So if you have apps2sd enabled with the phone writing the davlik-cache to the sd card and you wipe davlik-cache in amons recover does it wipe the cache on the card or phone?
I'm pretty sure it just wipes the dalvik on the phone. I may be wrong....
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Hey guys,
Trying to wipe my phone and running into an issue. When I go through the process my internal SD card unmounts and the phone doesn't wipe. When I click it again I get a message saying "SD Card unmounted." Any idea fellas?
Any ideas guys? This is kind of urgent!
if you have a unlocked bootloader flash a fruitcake. Make sure to wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition & dalvik cache first in CWM recovery.
haven't modified the phone
Glinting settings and storage, you should be able to mount it in there. Try again afterwards.
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i wanna download some cool roms and it ask me to wipe data, cache and dalvick. when i do this.... will it erase all of my music, vids, and pics off my sd card? i have the phone plugged in boot mode... all i have to do is cleck yes to wipe data. i hope this doesnt make me lose everything
I'm no expert but have flashed a few roms. You shouldn't lose what's on your SD. I wipe cache and dalvik all the time even when not flashing a ROM. I've never lost anything. You would if you were partitioning your SD.
Hope it helps, good luck and have fun.
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No when you wipe dalvick cache and cache you won't lose anything on your SD card just make sure you fully understand how to flash a rom first time I did it I messed my phone up do a lot of research first lol and good luck
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MPH33 said:
i wanna download some cool roms and it ask me to wipe data, cache and dalvick. when i do this.... will it erase all of my music, vids, and pics off my sd card? i have the phone plugged in boot mode... all i have to do is cleck yes to wipe data. i hope this doesnt make me lose everything
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Before you start wiping and what not make sure to do a backup. Also use Titanium Backup to back all your apps you downloaded the paid ones's or all the ones you downloaded. For contacts make sure to export them to your sdcard just in case. what recovery do you have? Should use Amon RA the best one for the EVO
Now when you're installing a new rom This for the Amon ra recovery but its almost the same for clockworkmod.
Wipe all user data/system
Wipe cache
wipe Dalvik cache
Wipe android secure (optional)
Wipe system
Wipe data
Wipe boot
Wipe rotate settings
BUT DO NOT WIPE SDCARD goodluck with your new root
Have a question here that's semi-related. I have been playing around with some different ROM's here the past few days. I noticed some of them are utilizing my SD card. When I do my usual wipe, it's leaving a few Widgets, etc in place. I know it's the SD card, because when I repartition the SD card, I finally got rid of everything that wouldn't wipe. What wipe/clear was I missing here, or is the only way to clear these apps/widges from the previous ROM is to do a SD card repartition each time?
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Just to be clear on the wipes/clears I've been doing :
wipe data/factory reset (Doesn't this cover most everything?)
wipe cache
wipe Dalvik cache
I also tried Clear Storage from hboot, but that didn't seem to help either...
jreed012 said:
Have a question here that's semi-related. I have been playing around with some different ROM's here the past few days. I noticed some of them are utilizing my SD card. When I do my usual wipe, it's leaving a few Widgets, etc in place. I know it's the SD card, because when I repartition the SD card, I finally got rid of everything that wouldn't wipe. What wipe/clear was I missing here, or is the only way to clear these apps/widges from the previous ROM is to do a SD card repartition each time?
Edit :
Just to be clear on the wipes/clears I've been doing :
wipe data/factory reset (Doesn't this cover most everything?)
wipe cache
wipe Dalvik cache
I also tried Clear Storage from hboot, but that didn't seem to help either...
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Wipe in this order and I can assure things will work for you
Factory wipe(data-cache),wipe dalvik, wipe boot, and wipe system
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...So, what ROM are we developing here? ...I'm not good at flaming...
@MPH33, you want to make sure and post questions in the Q&A section in the future.
My two cents here, is:
I always wipe my sdcard as well as what the others have said. I know you don't want to "lose" all your stuff on there, but really all you have to do is create a folder on your computer with the important stuff, like pics, music, backups. I use recovery to partition the sdcard, much faster than formatting on the PC.
The phone creates other temp folders on the sdcard that I am not sure what impact they will have on another ROM but I like to get rid of them.
jreed012 said:
Have a question here that's semi-related. I have been playing around with some different ROM's here the past few days. I noticed some of them are utilizing my SD card. When I do my usual wipe, it's leaving a few Widgets, etc in place. I know it's the SD card, because when I repartition the SD card, I finally got rid of everything that wouldn't wipe. What wipe/clear was I missing here, or is the only way to clear these apps/widges from the previous ROM is to do a SD card repartition each time?
Edit :
Just to be clear on the wipes/clears I've been doing :
wipe data/factory reset (Doesn't this cover most everything?)
wipe cache
wipe Dalvik cache
I also tried Clear Storage from hboot, but that didn't seem to help either...
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the fact that you say you get rid of the left over bits when you repartition tells me that it's an apps2sd issue. Some roms use the sd-ext and some don't. In both CWM and Amon-ra you will find options to wipe the sd-ext. Add that into what you're already wiping and you shouldn't be troubled with leftover bits anymore. (and just to be sure, also add in .android-secure to the list of what gets wiped)
Wiping data/factory reset will wipe android secure and sd extension. So id just do what jaredthegreat said and run vr_superwipe script also.
It works same way as when your done using the toilet.
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Do any of the options erase /sdcard? I would like to know before flashing a ROM.
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On TWRP, there are 4-5 different wipe options I believe. If I recall right, 3 of the options are cache, data/factory, and dalvik. One setting is to also format data, and the other one is to wipe SD card.
Wiping cache, factory/data, and dalvik doesn't touch SD card. Formatting data didn't work the one time I tried it, but it didn't wipe SD card either. I didn't touch the SD wipe button, but my guess is... it wipes SD
With CWM recovery, I was able to format and wipe everything (except SD) and the contents of my SD card still existed.
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On TWRP, there are 4-5 different wipe options I believe. If I recall right, 3 of the options are cache, data/factory, and dalvik. One setting is to also format data, and the other one is to wipe SD card.
Wiping cache, factory/data, and dalvik doesn't touch SD card. Formatting data didn't work the one time I tried it, but it didn't wipe SD card either. I didn't touch the SD wipe button, but my guess is... it wipes SD
With CWM recovery, I was able to format and wipe everything (except SD) and the contents of my SD card still existed.
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Much appreciated, I signed up here a while ago but never had an android device until November 2011. I have had extremely bad luck with partitions (some of which were really just user-error), so I am extremely cautious when dealing with them. Thanks!
Hi, I'm on PA 3.99 rom and I'd like to install Purity Rom, but it's required a full wipe. My recovery is TWRP, so for a full wipe I need to wipe cache, dalvink cache, system and factory, right? Internal and External card isn't necessary, right? Because It will erase the Purity zip in my memory and I won't be able to installed. If possible I'd like a clear response, so I'd finally understand what to do exactly with no more worries.
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Hi, I'm on PA 3.99 rom and I'd like to install Purity Rom, but it's required a full wipe. My recovery is TWRP, so for a full wipe I need to wipe cache, dalvink cache, system and factory, right? Internal and External card isn't necessary, right? Because It will erase the Purity zip in my memory and I won't be able to installed. If possible I'd like a clear response, so I'd finally understand what to do exactly with no more worries.
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That's correct, cache, dalvik cache, data and system. Your external sd and internal sd should be untouched.
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A factory reset in recovery wipes /cache and /data ... the dalvik cache resides on the data partition and is thusly wiped also.
You could wipe /system to be "thorough" ... but the Rom zip.should have a format /system line in the updater script.
I only ever do a factory reset between roms.
Thank you very much, it's what I wanted to hear! (Never understood if wipe factory was even wipe data ahah XD)
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A factory reset in recovery wipes /cache and /data ... the dalvik cache resides on the data partition and is thusly wiped also.
You could wipe /system to be "thorough" ... but the Rom zip.should have a format /system line in the updater script.
I only ever do a factory reset between roms.
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Oh ok!! Now I get it! Really appreciate everyone answer! (Sorry for my English, lately I haven't been using it very much!)
i tried to format internal sd card and it wouldnt let me. im guess its not possible?
Unfortunately, we can't use the FORMAT function in safestrap!!!....to clean wipe you can...go into Wipe then do Factory Data reset and then go to Advanced Wipe and wipe System/data/cache/dalvik cache...thats enough!!!
But if you want to completely wipe the phone...follow this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2610757