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Root wiping

youdoofus

youdoofus

Android Expert
which wipe clears out the sms's you have? it cant be cache or dalvik cache, i know factory reset does it (duh) but is there any othere that do it as well?
 
lmao!!! didnt think of that till just now. hey, wait a minute, didnt you once say that youre not a smart alec? lol jk
 
youdoofus said:
wipe from front to back oh gawd that was bad....
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LOL never go in reverse...

I have no idea where they are, open up sms back up with a archive manager and see what the eff it is doing, may lead you somewhere...?

Well if it isnt in cache or dalvik must be in system or data somewhere...i was surfing around there but had no luck so far in locating them.
 
If anyone can help, Id really appreciate it. I whiped my phone with the intention of pretty much starting fresh, so I dont have much backed up.

I just flashed the latest CM7 via the ROM manager app, but realized i didnt select "add google apps" so now im stuck with no app market. How can I get the Andorid market app back on here? Thanks for any help!
 
BenChase7 said:
If anyone can help, Id really appreciate it. I whiped my phone with the intention of pretty much starting fresh, so I dont have much backed up.

I just flashed the latest CM7 via the ROM manager app, but realized i didnt select "add google apps" so now im stuck with no app market. How can I get the Andorid market app back on here? Thanks for any help!
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Sorry I can't link well on phandroid app but go to the cyanogen wiki and download gapps like 3 7 11 is the latest. Then flash that zip and you'll be good to go
 
SMS is stored in /data/data. Specifically, it's stored in a db file:

/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db

If you know a little SQL, you can even read the file, if you want. Try something like this from the terminal:

sqlite3 com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db "select * from sms where address = '5555555555';"

Just replace the 5s with a number you know you've texted. Obviously, don't just delete this file. If you just want to wipe SMS messages, use something like SMS Backup & Restore. Of course, you could use sql to clean the file, but you'd have to be careful, and know what you're doing. On the other side of the coin, if you ever forgot to backup your SMS messages before flashing a ROM, and want them back, you can use one of the methods I've detailed to extract files from the data.img, then copy this specific file. Make a backup of the old one on your current ROM before copying this one over just in case something breaks. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Oh, and as for gapps, you can get it here.
 
akazabam said:
SMS is stored in /data/data. Specifically, it's stored in a db file:

/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db

If you know a little SQL, you can even read the file, if you want. Try something like this from the terminal:

sqlite3 com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db "select * from sms where address = '5555555555';"

Just replace the 5s with a number you know you've texted. Obviously, don't just delete this file. If you just want to wipe SMS messages, use something like SMS Backup & Restore. Of course, you could use sql to clean the file, but you'd have to be careful, and know what you're doing. On the other side of the coin, if you ever forgot to backup your SMS messages before flashing a ROM, and want them back, you can use one of the methods I've detailed to extract files from the data.img, then copy this specific file. Make a backup of the old one on your current ROM before copying this one over just in case something breaks. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Oh, and as for gapps, you can get it here.
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Lol thanks for linking that
 
akazabam said:
SMS is stored in /data/data. Specifically, it's stored in a db file:

/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db

If you know a little SQL, you can even read the file, if you want. Try something like this from the terminal:

sqlite3 com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db "select * from sms where address = '5555555555';"

Just replace the 5s with a number you know you've texted. Obviously, don't just delete this file. If you just want to wipe SMS messages, use something like SMS Backup & Restore. Of course, you could use sql to clean the file, but you'd have to be careful, and know what you're doing. On the other side of the coin, if you ever forgot to backup your SMS messages before flashing a ROM, and want them back, you can use one of the methods I've detailed to extract files from the data.img, then copy this specific file. Make a backup of the old one on your current ROM before copying this one over just in case something breaks. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Oh, and as for gapps, you can get it here.
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Also thanks for the sms details I would have never crossed that likely but again I wasn't exactly looking :)
 
youdoofus said:
see matt? and you thought a "wiping" thread wasnt any good... lol it ended up helping someone after all!! :P
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Lol fine I'll give you that....damn it I was looking in data/data but I would not have looked telephony

So more directly data wipe would wipe those :)
 
evomattnc said:
Lol fine I'll give you that....damn it I was looking in data/data but I would not have looked telephony

So more directly data wipe would wipe those :)
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Right, yeah, a data wipe would take care of it. Now that I'm thinking about it, though, I suppose you could just delete the file. I wonder if it would get recreated. I mean, when you do a data wipe, you can still boot up, but with a fresh start. Maybe make a nandroid backup, delete the file, boot up, and see what happened. Worth a shot.

EDIT: Oh, and if you've ever got some time, and want to know where various data is stored, you can get a good idea, run something like this:

find /data/data -name *.db

That will give you a list of all db files in /data/data. If you know sql, you can view (and change :p) information in them.
 
akazabam said:
Right, yeah, a data wipe would take care of it. Now that I'm thinking about it, though, I suppose you could just delete the file. I wonder if it would get recreated. I mean, when you do a data wipe, you can still boot up, but with a fresh start. Maybe make a nandroid backup, delete the file, boot up, and see what happened. Worth a shot.

EDIT: Oh, and if you've ever got some time, and want to know where various data is stored, you can get a good idea, run something like this:

find /data/data -name *.db

That will give you a list of all db files in /data/data. If you know sql, you can view (and change :p) information in them.
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Yes be our guinea pig doofus :)
 
akazabam said:
Right, yeah, a data wipe would take care of it. Now that I'm thinking about it, though, I suppose you could just delete the file. I wonder if it would get recreated. I mean, when you do a data wipe, you can still boot up, but with a fresh start. Maybe make a nandroid backup, delete the file, boot up, and see what happened. Worth a shot.

EDIT: Oh, and if you've ever got some time, and want to know where various data is stored, you can get a good idea, run something like this:

find /data/data -name *.db

That will give you a list of all db files in /data/data. If you know sql, you can view (and change :p) information in them.
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Now you're just showing off lol :p
 
evomattnc said:
Wow that was not an intuitive way :) your mind works weird :p jk
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Most genius' are a bit eclectic because their minds tackle problems differently. Folks don't take this the wrong way, but some researchers are starting to believe that history's uber-geniuses were probably autistic in some fassion. My older sister is uber smart, and she was tested and diagnosed with acute Asbergers autism. Shes fine, a little weird, but normal. Autism really is just "different" brain function.

Ok, I went off on a tangent, I'll stop hijacking this thread! :D
 
Granite1 said:
Most genius' are a bit eclectic because their minds tackle problems differently. Folks don't take this the wrong way, but some researchers are starting to believe that history's uber-geniuses were probably autistic in some fassion. My older sister is uber smart, and she was tested and diagnosed with acute Asbergers autism. Shes fine, a little weird, but normal. Autism really is just "different" brain function.

Ok, I went off on a tangent, I'll stop hijacking this thread! :D
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Yeah...i was an odd child, i developed into a functioning adult though. My nephew has been diagnosed in the autistic spectrum. He is more liken to someone with asbergers. It was caught really early and he is very high functioning and will likely be seemingly normal. I only mention myself because its funny how much they point out that the stuff he does are the things i did when i was his age...hell i still cant deal with sticky or odd textures lol :)

His mom works with him a ton though, he has a lot of weird tactile type issues, he had a therapy where he basically wore an elastic type bag all day to help him learn to deal with that "feeling" of things touching him. Damn kid read when he was two, was reading to my 5 year old nephew at the time LOL. Plays piano by ear, knows every make and model of every car he sees and the little things like they changed the tail lights in 86 on that vehicle...cracks me up. Reads the autotrader LOL

Sorry for the spiel but autism hit close to home and i wanted to mention my nephew :D
 
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