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[Q] How do you format internal memory?

I know the formating option in cwm recovery but that only deletes the
data files it does not format the whole internal memory.
So how do you do this? i heard people just use oem lock
and oem unlock to relock the bootloaded and unlock it again since that seems
to wipe everything.
But i wanna know if theres legit command that does formatting of internal
storage for galaxy nexus?

best way is to use the fastboot commands
fastboot oem lock
fastboot oem unlock

0806sung said:
I know the formating option in cwm recovery but that only deletes the
data files it does not format the whole internal memory.
So how do you do this? i heard people just use oem lock
and oem unlock to relock the bootloaded and unlock it again since that seems
to wipe everything.
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Zepius said:
best way is to use the fastboot commands
fastboot oem lock
fastboot oem unlock
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That does not erase everything.
0806sung said:
But i wanna know if theres legit command that does formatting of internal
storage for galaxy nexus?
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Yes. Reboot your device into fastboot and type the following:
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase cache
Device is now wiped. You will need to flash a new ROM afterwards...

ive followed these steps and done all of the commands but now i cannot flash a rom.
im launched straight to fastboot, (as theres no rom) and it says no boot or recovery img.
i can get into CWM, but i see this.
E:Can't mount /sdcard/
any ideas anyone? think i need to look for a boot.img?

iamdarren said:
ive followed these steps and done all of the commands but now i cannot flash a rom.
im launched straight to fastboot, (as theres no rom) and it says no boot or recovery img.
i can get into CWM, but i see this.
E:Can't mount /sdcard/
any ideas anyone? think i need to look for a boot.img?
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If you followed my steps above, you have effectively wiped your device (except the bootloader, radio and splash image).
You can't see /sdcard, because /sdcard is just a symlink to /data/media, which you just wiped.
You need to re-flash all the partitions that you just wiped. What ROM are you trying to flash, and how are you trying to flash it? If you are trying to flash a ROM in recovery and need /sdcard, you need to first flash the userdata partition with the stock userdata.img found in one of the images here.

great minds... i have already done that, went here http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html#yakju then flashed each .img one by one through nexus toolkit.
booted up into stock already. nice
thanks

I have the battery not charging issue. On top of that I can't fastboot my phone since it is not recognized by my PC. So how can I wipe the internal storage? I have only a certain amount of battery left. And I do not want to send all my private data to Samsung support.

ouilsen said:
I have the battery not charging issue. On top of that I can't fastboot my phone since it is not recognized by my PC. So how can I wipe the internal storage? I have only a certain amount of battery left. And I do not want to send all my private data to Samsung support.
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Why is it not recognized by your PC. Did you install the drivers properly?

let me introduce u another way :
get to download mode and use oding to flash a new stock rom . if u dont have xda page u can use this to get proper file i used it 5 time with no fail
h t t p : / / androidadvices.com/update-galaxy-nexus-official-ics-404-firmware-odin/2/#.UBdkTSK42U0
flashing new kernel willerase all internal storage that gnexus let u use
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but this method will wipe your recovery image , after that u should flash recovery image and su

afraaa said:
let me introduce u another way :
get to download mode and use oding to flash a new stock rom . if u dont have xda page u can use this to get proper file i used it 5 time with no fail
h t t p : / / androidadvices.com/update-galaxy-nexus-official-ics-404-firmware-odin/2/#.UBdkTSK42U0
flashing new kernel willerase all internal storage that gnexus let u use
---------- Post added at 09:30 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:27 AM ----------
but this method will wipe your recovery image , after that u should flash recovery image and su
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Odin is a leaked Samsung tool. If you're suggesting such tool, search around for Heimdall, see if it supports galaxy nexus, if it does, suggest that.

Excuse for digging out an old thread.
Just wanted to check if there is a way to to format internal memory without loosing root?

blinkjona said:
Excuse for digging out an old thread.
Just wanted to check if there is a way to to format internal memory without loosing root?
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As long as you don't format /system, you won't lose root.
a maguro wrote this.

Thanks. Is there a tool/app to do that please. Or I can just go about and delete
The reason I want to format is after having flashed 4.3( 3 different build) im no longer able to use instagram with an error 'unfortunately,Instagram has stopped' whereas all other things is working fine. I can't clear data/cache Instagram either.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app

blinkjona said:
Thanks. Is there a tool/app to do that please. Or I can just go about and delete
The reason I want to format is after having flashed 4.3( 3 different build) im no longer able to use instagram with an error 'unfortunately,Instagram has stopped' whereas all other things is working fine. I can't clear data/cache Instagram either.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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In your custom recovery
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

pls help
i have yueka plus yu5510 ,
i've installed cm13 on it.
when i'm wiping its cache using twrp 3.0.8 , it shuts down.
after reboot i tried again then it shows 'failed to mount cache' , 'failed to mount system' , failed to mount data'.
size of internal storage,cache,system become 0 mb.
What have to do ???? pls. help me . i'm stuck .
i tried every thing under my knowledge like erasing and formatting using fastboot .
i tried to flash stock rom cm12.1 but it says "flash write failure".
also cant change twrp to cwm cause of 'flash write failure'.
pls. pls. can someone help me

Hi efrant, it seems that I have exactly the same issue: My evita was a bit slow so I performed a factory reset from the bootloader... stupid idea as it removed the OS (ROM) from my SD. I tried to push a ROM in the device, it said it was successful but there is still nothing on my SD card.
In the bootloader adb is not detecting my phone, fastboot is working though. Sideload is not working.
When i try to wipe anything from TRWP it says : it says "failed to mount 'sdcard' (invalid argument)"
Charac:
EVITA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT2.15.0000
TWRP 2.8.7.5
I can't try your solution because I don't know how to flash system, userdata & cache (I know how to flash boot & recovery). Can you help me on this?

antonin2503 said:
Hi efrant, it seems that I have exactly the same issue: My evita was a bit slow so I performed a factory reset from the bootloader... stupid idea as it removed the OS (ROM) from my SD. I tried to push a ROM in the device, it said it was successful but there is still nothing on my SD card.
In the bootloader adb is not detecting my phone, fastboot is working though. Sideload is not working.
When i try to wipe anything from TRWP it says : it says "failed to mount 'sdcard' (invalid argument)"
Charac:
EVITA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT2.15.0000
TWRP 2.8.7.5
I can't try your solution because I don't know how to flash system, userdata & cache (I know how to flash boot & recovery). Can you help me on this?
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I found the solution : Plug the phone to the PC, open in TWRP recovery / click on mount, then the PC ask to format the device, format in fat32. Then copy the rom to the sdcard. Flash it with TWRP. Done!

[Solve] Stuck in Jelly Bean OTA update

Hi there !
I have a little problem with the JellyBean update on my rooted One X. I didn't know that I must go back to a stock recovery before doing the update so i discovered it when it refuse to do the update.
I have done some research and i find how to flash a stock recovery (i did it with fastboot) but now i'm stuck. I reboot with holding power+volume down to get acces to the recovery, then i choose it and the update icon appear but then i have an warning panel with a phone on his side (i hope you know what i'm talking about..). Now i have a boot loop and i don't know how to fix that..
I hope someone will be able to answer me !
And sorry for my english, tell me if something is not clear.
P.S: If possible, i would prefer not having to lose my data

Did you flash the stock recovery or were you stuck before that??

Yes i flash it and i get stuck after. Now when i boot i press power+volume down and when i am in the menu i choose "Recovery", a black screen with the icon update, and then the same black screen but with a phone and a warning panel on his side.

Popofthepop said:
Yes i flash it and i get stuck after. Now when i boot i press power+volume down and when i am in the menu i choose "Recovery", a black screen with the icon update, and then the same black screen but with a phone and a warning panel on his side.
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Are you sure you got the right stock recovery, did u modify something in your rom, did u change the stock kernel to custom kernel ?
did u restore to fully stock (not just the recovery)
stock rom
stock kernel
stock recovery

I have a stock rom and a stock recovery (i guess, i have downloaded a file named endeavoru_recovery_signed.img) but i don't know for the kernel, how can i check it? The only thing i did was unlock the bootloader and root the phone, does it change the kernel?

it's much easier if you just relock the bootloader and run the RUU.

I would prefer to keep my data and installed data if it's possible.

Popofthepop said:
I have a stock rom and a stock recovery (i guess, i have downloaded a file named endeavoru_recovery_signed.img) but i don't know for the kernel, how can i check it? The only thing i did was unlock the bootloader and root the phone, does it change the kernel?
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No that does not change the kernel.
Put the phone in Fastboot USB mode and Do
Fastboot getvar version-main
You might have a old recovery installed.

Ok i have the version 2.17.401.2, is it good or not?
Edit: It's the ICS version so it isn't the right recovery version, right? I have to search a 4.0.4 version? The higher version of recovery i have found is version 1.29.401.11

This is the 2.17 stock recovery
http://db.tt/U5CK4noo
If your main version says 2.17.***.** you need this recovery !

Thank you for the link, i flashed this recovery but i still have the same problem :-/
Edit: Now i can acces to the recovery menu when i press power+volume up on the screen with the warning panel. I have some error message:
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
Edit 2: I forgot to say that I wipe and format some things (don't remember which one, i try to find again the tutorial that i found) but nothing that delete data.
Edit 3: Ok i find it, that's what i did:
Wipe the cache partition
Go to Advanced and wipe dalvik and batt stats
Go to Mounts and Storage and format system, then data, then cache.

Popofthepop said:
Thank you for the link, i flashed this recovery but i still have the same problem :-/
Edit: Now i can acces to the recovery menu when i press power+volume up on the screen with the warning panel. I have some error message:
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
Edit 2: I forgot to say that I wipe and format some things (don't remember which one, i try to find again the tutorial that i found) but nothing that delete data.
Edit 3: Ok i find it, that's what i did:
Wipe the cache partition
Go to Advanced and wipe dalvik and batt stats
Go to Mounts and Storage and format system, then data, then cache.
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The errors ...that's fine because the stock recovery can't mount the sdcard that's normal.
The wiping caused it that it not boots. You did practically a full wipe ! Do you have the RUU or a nandroid backup from the rom.
Give your cid here, we have the main version already ... going back with a ruu is the easiest now....

Popofthepop said:
Thank you for the link, i flashed this recovery but i still have the same problem :-/
Edit: Now i can acces to the recovery menu when i press power+volume up on the screen with the warning panel. I have some error message:
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
Edit 2: I forgot to say that I wipe and format some things (don't remember which one, i try to find again the tutorial that i found) but nothing that delete data.
Edit 3: Ok i find it, that's what i did:
Wipe the cache partition
Go to Advanced and wipe dalvik and batt stats
Go to Mounts and Storage and format system, then data, then cache.
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OMG...
Dude, you better go RUU way, really.
I assume you have a Windows computer and HTC drivers are installed on it properly.
Looks like you've lost your data and cache but you may still have the data in your sdcard, so first, try to backup them...
Launch the CWM recovery... Connect your USB cable to the phone and then in the CWM custom recovery window, go to "mounts and storage" and select "mount USB storage".
This shall allow your computer to access the storage of your phone.
You shall see a drive on your computer named "HTC STORAGE".
That is your phone storage so copy everything you think that you need.
Then...
Download the correct RUU for your phone >> http://www.htcruu.com/?dir=Endeavor
Note: One X is called "Endeavoru", if international model. Otherwise "Endeavor".
When downloaded, power off the phone.
Press Vol down and Power buttons together till you reach the HBOOT screen.
Select fastboot.
Plug your USB cable and "fastboot" will change to "fastboot usb".
From your computer, which is on the other end of the USB cable, launch command line, from the folder which you keep your adb, fastboot files.
type "fastboot devices" and hit enter.
You shall see some serial number if you have correctly installed the drivers of the phone and if it is correctly plugged.
Now, you need to re-lock you bootloader.
This is required for RUU to perform; if your bootloader is not in "locked" or "relocked" state, RUU won't perform.
Next, type "fastboot oem lock" and hit enter.
Now, bootloader is "relocked".
Now, run the RUU executable you've downloaded and follow the instructions on the screen.
This will take you back to stock status, then, without messing with it, do the 4.1.1 update from system settings and right after your first boot of 4.1.1, go to CWM recovery again and get a BACKUP.
Good luck.

erol.savas said:
OMG...
Dude, you better go RUU way, really.
I assume you have a Windows computer and HTC drivers are installed on it properly.
Looks like you've lost your data and cache but you may still have the data in your sdcard, so first, try to backup them...
Launch the CWM recovery... Connect your USB cable to the phone and then in the CWM custom recovery window, go to "mounts and storage" and select "mount USB storage".
This shall allow your computer to access the storage of your phone.
You shall see a drive on your computer named "HTC STORAGE".
That is your phone storage so copy everything you think that you need.
Then...
Download the correct RUU for your phone >> http://www.htcruu.com/?dir=Endeavor
Note: One X is called "Endeavoru", if international model. Otherwise "Endeavor".
When downloaded, power off the phone.
Press Vol down and Power buttons together till you reach the HBOOT screen.
Select fastboot.
Plug your USB cable and "fastboot" will change to "fastboot usb".
From your computer, which is on the other end of the USB cable, launch command line, from the folder which you keep your adb, fastboot files.
type "fastboot devices" and hit enter.
You shall see some serial number if you have correctly installed the drivers of the phone and if it is correctly plugged.
Now, you need to re-lock you bootloader.
This is required for RUU to perform; if your bootloader is not in "locked" or "relocked" state, RUU won't perform.
Next, type "fastboot oem lock" and hit enter.
Now, bootloader is "relocked".
Now, run the RUU executable you've downloaded and follow the instructions on the screen.
This will take you back to stock status, then, without messing with it, do the 4.1.1 update from system settings and right after your first boot of 4.1.1, go to CWM recovery again and get a BACKUP.
Good luck.
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I was already on it....... Now we have one big block of jungle info, that will come across as pretty confusing

MarcelHofs said:
I was already on it....... Now we have one big block of jungle info, that will come across as pretty confusing
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sorry, I had to check the answers before posting. I'll double check next time.

Ok thank you guys, i guess i have no choice i will do it with RUU, I juste have a question, i don't know which RUU i have to download.. @MarcelHofs My cidnum is HTC_203. Don't worry for the jungle info, just tell me which RUU to download and i should be able to follow your tutorial

Popofthepop said:
Ok thank you guys, i guess i have no choice i will do it with RUU, I juste have a question, i don't know which RUU i have to download.. @MarcelHofs My cidnum is HTC_203. Don't worry for the jungle info, just tell me which RUU to download and i should be able to follow your tutorial
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Gonna give it tonight . I'm at work right now

Is that one good?
http://htcruu.com/Endeavor/RUU_ENDE...Radio_2.1204.135.20_release_274900_signed.exe
If it's not i will wait tonight, don't worry i'm not in a hurry

Popofthepop said:
Is that one good?
http://htcruu.com/Endeavor/RUU_ENDE...Radio_2.1204.135.20_release_274900_signed.exe
If it's not i will wait tonight, don't worry i'm not in a hurry
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Jep should be the one ! Lock the bootloader
Put the phone in bootloader Fastboot USB mode
Command
Fastboot oem lock
And then run the ruu from pc WITH admin rights :thumbup:

I will test that as soon as my phone will have at least 30% battery, i have reflash CWM to charge it but it's very very long -_-

[Q] HTC ONE -- can't access from computer

Hi all, I ****ed up and didn't make a backup.
I wiped the phone clean from bootloader recovery, but then realized I had forgotten to move the new gapps and cm rom to my phone.
When I plug it in, it is recognized by my computer, but the HTC MTP Device fails to work.
I can't see the phone, and therefore can't put anything on it to flash. If I mount the phone via the bootloader, it pops up in Windows and wants to be formatted.
I have been looking around and trying different things for the past couple hours, and figured it was time to ask someone who might know..
Any ideas?

chriswcs said:
Hi all, I ****ed up and didn't make a backup.
I wiped the phone clean from bootloader recovery, but then realized I had forgotten to move the new gapps and cm rom to my phone.
When I plug it in, it is recognized by my computer, but the HTC MTP Device fails to work.
I can't see the phone, and therefore can't put anything on it to flash. If I mount the phone via the bootloader, it pops up in Windows and wants to be formatted.
I have been looking around and trying different things for the past couple hours, and figured it was time to ask someone who might know..
Any ideas?
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I tried to take a screen shot, but it won't let me post it as I am noob-status.
Device Manager:
Android USB Devices
MyHTC
.
.
.
Portable Devices
J:/
<!> MTP USB Device
I don't understand why I can't mount or access the phone. Do I not have the right drivers installed?
Is there any way to get around this and put the files on my phone so I can install any old ROM so I can boot it up again??

You need to update the drivers on your PC, there's a few threads on how to do it. You should still be able to use adb push to add files, though.

Drivers are fine ! Go in recovery and mount the sdcard as a usb mass storage device ! In the title you speak of a HTC one......so is it a ONE or a ONE X ?

Thanks for replying!
It is an HTC One X. Should I just install the Android SDK bundle? Or are there other drivers?

Android sdk bundle is good. But you have MYHTC so that's correct. You need to go into the recovery and mount the sdcard as a usb storage device, it will show the drive in windows and then you can copy a rom onto it.

Mr Hofs said:
Android sdk bundle is good. But you have MYHTC so that's correct. You need to go into the recovery and mount the sdcard as a usb storage device, it will show the drive in windows and then you can copy a rom onto it.
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Hi, so I installed the newest HTC driver (4.2) and all the SDK bundles. When I plug the phone it, it still won't recognize the HTC MTP Device. When I mount from the bootloader, it doesn't let me mount the sdcard (only the system data and cache), and Windows still shows a drive that needs to be formatted.
Do you think it's still a Windows driver I'm missing? If I go Terminal Command on phone it says
E: Unable to mount '/sdcard'
E: Unable to mount storage.

What's the option called you tap inside recovery. And what recovery are you using ?
If it's CWM you go to mounts and storage and tap the last option in that list.....then wait till it pops up on the pc

I'm using TWRP v 2.4.2.0 and I couldn't check the box for mount sdcard.
ADB push worked!
But the ROM failed. Is there anything else I'm missing?
It still says that E: can't mount.

Try this recovery please, i know this one blinded
https://db.tt/MNtVjpOJ

Mr Hofs said:
Try this recovery please, i know this one blinded
https://db.tt/MNtVjpOJ
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Firstly thank you so much for taking time to help a lost stranger out!
What I did was reformat the J: drive that popped up on Windows, then I was able to put both the CM10.2 and GAPPS on the /sdcard/ (it would then mount)
I could then install both of them successfully, but I don't have a boot.img because my kernel is wiped. Will that file work as a boot.img?

chriswcs said:
Firstly thank you so much for taking time to help a lost stranger out!
What I did was reformat the J: drive that popped up on Windows, then I was able to put both the CM10.2 and GAPPS on the /sdcard/ (it would then mount)
I could then install both of them successfully, but I don't have a boot.img because my kernel is wiped. Will that file work as a boot.img?
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Or how do I try your recover? Should I push it with adb? If so, to where?
I found two other boot.img files on the webs (boot.img and cm10.img), but I don't know how to get the phone to actually boot off them

The boot.img has to be flashed via Fastboot in the bootloader. So if you installed CM correctly via the recovery then flash the boot.img from the CM.zip ....
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
And a kernel can't be wiped via the recovery by the way. You can only delete/overwrite it via Fastboot commands

Mr Hofs said:
The boot.img has to be flashed via Fastboot in the bootloader. So if you installed CM correctly via the recovery then flash the boot.img from the CM.zip ....
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
And a kernel can't be wiped via the recovery by the way. You can only delete/overwrite it via Fastboot commands
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Okay! That's good
I think it flashed correctly, now I am just waiting for the phone to boot up. It's been going for about 25 minutes though. Should it be that long?

Nope not good.......make a full wipe in recovery before installing the rom.
Factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Advanced-wipe dalvik cache
Mounts and storage-format cache,data,system
Then install CM and gapps then reboot because you already flashed its boot.img

Mr Hofs said:
Nope not good.......make a full wipe in recovery before installing the rom.
Factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Advanced-wipe dalvik cache
Mounts and storage-format cache,data,system
Then install CM and gapps then reboot because you already flashed its boot.img
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None of the ROMs I've tried have worked! I think it's because my hboot is version 1.14.

Lol dude you have the evita go to the HTC one XL forum. You are in the completely wrong forum......sorry !!!

chriswcs said:
None of the ROMs I've tried have worked! I think it's because my hboot is version 1.14.
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Stuck yet again.
I relocked the phone to flash new firmware, but I have CID 1111111, so I can't find anything to unlock the bootloader again.
Double sauced. Ahhhhhh

Unlock the bootloader by flashing the unlock_Code.bin file wich you got the first time when it's unlocked.
Fastboot flash token unlock_code.bin
But you really should continue this in the right forum. Flashing stuff from here may brick the phone !

One X can't Mount SD

Hi all, really need some expert help.
I fitted an one x + battery a week ago, and all was running ok until Wednesday. Phone locked up and wouldn't reboot. I've read as much as I can but I cant seem to find a cure.
I can enter bootloader and flash from there. I have erased cahce, flashed TWPR, but in recovery I still cannot mount sd card.
I have uninstalled and re installed HTC Sync.
Some help would be greatly received as I need the phone for work and sat nav.
I have tried running ruu, but it fails saying usb error.
I am not sure but I think I need stock recovery which will repair corrupted sd card.
Thanks in advance. Mel

Try philz touch recovery

I will when I get home Mr Hoffs.
Problem also it sometimes wont even boot into bootloader, or recovery. It seems very hit and miss, any ideas why this might be?

Im hoping its due to corruption of SD that can be cured with a format.

Flash the recovery when you reach the bootloader, and afterwards also erase cache !
Fastboot erase cache
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yqzlpqo8illa53j/Philz recovery 5.15.9.img

Good afternoon Mr Hoffs. I. have flashed Philz recovery, erased cache. But everything I try it says unable to mount sd card, unable to mount data, unable to format/mount SD card. This happens with everything I try in all recoveries.
Do you think I need a stock recovery, I read that this can help to format the card.
If so, where would I find the stock recovery.
What a way to spend a Friday evening, but I need my phone.
I get the noise when connecting my phone to laptop.
I have tried 2 cables, all usb ports. Tried cable on my old Desire and its fine
While I connect my laptop says its installing the drivers software, but then it says ' driver software was not correctly installed ' but I have also had the message that usb not recognised
Its strange that it will mount ok in fastboot.
I'm happy for more suggestions. Does the phone charge in Philz recovery, I am currently on 61%, so ok for a while.
Thanks for your help so far, hopefully we can save my One X

no harm in trying, give me the outcome of : fastboot getvar version-main. then i csn give at least the stock recovery. but in philz you need to enter the recovery, then hookup the usb cable and then press mount as usb mass storage. It can take a few minutes before it actually mounts and pop up in windows. So make sure to give it enough time to mount

Mr Hofs said:
no harm in trying, give me the outcome of : fastboot getvar version-main. then i csn give at least the stock recovery. but in philz you need to enter the recovery, then hookup the usb cable and then press mount as usb mass storage. It can take a few minutes before it actually mounts and pop up in windows. So make sure to give it enough time to mount
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I have 3.16.110.4
Just going back the Philz recovery and will leave it connected for a few minutes, but previously I have left it but fingers crossed
Left Philz recovery on for at least 10 minutes. When I try to mount usb storage it does nothing.
Mount cache returns ' error mounting cache '
Mount data returns 'error mounting date '
mount sd card the same
mount system the same
Format cache E: format_volume :make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p13 error formatting cache
Format date E:format volume: make_extf4fsfailed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p15 error formatting date
Format sd card ( used default option ) Error mounting sd card Skipping format Done formatting / sd card default
Fprmat system E: format volume make extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p12
wipe Dalvik cache E:cant open/ cache/revovery/last_log.
Device Driver software was not correctly installed
Hope this makes sense to you Mr Hoffs !!

when you are in the recovery, not mounted or anything. Do you see MYHTC in the windows device manager. i think you have to update the drivers. install the latest HTC syncmanager from the htc site and let it all update. then try again.

Mr Hofs said:
when you are in the recovery, not mounted or anything. Do you see MYHTC in the windows device manager. i think you have to update the drivers. install the latest HTC syncmanager from the htc site and let it all update. then try again.
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It comes up as MYHTC.
What do you suggest now Mr Hoffs ?
But computer says device driver not installed.

Hmm not sure, MYHTC is fine. Ruu is not available so that's a no go ! Maybe a next thing to look at is sideloading a rom to the SD via twrp ?!

Mr Hofs said:
Hmm not sure, MYHTC is fine. Ruu is not available so that's a no go ! Maybe a next thing to look at is sideloading a rom to the SD via twrp ?!
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So you mean flash twrp recovery ? Then try to side load, will this work even though its not mounting/ seeing the sd card. Any idea where to get the stock recovery, as I saw a video on you tube where the guy flashed stock recovery, which formatted the card, he then returned to custom recovery and loaded rom. I have searched but am not sure which is the correct stock recovery img

Stock recovery :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/r9661p9d0oxsg51/stock recovery 3.16.img
At this point you can try anything. No usb mass storage is !

Mr Hofs said:
Stock recovery :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/r9661p9d0oxsg51/stock recovery 3.16.img
At this point you can try anything. No usb mass storage is !
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ADB sideload complete FAILED !!!

Flashed stock too ? Tried other pc's too ?
Ow and yeah the batt charges on philz recovery ! So if you need more power put it in there

Mr Hofs said:
Flashed stock too ? Tried other pc's too ?
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No, phone wont turn on now, I have to leave it a while for some reason before I can get it back into bootloader ( not sure why )
Will update after stock recovery is flashed. No other computers in the house.

Oke once you back into flashing mode, flash philz and charge the battery up all the way. Then try more !

Mr Hofs said:
Oke once you back into flashing mode, flash philz and charge the battery up all the way. Then try more !
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Battery was showing 100% earlier in recovery so I think it is charged, I get a different noise when connecting to pc. Not sure what this crazy phone is upto !

Only thing you can do is try all these different things including another pc (never know) not sure what else to try. Maybe this :
1: Factory reset from the bootloader menu
2: factory reset within recovery
Then check for mount options

This morning it wouldn't turn on after being on charge overnight.
Device manage says Apx.........
I've left it and gone to work hoping the phone fairies are looking down on me.
I did try factory reset in bootloader, and recovery.

Twrp bootloop

Hello,
i just unlocked bootloader and installed twrp and it all went fine..
until i wanted to fully wipe my device, i did this via twrp.
after 20Minuts, nothing happend, the bar was still white and gray (not even a little bit blue)
and it kept stuck on ''twrp formatting data using make_ext4fs function''.
i knew this wasn't a good idea, but i decided to turn off my phone,
and now, everytime when i turn it on on the normal way it just redirrects me to TeamWin in a bootloop.
even if i want to go to recovery mode i keep stuck in that bootloop, so there is nothing i can do right now, i only can stick at Fastboot Mode but nothing else,
Is there any way to fix this problem?
Using ASUS ZENFONE 2 551ML

I hope you did a backup of your system before? Otherwise just download the latest full image:
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZE551ML/UL-Z00A-WW-2.20.40.174-user.zip
place it on your internal sdcard (via adb push) and then flash it normally with TWRP. Please note that the procedure can take up to 30 minutes, where the formatting is the procedure taking the longest time...

TheSSJ said:
I hope you did a backup of your system before? Otherwise just download the latest full image:
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZE551ML/UL-Z00A-WW-2.20.40.174-user.zip
place it on your internal sdcard (via adb push) and then flash it normally with TWRP. Please note that the procedure can take up to 30 minutes, where the formatting is the procedure taking the longest time...
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How to he flash stock rom by twrp?

Download and flash this via twrp http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/development/stock-rom-ul-z00a-ww-2-20-40-168-t3354526
Make sure you flash Supersu before you flash the rom.

mr_gourav2000 said:
How to he flash stock rom by twrp?
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It's all written there...adb push on the phone, flash the zip normally via twrp, wait and done

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It's all written there...adb push on the phone, flash the zip normally via twrp, wait and done
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but i cant use twrp on my phone because its stuck in bootloop, or what do you mean? (english not my main language)
please give me some proper step by step instructions, i would really apreciate that!
thanks anyway your awesome!

Man, I misread your post, sorry...I thought you could boot only into twrp
If you still have fastboot, why not flashing twrp 2.8.x.x?
Code:
Fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
Fastboot reboot recovery
Otherwise you could flash stock system with this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/guide-brick-soft-hard-bricked-zenfone-2-t3284256
It's a lot to read

wow, that is something really helpfull, there is still hope to revive my phone
i'll let you know how it turnt out xd
thanks alot!!

i fixed recovery mode, so thats already one step further. Oefff @TheSSJ thanks for the help.
But now i get some other problems, when i try to wipe my phone i get the error like ''unable to mount /data'' and ''unable to wipe dalvik''
and all other kinds of these errors, i get the same problem when i was installing rom. isn't there anything or a way to fully wipe all this **** so i can install a fresh rom.

i flashed custom rom and this is error log i get. its all full written down.
E: could not mount /data and unable to find crypto footer.
E: unable to mount /data
E: unable to recreate /data/media folder.
updating partition details...
E: unable to mount /data
... done
E: unable to mount storage.
E: unable to mount /data/media during GUI startup
Full SELinux support is present.
E: unable to mount /data/media/twrp. twrps when trying to read settings file.
E:unable to mount /data
MTP enabled
E: unable to mount /data
E: unable to mount /data
E: unable to mount /data
Installing external_sd/UL-Z00A-WW-2.20.40.174-user.zip ...
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 File found
Device image SKU:
OTA image SKU: WW
assert failed: getprop ("ro.build.asus.sku") == ''WW''
E: Error executing updater binary in zip '/external_sd_UL-Z00A-WW-2.20.40.174-user.zip'
Error flashing zip '/external_sd_UL-Z00A-WW-2.20.40.174-user.zip'
Updating Partition Details...
E:unable to mount /data
... done
E: unable to mount storage.
Failed

Seems you don't have a WW image installed, do you have a CN Software? Then you need another Software of course

what do you mean with ww & cn software?
sorry but im new in this.. but im really interested so can you please explain a little bit?
how can i get this other software! thanks!!!

Where did you buy your Phone? what does the packaging state? WW, CN, TW, etc? These 2 letters must be written in uppercase somewhere, then we will know which software to flash, there is a check where your phone's software is compared to the zip you are trying to flash:
assert failed: getprop ("ro.build.asus.sku") == ''WW''
Which TWRP did you flash?

ohhh yes, i do have CN software Probably, as it is buyed from china.
Where can i find this other type software?
thanks!

colldor200 said:
ohhh yes, i do have CN software Probably, as it is buyed from china.
Where can i find this other type software?
thanks!
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There you go: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZE551ML/UL-Z00A-CN-2.20.40.159-user.zip
I think flashing will still fail though...but pls try first,maybe it'll work

i tryed it, i get the same error :/

Update: i changed from CN to WW.
Because of this i reflashed to twrp 3.0 and it works properly and now wiping shows no problem anymore.
I also got the WW ota zip but dont know how to install that.
Anyway, i tryed to install xaosp rom (even if my ota is still CN)
And it showed no problems at all!
BUT when i tryed to startup my phone it sticks with the asus logo and wont go any further, not a bootloop, it just sticks at the asus logo.
We are Always getting more and more steps further into fixing my phone, thanks for that @TheSSJ were almost there ?

colldor200 said:
Update: i changed from CN to WW.
Because of this i reflashed to twrp 3.0 and it works properly and now wiping shows no problem anymore.
I also got the WW ota zip but dont know how to install that.
Anyway, i tryed to install xaosp rom (even if my ota is still CN)
And it showed no problems at all!
BUT when i tryed to startup my phone it sticks with the asus logo and wont go any further, not a bootloop, it just sticks at the asus logo.
We are Always getting more and more steps further into fixing my phone, thanks for that @TheSSJ were almost there
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You could try flashing cm13 first and then xosp:
First wipe data/cache
Then flash cm13
Boot up and hope that it works
Reboot to recovery
Wipe data/cache
Flash xosp and maybe a kernel that fits (FlareM?)
Boot to system again

You could try flashing cm13 first and then xosp:
First wipe data/cache
Then flash cm13
Boot up and hope that it works
Reboot to recovery
Wipe data/cache
Flash xosp and maybe a kernel that fits (FlareM?)
Boot to system again
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sorry for the kinda late answer, but yes i followed your instructions, and it works completely, after cm13 i also immediately installed gapps.
i skipped xaosp im fine with cm13
Thanks alot @TheSSJ for all the help my phone is fully fixed now and even working faster then before its like super fast.
thanks again your great!