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Themes Help

Hey all,
I have searched a little bit, but my brain is fried from rooting today so i'm not having any luck finding a post on how to install a theme. I have found a million and one on how to make a theme, but not install it.
Could someone point me to a good "howto" please?
Or if it's as simple as flashing it using recovery you can just tell me to do that too!
Thanks!

Most you just flash using recovery.
The popular ones anyways.
Any particular one you are struggling with?

apristel said:
Most you just flash using recovery.
The popular ones anyways.
Any particular one you are struggling with?
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I haven't tried to do one yet for fear of breaking something after spending all day trying to root!
But im looking at installing this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717559
I've already downloaded it. Do I just copy it to the root of my SD and then flash from SD with recovery?
Thanks!

Karma79 said:
I haven't tried to do one yet for fear of breaking something after spending all day trying to root!
But im looking at installing this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717559
I've already downloaded it. Do I just copy it to the root of my SD and then flash from SD with recovery?
Thanks!
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Thats exactly what you do.. just make sure you downloaded the one for your rom... Damage control or Fresh.... and you will be all set..
Just so you know after flashing it might take a minute to reboot..just give it sometime and it will finish booting.

apristel said:
Thats exactly what you do.. just make sure you downloaded the one for your rom... Damage control or Fresh.... and you will be all set..
Just so you know after flashing it might take a minute to reboot..just give it sometime and it will finish booting.
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Sweet!! TY so much!!

Karma79 said:
Sweet!! TY so much!!
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No problemo!

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No problemo!
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OK I spoke too soon....well....still TY, but it didnt quite work. LOL
I flashed it, and the icons all changed, but none of the backgrounds did. Do I need to set those somehow or should it have done that??
Sorry im so noob!!

Karma79 said:
OK I spoke too soon....well....still TY, but it didnt quite work. LOL
I flashed it, and the icons all changed, but none of the backgrounds did. Do I need to set those somehow or should it have done that??
Sorry im so noob!!
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You need to find and set the background yourself.

apristel said:
You need to find and set the background yourself.
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Lost again.... When I go to menu > wallpapers I dont see that background in any of the categories. Where would I find them at??
TY!!!!

You are looking for the background for the minimalist / movado theme?
I would post the link but it won't let me as I am too new. Simply go to the theme page, save the bottom picture to your phone, which is the background you want. (And by theme page, I mean the link you posted above. It has several images in it. of screen shots. the bottom one is the background. Save that to your phone).
Just save that image to your phone, then go to "menu" / "wallpaper" / "gallery" and select the image.

New to rooting, themes and such.
I found some place that before flashing a theme you need to:
Wipe data+Cache+Dalvik
Is this necessary?

please i need help

guys ive had this problem before and it gets me so upset cause i have no clue as to what to do when this happens .i downloaded infected rom and i transfered it to my sdcard mind you it took about a good hour to load .so when i go to flash it reads system /date/gapps .but dont know why.now if i download a rom that has .zip or i guess is zipped i can just transfer it to my sd card and flash it and boom i got the dam rom .but have no clue how to fix this i mean i really want to try this rom out please help guys

g35slammed said:
guys ive had this problem before and it gets me so upset cause i have no clue as to what to do when this happens .i downloaded infected rom and i transfered it to my sdcard mind you it took about a good hour to load .so when i go to flash it reads system /date/gapps .but dont know why.now if i download a rom that has .zip or i guess is zipped i can just transfer it to my sd card and flash it and boom i got the dam rom .but have no clue how to fix this i mean i really want to try this rom out please help guys
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when do you see this error? after the phone reboots from flashing or right before the reboot? i've never encountered that particular error before so i might not be much help but i'll try
btw.....you might wanna duck and cover.....you posted in the wrong section so you might see some flaming. just ask a mod to move this to the Q&A section

g35slammed said:
guys ive had this problem before and it gets me so upset cause i have no clue as to what to do when this happens .i downloaded infected rom and i transfered it to my sdcard mind you it took about a good hour to load .so when i go to flash it reads system /date/gapps .but dont know why.now if i download a rom that has .zip or i guess is zipped i can just transfer it to my sd card and flash it and boom i got the dam rom .but have no clue how to fix this i mean i really want to try this rom out please help guys
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First off, this is in the wrong forum. You should be posting this in the section for the rom you are trying to flash. Second off, infected rom is not a rom that I am aware of, that is a website that has quite a few roms on it though. Please elaborate what rom you are trying to flash exactly and I will try to help you out.

sorry for posting in the wrong section .i will post from now on in the question and answer portion of this forum and again im sorry about this ,however, the rom i am trying to use is the infected rom / eternity and what im trying to say is i downloaded the rom to my computer i connected my phone and downloaded the rom to my sd card so when i go to flash the rom i see it but i guesss its not zipped ? i click the rom and it tells me data.system meta.inf

g35slammed said:
guys ive had this problem before and it gets me so upset cause i have no clue as to what to do when this happens .i downloaded infected rom and i transfered it to my sdcard mind you it took about a good hour to load .so when i go to flash it reads system /date/gapps .but dont know why.now if i download a rom that has .zip or i guess is zipped i can just transfer it to my sd card and flash it and boom i got the dam rom .but have no clue how to fix this i mean i really want to try this rom out please help guys
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Is this the ROM you are referring to? If so you will want to get the ROM from here try re-downloading and try the install again. Also are you using a Mac?

bmxrider4444 said:
Is this the ROM you are referring to? If so you will want to get the ROM from here try re-downloading and try the install again. Also are you using a Mac?
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Also, you could always check the md5 sum. Otherwise, I would also suggest redownloading the rom. Are you using amon ra recovery or cwm?

yes that is the rom i am trying to download .i downloaded from the same site and it said decompressing failed twice .and yes i am on a mac

and im using amon recovery thanks for the fast replys

g35slammed said:
yes that is the rom i am trying to download .i downloaded from the same site and it said decompressing failed twice .and yes i am on a mac
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You are most likely using Safari which automatically unzips stuff, you will need to disable that for it to be fixed, open Safari then go to Preferences>General tab>uncheck Open "safe" files after download... And re-download the ROM. The ROMs are supposed to be zipped, happened to me all the time with my Hero back in the day lol.

i just unchecked it and will download it again .i will let you know if this worked wow you guys are great man

That's interesting, and kinda dumb. Does it do it with all types of zip files including apk's?
Boo

g35slammed said:
i just unchecked it and will download it again .i will let you know if this worked wow you guys are great man
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Should fix it, like I said, Safari automatically unzipping ROMs is bad as they are supposed to be zipped, and the unzipping breaks the files signature.
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LyndenP said:
That's interesting, and kinda dumb. Does it do it with all types of zip files including apk's?
Boo
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Nope just files with the .zip extension.

i really hope unchecking this box fixes this ,however,is strange because ive been able to download roms from my mac to my phone so does this make any sense ?

g35slammed said:
i really hope unchecking this box fixes this ,however,is strange because ive been able to download roms from my mac to my phone so does this make any sense ?
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Do you always use Safari? If so I have no answer, lol, all I know is everything should be fine now.

g35slammed said:
i really hope unchecking this box fixes this ,however,is strange because ive been able to download roms from my mac to my phone so does this make any sense ?
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If that doesn't work for you, you could always try downloading directly from your phone and see if that makes the difference. I would have never had that answer though cause I always download from my windows laptop or directly from my phone. Although, I have found RCmix3d to run better on my phone that eternity anyway. I do love virus' work, but he never really finished eternity and is now mostly working on other phones. R46 was just released though, and nobody knows what was changed, so hopefully the issues are fixed. My problem with eternity was that I kept missing text messages, which can't happen for me. Let us know how this goes and I might even try eternity again if the issues are fixed. Good Luck! If not, I suggest either RCmix3d or PrimeXL3d, they are both basically the same as eternity and have both worked better for me at this point

yes i use safari all the time lol ill keep you posted haha .i hope this works

it worked wow lol however it was stuck on the boot for quite sometime my god i thought i messed it up lol thanks guys amd ill let you know how this rom works

g35slammed said:
it worked wow lol however it was stuck on the boot for quite sometime my god i thought i messed it up lol thanks guys amd ill let you know how this rom works
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Anytime glad it worked for you.

g35slammed said:
it worked wow lol however it was stuck on the boot for quite sometime my god i thought i messed it up lol thanks guys amd ill let you know how this rom works
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Great, I'm glad bmxrider helped you out on this one. Please do let me know what happens with the new eternity, mainly if your text messages all come through. I know you can use go sms or whatever, but I am not a fan of adding unneccesary apps to my phone really. I like to stay mainly stock with a few games and root apps as needed.

i will let you know .it looks delicious my god this virus dude is sick man wow great and very smooth .it took some time to load but hey its really nice

[Q] Can someone create a debrick.img for me (D851)?

Hey guys, I have everything that I need except the files to boot my phone. My phone has been hard bricked for 2 days already and attempting to clean the partition and the hardware bug on my phone. The phone is however unresponsive and cannot go into download mode. So if someone is kind enough and have/created a debrick.img, can you kindly put the img files so I can fix this phone.

I'll hook you up when I get a chance if nobody beats me to it. Having a debrick file on hand is a great idea. Just so other readers know its going to be late tonight when I get time so if you know how you should do it.

ThePagel said:
I'll hook you up when I get a chance if nobody beats me to it. Having a debrick file on hand is a great idea. Just so other readers know its going to be late tonight when I get time so if you know how you should do it.
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i def want it. dont hold out.

ThePagel said:
I'll hook you up when I get a chance if nobody beats me to it. Having a debrick file on hand is a great idea. Just so other readers know its going to be late tonight when I get time so if you know how you should do it.
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YES YES YES!
(Breathing Intensifies)

xmagiicsx said:
YES YES YES!
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can you create one for me too and once I get it how can I put it back to my recovery because right now my phone keeps going to twrp

xmagiicsx said:
YES YES YES!
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Here you go! Tell me if this works I will have more time tomorrow to trouble shoot the dump if it doesn't work. I trust since you asked for it you know how to properly use it. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712470742
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i def want it. dont hold out.
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Hold off on downloading it until after it is verified as working
jameslee2 said:
can you create one for me too and once I get it how can I put it back to my recovery because right now my phone keeps going to twrp
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This is not for you, this is for recovering from a bad brick your problem is you tried to update to 10m via ota with twrp installed. You have a couple solutions to fix just not this.

Sure but this is for hard bricked meaning that the sd partition have failed and the phone wont turn on or go into download mode which cause the G3 to be unresponsive

ThePagel said:
Here you go! Tell me if this works I will have more time tomorrow to trouble shoot the dump if it doesn't work. I trust since you asked for it you know how to properly use it. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712470742
Hold off on downloading it until after it is verified as working
This is not for you, this is for recovering from a bad brick your problem is you tried to update to 10m via ota with twrp installed. You have a couple solutions to fix just not this.
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Thanks, man! Ill get to work asap

xmagiicsx said:
Thanks, man! Ill get to work asap
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This is compressed with 7zip. I bet you already figured this out but I understand why some people get confused Just wanted to make sure

ThePagel said:
Here you go! Tell me if this works I will have more time tomorrow to trouble shoot the dump if it doesn't work. I trust since you asked for it you know how to properly use it. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712470742
Hold off on downloading it until after it is verified as working
This is not for you, this is for recovering from a bad brick your problem is you tried to update to 10m via ota with twrp installed. You have a couple solutions to fix just not this.
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Hi ThePagel,
What solutions can you provide that would resolve this problem? Thanks

jameslee2 said:
Hi ThePagel,
What solutions can you provide that would resolve this problem? Thanks
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best options:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g3/general/fix-recovery-loop-twrp-computer-t2873386 (input everything EXACTLY you will still be on C)
or if that didn't work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g3/general/firmware-t-mobile-lg-g3-t2818667 (read from top to bottom and you will know what your best option is for you)
short term fix:
Factory reset (I think this will work)
or
Install a custom rom via removable sd card or otg cable (If the best options fail at least you have a working phone until you figure it out)

ThePagel said:
Here you go! Tell me if this works I will have more time tomorrow to trouble shoot the dump if it doesn't work. I trust since you asked for it you know how to properly use it. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712470742
Hold off on downloading it until after it is verified as working
This is not for you, this is for recovering from a bad brick your problem is you tried to update to 10m via ota with twrp installed. You have a couple solutions to fix just not this.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660566
Using this method. Wish me luck!!!

xmagiicsx said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660566
Using this method. Wish me luck!!!
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Fingers are crossed! if win32diskimager doesn't seem to work try to write it to the card multiple times and if it keeps failing and you have access to linux dd will most definitely work.
If you come to the conclusion the debrick is bad ill make a bigger one and keep doing so until we decide this will work for you or not.

The files aren't working ( I think its me doing something wrong) but I attempt to fix it again in the morning EST. Sorry that I'm a nuisance and wasting your time D:

xmagiicsx said:
The files aren't working ( I think its me doing something wrong) but I attempt to fix it again in the morning EST
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Did it write to the sdcard? If so I would assume in order to get it to boot you would need to remove the battery and put it back in then hold the volume up + plug it into the computer.

Yea, I'm writing it again and trying to do that method again

xmagiicsx said:
Yea, I'm writing it again and trying to do that method again
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If it seems to not work ill make a 200,250,300,350,400 mb dumps and send them all your way. If one of them do not work I will dump the entire partition and find out where it is hiding.

ThePagel said:
If it seems to not work ill make a 200,250,300,350,400 mb dumps and send them all your way. If one of them do not work I will dump the entire partition and find out where it is hiding.
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That seems like a good idea if this method doesn't work. If this method fails, I will start on it tomorrow.

xmagiicsx said:
That seems like a good idea if this method doesn't work. If this method fails, I will start on it tomorrow.
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Yeah I need to get to bed and have a semi busy day tomorrow. Luckily its all house work and I should find time here and there to take a brake and do some dumps. I cant see it needing to be bigger than 200mb but we will see.

ThePagel said:
Yeah I need to get to bed and have a semi busy day tomorrow. Luckily its all house work and I should find time here and there to take a brake and do some dumps. I cant see it needing to be bigger than 200mb but we will see.
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Thanks man! This is what it looks like after writing it to disk imager. Don't know if this is correct way or not. Is it possible to create repartition and boot.img into the G3?

Request for EFS partition to be Shared

Hi ,
I have an LG G2 - LS980 and I messed up my EFS partition , and I really didnt back it up like i should have !
I have everything in order though , after flashing back my IMEI using the method here. Thanks to @kingroach and @Lifoo . Expect that it will no longer connect to 3G/4G and remains only at 2G/GSM .
I may need to reflash the EFS partition to ensure i fix this. If you could share the EFS partition from your backup via PM it would help tremendously.
Details of backing up your partition are mentioned here

kryptonite said:
Hi ,
I have an LG G2 - LS980 and I messed up my EFS partition , and I really didnt back it up like i should have !
I have everything in order though , after flashing back my IMEI using the method here. Thanks to @kingroach and @Lifoo . Expect that it will no longer connect to 3G/4G and remains only at 2G/GSM .
I may need to reflash the EFS partition to ensure i fix this. If you could share the EFS partition from your backup via PM it would help tremendously.
Details of backing up your partition are mentioned here
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Getting this for you now.

Demonlinx said:
Getting this for you now.
Here you go man.
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Thank you very much , could you please edit your post and remove the link so that its not public.

Still no luck , I am stuck on 2G and cannot get onto 3G/4G with my phone. Any more clues ?

Your best bet is to TOT back to full stock.

This thread got me scratching my head SEVERAL times. Till now I have been certain that your EFS contained your IMEI. Can you guys check whether you got the same IMEI now?

kryptonite said:
Thank you very much , could you please edit your post and remove the link so that its not public.
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Maybe you should edit yours as well since you're keeping his EFS file public lol

Yes i have made the edit. I am stumped too. Even i thought EFS is what contained the IMEI !
My challenge now I guess is MEID .

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Getting this for you now.
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Thanks for the help so far. I still need some more help on this . Could you (or anyone using Sprint - LG - G2 ) please help back up these partitions and send them to me.
Attached a ZIP file to help make the backup easy.
Connect your phone in usb debug mode to PC .
Unzip and run the batch file LG_BCK.bat and once its done , takes 5-6 mins, please help share the files located in the resulting LGBCK folder.
This will help me understand what else is needed other than EFS , modem partitions to backup the IMEI and other data.
FYI "Partitions NOT backed up are system, cache, userdata to ensure privacy of data" :good:
Also please share the resulting files via PM rather than posting a public link here.

Also note the resulting files in LGBCK folder amounts to ~439MB , if you rar this folder , it will be compressed to 70 MB which is much easier to share !

kryptonite said:
Also note the resulting files in LGBCK folder amounts to ~439MB , if you rar this folder , it will be compressed to 70 MB which is much easier to share !
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I can look into doing this for you sometime in the next 12-18 hours. I'm away from the computer until then.
Sent from my LG-LS980 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Demonlinx said:
I can look into doing this for you sometime in the next 12-18 hours. I'm away from the computer until then.
Sent from my LG-LS980 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Thank you very much ! Appreciate it.
Also attached version 1.0 of the backup script . There are 2 options now.
1. Core backup (This does not back up system , userdata and cache) . Good for a quick backup of all partitions .
2. Full backup (Includes every partition).

Demonlinx said:
I can look into doing this for you sometime in the next 12-18 hours. I'm away from the computer until then.
Sent from my LG-LS980 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Sorry to be bothering you, but wanted to check if you got the chance to get to this. If you cant please let me know as well.
My next plan is to go in for a LG G3 if i cannot get this working .

kryptonite said:
Sorry to be bothering you, but wanted to check if you got the chance to get to this. If you cant please let me know as well.
My next plan is to go in for a LG G3 if i cannot get this working .
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Your fine man, I've just been really busy with school and work and have totally spaced this. I will try to get you this in 5 ish hours. can you send me a PM with an email I can reach you at to send you a link to my google drive instead of linking it in the forum.
Edit: when trying to run that bat all I get is a black command prompt screen that pops up then quickly goes away.. Idk what's happening or going wrong.

Demonlinx said:
Edit: when trying to run that bat all I get is a black command prompt screen that pops up then quickly goes away.. Idk what's happening or going wrong.
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Are you using this version ? Adb_Backupv1.zip ?
Could you open a command prompt and browse to that directory and manually run the .bat file to see what the error may be ?
I have PMed you with my email details.

Can anyone help me i need the efs partition i didnt backup mine
I dont have conection of any kind if not i have to return to a tot flash procedure and im away from my computer and going to get it until 2 weeks.
Thanks to everybody.

kryptonite said:
Yes i have made the edit. I am stumped too. Even i thought EFS is what contained the IMEI !
My challenge now I guess is MEID .
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Doesn't it contain IMEI? Every google search says it does.
Sent from my LG-LS980 using XDA Free mobile app

If you're trying to write your meid you will need to use cdma dfs or cdma workshop to write it manually if you have your msl and have the meid dec from the back cover of the phone. I have a link to a site that calculates everything but your imei from the meid dec, but I'm not home with all my bookmarks.

TWRP not working correctly

On my M8, I'm trying to reinstall Xposed (reinstall because I stopped using it for a while and wanted to save some space) but when I boot into recovery, TWRP isn't showing me what's on my device. In the "Install" section, it doesn't give me the right menu. I don't know how to explain it, it shows me things that I'm not looking for. I've done this many times before and so I know what its supposed to look like. It doesn't show me any of my downloads (which BTW there isn't a downloads folder either), even if they're .zip files, it only shows me folders. Its really hard to explain but I also noticed that my backups are gone even though I did one yesterday. If i go into ES file explorer, and look into my recovery, i can still find my backups from TWRP. I'm running CM12.1 if it makes a difference and the device was on Sense 6 5.0.1 before that. Both are and were working perfectly.

Hey man sorry was just passing threads and saw this. I cant help but just to say your maybe better moving this thread to the help part here mate - http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help you might get quicker answers in that department :good:

EYES33YOU said:
Hey man sorry was just passing threads and saw this. I cant help but just to say your maybe better moving this thread to the help part here mate - http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help you might get quicker answers in that department :good:
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OK thanks

Did you happen to change your default location in TWRP to the removable SD instead of internal storage?

redpoint73 said:
Did you happen to change your default location in TWRP to the removable SD instead of internal storage?
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That's what I thought initially but its still not showing me what its supposed to