Fully Wipe internal Storage and flash new Rom from Pc

[galaxys3lover]

Hey guys, I just wanted to know if there is any way by which I could completely wipe the internal memory and flash a rom, kernel etc straight from the PC through USB? Also If someone could recommend a Rom and gapps (xposed user) it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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[galaxys3lover]

Edit : I don't necessarily have to flash from the PC, I just want to completely wipe the Internal memory before flashing a new Rom coz of viruses. Thank you

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[FSadino]

You have that option on Twrp.
Wipe -> Advanced -> Choose all partitions including internal storage

If you to Instal new rom from PC, you have to use fastboot but you can use USB otg to

 

[galaxys3lover]

You have that option on Twrp.
Wipe -> Advanced -> Choose all partitions including internal storage

If you to Instal new rom from PC, you have to use fastboot but you can use USB otg to

But if I choose Internal storage from TWRP won't the rom and gapps get erased too?

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[br0adband]

Well yes that would happen, you'd delete the files you put on the internal storage so, when you do the "full" wipe in TWRP using the Advanced wipe option, select everything except the internal storage which will leave those files located there intact.

 

[galaxys3lover]

Well yes that would happen, you'd delete the files you put on the internal storage so, when you do the "full" wipe in TWRP using the Advanced wipe option, select everything except the internal storage which will leave those files located there intact.

I understand but I want to wipe the internal storage too , is there a way for me to flash the files from the PC through recovery?

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[br0adband]

No, there's not really much you can do at that point since you'd be cleaning out any content there you'd need to redo the phone back to a functional state. The only types of ROMs you can flash directly in fastboot mode are pretty much the factory CyanogenOS ones from what I can tell, those are the only ones provided as actual partition images, the rest are designed to be installed through recovery, even OxygenOS comes in a recovery flashable form (the last one for the OPO, 2.1.4).

Well there's one possible way: using an OTG USB stick with the ROM files on that, it might work but I can't say for certain it will. You could do the full wipe including the internal storage, use the file manager in TWRP to copy the ROM from the OTG USB stick back to internal storage then flash, maybe.

 

[FSadino]

Just put all the files you need on pen drive, wipe all partitions including internal storage, plug pen drive through otg cable and flash everything you need

 

[Mr.Ak]

Edit : I don't necessarily have to flash from the PC, I just want to completely wipe the Internal memory before flashing a new Rom coz of viruses. Thank you

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[Doomerts]

I just wipe and transfer the ROM/Gapps/addons from my PC while still in recovery.

This has always worked fine with my Oneplus One. My Note 5 and Galaxy Tab S2 will not be detected by my PC in recovery.

 

[darshiz]

ADB sideload the ROM after erasing the Internal Storage

 

[galaxys3lover]

I just wipe and transfer the ROM/Gapps/addons from my PC while still in recovery.

This has always worked fine with my Oneplus One. My Note 5 and Galaxy Tab S2 will not be detected by my PC in recovery.

Thank you. Is there a tool to do that? I remember having a tool to do that for the S3.

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[Doomerts]

Thank you. Is there a tool to do that? I remember having a tool to do that for the S3.

euh, Windows explorer?

I don't use a tool at all. I plug in the USB cable, computer goes "pling", I drag and drop files from my computer into the phone's folder and done.

If you can't do this I'm not really even sure where to begin to find out why I can and you can't. Try just, going into recovery, plugging your phone into your computer and seeing what happens?

 

[galaxys3lover]

euh, Windows explorer?

I don't use a tool at all. I plug in the USB cable, computer goes "pling", I drag and drop files from my computer into the phone's folder and done.

If you can't do this I'm not really even sure where to begin to find out why I can and you can't. Try just, going into recovery, plugging your phone into your computer and seeing what happens?

My bad , I thought windows woudnt recognize the phone storage while in recovery , I thought i would have to do it through fastboot , i just checked it reads while in recovery ,I will try flashing now , Thanks for your help

 

[Doomerts]

My bad , I thought windows woudnt recognize the phone storage while in recovery , I thought i would have to do it through fastboot , i just checked it reads while in recovery ,I will try flashing now , Thanks for your help

We cool. Good luck!

 

[Thymo]

You could always just format everything through recovery and then either push or sideload the new rom through adb.

 

[keen36]

ADB sideload the ROM after erasing the Internal Storage

this is the right answer

 

[CrazyAndroidFan]

I'm surprised people haven't come up with ADB push yet.
Before wiping everything ADB pull the required files.
Wipe everything from the recovery, and while in recovery, ADB push everything you pulled back to the device.
Profit!

 

[SplifD]

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