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[Galaxy S III General] ammad368:
One last thing , if i do megawipe , how should i install ROM , u said that all data will be wipped after megawipe and phone will not restart , so how should i install ROM thru recovery ?

Is recovery mode will work after megawipe or not ?
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Recovery will work after Megawipe..put the ROM zip on your external SDcard..
[Galaxy S III General] isurukdniss:
Very useful tool. I've super wiped my phone using this tool. Thanks :good:
[Galaxy S III General] itrice:
hi, I want to perform a megawipe for some problems on my S3

Currently I have the Wanam 6.6 rom with Aroma installer and after megawipe I would like to reflash the same rom.

When done is necessary fix permission on CWM?

sorry for my english I m italian
[Galaxy S III General] NMEAGENT:
Does this work on Verizon gs3?

Sent from my AnthraX infected, AxisM running GSIII
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
No it will not work on verizon s3..however some one might have ported it for you phone.. Check in that forum..

If not than of you can provide me with a recovery.log file from cache/recovery from your device.. I can try to work on it..
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
This zip has no connection with the rom you want to use after the wipe.. However you should fix permissions if you encounter problems such as app crashes.. But I don't think you need to do that straight away
[Galaxy S III General] R3CKL355:
Anyone try it with TWRP?
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Yes it will work with twrp
[Galaxy S III General] Primokorn:
The links don't work anymore. Please update them. :D
[Galaxy S III General] NMEAGENT:
Zoot1 I PMed you a link to last_log for VZW port

Sent from my AnthraX infected, AxisM running GSIII
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
All links are working perfectly, just checked now...
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Hi, Try this zip on you Verizon S3..

Before hand create a Nandroid and I am not responsible as always for anything that happens..

http://d-h.st/ovu
[Galaxy S III General] NMEAGENT:
Thanks! I will try as soon as I get the time which is most likely during the weekend

Sent from my AnthraX infected, AxisM running GSIII
[Galaxy S III General] i2oLLCaGe:
Thanks for sharing!!

Will test on my next Flash!!
[Galaxy S III General] deadman13:
Hi, do I need to remove my extsdcard? If I using megawipe. I don't want my extsdcard to be wiped.:confused:
[Galaxy S III General] mchu6am4:
In my experience it only wipes internal memory card... I have the file stored on the external sd card where I run it from....
[Galaxy S III General] arigius:
Thanks for this utilities that make us the flash fans live much easier.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] nawesi07:
after using "megawipe" and reflashing a stock rom by odin, will my binary custom Counter be back at "0"?
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
The counter is not touched by this tool.. Use Triangle Away by [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] to make the counter 0...you can do it either before or after using this zip
[Galaxy S III General] Pretzel Kleo:
extSdCard is not touched by this tool... only Internal.
[Galaxy S III General] milupiti:
Thanks for this great tool ! It's make the life more life companion :thumbup:
[Galaxy S III General] SavanTorian:
maybe im stupid, or somethimg else, but ... in your zipfiles ...

megawipe, simple wipeand factory reset... NO bashfiles , only about 140k on devhost...

in your aroma file only "superwipe" directory....

where's the rest?!

thx ;)
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
The script is in the updater-script.. You will find it inside the Meta-inf folder..
[Galaxy S III General] SavanTorian:
thx :good:
[Galaxy S III General] sachs:
Megawipe work in S2?
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
I had made a version for S2..

http://d-h.st/z73

Try this and tell me whether it worked..it is for I9100

Also, dont forget to backup everything..
[Galaxy S III General] melvois:
Will this work with 19305 model S3?

Will this megawipe work for 19305T model S3?

If not, is there anything I can install that will format / wipe my phone back to bare bones because so far, all wipes (performed in CWM and in settings options) have not deleted old files relating to old apps I once had.
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
No, it will not work..

If you can give me the mount points..I can make one..look for recovery.log or last.log in /cache/recovery
[Galaxy S III General] melvois:
All good

It does not work. I found this answer about 10 pages back.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] Unghiutza:
Oooook, so I did a MegaWipe without reading more into the thread, now I guess I need to flash a new firmware right? Download http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1835931 atm, and flashing it afterwards. After I do this, it will all be ok right? :P

After some "hard work" I flashed the LEAKED 4.2.2 firmware, then rooted the phone again. Now it works. Just a tip, IF YOU ARE AN IDIOT LIKE ME, STOP BEING ONE :))

EDIT: Hahahahaha, I DID IT AGAIN =))))))))))))))))) atleast I have all the files needed for a fast comeback :D
[Galaxy S III General] Campello:
Hi All!

Can I use megawipe and then install the new ROM via Odin?

ty and sorry for my noob question.
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Yes.. You can..
[Galaxy S III General] ktmbikerman:
Thanks... I'm going to give this a try to clean things up after coming from stock, via 4.2.2 to CM10 with some dual boot also thrown in the mix... too much duplication going on in the file system.
[Galaxy S III General] ocaldini:
hello

I always used your tools on my I9300, they are perfect.

Now I have S4 I9505, will we have these wonderful tools for this device too?

regards
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Sorry man.. I can make one but I cannot guarantee its success as I don't have a S4.. I have no way of testing it...
[Galaxy S III General] Chlorophyll:
sir which SDCARD u mean?

sir pls tel .which sdcard it gonna format?is that INTERNAL or EXTERNAL SDCARD?
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
It will wipe your internal sdcard.. None of the zips touch the external sdcard..
[Galaxy S III General] Chlorophyll:
pls give me confirmation

sir now am gonna do MEGA WIPE.pls give me ur confirmation

now 1st i wil copy firmware file which is a TAR file on to my sdcard.already copied mega wipe zip file too

enter into recovery mode n flash this file.everything ERASED NOW.

now my doubt is here.

here i shouldnt do reboot .right??as al da system files also wiwped out.so after wipinf without reboot i have to flash that stock firmware TAR file in recovery via sdcard right??

pls correct me if was wrong..wil be waiting fr ur reply.am ready to do it now
[Galaxy S III General] chrismast:
put mega wipe and your ROM on the EXTERNAL SD card.

flash mega wipe via CWM

after that go on with the ROM flashing as usual, without reboot in between
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
^^ What he said.. Also CWM is used to flash zip files not tar files so make sure you have a ROM in zip format on your external sdcard before you start MegaWiping..

Good luck!
[Galaxy S III General] nigal9981:
Will we have problem if we use mega wipe two times per week. ok ok! not always..... but when a new rom is out!!! sometimes in one week we have to new versions of a rom!!!! so is it a problem??
[Galaxy S III General] Primokorn:
Why it could be a problem?You can use Mega wipes and flash custom Roms every day without any problem. :)
[Galaxy S III General] Pretzel Kleo:
LoL... One time I Megawiped my cellphone 17 times between 1 - 3 hours in the same day! I never had any issue and trust me... I'm not joking, this is 100% safe! just keep a Custom Rom in .zip format into your External SdCard :)

Enviado desde Samsung Galaxy S3 con Omega v43.5 & Boeffla v2.12b8 usando Tapatalk 4.
[Galaxy S III General] williammei:
thanks very much. it's a good zip to wipe my phone.:D
[Galaxy S III General] aeonix_05:
Sorry for a very noob question. Does megawipe also wipe the data in external SD card?

Should I unmount the SD Card before flashing the megawipe?
[Galaxy S III General] Primokorn:
No impact on extsdcard ;)
[Galaxy S III General] nocus:
galaxy S4 I9505

can I use MEGAWIPE on S4?
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Not this one... Send me a PM.. I will send you the link.. Also tell me the device ID of yours..
[Galaxy S III General] adika9:
Hi,did u end up to make a version for i747m?

I would like to use your program

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] ammad368:
[MENTION=4177349]zoot1[/MENTION]: Need the mega wipe for GS2 ....
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Here

As always, backup and be careful..
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
No..not yet..coz I need the mount points..
[Galaxy S III General] janres155:
What do I need to use if I'm on 4.1.2 going to 4.2.2 leak?
[Galaxy S III General] Pretzel Kleo:
I recommend Megawipe! ;)
[Galaxy S III General] DiDA™:
MegaWipe and SuperWipe is what i need :D

I will be testing them out and replying back.

EDIT:

Yepp, they work! Thanks Zoot!
[Galaxy S III General] MorphiousGX:
Can this be used with any SGS3? I have a Verizon version
[Galaxy S III General] ekie84:
Yes

Sens from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2 (Luna ROM v2.1beta / Luna Kernel)
[Galaxy S III General] ballmead:
I'm thinking of going back to 4.1.2 from 4.2.2.

I was going to megawipe and reinstall another ROM from my external sd card.

Apart from saving everything I want, is this all I need to do?
[Galaxy S III General] chrismast:
mega wipe will kill anything anyway (besides external SD of course), hence I guess that is all to do.
[Galaxy S III General] Samzter:
nice post man :good:
[Galaxy S III General] braders2k:
Does this work for S4? Used this lots on my S3 :)
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
If you have a 9500 ..ping me ..I have the fike but nit posted it yet ..
[Galaxy S III General] jweigel:
horse ispeadd

Will this work on a Verizon S4. I used it all the time on my Verizon Note 2.

Thanks

jjw

ND
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
No, It will not work on Verizon S4..if you have ever used CWM to flash anything then go into you /cache/recovery folder and give me the recovery.log from there..
[Galaxy S III General] jweigel:
Looking for the file

I have TWRP on this S4. Tried to find the file using ES FIle and all Cache folders are empty.

Do I need to have CWM to create the log file????

jjw
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Well I have seen this happening with CWM ..however in TWRP as well you can have a look at the log..It is somewhere in the menu..
[Galaxy S III General] ifzaal305:
reset IMEI and serial

Will MEGAWIPE reset the EFS partition so that it will bring back my original IMEI and serial???

currently IMEI is null

serial in 00000000000
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
No. With that state of IMEI a service repair is inevitable unless you did a EFS Backup to restore it.
[Galaxy S III General] linkisoc:
I've an S4 i9505, I'd like to use this too but don't know how to PM on here - can you PM me and send me a download link if possible ?

Thank you
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Sorry mate I don't own that phone so if you want to have it on your phone you will have to provide me with the mount points particular to your device..

If you are rooted and ever flashed anything with CWM then go inside cache/recovery/last-install.log or recovery.log....copy it to your sdcard and upload it to any file sharing service then either PM me the link or put it here on this thread..

BTW...if you want to PM(Personal Message) someone click on the user name in the resulting screen you will get an option to send a PM.
[Galaxy S III General] Dikster84:
Looks like a great tool to me! :good:

Could u pls make it work with the german S3 GT-I9305 (LTE-version)? Or did I overread something an it does yet?
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
My friend if you want it to work on a different phone.. Please read the post above yours and provide me the required details..
[Galaxy S III General] szunyi77:
Like 'em to me this thing!

Many rom swaps and would be good for me!

Does this mini Gt-I8190 Galaxy s3?
[Galaxy S III General] psydream:
the mega wipe doesn't work i did it 2 times and my mobile phone starts again nomraly with history calls and all my application
[Galaxy S III General] kopicha:
not sure if i really miss something. what is the aroma installer for? since the instruction only said flash the said zip in cwm?
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
That is strange ...can you please provide last_log from /cache/recovwry

Aroma has all the wipes together ...you choose which you want during flashing ..
[Galaxy S III General] angelshie:
Hello guys...apologize for this noob question...

...after Megawipe, does odin recognized the phone?

....sorry no time to backread...

....thanks
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Yes!
[Galaxy S III General] bigchrizzieboy:
4.3 support?

Hi,

I'm having some problems with my phone.

I'm flashing much at the time with the new CM10.2 roms :)

- SD card is not recognized by the ROM's

- Can't install some apps, there seems to be some data left after wiping, flashing

- Even titanium Backup freezes with the apps i can't install (so i can't restore them)

Things i've tried:

- in CWM Factory/Reset (install new rom)

- formated my external SD card

- Removed the data from my phone manually (through computer, file explorer)

- Run the aroma installer from this thread and tried mega-wipe

I've still got problems. I just want to erase everything, even the rom, etc.

I've got a backup from everything so i can start from scratch!

Any suggestions???

THANKS!
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
If you are already running MegaWipe then everything is already being deleted...The problems you are facing maybe due to the ROM you have flashed..Some apps may be incompatible with it...the developers will have to update their apps...
[Galaxy S III General] psycoxl:
I have a problem. When i use megawipe i can't install my rom. I says error can't find .../data etc so it can't find any directories which is logical cause there aren't any. Anyway to fix this?

grtz,

Michiel
[Galaxy S III General] woooson:
Change your directory in recovery use philztoolz ;)
[Galaxy S III General] mandarkcn0:
worked like a charm :) thanks for this wonderful tool :)
[Galaxy S III General] angelshie:
...am using this tool now everytime i flashed a new rom.

..always use Mega Wipe..:good:
[Galaxy S III General] deepnx:
Very nice tool ... used megawipe and installed rom ...
[Galaxy S III General] mrmagicm:
Questions

hello,

Thx for these scripts there are so useful!

Can someone give a link for philztoolz? What does it do exactly? (thanks for the guy before me not explaining anything)

Also a Simple question, Why not create an APK with the 4 wipe that would worked under Android??

Meaning, if you choose to do a Megawipe, it would reboot the script and wipe everything.

Anyone know a to create an APK that does this from your scripts??

Also, why not an APK that allows to go to download mode by rebooting and been able to launch it even under a non ROOTED Device?? haven't find this :crying:

Anybody know this??
[Galaxy S III General] ianarellano:
is this still working>? :confused: i want to super wipe my internal sd so i can delete all unwanted files.
[Galaxy S III General] chrismast:
Yes
[Galaxy S III General] ianarellano:
Will it work with philz recovery?
[Galaxy S III General] chrismast:
yes, using it all the time.
[Galaxy S III General] ianarellano:
mega wipe done. thank you!! :good:
[Galaxy S III General] HorstiG:
I have in Philz Touch an Option Wipe to install a new ROM .

Is this a difference to your Method?

Horst Galaxy S3
[Galaxy S III General] Ricky Divjakovski:
im pretty sure this should be in the android general section, if you must have busybox installed it is compatible with all phones if you mount via busybox?
[Galaxy S III General] ttxxaa:
does MegaWipe format the external sd ?

i have sd card cannot be formatted in pc and i need a tool to delete every thing ?
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
philz recovery mounts and storage format ext sd
[Galaxy S III General] ttxxaa:
I tried before with touch recovery but give me error message "the card cannot be formatted" :(
[Galaxy S III General] wog81:
Is this only for the S3, or can this be used on a Note 2? Thx in advance!
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
There is one for Note 2 in the corresponding sub forum.. Check there

In recovery more than Lindsay Lohan!
[Galaxy S III General] Ricky Divjakovski:
Why don't you mount with busybox and make this for all phones?
[Galaxy S III General] pradeeprox:
one of the best tools ever hands down

with my OCD of cleaning ..i cant stop praising this wonderful app
[Galaxy S III General] sandman795:
I don't know your experience with Linux, but Linux can fix any type of hard drive or external storage using secure wipe.

Did it the other day using magic partition.
[Galaxy S III General] pedropenduko:
you mean sir ROM = FIRMWARE right?
[Galaxy S III General] alexbox369:
Thanks for this.
[Galaxy S III General] Mord0rr:
Saw, download, use and rule.

Megaeasy:good:
[Galaxy S III General] MuerteDiablo:
Simpel and easy to use.

I had around 5GB of data that I could not find or delete from my internal sdcard but the mega wipe took care of it all!

After a brand new install of the rom I have(directly after install) around 10GB free.

I would recommend this to everybody who wants to clean their phone once in a time!
[Galaxy S III General] cleciooc:
Mega wipe erases micro sd?
[Galaxy S III General] BioVolt:
No, it erases internal memory, not external.
[Galaxy S III General] cleciooc:
Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] masze:
[request]

We this to n9005, please!

:)
[Galaxy S III General] ianarellano:
if I flash cm 10.2 after a mega wipe. will I still have the modem I was using before the wipe? or will i lose my imei?
[Galaxy S III General] wadado:
Request "how to use" instructions

Just don't want to get stuck......

I will appreciate step by step instructions of using megawipe and installing a new rom from ext sd using Philz recovery.

+ there is a download link for aroma installer on 1st page....does that mean the the megawipe download does not come packed with aroma installer?
[Galaxy S III General] bender_007:
Either you download one of the 4 "wipe scripts" or you download the 5th one (with aroma..), it let's you choose 1,2,3,4 (which one you want.)..

By reading the few first posts you might notice that it's better not to restart after installing the "mega wipe", before you install the rom.. :)

read, read, read
[Galaxy S III General] chrismast:
Read instructions :), download as mentioned the mega wipe or aroma zip, flash mega wipe, have your rom on external sd, don't restart after mega wipe, stay in recovery and flash rom, that's it.
[Galaxy S III General] wadado:
avoiding mistakes

Q: after flashing the mega zip, will I automatically return to recovery so that I will be able to proceed with rom installation?:confused:
[Galaxy S III General] chrismast:
Yes, like with most flashable zips you will stay in recovery (at least using Philz, don't know about others as I am only using Philz)
[Galaxy S III General] bender_007:
Yap. It will stay in recovery.
[Galaxy S III General] ianarellano:
guys help me. im using omega rom atm. i want to try slimbean. if I flash mega wipe and then flash slim rom. will the modem I am using on omega will retain on my system or do I need to flash modem?
[Galaxy S III General] chrismast:
Mega wipe or any other wipe will not affect modems.

As slim comes without modem, you will keep yours.

Sent from my Nexus 7 (2013)
[Galaxy S III General] ianarellano:
thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] PIRATA!:
I am about to move from a 4.1.2 rom to a 4.3 rom and would like to completely be free from any problem regarding old installations, so I think I'll better go for the MegaWipe....but what about the counter/triangle things? Should I them do something about it?? How can I fix the triangle away thing??

EDIT:

After MegaWipe, will I still have my CWM?? I would like to know if I will be easily able to flash zip from external_sd...

Thank you.
[Galaxy S III General] ekie84:
Yes you still have CWM and yes you can flash it from external sdcard

Send from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2 (Temasek CM11 v3 / 3.0.101 Yank-lu-CM11-v1.6g-beta1)
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Hi, your question is already answered and i managed to find your post :good:

Now, to answer it again. Use Megawipe but please make a Nandroid backup on your external SD card first. Backup your EFS somewhere safe. Put the ROM to be flashed on the external SD card.

You will still have CWM after the flash as recovery is a separate partition which is not touched by the script. Regarding Triangle away you will have to use Chainfire's TA app.

Hope it answers your query, do let me know if you have more questions.

:laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] romskii:
Non of the scripts touch the external sd, right?

tapatalked with Nexus S3 :cool:
[Galaxy S III General] chrismast:
no, even mega wipe keeps external SD
[Galaxy S III General] PIRATA!:
Sorry, I have just read your message and find out you replied me.

I have already backuped my EFS and placed new rom (that is flashable from CWM) on my external_sd card.

I haven't gimme any Nandroid backup as i just want to erase everything. I was considering that if my flash goes wrong, I will flash a stock rom using Odin, and then repeat the CWM flash of my rom.

About TriangleAway...when should I use it? Just after first boot of new rom flashed after your MegaWipe, right?
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
You can flash a stock rom using ODIN.. Once you have booted onto your new ROM.. You can use TA
[Galaxy S III General] Okom3pom:
Good work

;) Thx
[Galaxy S III General] Pyrolectic13:
From the OP I think you are referring to "Superwipe". Mega wipe WILL wipe everything, making the phone like new, very useful if you move between very different roms all the time.
[Galaxy S III General] sarbe:
Thanks zoot1, will come in handy.
[Galaxy S III General] Pyrolectic13:
Just gotta say thanks again, these scripts, as simple as they are, make life so much simpler when moving between roms, particularly from ICS to JB and back.

Cheers dude!

Sent from my FoxHound powered S3. Awe
[Galaxy S III General] loomis:
thanks for this great tool, how about wiping preload? in mega wipe as well?
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
Just to make sure, If I want to do a megawipe I flash this then, Boot into recovery and flash rom from ext sd card and then reboot? <<< that pretty much it?
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Ya thats it..just flash the ROM after you flash this..beware it will wipe your sdcard data also..
[Galaxy S III General] sebarkh:
Tomorrow I will make a zip that will do gigawipe!! Lol. It will explode your phone! :)

Sent from my Galaxy SIII
[Galaxy S III General] hazri1974:
Can u make it the following action :

1. Wipe data /cache/dalvik cache

2. Format System/Data/Cache/Preload

But internal Sdcard still remain untouched.....like what i always did in CWM....so my zip rom including photos, media and etc still there after flashing new rom....

Thank you for ur hard work...
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
You can use my SimpleWipe script it does the same..
[Galaxy S III General] lampz:
=)))

damn so sad i cant install files from my external SD card.. using CWM 6.0.012..

better to be back at 5.0
[Galaxy S III General] daraj:
Shoot!! Im assuming you dont have external sd card???? IF you have just take it out of the phone into the computer, load the desired rom then put it back in and choose flash from ext sd card.

If you dont have external sd card. trying booting into download mode and use odin to flash. ( im not sure if odin works after the megawipe) but its something to consider.
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
You are now in awkward position.. I had said in the op that you need to have a rom to flash on the ext card to flash after you wipe.. Now you have 2 options

Either take your ext card and use card reader or another phone and put the rom on that card.. Put it back and flash

Other wise flash a firmware via odin..

Both will work.. You don't have to worry..

Sent from someone in the Milky Way
[Galaxy S III General] loomis:
Hi zoot1, it seems like it does not wipe preload while using mega wipe, it only format System/Data/Cache, did not shows that it format Preload, can you add that for mega wipe? it make things so convenient and can't go without it now a day, really amazing... :)