Diamond Storage

[thermodynamic]

So what happens if you install programs to the internal storage, and then hard reset and flash a new ROM.

Are the programs still there and working, or are they bonked.

[Cicatrize]

Originally Posted by wildheart75

NOT true guys. You can clear the internal memory. Go to settings>all settings> system tab> clear storage> and you have 3 options. 1. Clear storage only. 2. Format internal storage only. 3. Clear storage and format internal storage.

No one said you can't clear the internal memory. The question asked was: "if a hard reset is done, is the internal memory cleared?"

[wildheart75]

Reflashing a ROM or doing a hard reset will only affect the device storage not the internal memory (which is just like a non-removable memory card inside the phone)

[Hafrust]

Echo?

[Cicatrize]

Echo?

[Hafrust]

Nicely played.

[thermodynamic]

Originally Posted by wildheart75

Reflashing a ROM or doing a hard reset will only affect the device storage not the internal memory (which is just like a non-removable memory card inside the phone)

So do programs installed on the device storage still run?

[reekolu]

Originally Posted by wildheart75

NOT true guys. You can clear the internal memory. Go to settings>all settings> system tab> clear storage> and you have 3 options. 1. Clear storage only. 2. Format internal storage only. 3. Clear storage and format internal storage.

I don't know why windows mobile uses that terminolgy but, "clear storage" will hard reset the phone without affecting the internal 4gb. "format internal storage only" will erase the internal 4gb only, and "clear storage & format" is a true "Hard Reset" clearing the internal 4gb and hard resetting the phone.

[CNeufeld]

Originally Posted by thermodynamic

So do programs installed on the device storage still run?

The programs themselves are there, but any registry entries associated with them will not be. So the programs may or may not work. They likely won't be in your list of available programs either, so you'll have to manually create links to them.

This is the same behaviour as installing programs on a removable card, and either transferring the card to another machine or reformating the current one. Just think of the Internal Storage as a memory card that you can't remove.

Clint

[thermodynamic]

Originally Posted by CNeufeld

The programs themselves are there, but any registry entries associated with them will not be. So the programs may or may not work. They likely won't be in your list of available programs either, so you'll have to manually create links to them.

This is the same behaviour as installing programs on a removable card, and either transferring the card to another machine or reformating the current one. Just think of the Internal Storage as a memory card that you can't remove.

Clint

Thanks, that's what I figured would happen because that's what would happen on a normal Windows machine. Was just trying to see if Windows Mobiles was perhaps different.