i am currently using twrp 2.6.1.0 and i cannot find the rom im trying to transfer onto the sdcard. ive looked everywhere in recovery and cannot find it. when my phone is plugged into comp i can open it and see it.. but its weird cause twrp is showing files that i know i recently deleted from the sdcard including a certain rom.. any help to i can see my files i actually transferred i would appreciate it
ps3kev said:
i am currently using twrp 2.6.1.0 and i cannot find the rom im trying to transfer onto the sdcard. ive looked everywhere in recovery and cannot find it. when my phone is plugged into comp i can open it and see it.. but its weird cause twrp is showing files that i know i recently deleted from the sdcard including a certain rom.. any help to i can see my files i actually transferred i would appreciate it
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Look to see if you have a 0 folder. It may be in there if you have flashed 4.2 or higher. Other option is to use ext-sd. And probably should post in Q&A
i cant find a 0 folder in recovery. im having no luck
any help appreciated
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I successfully rooted and flashed ROM on my phone (Skyraider then Inc Re-Engineered). Problem I'm having, when I copy any downloaded ROM and/or KERNEL from my PC to SD Card, I can not find the file(s) on my phone! Yet they're there when viewing via my PC.
Is there something I'm missing in the process? I've repeatedly read 'How to flash ROM/KERNEL' thread but can't figure out what is wrong.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Phone is fully operational. I want to try other ROMS and KERNELS
Thanks in advance,
V
Try flashing manually and see if you can view them through CW
Hope this helps
Thanks for the reply. I haven't a problem flashing thru CW. Problem is, CW doesn't have ROMs and KERNELS I want to try. I'm going to manually delete the device from my Device Manager (PC) and try reloading/reinstalling drivers.
V
Still not working properly...
No good!
For some reason or another, the driver installed reads 'Android ADB Composite Interface'. Is this something everyone is getting?
If I remember correctly, when I first rooted my Inc Droid, the device was listed in Windows Explorer (hence I was able to add/copy a ROM to the SD Card). It only lists it as a 'Removable Drive' therefore I can copy, but can't see it via Root Explorer on the phone.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
V
Make sure you are putting them onto SD by creating a new folder on PC, put the files in it, drag and drop to SD. Name folder something you'll recognize, use astro to find it on device.
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vac357 said:
Thanks for the reply. I haven't a problem flashing thru CW. Problem is, CW doesn't have ROMs and KERNELS I want to try. I'm going to manually delete the device from my Device Manager (PC) and try reloading/reinstalling drivers.
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I am now confused by your question. Are you confusing Clockwork and Rom Manager as the same thing? And if you mount the USB storage through CW (Recovery) it should simply load up your SD, I'm almost sure you don't need drivers but someone correct me if I am wrong.
refthemc ... sorry for the confusion/lack of clarity
smtom ... Thanks! your suggestion/tip worked!!!!
Today, I updated my GS III with the latest nightly for CM 10.1 and since then, I am running into a weird issue. I am unable to view any files in Windows or OS X when using an USB cable. The only files I am able to view are the zip files I transfered over. Everything else is missing. Even the CM10 file manager is unable to view any files but Linda File manager is able to view everything. When I boot into recovery and select to install from an internal zip, I only see the following:
0/
legacy/
obb/
Nothing else shows up including the zip files I have on the internal storage. The zip files is for things such as Google Apps. But all this installs and is viewable from the SD card.
I have root access, I have also reinstalled CWM and am running v5.5.0.4. I have USB debugging enabled.
I am really stubbed here and getting really frustrated. I am not sure what had happened to case this or what to do.
Any ideas or thoughts?
Well if you did your reading, you'd have seen that the partitions are messing up at the moment due to android 4.2 features. They're working on a 'fixed' twrp recovery at the moment.
teh roxxorz said:
Well if you did your reading, you'd have seen that the partitions are messing up at the moment due to android 4.2 features. They're working on a 'fixed' twrp recovery at the moment.
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Well I did do my reading, for several hours, and found absolutely nothing except for suggestions such as to reboot, disable and enable debugging, etc...And if no one ever asked any questions, even if it has been posted already, we would have a pretty dead forum.
I also have tried CM 10 again, build form a few nights ago that worked fine, and same issue persists. What doesn't make sense to me is that how also in recovery this issue is also happening.
teh roxxorz said:
Well if you did your reading, you'd have seen that the partitions are messing up at the moment due to android 4.2 features. They're working on a 'fixed' twrp recovery at the moment.
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Dude, really? We don't need that here. I agree searching first is important, but it sounds to me like he isn't oblivious. Let's act like adults here.
Anyway, op, the answer to your question is that cm10.1 put everything on your internal SD into the "0" folder. Nothing got deleted, so just move them back and you're good.
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jsc15 said:
Dude, really? We don't need that here. I agree searching first is important, but it sounds to me like he isn't oblivious. Let's act like adults here.
Anyway, op, the answer to your question is that cm10.1 put everything on your internal SD into the "0" folder. Nothing got deleted, so just move them back and you're good.
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Ah cool, you are correct, 0 has everything. Actually there are about 5 folders levels of folders called 0, so it is \internal\0\0\0\0\0\All the folders/files. This explains why going back to CM 10 (Android 4.1.2) why it still does not show up in recovery. I hadn't actually logged in the 3 folders that show up since they weren't popping up via USB.
Please help me. I have many songs, movies and many imp files and documents in the internal storage and suddenly all is gone. Though it shows that it takes the space. Last night I connected my phone to the pc to copy a kernel modules into my phone. I copied and flash and the phone went into bootloop. Then I flashed the previous kernel I was using-ncx and it booted normally. Then I realized many files are missing but the phone is using the space for those. Then o rebooted and flashed the kernle again thinking that it was a kernel issue. After o rebooted I got everything. Then the whole night everything was normal. When I woke up I saw that the same thing happened aagin after a reboot. I rebooted because sound was my playing. It said unable to play media. It rebooted and sound played but the same files where again missing. The I flashed stock kernel. Still the same. Then downloaded viper Rom 3.3.6 and flashed it with and without full wipe and still the same. Please help anyone. I don't have a backup of these missing files and its very urgent.
What happends when you mount the sdcard as a mass storage device inside the recovery ? That way you go around the rom and see the space and hopefully the files directly ! Then at least we can say its a rom problem and not sdcard problem !
Mr Hofs said:
What happends when you mount the sdcard as a mass storage device inside the recovery ? That way you go around the rom and see the space and hopefully the files directly ! Then at least we can say its a rom problem and not sdcard problem !
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I tried that but it shows the same files and folders that it shows inside the Rom.
When you have your phone mounted to your PC.
Control Panel -> Folder Options -> Select "Show hidden files/folders".
See what that does for you.
Did you try to flash a 4.2 rom? 4.2 rom's usually move your data from /sdcard/ to /sdcard/0/ or something, which might explain why you cant see the data when you flashed your previous rom.
When connected to pc and show hidden files. Nothing happens. I already had viper Rom since it released. After copying files from of pc it happened suddenly. I thought reflashing the Rom would solve but no. The titanium backup folder is also gone. The sd card does uses space so I think the files are recoverable. Please help me to recover them. Please.
I found something. The files are still there in the internal storage but not directly in the sd card. It automatically got moved in to a new folder>>> sdcard/0/
Everything is there. How to solve this issue? Make my phone recognize that folder as internal storage or just make it like before?
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I found something. The files are still there in the internal storage but not directly in the sd card. It automatically got moved in to a new folder>>> sdcard/0/
Everything is there. How to solve this issue? Make my phone recognize that folder as internal storage or just make it like before?
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Lol that happened to me when I flashed my kernel unrepacked. just move everything back to /sdcard
Sdcard/0 is a file structure that happen when you flash 4.2 roms because of the multi user feature. When you flash other roms make sure you copy all files from sdcard/0 to the root folder before flashing
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I know this has been asked numerous times in alot of different threads but I was hoping by starting this someone would be kind enough to elaborate and explain exactly what is needed and what is not. I know I should have plenty of storage on my phone but it seems I dont. I have 2.23 GB left and I know I should have more. If anyone is willing to explain more in detail it would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: I am currently using Rootbox and it has been the only rom I've used since rooting my phone.
treezy26 said:
I know this has been asked numerous times in alot of different threads but I was hoping by starting this someone would be kind enough to elaborate and explain exactly what is needed and what is not. I know I should have plenty of storage on my phone but it seems I dont. I have 2.23 GB left and I know I should have more. If anyone is willing to explain more in detail it would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: I am currently using Rootbox and it has been the only rom I've used since rooting my phone.
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Bump. I'm having a bunch of issues with this. I went from stock rooted to AOKP, and now TWRP won't recognize my backup so that I can go back to stock. It's really annoying. I'm not having any luck with any partition I copy the backup to. Does anyone know of a way to restore stock factory partitioning? Even doing an LGNPST of ZV9 and then taking the OTA doesn't fix the partitioning. I've tried everything I can think of and I'm out of ideas.
Use a root file browser your stock storage is in mnt/shell/emulated so once your in that Ares look for your twrp folder copy the backups inside it then paste then into the twrp in sdcard0 ..... to sum up you haven't lost anything these cm/aosp ROMs create a new storage (sdcard0) so just take anything you normal store in your stock storage which is now mnt/shell/emulated and place it in sdcard0 or redirect apps looking for files to look in those places
I'm not sure about deleting those files in the stock storage though unless you have no intention in returning to stock cause if you delete them then return to stock they will be missing and vice versa
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Use a root file browser your stock storage is in mnt/shell/emulated so once your in that Ares look for your twrp folder copy the backups inside it then paste then into the twrp in sdcard0 ..... to sum up you haven't lost anything these cm/aosp ROMs create a new storage (sdcard0) so just take anything you normal store in your stock storage which is now mnt/shell/emulated and place it in sdcard0 or redirect apps looking for files to look in those places
I'm not sure about deleting those files in the stock storage though unless you have no intention in returning to stock cause if you delete them then return to stock they will be missing and vice versa
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That's what I did, and TWRP refuses to recognize my backup. Time to LGNPST.
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treezy26 said:
I know this has been asked numerous times in alot of different threads but I was hoping by starting this someone would be kind enough to elaborate and explain exactly what is needed and what is not. I know I should have plenty of storage on my phone but it seems I dont. I have 2.23 GB left and I know I should have more. If anyone is willing to explain more in detail it would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: I am currently using Rootbox and it has been the only rom I've used since rooting my phone.
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You likely still have the old "sd card" from a previous stock install. Use a root file explorer, like ES File Explorer, and navigate back to the root directory. You will likely have a directory called "mnt". Navigate to that folder and open the "sdcard" folder. You'll find whatever you used to have on your sd card from previous installs. I would save whatever you want to your new sd card directory and delete the entire mnt/sdcard directory. It might not allow everything to be deleted, but it should fee up that space you're missing.
*Note: The old files could be under mnt/emulated or some such directory, I dont remember. Just look around that folder to find those old files.
Hope that helps!
I'm having the same issue with this folder. I see that it is mirrored because i added a file in the sdcard0 folder it showed up in the sdcard folder. But i also found the same folders in the mnt folder. So are they all mirrored files or are they actually taking up space? Is there a way to format the space? Will the rom still boot up? Also, had that 0 folder on my sdcard, but am not able to delete it just rename the folder.
I'm running nexOGen 1.6 if it makes a difference. Hope someone can help.
thanks!
Team,
I have been researching for hours and am quite confused on which avenue to take to recover my soft brick. Information overload:crying:
Here is what happened and I will provide as much info as I can so please bare with me. After OTA upgrading to 4.3 and rooting successfully using the CF Auto Root. I was attempting to get my wifi hotspot working again using the Wifi mod and mucked around and installed the wrong mod (Odexed MK4). This rendered me stuck at the glowing samsung screen and it goes no further. Ive tried to factory reset, wiped cache and rebooted several times. Boots fine into recovery and download mode.
So after hours of searching, reading (its 3:50am est) and testing solutions I am no closer to a fix than I was when I started. I am currently waiting on a stock rooted rom to download in an attempt to flash back to stock but its taking hours to download.
However I just noticed, as I am typing this thread, that I can no longer
1. Mount as an usb external drive in recovery (TWRP v 2.3.1.0) I have Samsung drivers installed (1.5.14.0) so I get the indicator sound from windows that I sees the phone.
2. If I attempt to manually browse through my files using the recovery there are no files inside my internal sdcard directories.
/sdcard There are three directories there
/0 /obb /TWRP and the only folder that has files inside is the TWRP folder.
Im floundering here. I cannot even mount and install files on the phone to even attempt to flash back to stock. Can I get some fresh angles ladies and gents? I am at a loss.
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Team,
I have been researching for hours and am quite confused on which avenue to take to recover my soft brick. Information overload:crying:
Here is what happened and I will provide as much info as I can so please bare with me. After OTA upgrading to 4.3 and rooting successfully using the CF Auto Root. I was attempting to get my wifi hotspot working again using the Wifi mod and mucked around and installed the wrong mod (Odexed MK4). This rendered me stuck at the glowing samsung screen and it goes no further. Ive tried to factory reset, wiped cache and rebooted several times. Boots fine into recovery and download mode.
So after hours of searching, reading (its 3:50am est) and testing solutions I am no closer to a fix than I was when I started. I am currently waiting on a stock rooted rom to download in an attempt to flash back to stock but its taking hours to download.
However I just noticed, as I am typing this thread, that I can no longer
1. Mount as an usb external drive in recovery (TWRP v 2.3.1.0) I have Samsung drivers installed (1.5.14.0) so I get the indicator sound from windows that I sees the phone.
2. If I attempt to manually browse through my files using the recovery there are no files inside my internal sdcard directories.
/sdcard There are three directories there
/0 /obb /TWRP and the only folder that has files inside is the TWRP folder.
Im floundering here. I cannot even mount and install files on the phone to even attempt to flash back to stock. Can I get some fresh angles ladies and gents? I am at a loss.
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Good morning (not really, I assume, sorry). So where are you at? Not sure what you mean that you cannot install files on the phone... Can you get into download mode and your computer recognizes the phone? If yes, can you do what you started to say - odin stock rooted? Or... if you can get into a custom recovery but your internal sd card has been wiped, can you put a stock rooted ROM in zip format on an external sd card, put that sd card into your phone, and flash in custom recovery?
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Good morning (not really, I assume, sorry). So where are you at? Not sure what you mean that you cannot install files on the phone... Can you get into download mode and your computer recognizes the phone? If yes, can you do what you started to say - odin stock rooted? Or... if you can get into a custom recovery but your internal sd card has been wiped, can you put a stock rooted ROM in zip format on an external sd card, put that sd card into your phone, and flash in custom recovery?
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Here is the problem...the ROM I have is in zip format and based on what I have been reading I cannot install via Odin. Due to the fact that the phone refuses to mount as an external storage device I have no way of placing data on the the internal or external card. The only recourse I have now it to attempt to find an adapter to be able to mount this microsd card to my PC. I am out of town and have no idea where I could find one.....uggggh. Ill keep you posted.
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Here is the problem...the ROM I have is in zip format and based on what I have been reading I cannot install via Odin. Due to the fact that the phone refuses to mount as an external storage device I have no way of placing data on the the internal or external card. The only recourse I have now it to attempt to find an adapter to be able to mount this microsd card to my PC. I am out of town and have no idea where I could find one.....uggggh. Ill keep you posted.
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Walmart. .. target. ... and most any office store you should be able to find one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538543 ... This thread gives you the stock unrooted rom in a flashable zip. To my knowledge no one has put out a stock rooted zip, but I will check around.
http://i.imgur.com/qrByUGN.jpg
signalsoldier said:
Team,
I have been researching for hours and am quite confused on which avenue to take to recover my soft brick. Information overload:crying:
Here is what happened and I will provide as much info as I can so please bare with me. After OTA upgrading to 4.3 and rooting successfully using the CF Auto Root. I was attempting to get my wifi hotspot working again using the Wifi mod and mucked around and installed the wrong mod (Odexed MK4). This rendered me stuck at the glowing samsung screen and it goes no further. Ive tried to factory reset, wiped cache and rebooted several times. Boots fine into recovery and download mode.
So after hours of searching, reading (its 3:50am est) and testing solutions I am no closer to a fix than I was when I started. I am currently waiting on a stock rooted rom to download in an attempt to flash back to stock but its taking hours to download.
However I just noticed, as I am typing this thread, that I can no longer
1. Mount as an usb external drive in recovery (TWRP v 2.3.1.0) I have Samsung drivers installed (1.5.14.0) so I get the indicator sound from windows that I sees the phone.
2. If I attempt to manually browse through my files using the recovery there are no files inside my internal sdcard directories.
/sdcard There are three directories there
/0 /obb /TWRP and the only folder that has files inside is the TWRP folder.
Im floundering here. I cannot even mount and install files on the phone to even attempt to flash back to stock. Can I get some fresh angles ladies and gents? I am at a loss.
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You always have the Factory Reset/Wipe Data option inside your Recovery. But if that doesnt work use your downoad mode and Reset in KIES. but whatever you do, now that you have upgraded to 4.3 DO NOT try and dowgrade. it will cause a hard brick.
You did the ota update which put KNOX on your phone which is bad especially if you have a warranty. There is currently no way to get rid of it. I read a while ago the peoples phones has been getting bricked because they were trying stuff.
Anyway the only option I guess you have is to use your computer and reset your phone using kies. It will flash your phone back to stock in download mode.
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Ok team here is the latest
I was able to grab an adapter for my micro and I attempted to install the stock rom posted above located here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538543
That was a no-go and gave me the following error during installation.
assert failed: apply_rename_check("/system/app/ALLSHAREPLAY.apk","/system/app/ALLSHARECASTPLYER.apk","f90c86cf5423131dcd04f9a5b169df5f83ab9170" "81dbc5115c7c1121f70ada147f7297e192af4d38")
E: Error in /external_sd/cffb350e111c431bcd19eea86e0d0e6816950053.USER_L710_SPR_MD4_to_MK3_Update_FWD.zip
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I attempted to connect to Kies 2.6.1 via download mode. Kies will timeout attempting to connect after about 8 to 10 mins.
"Device does not respond. Reboot to Resolved the Issue."
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at this point I am still able to get into Recovery and Download. I really hosed this **** up
Here is the stock tar thread....You can use this to Odin back to stock. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565972
Good luck!
http://i.imgur.com/qrByUGN.jpg
Thanks bro.....Ill download it and give it a try. I have nothing to lose at this point. Ill be back with praise or tears.
Problem resolved I was able to go back to stock using the link posted above by Bigpappa!!!
Thank you all so much for you help!
Congratulations
I am glad you were able to get use of your phone back. I wish I had seen this thread sooner. I was in exactly the same boat a couple of weeks ago, only mine lasted 3 days. I even bought a new GS4 when I thought my phone was dead. Took it back when someone finally helped me do what you did. It's a helpless feeling when you have been rooting and Romming for years safely. Sure seems like a sticky thread is in order for this specific issue. As you can see, I haven't got enough history for credibility on this forum since I rarely post. Oh well.