I have the following problem.
This was the situation:
I wanted to install a custom rom, so I did a full whipe, booted intoo bootloader, erased cache, flashed boot.img and going back to recovery to install the custom rom.
When I wanted to choose the rom on sd, it said: can't mount sd-card.
The only solution I found here on xda was to install the stock recovery, factory reset and flash again the custom recovery. And so I did.
SD-card is mounted, but all my data is lost!! So my question is, will there be a possibility to recover the data (not only photo's, video's and music).
Thanks in advance!
almanbrother said:
I have the following problem.
This was the situation:
I wanted to install a custom rom, so I did a full whipe, booted intoo bootloader, erased cache, flashed boot.img and going back to recovery to install the custom rom.
When I wanted to choose the rom on sd, it said: can't mount sd-card.
The only solution I found here on xda was to install the stock recovery, factory reset and flash again the custom recovery. And so I did.
SD-card is mounted, but all my data is lost!! So my question is, will there be a possibility to recover the data (not only photo's, video's and music).
Thanks in advance!
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that's impossible..there are fake apps out there that pretends to do that but they do not work...
I was afraid of that answer, thanks for the confirmation!
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Okay, so earlier today I rooted my evo and flashed the CM6 ROM. A little later I tried to install Google apps.
I followed a tutorial on youtube on how to install gapps using rom manager.
Now my Evo is stuck in the Clockworkmod recovery screen and when I click reboot system now it reboots and goes back to the clockworkmod screen. I tried wiping data/factory reset and then re-installing the CM6 ROM, it did not work.
I really need some help here, I'm not too experienced and I don't want to brick my Evo. How do i fix this?? I am freaking out. Thank you!
I use AmonRA recovery personally and flash everything through recovery. I had too many problems when I tried flashing things through Rom Manager app. Do you have a nandroid backup? If so install the backup and then boot into recovery and reinstall CM6 and gapps back to back in the same recovery session. If no backup, download PC36IMG that corresponds with your hboot version and put it on the root of your sd card. Boot into bootloader by holding volume down and power at the same time. It will scan the sd card for PC36IMG and then verify it. It will then ask you if you want to update. Select yes and let it do its thing and then when it asks if you want to reboot select yes. This will put you back to stock and may unroot, so you may have to do the root procedure again. Then install CM6 and gapps in same recovery session.
Before all this try wiping cache and davlick cache and reboot. If that doesn't work try powering off phone through clockwork and then boot into bootloader. It will scan for PC36IMG and not find it then you will have options to boot into different things. Select recovery, and it will boot into Clockwork. Wipe cache and davlick cache and reboot. See if this works. If not you will have to nandroid or go back to stock probably unless someone that has had this problem and comes along to help you fix it. Always wipe cache and davlick when installing something new like gapps or kernels and full wipe when installing a new Rom, unless you are updating a Rom then just Davlick and Cache.
As long as the phone turns on it is not bricked.
housry23 said:
I use AmonRA recovery personally and flash everything through recovery. I had too many problems when I tried flashing things through Rom Manager app. Do you have a nandroid backup? If so install the backup and then boot into recovery and reinstall CM6 and gapps back to back in the same recovery session. If no backup, download PC36IMG that corresponds with your hboot version and put it on the root of your sd card. Boot into bootloader by holding volume down and power at the same time. It will scan the sd card for PC36IMG and then verify it. It will then ask you if you want to update. Select yes and let it do its thing and then when it asks if you want to reboot select yes. This will put you back to stock and may unroot, so you may have to do the root procedure again. Then install CM6 and gapps in same recovery session.
Before all this try wiping cache and davlick cache and reboot. If that doesn't work try powering off phone through clockwork and then boot into bootloader. It will scan for PC36IMG and not find it then you will have options to boot into different things. Select recovery, and it will boot into Clockwork. Wipe cache and davlick cache and reboot. See if this works. If not you will have to nandroid or go back to stock probably unless someone that has had this problem and comes along to help you fix it. Always wipe cache and davlick when installing something new like gapps or kernels and full wipe when installing a new Rom, unless you are updating a Rom then just Davlick and Cache.
As long as the phone turns on it is not bricked.
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Where can I download the pc36img? Also, it seems that when I try to wipe dalvik cache, it doesn't do anything.
try here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884060&highlight=unroot
If you are having issues getting the img on your SD card, if you have a card reader handy just use that to transfer it over
Tower1972 said:
try here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884060&highlight=unroot
If you are having issues getting the img on your SD card, if you have a card reader handy just use that to transfer it over
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I did find the correct one for my hboot version, but another question I have is do I need to flash unrevoked-forever-son.zip since I rooted using unrevoked 3.32? Or do I just put the PC36IMG on the sd card and flash it? Thanks.
Okay, I seem to have gotten it back to stock. Thank god, thought I lost my evo for a minute! Thanks to those who helped me out, its 4:45 in the morning and now I can finally go to bed! ;]
LOL glad ya got it back.. Yeah thats where I was heading before I seen your post..Its 5:46 am and Im not sure how many Evo people are actually on at this time so...anyway nite
I stayed on to help as long as I could, but had to go to work. Sorry I couldn't be here to help with more questions. Funny I was just getting up for work and you guys were just going to bed.
Glad you got it fixed for now. Remember to flash CM6 from recovery and not Rom Manager. Also, flash Gapps from recovery and not Rom Manager app. Flash CM then gapps and reboot. Make sure you do a full wipe first though. You could also look for Calkulin's tools thread in Dev section of EVO forum and find his wipe all zip. You just flash it like any other zip but it formats data, cache, boot and system partitions so that when you flash a new ROM nothing is left over from old one. Good luck my friend and happy flashing.
PS. I don't think the stock rom would give you s-on since you already had s-off, so you should be good to go. I could be wrong, but as long as you still have a custom recovery and s-off you should be good to flash any Rom.
evo camera
ok i have a root evo but my camara dosent work ... can some body help me to fx that problem
What rom are you using? Do they list camera issues or camera not working in the initial post with the rom?
Camera
Lets talk about the camera not working here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10983385
I was advised that i needed to update my recovery to twrp from cwm recovery to avoid an issue i got while flashing roms (the contents of my sd card would get pushed down into a subfolder of a newly created set of folders) however when i wiped my phone, as i always used to do with CWM twrp seems to have wiped a lot more, its wiped the existing rom, and all the files on my card, so i cant install a new rom. Basically i only have access to twrp recovery mode, how can i get the rom .zips onto my phone to install them? Id really appreciate any help at all, i had no issues flashing with CWM and i really dont know what to do.
download a rom/gapps and use adb to transfer them to your sdcard.. adb command "adb push file.zip /sdcard/file.zip"..
PS- in twrp wiping data wipes EVERYTHING so when you want to wipe before flashing a rom do a factory reset and DONT wipe data
Khizar said:
download a rom/gapps and use adb to transfer them to your sdcard.. adb command "adb push file.zip /sdcard/file.zip"..
PS- in twrp wiping data wipes EVERYTHING so when you want to wipe before flashing a rom do a factory reset and DONT wipe data
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Thanks for your help, i found a similar problem on another site im halfway through it now, so when i flash roms in twrp i want to do a factory reset? wipe the cache and dalvik cache?
quirkles said:
Thanks for your help, i found a similar problem on another site im halfway through it now, so when i flash roms in twrp i want to do a factory reset? wipe the cache and dalvik cache?
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this is how i flash roms..
1. factory reset
2. wipe system
3. wipe cahce
4. wipe dalvik
5. flash rom
6. flash gapps
7. flash AK kernel
8. reboot
9. wait 10 mins then do another reboot then enjoy :good:
quirkles said:
I was advised that i needed to update my recovery to twrp from cwm recovery to avoid an issue i got while flashing roms (the contents of my sd card would get pushed down into a subfolder of a newly created set of folders) however when i wiped my phone, as i always used to do with CWM twrp seems to have wiped a lot more, its wiped the existing rom, and all the files on my card, so i cant install a new rom. Basically i only have access to twrp recovery mode, how can i get the rom .zips onto my phone to install them? Id really appreciate any help at all, i had no issues flashing with CWM and i really dont know what to do.
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You actually only had to update CWM to the latest version to fix that problem
EddyOS said:
You actually only had to update CWM to the latest version to fix that problem
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eh, what's done is done, if it gives me any trouble ill switch back
I have been playing around with the nexus 7 installing apps and adding a different recovery.
I would now like to perform one final wipe of the device, reset it, and then make my pristine backup. I'm currently using Clockworkmod recovery. What is the best way to return the 7 back to stock?
Should I just reset/erase using Clockworkmod recovery? Also, will I need to delete my old Clockworkmod backup if I do not want it anymore?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Rick
C5Longhorn said:
I have been playing around with the nexus 7 installing apps and adding a different recovery.
I would now like to perform one final wipe of the device, reset it, and then make my pristine backup. I'm currently using Clockworkmod recovery. What is the best way to return the 7 back to stock?
Should I just reset/erase using Clockworkmod recovery? Also, will I need to delete my old Clockworkmod backup if I do not want it anymore?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Rick
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reset from recovery only resets the user data and depending on recovery, also the virtual sdcard.
It doesn't touch the /system files. You might have installed tweaks to the system. You might have installed root, changes to the slimport resolution, USB-OTG like stickmount may have made changes to debuggerd. None of these get reset with the reset from recovery.
The factory image blasts a factory image back onto the device, bootloader, recovery, kernel, rom, resets user data, etc.
So in your case if you really want to get back to stock before making a pristine backup, factory image is the better choice.
sfhub said:
reset from recovery only resets the user data and depending on recovery, also the virtual sdcard.
It doesn't touch the /system files. You might have installed tweaks to the system. You might have installed root, changes to the slimport resolution, USB-OTG like stickmount may have made changes to debuggerd. None of these get reset with the reset from recovery.
The factory image blasts a factory image back onto the device, bootloader, recovery, kernel, rom, resets user data, etc.
So in your case if you really want to get back to stock before making a pristine backup, factory image is the better choice.
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Thanks, the new image is exactly what I want to do. I'm still a little confused about the relationship between the recovery and the image though. If I flash the image again, will I lose my custom recovery and just return to the stock recovery? Is it just like a computer that the image is going to configure the tablet exactly back to the stock image or will I still have the Clockworkmod recovery? I know I can easily reflash the Clockworkmod recovery so not a big deal.
Thanks again for the help.
Rick
C5Longhorn said:
Thanks, the new image is exactly what I want to do. I'm still a little confused about the relationship between the recovery and the image though. If I flash the image again, will I lose my custom recovery and just return to the stock recovery? Is it just like a computer that the image is going to configure the tablet exactly back to the stock image or will I still have the Clockworkmod recovery? I know I can easily reflash the Clockworkmod recovery so not a big deal.
Thanks again for the help.
Rick
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Factory image flashes stock
1) bootloader
2) radio (for deb/LTE)
3) recovery
4) boot/kernel
5) system/ROM
6) wipes user data / virtual sdcard
7) wipes cache
So your custom recovery would be replaced with stock recovery.
sfhub said:
Factory image flashes stock
1) bootloader
2) radio (for deb/LTE)
3) recovery
4) boot/kernel
5) system/ROM
6) wipes user data / virtual sdcard
7) wipes cache
So your custom recovery would be replaced with stock recovery.
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Great, thanks. This is exactly what I'm going to do.
I tried to flash new rom and Kernel . I did the following.
I load Rom zip, Kernel zip, and gapps onto my SD card. I verify that it loaded correctly.
Boot to TWRP recovery and advanced wipe the following:
Davikcache,Data,System,Cache,Internal/SD card,Android Secure,Preload.
Back up to Install in recovery to flash rom and kernel and gapps but nothing there. No file.
Now I can not do anything but reboot to Recovery.
There is nothing in Restore to restore.
Please guide me to restore the OS. Thanks
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
If you want to flash the rom, just mount the partition in recocvery and send the zip via usb and install that.
Thanks @8Fishes for anwer my call for help.
I found a link to restore to Stock from hard bricked and I am able to get it back to Stock Rom.
I redo the Rom flashing again. This time I did not wipe the internal| SD card and I am able to flash the new Rom. I learn a lot from that mistake
dukkha2 said:
Thanks @8Fishes for anwer my call for help.
I found a link to restore to Stock from hard bricked and I am able to get it back to Stock Rom.
I redo the Rom flashing again. This time I did not wipe the internal| SD card and I am able to flash the new Rom. I learn a lot from that mistake
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It is OK to wipe Internal SD but if and only if your backup and ROM files are on external SD card.
Now I am on custom rom, what to do to flash stock rom? just flash zip file in TWRP? or should I flash stock TWRP or what?
You got some options:
But first a heads-up: you will lose all your data.
Zip-flash method:
Copy the stock rom flashable zip to your micro sd. Make sure you got the flashable zip! To be flashed in twrp.!
Boot to twrp.
Factory reset
Then wipe system partition
Now flash the zip.
Wipe dalvik and cache.
Reboot
Enjoy
Fastboot method: (will surely wipe everything)
Search for team one rescue firmware on our XDA.
Download the firmware package.
Boot your phone into bootloader.
Connect your phone to your PC.
Make sure you got your backup to your PC. Or micro SD.
Extract the firmware package and start
Flash-all stock recovery.bat
Or a name similar.
Wait until the phone reboots in its own, and DO NOT , disconnect the phone while in process of flashing.
Once the the Google setup is visible, you can safely disconnect your phone.
You should be back on marshmallow stock rom.
Do some ota updates. Enjoy,
sm00th4f3 said:
You got some options:
But first a heads-up: you will lose all your data.
Zip-flash method:
Copy the stock rom flashable zip to your micro sd. Make sure you got the flashable zip! To be flashed in twrp.!
Boot to twrp.
Factory reset
Then wipe system partition
Now flash the zip.
Wipe dalvik and cache.
Reboot
Enjoy
Fastboot method: (will surely wipe everything)
Search for team one rescue firmware on our XDA.
Download the firmware package.
Boot your phone into bootloader.
Connect your phone to your PC.
Make sure you got your backup to your PC. Or micro SD.
Extract the firmware package and start
Flash-all stock recovery.bat
Or a name similar.
Wait until the phone reboots in its own, and DO NOT , disconnect the phone while in process of flashing.
Once the the Google setup is visible, you can safely disconnect your phone.
You should be back on marshmallow stock rom.
Do some ota updates. Enjoy,
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Now I have custom TWRP and a custom rom, I will choose Zip-flash method.
Can I flash stock rom with this custom TWRP? I mean can I flash stock rom like custom ones via twrp?
Can I flash custom rom later after installing stock rom?
Egyptiandroid said:
Now I have custom TWRP and a custom rom, I will choose Zip-flash method.
Can I flash stock rom with this custom TWRP? I mean can I flash stock rom like custom ones via twrp?
Can I flash custom rom later after installing stock rom?
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For starters, twrp is a custom recovery, so you don't have to put the word "custom" before twrp everytime you mention it. X)
There are flashable zips that contain the stock rom. So, in a sense, yes, but you can't do any ota updates.
Download any needed file before beginning to flash a new rom:
Custom Rom, Gapps and if you want root: Magisk or SuperSu. Put those files on your micro SD in your phone.
Create a backup in twrp. You Just have to slide from left to right, no need to select anything more than what is already selected from the start.
Before installing a custom rom, you have to always wipe system, data, dalvik and cache partition in twrp recovery.
Only then you can flash the stock rom, which can be downloaded in one of the threads here in our XDA Lenovo p2 forum.
Little need to know: before flashing any rom, do a factory reset in twrp and wipe system partition.
Be aware that by deleting the four partitions you will lose your app data, sms,call log and so on.
Internal storage however isn't affected, so your music und Pictures won't be deleted.
sm00th4f3 said:
For starters, twrp is a custom recovery, so you don't have to put the word "custom" before twrp everytime you mention it. X)
There are flashable zips that contain the stock rom. So, in a sense, yes, but you can't do any ota updates.
Download any needed file before beginning to flash a new rom:
Custom Rom, Gapps and if you want root: Magisk or SuperSu. Put those files on your micro SD in your phone.
Create a backup in twrp. You Just have to slide from left to right, no need to select anything more than what is already selected from the start.
Before installing a custom rom, you have to always wipe system, data, dalvik and cache partition in twrp recovery.
Only then you can flash the stock rom, which can be downloaded in one of the threads here in our XDA Lenovo p2 forum.
Little need to know: before flashing any rom, do a factory reset in twrp and wipe system partition.
Be aware that by deleting the four partitions you will lose your app data, sms,call log and so on.
Internal storage however isn't affected, so your music und Pictures won't be deleted.
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Thanks for your detailed answer I am now on custom rom, i will download stock rom from the sticky thread, although all links are dead but I will try to find a working link
BTW, what is the latest stock rom?
I think S251 ...i'm not sure though. It shiuld be the one with the highest number=latest version ?
I still think that custom roms are better than stock though but do what you think is right.