Hi, it might sound as a noob question but does wiping cache partition in stock recovery do anything?
Reason I'm asking is that I remember doing it on my previous phones (in TWRP) and the phone would take quite some time to reboot afterwards and show a dialog such as "android is starting, optimizing app 1/100"... I wiped the cache partition in stock recovery, logs say that the cache was wiped but the phone reboots in seconds (I see no difference with a normal reboot), so I'm curious...
Thanks!
Remix22 said:
Hi, it might sound as a noob question but does wiping cache partition in stock recovery do anything?
Reason I'm asking is that I remember doing it on my previous phones (in TWRP) and the phone would take quite some time to reboot afterwards and show a dialog such as "android is starting, optimizing app 1/100"... I wiped the cache partition in stock recovery, logs say that the cache was wiped but the phone reboots in seconds (I see no difference with a normal reboot), so I'm curious...
Thanks!
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That was because you wiped the dalvik/art cache. Can't do that in Stock recovery.
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or maybe it was wiping Dalvik in TWRP that caused the phone to take longer to reboot, anyways when Android is updated the phone goes through app optimization at reboot, can anybody clarify please?
thanks
wund3rground said:
That was because you wiped the dalvik/art cache. Can't do that in Stock recovery.
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wund3rground said:
That was because you wiped the dalvik/art cache. Can't do that in Stock recovery.
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Why is there an option for it then? Does it just do nothing?
http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/27232/what-is-the-cache-partition
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http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/27232/what-is-the-cache-partition
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Hi, i had miui 2.3.5 and cwm recovery 3.2
i flashed paranoid android rom and i'm stucked on bootanimation.
how i can start up my phone?
_Freezer_ said:
Hi, i had miui 2.3.5 and cwm recovery 3.2
i flashed paranoid android rom and i'm stucked on bootanimation.
how i can start up my phone?
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First, do a battery pull. Then boot into CWM Recovery, once in recovery whipe dalvik cache (Twice) then whipe data (Twice). After that reboot the phone and it should start up normally.
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shimp208 said:
First, do a battery pull. Then boot into CWM Recovery, once in recovery whipe dalvik cache (Twice) then whipe data (Twice). After that reboot the phone and it should start up normally.
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I must have ext4 partition or other ?
i bought today this phone and had miui 2.3.5
_Freezer_ said:
I must have ext4 partition or other ?
i bought today this phone and had miui 2.3.5
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You shouldn't have to have a ext4 partition to use the phone normally. No repartioning should be needed.
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shimp208 said:
You shouldn't have to have a ext4 partition to use the phone normally. No repartioning should be needed.
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now i do all wipe x2 and reflash paranoid rom.. now i must pull of battery do 2x wipe dalvik and 2x wipe data and reboot ?
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now i do all wipe x2 and reflash paranoid rom.. now i must pull of battery do 2x wipe dalvik and 2x wipe data and reboot ?
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Correct, that is what you should do.
I rooted with casual and have the recovery installed. My question is I supposedly full wiped and flashed Goldeneye. My issue is it didnt full wipe because when I go into internal memory all the crap that should be gone, its folders are still there taking memory so I have to manually delete. Am I doing something wrong ?
When I had my htc a full wipe meant a full wipe Everything gone. Dont understand why its not happening on my s4.
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go into recovery and do a factory reset, it will clear it.
Thanks
That dont work all the folders are still there even though the apps are not installed.
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most recoverys are set up to format data without touching the internal storage. this is a feature, not a bug. if you want to wipe internal, go to format, then format internal. easy peasy
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I rooted with casual and have the recovery installed. My question is I supposedly full wiped and flashed Goldeneye. My issue is it didnt full wipe because when I go into internal memory all the crap that should be gone, its folders are still there taking memory so I have to manually delete. Am I doing something wrong ?
When I had my htc a full wipe meant a full wipe Everything gone. Dont understand why its not happening on my s4.
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Here is what I do when I flash a ROM. I am a bit OCD for flashing cleanly.
1) Boot into Recovery
2) Wipe Data (Factory reset)
3) Wipe Cache
4) Wipe Dalvik Cache
5) Format /System
6) Format /sdcard
Then I flash my ROM. Those steps will definitely clean everything out before you flash. Especially formatting /system and /sdcard.
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Here is what I do when I flash a ROM. I am a bit OCD for flashing cleanly.
1) Boot into Recovery
2) Wipe Data (Factory reset)
3) Wipe Cache
4) Wipe Dalvik Cache
5) Format /System
6) Format /sdcard
Then I flash my ROM. Those steps will definitely clean everything out before you flash. Especially formatting /system and /sdcard.
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just make sure you don't have anything you care about, like Roms or nandroids, in /sdcard.
fwiw this isn't a CASUAL issue, its a TWRP issue.
Awesome was looking for the correct way to do a Total Full Wipe in recovery.
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chocodough said:
Here is what I do when I flash a ROM. I am a bit OCD for flashing cleanly.
1) Boot into Recovery
2) Wipe Data (Factory reset)
3) Wipe Cache
4) Wipe Dalvik Cache
5) Format /System
6) Format /sdcard
Then I flash my ROM. Those steps will definitely clean everything out before you flash. Especially formatting /system and /sdcard.
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It's a little over kill. Just need to wipe the caches and data. If you wipe system, just make sure you do it before you flash a rom. And make sure you flash a rom before you boot. Wiping system and then rebooting is detrimental to your phone.
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jd1639 said:
It's a little over kill. Just need to wipe the caches and data. If you wipe system, just make sure you do it before you flash a rom. And make sure you flash a rom before you boot. Wiping system and then rebooting is detrimental to your phone.
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Ya it might be a little bit overkill, but atleast this way you know everything is cleaned and wiped before you flash your ROM. I hate dirty flashing ROMS, so I prefer to be really thorough.
jd1639 said:
It's a little over kill. Just need to wipe the caches and data. If you wipe system, just make sure you do it before you flash a rom. And make sure you flash a rom before you boot. Wiping system and then rebooting is detrimental to your phone.
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It might be overkill but I like to make sure its a complete wipe even if I have to overkill it. Thanks all for the replies.
EDIT: DO NOT FORMAT INTERNAL if you have twrp the part where you have to type in yes. You will have serious issues and will end up ODIN back to stock to repair. If you format internal in twrp phone will not boot up. You can enter recover but if you power off phone will not boot up again.
So I installed TWRP with the no root method, then I rooted.
I wanted just to wipe cache/dalvik but it seems to take forever.
How do I Hardreboot or get out of this loop?
thanks
ok problem solved, so wiping cache takes like forever...never mind
I got scared first time too!
Then I read in Clean ROM post #2 "For faster wipes go into TWRP settings and choose the option "rm -f". Then wiping cache is normal.
mkext4fs takes a long time for some reason. You'll see the same thing if you ever have to wipe system in TWRP.
I waited so long I almost stopped breathing....
Thank god
Others are saying the same thing. I should have went to settings and changed it. I can confirm it is taking FOREVER!!!!!!!
I never changed any settings in twrp, and it does not take me forever to wipe cache. No idea why
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Lawlrus said:
I never changed any settings in twrp, and it does not take me forever to wipe cache. No idea why
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Hey just flash the 2.6.3.3 twrp, comes in zip format too just flash....has fix for long wipes....
And supports 4.4
Hello,
My Defy red lense was using CM10 from Quarx nightly 30.11. Everything was OK.
Yesterday my signal was lost (I thought RIL bug happened) so i normally reboot it. But booting stopped on cyan logo so i put out battery. After this phone booted almost ok but he stayed on "System updating... Running apps" (I translated this from Polish hope you know what I mean)
So I tried wipe Cache i Davlik and after boot was this application counting stuff and then again stayed on this "System updating...."
So I flashed same CM10 nightly. Wiped cache before and after. But it didn't help. Then I flashed some previous builds same way but nothing helped.
The last thing I did was flashing latest CM10.2 and gapps minimal for it. But still nothing. So right now once boot stop on cyan logo after putting out battery it boots further but stays on "System updating.." I waited long time even once I forgot to check and my phone was warm and battery drains very quickly (but I can charge no problem)
So my question is does only RSD help me or can I somehow revive my defy ?
Sorry for bad English.
System+ data+ cache wipe, and flash cm again
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thekguy said:
System+ data+ cache wipe, and flash cm again
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Can I somehow backup sms messages before this ?
Try entering recovery and backup data. Then after flash don't restore from twrp directly use nandroid manager to extract data from it. If backup fails at any point that means the partition was too damaged to yield any useful data.
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thekguy said:
Try entering recovery and backup data. Then after flash don't restore from twrp directly use nandroid manager to extract data from it. If backup fails at any point that means the partition was too damaged to yield any useful data.
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Thank you very much for your help.
I have one more question.
In TWRP I pressed Wiped->Advanced wipe-> wipe dalvik, cache, data, system. Then I flashed 10.2 ROM after that gapps for it. No wipes after flashing or between. System booted up fine. It started with Cyan account then I had to enter google account and phone did restoring and everything was great. Even my apps was automatically downloaded. But I bricked again after I installed SuperSU through recovery (needed for Nandroid Manager).
So again I wiped dalvik, cache, data, system. Then flashed like before. But know its only cyan account config and after that just Trebuchet.
I can add Google account manually but it doesn't have restore option.
Can you tell me what more should I wipe to get it like it was at the first time.
For getting it to account restore wipe data
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For getting it to account restore wipe data
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It didn't help. Just cyan account appear and after that Trebuchet shows up.
Are you flashing gapps again? The restore account appears after a clean install(wipe system, data, cache + flash cm and then gapps)
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thekguy said:
Are you flashing gapps again? The restore account appears after a clean install(wipe system, data, cache + flash cm and then gapps)
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Yes. I did it like you wrote. In TWRP wipe -> Advanced -> checked system,data,cache,dalvik then Install CM10 and gapps at once (2 zips selected)
No wipes or reboots between ROM and gapps. None reboots after wiping.
Should I reboot after something ? Or wipe between ROM and gapps ?
So what you're saying is that repeating the same procedure, given identical starting points, you're getting different outcomes:what: . I have no idea how that screen is failing to show up, maybe due to full system partition, wrong gapps. I have always been able to restore directly after cm setup even without the elaborate wiping sequence. Not sure why this is happening
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thekguy said:
So what you're saying is that repeating the same procedure, given identical starting points, you're getting different outcomes:what: . I have no idea how that screen is failing to show up, maybe due to full system partition, wrong gapps. I have always been able to restore directly after cm setup even without the elaborate wiping sequence. Not sure why this is happening
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Gapps which I used are gapps-CM10.2_ONLY-20130813-minimal_edited_20131023.zip
I don't know if it has any meaning but at first time I didn't have my SIM card inside phone. But later I tried with SIM in and without it.
It looks like android keeps something on SD card or something is not wiped good enough.
I restored the broken ROM and after that I did all the wipe but nothing change. After cyan account Trebuchet welcomes me :/
So next thing I did was wiping data,system,cache,dalvik then I chose factory reset. After that i flashed ROM then right after this flashed gapps (not selecting 2 zips) and after reboot Google restore appeared.
However the apps didn't restore automatically because of this attempts when I add Google manually.
I don't know the exact reason but maybe this thread will help someone.
Thank you for your help.
Hi Everyone,
The phone is getting stuck at the ATT logo. I can get get it to stock android recovery and performed the cache wipe already. I took the battery out and and the SD card too. Nothing has changed.
Odin sees the device ok. The phone was rooted and safestrap installed. Can I still do data recovery on the phone and get some files off the internal memory?
Cheers!
Try going into recovery and wiping cache and dalvik cache, wiping data is always a last resort
speedyjay said:
Try going into recovery and wiping cache and dalvik cache, wiping data is always a last resort
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I don't know how to enter safestrap boot recovery menu, it boots automatically to stock boot recovery...
panxpany said:
I don't know how to enter safestrap boot recovery menu, it boots automatically to stock boot recovery...
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Have a read around the safestrap thread, probably your best option.
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Where is that thread? could you please provide the link???
radicalisto said:
Have a read around the safestrap thread, probably your best option.
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panxpany said:
Where is that thread? could you please provide the link???
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This was the main one, there are others in ATT/Verizon N3 forum also I believe.