[Q] Complete wipe

[bigblue95z]

Back in the Cappy days, before I'd flash a ROM I'd always use the OneClick back to stock and do a master clear. Always gave me piece of mind that there wasn't anything lingering around that's going to jack up my ROM flash. I really don't use that many apps and can dump my pix/music/vids back on with a quick drag and drop so it wasn't a process. Is there an equivalent of a 'Master Clear' for the SGSII? I'm pretty sure all it did was do a format of the internal SD, so is the CWM format just the same?

 

[TOA Duck]

Yes. I always do a factory reset plus clear cache. If you do those before you flash it you will be good to go.

It doesn't delete any files from the USB storage.

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[bigblue95z]

Right, but I want to wipe all user data too. Can CWM do the same thing that the ODIN OneClick Master Clear did?

 

[Pirateghost]

Right, but I want to wipe all user data too. Can CWM do the same thing that the ODIN OneClick Master Clear did?

master clear is not necessary.

in CWM, if you select:
wipe data/factory reset
that will wipe all of your /data and /cache partition

you can format SD card also, but it is not needed.
there is nothing outside of /data, /cache, dalvik cache, and /system that could 'mess' with your newly installed rom.

/system will get wiped when you load a new rom, and every rom script should include formatting dalvik-cache as part of the procedure. wiping data should be up to the user, because if moving from version 1.2 to 1.3 of the same rom, there should be no need to format data.....

the cappy (GS1) was different. the one click to stock was to reset the partitioning scheme that voodoo performed and to set the filesystem back to factory for the next rom flash.

with the GS2, samsung realized that RFS was a horrible filesystem and they went with the standard EXT style formatting. one click and master clear are a thing of the past now. you can try to justify the 'want' for a master clear, but i can assure you, nothing is lingering that can jack with your flash

 

[bigblue95z]

master clear is not necessary.

in CWM, if you select:
wipe data/factory reset
that will wipe all of your /data and /cache partition

you can format SD card also, but it is not needed.
there is nothing outside of /data, /cache, dalvik cache, and /system that could 'mess' with your newly installed rom.

/system will get wiped when you load a new rom, and every rom script should include formatting dalvik-cache as part of the procedure. wiping data should be up to the user, because if moving from version 1.2 to 1.3 of the same rom, there should be no need to format data.....

the cappy (GS1) was different. the one click to stock was to reset the partitioning scheme that voodoo performed and to set the filesystem back to factory for the next rom flash.

with the GS2, samsung realized that RFS was a horrible filesystem and they went with the standard EXT style formatting. one click and master clear are a thing of the past now. you can try to justify the 'want' for a master clear, but i can assure you, nothing is lingering that can jack with your flash

Good point about the file system difference. Just remember stuff not acting right jumping from ROM to ROM with the Cappy and wanted to avoid that on the SGSII. Thanks for the info.

 

[kamots]

master clear is not necessary.

in CWM, if you select:
wipe data/factory reset
that will wipe all of your /data and /cache partition

you can format SD card also, but it is not needed.
there is nothing outside of /data, /cache, dalvik cache, and /system that could 'mess' with your newly installed rom.

/system will get wiped when you load a new rom, and every rom script should include formatting dalvik-cache as part of the procedure. wiping data should be up to the user, because if moving from version 1.2 to 1.3 of the same rom, there should be no need to format data.....

the cappy (GS1) was different. the one click to stock was to reset the partitioning scheme that voodoo performed and to set the filesystem back to factory for the next rom flash.

with the GS2, samsung realized that RFS was a horrible filesystem and they went with the standard EXT style formatting. one click and master clear are a thing of the past now. you can try to justify the 'want' for a master clear, but i can assure you, nothing is lingering that can jack with your flash

You are awesome dude! Just got my s2 last night and spent a majority of it going through forums trying to find an Odin one clickk to stock like the cappy had. Was nervousness about rooting and flashing cause of the flash counter deal, and if I Bork my phone, how to get it back to the original condition. I still have a ton of reading to do. But I feel better after reading posts like these very informative:-D


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[Edgarhighman]

You are awesome dude! Just got my s2 last night and spent a majority of it going through forums trying to find an Odin one clickk to stock like the cappy had. Was nervousness about rooting and flashing cause of the flash counter deal, and if I Bork my phone, how to get it back to the original condition. I still have a ton of reading to do. But I feel better after reading posts like these very informative:-D


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$1.25 jig, Root/ wipe cache, wipe data/factory reset > install ROM/CWM/kernel etc. happy times.