My phone is all messed up. When I plug into USB the only folder I see is the Android folder, and then the data folder. I can't access any of my other folders unless I am using Astro. I am trying to format my SD card to see if I can fix this. I went into CMW and formatted the data, the cache and the system. STILL all my files are there, and I still can't get them through USB. What am I doing wrong??? I also reinstalled my ROM and I wiped data/factory reset...
I believe there is a "wipe local storage" option (or equivalent) under "advanced" in CWM.
WiredPirate said:
I believe there is a "wipe local storage" option (or equivalent) under "advanced" in CWM.
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Nope, I only have
Wipe Devlik Cache, Wipe Batt Stats, Partition SD card (maybe that?) and other unrelated things. It's not under mount/storage either
Relock and unlock the bootloader.. That should erase the sdcard
fastboot oem lock
fastboot oem unlock
If that doesnt work, reflash to google stock images. Look into the guides available in this thread.
No need to relock/unlock.
Just use fastboot
Code:
fastboot erase userdata
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Thanks! Is there a way to do it with plain adb instead of fastboot? in fastboot it keeps saying. "waiting for device"
notyourstar said:
Thanks! Is there a way to do it with plain adb instead of fastboot? in fastboot it keeps saying. "waiting for device"
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Why don't you just format the drive in Windows? Seems like you're overcomplicating it.
notyourstar said:
Thanks! Is there a way to do it with plain adb instead of fastboot? in fastboot it keeps saying. "waiting for device"
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In fastboot mode, go to device manager and update drivers. You need to install them twice to work
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bk201doesntexist said:
No need to relock/unlock.
Just use fastboot
Code:
fastboot erase userdata
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this.. or you could do it in recovery.. for cwm go to mounts and storage>format sdcard and for twrp go to wipe>internal sd card
063_XOBX said:
Why don't you just format the drive in Windows? Seems like you're overcomplicating it.
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Wrong, doesn't work.
Can't format a MTP device.
thephantom said:
In fastboot mode, go to device manager and update drivers. You need to install them twice to work
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Thanks! That worked. 13 gigs free again!
notyourstar said:
Thanks! That worked. 13 gigs free again!
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Mark the thread as solved please. (Edit thread title - first post - to include [SOLVED])
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bk201doesntexist said:
No need to relock/unlock.
Just use fastboot
Code:
fastboot erase userdata
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Thanks to your tip I could erase the SD content! It's probably best to do this though:
Code:
fastboot format userdata
063_XOBX said:
Why don't you just format the drive in Windows? Seems like you're overcomplicating it.
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As mentioned not possible on MTP device.
Khizar said:
this.. or you could do it in recovery.. for cwm go to mounts and storage>format sdcard and for twrp go to wipe>internal sd card
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This option is not available in the CWM versions I have.
Samsung Galaxy Nexus by mistake format SDcard, Sytem, Data.
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By mistake i have formatted my sdcard, system and data partitions from CMW touch recovery and now unable to mount sdcard and flash a rom.
Kindly suggest some solution.
rishisharmacse said:
:crying:
By mistake i have formatted my sdcard, system and data partitions from CMW touch recovery and now unable to mount sdcard and flash a rom.
Kindly suggest some solution.
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My suggestion is to search and read. This has been asked and answered a million times FFS
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rishisharmacse said:
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By mistake i have formatted my sdcard, system and data partitions from CMW touch recovery and now unable to mount sdcard and flash a rom.
Kindly suggest some solution.
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Fastboot flash stock images.
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this f'ing thread should have been closed long ago.
rishisharmacse said:
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By mistake i have formatted my sdcard, system and data partitions from CMW touch recovery and now unable to mount sdcard and flash a rom.
Kindly suggest some solution.
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Dude if u formatted every thing then u don't have any choice but to restore to stock.........
for u to restore gnex toolkit is your best bet..
here's the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
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I'm wanting to format my internal SD card and completely erase every single thing thats on it to start from scratch. I see in TWRP there is a section for partitioning SD. If I use this feature it should wipe my sd card and I can install a fresh rom right? What should I set the partion to? 2048? And use ext4?
I have a lot of junk on my sd that I no longer want and have been getting extremely annoying insufficient space errors when trying to install apps. I have a ton of space and am still getting errors. Just want to wipe it all, format the card correctly, and start over.
Please help I have tried seaching but nothing mentions TWRP or ext4.
What you are suggesting is not supported on the GNex.
Reboot into fastboot and type:
fastboot erase userdata
Now everything is gone...
I believe that option is for phones with an actual sd-card. On older phones with less storage for apps(less than 200 mb), a2sd scripts allowing you to place your apps on an ext-partition on the sd-card was very popular.
So in short it will make 2 partitions instead of 1 which you do not want on your gn.
efrant said:
What you are suggesting is not supported on the GNex.
Reboot into fastboot and type:
fastboot erase userdata
Now everything is gone...
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Ok well I went ahead and was messing around in TWRP and set a partition size to 2048. How can I wipe out that partion and everything on the card? What if I unmount the card from the settings menu and then format? Will that work?
seh6183 said:
Ok well I went ahead and was messing around in TWRP and set a partition size to 2048. How can I wipe out that partion and everything on the card? What if I unmount the card from the settings menu and then format? Will that work?
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Fastboot erase userdata
seh6183 said:
Ok well I went ahead and was messing around in TWRP and set a partition size to 2048. How can I wipe out that partion and everything on the card? What if I unmount the card from the settings menu and then format? Will that work?
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You can't unmount the card because there is no card
efrant said:
Fastboot erase userdata
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I'm terrified of fastboot for some reason lol
Sdobron said:
You can't unmount the card because there is no card
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It says right there in settings, unmount sd.
seh6183 said:
I'm terrified of fastboot for some reason lol
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You should be more terrified of yourself trying partition options that aren't supported on the galaxy nexus.
Your original question has been answered twice by efrant.
Boot into the bootloader
Type fastboot erase userdata
Fastboot reboot.
Done.
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seh6183 said:
I'm terrified of fastboot for some reason lol
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Misplaced fear.
seh6183 said:
It says right there in settings, unmount sd.
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I don't think you understand. The GNex has no sdcard. "sdcard" on the GNex is just a folder in the userdata partition, so...
EDIT: Ninja'd by El Daddy.
El Daddy said:
You should be more terrified of yourself trying partition options that aren't supported on the galaxy nexus.
Your original question has been answered twice by efrant.
Boot into the bootloader
Type fastboot erase userdata
Fastboot reboot.
Done.
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efrant said:
Misplaced fear.
I don't think you understand. The GNex has no sdcard. "sdcard" on the GNex is just a folder in the userdata partition, so...
EDIT: Ninja'd by El Daddy.
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Ok doing it now. Is this the same thing as doing a data/cache wipe through CWM?
seh6183 said:
Ok doing it now. Is this the same thing as doing a data/cache wipe through CWM?
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No. When you erase the userdata partition using fastboot, everything in that partition is gone, including all your apps and app data, as well as everything in /sdcard. If you wipe data in CWM, it wipes your apps and app data, but not /sdcard. (It is specifically set up that way to prevent you from losing your backups, etc. stored in /sdcard.)
seh6183 said:
Ok doing it now. Is this the same thing as doing a data/cache wipe through CWM?
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No. It erases everything on the phone
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Hi after upgrading to JB i am getting some issue with my phone. If i format my htc one x with gparted and then re-install the rom . Will it be ok to do that ?
I would be cautious doing that...
Better to factory reset and erase the sdcard from within your recovery (TWRP or CWM).
peedub said:
I would be cautious doing that...
Better to factory reset and erase the sdcard from within your recovery (TWRP or CWM).
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OK Thanks. But when erasing the sdcard (That is the built in sdcard) it will erase everything so will i still be able to connect as a drive so that i can copy the rom into it.
rajesh1108 said:
OK Thanks. But when erasing the sdcard (That is the built in sdcard) it will erase everything so will i still be able to connect as a drive so that i can copy the rom into it.
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As long as the recovery is either the latest CWM or TWRP, you can mount the USB Storage and put ROM.zip on it. Not with a stock recovery.
And be sure to have CWM 5.8.4.0. The usb mounting doesn't work with earlier versions.
Sent from my HTC One X
Yep. It's fine to erase everything, as long as you have latest CWM or TWRP on there, you can still mount your phone and put a rom on there to flash
Good luck!
peedub said:
Yep. It's fine to erase everything, as long as you have latest CWM or TWRP on there, you can still mount your phone and put a rom on there to flash
Good luck!
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Can you please explain step by step how to do it?
I've never format my internal SDcard so
Just connect the phone to the pc nd format the sd card like any USB diskdrive .... what's difficult about that !
Mr Hofs said:
Just connect the phone to the pc nd format the sd card like any USB diskdrive .... what's difficult about that !
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Well sorry for asking...tons of topics about it on XDA so I am not the only one how wants to know the proper way...
FCDHBubbles said:
Well sorry for asking...tons of topics about it on XDA so I am not the only one how wants to know the proper way...
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Well now you know :thumbup:
Merry Christmas !
hey guys i was try to root my htc one x 4.2.2 and after the restart the phone wont turn on and when i went to TWRP recovery to restore the backup the I find that my touch screen in not responding
can someone help me please?
max-halmat said:
hey guys i was try to root my htc one x 4.2.2 and after the restart the phone wont turn on and when i went to TWRP recovery to restore the backup the I find that my touch screen in not responding
can someone help me please?
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When you restore the backup, do full wipe before restoring? If not try again like this
- First flash boot.img from backup file as "fastboot flash boot boot.mg" then "fastboot erase cache"
- Go to recovery do full wipe then restore backup.
- Reboot
virgolib said:
When you restore the backup, do full wipe before restoring? If not try again like this
- First flash boot.img from backup file as "fastboot flash boot boot.mg" then "fastboot erase cache"
- Go to recovery do full wipe then restore backup.
- Reboot
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I Just Found that my internal SD card has formated and my device is without any packup and .zip file to install it any help?
max-halmat said:
I Just Found that my internal SD card has formated and my device is without any packup and .zip file to install it any help?
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Go there and find the nandroid backup according to your CID & main ver; rom >>>>>http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
I can't open the internal SD ... how to copy this to the device??
max-halmat said:
I can't open the internal SD ... how to copy this to the device??
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Search how to ADB push to device.
Mount as usb mass storage device inside the recovery is easier
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Mr Hofs said:
Mount as usb mass storage device inside the recovery is easier
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Thanks Mr.Hofs It works ......... :good::good::good:
I thought my Device is dead and I will not be able to use it anymore .
I've had the same bug pop up on a 32gb Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 2013. Basically, sometimes when you flash a factory image, it formats the userdata partition as 16gb (well, actually 10.55gb or so).
The only fix I've found so far is a factory reset. I do have my boot loader unlocked so I could do a nandroid backup but that is a lot of work.
If anyone knows of a better solution to resize the partition without nuking my setup, let me know.
Just wipe the device into recovery.
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TecQuality said:
Just wipe the device into recovery.
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Yeah, I know that. I was just hoping to avoid that, but it looks like that isn't possible.
TecQuality said:
Just wipe the device into recovery.
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I'm having the same problem. I don't mind wiping. I downloaded the latest factory image and extracted the .img file for each partition, then I ran
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
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I still get 10GB user storage space
P.S. bootloader is oem unlocked
chochopk said:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
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I still get 10GB user storage space
P.S. bootloader is oem unlocked
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You need to either fastboot format userdata (you will obviously lose your data doing this) or resize2fs from a recovery such as TWRP. After this, you will see your missing space.
This is not a bug. This is user error. Don't flash the userdata image. All it is, is a blank filesystem.
doitright said:
This is not a bug. This is user error. Don't flash the userdata image. All it is, is a blank filesystem.
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How is it user error if just flashing user data, empty or not, results in the system only recognizing part of the available storage space? I would think one of two things: 1) It automatically recognizes the amount of storage or 2) separate factory images for various storage models. 2) sounds like an inelegant solution and I don't know why 1) doesn't just happen.
Do you have further explanation than just saying it is user error? Why exactly is this happening and is there a way to make it never happen? Because it happens every time I flash.
ahow628 said:
Do you have further explanation than just saying it is user error? Why exactly is this happening and is there a way to make it never happen? Because it happens every time I flash.
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Because userdata.img ***IS A FILESYSTEM***.
You stop it from happening by NOT FLASHING THAT FILESYSTEM.
This is not that complicated.
Don't flash the filesystem, and then the filesystem won't be flashed.
doitright said:
Because userdata.img ***IS A FILESYSTEM***.
You stop it from happening by NOT FLASHING THAT FILESYSTEM.
This is not that complicated.
Don't flash the filesystem, and then the filesystem won't be flashed.
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So to clarify, when I'm flashing a factory image and I want a blank slate, I should do
Code:
fastboot flash <partition name> <partition image>
for every each partition except userdata.
For user data, I should do
Code:
fastboot erase userdata
and it should solve the problem?
Edit: Found this in the fast boot help file:
options:
-w erase userdata and cache (and format
if supported by partition type)
Pbrah said:
... or resize2fs from a recovery such as TWRP. After this, you will see your missing space.
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This.. TWRP advance format
Born<ICs said:
This.. TWRP advance format
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Resize or format what partition exactly? I am missing 8gigs on my 32 gig 5x...
stackz07 said:
Resize or format what partition exactly? I am missing 8gigs on my 32 gig 5x...
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Under advanced it's 2fs.
Supposedly this frees all available space.
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I am in TWRP I ADB sideloaded BenzoROM and cannot see it on the phone. I can get into BL and TWRP. Any ideas how to fix, flash, format internal storage, fix contexts, partition SD card or ADB BenzoROM?
Scottay5150 said:
I am in TWRP I ADB sideloaded BenzoROM and cannot see it on the phone. I can get into BL and TWRP. Any ideas how to fix, flash, format internal storage, fix contexts, partition SD card or ADB BenzoROM?
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Did you format data in twrp? If so: fastboot boot twrp-3.2.0.0-marlin.img
format data again should show the internal storage
liam_davenport said:
Did you format data in twrp? If so: fastboot boot twrp-3.2.0.0-marlin.img
format data again should show the internal storage
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I did format data in TWRP. I just FB TWRP and format data. I'll let you know the results.
Scottay5150 said:
I did format data in TWRP. I just FB TWRP and format data. I'll let you know the results.
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Yes after formating reboot to twrp and format again always fixes it for me :good:
Scottay5150 said:
I did format data in TWRP. I just FB TWRP and format data. I'll let you know the results.
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YAY, success!!! Now, what if I want to go BenzoROM? Flash factory? All I am seeing in storage from the desktop is TWRP. I am suffering from PTSD with the issues I have been having.
Scottay5150 said:
YAY, success!!! Now, what if I want to go BenzoROM? Flash factory? I am suffering from PTSD with the issues I have been having.
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Copy Benzo Rom and twrp zip to internal storage
Flash the Rom and Flash the twrp zip
Reboot = Profit!
liam_davenport said:
Copy Benzo Rom and twrp zip to internal storage
Flash the Rom and Flash the twrp zip
Reboot = Profit!
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HOLEEEEE COW I have OS again!! THANK YOU!
Scottay5150 said:
HOLEEEEE COW I have OS again!! THANK YOU!
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Like seriously... This whole thread would have been prevented if OP would just read... Smh. Please delete all this guys post Mods..