I finally got PN on my PixelXL and just looked at storage and it says the system uses 19.9 GB and I'm wondering if I can clean the alternate slot to free up this space
My 128gb XL on latest update only use 6.79gb system
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You need to flash a factory image which will wipe all data as I had the same issue I believe its the only fix as you need a full wipe to fix and if your going to full wipe your better off to just flash a full factory image and be 100% factory fresh.
M9guy said:
You need to flash a factory image which will wipe all data as I had the same issue I believe its the only fix as you need a full wipe to fix and if your going to full wipe your better off to just flash a full factory image and be 100% factory fresh.
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I had the same issue. This ^^^ was the only fix.
toknitup420 said:
I had the same issue. This ^^^ was the only fix.
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Did you try > fastboot format userdata
cam30era said:
Did you try > fastboot format userdata
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Formatting didn't work for me. I needed fresh system image too
What I did was flash the new Google image then I locked the boot loader then unlocked it again. When I booted up, my storage was back to normal. After that I flashed the custom ROM. This has happened to me often.
Yamalito said:
What I did was flash the new Google image then I locked the boot loader then unlocked it again. When I booted up, my storage was back to normal. After that I flashed the custom ROM. This has happened to me often.
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If you are on Verizon, DO NOT LOCK BOOTLOADER! Just a friendly reminder.
Yamalito said:
What I did was flash the new Google image then I locked the boot loader then unlocked it again. When I booted up, my storage was back to normal. After that I flashed the custom ROM. This has happened to me often.
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That's a silly way of wiping data. Factory reset from os or fastboot erase userdata will accomplish the same thing.
tiny4579 said:
That's a silly way of wiping data. Factory reset from os or fastboot erase userdata will accomplish the same thing.
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If someone is going to format user data they might as well flash the newest factory image. It just makes sense its also preventative maintenance and can keep your phone running at top performance.
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If someone is going to format user data they might as well flash the newest factory image. It just makes sense its also preventative maintenance and can keep your phone running at top performance.
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Flashing the image is fine. Locking and unlocking the bootloader is unnecessary and should not be done if you're just trying to format. Locking th bootloader while playing around with a messed up system is the perfect storm for a bricked device.
toknitup420 said:
Flashing the image is fine. Locking and unlocking the bootloader is unnecessary and should not be done if you're just trying to format. Locking th bootloader while playing around with a messed up system is the perfect storm for a bricked device.
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Oh definitely, I never would recommend to relock the bootloader that would be just asking for trouble. I replied to the guy saying to just wipe user data, which if your going to do that it just makes sense to flash the newest factory image and make good use of wiping user data and get back to factory fresh in the process that is just a no brainer.
I agree that locking and unlocking bootloader is silly, it can cause trouble, I'm aware of that, however that was the ONLY thing that worked for me in this case. I tried everything and the storage was still at 19 GB. I'm sorry if the method that worked for me is silly and unorthodox but for me that is all that worked. It's happened to me three times.
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Is it beneficial to flash the factory image if you have flashed lots of ROMs recently?
I was thinking of doing this when 4.2 is released but was curious if it would actually make a difference.
Nah.
Just factory reset + clear cache in cwm will do.
Mach3.2 said:
Nah.
Just factory reset + clear cache in cwm will do.
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However, a true fresh start would be reflashing factory images, custom recovery, etc
bk201doesntexist said:
However, a true fresh start would be reflashing factory images, custom recovery, etc
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Actually, flashing a stock image doesn't take 5 minutes lol.
Mach3.2 said:
Actually, flashing a stock image doesn't take 5 minutes lol.
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So we both agree. OP, start fresh from factory images.
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Thanks for the replies. Backing up and restoring the SD card after flashing the factory image shouldn't cause any problems either correct? I don't want to lose all my pictures and other files.
KnappyRoot said:
Thanks for the replies. Backing up and restoring the SD card after flashing the factory image shouldn't cause any problems either correct? I don't want to lose all my pictures and other files.
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Back up everything you need on your computer. Re-lock & then unlock the bootloader, that will wipe everything clean. Then follow procedure to flash factory image, look for efrant's post in general.
Vangelis13 said:
Back up everything you need on your computer. Re-lock & then unlock the bootloader, that will wipe everything clean. Then follow procedure to flash factory image, look for efrant's post in general.
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no need to relock/unlock, either pass '-w' to have fastboot wipe userdata partition or just 'fastboot erase userdata'.
userdata is at /data, i think.
I use the fastbook -w update command and it deletes all information.
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Well I flashed 4.0.4 factory image and restored my SD card. When I try to move files on the SD card I keep getting message that file can't be moved. Am I missing a check box somewhere?
My next idea was to re-flash factory image, root, then manually restore files from my computer. Any other easier suggestions?
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Guys I rooted my phone (nexus 5x 16gb) I unlocked the bootloader and I instaled a twrp custom recovery... My question is simple for you I guess : My phone have only 10.67gb avabile for user usage and If I suit my phone up will remain only 3-4 gb. If I do a back up on twrp I will not have any space avabile and now my question if I want to delete all my apps and data to give my phone to an other person and go to Setting->Backup&Reset->Factory reset without an back up on twrp to save space will my phone remain without operation sistem (android 7) and I will be stuck in recovery mode without OS ( I am verry noob and if you can explain to me I will be greatfull And please do no be mad on my english
If you do a factory reset you will just erase all your data, it wont touch the system
AtField said:
If you do a factory reset you will just erase all your data, it wont touch the system
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so I no need a back up in the twrp????
Tnx for your help seams to no need a backup when you do a factory restore
Gabriel9 said:
Tnx for your help seams to no need a backup when you do a factory restore
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You don't need a backup in TWRP. Best way to get back to factory is use image from google and flashall in fastboot. This will erase userdata, system, and recovery all back to stock. Best way to do it. Once you do flashall you can lock bootloader if you want though it's better to stay unlocked if ever there are problems.
If you are giving your phone to someone else make sure to delete your google account to disable device protection so someone else can use it.
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So I was running my Op3 encrypted since I bought it, and got sick of twrp asking me for password every time I want to flash something and I decrypted it, formated userdata, flashed ROM and flashed elementalx kernel to avoid encryption upon first boot, and now, my phone has only about ~24gb storage left, when I go into settings>storage my system is occupating about 29gb, can someone tell me how to solve this?
Bump! Anyone please?
Nothing?
Try doing a factory reset.
Had a similar issue after returning my nexus 5x to stock (~10gb free instead of ~25). Factory reset from Settings > Backup and Reset fixed it. Not sure if a wipe from TWRP will do the same, but you can give it a shot.
coomac said:
Try doing a factory reset.
Had a similar issue after returning my nexus 5x to stock (~10gb free instead of ~25). Factory reset from Settings > Backup and Reset fixed it. Not sure if a wipe from TWRP will do the same, but you can give it a shot.
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Tried wipe from twrp, and fastboot format userdata, and it didnt work, nevermind, im back CB, waiting for Nougat...
ach3fck said:
So I was running my Op3 encrypted since I bought it, and got sick of twrp asking me for password every time I want to flash something and I decrypted it, formated userdata, flashed ROM and flashed elementalx kernel to avoid encryption upon first boot, and now, my phone has only about ~24gb storage left, when I go into settings>storage my system is occupating about 29gb, can someone tell me how to solve this?
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I also faced this problem few days back..
I think problem comes when i do format data with fastboot command.
Then i do this..
1 Flash stock rom any
2 Flash superuser, ex kernel/bluspark.
3 Reboot phone
I got whole storage about 54 gb but phone is still encrypted.
4 Then reboot to recovery i wiped whole data including internal storage via twrp.
5 Than flash any custom rom.
Hey,
So im currently on holiday and dont get back home until the 13th aug.
I was on my phone last night until i ran out of battery and the phone inevitably died. I charge it this morning and the phone is stuck on the boot animation and has a slowly flashing blue led. I do get past the lg bootloader unlocked screen too and the android boot animation runs fine, just never completes. My phone is running bootloader unlocked, twrp recovery and the imperium rom. My model is h815 and s/n is 512 prefix. The battery was running pretty bad so it might be that. Either way it is stuck in bootloop and i am not sure how to approach it. I also have some internal storage that would need backing up if possible.
Cheers for any help
That's a common issue with Imperium ROM, check post #3341 in this thread for example. Just do a clean flash and your system is back again, but sadly you will lose the apps and settings.
MattheewHun said:
That's a common issue with Imperium ROM, check post #3341 in this thread for example. Just do a clean flash and your system is back again, but sadly you will lose the apps and settings.
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Thats interesting, never thought of that. I should be able to backup any files etc from the internal storage using adb right?
Simply dont wipe internal storage, only wipe data, cache, dalvik and system. THe files on your Internal storages not gonna' deleted, just reinstall the apps you had.
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That's a common issue with Imperium ROM, check post #3341 in this thread for example. Just do a clean flash and your system is back again, but sadly you will lose the apps and settings.
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Simply dont wipe internal storage, only wipe data, cache, dalvik and system. THe files on your Internal storages not gonna' deleted, just reinstall the apps you had.
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Another problem is that i cant boot into twrp recovery using the buttons. It brings me to the stock recovery asking to factory reset. I guess i could just wait until im home and use adb to boot into the twrp recovery.
jet399 said:
Another problem is that i cant boot into twrp recovery using the buttons. It brings me to the stock recovery asking to factory reset. I guess i could just wait until im home and use adb to boot into the twrp recovery.
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Yep. That's what it looks like for me too. When you select factory reset, the phone actually restarts into TWRP.
Make sure you actually do have TWRP installed otherwise it will wipe your phone.
You have a custom ROM installed so I assume competence, but there's always a chance
If you think I'm pulling a prank, here's some validation:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-g4/help/booting-twrp-manually-t3371237
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Yep. That's what it looks like for me too. When you select factory reset, the phone actually restarts into TWRP.
Make sure you actually do have TWRP installed otherwise it will wipe your phone.
You have a custom ROM installed so I assume competence, but there's always a chance
If you think I'm pulling a prank, here's some validation:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-g4/help/booting-twrp-manually-t3371237
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Yeah i saw that post and was reluctant to do so as im on my holiday. Dont want to lose my pics either, even when im very sure twrp is installed correctly as i use the quick boot app to go into recovery quite often.
I backed up my phone, tossed it onto my computer, used the flashall.bat to wipe my phone, and tried to use TWRP to restore the backup. But now it says the device is corrupt. How do I fix this?
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I backed up my phone, tossed it onto my computer, used the flashall.bat to wipe my phone, and tried to use TWRP to restore the backup. But now it says the device is corrupt. How do I fix this?
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What partitions did you restore from twrp?? And, did you do an Advanced wipe in twrp before you restored your backup? Were you just trying to see if twrp worked or what???
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What partitions did you restore from twrp?? And, did you do an Advanced wipe in twrp before you restored your backup? Were you just trying to see if twrp worked or what???
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Boot, system, data, vendor. No, I didn't, I don't remember needing to do that in ages with previous phones. Yeah I was troubleshooting an issue on my phone and I figured I'd just be able to restore back to my backup.
Spartan117H3 said:
Boot, system, data, vendor. No, I didn't, I don't remember needing to do that in ages with previous phones. Yeah I was troubleshooting an issue on my phone and I figured I'd just be able to restore back to my backup.
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Boot, system, and data are ok to restore. You can get into trouble when trying to restore the vendor. The P2XL has a little bit of a learning curve, but it's doable.
Spartan117H3 said:
Boot, system, data, vendor. No, I didn't, I don't remember needing to do that in ages with previous phones. Yeah I was troubleshooting an issue on my phone and I figured I'd just be able to restore back to my backup.
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On the pixels I always do, boot, vendor image, system image, and data.
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Boot, system, and data are ok to restore. You can get into trouble when trying to restore the vendor. The P2XL has a little bit of a learning curve, but it's doable.
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Ah. That's probably it. Back when I had the N6P you had to have a certain vendor image or else you get an error message.
I skipped the vendor and it restored just fine.
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On the pixels I always do, boot, vendor image, system image, and data.
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The images take up more space, and do we still have to do vendor? Cause that was what was causing me issues.
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Ah. That's probably it. Back when I had the N6P you had to have a certain vendor image or else you get an error message.
I skipped the vendor and it restored just fine.
The images take up more space, and do we still have to do vendor? Cause that was what was causing me issues.
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Yeah I wouldn't do vendor it causes problems vendor image will be okay. Also if you get corrupt device you're probably going to have to do the factory image with the w I haven't found a way around it yet. If you have a backup of stock on your phone you could try that that might get you out of it
Also if you're on stock you can just do factory reset in TWRP and just restore Boot and data that's all you really need
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Yeah I wouldn't do vendor it causes problems vendor image will be okay. Also if you get corrupt device you're probably going to have to do the factory image with the w I haven't found a way around it yet. If you have a backup of stock on your phone you could try that that might get you out of it
Also if you're on stock you can just do factory reset in TWRP and just restore Boot and data that's all you really need
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Nah my restore worked after not restoring the vendor. I was just wondering if backing up the vendor is even needed anymore. I don't remember what it was for, I just remembered that if it was different from your rom version it'd give you an error. But yeah I'm on stock.
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Nah my restore worked after not restoring the vendor. I was just wondering if backing up the vendor is even needed anymore. I don't remember what it was for, I just remembered that if it was different from your rom version it'd give you an error. But yeah I'm on stock.
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Yeah I back it up but on stock I never restore it there's no reason to I just restore Boot and data. Your custom kernel and root and everything will restore
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I backed up my phone, tossed it onto my computer, used the flashall.bat to wipe my phone, and tried to use TWRP to restore the backup. But now it says the device is corrupt. How do I fix this?
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This happened to me when i changed the partition.
i wonder if the flash.bat image is a different version of Android than what's on the twrp backup
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i wonder if the flash.bat image is a different version of Android than what's on the twrp backup
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If your backing up/restoring the system, boot, and data, why would it change?? The flash-all.bat is a script anyway. Not sure I understand what your getting at????
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If your backing up/restoring the system, boot, and data, why would it change?? The flash-all.bat is a script anyway. Not sure I understand what your getting at????
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i meant the flashed OTA image could be a different version of Android than what's on the twrp backup. maybe a vendor or bootloader image is mismatched but im not sure