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wiping for custom rom?

Been using cognition custom rom but now it does not seem to auto wipe. Due to battery issues, I'd like to wipe and then reinstall the rom, and then restore using titanium backup thats located on the sd card to get all my apps and settings back. I need to leave the ext sd card alone. Which option on Clockwork recovery gives me this option?
If I do a factory reset and davlik cache clear does that still leave my sd card alone?
Thanks

Factory reset, dalvik cache, format system (in mounts section) just to be sure. Then you can flash the rom. Your external sdcard remains intact (as well as most of your internal storage - only system partitions get wiped).
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phunkycow said:
Factory reset, dalvik cache, format system (in mounts section) just to be sure. Then you can flash the rom. Your external sdcard remains intact (as well as most of your internal storage - only system partitions get wiped).
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Exactly what he said!

TWRP format Data HELPP

so i wanted to do a wipe and clean install a rom.
in twrp i did wipe > format data... and the internal storage apparently meant the sdcard...is all my data completely gonezo, cuz that is NOT good......

jewnersey said:
so i wanted to do a wipe and clean install a rom.
in twrp i did wipe > format data... and the internal storage apparently meant the sdcard...is all my data completely gonezo, cuz that is NOT good......
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Unfortunately yes all of your stuff it's gone. Factory reset is what you are supposed to do. Sorry bud.
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sonuva......

I adb'd my files over and reinstalled eos, but no file managers can delete anything off sdcard... permissions look good but still no dice

jewnersey said:
I adb'd my files over and reinstalled eos, but no file managers can delete anything off sdcard... permissions look good but still no dice
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When you chose FORMAT DATA, what did you do later to install a new rom?

Format Data = erase Internal Storage. You want to do a factory reset when changing ROMs

Every time !! Arghhhh

Okay,, i have a note 10.1 n8010 and EVERYTIME I FLASH a rom i cant install any apps and it says insufficient storage, I do everything step by step, I don't understand, I just don't understand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can someone please explain me why this is, i wipe everything before doing a update etc...

asustf700t said:
Okay,, i have a note 10.1 n8010 and EVERYTIME I FLASH a rom i cant install any apps and it says insufficient storage, I do everything step by step, I don't understand, I just don't understand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can someone please explain me why this is, i wipe everything before doing a update etc...
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Are you using an external SD Card or just your internal one ?

lsherif said:
Are you using an external SD Card or just your internal one ?
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A external one as well

asustf700t said:
A external one as well
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Try following the below steps as per smaw51 recommendations :
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
mounts and storage/ format /data
mounts and storage/ format /system
mounts and storage/ format /cache
advanced/ wipe dalvik cache
Repeat a couple times for good measure

I have already tried those steps as I found them online and it does nothing, I always have to delete everything and then return to stock ... I just don't get it >

asustf700t said:
I have already tried those steps as I found them online and it does nothing, I always have to delete everything and then return to stock ... I just don't get it >
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So what`s your internal free storage after installing a fresh rom ?

asustf700t said:
I have already tried those steps as I found them online and it does nothing, I always have to delete everything and then return to stock ... I just don't get it >
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Oops accidentally thanked you for this post.
Anyways, I have found that wiping data from recovery doesn't clear download files and such. Download Astro File manager and see what is taking up most of your internal memory. I found personally that .zip files and a few things like that were taking up oodles of storage space. Also, when yuo do a CWM backup, do the backup to the External SD card, that way it doesn't take up app space.

lsherif said:
So what`s your internal free storage after installing a fresh rom ?
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like 7gb? and external is 4gb because i have a partition, but the partition in my case is irrelevant because before when I didn't know about link2sd I still had this problem, but everyone else seems to flash roms daily with no issues lol?

Jonphinguyen7 said:
Oops accidentally thanked you for this post.
Anyways, I have found that wiping data from recovery doesn't clear download files and such. Download Astro File manager and see what is taking up most of your internal memory. I found personally that .zip files and a few things like that were taking up oodles of storage space. Also, when yuo do a CWM backup, do the backup to the External SD card, that way it doesn't take up app space.
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okay ill thank you back lol, okay I will back it up externally for future reference, but the issue seems to be on every rom i download with my device...but no one else seems to have this issue with the same rom
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i can't it says ive reached my 8 limit today...

anyone?
i also tried the steps in this post... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1745247&page=3
I believe reading this thread and taking a few tips has fixed everything!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908711&page=2

I strongly suggest you flash a stock rom using Odin and clear everything. If you still have problems with the stock rom on your tablet return it for warranty repair. My feeling is though it is something you are doing. So once back to stock (out of the box) reinstall apps one at a time - avoid apps to sd and installing them on external memory. I don't believe that can be necessary!

Formatting internal SD

After trying out some roms I want to start fresh. I plan on odining back to MDB and was wondering if it's possible to format the internal SD as well. Is there an option in Odin to do that or is it bad to wipe the internal SD?

do u mean phone memory by interal sd ?

Not sure why you would need to format it--just back it up before you do anything
Why back to MD--just curious

As far as formatting internal, not sure
I rooted before looking into stock recovery to see if it had option. CWM did on the S3, but I have twrp and it does not have that option
there use to be codes to format internal also--don't remember them
some research needed--but still back up everything and pull ext sdcard before you do anything

I have a similar question, does formatting internal sd also wipe everything (except system) from root (/)?

seanpr123 said:
I have a similar question, does formatting internal sd also wipe everything (except system) from root (/)?
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It'll wipe /storage/sdcard0 and everything on it only. Not sure what you mean by root.

jd1639 said:
It'll wipe /storage/sdcard0 and everything on it only. Not sure what you mean by root.
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Kinda what I figured, so I'm curious is it possible to start completely fresh from / or maybe that happens on a ROM install anyway?
For instance under root I have the following directories:
acct,cache,config/d/data/data_1-3,dev,efs,etc,firmware,mnt,persdata,preload,proc,res,root,sbin,sdcard,sotage,sys,system,tombstones,vendor. Along with a bunch of files, many are init.something. I know how to wipe sdcard (as you mentioned above), and system but what about everything else.
Make sense?

seanpr123 said:
Kinda what I figured, so I'm curious is it possible to start completely fresh from / or maybe that happens on a ROM install anyway?
For instance under root I have the following directories:
acct,cache,config/d/data/data_1-3,dev,efs,etc,firmware,mnt,persdata,preload,proc,res,root,sbin,sdcard,sotage,sys,system,tombstones,vendor. Along with a bunch of files, many are init.something. I know how to wipe sdcard (as you mentioned above), and system but what about everything else.
Make sense?
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Flashing a Rom will write over those other folders.

lazard said:
After trying out some roms I want to start fresh. I plan on odining back to MDB and was wondering if it's possible to format the internal SD as well. Is there an option in Odin to do that or is it bad to wipe the internal SD?
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There's really no reason to do this before using ODIN. ODIN rewrites anything in it's way. If there's something it didn't rewrite it's probably because you need that.

agent929 said:
There's really no reason to do this before using ODIN. ODIN rewrites anything in it's way. If there's something it didn't rewrite it's probably because you need that.
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Not necessarily, I've odined many times and it hasn't touched my internal sd card.

jd1639 said:
Not necessarily, I've odined many times and it hasn't touched my internal sd card.
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....what do you mean internal SD card? I guess I'm just a little confused. I know there are many partitions (I think 7 total) but ODIN won't write to all of them. I'm assuming that if you format the internal storage completely it will mess your phone up.

agent929 said:
....what do you mean internal SD card? I guess I'm just a little confused. I know there are many partitions (I think 7 total) but ODIN won't write to all of them. I'm assuming that if you format the internal storage completely it will mess your phone up.
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The part where pics, etc are stored /storage/sdcard0. Yea, the other partitions get overwritten when you Odin. And you certainly don't want to try and format those.
Ps, there are closer to 30 different partitions that android creates.

Alright yeah I understand what you mean now. Your right ODIN won't do that part, to my knowledge the only safe way to do it through recovery on your phone.

[Q]How do i wipe completely the phone?

Hey since loads of apps are keep crashing on every other rom i want to wipe my phone completely i want to wipe everything the sd,external,and all the other stuff what things i have to wipe in the recovery?also if i do that how i am gonna put the rom file inside the SD if i am gonna wipe completely the phone?

someonewhy said:
Hey since loads of apps are keep crashing on every other rom i want to wipe my phone completely i want to wipe everything the sd,external,and all the other stuff what things i have to wipe in the recovery?also if i do that how i am gonna put the rom file inside the SD if i am gonna wipe completely the phone?
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Format sd card in custom recovery, after that push a rom to the phone to flash with adb : adb push namerom.zip /sdcard/. Try to push a rom first to see if that works/

gee2012 said:
Format sd card in custom recovery, after that push a rom to the phone to flash with adb : adb push namerom.zip /sdcard/. Try to push a rom first to see if that works/
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only the sd card?i want to format completely the phone the system either like i said everything..

when i tried to push rom i keep getting failed to write data protocol fault no status

someonewhy said:
when i tried to push rom i keep getting failed to write data protocol fault no status
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Do you have adb installed? If not look here http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-set-up-android-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows-tutorial/.

gee2012 said:
Do you have adb installed? If not look here http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-set-up-android-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows-tutorial/.
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Yup got it working just to make sure what i am doing
1.Factory reset via recovery
2.Format SD via recovery
3.ADB sideload the rom
4.flash and i am good to go right?i will not have any problems like stuck on boot logo and etc?

someonewhy said:
Yup got it working just to make sure what i am doing
1.Factory reset via recovery
2.Format SD via recovery
3.ADB sideload the rom
4.flash and i am good to go right?i will not have any problems like stuck on boot logo and etc?
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Correct mate, good luck

gee2012 said:
Correct mate, good luck
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Sorry for being rude but i was talking about the internal sd card not external...how do i wipe the internal one?

someonewhy said:
Sorry for being rude but i was talking about the internal sd card not external...how do i wipe the internal one?
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Format external sd card, but why would you? You can just wipe what you dont`t need.
Usualy its enough to data factory reset, wipe both caches and format system before flashing a new rom. You don`t have t wipe the internal and external sd cards.

gee2012 said:
Format external sd card, but why would you? You can just wipe what you dont`t need.
Usualy its enough to data factory reset, wipe both caches and format system before flashing a new rom. You don`t have t wipe the internal and external sd cards.
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i dont have any external sd card on my phone i use only the internal one but still i just want to know...how do i format the internal?just do the same steps u told me go to cwm and hit n format sd card?

someonewhy said:
i dont have any external sd card on my phone i use only the internal one but still i just want to know...how do i format the internal?just do the same steps u told me go to cwm and hit n format sd card?
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Format sdcard will do, that will wipe everything. Did you backup the EFS folder and stored it on your pc.

gee2012 said:
Format sdcard will do, that will wipe everything. Did you backup the EFS folder and stored it on your pc.
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nope how do i backup the efs?

someonewhy said:
nope how do i backup the efs?
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Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447342, its not hard if you read the OP.

gee2012 said:
Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447342, its not hard if you read the OP.
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when i open the bat file i am getting
CHOICE is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file.
good-bye
press any keys to continue
and yes i enabled USB debugging

someonewhy said:
when i open the bat file i am getting
CHOICE is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file.
good-bye
press any keys to continue
and yes i enabled USB debugging
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Are you rooted atm?

gee2012 said:
Are you rooted atm?
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yup

Do wipe data in cwm
Click THANKS button if u helped

someonewhy said:
yup
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Just made the EFS backup, pressed EFS-BACKUP.bat and it asked for root rights and the backup was beeing made.

gee2012 said:
Just made the EFS backup, pressed EFS-BACKUP.bat and it asked for root rights and the backup was beeing made.
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Its not working...i heard you need the choice.exe in ur system32 folder but i dont have it?

someonewhy said:
Its not working...i heard you need the choice.exe in ur system32 folder but i dont have it?
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I don`t have choice.exe in system32 and it worked for me