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[Q] How to Completely Erase Everything?

I want to do this as more of a starting new kind of thing. I know you can clear the sd cards and factory reset, but does that truly erase everything? And i understand theres also some options to clear delvik cache and others in CWM. Are these caches erased w/ factory reset? thx brah

Odin maybe?
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yeah ive used odin a bunch to flash eugenes roms and stock rom if i get a soft brick. But weird thing is it doesnt wipe my internal sd. BTW this ISNT like a serious issue and i NEED to erase everything...but ive flashed so many roms over each other i thought it would be good to give my phone a breath of fresh air. haha

okay so just about an hour ago i was trying to install the 2825 radio. i flashed it onto the phone in recovery mode and now my phone wont go past the boot screen. (tmobile g1) i can still get to recovery and fastboot and all of that but even when i tried to restore it, it still wont go past the boot screen!!!!! what did i do wrong, and is there any hope for me?? please help!

roguly said:
I want to do this as more of a starting new kind of thing. I know you can clear the sd cards and factory reset, but does that truly erase everything? And i understand theres also some options to clear delvik cache and others in CWM. Are these caches erased w/ factory reset? thx brah
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Hopefully you will not accomplish your objective. "Everything" includes the Primary Boot Loader, in which case your phone will be permanently bricked, for all intents and purposes.
You will not be able to access the phone by any means other than an expensive tester after you delete USB drivers from the phone.

To erase everything...you need to go settings.phone & sdcard.umount...under phone storage.format....it will mount back on its own
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jmcghee1973 said:
To erase everything...you need to go settings.phone & sdcard.umount...under phone storage.format....it will mount back on its own
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Will this hurt anything if I do this while running a custom rom? Just wondering.
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ZachLL88 said:
Will this hurt anything if I do this while running a custom rom? Just wondering.
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you'll lose everything on the rom including apps that the dev added. only thing you wont lose is stock apps, but no it shouldnt matter what rom your running.

jmcghee1973 said:
you'll lose everything on the rom including apps that the dev added. only thing you wont lose is stock apps, but no it shouldnt matter what rom your running.
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Great! Thanks for the info!
Appreciate the fast response.

umm...help please?

I use cm7 and like it most
(among cm7, cm9, cm10, aokp, etc.)
but recently my atrix is in problem,
settings and wi-fi is fc'ing.
settings are returned to default and
repeating now.
wi-fi does not turn to on.
just it notificates 'error'
I need DEVELOPERS' help.
any way to fix?
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Suggest clearing cache in recovery if that doesn't work a fresh install (backup first remember).

rancur3p1c said:
Suggest clearing cache in recovery if that doesn't work a fresh install (backup first remember).
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thanks. how kind you are

[Q] Need to re-install official MF3 after rooting and deleting applications.

Hello xda-dev,
I'm having trouble finding somebody else with a similar situation as mine:
So I picked up my new I337 from Costco this week. While using it throughout the week, I was very unfortunate as to allow the MF3 update from ATT to successfully update on my device. (This is the part where I cry because I can't install GE or custom bootloaders)
While doing some more research, I finally used this method to get root access after which I got Titanium Backup to remove the stock ATT bloatware.
I then proceeded to carefully un-install about a dozen or so applications most of which were ATT garbage.
Now maybe I uninstalled something crucial, or maybe certain applications need the ATT bloatware to run correctly, but my problem now is that Music and S-Voice both crash moments after starting them, so I would like to re-install my OTA MF3 update.
I understand that I have no shot downgrading or installing custom boot loaders at the moment, but I know that the MF3 rom seems to be available here.
Is there any risk in me getting Odin and attempting to install the rom using down+home+power way? (Sorry don't know the name for this procedure yet.)
I have come to peace with being stuck on MF3, but at the same time I would like to regain full functionality of my S-Voice and Music.
How would I go about safely re-installing my OS?

Using titanium backup, set both programs to be user apps, reboot, and switch back to system apps. Worked for me with Svoice, Smusic, and a few other programs. No more "Unfortunately xxxx has stopped" messages.
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EDIT: This should be the link for the original thread about this problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282959

Thank you so much, Doymecca.
This works for me... to an extent. S-Voice will only continue to run if I keep it as a user app.
Still no luck with the Stock Music player.
Will check the other threat now for a solution regarding a complete OS wipe.

Have you tried wiping your dalvik cache yet?
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EDIT: Here us a thread about wiping dalvik
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752390

I have tried wiping the "cache partition" as well as "wipe data/factory reset" from the stock recovery boot menu with no result.
Also I'm not sure, but I don't think I can wipe the Dalvik without a custom bootloader?? (Even after reading around, I don't understand the difference between Dalvik and what I have tried.)
EDIT: I really think, the reinstall would be my best option. I'm most curious to know if I'm at risk of bricking my device if I try to restore the MF3 rom from the earlier thread.

I could be wrong but I don't think you could flash that without a custom recovery.
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Apparently I cannot post outside links...
Google what is dalvik cache, also check out system tuner app in the play store, this app has a feature for wiping your dalvik cache along with a ton of other things.
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I could be wrong but I don't think you could flash that without a custom recovery.
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I also would not risk a flash.
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matievan said:
I have tried wiping the "cache partition" as well as "wipe data/factory reset" from the stock recovery boot menu with no result.
Also I'm not sure, but I don't think I can wipe the Dalvik without a custom bootloader?? (Even after reading around, I don't understand the difference between Dalvik and what I have tried.)
EDIT: I really think, the reinstall would be my best option. I'm most curious to know if I'm at risk of bricking my device if I try to restore the MF3 rom from the earlier thread.
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Just so its clear, you can NOT flash the rom in your link. Luckily, you won't be able to since you don't have a custom recovery. Trying to put a recovery on and flashing that rom could cause irreparable damage to your phone. You're mf3 and are severely limited to what you can do.
If you continue to mess with tibu, freeze the apps, don't delete them. That way if you mess something up you can get them back

You extract the contents of that ROM, and a manually add in the missing apps until your problem dissapears (will prob have to change permissions on each added app to "rw-r-r" and reboot for apps replaced apps to take effect)
That should work...and next time use titanium back up to actually back up, than freeze apps reboot see if there's any problems...if none than uninstall
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Thanks for the quick replies, everyone. I appreciate your help.
After much more research, I do see that there is no MF3 factory image available yet. I guess I wait til then.

matievan said:
Thanks for the quick replies, everyone. I appreciate your help.
After much more research, I do see that there is no MF3 factory image available yet. I guess I wait til then.
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Just to add to their arguments, absolute no flashing with odin on the MF3. Period. You will definitely mess something up. I'm thinking you altered the system recovery by getting rid of some stuff. You are going to have to wait until the devs come out with something.

[Q] UI Stops Working EVERY DAY!!!

No matter what I do... no matter what ROM I flash to, and I have tried 4 different ROMs, I keep getting the UI Stops Working error and then my phone is virtually non-functional. The notifications, navigation, and launcher bars go away and I cannot do anything. The only thing that I can do is boot into recovery and then flash a new ROM, BUT I have been doing this a couple times a day.
I even formatted my entire phone, internal storage and all, started completely over AND YET I still get the issue. What can I do???

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No matter what I do... no matter what ROM I flash to, and I have tried 4 different ROMs, I keep getting the UI Stops Working error and then my phone is virtually non-functional. The notifications, navigation, and launcher bars go away and I cannot do anything. The only thing that I can do is boot into recovery and then flash a new ROM, BUT I have been doing this a couple times a day.
I even formatted my entire phone, internal storage and all, started completely over AND YET I still get the issue. What can I do???
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Did you freeze any of your system apps?

mcapozzi said:
Did you freeze any of your system apps?
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The only ones that I can think of are the live wallpaper ones, Email Exchange since I don't need it, and face unlock. I also froze the NFC. I wouldn't think that would cause it. I was reading on the internet that the Facebook app can cause it so I deleted the app and we will see.
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alwaysbelieve1 said:
The only ones that I can think of are the live wallpaper ones, Email Exchange since I don't need it, and face unlock. I also froze the NFC. I wouldn't think that would cause it. I was reading on the internet that the Facebook app can cause it so I deleted the app and we will see.
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What launcher are you using?
-Mike

mcapozzi said:
What launcher are you using?
-Mike
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Nova Prime

alwaysbelieve1 said:
Nova Prime
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You didn't by chance accidentally freeze the stock launcher?
-Mike

mcapozzi said:
You didn't by chance accidentally freeze the stock launcher?
-Mike
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No

Here is a thread regarding the issue, but none of the "fixes" worked for me: http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...0371-unfortunately-system-ui-has-stopped.html
I deleted Facebook so we shall see if that does the trick.

When this happened to me I used Matt's utility option 1... rooted it updated it n made a TiB of everything... now when I tinker n it gets wonky I restore the systemui.apk n reboot... I know you said that you started over does that mean you used rsd and flashed stock... or did you go through a recovery to do the wiping formatting n what not?
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Had this happen the other day and this is what I did. I rebooted the phone WHILE HOLDING THE VOLUME DOWN KEY. it boots into safe mode. While in there make a TiBu of your apps. Then boot into recovery and factory data/reset like 3 times, flash back to a ROM and restore your apps. This way you don't lose your stuff.
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ezknives said:
When this happened to me I used Matt's utility option 1... rooted it updated it n made a TiB of everything... now when I tinker n it gets wonky I restore the systemui.apk n reboot... I know you said that you started over does that mean you used rsd and flashed stock... or did you go through a recovery to do the wiping formatting n what not?
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When I meant started over I was yes referring to the booting to recovery and then wiping/formatting everything, then reflashing a ROM. That works, but I just am nervous now because the issue persists no matter the ROM. Sometimes it takes a day or two or sometimes it happens even quicker than that. I think it might be Facebook so I am not installing that app again. Why FB works on my Nexus 7 tablet and my wife's phone just fine is beyond me.
I didn't know I can make a backup of systemui.apk and restore it to make it work. I wish we could find the main issue to begin with so we can resolve this once-and-for-all.

evastonian said:
Had this happen the other day and this is what I did. I rebooted the phone WHILE HOLDING THE VOLUME DOWN KEY. it boots into safe mode. While in there make a TiBu of your apps. Then boot into recovery and factory data/reset like 3 times, flash back to a ROM and restore your apps. This way you don't lose your stuff.
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Yes that is exactly what I do every time. Today I started completely fresh and installed everything manually so I can better narrow down any issues.

alwaysbelieve1 said:
When I meant started over I was yes referring to the booting to recovery and then wiping/formatting everything, then reflashing a ROM. That works, but I just am nervous now because the issue persists no matter the ROM. Sometimes it takes a day or two or sometimes it happens even quicker than that. I think it might be Facebook so I am not installing that app again. Why FB works on my Nexus 7 tablet and my wife's phone just fine is beyond me.
I didn't know I can make a backup of systemui.apk and restore it to make it work. I wish we could find the main issue to begin with so we can resolve this once-and-for-all.
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Yea I backup everything on my external hard drive (that after I back anything up I bubble wrap and put in my fire safe< a bit paranoid) every week, so that if anything happens I can just wipe it clean and start fresh (I have never used rsd lite but I'm guessing its somewhat like option one of Matt's utility) that restores your phone to a moto flashed like state... ready to be sold as a certified like new device (as Verizon would call it)...
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Are you mounting system in TWRP, before you wipe data? For some reason, I stopped doing this when I updated to the newer TWRP. There was a thread on here where someone said they mounted prior to wiping and it solved their 4.3 issues. I tried it and it worked for me. I would suggest you try the same.

RikRong said:
Are you mounting system in TWRP, before you wipe data? For some reason, I stopped doing this when I updated to the newer TWRP. There was a thread on here where someone said they mounted prior to wiping and it solved their 4.3 issues. I tried it and it worked for me. I would suggest you try the same.
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Don't even know how to do this or what this means exactly...

[Q] Can I upgrade for KK PA to KK Carbon Rom without delete all of my files ?

Hi can I upgrade my from from Paranoid Android KK to Carbon-ROM KK without deleting all of my files ?

What do you mean? Your SD card content?
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AbdulrahmanAmir said:
if it is ur sd content then u wiped ur media data content but if it is wipe like apps or those stuffs thn yes it might happen cause u will flash a new rom and surely the Gapps cause u to do that
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sorry I did not understand what you said can you explain without English shortcuts I don't really understand them.
by the way I mean without factory reset , only wipe cache and dalvik cache.

Omer Slomovic said:
sorry I did not understand what you said can you explain without English shortcuts I don't really understand them.
by the way I mean without factory reset , only wipe cache and dalvik cache.
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I think what he meant was that if your are worried about losing all files(erased SD card) then just make positively sure that when wiping data for a ROM switch that you DO NOT have internal memory checked when wiping phone. It's very simple to avoid but at the same time very simple to click on accident and not notice it.. Or in case you were just talking about if you would lose all installed apps after switching ROMs then unfortunately that is correct. Although it truly isn't at the same time because after flashing your next ROM and installing correct gapps upon initial boot after flashing ROM the Google play store should be recovering the apps you "lost". Hope that helped.
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DurbanPoison24 said:
I think what he meant was that if your are worried about losing all files(erased SD card) then just make positively sure that when wiping data for a ROM switch that you DO NOT have internal memory checked when wiping phone. It's very simple to avoid but at the same time very simple to click on accident and not notice it.. Or in case you were just talking about if you would lose all installed apps after switching ROMs then unfortunately that is correct. Although it truly isn't at the same time because after flashing your next ROM and installing correct gapps upon initial boot after flashing ROM the Google play store should be recovering the apps you "lost". Hope that helped.
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Thanks for clearing that out !