Unable to mount - One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi
I have a HTC One M8 and it was rooted and flashed with cyanogenmod. Today my phone just died by itself so I tried to start it up again. what happend was weird, it got stuck on the boot animation. i tried to shut it of and on and it kept getting stuck on the boot animation. I got in to the TWRP (2.7) recovery mode and tried everything there. I try to factory reset it and I get failed. it just says Unable to mount '/data' and Unable to mount internal storage. I try to shut it of and now it says that I don't have any OS installed. Through guides I mange to transfer a new cyanogenmod rom to the phone in hopes of trying to reflash it. But again, when I try to flash it I get failed and it says Unable to mount '/data' and Unable to mount internal storage.
I don't know what to do, I'm stuck. Help appriciated. I don't know what more information is needed to able to help me.

so through a lot of searching, I think that my main problem is because i can not mount my data folder. Everything I do, I get the message E: Unable to mount '/data'. I look inside data and the folder is empty. I tried this "How to: Fix a corrupted DATA partition on the HTC One" on Android Revolution HD (can't link the site since i'm a new member) and it didnt help. I got stuck at the "mount /data" command. The whole folder seems corrupt. I read on some places that I should format it in windows manager but that doesn't seem possible. My phone appears as a "CD-device(F" on my computer and I cant format that.
This is my only working phone and I really need it to work. plz help.
I've tried dozens of unrooting guides but none of them seem to work because of my mount problem.

whataboutthis32 said:
Hi
I have a HTC One M8 and it was rooted and flashed with cyanogenmod. Today my phone just died by itself so I tried to start it up again. what happend was weird, it got stuck on the boot animation. i tried to shut it of and on and it kept getting stuck on the boot animation. I got in to the TWRP (2.7) recovery mode and tried everything there. I try to factory reset it and I get failed. it just says Unable to mount '/data' and Unable to mount internal storage. I try to shut it of and now it says that I don't have any OS installed. Through guides I mange to transfer a new cyanogenmod rom to the phone in hopes of trying to reflash it. But again, when I try to flash it I get failed and it says Unable to mount '/data' and Unable to mount internal storage.
I don't know what to do, I'm stuck. Help appriciated. I don't know what more information is needed to able to help me.
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What carrier are you on?

Try to flash TWRP again. And update the version. Sometimes this alone will fix the data partition not mounting bug.

whataboutthis32 said:
so through a lot of searching, I think that my main problem is because i can not mount my data folder. Everything I do, I get the message E: Unable to mount '/data'. I look inside data and the folder is empty. I tried this "How to: Fix a corrupted DATA partition on the HTC One" on Android Revolution HD (can't link the site since i'm a new member) and it didnt help. I got stuck at the "mount /data" command. The whole folder seems corrupt. I read on some places that I should format it in windows manager but that doesn't seem possible. My phone appears as a "CD-device(F" on my computer and I cant format that.
This is my only working phone and I really need it to work. plz help.
I've tried dozens of unrooting guides but none of them seem to work because of my mount problem.
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Hey, i just got the EXACT EXACT same problem! Did you manage to workout a solution for it? I've been reading all
day threads of the "E: Unable to mount '/data" problem, and i'm really really confused about what to do.. would be great if you could tell me how it went. :good:

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i lost all hope pls help

hi i am a noob and i downgraded from the crc1 to the rc29
and i get in the recovery menu E:Can't mount CACHE:recovery/log
i fallowed the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538456&highlight=crc1
and got to this part "If you are coming from another Apps2SD ROM. In order to guarantee you won't have any issues with the install you should remove all directories starting with "app" and the dalvik-cache directory on your /system/sd (ext2/ext3) partition. If you backed up your whole SDcard, this shouldn't be a huge issue. - Yes you'll have to reinstall your apps. You can try to skip this step, but if the install fails, rinse, wash, repeat and don't skip this step." and did not understand what i needed to do
i tried to complete the guide and now all that i have is the E:Can't mount CACHE:recovery/log and i cant load any update.zip.
i really dont know what to do pls help
To resolve this error, you must wipe in the recovery mode (Alt+w) and then try installing
thanks i did it and it worked, but now i have a different problem
when i try to mount the g1 the pc doesn't recognizes the phone, what should i do?

[Q] How screwed am I?

I only loaded a new rom on the incredible successfully once, last summer when the signed 2.2 rom came out early and I couldn't wait for the OTA.
I had this problem crop up that said my storage was full when I had gobs of space left on my internal storage and my sd card. Finally, after I did the factory reset option and still had the storage issue, I decided to try reflashing with a new rom because my phone was becoming unusable. I couldn't install apps, save contacts or even open text messages. My phone wouldn't even sync with Google.
I decided to try flashing with the redemption rom after reading some good things about it.
I managed to load it successfully, but I still had the storage error! argh!
After trying to reformat some things with the ClockworkMod Recovery partition menu, I tried to reload the redemption rom again. Something went wrong.
Now I get messages saying(on the ClockworkMod recovery screen):
_______
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(file exists)
E:Can't mount Cache:recovery/command
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(file exists)
E:Can't mount Cache:recovery/log
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(file exists)
When I choose the option to install the redemption rom off my sd card in the clockworkmod, it fails after giving me similar error messages.
I'm stumped. Can anyone point me towards the right thread to deal with this? I can't boot to install any other software onto my phone. Practically everything I try gives me can't mount error messages.
I was hungry and in a hurry and never made a nandroid backup I HAVE tried reformatting the sd card, but I got no different results from that.
So am I A) totally screwed, B) somewhat screwed, or C) not screwed at all, just an idiot?
Help?
im in the same boat. i have no idea how to fix it. ive tried every fic i can find on google and NOTHING works. someone HALP
forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/6433-solved-messed-up-partitions-on-internal-storage/page__st__20 the site wont let me post a link, but this is what i used. i can now mount data and cache. working on booting now.
Have you tried a different SD card? Your SD card could have failed or become corrupt in some way.
I doubt you are totally messed up. You may need to get a brand new factory ROM (on your new SD Card) and start from there. Just Google it. As for an SD Card, there will be a few on sale Friday.
As for the full memory, I had that same problem, it's a cache issue with the HTC software (HTC Mail, Facebook, Peep and such). Once you get back up and running make sure you root (unrEVOked is working on a work around for the latest mid Nov OTA but there are other ways to root) and get a Cache Cleaner. It's not a permanent fix, but it does work.
Good luck!
Thanks for the response. I have yet to try Barbee's solution, but I did try another SD Card. I reformatted both cards to Fat32 and had the same error message on both. I'm going to go grab my phone and try Barbee's solution next.
it might be that version of CWM recovery is just retarded. what version are you on
I take no credit for this but try this its on Adrynalyne's blog http://adrynalyne.us/
"There have been a few cases where /cache has been corrupting on the DI."
"To fix this, you must be in clockwork recovery.
First, unmount cache from partitions menu.
Then, mount system from the same menu.
adb shell
system/bin/e2fsck -p /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
exit"
That should fix the issue you guys are having.
Thanks Barbee, I was able to unbrick with your solution! Pretty muh all of that was way over my head, but the instructions were clear and they worked. Now I just need to get that Redemption rom to work with the *228 option1 programming on the phone... that doesn't work now lol.
That's easy, go into settings sounds and turn the touch tones to long. This is common in custom roms.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
what happened was you trashed your internal partitions using cwm partitioner......the method on cyanogen's forum shows how to properly reformat the internal partitions to ext2 and gets you back to having a usable phone.
Glad to hear it helped you. But all the credit goes to the guys in the link post. It was a little over my head too lol. I've used adb before but not for a life or death situation lol
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

[Q] help E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

ok so i've searched around and cant find a definite answer on what /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 is, i believe its sdcard ext? but i do not have a partitioned sd...problem is my phone will not boot, i have been trying to use swap on my droid inc and ****ed it up by trying to use this location for it, it obviously tried creating a file and messed it up somehow...how can i fix this issue so my phone will boot?
edit: cant use recovery either, same error, also my sd card will not mount on computer but im able to back it up using the mount in clockwork recovery, im using cm6.1 too if anyone needs that
cant even wipe/factory reset...
edit: can now mount sd-ext, but not cache...phone still not booting
found this http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...mmcblk0++mkfs++ext2__fromsearch__1#entry56396
seems to have worked

[Q] Unable to find files internal storage?

Hello Again, I have found a few threads with the same issue but something in the middle is different, this has happened on my Nexus 5 before, and it pissed me off because i never got it resolved.
I want to convert my HTC One M8 ATT to GPE later today, but first i'm on sense with NvROM.
The ROM isn't the issue since it's been working fine for a 2 weeks now, here is the story.
What i did-
Recovery (Wanted to try out CarbonROM)
Flashed LiquidSmooths kernel ontop of Carbon, got "Unfortunately phone has stopped".
Went to recovery again to attempt to flash liquidsmooth only.
E: Unable to mount /data
E: Unable to mount /system
E: Unable to mount /cache
E: Unable to mount /sdcard
E: Wiping /data /system /cache failed!
Now, i rebooted and those errors are non existent i can flash again.
But on LiquidSmooth , The Gallery can not find my Pictures.
The Music app can not find the music anymore.
Whenever i use a File Manager , magically my files are still there.
Anybody got ideas on this one? Thanks.
>Pics related<
Try to connect the phone to a PC, and use Device Manager to format the internal memory. Backup any personal data first, if needed (and if possible).
I've heard that , that causes the eMMc or internal storage to go into Read Only mode?
anyone correct me when i`m totally wrong here.
hasn't this something to do with the so called fused location of your sd-card ?
On my phone the locations of the sdcard is shown different then when i locate them trough recovery or shell.
In android the location is something like: /root/storage/sdcard (internal memory)
the real location in my case was shown in recovery as: /root/storage/emulated/0/
And i think because i had previously installed a cm11 based rom and kernel.
And when i completely wiped my phone for a newly rom, afterwards i still had all my data on my phone, because it didn't wipe the /emulated/0 location.
so all the files are still found with a file manager because the two location i mentioned before are fused. But your apps still has the old location in his settings somewhere..
You can try to do a media rescan so your phone search for new media.... But i believe that is also done when you reboot your phone.
I had that happen to me and I was able to fix it by using the "Format" option in TWRP recovery. That, of course, wipes everything on the device but everything will be mounted correctly and properly again.
Guys, I ended up fixing it.
TWRP format fixes it but i needed a backup. Also first attempt at formatting it on TWRP had issues. E:Can't format , E: Data isn't mounted.
Ended up just going ahead and doing the Google Play Edition Conversion and that fixed the whole issue, Thanks for your time!
@TarekElsakka @djmarkd @redpoint73
i4GS said:
Guys, I ended up fixing it.
TWRP format fixes it but i needed a backup. Also first attempt at formatting it on TWRP had issues. E:Can't format , E: Data isn't mounted.
Ended up just going ahead and doing the Google Play Edition Conversion and that fixed the whole issue, Thanks for your time!
@TarekElsakka @djmarkd @redpoint73
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so wait, aren't you going to tell us what you mean by it fixed the whole issue? were you able to back up the data first?
I'm having a slightly different (maybe similar) issue.. my at&T m8 was working fine on insertcoin (previously viper/venom) and i decided to try a very stock AT&T debloated rom.
forgot to flash the firmware first, so booted into fastboot, and was going to do that.. but it wouldn't work, gave me an error..
booted back into recovery (TWRP 2.7.0.2) and my internal storage WILL NOT MOUNT. hence, nothing works... I can see microSD files, I can attempt to flash things ,but, due to the internal "sd" (not my microsd, just using old fashioned android terminology) not mounting, every operation fails. interestingly, I can mount / (root partition) and it has the correct structure, and even some vestiges of my files.. when i say mount, i mean in recovery on the device.. not on a computer via USB.
any ideas? i'm stuck
I know i can probably format the /media/data blahblah partition (the internal storage) but I have very important photographs of my best friend's wedding and my children's recent visit to their grandparents'.. so i really really want to restore those files.. I do this kind of thing (file forensics) on OSX, windows, and some linux drives, all the time at work.. I just don't know how to access the storage on an android phone, in order to run the forensics scans etc.
thanks!!
sneef said:
so wait, aren't you going to tell us what you mean by it fixed the whole issue? were you able to back up the data first?
I'm having a slightly different (maybe similar) issue.. my at&T m8 was working fine on insertcoin (previously viper/venom) and i decided to try a very stock AT&T debloated rom.
forgot to flash the firmware first, so booted into fastboot, and was going to do that.. but it wouldn't work, gave me an error..
booted back into recovery (TWRP 2.7.0.2) and my internal storage WILL NOT MOUNT. hence, nothing works... I can see microSD files, I can attempt to flash things ,but, due to the internal "sd" (not my microsd, just using old fashioned android terminology) not mounting, every operation fails. interestingly, I can mount / (root partition) and it has the correct structure, and even some vestiges of my files.. when i say mount, i mean in recovery on the device.. not on a computer via USB.
any ideas? i'm stuck
I know i can probably format the /media/data blahblah partition (the internal storage) but I have very important photographs of my best friend's wedding and my children's recent visit to their grandparents'.. so i really really want to restore those files.. I do this kind of thing (file forensics) on OSX, windows, and some linux drives, all the time at work.. I just don't know how to access the storage on an android phone, in order to run the forensics scans etc.
thanks!!
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Sorry, but what i did was different, and MIGHT factory reset your internal storage, i can't verify 100%.
You can do two things,
Either flash the RUU
for 4.4.3 STOCK HTC [ATT]
or Flash Google Play edition RUU and revert back to sense which will fix it too.
SENSE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2733523
GPE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708589

Internal storage not detected

HII!!
i was trying to install CM12 but was unable and reached till cyanogen recovery. there when i tried to wipe/data it returned an error "failed to mount data ". so i flashed TWRP image and tried to recover with TWRP. it returned the same error and showed there are no partitions available. i tried to create a new partition and it returned error like "failed to find device". However in TWRP file manager it shows different folders that are present on internal storage.
Presently my phone is soft bricked and cannot install any ROM. if anyone knows how to partition the storage to install CM12 PLEASE HELP ME FAST.
harsh10 said:
HII!!
i was trying to install CM12 but was unable and reached till cyanogen recovery. there when i tried to wipe/data it returned an error "failed to mount data ". so i flashed TWRP image and tried to recover with TWRP. it returned the same error and showed there are no partitions available. i tried to create a new partition and it returned error like "failed to find device". However in TWRP file manager it shows different folders that are present on internal storage.
Presently my phone is soft bricked and cannot install any ROM. if anyone knows how to partition the storage to install CM12 PLEASE HELP ME FAST.
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This is a problem with Cyanogen Recovery (I am not sure why TWRP showed the problem). Try using CWM and reply if that worked. Hope this helps.

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