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Help with Rebooting wiping storage

Hello everyone,
I would post this in the development thread but I can't since I am a ne user. Anyway..
I am currently on InFamous switching between the 2.4 TW version and the Google Edition v2.0.
My problem is every time I reboot my phone, it gets stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S4 boot image. Then when I go to recovery the Internal storage shows 0 MB available, and I can't fix permissions or wipe anything without having to format data first. The only way to boot my phone again, is to format data, wipe everything, and reinstall the ROM which is very annoying and time consuming.
PLEASE HELP!!
Thanks in advance
-Jesse

re: rebooting into Google Edition Rom
razorj7 said:
Hello everyone,
I would post this in the development thread but I can't since I am a ne user. Anyway..
I am currently on InFamous switching between the 2.4 TW version and the Google Edition v2.0.
My problem is every time I reboot my phone, it gets stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S4 boot image. Then when I go to recovery the Internal storage shows 0 MB available, and I can't fix permissions or wipe anything without having to format data first. The only way to boot my phone again, is to format data, wipe everything, and reinstall the ROM which is very annoying and time consuming.
PLEASE HELP!!
Thanks in advance
-Jesse
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Have you tried this:
Before doing anything, be sure to back up the internal sdcard to a folder on your computer if you have anything you
want to save on the internal sdcard. Also be sure that the Google Edition zip file rom is on your "external" sdcard.
When the phone is flashed and ready to use go into settings>accounts tab>backup and reset>"Factory data reset".
Click on the factory data reset.
After doing that reboot into cwm or twrp which ever you are using and do a full wipe as you usually do but don't
forget to include "Factory reset".
Then flash the Google Edition rom as you normally have done and it should fix the problem you are having hopefully.
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
Have you tried this:
Before doing anything, be sure to back up the internal sdcard to a folder on your computer if you have anything you
want to save on the internal sdcard. Also be sure that the Google Edition zip file rom is on your "external" sdcard.
When the phone is flashed and ready to use go into settings>accounts tab>backup and reset>"Factory data reset".
Click on the factory data reset.
After doing that reboot into cwm or twrp which ever you are using and do a full wipe as you usually do but don't
forget to include "Factory reset".
Then flash the Google Edition rom as you normally have done and it should fix the problem you are having hopefully.
Good luck!
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Unfortunately, this did not work =(. Again, as soon s I reboot, I get stuck on the Samsung screen and have to pull out the battery. Then, in recovery my Internal storage has 0 MB aeven though the folders are empty.

razorj7 said:
Unfortunately, this did not work =(. Again, as soon s I reboot, I get stuck on the Samsung screen and have to pull out the battery. Then, in recovery my Internal storage has 0 MB aeven though the folders are empty.
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Have you tried holding the power button, home key and the volume up key all at the same time to boot in recovery? If not do a battery pull and do it when turning the phone back on
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razorj7 said:
Unfortunately, this did not work =(. Again, as soon s I reboot, I get stuck on the Samsung screen and have to pull out the battery. Then, in recovery my Internal storage has 0 MB aeven though the folders are empty.
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If you already tried to Odin flash the STOCK rom and formatted your internal sdcard and you still find "0 MB"
in your internal storage then it must be a hardware issue and if I were you I would return/exchange the phone.
Good luck!

It's not a hardware issue. It's a bug in twrp. Whenever you do "format data" it corrupts the data partition. Use PhilZ Touch recovery. His recovery includes the fix. Try it.

teshxx said:
It's not a hardware issue. It's a bug in twrp. Whenever you do "format data" it corrupts the data partition. Use PhilZ Touch recovery. His recovery includes the fix. Try it.
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Thanks, I'll try that. How do I get rid of the bug after writing the new recovery? Format data?
Thanks!

Hello, any progress please? I have exactly the same issue.

I found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265588&page=23 this solution:
I wanted to clean my internal SD card before flashing Omega ROM, so I used Format Data option from Wipe section in TWRP.
After that I lost almost two days trying to fix my phone. Flashed stock ROM, TWRP and Omega ROM endless times without success after that.
My phone became randomly unbootable on reboot or power on! It was stuck on i9505 logo that is shown before boot animation forever. It was same for both stock and Omega ROM, with or without external micro SD.
After endless tries, I figured out that my phone works fine if I do factory reset and wipe from original recovery. Worked fine before and after flashing TWRP.
I tired to Format Data from TWRP again and my phone again was stuck on boot.
So I did everything once more. Flashed stock, did factory reset and wipe from original recovery and then installed TWRP and in the end I flashed Omega without wiping anything.
Everything works just fine now and I will not try to use Format data option from TWRP on this device in near time! Please fix this.
First I used TWRP 2.5.0.1 and then 2.5.0.2, but it is same in both of them.
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Now I'm downloading stock rom so I'll try it in next 2 hours.

bet you guys previously flashed a aosp rom, I could be wrong, but it sounds as if you did.

TheAxman said:
bet you guys previously flashed a aosp rom, I could be wrong, but it sounds as if you did.
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It says so in the OP... going between TW and Google Edition 2.0.. Out of curiosity though, what difference would that make? I have flashed and have backups of two versions of TW and quite a few AOSP variants... I can move between them seamlessly and haven't encountered any such problems as the OP. I use TWRP as well.

It was TWRP problem. I have flashed the stock ROM with stock recovery. I have done full wipe and my phone works well again. This is bug in TWRP. Don't push "format data" button!

stuck on first boot animation

tried to flash gummy rom 4.4. afterwards phone gets stuck at samsung galaxy s4 screen and just hangs there.
reboot into recovery tried flashing a different rom, no go
wiped data cache davlik, fixed permissions, same result
tried latest twrp recovery - same result
tried latest cwm recovery - same result
tried philz recovery - same result
it was running aroma beforehand
any ideas, thanks for your help
i cannot find my backup as last time i flashed was awhile ago, i cant remember where it is

You came from a 4.2 or 4.3 rom and didnt wipe data didnt you.
In cwr, mounts and storage, format everything except sd card and ext sd card. then reflash.

ShinySide said:
You came from a 4.2 or 4.3 rom and didnt wipe data didnt you.
In cwr, mounts and storage, format everything except sd card and ext sd card. then reflash.
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i came from 4.2
first thing i did was wipe everything, then i installed the rom
but i will definitely try your suggestion im up for anything atm

jsox79 said:
i came from 4.2
first thing i did was wipe everything, then i installed the rom
but i will definitely try your suggestion im up for anything atm
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I built carbon 4.4 and was being lazy and just flahed just wiping cache and dalvik and hit the same problem Ahaha I had to format everything. Only thing I didnt format was the sd cards

when i try and format data the phone restarts?????

sounds like a partition issue. Whihc if it is, just go ahead and attempt to odin to stock.
Try switching recoveries first tho. perhaps the one oyu have is borked

seems to be doing it on all recoveries, sorry to be a bother, but i looked under roms i dont see a stock rom?

jsox79 said:
seems to be doing it on all recoveries, sorry to be a bother, but i looked under roms i dont see a stock rom?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628
The MDL is what you need
☞ Sent from here☜???

Oh youre not bothering me at all. Actually helping me get past the short bus special 10 post crap haha
But yea follow the link Baseballfan posted

[Q] My phone will not boot up/cannot Access Recovery Mode. ( Samsung Galaxy S3)

Hi guys,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 I747m, running Cyanogen Mod and as of right now, it will not turn on. It will begin the boot animation and the freeze once it reaches the end. I cannot access Recovery Mode but I can access Download Mode. This all began when my version of gapps started glitching, or at least Google play Store. I downloaded a new gapps and tried to install it without wiping out the dalvik cache or uninstalling the old gapps. Yes I am a noob at this and an idiot.
Please guys if anyone of you has the patience to tell me what I need to do to get my phone operational again. please do so. My family is not doing well financially right now and can't afford another phone. Please give me some hope. Please.

Well.....I'm not expert but I can tell you its not hard bricked. So you're safe for now. I suggest checking out how to flash another OS using download mode. I believe it involves using your sd card as a "bootable media". (Like, usb stick for windows 7)
Do some research about that. And I think it should work.

Try this!
ABCordova said:
Hi guys,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 I747m, running Cyanogen Mod and as of right now, it will not turn on. It will begin the boot animation and the freeze once it reaches the end. I cannot access Recovery Mode but I can access Download Mode. This all began when my version of gapps started glitching, or at least Google play Store. I downloaded a new gapps and tried to install it without wiping out the dalvik cache or uninstalling the old gapps. Yes I am a noob at this and an idiot.
Please guys if anyone of you has the patience to tell me what I need to do to get my phone operational again. please do so. My family is not doing well financially right now and can't afford another phone. Please give me some hope. Please.
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I would try and flash a new recovery image either twrp or cwm through download mode using Odin and try getting back into recovery and clean flash cyanogenmod and gapps all over again. Basically start from scratch and see if it fixes the problem, if you can get in to recovery mode after flashing a new image you may only need to wipe cache/dalvik to fix it but I'd start with trying your best to get a recovery image reflashed and the ability to get into recovery mode. You can find the images for recovery at the official sites either twrp or clockwork recovery and the instructions on how to flash them anywhere by searching through Google! Hope this helps you

From download mode you can flash a stock firmware with Odin unless you have installed the stock 4.3 update. This will wipe your phone but you will have it booting and recovery back.

NightyNineNights said:
I would try and flash a new recovery image either twrp or cwm through download mode using Odin and try getting back into recovery and clean flash cyanogenmod and gapps all over again. Basically start from scratch and see if it fixes the problem, if you can get in to recovery mode after flashing a new image you may only need to wipe cache/dalvik to fix it but I'd start with trying your best to get a recovery image reflashed and the ability to get into recovery mode. You can find the images for recovery at the official sites either twrp or clockwork recovery and the instructions on how to flash them anywhere by searching through Google! Hope this helps you
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Thank you so much! However, in the Clockwork Mod website, it does not say anything about downloading Clockwork Recovery. What should I do from this point? Also, some people suggest installing an entirely new OS. Would this be a better or worse solution compared to flashing Clockwork Mod Recovery?
Thank you once again!

BCSC said:
From download mode you can flash a stock firmware with Odin unless you have installed the stock 4.3 update. This will wipe your phone but you will have it booting and recovery back.
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Another user here suggested flashing Clockwork Recovery. Which one one in your opinion is the best option and what are the disadvantages/advantages of both?

ABCordova said:
Another user here suggested flashing Clockwork Recovery. Which one one in your opinion is the best option and what are the disadvantages/advantages of both?
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As for your previous post, the Clockwork downloads are under the 'Rom Manager' tab here: http://www.clockworkmod.com/.
Twrp recovery here: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2 (Hit 'Get TWRP for your device' then this link at bottom of page 'Download - Odin Flashable Tar:').
Which you chose depends on which you had before the issue and whether you want to restore a previous backup once recovery is restored. If you are not going to be restoring a back up, I'd recommend the TWRP file as it can be flashed with Odin.
Your other option is to Flash a stock firmware from Odin and start from scratch. This can be the more labor intensive way because you then need to setup the phone again and get it back to how you like it. The benefit of this method is that it wipes absolutely everything, including whatever problem had you screwed in the first place. Because I tinker with my phone a lot, I always have everything important stored on an external SD. Pictures, Titanium Backup, Nandroid, etc. If you have backups of everything you need off the phone, I'd recommend that you Odin it. If you do not have things backed up try installing recovery first and getting the phone to boot. In the end if you do chose this method you should still wipe as there was obviously something that really buggered your phone and a wipe will be the best way to fix that so it doesn't recur. That's my opinion anyway.

Update!
Apparently I can access Recovery Mode now!! However, it still does not boot up. I backed up all my filed to my external 8GB SD card, and then wiped the dalvik Cache. Nothing. I did a full Factory reset and still nothing. AM I missing a step? Is there a step I should take before or after clicking full wipe? The phone boots all the way to cyanogen mod logo, where an arrow spins around it. However, that's all it does.
Any ideas?

ABCordova said:
Apparently I can access Recovery Mode now!! However, it still does not boot up. I backed up all my filed to my external 8GB SD card, and then wiped the dalvik Cache. Nothing. I did a full Factory reset and still nothing. AM I missing a step? Is there a step I should take before or after clicking full wipe? The phone boots all the way to cyanogen mod logo, where an arrow spins around it. However, that's all it does.
Any ideas?
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So you can access recovery mode?
*Before you follow the next steps, understand everything will be deleted from your PHONE, NOT sdcard.*
You have to wipe everything clean. That means(in recovery mode):
Wipe Data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Wipe dalvik cache
Then you would install your rom. From there everything should work. Also, are you installing CM10.2? 10.1? 11? (I personally suggest 10.2.)

I Cant fix it, Please help

Well im somewhat new to rooting etc, so while I was in twrp I accidentally hit the format button assuming it would give me options and I formatted the internal SD, I could not Re partition it, So I formatted everything and installed a new and clockwork mod(some said that would fix it), attempted to reformat it and partition it, i couldn't, it wouldn't even recognize so after trying everything I could, I just made the problem worse and worse, now clockwork mod wont even go back, like I literally cant go back, It just crashes when I try to go back, Whenever I try to flash from Odin to the phone, trying to with clockwork mod, it still seems corrupted, so its been sitting on my desk for a week, I've been trying to fix it for two, so being the stereotypical guy, the last thing I do, I ask for help, So please, Help?

BrandonSnoog said:
Well im somewhat new to rooting etc, so while I was in twrp I accidentally hit the format button assuming it would give me options and I formatted the internal SD, I could not Re partition it, So I formatted everything and installed a new and clockwork mod(some said that would fix it), attempted to reformat it and partition it, i couldn't, it wouldn't even recognize so after trying everything I could, I just made the problem worse and worse, now clockwork mod wont even go back, like I literally cant go back, It just crashes when I try to go back, Whenever I try to flash from Odin to the phone, trying to with clockwork mod, it still seems corrupted, so its been sitting on my desk for a week, I've been trying to fix it for two, so being the stereotypical guy, the last thing I do, I ask for help, So please, Help?
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Well I fixed it, I updated my cwm through odin, but I still can't mount /sdcard ive tried formatting ive tried reinstalling, any ideas?

BrandonSnoog said:
Well I fixed it, I updated my cwm through odin, but I still can't mount /sdcard ive tried formatting ive tried reinstalling, any ideas?
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Try flash this Rom which has root access built into it
Also, I recommend you use TWRP recovery (flashable zip) instead since it's UI and features are better than CWM(I think the author had discontinued the project)

LimeliME said:
Try flash this Rom which has root access built into it
Also, I recommend you use TWRP recovery (flashable zip) instead since it's UI and features are better than CWM(I think the author had discontinued the project)
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Tried it and only goes to the Samsung logo and goes into a reboot cycle. Still no luck.

BrandonSnoog said:
Tried it and only goes to the Samsung logo and goes into a reboot cycle. Still no luck.
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Did you do a clean flash ? (Factory reset then flash the Rom)
Or try wipe the internal SD Card (backup your data first) then flash the Recovery Zip (first) then the Rom (Second), finally the Gapps (third)

LimeliME said:
Did you do a clean flash ? (Factory reset then flash the Rom)
Or try wipe the internal SD Card (backup your data first) then flash the Recovery Zip (first) then the Rom (Second), finally the Gapps (third)
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Formatted and wiped both manually and using infamous cache wipe and the infamous super wipe, then using odin flashed an md5 of twrp 2.8.5 then used twrp to flash the rom you sugested and then gapss, still stuck on a reboot loop.

BrandonSnoog said:
Formatted and wiped both manually and using infamous cache wipe and the infamous super wipe, then using odin flashed an md5 of twrp 2.8.5 then used twrp to flash the rom you sugested and then gapss, still stuck on a reboot loop.
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Did you "flash" the recovery ? If no then try to flash the recovery instead....
If all above didn't work for you, then I suggest you to odin back to the stock Rom

Soft brick, stuck on logo screen

I just got my new OP3, I rooted it and flash Cm 14.1. Everything was working fine until I added a 6x6 pattern password which I forgot. Search around a bit and looked like the only option was to factory reset. I went to twrp and wipe into factory reset. Afterwards I reboot system only to find that I'm stuck at the Oneplus logo screen, it wouldn't load into lock screen. I have tried flashing lastest stock rom as well as OS 3.2.7 which was the one I used in conjunction with Cm 14.1.
No idea how to fix this. I can use recovery mode and fastboot, but I just can't get pass that logo during reboot.
Any help would be great. Thanks in advance.

try wiping the dalvik cache and data and everything else and clean install the ROM

Tried wipe
anup807 said:
try wiping the dalvik cache and data and everything else and clean install the ROM
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I wiped everything but the internal storage. I am quite new, what is clean install?

Check this thread out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/guide-downgrade-to-mm-flashing-ob8-t3511161
If all else fails, and you're fine with losing your data, pictures, etc. Reformat your phone. I had a similar problem when trying to go back to Android M from N. I ended up booting in fastboot and running the commands:
fastboot format:ext4 cache
fastboot format:ext4 data
fastboot format:ext4 system
Then from here you could either side load a ROM or boot into twrp and transfer your ROMs to flash. That's how I fixed my softbrick lol. There might be another way but that worked for me.
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Darrentay said:
I wiped everything but the internal storage. I am quite new, what is clean install?
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Wiping all partitions except for internal storage then flashing a ROM is considered a clean flash.

Thanks
jon52491 said:
Check this thread out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/guide-downgrade-to-mm-flashing-ob8-t3511161
If all else fails, and you're fine with losing your data, pictures, etc. Reformat your phone. I had a similar problem when trying to go back to Android M from N. I ended up booting in fastboot and running the commands:
fastboot format:ext4 cache
fastboot format:ext4 data
fastboot format:ext4 system
Then from here you could either side load a ROM or boot into twrp and transfer your ROMs to flash. That's how I fixed my softbrick lol. There might be another way but that worked for me.
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Wiping all partitions except for internal storage then flashing a ROM is considered a clean flash.
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Well in that case, I have clean flash multiple times with different ROM, but I'm still stuck at the logo once I try to reboot. I also tried to flash Os 3.2.7 and Cm 14.1 again but i got no results. Attempting to reformat I guess? I have no data since its a new phone, so I don't mind losing stuff.

Okay sounds good! Before you reformat through fastboot, try booting into twrp and reformatting the partitions through there. TWRP>wipe>advance wipe>cache>change file system>ext4
Repeat the steps for the data and system partitions as well. Then from there transfer a 6.0 ROM and flash it over with the correct Gapps.
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Darrentay said:
I just got my new OP3, I rooted it and flash Cm 14.1. Everything was working fine until I added a 6x6 pattern password which I forgot. Search around a bit and looked like the only option was to factory reset. I went to twrp and wipe into factory reset. Afterwards I reboot system only to find that I'm stuck at the Oneplus logo screen, it wouldn't load into lock screen. I have tried flashing lastest stock rom as well as OS 3.2.7 which was the one I used in conjunction with Cm 14.1.
No idea how to fix this. I can use recovery mode and fastboot, but I just can't get pass that logo during reboot.
Any help would be great. Thanks in advance.
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Try this method. It worked flawlessly for me.
Download the official ROM from oneplus Website. Support-->Downloads.
http://downloads.oneplus.net/oneplus-3/oneplus_3_oxygenos_3.2.8/
official recovery:
http://oneplusroms.s3.amazonaws.com...694615&Signature=1Momnxm8gHWw03D401Oof5YxnE4=

anup807 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...ashing-ob8-t3511161/post69994625#post69994625
Try this method. It worked flawlessly for me.
Download the official ROM from oneplus Website. Support-->Downloads.
http://downloads.oneplus.net/oneplus-3/oneplus_3_oxygenos_3.2.8/
official recovery:
http://oneplusroms.s3.amazonaws.com...694615&Signature=1Momnxm8gHWw03D401Oof5YxnE4=
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I notice something interesting after flashing 3.2.8, when I try to reboot system, it says no OS installed.

Darrentay said:
I notice something interesting after flashing 3.2.8, when I try to reboot system, it says no OS installed.
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Really Strange. I think its the problem with the system partition format and encryption.
Anyway best solution now is to contact Oneplus tech support.
They'll hard reset your phone and restore it with stock firmware.

Partitions are probably corrupt or on f2fs. Check each partition and make sure it's set to ext4. If it won't allow you to do that in twrp, use the command "fastboot format:ext4 nameofpartition". After that you should be able to flash over a marshmallow ROM.
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Have you tried changing / updating the twrp recovery. Newer roms require the unofficial one.

v.konvict said:
Have you tried changing / updating the twrp recovery. Newer roms require the unofficial one.
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I can't solve the problem so I contacted Oneplus. They use remote access to help wipe everything and reinstall drivers. Thanks for the help though.