Formatting system

[matthew0776]

Noob question... What will happen when I format system. What will I lose and keep. Will my internal storage get lost? And will I have to push new rom back to phone via usb transfer. I do understand wiping data, both caches, and system, but what does formatting system do.?

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[Pirateghost]

Your ROM is installed on /system. If you wipe system you wipe the os. It doesn't touch the data or internal storage.

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[MrLifeguard]

Yes,you have to push new rom back to phone via usb transfer!

 

[Zepius]

Yes,you have to push new rom back to phone via usb transfer!

no. no you dont.

wiping /system just erases the /system partition.

 

[matthew0776]

Thanx guys... I think I'm good. System wipe/format system will not erase data. But a data format wipe you lose everything. That's what I thought but wanted to double check so I didn't lose important data.

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