[Q] Super wipe

[sixftsix]

Is there a super wipe script for the Atrix? I want to delete all directories before flashing a new rom, so there are no directories from uninstalled apps, logs, etc.

When flashing a new rom I do the typical - wipe Dalvik, erase boot, system, userdata, cache, webtop, and preinstall...

the two super-wipe scripts I have tried were not compatible and exited before executing, and I'm having difficulty finding one.

thanks in advance.

 

[upndwn4par]

Is there a super wipe script for the Atrix? I want to delete all directories before flashing a new rom, so there are no directories from uninstalled apps, logs, etc.

When flashing a new rom I do the typical - wipe Dalvik, erase boot, system, userdata, cache, webtop, and preinstall...

the two super-wipe scripts I have tried were not compatible and exited before executing, and I'm having difficulty finding one.

thanks in advance.

What you normally do is just fine. But if you want something automated, try this.

Edit:
Great, now you got Super Bass stuck in my head!

 

[sixftsix]

thanks for your response.

the script you linked to looks like it is an automated version of the wipe process I was already doing.

this is nice, but I was looking for something that deletes absolutely everything. the wipe process I was using does not delete some directories leftover from uninstalled apps.

 

[upndwn4par]

thanks for your response.

the script you linked to looks like it is an automated version of the wipe process I was already doing.

this is nice, but I was looking for something that deletes absolutely everything. the wipe process I was using does not delete some directories leftover from uninstalled apps.

Wiping with fastboot left directories behind? That is surprising. Where were the directories that weren't deleted and how did you determine that?

 

[sixftsix]

Wiping with fastboot left directories behind? That is surprising. Where were the directories that weren't deleted and how did you determine that?

they were on the internal sdcard... some were directories that were leftover from uninstalled apps that I don't use anymore or don't restore after flashing new roms, some were temp directories that I created for music/movies/whatever. some of them were regular dirs, some were dirs with a period before the dir name (ExampleDir or .ExampleDir)

another example to overexplain, even the "Music" folder still has all my music after the full fastboot wipe process. I thought a super-wipe script would completely format/erase everything so when I flash the new rom and reinstall apps, there is nothing remaining except for the new rom OS files and apps. (so my music folder would be an empty dir after fastboot wipe and flashing a new rom, adobe wouldn't have files and folders everywhere until i restore it with TiBU, etc)

 

[upndwn4par]

they were on the internal sdcard... some were directories that were leftover from uninstalled apps that I don't use anymore or don't restore after flashing new roms, some were temp directories that I created for music/movies/whatever. some of them were regular dirs, some were dirs with a period before the dir name (ExampleDir or .ExampleDir)

another example to overexplain, even the "Music" folder still has all my music after the full fastboot wipe process. I thought a super-wipe script would completely format/erase everything so when I flash the new rom and reinstall apps, there is nothing remaining except for the new rom OS files and apps. (so my music folder would be an empty dir after fastboot wipe and flashing a new rom, adobe wouldn't have files and folders everywhere until i restore it with TiBU, etc)

I have never seen fastboot commands for wiping sdcards. You can either delete the folders manually with a file explorer (recommended), factory reset (not CWM, but from within a GB ROM), or format the sdcards.

 

[ravilov]

Neither fastboot nor any automatic "full wipe" scripts touch any kind of user storage. That includes both internal EMMC and external SD storage. Those are left entirely for the user to maintain.

 

[sixftsix]

answered my question, thanks! :good:

 

[Kahbrohn]

What you normally do is just fine. But if you want something automated, try this.

Edit:
Great, now you got Super Bass stuck in my head!

+1

Personally did this about an hour ago and worked like a charm.