I spent the last 3 years on an iphone so I'm a bit rusty as far as Android. The last time I rooted an Android, it had a regular sd card. Since this phone mounts its files as basically a virtual sdcard, I'm wondering if flashing a rom will wipe all that data as well. In other words, should I back everything up first. Maybe that's a dumb question, I should back up no matter what....but I'm still curious.
Thanks!
Hi jedthehumanoid,
Your thread was moved from the development section to Q&A. Please do not post questions in the development section in future. I have also edited your post removing the first paragraph which asks for a "best" ROM. There is no best ROM/Kernel, head over to the development section and try them out to see which "best" suits you.
jedthehumanoid said:
I spent the last 3 years on an iphone so I'm a bit rusty as far as Android. The last time I rooted an Android, it had a regular sd card. Since this phone mounts its files as basically a virtual sdcard, I'm wondering if flashing a rom will wipe all that data as well. In other words, should I back everything up first. Maybe that's a dumb question, I should back up no matter what....but I'm still curious.
Thanks!
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Wiping data/factory reset (which is what is required when flashing roms) will not erase your sd card contents. In other words, pictures, downloads, and stuff like that will remain. But you should always do a nandroid backup of your system so you can return to a working state should something get borked. Your apps will get erased. Consider using the Titanium Backup app to backup those.
Do not push this button because that WILL delete your SD card contents. Simply swipe the slider to wipe data/factory reset.
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Hello
My girlfriend borrowed her dads HD2, and now it stopped working. She talked to him and most likely it requires an update of Android.
I'm usually pretty tech-savvy, but the language spoken on this forum is beyond my comprehension.
So, I have a HD2 with both win & Android installed. To boot into Android i need to go into windows and press two files on the SD-card: "CLRCAD" & "HARET".
The files look like this in Windows (pc):
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Her dad mentioned Boxmax 6.5, so I found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1100560
The files I downloaded from there looks pretty similar, aside from a few additions on the phone.
Downloaded the SD-one, but now i'm lost.
How do I update the phone? Just overwrite the files with the new ones or clean install? If it's a clean install, how do i do it? Do i need to backup something?
Backup all files on the SD card to a safe place (pc).
Delete folder Android on the card.
Copy the Android folder from the archive you downloaded.
Pop the SD card back into HD2, and start Android from winMo (clrcad, haret) or better yet install the exceller autoboot.
Thanks alot, sounds easy enough
When i pop the things back on the SD-card from the backup-folder, I still need to install all the apps and widgets again right?
Edit: Oh, and what about all her messages? Are they stored on the phone?
bolbronx said:
Thanks alot, sounds easy enough
When i pop the things back on the SD-card from the backup-folder, I still need to install all the apps and widgets again right?
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Yeah, you usually use titanium backup, heh.
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Thanks so far for all the help, I got it working fine except, and this might be a really n00bish question, how do I turn off the phone?
Nevermind, found Quickboot
Not sure what the cause is, just got my 7 yesterday.. stock rooted, aokp, doesn't make a difference- dropbox doesn't work and just gives the error "Storage full or unavailable"..
Doing a search, the only thread that mentioned it was "[ROM]| Glazed JellyBean|Version 1.1.2|Glazed Mods|Custom Animations|Speed|" and it had to do with an error in the rom, not my issue.
I've tried reinstalling the app, factory reset, flashing aokp(from stock rooted)- none have had a working dropbox, but I can't find any other posts that others have had the same issue.
I also have a few error 492 when downloading a few apps from market(like dead trigger), not sure if it is related..
Is dropbox looking for an external SD?
And "Protect usb storage" is NOT checked in developer options, just in case someone asks.
All I did was unlock bootloader, root.. nothing that should keep dropbox from working.
Although Im on stock but unlocked bootloader and rooted i have had the play store error and i just restarted and it worked fine since, dropbox i cant help mine logs in fine and i can use it perfect
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My issue seems to be more than just drop box.. stock gallery app closes immediately after showing this:
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As I said, pretty sure I didn't do anything to cause this.. I'm assuming there's a way to flash the original software that will repartition the device(like flashing HTC phones with ruu, or Samsung with Odin)?
I haven't had a lot of time to look into these things since o got it yesterday, so if anyone has a quick possible solution is appreciate it!
Edit: I'd like to know if this process([Guide] Returning to Stock and/or Unbricking your device) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781250 actually repartitions everything.. but I decided to go trade this one out for another one rather than beat my head on a wall with an issue no one else appears to have. Still worth finding out.
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OK a few months ago I installed Hyperdrive rom on my phone, Correctly with busybox, superSu and safestrap.
I would like a clean Wipe and reinstall. I forgot how using safestap. I downloaded the newest Edt of hyperdrive rom and I would like to replace it from the old version
Can someone guide me please on how to do this correctly, Phone is rooted etc already Just want to delete the old rom * on the stock slot and reload the new rom from my .zip file on my Sd card.
thanks
Jayson
I-ron-ic-HTC said:
OK a few months ago I installed Hyperdrive rom on my phone, Correctly with busybox, superSu and safestrap.
I would like a clean Wipe and reinstall. I forgot how using safestap. I downloaded the newest Edt of hyperdrive rom and I would like to replace it from the old version
Can someone guide me please on how to do this correctly, Phone is rooted etc already Just want to delete the old rom * on the stock slot and reload the new rom from my .zip file on my Sd card.
thanks
Jayson
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Don't do the erase just flash over top of it and do a clean wipe
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Don't do the erase just flash over top of it and do a clean wipe
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OK I did it, thanks.. It was missing some .Apk packs it didnt reinstall , I just checked what apks I was missing like Viper4andriod etc I just Downloaded them separately and
reinstalled. I do notice once in a while * system settings force closes on me, but I wont worry about it.
could you please give me some advice on great * Icon packs * syfi if possible ? where to look on these forums for them ? and would they be compatibly with hyper drive rom
jayson
again thanks
Hi,
I'm very desperate and I know I should've backed up everything but now I'm in a situation where I'm wondering if there's any way to mount the block and recover my photos. Please let me know. I would really appreciate it.
I'm on stock Lollipop with root.
Thanks in advance.
I've tried this but I can't tell what I'm doing wrong; I know I'm getting warmer: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705
taney said:
Hi,
I'm very desperate and I know I should've backed up everything but now I'm in a situation where I'm wondering if there's any way to mount the block and recover my photos. Please let me know. I would really appreciate it.
I'm on stock Lollipop with root.
Thanks in advance.
I've tried this but I can't tell what I'm doing wrong; I know I'm getting warmer: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705
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I got pretty far but still aren't able to recovery anything from DCIM. Is that separate from userdata partition? Does anyone know?
Trying new route via:
http://www.df.lth.se/~jokke/androidfilerecovery/
Well, you could try some "deleted files recovery app" from google play.
The photos might still be there somewhere. If not overwritten by some other file that needed that space.
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Well, you could try some "deleted files recovery app" from google play.
The photos might still be there somewhere. If not overwritten by some other file that needed that space.
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Right now, it appears that DCIM is not on the same partition as "userdata". On my i9505G, the userdata partition is mmcblk0p28. I was able to restore other photos on the /sdcard but none of the DCIM files. I feel like these files might be stored on a different partition but unable to find any reference online. Anyone have ideas?
All I know is that the s4 uses its internal storage to emulate an sdcard.
And this causes problems with some apps, like apps2sd. Maybe it also causes your issue.
Hi Guys, I have problems with my \system partition, it's almost filled for 90% and I moved almost everything out of that partition by converting it to user apps...
My current Note 3 (32gb) config is:
/System : 2,21
/Data : 26,36
I want to use 1 gb from my /data partition to be part of my System partition so that I have 3,21gb and my data partition 25,36
I found these two articles for other samsung phones:
http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/79112/resize-system-partition-of-galaxy-s-2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2765846
But I was wondering if there is some other way for the Note 3 ?
Help?
No ideas?
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No ideas?
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Wrong forum. Q&A - here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help
On a side note...
DON'T GODDAMN PLAY WITH PARTITIONS ON A DEVICE YOU PAID 600$ FOR.
Do like normal people - a factory reset, a new ROM, easy squeazy peazy smooth fast stable phone.
Partitionning is not magic or sorcery
I do it all the time with devices of 2000+ euro
It's just that with android it's a bit new to me, but everybody that has used a pit file to flash their custom rom also has partitioned, so it's not really a biggie and it is done frequently.
In my case I have 650 apps and nothing is on the system partition but for some reason I still get up to 2gb of the system partition...
I therefore suspect that each app has maybe some cache or configuration that is anyway stored on the \system partition, or maybe it's the photo app , i know that the thumbnail cache can also grow enormously
Partitionning is not magic or sorcery
Maybe not but flashing PIT files is probably the easiest way to end up with a brick ,
Have a look at Philz Recover .
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You could start by removing all the languages and csc's you don't need, also all tts files, etc.. i could easily have 900mb+ free in my system partition if i removed some more stuff i didn't need. For example i added the Samsung UK high quality tts voice files into my system partition, it was around 120mb.
Messing with your device's partition table is entirely unnecessary, and just asking for a brick. But hey, if you want to go for it, more power to you. Just don't come crying back here when you're left with a paperweight.