Originally Posted by mansa_noob

Actually you are right. Deleting, recreating and formatting partitions does not get did of the 1s and 0s, so in that sense the data is still there. However the pointers are gone, and hence even though the data is still there it can't be accessed without effort.

What do you think the nand has on it when the device is shipped... I can assure you its not ask zeroes!

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Well no, it has a next to worthless version of android Also, the point he was trying to get across is that it would be better for you to present the script for what it is and not try to compare it to other scripts that do something entirely different. You do kind of imply that you accomplish the same thing as the Nullifier script and more, when in fact you simply do something different.

Some may and probably will prefer your script, at least for specific purposes, while others will prefer the Nullifier script.

Originally Posted by MWBehr

Well no, it has a next to worthless version of android Also, the point he was trying to get across is that it would be better for you to present the script for what it is and not try to compare it to other scripts that do something entirely different. You do kind of imply that you accomplish the same thing as the Nullifier script and more, when in fact you simply do something different.

Some may and probably will prefer your script, at least for specific purposes, while others will prefer the Nullifier script.

Done. OP updated to reflect. Thanks for clarifying that. It was not my intention to state that this tool does anything any other does, or does not.

I think we are all trying to do the same thing... get rid of the issues when swapping ROMs like _____. I can't seem to think of a good analogy here .

thanks for clarifying the OP, that makes much more sense

and no i wasnt trying to say you were reinenting the wheel, just trying to understand what your tool is actually doing

and also i do understand that it would take effort to get data off any type of storage device once the partition has been erased. i deal with wiping hard drives in a data center all the time. we use a DOD wipe tool that writes 1s and 0s over a drive a minimum of three full times to eradicate the data

but with this tool doing it outside of CWM, it sounds like it may do a better job of it

but i must ask, why do you need to push CWM? what if i have a newer version of it already on my phone?

Originally Posted by dodgefan67

but i must ask, why do you need to push CWM? what if i have a newer version of it already on my phone?

There is no need to push CWM 5.02. As I said in the OP it is a mod of the script found in the reference. In that script it was pushing default recovery. Since the recovery partition is being overwritten as well you will loose existing one and you need a recovery to be able to push a new ROM. Hence the need to push recovery (instead of using super one click).

As long as the recovery is not bigger than the partition that holds it we should be able to push a newer version. However I can't leave it empty or people will look for me with a shotgun (myself included ).

Originally Posted by dodgefan67

but i must ask, why do you need to push CWM? what if i have a newer version of it already on my phone?

I was thinking the same thing but seems easy enough .. add the cwm img to the dir and edit the .cfg file. Hopefully that should get the new CWM flashed

So would it be benefitial or pointless to nullify to clear the data then run this script for a... super clean?

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Originally Posted by mansa_noob

There is no need to push CWM 5.02. As I said in the OP it is a mod of the script found in the reference. In that script it was pushing default recovery. Since the recovery partition is being overwritten as well you will loose existing one and you need a recovery to be able to push a new ROM. Hence the need to push recovery (instead of using super one click).

As long as the recovery is not bigger than the partition that holds it we should be able to push a newer version. However I can't leave it empty or people will look for me with a shotgun (myself included ).

ahhhhhh now i understand. my eyes have been opened LOL

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Originally Posted by PL0X_Kleiner

So would it be benefitial or pointless to nullify to clear the data then run this script for a... super clean?

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i think it would be pointless unless you are super paranoid

Originally Posted by dodgefan67

ahhhhhh now i understand. my eyes have been opened LOL

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i think it would be pointless unless you are super paranoid

Nobody is twisting any arms here... Use it if you want to, don't if you don't want to.

I saw benefit so posted so that others may benefit as well.

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Ok so question, why are you killing all the data on your internal SD card? Why not just the individual partitions that the phone uses? Your destroying data that don't need to be destroyed before flashing a rom...

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It does not have to be destroyed. I just haven't had a chance to test without recreating emmc yet.

Next step. Likely tomorrow. Would like to test before release.

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[edit] BTW, I do want to restate that there is some data that needs to be destroyed which is not being taken care of by other methods. I don't believe it is in the emmc, but rather it resides in one of the other partitions. Most methods out there are only working in the /data, /system and /cache domain.

My original problem (bluetooth disconnect) which happens to be a problem for some in the community even now was only completely fixed by this method.