[cwm flash] ROM Wipe & Factory Reset & Cache Wipe

mr-cook · Oct 15, 2013

I NOR ANYONE ELSE BUT YOURSELF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, LOSS, OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT MAY RESULTS FROM FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS, OR USING ANYTHING FOUND ON THIS PAGE ----USE AT YOUR OWN RISK----

These are some tools I made to save time, and button presses while in Recovery. These are for the i777, and Straight Talk SGH-S959G only.
Flash in CWM Recovery.

If your going from Samsung based JellyBean to an AOSP based ROM you will have a bunch of garbage left over that cannot be wiped from your recovery menu. COOK'S ROM WIPE will remove it.
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COOK'S ROM WIPE
This one formats system, preload, data, and cache. For a FRESH install. YOU MUST FLASH A NEW ROM, or RESTORE A BACKUP AFTER USING THIS.

DOWNLOAD- COOK'S ROM WIPE.zip - 142.32 KB

(WARNING! Backups of Samsung based JellyBean MUST include "preload". If not you will need to flash the ROM first then restore your backup.)
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COOK'S KERNEL CLEANER
This one does everything needed for a clean install of the latest AJK Kernel. Wipes cache, dalvik cache, resets STweaks profile, and fixes permissions.

DOWNLOAD- COOK'S KERNEL CLEANER.zip - 146.34 KB
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COOK'S PRELOAD SAFE ROM WIPE
This one formats system, data, and cache. For a FRESH install (But leaves Preload to be able to restore Samsung based backups that didn't include Preload). YOU MUST FLASH A NEW ROM, or RESTORE A BACKUP AFTER USING THIS.

DOWNLOAD- COOK'S PRELOAD SAFE ROM WIPE.zip - 142.31 KB
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COOK'S PRELOAD WIPE
This one formats only the preload.

DOWNLOAD- COOK'S PRELOAD WIPE.zip - 142.13 KB
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COOK'S FACTORY RESET & CACHE WIPE
This one does a Basic Factory Reset, and Wipes Caches.

DOWNLOAD- COOK'S FACTORY RESET & CACHE WIPE.zip - 142.15 KB
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COOK'S CACHE WIPE
This one only Wipes Cache, and Dalvik Cache.

DOWNLOAD- COOK'S CACHE WIPE.zip - 142.18 KB
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COOK'S CACHE WIPE + FIX PERMISSIONS
This one Wipes Cache, and Dalvik Cache. Plus fixes permissions all in one simple flash.

DOWNLOAD- COOK'S CACHE WIPE + FIX PERMISSIONS.zip - 146.32 KB
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COOK'S FIX PERMISSIONS
This one only fixes permissions. Incase this option has been removed from your recovery.

DOWNLOAD- COOK'S FIX PERMISSIONS.zip - 146.22 KB
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COOK'S CREATE PRELOAD SYMLINKS
This one creates the symlinks that are needed for system apps that are stored in preload/symlink/system/app. It is useful when replacing outdated system apps.

DOWNLOAD- COOK'S CREATE PRELOAD SYMLINKS.zip - 142.54 KB
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COOK'S CREATE PRELOAD SYMLINKS + FIX PERMISSIONS
This one creates the symlinks that are needed for system apps that are stored in preload/symlink/system/app. Plus fixes permissions. It is useful when replacing outdated system apps.

DOWNLOAD- COOK'S CREATE PRELOAD SYMLINKS + FIX PERMISSIONS.zip - 146.65 KB
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Warning! Currently some ROMs need the cache wiped manually. If you get stuck at the boot animation- wipe cache from the CWM menu

I'm just trying to make everyone's life a little easier. If you're one of the people who prefer to do it manually, Please keep your comments to yourself. Thanks.

mr-cook · Oct 15, 2013

OLD VERSIONS

Xander_25 · Feb 19, 2013 at 5:15 PM

Nice work.... Less stuff to do. I'll try it out later when I flash the Captivating rom.

EzSqueezeCheese · Feb 19, 2013 at 9:53 PM

Works great. Very convinient as well. I give ye props, sir.

SteveMurphy · Feb 20, 2013 at 7:27 PM

Re: [cwm flashable] Factory Reset & Cache Wipe

Works great, love the all-inclusive script, thanks for sharing this.

Sent from the i777

mr-cook · Feb 20, 2013 at 7:54 PM

Re: [cwm flashable] Factory Reset & Cache Wipe

SteveMurphy said:
Works great, love the all-inclusive script, thanks for sharing this.

Sent from the i777

Awesome. Thanks.

I will be adding a ROM wipe real soon. It will do a full format for a FRESH install.

Sent from my SGH-S959G

mr-cook · Feb 20, 2013 at 8:54 PM

OP updated, added COOK'S ROM WIPE. Check it out.

Thread renamed to include addition.

Sent from my SGH-S959G

Xander_25 · Feb 21, 2013 at 3:50 PM

I tried the cache wipe, but I encountered an issue where the phone refused to move past the boot ani. It just stuck for for all of 10 minutes. I eventually rebooted into recovery and did the cache wipe manually, after which it booted successfully. Maybe I did something wrong?

mr-cook · Feb 21, 2013

Xander_25 said:
I tried the cache wipe, but I encountered an issue where the phone refused to move past the boot ani. It just stuck for for all of 10 minutes. I eventually rebooted into recovery and did the cache wipe manually, after which it booted successfully. Maybe I did something wrong?

What ROM are you using?

I have used all of these with SHOstock3, and Slim Bean with no issue. I actually just used the cache wipe without issue. So I'm going to need more information.

Sent from my SGH-S959G

Xander_25 · Feb 21, 2013 at 4:22 PM

mr-cook said:
What ROM are you using?

I have used all of these with SHOstock3, and Slim Bean with no issue. I actually just used the cache wipe without issue. So I'm going to need more information.

Sent from my SGH-S959G

Right now I'm using Sephi's Captivating Rom. I think it's based off of HellyBean

mr-cook · Feb 21, 2013 at 4:43 PM

Xander_25 said:
Right now I'm using Sephi's Captivating Rom. I think it's based off of HellyBean

Why were you clearing your cache? Were you having an issue with the ROM?

I'm "trying" to download it to test, goo.im is super slow.

Sent from my SGH-S959G

mr-cook · Feb 21, 2013 at 7:47 PM

Xander_25 said:
Right now I'm using Sephi's Captivating Rom. I think it's based off of HellyBean

Confirmed it hangs at the boot animation after using the cache wipe. This is ROM related, and likely to happen with all CyanogenMod 10.1 based ROMs. For now the only way around it is to wipe the cache from the CWM menu on these ROMs. I will look for a work around, but likely there may not be any way to fix this on my end.

Sent from my SGH-S959G

Xander_25 · Feb 21, 2013 at 8:48 PM

mr-cook said:
Confirmed it hangs at the boot animation after using the cache wipe. This is ROM related, and likely to happen with all CyanogenMod 10.1 based ROMs. For now the only way around it is to wipe the cache from the CWM menu on these ROMs. I will look for a work around, but likely there may not be any way to fix this on my end.

Sent from my SGH-S959G

Ahh.. Understood. It's no big deal. Thanks for looking into it.

razen_kain · Mar 7, 2013 at 3:59 AM

Going to try out cooks favtory reset and wipe tonight. Been having some wonkiness outta my rom and i eant to see if a fresh install will help. Thanks Mr Cook.

SGH_S959G
SHOstock3 2.5.6
AJK 1.25

razen_kain · Mar 9, 2013 at 1:55 AM

razen_kain said:
Going to try out cooks favtory reset and wipe tonight. Been having some wonkiness outta my rom and i eant to see if a fresh install will help. Thanks Mr Cook.

SGH_S959G
SHOstock3 2.5.6
AJK 1.25

Zip worked great. Happy to report

SGH_S959G
SHOstock3 2.5.6
AJK 1.25

mattdm · Mar 11, 2013 at 4:29 PM

mr-cook said:
If your going from Samsung based JellyBean to an AOSP based ROM you will have a bunch of garbage left over that cannot be wiped from your recovery menu. COOK'S ROM WIPE will remove it.

I'm curious, what exactly does this script wipe that cannot be wiped from CWM Recovery?

mr-cook · Mar 11, 2013 at 5:00 PM

mattdm said:
I'm curious, what exactly does this script wipe that cannot be wiped from CWM Recovery?

Preload.

Sent from my SGH-S959G

mattdm · Mar 11, 2013 at 5:17 PM

mr-cook said:
Preload.

Huh. I've always been able to wipe format Preload from Recovery.

mr-cook · Mar 11, 2013 at 5:33 PM

mattdm said:
Huh. I've always been able to wipe format Preload from Recovery.

I believe there's only one kernel with that option
in CWM. Which makes this a valuable tool, besides being easier and faster when flashing a new ROM.

mr-cook said:
I'm just trying to make everyone's life a little easier. If you're one of the people who prefer to do it manually, Please keep your comments to yourself. Thanks.

This ^ is quoted directly from the OP.
Any more sarcasm, or flaming will be reported!

Sent from my SGH-S959G

mattdm · Mar 11, 2013 at 5:59 PM

mr-cook said:
I believe there's only one kernel with that option
in CWM. Which makes this a valuable tool, besides being easier and faster when flashing a new ROM.

This ^ is quoted directly from the OP.
Any more sarcasm, or flaming will be reported!

Easy there, my posts weren't sarcasm, and I haven't flamed you. I was just trying to find out if there really was something the script could do that I couldn't do. Purely academic.

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