Questions tagged [formatting]
Preparing storage devices to record data by creating the necessary structures, while potentially existing structures and data are being destroyed. Follow the 'info' link below for more details.
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How to create and use multiple partitions on external SD card with different filesystems (Ext4, exFAT, NTFS)?
I want to create 4 partitions on external MicroSDcard through ADB shell commands, not on Windows or Linux. Also want to show all partitions in Android GUI (SETTINGS > STORAGE > SDCARD) and make them ...
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If I reset my phone, will it also TRIM the fragmented eMMC?
I know that Android supports fstrim but it only works if the phone is idle for a long time while charging. I think my phone is too fragmented and is lacking performance so I want to reset it but I am ...
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Can user data be recovered after formatting and flashing stock ROM?
I am exchanging my old Android L phone for a new one. I have formatted the whole phone including bootloader and flashed its stock ROM using SP Flash Tool twice. I hope my data has been overwritten.
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How to format SD card that has been formatted as internal storage for Android?
I have tried clean all command in Diskpart and it took an hour to be completed but at the end nothing has changed. I think the SD card is locked and when I try to format or re-partition the disk, ...
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How do I find what type of file system is of an attached USB or SD card?
How can I find the file system type of USB drive without using computer? Drive is attached to Android phone and I can see the files in it. I want to know if it is extFAT etc.
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Micro SD card physically damaged?
it seems to me that my sd card is damaged so I wiped/erased it from android few times but it did not help.
Right now what happens is that if the card is present the phone freezes (not always) at the ...
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Can I recover app data after the phone has been Factory Reset?
Without remembering application data, I reset my Galaxy S3 to factory state. Now, I lost data for one expense manager app. Is there any way to recover the data?
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How can I format a flash drive using terminal emulator?
I have a Huawei u8160 running Cyanogenmod 7.2.
I've recently installed the usb host package and some time then I successfully activated the usb host mode.
after that I needed to format a flash drive ...
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Do a total wipe of my device
I have flashed my ROM several times with different ROMS, and sometimes back to stock. I flashed roms, modems, kernels etc.
But the flashing never seems to totally format the device, because the ...
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What really happens during a factory reset? Does it securely erase all data?
When you "factory reset" an android phone, are you formatting the phone storage by securely erasing all data and writing over them with zeroes, or are you simply deleting the files by hiding them from ...
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How to format an SD card directly inside Android?
How can I format an SD card directly inside Android?
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Do you have to reformat an SD Card before you can copy its contents to your PC?
My phone has been stuck in a boot loop and I need to safely retrieve the contents via card-to-PC transfer, then PC-to-new card, then new card-to-phone, etc. I read somewhere on here that you must ...
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64gb SDXC Cards in Galaxy S2, or 64gb SDXC cards where only 32gb supported
I spent hours looking for a solution to my issues with my 64gb Micro SDXC card that my girlfriend purchased me for my birthday.
From what I understand only capacities up to 32gb are officially ...
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Does Android lock my external SD card in a special way so that it is read-only on a PC?
I just got a new 64GB micro SDXC card for my Samsung Galaxy S2.
I had the same one already before, but after 3 years it said goodbye and had to be replaced (I can still read all data, but writing is ...
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Is internal storage formatting harmful?
I have been messing around with my Archos 7 Home Tablet V1, and have currently installed this ROM.
Now when I go to Settings -> SD card & device storage, Total space under SD card is "Unavailable",...
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Format Preloader and reflash (mtk6582) Sp flashtools
The problem is that spflash tools says:
"PTM changed for the ROM: It must be downloaded."
The solutions are, download the preloader.bin (not work for me), and format all + download....
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