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[Q] Phone Is Stuck On Boot

Long story short I was messing with my recovery & I tried flashing the genocide2.0_voodoosnd10.zip and when I rebooted my Phone it was stuck on samsung. The genocide stuff didn't Pop up at the bottom of the screen! Help please! I tried restoring but that didn't work either.

clear data and cache. If that doesn't work, look in development on how to restore semi-bricked epic.

Unfortunately I cant reach my comouter so I'll wait. But can you link me to the genocide 2.0

PhreshGunz said:
Unfortunately I cant reach my comouter so I'll wait. But can you link me to the genocide 2.0
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You can try a factory data reset if your last resort is going to be to odin from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
And here is the Genocide 2.0 thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961614

PhreshGunz said:
Unfortunately I cant reach my comouter so I'll wait. But can you link me to the genocide 2.0
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961614

Beat you by a couple of minutes U...lol.

Okay so my epic Is back to the brink but on the thread they say check all 3 and your really suppose to check one which is the auto reboot.
My question is when I download the clockword mod will my backups be there?
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PhreshGunz said:
Okay so my epic Is back to the brink but on the thread they say check all 3 and your really suppose to check one which is the auto reboot.
My question is when I download the clockword mod will my backups be there?
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Yes, your backups are stored on your sdcard under clockworkmod\backups. This why you can swap your sd card with a new Epic and restore everything from a recent backup. Glad you got it back up.

Unfortunately the backups have some type of error.
Everytime i try and backup it says ''MD5 mismatch''
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PhreshGunz said:
Unfortunately the backups have some type of error.
Everytime i try and backup it says ''MD5 mismatch''
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That happens when you manually rename them. You can try ROM Manager in the market, then try renaming them to something else, if you still get a mismatch, I'll link you to a thread where I fixed it manually.
Ok here it is, You'll need to be rooted and terminal emulator of course, and you'll have to rename the backup to something simple without spaces. I'll just copy and paste what i said on my other post from another thread.
Shinydude100 said:
I, for a change, do know exactly what my backups are, as i renamed them to things such as 2.1eclair, 2.2ec05 froyo, so on and so forth.
I have come to a solution to the problem, it seems we'll have to create a new MD5, so it can match again. (for now at least until clockworkmod is modified/updated.)
I reccommend you leave no spaces in between of your renamed backup, command doesn't do well with spaces, not even if you try putting _.
This can also be done from Terminal Emulator on your phone while its on without the use of a pc. just be sure you add 'su' first for root permission.
# su
# cd /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/whatyourenamedyourbackupto
# rm nandroid.md5
# md5sum *img > nandroid.md5
disregard the '#' it just means it belongs on the next line.
I hope this helps, and gets stickied, it's very important for anyone who gets MD5 mismatches on Clockworkmod for whatever reason.
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To make this easy as pie, copy the commands on the stock memo app,and paste into terminal emulator.

Syndicate Problem
Evertime i try & flash srf-1.2-final.zip this appears:
E: Cant open /sdcard/srf-1.2-final.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.
This also happens when i try and install the genocide!

Shinydude100 said:
That happens when you manually rename them. You can try ROM Manager in the market, then try renaming them to something else, if you still get a mismatch, I'll link you to a thread where I fixed it manually.
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I Renamed it and still it doesnt work
Can you link me please

PhreshGunz said:
I Renamed it and still it doesnt work
Can you link me please
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Edit: I Found the link & did everything, but it still didnt work.
I Guess i'll just start over.

And can you please stick to one thread? Making more threads with the same problem will only confuse you. It sounds like your sd card is going bad. You should pop it into a computer, copy everything off of it, format it in the phone, then put everything back on it.

Yeah my appologies for making many posts.
I Just figured if i did i would get a reply quicker.
And i did that but still no progress =/
I Wonder if theres another solution..

PhreshGunz said:
Edit: I Found the link & did everything, but it still didnt work.
I Guess i'll just start over.
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If you found my other link, then its something you did wrong, even if your backup is corrupt, it will match a new md5. I'll look for my thread and link you, with exact instructions, gimme a sec.

Another failed backup thread

sorry for the repeat thread but I can't seem to find an answer on any existing ones. I'm trying to make a backup in clockwork but keep getting the unable to backup data image error:
tar: can't open '/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2012-02-26-22.28.29/data.ext4.tar': Read-only file system
Error while making a backup image of /data!
result was NULL, message is: assert failed: backup_rom("/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2012-02-26-22.28.29")
I:using /data/media, no /sdcard found.
cp: can't create '/sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log': Read-only file system
/tmp/recovery.log was copied to /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log. Please open ROM Manager to report the issue.
I made sure that the system was mounted as writeable in es explorer. I also have over 11gb of free space on storage.
I've tried backing up with both clockwork and rom manager with no luck. Suggestions on how I can resolve this? Any help is, as always, appreciated.
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What cw version are you using?
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5.5.0.2
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trilogee said:
sorry for the repeat thread but I can't seem to find an answer on any existing ones. I'm trying to make a backup in clockwork but keep getting the unable to backup data image error:
tar: can't open '/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2012-02-26-22.28.29/data.ext4.tar': Read-only file system
Error while making a backup image of /data!
result was NULL, message is: assert failed: backup_rom("/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2012-02-26-22.28.29")
I:using /data/media, no /sdcard found.
cp: can't create '/sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log': Read-only file system
/tmp/recovery.log was copied to /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log. Please open ROM Manager to report the issue.
I made sure that the system was mounted as writeable in es explorer. I also have over 11gb of free space on storage.
I've tried backing up with both clockwork and rom manager with no luck. Suggestions on how I can resolve this? Any help is, as always, appreciated.
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Start with simple question first, u tried reinstall recovery in rom manager? ? U did what in esexplorer? U don't need do anything to make a backup u hit backup and that's it don't mess with anything .

drawde40599 said:
Start with simple question first, u tried reinstall recovery in rom manager? ? U did what in esexplorer? U don't need do anything to make a backup u hit backup and that's it don't mess with anything .
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Thanks, I know that but I was getting an sd card error so I tried mounting as writeable in es. I also did try reflashing cwm in rom manager which completed succefully but backup still failed.
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trilogee said:
Thanks, I know that but I was getting an sd card error so I tried mounting as writeable in es. I also did try reflashing cwm in rom manager which completed succefully but backup still failed.
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I no u don't want to and hole point of backup, but have u tried factory reset? I guess before that if u haven't I would try flash recovery .img threw fastboot and see what happens
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drawde40599 said:
I no u don't want to and hole point of backup, but have u tried factory reset? I guess before that if u haven't I would try flash recovery .img threw fastboot and see what happens
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Can u flash roms?

Yea I'd really like to avoid a full wipe if possible ...regarding fastboot I'm afraid of playing with it until I have a backup in place. Which leaves me in a bit of a conundrum.
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trilogee said:
Yea I'd really like to avoid a full wipe if possible ...regarding fastboot I'm afraid of playing with it until I have a backup in place. Which leaves me in a bit of a conundrum.
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Well factory reset u.won't loose ANY pictures and if u use titanium backup u can save all ur apps, . And fast boot recovery u won't loose anything at all . Can u flash roms
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drawde40599 said:
Well factory reset u.won't loose ANY pictures and if u use titanium backup u can save all ur apps, . And fast boot recovery u won't loose anything at all . Can u flash roms
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If was my phone I'd
Fastboot recovery. see if worked , didn't work I'd backup with titanium backup, backup to computer then factory reset, that don't work I'd start over flash stock Google 4.03 image and reroot start fresh . THIS IS WHAT I WOULD DO. I'm not a dev just a guy with a **** load of android phones

thanks for your tips. Im gonna wait a few more days and see if anyone has any more straight forward answers or solutions they know will work. If not I'll give your ideas a go.

If you just want to backup apps and settings, you can use Galaxy Nexus Toolkit from mskip. That's way you have a "sure" backup in case of everything goes wrong.
I guess doing a factory reset after backing up with this toolkit is a good option to try.

trilogee said:
thanks for your tips. Im gonna wait a few more days and see if anyone has any more straight forward answers or solutions they know will work. If not I'll give your ideas a go.
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R u serious? there really is no other ways out there but good luck .fastboot a recovery img dose not erase ANYTHING!! u have uninstalled Rom manager and reinstalled right?

drawde40599 said:
R u serious? there really is no other ways out there but good luck .fastboot a recovery img dose not erase ANYTHING!! u have uninstalled Rom manager and reinstalled right?
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flashing recovery was a no go (completed successfully but backups still not workign). Also after uninstalling reinstalling rom manager the app now crashed whenever I try to flash recovery in app. Also tried purchasing CWM touch and flashing, which crashed app as well

trilogee said:
flashing recovery was a no go (completed successfully but backups still not workign). Also after uninstalling reinstalling rom manager the app now crashed whenever I try to flash recovery in app. Also tried purchasing CWM touch and flashing, which crashed app as well
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ya, if u don't wanna do a full wipe I got nothing, fix permissions?? I dont see it fixing anything but guess worth a try . Unless u can find a dev to walk u threw the dev side of it ( if even an option ) I don't no anything else . Good luck

yea thanks for trying. I tried fixing permissions as well...just sent an email to koush so hoping for a reply from him

same issue/similar error...
I'm actually getting a similar message whenever I try to make a backup as well on my Sprint Epic 4G Touch (Samsung Galaxy S2). Have you had any response from the developer yet?
Here's a bit of my error log:
parse returned 0; 0 errors encountered
ROM Manager Version 5.0.0.6
March 8, 2012
SD Card space free: 3694MB
mkdir: can't create directory '/emmc/': Read-only file system
Backing up boot image...
Error while backing up boot image!result was NULL, message is: assert failed: backup_rom("/emmc/clockworkmod/backup/2012-03-08-stockbackup")
/tmp/recovery.log was copied to /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log. Please open ROM Manager to report the issue.

heo_con184 said:
If you just want to backup apps and settings, you can use Galaxy Nexus Toolkit from mskip. That's way you have a "sure" backup in case of everything goes wrong.
I guess doing a factory reset after backing up with this toolkit is a good option to try.
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Does the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit can backup the whole background? Including the widgets, position of icons something like that.

MicroSD Card Issues

Hi, I have a problem with my patriot signature microsd 32gb on my 16gb Samsung Galaxy SIII which I use as a music and picture storage for my music player and camera
The phone is rooted and is running stock ROM and kernel
The problem:
1)when transferring music files while the sd card is in the phone, using a usb and explorer method of copying and pushing sometimes the write protected warning pops up, other times the file would copy but I could not find it in my music player/gallery, other times the file is present for a period of time but after a restart of my phone the file disappears.
NOTE: However, files that I have transferred using the microsd adapter and directly through the computer does not change at all.
2)On the default camera I have set up the external sd card as the default location for pictures, but when I take a picture sometimes the warning that "sd card cannot be located and default storage is changed back into phone"
3)On Android Commander when I try to push music files it always ends up as permission denied
4)When I try to copy music through the windows explorer this message pops up "the device has either stopped working or is not responding"
What I attempted:
I thought it was a formatting problem and so I tried to format the sd card using both my phone and pc into the phone's desired FAT32 format,
but the problem persists.
I have also inserted the sd card into the adapter and put the write protected switch up thinking it was a permissions problem
Is it a faulty card? or am I doing something wrong?
Additional Note:
1)I have both ES file explorer and Root explorer and when I attempt to change the permission on my external sd card which usually appears in ES file explorer as "rwx-rwx-r(blank)x" it always fails
2)When opening the gallery and trying to view some of the photos saved in the external sd card, it would appears as unable to load and just a black screen.
3)I also export playlists from itunes in m3u format and puts it in a playlist folder in the sd card but it would never appear when I try to see it in a file explorer, although using poweramp I can import the list, but the old ones that I have placed on the card is also present unable to find them or delete them in either the phone or the pc
I have really became desperate trying to solve this problem
Please help me

Try reformatting as exFat. Also I don't think you can change the permissions on the entire sdcard.
It could also be that the phone connects using MTP. There's an app here on xda called sgs3 easy ums. It will mount the card as a UMS device. Try transferring that way.
I think the sgs3 was intended to use the exFat format though.
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Have you tried this?
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/
I have a problem with my card right now for my SDS3 (see sig) but my problem is completely different from yours. Hope that helps solve your problem.

DocHoliday77 said:
Try reformatting as exFat. Also I don't think you can change the permissions on the entire sdcard.
It could also be that the phone connects using MTP. There's an app here on xda called sgs3 easy ums. It will mount the card as a UMS device. Try transferring that way.
I think the sgs3 was intended to use the exFat format though.
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Wow this forum is awsome people reply so fast!
anyhow yes I did use sgs3 and it says it could not be detected, my external sd card that is,
I will try to format it as exFat as soon as possible but atm I am not able to back up my music if needed
mutiny said:
Have you tried this?
I have a problem with my card right now for my SDS3 (see sig) but my problem is completely different from yours. Hope that helps solve your problem.
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Ya I also downloaded that tool along with easeus partition which was not able to recognize my sd card

HolySafari said:
Ya I also downloaded that tool along with easeus partition which was not able to recognize my sd card
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That's weird. If it doesn't pick up your card then the problem might be more serious than you think. But how can you see the contents and be able to format it yet utilities like Easus and SDFormatter can't see the drive? Did you try disconnecting all USB flash drives, your phone or other devices connected to your computer first? Check explorer and see to it that your card is the only one connected with a drive letter. Go to SDFormatter, hit refresh and make sure the drive letter is chosen.
SDFormatter just fixed the problem I was having.

You said you were rooted stock. Did you do any debloating or anything else to it. I doubt its the case but maybe something needed was accidentally removed.
Have you tried running fix permissions in recovery or TiB?
Also, how did you root? Was it recent and did the card function properly before? If you used odin to flash a rooted fw, maybe it was a bad download?
If all else fails, you could try reflashing the full stock fw with Odin.
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DocHoliday77 said:
You said you were rooted stock. Did you do any debloating or anything else to it. I doubt its the case but maybe something needed was accidentally removed.
Have you tried running fix permissions in recovery or TiB?
Also, how did you root? Was it recent and did the card function properly before? If you used odin to flash a rooted fw, maybe it was a bad download?
If all else fails, you could try reflashing the full stock fw with Odin.
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1)I didn't do any debloating for my phone, and how do you run fix permissions in recovery? or TiB?
2)I root my phone by following this guide "How to Root U.S. and Canada Galaxy S3 SGH-T999/SGH-I747/SPH-L710! [Fail-Proof][Noob-Proof][U.S. Cellular]" using odin
3)So by reflashing the full stock fw do you mean I need to factory reset? or Is it possible to download the stock fw somewhere?
Sorry I am new to android, so please bear with me

Sorry, coulda sworn you could run fix permissions in Titanium....
You should be able to do this in cwm or twrp recovery. May be in the advanced menu. You can install the recovery from Rom or Goo Manager app.
Factory reset wipes all user data taking you back to an out of the box state.
You can get a pre rooted version of the FW from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687
This is the original LE6 version though, if you want the updated LH2 version give me a few min to get the link for you.
Follow directions in that thread to flash with Odin.
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Ok, sorry, just reread your last post and I can point you to the FW you need but I first need to know which carrier you have. Is it T999 on tmobile or T999V on one of the Canadian carriers?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Sorry, coulda sworn you could run fix permissions in Titanium....
You should be able to do this in cwm or twrp recovery. May be in the advanced menu. You can install the recovery from Rom or Goo Manager app.
Factory reset wipes all user data taking you back to an out of the box state.
You can get a pre rooted version of the FW from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687
This is the original LE6 version though, if you want the updated LH2 version give me a few min to get the link for you.
Follow directions in that thread to flash with Odin.
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Ok, sorry, just reread your last post and I can point you to the FW you need but I first need to know which carrier you have. Is it T999 on tmobile or T999V on one of the Canadian carriers?
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thank you so much for taking the time and finding that for me!
i will definitely try it as soon as i can!
thanks again

NP.
Let us know how it goes. If noting at all seems to work, try borrowing a sdcard and see if it acts the same.
Could always just be a problem elwith the card itself
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I had a patriot 16gb class 10.. when it works.. it's awesome should be called class 15 or something lol. However there were three times it randomly corrupts.. lost all my pictures and crap. A format usually fixes it. After the second time... i learned to put my photos to default internal memory. The third time i was no longer able to format it... couldn't move files in or out but i can open them?! I went with the high amount of 5 star reviews but should've listened to them 1-2 star reviews. They don't do well with phones. And your problem is a problem that occurred to me every now and then. Remember to back up your card frequently before it crashes!
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ah, problem
so I tried followed the link and the steps to flash the fw
but I am encountering this problem of when odin is done and the phone is restarting the "process android.process.acore has stopped" along with touchwiz and poweramp.
I reflashed twice and the problem remains
I even cleared dalvik cache and regular cache and fixed permissions with cwm and rebooted but it still did not fix the problem
Do I have to factory reset now?
:crying:

I can't remember which app it is or if this is the one requiring factory reset. Can you boot and get to settings > app manager? If so clear data on google services framework. Maube also touchwiz home. (Can't remember for sure)
You could also try using the built in file manager in twrp. Go to /data/data and look for those folders and delete them. May not work but worth a try.
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I can't remember which app it is or if this is the one requiring factory reset. Can you boot and get to settings > app manager? If so clear data on google services framework. Maube also touchwiz home. (Can't remember for sure)
You could also try using the built in file manager in twrp. Go to /data/data and look for those folders and delete them. May not work but worth a try.
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ya thanks for the advice but it didn't work
From what I can tell the only solution now is to do a factory reset
anyways so why did the fw not work for me?
i even made sure i downloaded the correct wind one
at least now maybe with the factory fw i can make sure the external sd card works?

so factory reset is done
external sd card still does not want to work via "my file" folder creation
I don't know is it broken? I would like to try another sd card but I need to find one
although I did test it with h2testw and no error message popped up.
It wrote and verified fine.

Sometimes left over data can cause problems with a newly flashed system. Odin didn't wipe your apps or data and something was left behind that conflicted with setup or something like that. Sorry it came down to that man.
Ive heard a few times over the past couple years of sdcards working fine in one device but not at all in another. It seems rare and I'm not sure why it happens, but it can.
Only way to know for sure is to borrow a known good sdcard and try it. If it also doesn't work then its most likely a problem with the phone. If it works then you probably need to replace the card. Maybe take it to the store where you got it and let them try. That way if it doesn't work you have a witness that can note your account of the issue.
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Sometimes left over data can cause problems with a newly flashed system. Odin didn't wipe your apps or data and something was left behind that conflicted with setup or something like that. Sorry it came down to that man.
Ive heard a few times over the past couple years of sdcards working fine in one device but not at all in another. It seems rare and I'm not sure why it happens, but it can.
Only way to know for sure is to borrow a known good sdcard and try it. If it also doesn't work then its most likely a problem with the phone. If it works then you probably need to replace the card. Maybe take it to the store where you got it and let them try. That way if it doesn't work you have a witness that can note your account of the issue.
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thanks again for the help

[Q] Bricked?

OK, I'm in a bit of a pickle and am hoping that someone with more knowledge can help me out. This is what I did.
Rooted the phone
Installed FreeGee
Installed TWRP through FreeGee
Copied a new rom to SD card
Entered TWRP and ERASED EVERYTHING BEFORE MAKING A BACKUP
Couldn't load rom from SD card
When navigating through the TWRP directory, there is a folder titled SD card. I thought my ROM would be in there, but it is not. I know I should have done two things that I didn't.
Backup my data
Copy the ROM to root folder like the instructions said to,
But I didn't do those thing. Now, I have a phone that will enter TWRP, but I cannot get it to find any ROMs I put on the SD card. Is there anything I can do to remedy this situation that I have caused?
Thanks an advance for your ideas.

Try connecting the phone to your computer and manually copying over another ROM.

If you didn't copy it to external card, and you wiped internal, then you don't have an operating system and need to use LG flashtool to get back to stock.
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In the process
psal217050 said:
If you didn't copy it to external card, and you wiped internal, then you don't have an operating system and need to use LG flashtool to get back to stock.
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It is definitely on the external card, but I cannot see it via TWRP. I am getting ready to use flashtool to see if that fixes the problem. I will update my progress.
Thanks.

ScootDiggity said:
It is definitely on the external card, but I cannot see it via TWRP. I am getting ready to use flashtool to see if that fixes the problem. I will update my progress.
Thanks.
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If you are using the hacked TWRP go up a level a couple of times and look for ext-card.
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I guess I don't have hacked TWRP
psal217050 said:
If you are using the hacked TWRP go up a level a couple of times and look for ext-card.
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The TWRP that I am using was the one click install from FreeGee. It looks like this is not the hacked TWRP. When going up as many levels as I can, this is what I get. For future reference, do you know where I can get the hacked TWRP?
Current Progress - In the process of downloading LGE980AT-01-V10g-310-410-APR-03-2013.zip to use with LG Flashtools. Not the fastest server, but am very thankful that someone is hosting this file.

ScootDiggity said:
The TWRP that I am using was the one click install from FreeGee. It looks like this is not the hacked TWRP. When going up as many levels as I can, this is what I get. For future reference, do you know where I can get the hacked TWRP?
Current Progress - In the process of downloading LGE980AT-01-V10g-310-410-APR-03-2013.zip to use with LG Flashtools. Not the fastest server, but am very thankful that someone is hosting this file.
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Tap at the top where it says "Internal Storage." It should let you switch to the external SD.

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RaiderDuck said:
Tap at the top where it says "Internal Storage." It should let you switch to the external SD.
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When I do that, I can only choose internal storage. I'm guessing that's one of the reasons there is a hacked TWRP.

ScootDiggity said:
When I do that, I can only choose internal storage. I'm guessing that's one of the reasons there is a hacked TWRP.
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IIRC, the hacked TWRP is merely to ensure that the Official CM builds (which are marked for e986 only) can be installed on any LGOG Pro phone. You should still be able to see the external SD even with the FreeGee TWRP. Try fooling around in TWRP a little bit and see if you can get it to recognize the external SD.

Fixed It
Well, I tried looked throughout TWRP and could not find a resolution.
What did work was LGFlashTool and madmacks awesome instructions. Thanks everyone for your ideas.

ScootDiggity said:
Well, I tried looked throughout TWRP and could not find a resolution.
What did work was LGFlashTool and madmacks awesome instructions. Thanks everyone for your ideas.
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OK, next time, if you forget to backup before you flash, boot your phone into TWRP recovery, select mounts and then mount usb storage, connect your phone to the PC and you should see in "my computer" the phone as a drive, copy the ROM you want to flash to that drive, if it is a CM ROM remember to copy the Gapps also. Disconnect from the PC and then continue with the ROM flashing procedure that we all are so familiar with. This way it saves you the trouble of having to go back to stock again in order to flash a custom ROM.
Glad you got it fixed.
Erik

Can someone please just help me? Encryption WOES...

Sorry for posting here, I just desperately need some help. I haven't been able to use my phone for about 5 days now. I need to know what to do, I'm so ****ing lost. I have a very unique situation (I feel), and I don't know where else to go. Basically, encryption ****ed up somehow and now I can't access my device via ADB, I might have lost ROOT, and I don't freakin know what to do next...I've never been in a bind this bad while rooting phones (done it for years now).
History on what happened: I had everything set up beautifully in CM11, I loved it, was smooth, everything worked.
Saw the encryption option in settings, decided to do it, and then the password I set up would not work. I wrote it down, I was extremely careful, I made sure I entered it properly both times. It just wouldn't work!.
Now I have no phone...I hope I didn't brick it permanently. I couldn't factory erase or anything through the CWM recovery I had. In the "mounts and storage" section, I was able to format the /system partition, but not the /data one. I believe that when I formatted the /system partition I somehow removed root, because now every time I try to exit CWM it says:
Root access is missing. Root device? THIS CANNOT BE UNDONE.
I tried saying yes, but it still asks every time. I am also unable to get the ls980 to be recognized by adb. I have cwm recovery open, and the phone is connected to the computer, but it doesn't see it. I suspect this is because I don't have root?
I am very confused, and could really use some help. The people at the sprint store have no idea...
Thanks!

Oooh, someone somewhere else said they had to remove all the drivers and reinstall. Before it recognize it. Not sure about cwm recovery but I know twrp had side load option. After you can see it in adb.
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secret.animal said:
Oooh, someone somewhere else said they had to remove all the drivers and reinstall. Before it recognize it. Not sure about cwm recovery but I know twrp had side load option. After you can see it in adb.
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Hmm Ok, will try that. In general, when accessing a phone with ADB, do you have to be rooted?
Also, in general, when accessing a phone with ADB, what do you need to have open on the phone? Just any screen of the recovery right?

thenimboo said:
Hmm Ok, will try that. In general, when accessing a phone with ADB, do you have to be rooted?
Also, in general, when accessing a phone with ADB, what do you need to have open on the phone? Just any screen of the recovery right?
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You used to have to root with adb commands. Pushing a file over and such.
I want to say you should be able to. But Google it for sure. With cwm there may be something in advanced.
I'm using twrp.
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secret.animal said:
You used to have to root with adb commands. Pushing a file over and such.
I want to say you should be able to. But Google it for sure. With cwm there may be something in advanced.
I'm using twrp.
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**** dude...holy **** all I want to do is wipe my phone and put a rom on there. ****ing encryption is WAY better security than I ever thought it was..............
If that is the case, is it possible to root an encrypted phone from adb? Or do I need to learn to format the partitions first? Remember, I was already able to format the /system partition.

What may get you a better chance without doing partition damage or such would be .tot back to stock.
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I agree man...clockworkmod should have a sideload option on it. Try a diff USB cable what error message do you get ? Do you have access to your internal storage via recovery if so flash a backup I believe I remember reading that in the past somewhere through a diff device being encrypted
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I hate to tell you this, but you're going to end up having to TOT. Just by wiping system, you lost any chance of recovering any file you had, because the generated encryption key is stored in that partition. Good luck bud.
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jthein1989 said:
I hate to tell you this, but you're going to end up having to TOT. Just by wiping system, you lost any chance of recovering any file you had, because the generated encryption key is stored in that partition. Good luck bud.
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That's fine, I don't care about any file I had in there.
How do I TOT? I have no idea what it means but I want to get on with it. I have a nandroid of the stock android saved on my computer, I can use that to get started?