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Dalvik cache not wiping, recovery says ext not found

is there a flashable zip that will do this? how can i wipe it? I need to to flash a call echo fix zip for Miui because i flashed it and it wouldnt boot up

The error will happen if you done have an ext partition on your SD card and the cache wipe script is in the dark side evolution rom thread.
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sinfulgray said:
The error will happen if you done have an ext partition on your SD card and the cache wipe script is in the dark side evolution rom thread.
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i never made a partition...

aplacetorest said:
i never made a partition...
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And that's why your getting an error...the error is normal if you didn't make a partition
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aplacetorest said:
i never made a partition...
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Exactly, your getting the error because you don't have one. I think it's more of a prompt vs an error though. It's still wiping your dalvik cache.
You can find TDJ's cache wipe here: (it will wipe your dalvik and cache partition as well as fix permssions). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1658182

aplacetorest said:
is there a flashable zip that will do this? how can i wipe it? I need to to flash a call echo fix zip for Miui because i flashed it and it wouldnt boot up
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You will get this error
The script has a duel function ... it will wipe data/dalvik-cache .... and ext/data/dalvik-cache... The last part is for users that use an ext partition on their SD card .. As you don't have one, it will wipe the internal and give you an error for the EXTernal ... so just ignore that error....

I believe miui is based on cm so the call echo fix won't work.
I maybe wrong can anyone confirm?
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sinfulgray said:
And that's why your getting an error...the error is normal if you didn't make a partition
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I on the other hand have made an ext-2 1.5 GB Partition and I still get that error when I try to wipe my Dalvik cache though...

[Q] (status 7) some symlinks failed when installing ROMs.

when trying to install a new rom i get the same error (status 7: some symlinks failed) with the cm10 and eclipse ROMs. I don't seem to have any trouble with Buglessbeast and euroskank. I have googled and searched XDA but none of the other threads are for the toroplus.
Edit: Thanks for all the help guys. I'm still having this problem.
Things i have tried: go into mounts and remove the top X on the list.(TWRP)
flashing a stock kernel gets me stuck in a boot loop.
I am using the franco kernel and had this same issue using CWM before switching to TWRP.

You can try this...
simms22 said:
try booting out of recovery into the bootloader, then back to recovery to reflash.
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If you do a Google search you should find some information on it. Its something with the Franco kernel changing the sdcard. Have to download And move the original back into it's correct place
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qbanlinxx said:
If you do a Google search you should find some information on it. Its something with the Franco kernel changing the sdcard. Have to download And move the original back into it's correct place
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Huh?
Op never even made mention to the word "kernel" in his post.
Not to mention kernel is not even running in recovery (which itself is a small os).
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natheist411 said:
when trying to install a new rom i get the same error (status 7: some symlinks failed) with the cm10 and eclipse ROMs. I don't seem to have any trouble with Buglessbeast and euroskank. I have googled and searched XDA but none of the other threads are for the toroplus.
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Are you using TWRP recovery? If you are that's the issue. The latest update has a flaw, you have to go into recovery, go into mounts and remove the top X on the list. They said they where working on releasing a correction for it. If your not on TWRP then I don't know what's going on.
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I was using cwm but switched to TWRP to retry. Same issue.
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natheist411 said:
I was using cwm but switched to TWRP to retry. Same issue.
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Try it when you get into recovery, go to mounts, remove the X on the top option on the list then flash the rom see if it works.
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I had this same issue yesterday, and it was related to flashing a kernel. Sorry for trying to help
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Huh?
Op never even made mention to the word "kernel" in his post.
Not to mention kernel is not even running in recovery (which itself is a small os).
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qbanlinxx said:
I had this same issue yesterday, and it was related to flashing a kernel. Sorry for trying to help
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I have also seen something similar. What most people don't realize is the some kernels, including Franco, change things in /system as well, which messes with some things.
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Okay, thanks. I was not aware of this. Will checkout some kernel zips to see what's going on.

edfunkycold said:
Try it when you get into recovery, go to mounts, remove the X on the top option on the list then flash the rom see if it works.
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I tried this. Still the same outcome. Thanks anyways.

Has this been fixed? I cant install any ROM!
I have exactly the same problem! I am using stock kernal, was using franco kernal before that.

Milamber said:
Has this been fixed? I cant install any ROM!
I have exactly the same problem! I am using stock kernal, was using franco kernal before that.
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no one here was help but i think i figured it out myself.
try this and see if it works.
when you go to install the rom, before doing so wipe data (factory reset) three times.
i was so frustrated about it i finally said **** it and didnt care if i lost everything, but i didnt loose anything so all is well.
let me know if that works

(status 7) some symlinks failed
I'm fixed this problem, PLEASE ADD THIS POST TO FAQ . Just install Android Commander and copy ROM to phone via it, now i'm on JellyBam android 4.1.2.
1.Install root+busybox.
2.Install via stock recovery siyah 5.0b2
3.In siyah recovery do factory reset
4.Flash any custom ROM
5.Do factory reset, wipe cache, wipe Dalvik cache.
6.Be happy, enjoy.
I'm tryied many recoveryes and kernels, but the problem is in copying process(now all zip's have good CRC, and MD5). . Give me a beer

JeyLo said:
(status 7) some symlinks failed
I'm fixed this problem, PLEASE ADD THIS POST TO FAQ . Just install Android Commander and copy ROM to phone via it, now i'm on JellyBam android 4.1.2.
1.Install root+busybox.
2.Install via stock recovery siyah 5.0b2
3.In siyah recovery do factory reset
4.Flash any custom ROM
5.Do factory reset, wipe cache, wipe Dalvik cache.
6.Be happy, enjoy.
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Huh? What is siyah 5.0b2???

I did a manual "format /system" from Clock Work Recovery, fixed it for me, Seems the Wipe/Factory reset does not reset the system partition correctly for some strange reason.
This was an issue after a custom kernel.

Milamber said:
Huh? What is siyah 5.0b2???
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He's on a different device.
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chrisjenx2001 said:
I did a manual "format /system" from Clock Work Recovery, fixed it for me, Seems the Wipe/Factory reset does not reset the system partition correctly for some strange reason.
This was an issue after a custom kernel.
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Wipe/Factory reset does not touch the system partition at all. This is normal. It only wipes the userdata partition.

chrisjenx2001 said:
I did a manual "format /system" from Clock Work Recovery, fixed it for me, Seems the Wipe/Factory reset does not reset the system partition correctly for some strange reason.
This was an issue after a custom kernel.
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Had a bad download and on initial install I formatted system however it failed. Went back and formatted system and cache manually and worked for me.

I'm not sure if this is related, but I read in the MMuzzy's Jelly Bean 4.2.1 thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762846, first post specifically) that unmounting /system fixes this problem, and sure enough it solved the problem for me when I tried to flash that ROM.

Android Revolution HD Super Wipe Note

Hi everybody
This is my first post & thread .I'd like to thank all the developers .I'm trying to install the Revolution ROM & I managed to download the rom but failed to download super wipe for it !! I'd like to download the super wipe if link avail.
Thanx :good::highfive:

BTW I forgot to mention that my device is rooted ,shall I unroot it ?

Nobody can answer me :crying:

Here u are: http://www.sendspace.com/file/nzyx1n
Hit thanks if it helped!:good:

So what about rooting or unrooting ?

why unroot

You have to be rooted and have CWM recovery to flash a custom rom mate.
For wiping:
Wipe cache and dalvik cache
Data/factory reset
Format system and cache in mounts and storage.
Skip all the other wipes (also in Aroma installer)

He said he's rooted
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Sadly the super wipe script is not working :crying:
A failure message is appearing
Signature verification failed

BRNGTO said:
Sadly the super wipe script is not working :crying:
A failure message is appearing
Signature verification failed
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Are you sure you are rooted with custom recovery ?

locx said:
Are you sure you are rooted with custom recovery ?
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It's rooted with toolkit

Anyone can help me with that ?

It works for me. Try to update to the latest cwm
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locx said:
Are you sure you are rooted with custom recovery ?
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Rooted again and the rom installed :victory: on trial :laugh:

[Q]Dalvik Cache Wiped error msg

I have CWM touch 6.0.2.8. when i am doing Dalvik cache wipe, it tells me
E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]
Dalvik Cache Wiped
Does that mean i did not perform Dalvik cache successfully? is there anything i could do to fix it?
Rogers i747m 16GB SDcard inside
thanx in advance.

h3nyr said:
I have CWM touch 6.0.2.8. when i am doing Dalvik cache wipe, it tells me
E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]
Dalvik Cache Wiped
Does that mean i did not perform Dalvik cache successfully? is there anything i could do to fix it?
Rogers i747m 16GB SDcard inside
thanx in advance.
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When you boot into the phone, does it start initializing all your apps? If so, dalvik is being wiped

h3nyr said:
I have CWM touch 6.0.2.8. when i am doing Dalvik cache wipe, it tells me
E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]
Dalvik Cache Wiped
Does that mean i did not perform Dalvik cache successfully? is there anything i could do to fix it?
Rogers i747m 16GB SDcard inside
thanx in advance.
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Happened to me as well. And no if its Giving you a error no matter what it says afterwards isn't actually done. I switched fro CWM to TWRP. Much better ui for a recovery, and it fixed it for me, if you really love CWm im guessing reflash and also reflash cwm as well.

xBeerdroiDx said:
When you boot into the phone, does it start initializing all your apps? If so, dalvik is being wiped
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After reboot it doesn't initializing all my apps ..... Uh oh
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h3nyr said:
After reboot it doesn't initializing all my apps ..... Uh oh
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Try reflashing 6.0.2.8 again or download and flash 6.0.2.3. Might clear the issue

amzi said:
Happened to me as well. And no if its Giving you a error no matter what it says afterwards isn't actually done. I switched fro CWM to TWRP. Much better ui for a recovery, and it fixed it for me, if you really love CWm im guessing reflash and also reflash cwm as well.
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Is there any compatibility issues with certain ROMs ? I am using task650.
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h3nyr said:
Is there any compatibility issues with certain ROMs ? I am using task650.
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No. The only compatability issue you would see would be if your recovery wasn't up to date. Then you would get a status 7 error and it wouldn't flash a rom.
I would reflash recovery within recovery, reboot into recovery and try wiping dalvik again

aokp kernel

hello im currently on an older build of the aokp. ive decided to update to the newest build, but i see that it says i would have to update my kernel as well to use the new rom. Ive never done this and would appericate some help. I opened up the q & a forum and searched for kernel but it didnt tell me anything. thanks, step by step instructions would be awsome thanks.

The kernel is packaged with the rom. Download the rom and gapps. Wipe and flash them both in recovery. If you hold on another week or so, they're releasing a 4.2.2 milestone (supposedly)

Naruto101 said:
hello im currently on an older build of the aokp. ive decided to update to the newest build, but i see that it says i would have to update my kernel as well to use the new rom. Ive never done this and would appericate some help. I opened up the q & a forum and searched for kernel but it didnt tell me anything. thanks, step by step instructions would be awsome thanks.
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If you are flashing a new version of Tasks aokp from an old version just wipe cache, wipe dalvik, flash newest version, flash gapps ( there is a newer version linked on his op). Kernel is built into the ROM.
If you are flashing from a different rom you need to factory reset and format system as well as wipe cache and dalvik.
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KorGuy123 said:
If you are flashing a new version of Tasks aokp from an old version just wipe cache, wipe dalvik, flash newest version, flash gapps ( there is a newer version linked on his op). Kernel is built into the ROM.
If you are flashing from a different rom you need to factory reset and format system as well as wipe cache and dalvik.
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perfect thanks guys

okay i got another problem here im already on aokp build, when i try to wipe dalvik it says E: uknown volume for path [/sd-ext] dalvik cache wiped. (not too sure if it worked or not) then when i try to flash the rom it says finding updaet package... opening update package .,... installing update ....
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "d2att"
E: error in /emmc/0/download/aokp_JB_4.2.2._d2att-
ota-eng. task650-4.9.2013.zip
(status 7)

Naruto101 said:
okay i got another problem here im already on aokp build, when i try to wipe dalvik it says E: uknown volume for path [/sd-ext] dalvik cache wiped. (not too sure if it worked or not) then when i try to flash the rom it says finding updaet package... opening update package .,... installing update ....
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "d2att"
E: error in /emmc/0/download/aokp_JB_4.2.2._d2att-
ota-eng. task650-4.9.2013.zip
(status 7)
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Hit thanks instead of quote. You need to update your recovery version. That's what a status 7 means.
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KorGuy123 said:
Hit thanks instead of quote. You need to update your recovery version. That's what a status 7 means.
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Oh I have never heard updating recovery before any help would be awesome!

Naruto101 said:
Oh I have never heard updating recovery before any help would be awesome!
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If you are using clockworkmod download ROM manager and update recovery. If you are using twrp install goo manager and update recovery script.
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And if you got far enough into wiping that you can't boot into the phone, follow the link in my signature. Near the bottom of post #2, in the must have toolkit part, there are links to recovery flashable cwm and twrp zips. Cheers