[Mod][Utility] Wiping Tools - Simple and Fast

[upndwn4par]

Attached are three recovery flashable wiping tools I use when doing my work.

I find them to be incredibly useful tools that save some power button & volume rocker mashing, and time.

Wipe Cache and Dalvik - Wipes Cache and Dalvik (duh!)
Useful for:
-Flashing GApps
-Resolving app issues


Wipe Full - Wipes Cache, Dalvik, Data, and System
-Wipes just about all data except internal sd card
-Stops just short of a factory reset (does not wipe media)
-Useful for flashing ROMs within a type (e.g. going from one CM ROM to another CM ROM)


Wipe Full Factory Reset - Wipes Cache, Dalvik, Data, System, and internal sd card
-Useful when going from one ROM type to another (e.g. going from CM to TW)

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This is the part of the updater-script that selectively wipes /data in case anyone wants to add this to their ROM:

delete_recursive("/data/dalvik-cache");
delete_recursive("/data/app");
delete_recursive("/data/app-asec");
delete_recursive("/data/app-private");
delete_recursive("/data/backup");
delete_recursive("/data/data");
delete_recursive("/data/drm");
delete_recursive("/data/log");
delete_recursive("/data/misc");
delete_recursive("/data/property");
delete_recursive("/data/system");
delete_recursive("/data/time");
delete_recursive("/data/user");

Changing the code above to the code below effectively performs a factory reset
(look at /data/media and you will see your internal sd card)

delete_recursive("/data");

As Always - Flash at your own risk!

 

[prochargedls2]

First! And am trying it* now

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[w8setter]

This would be nice as long as it doesn't do what the other wipe zips did posted awhile back....

 

[upndwn4par]

This would be nice as long as it doesn't do what the other wipe zips did posted awhile back....

I use these all the time. There should be no problems.

The only possible issue is that there are additional Sprint specific folders in /data that should be deleted as well to complete the wiping process.

What happened with the other wipe zips?

 

[fabzbear]

Um read the post and the part where it says wipe everything except internal sd......does this mean it'll wipe external sd as well or not?

Also does this wipes Sprint specific files and if it does what's the repercussion?

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[upndwn4par]

Um read the post and the part where it says wipe everything except internal sd......does this mean it'll wipe external sd as well or not?

Also does this wipes Sprint specific files and if it does what's the repercussion?

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Full Wipe is just like a factory reset, except it does not wipe your internal sd card. And like a factory reset, this will not wipe your external sd card. As shown in the OP it only wipes files in /data.

The repercussions are effectively the same as a factory reset you would perform in recovery.

 

[upndwn4par]

I added a full wipe with factory reset zip to the OP and updated the post to reflect the changes.

 

[Jfree3000]

I use these all the time. There should be no problems.

The only possible issue is that there are additional Sprint specific folders in /data that should be deleted as well to complete the wiping process.

What happened with the other wipe zips?

There was a previous mod created by someone who just kind of copied and pasted and the wipe actually wiped some serious items that caused the phone to brick. I don't remember what it actually wiped (partition I think) but it was very important to the phone, it was eventually fixed but there were a lot of angry people with shiny new paperweights instead of phones.

 

[upndwn4par]

There was a previous mod created by someone who just kind of copied and pasted and the wipe actually wiped some serious items that caused the phone to brick. I don't remember what it actually wiped (partition I think) but it was very important to the phone, it was eventually fixed but there were a lot of angry people with shiny new paperweights instead of phones.

Hopefully one of the local devs that you guys trust will stop by and give these zips the all clear.

Otherwise you will be without some handy tools.

 

[VikingoRMCF]

Can any dev's confirm, yet

¡Puta Barca!

 

[upndwn4par]

Can any dev's confirm, yet

¡Puta Barca!

You already tried them when you flashed CSROM.

 

[VikingoRMCF]

Cool, then I can say it works great!

Thank you!

 

[DatDude123]

There was a previous mod created by someone who just kind of copied and pasted and the wipe actually wiped some serious items that caused the phone to brick. I don't remember what it actually wiped (partition I think) but it was very important to the phone, it was eventually fixed but there were a lot of angry people with shiny new paperweights instead of phones.

I remember that.....good memory. Thanks for these brother.

D

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[vipergtsr6]

I just wanted to confirm that when I was switching from Paranoid Android (CM10 based ROM) to Galaxy S fre3 2.34d (TW based ROM), I was left with about 2.5GB of internal space because the wipe options in recovery were not wiping properly.

I successfully used the factory reset zip and then flashed a new ROM and now have 11.65GB available on internal storage.

THANKS OP!

 

[orlzzt]

Thanks to the OP for his work. Now, stupid "user who doesn't know anything" question;

Some instructions and videos say to use the "format" function (e.g.; format system format cache, etc)

In the command code: what is different between a "wipe" and a "format"?

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[mcluvin1065]

I would try this but im old school hehe

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[banccalif]

Just what i needed, it works flawlessly

 

[edisonalvarez]

I was running a CM M1 nightly and wanted to update I used the wrote and factory reset zip and it wiped my entire internal memory...

I'm not sure why this happened I used this zip before without issue but it sucked getting phone restored and trying to in delete at least pictures on the phone.

I noticed that the least couple of nightlies is creating a folder called 0 and moving all directories there. Not sure if that had anything to do with it.

I just wanted to share not complaining. Thanks! :beer:

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[Custodian]

I was running a CM M1 nightly and wanted to update I used the wrote and factory reset zip and it wiped my entire internal memory...

I'm not sure why this happened I used this zip before without issue but it sucked getting phone restored and trying to in delete at least pictures on the phone.

I noticed that the least couple of nightlies is creating a folder called 0 and moving all directories there. Not sure if that had anything to do with it.

I just wanted to share not complaining. Thanks! :beer:

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Lolololol sucks for you.

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[upndwn4par]

I was running a CM M1 nightly and wanted to update I used the wrote and factory reset zip and it wiped my entire internal memory...

I'm not sure why this happened I used this zip before without issue but it sucked getting phone restored and trying to in delete at least pictures on the phone.

I noticed that the least couple of nightlies is creating a folder called 0 and moving all directories there. Not sure if that had anything to do with it.

I just wanted to share not complaining. Thanks! :beer:

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Sorry you lost your files.

The factory reset zip does perform a factory reset. That is what it is supposed to do.

Are you sure you didn't use the full wipe before?

I always store my important stuff on my external sd card so this can't happen. I also keep the factory reset zip in a separate folder so I can't use it by accident (I've done that before).

And yes, the CM 10.1 ROMs will create the "0" folder (which is for profiles) and will also usually create new (often multiple) sdcard0 folders.