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Simple question, I have pictures videos and back ups that don't want deleted when I do a factory reset, do I need to back it up on my PC or????
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Depends on what you are talking about if you mean while in a custom recovery then no you don't but if you are unlocking your boot loader or you are using a stock in rooted ROM and are just pressing factory reset from settings then yes you should back up
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Depends on what you are talking about if you mean while in a custom recovery then no you don't but if you are unlocking your boot loader or you are using a stock in rooted ROM and are just pressing factory reset from settings then yes you should back up
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I'm on stock ROM with cwm recovery the latest, so no I shouldn't?
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I would actually LIKE to delete everything when I install a new rom. I have used all the wipe data setting i could find in recovery and I always end up with a bunch of stuff left from the previous rom. Downloads etc.
Is there something I am missing?
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I'm on stock ROM with cwm recovery the latest, so no I shouldn't?
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Are you talking about the factory reset within Jelly Bean? If so, then that wipes everything as far as I know.
jarayn said:
I would actually LIKE to delete everything when I install a new rom. I have used all the wipe data setting i could find in recovery and I always end up with a bunch of stuff left from the previous rom. Downloads etc.
Is there something I am missing?
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Most (all?) custom recoveries should have some type of option to format sdcard.
In CWM, the wipe data/factory reset option will *not* wipe your virtual sdcard.
You can do a wipe in recovery, and the /sdcard partition will remain intact. I was worried about this before unlocking my bootloader too
However when you unlock your bootloader *all* of your user data will be wiped from your tablet
This includes your apps, setup, homescreens, sdcard, photos. It will be like having a brand new tablet
The downloads folder is on your sdcard. You may be able to edit the updater script or something to wipe the virtual sdcard directory when you flash a rom
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In CWM, the wipe data/factory reset option will *not* wipe your virtual sdcard.
You can do a wipe in recovery, and the /sdcard partition will remain intact. I was worried about this before unlocking my bootloader too
However when you unlock your bootloader *all* of your user data will be wiped from your tablet
This includes your apps, setup, homescreens, sdcard, photos. It will be like having a brand new tablet
The downloads folder is on your sdcard. You may be able to edit the updater script or something to wipe the virtual sdcard directory when you flash a rom
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Ok cool thanks guys, and I am doing a factory reset in CWM, sorry prob should of thought that threw in the original post. Thanks!
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Thanks from me also.
I did wonder why there was always stuff left over. I guess in some ways its handy. It just feels like doing an in place upgrade of windows rather than a clean install when theres old data still there.
if u wipe all.u got another 25$ from play store?
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if u wipe all.u got another 25$ from play store?
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LOL no, otherwise it would be too easy
You also cannot have the $25 credit twice, as in if you bought 2 N7's using the same google account
I had 2 because one was faulty and I only got 1 gift card
Wiping your tablet will not lose your $25 though, thats stored on your google account. You ca use it with any android device hooked up to the same google account.
Back again.
I know this is sort of the reverse of the OP but at least its related.
If the rom zip is on the sd card then how can you format it?
Or do you just do regular wipe, install then format sd?
I have Clockwork Mod Recovery 6
Is this written out somewhere else?
Yes, just do the regular wipes first, install the ROM, and then format the sdcard.
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if u wipe all.u got another 25$ from play store?
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I wish
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LOL no, otherwise it would be too easy
You also cannot have the $25 credit twice, as in if you bought 2 N7's using the same google account
I had 2 because one was faulty and I only got 1 gift card
Wiping your tablet will not lose your $25 though, thats stored on your google account. You ca use it with any android device hooked up to the same google account.
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Hey I'm gonna replace my nexus 7 tablet (warenty) anyway to get a second 25$ ?
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Hey I'm gonna replace my nexus 7 tablet (warenty) anyway to get a second 25$ ?
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You would need to do the initial sign in with an account that hasn't already received the credit.
Thanks! I will!
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As the title says... i just formated my ****ing whole system
wanted to change roms and used this crazy complete cleanup script
didnt know that it would format EVERYTHING
so now im standing here with a phone with only a twrp recovery... no system no backups ... nothing
i somehow need to push a rom to my device and install it
problem is im totally blank when it comes to these adb shell things
could someone give me an advice how to get a file to my phone?
nexus toolkit doesnt work
So, assuming you can mount to your computer, download a ROM. Try the chemistry ROM? Or the stock rooted one. Whichever. Got to recovery, find the ROM and install it.
This is assuming you can mount with twrp. (Its in mounts)
In front of a live studio audience
If it won't mount, use adb to push the zip(s) to your internal storage.
it does not mount... and i somehow cant get adb to work
Try adb side load in twrp
Edit: its in the advanced menu.
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ok did it
extracted system and user data from factory image and pushed it
managed to reebot
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ok did it
extracted system and user data from factory image and pushed it
managed to reebot
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How did you get it to mount?
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Don't use a wipe script next time...
Even better, don't wipe at all. Just do a proper backup and dirtyflash.
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HerrKuk said:
Don't use a wipe script next time...
Even better, don't wipe at all. Just do a proper backup and dirtyflash.
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Wow. Worst advice ever.
Next time, do a factory reset and wipe system. That'll do you and keep you from having those little issues that are caused by doing dirty flashes. Sometimes they work just fine. Others, they give you hell. It's one thing if you're upgrading between builds of the same ROM. Even then, though, it's a risk.
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Wow. Worst advice ever.
Next time, do a factory reset and wipe system. That'll do you and keep you from having those little issues that are caused by doing dirty flashes. Sometimes they work just fine. Others, they give you hell. It's one thing if you're upgrading between builds of the same ROM. Even then, though, it's a risk.
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Yeah, wiping solved OPs problem...
Oh... Wait a second..
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Yeah, wiping solved OPs problem...
Oh... Wait a second..
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That's like saying never ever drive because if you steer into a pole, it's bad. Don't steer into things and it's fine. If the OP learns to correctly wipe, this won't be an issue ever again.
Don't wipe system....
Factory Reset/Cache/Dalvik -> Flash ROM.
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I wipe cache, dalvik, factory reset, then wipe system every time I change Roms. I've done this for years on every android I've had and never had a problem. Don't wipe internal storage though.
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Don't wipe system....
Factory Reset/Cache/Dalvik -> Flash ROM.
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Always wipe system. That's where the most often overlooked errors come from.
Originally Posted by 309041291a<br />
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Factory Reset/Cache/Dalvik -> Flash ROM.<br />
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Always wipe system. That's where the most often overlooked errors come from.
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K well I've wiped system twice and I've lost everything on my SD.....
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309041291a said:
K well I've wiped system twice and I've lost everything on my SD.....
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On what? If I wipe data on TWRP I lose everything on SD. Wiping system wipes the system partition. There are many reasons I don't use CWM, poor backup locations and inefficient menu layouts are among them. If wiping system wipes the SD, I'll add that to the list.
TWRP all the way! Way better than CWM in my opinion.
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TWRP all the way! Way better than CWM in my opinion.
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Agreed. I would sacrifice an infant to get 4EXT Recovery Touch on thus baby. It has a "Format all partitions (except SD card)" option that is amazeballs.
ive done this before. to fix it you need to download the stock google nexus 4 image. google has taken it down from its webste but there are people here in the forums who have uploaded it to help and have other people download it.
now download and install the nexus 4 root tool kit
to fix your phone your are going to put your phone into fastboot mode and connect it to your pc.
then open up the nexus 4 root tool kit program.
next find the google nexus 4 toolkit folder and go into it. (mine saved in my local disk C)
go into the "put google factory image here" folder and drop the google factory image in there.
once thats done go back into the nexus 4 root toolkit program and press number 9 (download, Extract + flash Facotry image"
since you already downloaded it and put it in the factory image folder you're going to click option number 2 (flash google image)
then type yes and let it do its thing
make sure that the factory image that you download is in a .tgz or .tar file or else it wont work
I hope that helps!!!!
I have a quick question. When switching ROMs should I also in addition to factory reset, also perform a system/wipe to wipe the already installed custom ROM? Thanks.
It is generally unnecessary, but not a bad idea to do so. Most devs have their updater script format /system, but you'll find the occasional one that omits that one line.
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Alright. So I shouldn't worry about performing system wipe?
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tsmith9191 said:
Alright. So I shouldn't worry about performing system wipe?
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I think it's better to wipe the system. As I've faced many kind of froblem because of a dirty flash. And I've seen many bug reports on several ROM thread and it just came out that it's not the ROM but the dirty flash is causing the problem. It will probably take 1-2hr to get back to the previous position so what's the big didfference??
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I think it's better to wipe the system. As I've faced many kind of froblem because of a dirty flash. And I've seen many bug reports on several ROM thread and it just came out that it's not the ROM but the dirty flash is causing the problem. It will probably take 1-2hr to get back to the previous position so what's the big didfference??
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OK. So when switching ROMs I should perform factory restore, wipe all caches, as well as system/wipe to erase the ROM currently installed. I have done it that way before but I always get nervous when I wipe system, cause now it has no ROM installed at all and I don't want anything to happen in that case. But thanks for the quick reply
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tsmith9191 said:
OK. So when switching ROMs I should perform factory restore, wipe all caches, as well as system/wipe to erase the ROM currently installed. I have done it that way before but I always get nervous when I wipe system, cause now it has no ROM installed at all and I don't want anything to happen in that case. But thanks for the quick reply
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What could happen?? Hardbrick?? A little chance..... Here's what I think when I do something risky. Just Think like I don't have any device if I can get this device back it's bonus for me.
You can always flash a rom whatever it has one or not untill your device can be booted into fastboot. So don't be afraid if something bad(!?) happens and you can boot into fastboot mode. Once I even had no boot just the fastboot it took less than 5 min to get a system on it.
And dirty flash is always an option. I myself had and seen many people having problems with it.
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Clean is always the best! But always make a backup before the wipe process!
Wipe:
/system
/userdata
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/cache
Here's the deal. I want to factory reset my nexus so I can remove the unlock pin. Question is I can't seem to really get an answer. If I do the factory data reset from the menu will I lose my data from the emulated SD card. According to the picture. I will, but I looked this up and according to some website and other xda members. I won't. Since I've only had this phone for about a month now and this is the first phone that I've had with a SD slot. I honestly don't know what will happen if I hit that reset button.
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Back up your storage to a computer and see what happens. They only way I've been able to erase my data was formatting in recovery or locking then unlocking the bootloader.
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Here's the deal. I want to factory reset my nexus so I can remove the unlock pin. Question is I can't seem to really get an answer. If I do the factory data reset from the menu will I lose my data from the emulated SD card. According to the picture. I will, but I looked this up and according to some website and other xda members. I won't. Since I've only had this phone for about a month now and this is the first phone that I've had with a SD slot. I honestly don't know what will happen if I hit that reset button.
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Yes a factory reset will wipe all user data on the phone if done from settings/backup and restore/reset device. Backup files first.
The nexus 4 doesn't have an SD card slot. You will lose all data unless you've made a backup in recovery or on your computer. And yes, it will wipe the /sdcard folder.
Holcomb227 said:
The nexus 4 doesn't have an SD card slot. You will lose all data unless you've made a backup in recovery or on your computer. And yes, it will wipe the /sdcard folder.
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I know sorry meant without just didn't notice it and yeah I figured so. Guess I'll have to wait a bit before I do a reset then.
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But you know, i have done factory resets, wiped dalvic nd cache and unlocking bootloader but evrytime i so that, the files in my internal sd card were all still there and never was deleted.
So im quite confused as well..
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vinz_bangiz said:
But you know, i have done factory resets, wiped dalvic nd cache and unlocking bootloader but evrytime i so that, the files in my internal sd card were all still there and never was deleted.
So im quite confused as well..
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If you factory reset in stock recovery it wipes the lot
vinz_bangiz said:
But you know, i have done factory resets, wiped dalvic nd cache and unlocking bootloader but evrytime i so that, the files in my internal sd card were all still there and never was deleted.
So im quite confused as well..
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Yeah this is what I mean. I keep on getting different answers.
But I'll just back things up on a PC and then attempt to factory reset.
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If you factory reset in stock recovery it wipes the lot
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Doing a factory reset in stock recovery will wipe everything
Doing a factory reset in custom recovery will not wipe SD context
Unlocking the bootloader and rebooting will wipe everything
Unlocking the bootloader and flashing a custom recovery then wipe cache and reboot will not wipe SD context
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spaceman860 said:
Doing a factory reset in stock recovery will wipe everything
Doing a factory reset in custom recovery will not wipe SD context
Unlocking the bootloader and rebooting will wipe everything
Unlocking the bootloader and flashing a custom recovery then wipe cache and reboot will not wipe SD context
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Thanks. Although.not really sure which one of these I can use to reset my unlock pin.
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Just go to security settings and choose a different lock style !!! Unless you have forgot your pin ??
What recovery are you using ?
I have no issues doing.........
Go to settings and backup and reset option, choose the factory data reset.
Now this will wipe your user data and reset your ROM to how it was originally. This does NOT touch your emulated sdcard partition. Basically it resets the ROM and removes all user apps etc.
You can always use TB to back up all user apps 1st then just restore again after. ( obviously you will have to install TB again before you can restore but all data will remain on your " sdcard".
Hope this helps.
Mmmmm actually I am using twrp so maybe I got mistaken as I don't know how it handles on a stock recovery as it does boot into twrp briefly when I do this.
I've done this many times and never lost my sdcard files though.
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Do you have an exchange account connected to your phone? Like an outlook email from work or something? A pw is required if you have that connected.
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Teo032 said:
Do you have an exchange account connected to your phone? Like an outlook email from work or something? A pw is required if you have that connected.
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I have my other gmail synced on the stock email app. Uhm I'll try to delete my accounts but as you see in the last page. The picture I posted. "No Pin" is greyed out. Its odd. Never had this happen to me.
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Just go to security settings and choose a different lock style !!! Unless you have forgot your pin ??
What recovery are you using ?
I have no issues doing.........
Go to settings and backup and reset option, choose the factory data reset.
Now this will wipe your user data and reset your ROM to how it was originally. This does NOT touch your emulated sdcard partition. Basically it resets the ROM and removes all user apps etc.
You can always use TB to back up all user apps 1st then just restore again after. ( obviously you will have to install TB again before you can restore but all data will remain on your " sdcard".
Hope this helps.
Mmmmm actually I am using twrp so maybe I got mistaken as I don't know how it handles on a stock recovery as it does boot into twrp briefly when I do this.
I've done this many times and never lost my sdcard files though.
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I have CWM Touch Recovery. Never tried TWRP.
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Well I'm not sure how the system handles a factory data reset with cwm but I know for sure that using the factory data reset from phone settings does not wipe your internal "SD card" when using twrp. Now be aware I'm not referring to any wipes from recovery,its the wipe from the phone settings in backup and reset.
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slymobi said:
Well I'm not sure how the system handles a factory data reset with cwm but I know for sure that using the factory data reset from phone settings does not wipe your internal "SD card" when using twrp. Now be aware I'm not referring to any wipes from recovery,its the wipe from the phone settings in backup and reset.
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Okay thanks guys for all the help! I think this thread is done. I flashed TWRP recovery and I Factory Reset in there and it wiped everything that I needed. I got rid of the lock screen and I also found out that TWRP is a pretty amazing recovery. In the end I kept all my data. Just restored apps by Titanium BackUp. Thanks!:thumbup:
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After flashing MIUI on my N4 and going back to a nandroid of a previous AOKP rom, I am getting a "Unfortunately, System UI has stopped" message over and over. Also, I noticed that after going to another rom (either nandroid or clean flash), there are some files left from the previous rom (e.g., flashed Carbon then went back to nandroid of AOKP and had a PIE remnant, which I know is not present on AOKP). I'm figuring this has something to do with things not getting completely wiped (all this is after complete wipe in TWRP between flashes).
Anyone have any advice on how to get a complete wipe between flashes?
Thanks in advance
Wipe cache, wipe system, wipe dalvik cache and factory reset. Do all those in recovery mode.
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scream4cheese said:
Wipe cache, wipe system, wipe dalvik cache and factory reset. Do all those in recovery mode.
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I did all those. Although, if I remember correctly, there's no option to wipe system in TWRP. Not sure. But I did wipe everything I could in TWRP recovery.
Thanks though.
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It's there under advanced wipe.
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This happens to me to for some reason even if I do wipe system. The wallpaper from my previous ROM almost always gets carried over for some reason
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justin11141 said:
This happens to me to for some reason even if I do wipe system. The wallpaper from my previous ROM almost always gets carried over for some reason
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This happens if you have it set for your apps and settings to be restored by Google. I never advice this
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zelendel said:
This happens if you have it set for your apps and settings to be restored by Google. I never advice this
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Oh wow well that makes sense.
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Wipe cache, wipe system, wipe dalvik cache and factory reset. Do all those in recovery mode.
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After this flash ROM, then skip set up wizard and go to settings > backup and reset and do a factory reset from there. It will reboot. Then everything from the other ROM should be gone.
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After this flash ROM, then skip set up wizard and go to settings > backup and reset and do a factory reset from there. It will reboot. Then everything from the other ROM should be gone.
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But will I have a ROM to go back to? I mean if I do a factory reset after flashing the ROM that doesn't erase the ROM?
Oh, and what if you're trying to restore a nandroid?
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scott62185 said:
But will I have a ROM to go back to? I mean if I do a factory reset after flashing the ROM that doesn't erase the ROM?
Oh, and what if you're trying to restore a nandroid?
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Doing that after a rom flash can cause issues. That is why I always suggest to doing a full and proper wipe before flashing. Though it does seem that MIUI for some reason doesn't always properly remove files when this is done.
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zelendel said:
Doing that after a rom flash can cause issues. That is why I always suggest to doing a full and proper wipe before flashing. Though it does seem that MIUI for some reason doesn't always properly remove files when this is done.
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Hmmm, so what do you suggest?
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scott62185 said:
But will I have a ROM to go back to? I mean if I do a factory reset after flashing the ROM that doesn't erase the ROM?
Oh, and what if you're trying to restore a nandroid?
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What? A factory reset clears out user data and restores the ROM back to the way it is after a fresh install. It doesn't touch the system partition.
You do know that titanium can restore app data from a nandroid, right?
The noobness is strong with this one.
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What? A factory reset clears out user data and restores the ROM back to the way it is after a fresh install. It doesn't touch the system partition.
You do know that titanium can restore app data from a nandroid, right?
The noobness is strong with this one.
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I never thought about the rom being left intact after a factory reset because I only do a full wipe when flashing a whole new rom (I've never wiped after flashing a new rom, only before). And yeah, I use Titanium Backup.
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This happens to me to for some reason even if I do wipe system. The wallpaper from my previous ROM almost always gets carried over for some reason
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Google's built in backup can do that. Many custom ROM's custom settings can be restored as well if there are provisions in the ROM that allow that data to be backed up to the Google servers. Many of the custom settings I use on CM are restored by this mechanism in the rare event of a wipe. With "App Data" being able to be synced with Google's servers we'll see much more of this as well; I think it's great.
These are "non-essential" settings that won't/shouldn't affect stability, etc...
Example: http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/45135/