Ok so yesterday I tried flashing a kernel and my phone got stuck in recovery mode. I was able to bring it back with a dedoxed stock rom using odin. But all the files that were on the sd card I can't find them. It still shows that its still taking up space but there nit showing up on the phone.
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Did you wipe cache and dalvik cache?
Yes I wiped both caches
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Ok guys I'm new to the evo and just want to make sure I didn't skip any important steps. I have latest ota and rooted with unrevoked3 and got s-off with unrevoked forever. Flashed amonRa recovery and created nandroid.
I'm looking to try out the EViO Rom or Latest fresh rom. Can I just put the rom on sdcard and flash the rom from recovery? Or am I missing something?
Put the rom on the root of your card, wipe data, cache and dalvik cache twice, then flash the rom.
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Don't forget to backup any apps with TB or MyBackupPro as well as the nand backup.
Good luck
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Systemfraud said:
Put the rom on the root of your card, wipe data, cache and dalvik cache twice, then flash the rom.
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wiping twice is a good idea after a duece, but it's a bit redundant when dealing with dalvik cache
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OneStepAhead said:
wiping twice is a good idea after a duece, but it's a bit redundant when dealing with dalvik cache
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Its always a bit redundant i think thats the point though. Honestly if the recoveries are wiping them correctly there should be no reason to do them twice, But it makes people feel good to do so more power to them.
I am sorry if I seem a bit noobish
I rooted my phone, made s-off, loaded custom recovery and also flashed new rom. But after rooting my phone, I cant seem to load any of the apps installed on the sd card and I cant download any apps from the market either. When I restart my phone a couple of times ( like 10 times ), I can some times load and download the apps.
Does anyone know why this might happen? Do I need to partition my sd card, could that be the reason?
Definitely no need to partition sd card with the dhd. Which rom did you flash and did you wipe cache, data, and dalvik cache before flashing?
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dr.m0x said:
Definitely no need to partition sd card with the dhd. Which rom did you flash and did you wipe cache, data, and dalvik cache before flashing?
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I wiped everything before flashing and I am using Leedroid 1.2 Rom.
I would like to ask that when I wipe data in recovery , what will actually be wipe, will my photo or music be wipe?
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If you wipe data in recovery mode, it'll wipe everything. Everything.
I mean in custom recovery, if it will wipe everything even the zip in sd card then how can we actually flash rom? Sorry for my silly question, cause my previous phone can use sdcard which don't got this problem....
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If you wipe data in recovery, it doesn't wipe your photos or music.
It only wipes your apps, system apps and their data. Also resets the phone.
Then only way you wipe your photos or music is if you go to;
mount and storage > format sdcard.
WHICH YOU DON'T WANT TO DO!
So if you want to flash a custom ROM;
In your recovery you;
Wipe data & Factory Reset
Go go Advance > wipe dalvik cache
Flash your ROM.
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Thanks, that's mean it's just the same way as defy, how about how about flash a kernel? Because as defy's boot loader are locked, we can't actually flash a really kernel, just the 2nd boot kernel
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ansontyl96 said:
Thanks, that's mean it's just the same way as defy, how about how about flash a kernel? Because as defy's boot loader are locked, we can't actually flash a really kernel, just the 2nd boot kernel
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Well if your bootloader is locked, look around the development thread for the nexus 4 utility 1.3.0
That unlocks, roots, install recovery and all sort of stuffs.
To flash a kernel to a stock or custom ROM;
Boot to recovery
Format Cache
Format dalvik cache
Flash
Reboot.
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Unlocking bootloader will wipe EVERYTHING on your phone.
what would i have to do if i wanted to wipe my sd card? stock clean??
i've taken up 2gb of data because i tried to make a system back up but i've done it like 3 time and i can't find the backup zips so i just want to clean the SD card back to the begining without messing up the system data since i'm not flashing anything new
I have the same doubt. What is the best way to format SD card?. I did it once and had to inject the ROM with computer using ADb. Any alternative?
Sparta507 said:
what would i have to do if i wanted to wipe my sd card? stock clean??
i've taken up 2gb of data because i tried to make a system back up but i've done it like 3 time and i can't find the backup zips so i just want to clean the SD card back to the begining without messing up the system data since i'm not flashing anything new
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I booted into TWRP to flash AOKP and when i was wiping the system partion it crashed and now the system partition wont mount. I'm at a loss. I can't flash anything because the system won't mount.
anybody have any suggestions? thank you
i'm on the latest version btw.
Yea, seems to happen easily. Don't know if its the device or TWRP.
You can install a factory image, restore a nandroid backup, or flash a new Rom using a flash drive/otg cable.
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Sounds liked you formated. When changing the base rom, all that I ever do is factory reset, which will wipe without touching data/media. If flashing a rom with the same base just cache/dalvik. The virtual SD card is stored in data/media. If it was formated you erased your stored zips, and you'll have to fastboot a new zip into it. If you have anything stored on an external thumb drive, sd card, etc you also can transfer one over that way.
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freshlysqueezed said:
Yea, seems to happen easily. Don't know if its the device or TWRP.
You can install a factory image, restore a nandroid backup, or flash a new Rom using a flash drive/otg cable.
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Does that work in twrp. It doesn't recognise my laptop when its connected . says something about an otg error ...
You can always flash using fast boot though
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I keep all my nandroid backups on my 32gb usb flash drive for emegencies as described by the op. You can then restore from the usb flash drive/otg using twrp.
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djd338 said:
Sounds liked you formated. When changing the base rom, all that I ever do is factory reset, which will wipe without touching data/media. If flashing a rom with the same base just cache/dalvik. The virtual SD card is stored in data/media. If it was formated you erased your stored zips, and you'll have to fastboot a new zip into it. If you have anything stored on an external thumb drive, sd card, etc you also can transfer one over that way.
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Agreed user error can accidently wipe the sd card, but sometimes twrp crashes and will corrupt your storage and it won't mount. I think that is what the op is describing.
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Hi all, I rooted my phone recently, but even after rooting and full wipe and factory reset, it still had data on the phone memory. Why didn't it remove everything and made the internal memory blank, or as free as possible? Leaving the external sd card as it is of course. I don't want to wipe that as well during this process.
Use Zoots Wipe Script . Download and flash it via cwm . Philz or twrp. Choose Mega Wipe and then install any rom .
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Isn't there an option in recovery to format internal storage if that's what your after
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Zoots megawipe
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1983489
or ARHD Note 2 Superwipe script
http://getwapi.com/down/view/zip/rl2T7o5V/Android_Revolution_HD_Super_Wi.html
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Zoots megawipe
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1983489
or ARHD Note 2 Superwipe script
http://getwapi.com/down/view/zip/rl2T7o5V/Android_Revolution_HD_Super_Wi.html
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I was not wiping the system and data etc when I was rooting. I did that from the recovery mode. But thanks for the megawipe, nice tool.
TWRP recovery has an advanced wipe option
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