Not exact matches
Don't hesitate and wipe the
system and clear cache in order to make things ready for the
Android 5.1 Lollipop update; thus, select «wipe data factory reset», «wipe cache
partition» and «wipe dalvik cache».
The Factory Reset process wipes clean
system partition and it is something that will help those that have installed the
Android 7 Nougat update over a custom ROM, too.
The reason for this is perfectly logical: this new update method will require two
system partitions in order to work, and pretty much all current
Android phones only have one.
Even with multiple phones launching on
Android Nougat this year, no other OEM has actually used this new A / B
partition system despite its advantages.
Once the user reboots, the
system switches the active
partition to the newly updated one and boots right into
Android, thus skipping any updating screens at boot.
Fastboot has very small size limitation on most
Android devices,
system partition is too big to use fastboot
Of course, all that customization comes at a cost: since it modifies the
system partition, using Xposed essentially breaks
Android's update
system.
Fastboot / Bootloader mode allows you to flash any
partition on any
Android device, like
system, boot, cache, recovery.
The only solution here is to free up space on the
System partition, which can be a bit dangerous since many files on this
partition are required for
Android to run.
The Factory Reset process wipes clean
system partition and it is something that will help those that have installed the
Android 7 Nougat update over a custom ROM, too.
The Factory Reset process will wipe clean the
system partition, and it can used by those that have installed the new
Android 7.0 update over a custom ROM, too, as otherwise their devices won't boot in normal mode.
This is thanks to the «systemless» aspect of Magisk, as it doesn't modify any files on your
system partition, so apps like
Android Pay and other mobile banking apps will actually work if you use Magisk's built - in root management
system.
Speaking of updates,
Android Nougat is also introducing the concept of seamless updates, which essentially means new
Android updates will be downloaded in the background and stored on a different
system partition.
Once an update has been downloaded in the background, the next time you restart your phone, the
system will switch
partitions and you'll instantly have the new
Android updates without having to go through the usual download, reboot and install process.
Stock Recovery Mode can be booted only with stock
Android OS, it offers a limited array of options such as: apply update from ADB, wipe data / factory reset, wipe cache
partition and reboot
system.
While it's true the best parts of Project Treble will allow the same
system image to be booted on any device, devices which don't have this
partition but still «Treble - ize» their BLOBs, so to say, can still be used on any Project Treble supported version of
Android with or without the / vendor
partition, so long as the necessary adjustments are made.
The software is installed to the
system partition, where you can't normally remove it — just like you can't normally uninstall Gmail and other important apps that come with the
Android OS.
However,
Android N and older operating
systems did not require a
partition and as such, the likes of OnePlus 5 and 5T don't have these needed
partitions.
The Factory Reset process wipes clean the
system partition and it should be applied by those that have installed the
Android 6.0.1 update over a custom ROM, too.
As
Android Police reports, instead of
Android over-the-air (OTA) updates patching each file on a
system partition individually as before, in Lollipop the OTA script now updates the whole
system as an «enormous block».
Factory Resetting the device will wipe clean the
system partition, it removes all the files you've added and it restores the phone to a clean
Android OS environment.