VRBLK1 Full Wipe vs No Wipe in Odin

[droidstyle]

Since the New TouchWiz JellyBean leak dropped, we quickly found out that the Rootdebug method no longer works for rooting...Not a big deal as developers rolled back to our grass roots and used the original Odin method to achieve root. My only issue is with the suggestion to flash a modified No Wipe image of the stock K1 leak...Im not sure if I agree with this. I have dirty flashed with Odin in the past and things appeared to work fine on ICS, but stepping up to JellyBean seems to be different!

Point is since the leak has dropped many folks complain of media server causing battery drain, I was one of them. So I decided to odin back to stock using the rooted FULL WIPE VRBLK1 version by Mr. Robinson...and I have had substantially less battery drain!!! Battery life is currently at 15hrs with 65% left...2 hrs screen on.

I would suggest to anybody that flashed a no wipe image in odin and is having issues with media server draining the battery, and/or any other issues appear, try flashing the FULL WIPE version! As others have said, I believe the problem is a corrupted file on the internal sd causing the issue. Also a few other small issues I was having appears to be fixed, such as touch screen being unresponsive at times...also gps seems to lock faster. Anybody else noticing the same??

 

[countryfolk07]

This is interesting. I did the no wipe to the newest leak and I felt it was horrible. Battery for me was not as good and the phone was always hotter. So I went back to J1 leak. If I get time I might try the full wipe version of the newest leak. Try the theory out.

As an addition, my CPU was always acting crazy. Random low frequency locks (would not ramp up). Sometimes it would stay high, probably the cause of the warm phone. And weird battery drain from the system I just could not explain.

Thanks for this and as I said I'll try fresh after the weekend. Holiday weekend is my family time.

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[Marcismo55]

I know this is somewhat off topic so I apologize for derailing....are you guys having any issues with NFC on AOSP ROMs after flashing the leak via Odin?

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[countryfolk07]

I know this is somewhat off topic so I apologize for derailing....are you guys having any issues with NFC on AOSP ROMs after flashing the leak via Odin?

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I've only flashed an AOSP once. That was the last time. Too choppy, and i like my TW features. So, to answer your question, I don't know.

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[logan_001]

I did full wipe and everything is great except gps.

 

[jank0023]

I did a no wipe version moving from J1 to K1, what I saw was the RAM footprint increase by 50%...

I did the full and footprint went back to what I recognized on J1...Barry seems as good or better than J1 too

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[lexluthor]

I did Robinson's no error via Odin and don't have any apparent issues. what should I be looking for?

 

[droidstyle]

I did Robinson's no error via Odin and don't have any apparent issues. what should I be looking for?

Did you use the full wipe or no wipe version in odin? Thats the point of this thread...no wipe seems to be causing a foul odor with media drain and random issues for folks. The full wipe leaves you so fresh and so clean!!

 

[US Marine]

Sorry for sounding like a noob, but what exactly is media drain? Battery use by "media server?"

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[droidstyle]

Sorry for sounding like a noob, but what exactly is media drain? Battery use by "media server?"

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yes

 

[US Marine]

Hmm...I did the no-wipe flash, and I haven't had any issues whatsoever.

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[droidstyle]

Hmm...I did the no-wipe flash, and I haven't had any issues whatsoever.

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Thats good! Im not saying everybody is going to have issues with the no wipe version...most likely its going to be folks that have flashed a bunch of roms and accumulated alot of folders/files on the internal SD. The point is if you are one of the unfortunate folks thats having issues, try the FULL WIPE version.

 

[US Marine]

Thats good! Im not saying everybody is going to have issues with the no wipe version...most likely its going to be folks that have flashed a bunch of roms and accumulated alot of folders/files on the internal SD. The point is if you are one of the unfortunate folks thats having issues, try the FULL WIPE version.

Yeah, I flashed from bone stock the day I got the phone.

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[Ryno77]

My phone seems a little laggy which I did not experience on the first leak. I don't not have the typical problems people have with flashing the no wipe version... That's what I flashed. Thinking of trying a factory reset but this thread makes me wonder if flashing the wipe version might be better? What's the difference though? Both wipe and no wipe are from the same file, right?

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[VigilanteM2]

Question, I did the no wipe version on odin from the stock samsung s3, and now my RAM usage is almost always close to 1 gb. Before on ICS it was like 600 or 700 mb. Is this normal for jelly bean?

 

[droidstyle]

My phone seems a little laggy which I did not experience on the first leak. I don't not have the typical problems people have with flashing the no wipe version... That's what I flashed. Thinking of trying a factory reset but this thread makes me wonder if flashing the wipe version might be better? What's the difference though? Both wipe and no wipe are from the same file, right?

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Full Wipe will repartition the Internal SD and wipe rom data...this will get rid of any corrupted files that reside on the internal. Its the same principal as reformatting and installing windows. Dirty Flashing writes your data over the top of data and nothing else in the internal sd is touched...not saying dirty flashing is bad, I do it alot, but when wierd issues arise, 90% of the time a Full Wipe with Odin fixes things.

 

[droidstyle]

Question, I did the no wipe version on odin from the stock samsung s3, and now my RAM usage is almost always close to 1 gb. Before on ICS it was like 600 or 700 mb. Is this normal for jelly bean?

I believe touchwiz jellybean uses more ram.

 

[buhohitr]

Is the full wipe version included everything like the original Verizon release version? (radio, rom, kernel, bootloader etc...)Thanks.

 

[droidstyle]

Is the full wipe version included everything like the original Verizon release version? (radio, rom, kernel, bootloader etc...)Thanks.

Yep

 

[US Marine]

I have just realized that the hotspot is broken. Every time I try to turn it on, it force closes Settings. Anyone else having this problem?

EDIT: So I downloaded a hotspot toggle widget, and it works fine. I only have a problem if I try to enable hotspot via Settings. Interesting.

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