Wiping and formatting internal storage? - Acer Iconia A500

I just did a factory reset on my tablet this morning hoping that it would wipe and format my internal storage space but it didn't. All it did was wipe my apps and "some" of their appropriate folders. There is still a bunch of junk folders and data on my internal storage, I want to wipe it ALL and give it a proper format. How do I go about that?
I tried CWM Format SD in mounts and storage but it tries to wipe my external storage, not my internal storage.
If someone can help me I'd appreciate it.

SoHaunted said:
I just did a factory reset on my tablet this morning hoping that it would wipe and format my internal storage space but it didn't. All it did was wipe my apps and "some" of their appropriate folders. There is still a bunch of junk folders and data on my internal storage, I want to wipe it ALL and give it a proper format. How do I go about that?
I tried CWM Format SD in mounts and storage but it tries to wipe my external storage, not my internal storage.
If someone can help me I'd appreciate it.
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The closest you're going to get is to format everything in the "mounts and storage" menu EXCEPT SDCard, then reinstall your ROM.

Power down, then hold the vol-up while you power it on. As soon as you see the acer logo, flip the rotation lock back and forth a few times. You should then see some messages on the screen that says data is being deleted.
This method will wipe ALL of data.

kjy2010 said:
The closest you're going to get is to format everything in the "mounts and storage" menu EXCEPT SDCard, then reinstall your ROM.
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Following your instruction, would formatting everything aside from sd in mounts and storage allow me to reboot into a clean rom with wiped internal storage? Or is it mandatory that I reinstall the current rom I am using before rebooting?
Euclid's Brother said:
Power down, then hold the vol-up while you power it on. As soon as you see the acer logo, flip the rotation lock back and forth a few times. You should then see some messages on the screen that says data is being deleted.
This method will wipe ALL of data.
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Very interesting, I'm gonna try this right now. Will this work with CWM Recovery or does the stock recovery have to be flashed first?
UPDATE:
I tried Euclid's Brothers method and it worked great, factory reset that wipes and formats internal storage, nice and squeaky clean . Does not require stock recovery, can be done with CWM installed.
While it looked like it froze after 15-20 minutes I held down power to turn it off and then turned it back on, started up fine fully wiped.

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Clear phone?

Somebody please help!!!
I have formatted my memory card, cleared factory and cache etc in recovery. And installed fresh rom. And yet still the sense button hack is still there!!!!!.
What am I not clearing that should in theory format my phone?.
tuktukscotty said:
Somebody please help!!!
I have formatted my memory card, cleared factory and cache etc in recovery. And installed fresh rom. And yet still the sense button hack is still there!!!!!.
What am I not clearing that should in theory format my phone?.
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Sense button hack? the one that makes trackpad wake up phone?
make sure ext partition has been formatted.
or just dalvik cache from recovery
f0xy said:
Sense button hack? the one that makes trackpad wake up phone?
make sure ext partition has been formatted.
or just dalvik cache from recovery
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Trackpad!!........... that's it!
I couldn't remember what it was called!.
Thanks I'll try Dalvik cache this time.
Wish me luck!!!!.
Done it!!!.
It worked!!!
I now have the 3 network back on my phone!!!.
Thanks!!!!
Scotty

Factory data reset in CM7??

I have CM7 on the sd card. If I choose "factory data reset", will it just remove anything I have added, or will it wipe out any of CM7? I hope this doesn't sound like a dumb question.
kat3k said:
I have CM7 on the sd card. If I choose "factory data reset", will it just remove anything I have added, or will it wipe out any of CM7? I hope this doesn't sound like a dumb question.
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I don't know why you want to do that but just pull the card first.....
I don't want to remove CM7 but I want to remove my data and especially my gmail account, which from all other posts and what I can find online, and everything I have tried so far, is pretty much locked in.
I'm never aware of the "factory reset" of CM7.
Does it have one?
Factory reset is for the stock ROM from B&N, nothing to do with CM7 since it's a custom ROM that you're running.
Moreover, you're booting it off the external uSD card.
That's what I'm trying to find out. I'm afraid the "factory reset" would wipe out CM7. And I have seen suggestions to reflash the rom, but it was a very big deal for me to do it the first time, and I would rather not start over.
Hold off a bit.
The "factory reset" you said, might be the other name of "wipe data" in CwM.
If yes, it won't hurt your OS (ROM) but it will wipe all your data info on the device.
Ok, now I am quite confused after reading your other threads. Maybe you should just stick to one.
If you want to wipe the data on the stock ROM, just pull the card and do a factory reset. If you want to wipe it on the CM7 card boot into CWR on the card and wipe the data. Reflashing the ROM will not wipe it anyway unless you also wipe the data so it would not help anyway.
patruns said:
Ok, now I am quite confused after reading your other threads. Maybe you should just stick to one.
If you want to wipe the data on the stock ROM, just pull the card and do a factory reset. If you want to wipe it on the CM7 card boot into CWR on the card and wipe the data. Reflashing the ROM will not wipe it anyway unless you also wipe the data so it would not help anyway.
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You're right, I should have stuck to just one, but got a little desperate, and thought I had more than one issue. Everything had worked perfectly until I started removing data and clearing caches, and trouble started.
I assume CWR is the "recovery" option on reboot? I did select that, but nothing appeared to happen, went black and then I had to restart it.
Thanks very much though. You have told me exactly what I wanted to know. Reflashing does not remove data, and booting into CWR does. There was also the option of going into settings and restoring to factory default. What would have happened to CM7 if I had done that?
What would have happened to CM7 if I had done that?
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Probably nothing because that resets the internal flash memory to stock and you have CM7 sitting on a card. Definitely nothing if you pull the card first.
Reflashing does not remove data, and booting into CWR does.
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Booting into CwM R does NOT remove your data.
It waits for you command to wipe it and you do if you intend to, otherwise, nothing happens.
votinh said:
Booting into CwM R does NOT remove your data.
It waits for you command to wipe it and you do if you intend to, otherwise, nothing happens.
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Thanks for clarifying. So is booting into "CwM R" the "recovery" option on the reboot menu?

[Q] anyway to get internal sd data off when stuck in bootloop?

@ mods i realised my mistake in posting this in the wrong section and posted in the right one but people are replying to this one......so please dont delete this just yet
I in my infinite wisdom tried to mod a file on my phone. I did a titanium backup 1st but forgot to move it to my external SD Doh!
So that went wrong and now I'm stuck in a boot loop with only the stock recovery screen. Need to install stock rom and adb not recognized. (Im sure ill figure that) but my main question is, is there some way to recover data from the internal "sd" memory?
I really appreciate any advice anyone can give
I am not sure if I understood your question.. if you have CWM then just access recovery mode and you will have an option to mount the SD and you will be able to access all your files via USB from your PC
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I don't have cwm . Like I said I only have the stock recovery screens I.e factory reset and download mode.
Do a factory reset, it won't erase your data.
Not sure that would work. It says wipe user data and factory reset so surely it would wipe my data. Plus I don't think that'll work anyway as I changed a file which caused the boot loop so I don't think a factory reset will fix that file.
Androboyben said:
Not sure that would work. It says wipe user data and factory reset so surely it would wipe my data. Plus I don't think that'll work anyway as I changed a file which caused the boot loop so I don't think a factory reset will fix that file.
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what info are you trying to get off the device? the sms etc are stored on your data and will be wiped by a reinstall/factory reset
anything on the usb side for storage will not get touched
Factory reset wont clear anything on the internal_sd
thank you.....but
thanks for the replies peeps ill trust your knowledge (and have pressed the thanks button )
got a day off tomorrow so gonna try and get it up and running again,
Question though, being as i buggered up the stock rom wont flashing the new rom (when i figure out how) delete internal data either.
the reason im being carefull is i did some awesome illustrations (imo) for a childrens book im writing so hoping to save those.
Androboyben said:
thanks for the replies peeps ill trust your knowledge (and have pressed the thanks button )
got a day off tomorrow so gonna try and get it up and running again,
Question though, being as i buggered up the stock rom wont flashing the new rom (when i figure out how) delete internal data either.
the reason im being carefull is i did some awesome illustrations (imo) for a childrens book im writing so hoping to save those.
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it depends on if you use a wipe or non wipe rom, a non wipe wil lkeep qall the data stored on the android system intact but you might get bootloops if it doesnt replace the file you say you deleted
took the plunge......alls good
Richy99 said:
it depends on if you use a wipe or non wipe rom, a non wipe wil lkeep qall the data stored on the android system intact but you might get bootloops if it doesnt replace the file you say you deleted
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Thanks Richy99, i took the plunge and followed nasgilani's guide to installing stock rom, i was supprised when it completed that even my home screens etc were as they were before (appart from widgets being blank) and glad to see "as you all said" my data intact.
i shall be more cautious before i start messing with mods next time
basically internal usb storage of 11gb will never be touched when you factory reset nor wil lanything on an external sd card
the only thing that gets wiped is the 1gb internal space for the rom and data on that partition such as sms/email etc
I know this is an old topic but I noticed it wasn't exactly answered.. I'm trying to send mine back to the factory for warranty because the power button no longer functions. I have the stock rom and recovery and I'm stuck in boot loop because I can't execute factory wipe with the power button. I'd like to pull my data off of the internal SD but am unable to fix the bootloop without forcing the wipe.
I know metter is over now, it was just ur worrying, otherwise wiping cache,wiping data from recovery , flashing stock rom (wipe/non wipe) nothing.will erase data on internal memory.
Just for knowledge
aroma file manager is available, which works from recovery, it can work even you device stucked, unable to boot..
Edit ; sometime you feel ashamed, just come to know this is 6month old topic
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[Q] CROMi 4.2.1 Install Issues

Got a question here on installing CROMi 4.2.1, love the ROM when I get it working, my problem is, whenever a new version is out and I try to install I run into all kinds of issues. I'll try to outline the exact problems I'm having here. It goes something like this, I will download new ROM, throw it onto SD card, then boot into recovery and attempt to install. Now if I try to install without clearing any caches/data etc. it will say it installs, but then it won't boot into the ROM at all, just sticks at ASUS screen. So I go through and clear everything, internal, system, dalvik cache etc. Then I try to install again, usually it will fail at least 5-6 times, sometimes it just won't do it at all, so I'll reboot, go into recovery again and try it, still no go. Then I'll use a different SD card, still won't work right, then I'll clear everything again and go for another try and after 3 or 4 or more failed times it will finally install and boot. So I'm curious if there's just something obvious and dumb that I'm missing here, or if it's just a normal issue with this and something that will always be there? It just doesn't make sense to me that it would fail so many times and just work for no apparent reason? Any pointers would be much appreciated!
I assume your using twrp 2.4.4.0-4.2 as your installing CROMi for 4.2.1 and on the 4.2.1 bootloader (10.6.1.8)?
If so not sure this is the issue but I have had & read of other's having issues with some micro sd cards using twrp 2.4.4.0-4.2
You could try in twrp doing a full wipe (cache, dalvik cache, factory reset, system, internal storage) then in twrp file manager copy the CROMi rom zip from your micro sd to your internal storage and install the rom from there and see if that works without issue.
pjc21 said:
I assume your using twrp 2.4.4.0-4.2 as your installing CROMi for 4.2.1 and on the 4.2.1 bootloader (10.6.1.8)?
If so not sure this is the issue but I have had & read of other's having issues with some micro sd cards using twrp 2.4.4.0-4.2
You could try in twrp doing a full wipe (cache, dalvik cache, factory reset, system, internal storage) then in twrp file manager copy the CROMi rom zip from your micro sd to your internal storage and install the rom from there and see if that works without issue.
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Yep those are the versions I'm working with! Didn't realize there were sd card issues, thanks for the info. One last question, where should I copy the ROM to on the internal storage? Don't want to accidentally copy to a place that's gonna get wiped during install.
Sounds like you have something corrupted.
I'd do a full wipe of internal storage (making sure you have all your backups on external storage), flash the rom and see if that helps.
Also if your ext card is causing issues try booting without it in after the first flash.....
sbdags said:
Sounds like you have something corrupted.
I'd do a full wipe of internal storage (making sure you have all your backups on external storage), flash the rom and see if that helps.
Also if your ext card is causing issues try booting without it in after the first flash.....
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The famous sbdags himself responds! Just wanted to take the opportunity to tell you that your ROM is incredible, puts the Transformer on par with, or better than the iPad. Installed RC2 this morning and it is running great! Thanks for all the great work. When I was having those install issues I would do a full wipe of internal, system, and all caches, but installs would still fail extremely often. The strange thing is, that after a few wipes, and numerous times trying to install, it would finally work and boot and everything would work fine. I'm thinking it has something to do with how the SD card interacts with the recovery system but maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. All that I know is that I downloaded on my tab this morning, and ran the install from the internal storage, and bam, flawless install the first time around. So I'm going to give some kudos to pjc21 because I think it was just an issue with the SD card interfacing with recovery.
asinglenoob said:
The famous sbdags himself responds! Just wanted to take the opportunity to tell you that your ROM is incredible, puts the Transformer on par with, or better than the iPad. Installed RC2 this morning and it is running great! Thanks for all the great work. When I was having those install issues I would do a full wipe of internal, system, and all caches, but installs would still fail extremely often. The strange thing is, that after a few wipes, and numerous times trying to install, it would finally work and boot and everything would work fine. I'm thinking it has something to do with how the SD card interacts with the recovery system but maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. All that I know is that I downloaded on my tab this morning, and ran the install from the internal storage, and bam, flawless install the first time around. So I'm going to give some kudos to pjc21 because I think it was just an issue with the SD card interfacing with recovery.
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Glad to hear it worked as it should. :good::good::good:

[Q] Does the 'sdcard' folder survives an hard reset?

Hi. Just got the 60P. I was wondering if I have to backup my files everytime I need to hard reset the phone. I have the 64GB version and it would be a pain. Thanks.
I'm assuming you're talking about the internal storage and that by resetting you mean restore to factory default via settings. Then yes, you'll have to back up your files to a separate location before you reset. The internal storage gets wiped when you do so. You'll also get a warning stating that stuff like photos, videos and apps etc. get wiped.
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This comes as a surprise, really. No sense to bother to test roms then. What a pain.
Well, lets clarify this. When I had my gnex with only the internal storage, and would wipe in between roms, I wouldn't loss the files and roms I had downloaded. But would lose everything else like in a normal factory reset. Not sure how or why. Hopefully someone else can chime in. I mean cause what would be the point of creating nandroid backups if they just get deleted every time you wipe and flash a new rom.
Exactly. I had a previous nexus (nexus 3 maybe) and it kept my files.
Yeah so we need some clarification. Cause I'd like to flash some roms to but not if everything just gets deleted, including my roms and backups.
Okay so figured it out. When in twrp and wiping data, just make sure internal storage is not ticked. Then all your backups, roms, and whatever else will remain.
A factory reset will not touch your SD card. If you go in advance wipe in twrp you have the option to check internal storage but it isn't checked by default. If you check this it will wipe everything but there is no need to do this to clean flash ROMs.
tu3218 said:
Okay so figured it out. When in twrp and wiping data, just make sure internal storage is not ticked. Then all your backups, roms, and whatever else will remain.
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murphyjasonc said:
A factory reset will not touch your SD card. If you go in advance wipe in twrp you have the option to check internal storage but it isn't checked by default. If you check this it will wipe everything but there is no need to do this to clean flash ROMs.
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This. TWRP leaves /sdcard untouched when you do a Factory Reset. /sdcard is where all of your pics, video, downloaded files reside. This is stated on the TWRP screen above where you swipe to perform a Factory Reset.
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Root and twrp it is then! Thanks guys!
Yes In TWRP you have Safe External SD card + Only Device Memory Reset

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