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[Q] Big problem during ROM install

Previous thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41643467#post41643467
Owing to circs I wasnt able to start repartioning and installing ROM until today. I followed the instructions to back up the SD card and then partitioned the SD card as follows:
tools/
partition sdcard/
remove all partitions and start from scratch/
chose "1024"
This completed okay.
I then did
wipe/format/
format all partitions except sdcard
install from sdcard/
choose zip from sdcard/
then selected the rom to flash it.
The Rom I chose was Android Revolution SD which said it had installed but when I rebooted from Recovery all I could get was Recovery no matter what reboot option I chose. So I went back to wipe/format and reformated all partitions except sdcard and tried the ROM suggested in previous threat to OP but it refused to install. So repeat with Oxygen and various other ROMs all of which aborted without completing.
In addition 4EXT started rebooting continuously in Recovery. When I run Recovery I get a message that says it hasn't been configured but don't know if that is a problem or not. I take the battery out and power up with sound down, which brings up Fast Boot and then I go back into Recovery and try again. So far no ROM (other than Android Revolution SD) has even pretended to install.
Any ideas? Please?
Managed to install MildWild and will take it from there.

have you tried to wipe the devlik cache ? or do a full wipe ,

Wiped T310, no OS, unable to mount internal SD

Prior to today, I had not installed TWRP or rooted my T310 device. I believed I followed the instructions to root my device correctly (found here). Going through TWRP, I rebooted the system to install the Superuser package. I then rebooted the system, loaded up TWRP, and began to do a system wipe (followed instructions found here) to prep the flash of the rom and gapps.
I selected the following partitions to wipe: Dalvik cache, system, data and data. The instructions werent clear, so I checked both 'data' boxes.
After the wipe executed, I went to flash the rom and GAPPS I loaded to the internal sd card aaaaand... there were no .zip files. Crap. I went to reboot TWRP and it alerted me that my device does not appear to be rooted. Double crap. Not panicking, I went to mount and tried to see if I could mount the internet SD card to my device. Nothing. Windows now shows a 'Samsung_Android' device but it is listed under 'unspecified'. Reloading the drivers have done no good.
I'm guessing SuperUSer was never installed correctly *or* I did something during the reset.
I, of course, did not perform a backup prior to all of these. I have rooted my devices multiple times and it was always a breeze so why backup now? Weell...
So now I'm sitting here with a nonSU device, with no OS, no backup, and I'm unable to connect my device to Windows. Outside of loading a rom from an external SD Card, what options do I have?

jaredmac11 said:
Prior to today, I had not installed TWRP or rooted my T310 device. I believed I followed the instructions to root my device correctly (found here). Going through TWRP, I rebooted the system to install the Superuser package. I then rebooted the system, loaded up TWRP, and began to do a system wipe (followed instructions found here) to prep the flash of the rom and gapps.
I selected the following partitions to wipe: Dalvik cache, system, data and data. The instructions werent clear, so I checked both 'data' boxes.
After the wipe executed, I went to flash the rom and GAPPS I loaded to the internal sd card aaaaand... there were no .zip files. Crap. I went to reboot TWRP and it alerted me that my device does not appear to be rooted. Double crap. Not panicking, I went to mount and tried to see if I could mount the internet SD card to my device. Nothing. Windows now shows a 'Samsung_Android' device but it is listed under 'unspecified'. Reloading the drivers have done no good.
I'm guessing SuperUSer was never installed correctly *or* I did something during the reset.
I, of course, did not perform a backup prior to all of these. I have rooted my devices multiple times and it was always a breeze so why backup now? Weell...
So now I'm sitting here with a nonSU device, with no OS, no backup, and I'm unable to connect my device to Windows. Outside of loading a rom from an external SD Card, what options do I have?
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You can either download the whole firmware and use Odin to flash or get adb setup and push a rom zip to the internal card using adb.
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hi,
you will need a microsd card 32gb and properly formatted that comes with a card reader for your pc.
download your rom and get it onto the card, insert the card into your device
boot to twrp, and flash,
now, if twrp still spits the no os message at you, which is an issue with twrp,
you next need to go to your wipe options, select advanced and do a full data format/wipe,
NOT SYSTEM, DATA. meaning /data and /data/media. when that completes you should be sorted
but expect your initial boot of the new rom to take a little longer.
never wipe system with twrp. the rom's updater-script will manage that function.
m

Thank you both. I lost my SD cards and card reader in a move so while that orders, I will attempt to utilize ADB. I'm pretty green but I'm certain there are guides out there..

moonbutt74 said:
hi,
you will need a microsd card 32gb and properly formatted that comes with a card reader for your pc.
download your rom and get it onto the card, insert the card into your device
boot to twrp, and flash,
now, if twrp still spits the no os message at you, which is an issue with twrp,
you next need to go to your wipe options, select advanced and do a full data format/wipe,
NOT SYSTEM, DATA. meaning /data and /data/media. when that completes you should be sorted
but expect your initial boot of the new rom to take a little longer.
never wipe system with twrp. the rom's updater-script will manage that function.
m
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I'm having a hell of a time getting the rom to install from the SD card. I believe I am not formatting the card correctly. Is there a guide on how to do so? I have a primary partition in SD in FAT32 and the other partition as EXT4 but no luck. Any help is appreciated.

jaredmac11 said:
I'm having a hell of a time getting the rom to install from the SD card. I believe I am not formatting the card correctly. Is there a guide on how to do so? I have a primary partition in SD in FAT32 and the other partition as EXT4 but no luck. Any help is appreciated.
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hi,
your external sdcard should be formatted as single partition fat32 unaligned,
if you running windows, use bootice, look it up
On linux , gparted may give you issues, if so, on debian at least there is another better utility
though the name escapes me at the moment, disk manager i think.
m

moonbutt74 said:
hi,
your external sdcard should be formatted as single partition fat32 unaligned,
if you running windows, use bootice, look it up
On linux , gparted may give you issues, if so, on debian at least there is another better utility
though the name escapes me at the moment, disk manager i think.
m
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Well I was able to find a good stock firmware download, flashed that via Odin and I'm back to square 1. I am going to forego the external SD route. Perhaps too technical for me or some other hang up is abound but I am leaving that method alone for now. Thank you for your help : )

I SCREWED UP!! Deleted the Zip file, internal storageand backups!

Guys! I screwed up bad! An amateur mistake! After thinking about trying a rom, I factory resetted my device along with the internal storage where I stored my zip file and my backups.....now I have a SMT320 with no OS. Help?? Anything will do! I don't dare booting up my device as it will go in a bootloop or may even hard-brick.....I need some serious help here!

try using hotkeys (home+vol up + power,I think) to boot straight into recovery when the device is off.

Yeah, I can do that but my files aren't showing up.....all I did in the recovery was factory reset,wipe data, system and cache and then when I tried to install the rom, it didn't show up. I think It is because I formatted my ad card before for the device and pretty sure the rom is in that.....pls help

c19932 said:
try using hotkeys (home+vol up + power,I think) to boot straight into recovery when the device is off.
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But my files are missing, read my last post

Connect it to a computer when in TWRP recovery. The internal memory should show up so you can transfer the zip file over.

dont worry. if you have twrp you can install install any custom rom.
download custom rom+gapps via opengapps. com to copy to your sd card.
put it in your sd slot in tab pro, boot in twrp, tick install, tick sd card storage, then install rom and gapps. done.
or you can flash official rom via odin. how to do it check forum or mail me to pm and i will help you step by step

And i f****d my moto z2 play again but not so badly

Hello, some time ago i posted something about my bricked phone, i did it again but not so badly.
So basically i tried to flash a GSI, and i kind of succeeded, the Phone starts and it asks me to put the password to start android, when i put it works but it says that the password i put was correct but the data was corrupt, i can go to TWRP and go in the files of an SD Card i have but, i cannot put anything in my internal storage via pc but luckily i have a chromebook, it also doesn't transfer to the internal storage, i tried to connect to my pc multiple times but it didn't work, so i want to know if i can re-install the Stock Rom via sd card with the help of my chromebook (it has 4gb)

If you are coming from Stock to GSI, you may encounter this encryption problem. The easiest way is to flash stock recovery after flashing GSI. Then boot, and when it asks you to enter password, and it fails, it tells you to reboot and the stock recovery will format your internal storage (TWRP can't).
If you want to get back to stock, just flash some stock firmware in fastboot (wiping data)

TWRP actually CAN format encrypted storage. It justs happens it won't work at the first try. You have to format two to three times, and on each format you need to reboot to TWRP until you format again and the red letters (errors) stops appearing. I do this all the time with 64-bit Treble TWRP and has never failed after doing this process.

Bootloop After Automatic MIUI Update

Hello all,
My problem is with a ginkgo device. I have unlocked the bootloader, have installed TWRP 3.3.1.0, and have rooted with Magisk a couple months ago. I was using MIUI.
Until now, monthly security patches would be downloaded automatically and installed whenever I rebooted, without any problem. It is different this time, however: An update (May security patch, I guess) was downloaded (automatically) a couple weeks ago. I haven't rebooted the device, ignoring the notification telling me to reboot.
When I finally rebooted today, the device booted into TWRP recovery. I tried exiting by holding the power button, or rebooting into fastboot or rebooting system etc. from the menu. No matter how I exited TWRP, it always booted to TWRP again.
I found the downloaded update ROM in a folder named downloaded_rom in my "home directory" (directory that shows when USB is connected). I thought of flashing it using TWRP though I refrained from doing so, thinking that it may be corrupted.
So, what should I do now? Why do you think this happened suddenly? Is there a method of recovery without losing data, if there is any?
Any help is greatly appreciated!

ktezoren said:
So, what should I do now? Why do you think this happened suddenly? Is there a method of recovery without losing data, if there is any?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
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First boot to twrp
copy your internal storage to PC or SD card...
then in twrp > wipe > format data (don't go to advanced) > type yes (it'll format your internal storage so take backup as recommended)..reboot system.

the_weird_aquarian said:
First boot to twrp
copy your internal storage to PC or SD card...
then in twrp > wipe > format data (don't go to advanced) > type yes (it'll format your internal storage so take backup as recommended)..reboot system.
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Thank you for your help! I later decided just to do a full wipe and installed another rom altogether.