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Question about Wiping

Okay...so I had the Cyan ROM and I went into Recovery and wiped everything. Does that mean that I don't have a ROM installed? Or is it just like a factory reset...but instead it resets it back to the original Cyan ROM?
I did do a full wipe and then flashed what I thought was a ROM but I guess it turned out to just be an add-on.
So, I guess my other question is...when I flash an addon/theme to a ROM...it becomes a part of that rom...even after a complete wipe?

Factory reset/wipe wipes everything. You don't have a ROM to boot up with anymore.
Add-ons go on top of ROMs. Add-ons alone = nothing to boot with, either.

You can still boot after doing a factory reset, to my knowlege it just wipes all your settings and internal data.

It does? Admittedly I haven't tried that for a while, but the last time I wiped in recovery and rebooted, it didn't really boot up.
I understand the factory reset under Settings -> Privacy is different, though.

When I woke up this morning...I tried the wipes under Recovery just for the heck of it...and it booted up. Now I'm just what exactly is on the ROM? All the addons and themes? It looks that way.
I guess since the only real danger of Bricking the phone would be to interrupt the flashing of the radio...so I guess I'll go into trial and error mode for the next couple of days.

Yeah, during my "let's try everything and flash different ROMs twice a day" phase, I kept expecting the phone to die and never wake again. Looks like the only real ways to brick it are flashing radio and SPL.

Okay...so if you use the Factory Reset under settings...it seems to do nothing but reboot the phone.
If you wipe through Recovery...it just resets your settings and apps. All addons are still intact. So I'm assuming that when you flash an Addon...it becomes fused with the main ROM?

I don't understand why the ringtones that I pushed to the system/media folder are still there after a wipe and reflash of the same rom? Shouldn't reflashing overwrite everything?

[q] lg optimus 2x frozen even when reinstaling rom

Hi, im having problem with my o2x. Frirst phone started to behave strangely and every application has stop working. Error was
"uids on the system are inconsistent you need to wipe your data partition or your device will be unstable"
and then every time i restarted the phone it was the same error again so i decided to reinstall rom. Than error was gone but other problem appeared, now after 3 min of use phone get frozen and than i reinstall rom again and phone get frozen agan.
Please if someone can tell me what is the problem and how can i fix them.

You have mentioned reinstalling (reflashing?) the ROM but you haven't mentioned a factory reset so I have to ask... Have you tried a factory reset?

Should i do factory reset on rooted phone? if yes how can i do that. I read somewhere that factory reset should not be done on rooted phones. is that true?

In CWM, You always have to Wipe your Data,Cache,Dalvik Cache,Battery stats.
Optional : Format System.
For a rom to function well, else it will get all kind of problems, like you have.
Of course if you install a update for a ROM, you only have to wipe the cache/Dalvik Cache.
Remember to make a Backup of your apps with Titanium Backup.

I didnt wipe Dalvik Cache and Battery stats. I'll give it a try. What does Format System do?

The factory reset basically resets your phone to as it came from the factory. It erases all your settings and apps, and is recommended that you do that when you change from a stock ROM to a custom ROM.
Having root has nothing to do with it.
Me personally I like backing up my apps and doing a factory reset each time I change/update my ROM. This way I make sure I always have a clean system each time. Of course this might not be convenient if you like flashing a new ROM twice a week

Wipeing Dalvik Cache, Battery stats and factory reset didnt do the trick. I flashed cyanogenmode nightly now and its ok for now. Could it be problem with the rom?

"Factory reset" (/data wipe) doesn't wipe system apps. If you had on your old ROM some "broken" system app, you most likely still have it. First thing i would do is full device wipe (/data and /system partition wipe). If you dont know how to do this here is the script and how-to. Be aware of that this script can brick your phone (ofc then you can fix it with smartflash) is you won't follow instructions.
After that wipe and ofc flashing clean ROM (btw. which is it?), it still isn't working, it's most likely ROM's fault. It could be Baseband<->RIL problem eaither but i've never saw RIL problem which has influence of system stability.

Are you flashing back to stock or a custom ROM?
If you are flashing to a custom ROM, you need do all the wipe-steps and then do BacktoEXT3 before flashing the custom ROM,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1021549

[Q] full wipe / factory reset ...

Can somone explain the difference between (full) wipe, factory reset, ...
Is a wipe the same as format?

Is there no difference, or does nobody know it?

A full wipe is when you delete everything on your phone. A full wipe is needed every time before flashing a stock or custom rom. It will delete everything on your phone and you will not even be able to boot. Only Clockworkmod and the Download Mode will be left. Meanwhile, a factory reset will only erase data from your phone's internal storage. Factory reset is suitable only when you are in stock rom and a non-rooted device. It is dangerous to do a factory reset if you are rooted or having a custom rom. You will brick your device.

iCloud said:
A full wipe is when you delete everything on your phone. A full wipe is needed every time before flashing a stock or custom rom. It will delete everything on your phone and you will not even be able to boot. Only Clockworkmod and the Download Mode will be left. Meanwhile, a factory reset will only erase data from your phone's internal storage. Factory reset is suitable only when you are in stock rom and a non-rooted device. It is dangerous to do a factory reset if you are rooted or having a custom rom. You will brick your device.
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Installation:
You must have flashed a Android 7.0 Samsung Firmware with Odin.
TWRP recovery
Format data in recovery
First installation needs a full wipe! (Updating to newer releases a dirty flash will do)...
First installation needs a full wipe! (Updating to newer releases a dirty flash will do)" what i must to do pls?

Problems after factory reset

I've majorly screwed up. I'm using a samsung galaxy ace s5830. After partioning my sd card I found that I couldn't root my phone since cwm was not allowing it. So I got frustrated and did a factory reset. Now my phone will not get passed the samsung intro and the blinking samsung sign. Please help

Reflash a rom with odin, it will wipe anything wrong (just remember to wipe data, wipe cache, and wipe dalvik cache)

Thanks will do so. can you shed some light as to how a simple factory reset got me into a boot loop

sjg2797 said:
Thanks will do so. can you shed some light as to how a simple factory reset got me into a boot loop
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After wipe data/factory reset, bootloops can be solved by wiping cache and dalvik cache.
If something got messed in the kernel while trying to flash the root zip, then wiping everything will still keep an error, maybe that's what caused the bootloop, this is fixed with a fresh odin flash.
Check that your root zip is compatible and thay you use the correct recovery to flash it (sometimes it must be done through stock recovery, sometimes through cwm)

[Q] Can't perform Factory reset, neither Wipe Data

Hi,
My Razr I is rooted and has the unlocked bootloader.
I was trying to install a Custom ROM, but I could not perform the Factory Reset.
It stucks on that Android robot screen, and nothing happens.
When I force the restart, it boots normally and the reset did not work.
I have CWM installed. Also tried to wipe partitions via CWM, and it does not work as well.
Any ideas?
Thanks!