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Wipe all data

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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dislplin01 said:
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?

droidgenius said:
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

markj338 said:
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?

swisstourist said:
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.

swisstourist said:
if u wipe all.u got another 25$ from play store?
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I wish
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markj338 said:
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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jamesst20 said:
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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TWRP vs CWM ?

Which one is the best ? And the most downloaded and popular?
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OLYMPIAKOI said:
Which one is the best ? And the most downloaded and popular?
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They both do pretty much the same thing. Personally, I like TWRP better. CWM seems to be more popular, though. The main thing I like about TWRP is the USB OTG functions, but besides that, CWM works just as well.

Whichever one YOU prefer.

TWRP may be easier simply due to it being touch based unlike CWM which navigates menus with the volume rocker. But as far as functionality, they're essentially the same.
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CamFlawless said:
TWRP may be easier simply due to it being touch based unlike CWM which navigates menus with the volume rocker. But as far as functionality, they're essentially the same.
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Uhm.... You do realize that there is a touch version of CWM too, right? I guess you didn't. Now you do!

I have used both and twrp is faster and gets better support in my opinion. Twrp works great and when there is a issue with a release it is quickly fixed.

Most important feature of TWRP for me: backup files on OTG-USB!
-> leave more space of /data partition
-> have a 'really' backup ...
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AndDiSa said:
Most important feature of TWRP for me: backup files on OTG-USB!
-> leave more space of /data partition
-> have a 'really' backup ...
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I use otg-usb but never saved my back ups to it unless I move it manually how do you get twrp to do it changing the dir path?

Travisdroidx2 said:
I use otg-usb but never saved my back ups to it unless I move it manually how do you get twrp to do it changing the dir path?
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There is an option: you can choose to write the backup to internal or external (only if you have connected an USB-stick by OTG).

I switched recently from CWM to TWRP. I hate this stupid blobs in CWM. These are useful for people who backup their device every day. Not for people who want to backup before rom-upgrade.
Especially for the Nexus 7, which has only MTP. Backup of CWM blob-images with MTP? Horror!

OTG USB is not working in TWRP...
ANY SOLUTIONS? I have the latest installed... With jb 4.2 , and it doesn't let me choose external SD USB otg ..
I have otg formated in NTFS , does it have to be in FAT or ExtFat?
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Was a fan of CWM until they introduced blobs, makes backing up nandroid images to PC an absolute pain over wi-fi with millions of small files, space isn't freed up from deleting one of the nandroid backups either. TWRP has been excellent so far.

OTG USB has to be Fat or ExFat? Because my OTG USB is formatted in NTFS and it is not working...

As far as I know the format has to be fat/vfat. I was using an ext4 formatted sdcard first and it was neither working with stickmount nor in TWRP. After reformatting to vfat it's working like a charm ...
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I switched from CWM to TWRP because I cannot install my payed CWM Touch out of the Rom Manager App after replacing my grouper with a replacement device, it says I have to pay another time (actually I bought it twice, on my Crespo and my Grouper, such as Rom Manager Premium). I do not support such business methods.

Felsenmann said:
I switched from CWM to TWRP because I cannot install my payed CWM Touch out of the Rom Manager App after replacing my grouper with a replacement device, it says I have to pay another time (actually I bought it twice, on my Crespo and my Grouper, such as Rom Manager Premium). I do not support such business methods.
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Its not tied to your Google account? I hope other apps are not like that. I will get a 32g to replace the 16g OK have and don't want to repay for all apps. I never thought about it till now.
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k29er said:
Its not tied to your Google account? I hope other apps are not like that. I will get a 32g to replace the 16g OK have and don't want to repay for all apps. I never thought about it till now.
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Well, the first time I bought CWM-Touch (on my Crespo) I bought it via Play Store. When I got my first Nexus 7, I had to pay another time, and I grudgingly paid again, this time via PayPal, and I got a message that it would be linked to my gmail-account... Apparently, it wasn't... Unfortunatly, I can't say something to other In-App-purchases.

Koush has stated many times over on G+, that it is a separate purchase per device. An RMA/replacement device, is a new device in the eyes of the app.
You do NOT need to flash touch recovery from the app though, as it is free from his website if you flash via fastboot.
The purchase of touch recovery is NOT indicative of 99.9% of all purchases done through the play store. you keep your play store apps forever tied to your GMAIL account. CWM touch is a completely different thing altogether.
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager

TWRP is so much better..
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Pirateghost said:
Koush has stated many times over on G+, that it is a separate purchase per device. An RMA/replacement device, is a new device in the eyes of the app.
You do NOT need to flash touch recovery from the app though, as it is free from his website if you flash via fastboot.
The purchase of touch recovery is NOT indicative of 99.9% of all purchases done through the play store. you keep your play store apps forever tied to your GMAIL account. CWM touch is a completely different thing altogether.
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
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Thanks, I didn't know he explained that on G+.
Maybe he should point it out inside the App before the purchase. I sent him a mail and asked if it is correct that I have to pay another time after I got my replacement device and restored my old device-ID via TitaniumBackup, but I got no answer.
But after some testing, I like TWRP with GooManager a lot more than CWM.

[Q] Problem with OTG

I just got my Asus Nexus 7 today and i have a problem. First thing i did is connect OTG cable to it and i was suprised when keyboard didn't work. After that i rooted my tablet with motochopper script and i verifyed it to work. Since i saw most of people use StickMount i downloaded it and when i started it it did not ask for root which was weird for me. I conenneced my USB flash device to OTG cable and pressed mount but nothing happened. My USB device is formated to FAT32 primary partition. I also tried with some other USB flash devices and only thing i noticed is that on one of them light blinked but nothing happened. I also tried with some other mounters but nothing happened. I can confirm that there is new USB connection when i connect OTg cable (lsusb). I can confirm this cable works becouse i tested it with Galaxy S II and it worked. Please, help.
ROM: Stock
Bootloader not unlocked
ROOTED: Yes
BusyBox: latest & all tools symlinked

Some otg cables work with some devices, but not others. You need to make sure that your cable is compatible with the Nexus 7. Can you share the link where you bought yours from?
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Are you also running the stock kernel?

Rirere said:
Are you also running the stock kernel?
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I fixed this problem. It’s cable problem. Try anyway.

Rirere said:
Are you also running the stock kernel?
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Stock kernel would make no difference, as it is compatible with an ext kb right out of the box.
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Internal memory

I'm not sure if I'm just looking at this wrong but it shows I should have 13 GB of memory. Now what's confusing to me is that I barely used 5 gigs and now its saying I have less than three gigs of memory left. I did buy the 16 gig version. Can someone explain to me how come it showing this and if there is something wrong. Thanks
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Here is a much better pic sorry...
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Reformatting your internal will correct it.

Username invalid said:
Reformatting your internal will correct it.
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I believe I tried that... I used an app lagfix and it didn't help... Is there a better app?
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Reformatting through recovery.

OK thanks
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cables2590 said:
OK thanks
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Did you do a backup via recovery? Mine was the same as yours until I deleted the backup (after 4.3 was installed and running).
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phillip1953 said:
Did you do a backup via recovery? Mine was the same as yours until I deleted the backup (after 4.3 was installed and running).
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I'm not sure but I did format my data and it worked for me...
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Is there a tutorial on doing this?
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RodMyers said:
Is there a tutorial on doing this?
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http://www.addictivetips.com/android/what-is-twrp-how-to-install-use-it-on-android-devices-guide/

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http://www.addictivetips.com/android/what-is-twrp-how-to-install-use-it-on-android-devices-guide/
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Not really.! I have TWRP installed. Not sure which selection or steps to do.
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Go into TWRP Recovery choose "Wipe" -> "Format Data" -> then type in "yes" -> "go"
After reset is finished restart the phone normally. That's it.

Lost Storage
I had the same problem. Tried several different methods to try to recover my storage. I too performed a format from TWRP and gained my storage back.

Guys, I have this problem.
My wife has a N7 32GB. Some months ago, after flashing some roms, I discovered that the N7 only had 16GB instead of 32GB. But in the meantime I never had the chance to "reformat" data partition or flash a factory image. Wife didn't want me to fomat it!!!
Today, I was finally going to do that, flash a factory image, but discovered that the usb connector is broken!!! The tablet charges ok but when I connect it to my pc, it starts to constantly connecting/disconnecting to it. I tried 3 different usb cables and the same with the 3. I even open the tablet and tighten the usb port, because it was very loose, but even then it still does the same. So, I don't have any chance to flash or send commands via my pc. (can I send them via wifi?! )
Can I just go into recovery and format/wipe data?!
By the way, from all the stories that I've seen from this problem, on bootloader, mine says Flo 32G and not 16GB like most of them. Can a simple wipe data do the job?!v Hope so...

When I installed 5.0.1 on my 2012 N7, about 10GB of my internal storage mysteriously vanished (I was getting disk full errors with only 2-3GB of stuff showing up in disk usage) and wiping the userdata partition fixed that.
I really do not like how half the fixes for Android issues tend to involve having to wipe devices, especially considering how there is no simple built-in method to do complete and timely selective backups and restore. To get anything resembling that functionality, you need to unlock the bootloader, root the device, install SU and a third-party backup tool. (Doing backups with TWRP might be easy but it is not selective and editing the tarball afterward can get messy.)

Installing rom/factory os from a clean wipe

Using TWRP I did a complete wipe (Dalvik Cache, System, Data, Internal Storage, Cache). Problem is I can't install a ROM or even factory because no recovery/rom exists on the device. Also when I plug my device into the computer Windows doesn't recognize it. Is there a way I can go about transferring a ROM or the factory image onto the Nexus 7?

nexus root toolkit
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RodMyers said:
nexus root toolkit
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I haven't been able to get the toolkit to work because I'm not able to activate usb debugging since I can't get past the boot screen. Also when I go to device manager my nexus 7 doesn't show up anywhere. I'm running Windows 7

I realized the above post might be slightly confusing so ultimately what I'm trying trying to say is that I can't use the ADB method because for whatever reason my Nexus 7 doesn't show up in the device manager at all. Come on guys I'm really stuck here, I can't be the first fool who's done something like this .

FIXED: Here's what I did.
Simply used USB OTG connection haha, hopefully this helps anyone who derped like me.

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If you would have opened up the toolkit the option you would have wanted was the "bricked" option.
It does everything blind, but does it well
Unbricked my screw-up on my nexus 7
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