplicates lying around. Tsk Tsk.
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OK well took a picture, renamed it and the picture was in each"sdcard" with the same name.. Wicked confused.
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/data/media/0 - new location
/data/media - old location (other)
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/data/media/0 - new location
/data/media - old location (other)
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And the other locations are what just short cuts for the multi user stuff?
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And the other locations are what just short cuts for the multi user stuff?
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Yeah, the 0 was added for multiuser, there are plenty of links for backwards compatibility.
Most stuff in /data/media should be moved to /data/media/0, check the guides if you're not sure what (check /data/media/0) for inspiration.
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Yeah, the 0 was added for multiuser, there are plenty of links for backwards compatibility.
Most stuff in /data/media should be moved to /data/media/0, check the guides if you're not sure what (check /data/media/0) for inspiration.
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alright now is the other places, (storage/emulated/0 and legacy) (mnt/shell/emulated/0) and (mnt/sdcard/) do they take up actual storage space?
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alright now is the other places, (storage/emulated/0 and legacy) (mnt/shell/emulated/0) and (mnt/sdcard/) do they take up actual storage space?
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Short answer - No, they don't..
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And the other locations are what just short cuts for the multi user stuff?
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they should not be shortcuts but actual files of full size, they are duplicates.
I find it so hard to believe people are still falling for this, many many examples of people asking about this and stuff their phones up.
It is the multi user of 4.2.2 that has changed SD Card location, in old data/media are the media files you had from an older rom, going to 4.2.2 or 4.3 has duplicated these files to a new location.
Delete the duplicates from data/media and you should recover this lost space. I had 16GB of other I tried to reclaim but i chose to format SD card to clean up instead.. DO NOT DO THIS, dont format or factory wipe SD Card, you will BRICK YOU MOBILE.
I feel sorry for anyone in this positon but am starting to laugh at how many are failling foul to this issue, all I can say is read the forums before doing anything to your One..
i have nothing in data/media
I really can't find what's taking all the space. i've explored all the folders
twerg said:
they should not be shortcuts but actual files of full size, they are duplicates.
I find it so hard to believe people are still falling for this, many many examples of people asking about this and stuff their phones up.
It is the multi user of 4.2.2 that has changed SD Card location, in old data/media are the media files you had from an older rom, going to 4.2.2 or 4.3 has duplicated these files to a new location.
Delete the duplicates from data/media and you should recover this lost space. I had 16GB of other I tried to reclaim but i chose to format SD card to clean up instead.. DO NOT DO THIS, dont format or factory wipe SD Card, you will BRICK YOU MOBILE.
I feel sorry for anyone in this positon but am starting to laugh at how many are failling foul to this issue, all I can say is read the forums before doing anything to your One..
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I actually formatted my SD storage through twrp and its fine, didn't recover the space in other but oh well.
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Ok so after some digging around here is what I have found...
I have a backup ROM on my phone just in case I have to do a quick wipe and install something.. did a search for it and it comes up 2 times:
/storage/emulated/legacy/roms/whatever.zip and /storage/sdcard0/roms/whatever.zip
Did a further test and created a folder in TWRP (called testfolder) on /sdcard/TWRP/Testfolder
now when I go to /storage/emulated/0/TWRP/Testfolder I see the Testfolder
when I go to /storage/emulated/legacy/TWRP/ it's not there
finally when I go to /storage/sdcard0/TWRP/ it's not there either...
Now, are these just sortcuts or is there duplicates here that I can delete?
I'm wondering because I have 4.6gb of photo and video if they had got copied somewhere also... Because I have seen the files in 2 different folders.
I also had this issue of very large storage under "other" after flashing a few different roms.
I flashed ViperOne over another rom with just the wipe option offered in aroma and had just over 12gb in "other" and then flashed again with a complete wipe in recovery first and now have 7gb in "other"
Found that the easiest way to solve this (as long as you don't mind losing data) is to do a complete clean install , wipe everything in recovery including internal storage.
So now when I flash a new rom I just boot to twrp recovery, click "wipe" - "advanced wipe" then select "dalvik cache", "cache", "data", "internal storage" & "system" (I don't select usb-otg as I don't have a usb-otg cable). I then reboot recovery, connect to pc and adb sideload a rom.
pjc21 said:
I also had this issue of very large storage under "other" after flashing a few different roms.
I flashed ViperOne over another rom with just the wipe option offered in aroma and had just over 12gb in "other" and then flashed again with a complete wipe in recovery first and now have 7gb in "other"
Found that the easiest way to solve this (as long as you don't mind losing data) is to do a complete clean install , wipe everything in recovery including internal storage.
So now when I flash a new rom I just boot to twrp recovery, click "wipe" - "advanced wipe" then select "dalvik cache", "cache", "data", "internal storage" & "system" (I don't select usb-otg as I don't have a usb-otg cable). I then reboot recovery, connect to pc and adb sideload a rom.
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I've tried your recommendation & it still fails.
My htc One is international & comes with 32gb storage.
I'm using latest TWRP & have done the following:
- Format data (type YES). Done. Reboot Recovery.
Then
- Advance wipe: "dalvik cache", "cache", "data", "internal storage" & "system".
- Adb sideload the ROM.
I've done that TWICE but "Other" still has 7gb.
I plugged the phone into the comp via usb to verify the storage, it shows I have only 24gb available.
That means no matter what I wipe & format, I still have 7gb of junks in the storage & can't get rid of it.
Please advice.
dsymbol said:
I've tried your recommendation & it still fails.
My htc One is international & comes with 32gb storage.
I'm using latest TWRP & have done the following:
- Format data (type YES). Done. Reboot Recovery.
Then
- Advance wipe: "dalvik cache", "cache", "data", "internal storage" & "system".
- Adb sideload the ROM.
I've done that TWICE but "Other" still has 7gb.
I plugged the phone into the comp via usb to verify the storage, it shows I have only 24gb available.
That means no matter what I wipe & format, I still have 7gb of junks in the storage & can't get rid of it.
Please advice.
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That "junk" is your system (ROM).
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Hi guys, how do I factory reset my HTC 802t? I've tried the delete all of cwm6.0.3.2 and the one in HTC's settings, both didn't delete the folder /0/ in which everything is stored , maybe the custom Rom too, not sure. Any suggestions? The factory reset in the bootloader sends me to cwm.
I'd like to delete it because there are 20+ gb of "other" and I don't know what they are and start anew.
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Addol said:
Hi guys, how do I factory reset my HTC 802t? I've tried the delete all of cwm6.0.3.2 and the one in HTC's settings, both didn't delete the folder /0/ in which everything is stored , maybe the custom Rom too, not sure. Any suggestions? The factory reset in the bootloader sends me to cwm.
I'd like to delete it because there are 20+ gb of "other" and I don't know what they are and start anew.
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in CWM go to mounts and storage, the use the "format data/ and data/media (sdcard)" option
youll loose all your apps to so make sure you have backups stored on your pc/laptop
IINexusII said:
in CWM go to mounts and storage, the use the "format data/ and data/media (sdcard)" option
youll loose all your apps to so make sure you have backups stored on your pc/laptop
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Sweet, thanks!
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Hi all,
I noticed that my internal sd card has two 0 folders, they are like so
Sdcard/0/0/
Everything from internet saves on the first /0/Download for ex., i am now on arhd 51, but previously on archidroid everything saved inside /0/0/Download, is there any way to fix this, or repartition or something without need to wipe all the data in sd? Because everything is messed up and i don't know any more wich uses what folder and so on.
Thx in front.
Edit: posted in i9305 not i9300 Q&A, mods please transfer, sorry for that.
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lsalamun said:
Hi all,
I noticed that my internal sd card has two 0 folders, they are like so
Sdcard/0/0/
Everything from internet saves on the first /0/Download for ex., i am now on arhd 51, but previously on archidroid everything saved inside /0/0/Download, is there any way to fix this, or repartition or something without need to wipe all the data in sd? Because everything is messed up and i don't know any more wich uses what folder and so on.
Thx in front.
Edit: posted in i9305 not i9300 Q&A, mods please transfer, sorry for that.
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can you post some screenshots of the two folders and their content, perhaps i can tell you what to do?
Edit: you can also copy all the files in one of the 0 folders to the other 0 folder and delete the empty one, i asked for screenshots just to make sure if there is any important file in one of those folders that maybe will cause problems with functioning of other apps or system settings if you replace it.
Here is the /0/0/ and i cannot delete archidroid folder or clockworkmod folder (write protected), also if i copy pictures from 0/0/DCIM/Camera to 0/DCIM/Camera, they are not shown, even after reboot when mediascanner is running, when i transfer them back they are imediately shown.
Edit: i can delete archidroid and clockworkmod folder, but via phone, not via pc, but the probem with transfering pictures to now used DCIM still persists.
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I transfered all the pics inside a new folder in sdcard/0/DCIM but they just don't wanna show, they pop up only in sdcard/0/0/DCIM
What can cause this problem? (I can normally view them in file managers.
I noticed that when i force run media scanner it scans storage/emulated/0/0/
It doesnt scan the first /0/ that is used now, can this be fixed?
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Screenshots for proof that 0/0/ works.
P.s. sorry for double post i cannot update pictures via xda premium in edit mode.
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Screenshots for proof that 0/0/ works.
P.s. sorry for double post i cannot update pictures via xda premium in edit mode.
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oke bro, here is what you should do everything personal and important to you like pics./music/documents copy to your external sd card or to your pc if possible both should be safe. format your internal sd card of the phone in recovery mode after everything is restored back put your files back into proper folders and all should be fine again. you are rooted and have custom recovery installed right?
MaHo_66 said:
oke bro, here is what you should do everything personal and important to you like pics./music/documents copy to your external sd card or to your pc if possible both should be safe. format your internal sd card of the phone in recovery mode after everything is restored back put your files back into proper folders and all should be fine again. you are rooted and have custom recovery installed right?
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Yes of course i'm rooted with twrp, i tought there was some other way than getting in all that copy paste, but i'll do that and then it must, just must work.
I think i messed something up in archidroid installation when it asked for EXT4 repartitioning or something like that.
lsalamun said:
Yes of course i'm rooted with twrp, i tought there was some other way than getting in all that copy paste, but i'll do that and then it must, just must work.
I think i messed something up in archidroid installation when it asked for EXT4 repartitioning or something like that.
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yes that must be it, as i had read somewhere on these threads a similar problem like yours its better to avoid changing or setting options from which you dont understand what they do like EXT4 or F2FS partitions unless you know what you are doing. at least thats what i do to avoid any problems with my device
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yes that must be it, as i had read somewhere on these threads a similar problem like yours its better to avoid changing or setting options from which you dont understand what they do like EXT4 or F2FS partitions unless you know what you are doing. at least thats what i do to avoid any problems with my device
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Yes, i know now for future, but, one more question..
It's 'calculating time for copy...' now, i see it'll take ages to 'calculate', so, is there any option to just mount the internal sd card, i remember i could mount it via CWM on my old S2 and everything went quick, but i cannot mount just SD anymore, only as a 'Media device', it seems quite slower..
Do you know an option to do that?
Edit: Disabled indexing, it's flying now
lsalamun said:
Yes, i know now for future, but, one more question..
It's 'calculating time for copy...' now, i see it'll take ages to 'calculate', so, is there any option to just mount the internal sd card, i remember i could mount it via CWM on my old S2 and everything went quick, but i cannot mount just SD anymore, only as a 'Media device', it seems quite slower..
Do you know an option to do that?
Edit: Disabled indexing, it's flying now
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I do recommend using philz touch CWM advanced edition or just the CWM touch version as a recovery choice (especially philz) rather than Twrp, but its all up to you..
I was on philz quite a while, now testing twrp, i did the wipe, everything's perfect now, but i accidentaly deleted my pics coz' they were in the 0/0/ and i deleted the second 0 thinking i don't need it
I got a little shock but i'll recover
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I was on philz quite a while, now testing twrp, i did the wipe, everything's perfect now, but i accidentaly deleted my pics coz' they were in the 0/0/ and i deleted the second 0 thinking i don't need it
I got a little shock but i'll recover
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Haha :laugh: allright mate :good:
I got this problem after installing viral, listening to music, and some things i don't know what exactly causing it.
So i just restart my phone, and ext sd card is not detected on CM11, the storage doesn't show if i have a ext sdcard. Gallery force closing, File Manager stuck, and any app that need access to sdcard is failing. File Manager only show that i have sdcard0 (internal), when i open sdcard1, it fails.
But somehow, my sdcard is detected on TWRP, i can mount it, and even access it on TWRP, seeing files inside it.
Is there any way to fix it? or should i do a clean install?
I'm Using Novafusion's CM11 09/09/2014
Restore your nandroid backup (if you have one). Anyway, you can post your issue in the original thread, here. Good luck.
mauam said:
Restore your nandroid backup (if you have one). Anyway, you can post your issue in the original thread, here. Good luck.
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now firing up TWRP to do clean install of CM11, hoping it can restore the sdcard access. Unfortunately, i don't have any nandroid backup, since i usually just back up my apps using Titanium..
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now firing up TWRP to do clean install of CM11, hoping it can restore the sdcard access. Unfortunately, i don't have any nandroid backup, since i usually just back up my apps using Titanium..
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If the problem is sdcard you can use Eraser to Erase the sdcard chip and try
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If the problem is sdcard you can use Eraser to Erase the sdcard chip and try
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The chip is clean enough (I've trying to clean it for couple times, but it seems didin't help), The ext SDCard can't be read by android system, altough my computer can read the sdcard (using card reader) and TWRP can read that too.
I assume that the my ext SD Card format is damaged, by trying it on my tab, it says it's damaged.
So, I backed up all files on my ext SD Card using card reader on my computer, and format it on my computer, and it works again...