I was wondering whether anyone has experienced the following:
I was on Team Sonic-Free GS3 v.3.0.0. Everything was setup the way i wanted it. I booted into Recovery and created a Restore point.
Right after, I did the following:
- Wipe Data/Factory Reset
- Wipe Cache partition
- Wipe Dalvik Cache
- Format /System
- Format /Data
- Format /Cache
I installed the latest Nightly from Cyanogenmod 10 (12.26). Initially I used an older version of gapps-jb but immediately flashed the correct one. Everything went fine. The system loaded and nothing seemed wrong. After some messing around I noticed it was a big sluggish on my phone. So I decided to restore the phone back to its original setting.
When I went to backup/restore and hit the Restore option, it told me that I had no recovery points! :crying::crying: At this point I started freaking out.
I tried to see if I could flash from the SDCard and I noticed one thing. This was in order to get to the main folder of the SDCard i needed to enter a folder named "0". All the files were there including my CMW recover file. Although it was on the card the recovery option was unable to see it.
After this I decided to do the following. I clean swiped again and installed the Free GS3 version i had on the SDCard already. I booted into the system and saw that the folder "0" was there but also in the main directory there were still folders. In the main portion of the card i loaded my copy of the recovery.
I went back into recovery and and tried again. The restore file was there! :good::good: I was able to recovery my original setup. Unfortunately, all of my pictures and music were still located within the newly created "0" folder. I just copied those back.
Can anyone explain why this happened? I'm very curious!
I do apologize if this has been answered before. I have done a search and have only found scenarios for the SDcard is not seen as mounted. (also dont know if the icons mean anything for the post)
*Update - Folder "0" cannot be deleted. Root explorer says "failed" and Windows Explorer says "Cannot delete 0: THe storage is write-protected". Any ideas on this also?
solidhound said:
I was wondering whether anyone has experienced the following:
I was on Team Sonic-Free GS3 v.3.0.0. Everything was setup the way i wanted it. I booted into Recovery and created a Restore point.
Right after, I did the following:
- Wipe Data/Factory Reset
- Wipe Cache partition
- Wipe Dalvik Cache
- Format /System
- Format /Data
- Format /Cache
I installed the latest Nightly from Cyanogenmod 10 (12.26). Initially I used an older version of gapps-jb but immediately flashed the correct one. Everything went fine. The system loaded and nothing seemed wrong. After some messing around I noticed it was a big sluggish on my phone. So I decided to restore the phone back to its original setting.
When I went to backup/restore and hit the Restore option, it told me that I had no recovery points! :crying::crying: At this point I started freaking out.
I tried to see if I could flash from the SDCard and I noticed one thing. This was in order to get to the main folder of the SDCard i needed to enter a folder named "0". All the files were there including my CMW recover file. Although it was on the card the recovery option was unable to see it.
After this I decided to do the following. I clean swiped again and installed the Free GS3 version i had on the SDCard already. I booted into the system and saw that the folder "0" was there but also in the main directory there were still folders. In the main portion of the card i loaded my copy of the recovery.
I went back into recovery and and tried again. The restore file was there! :good::good: I was able to recovery my original setup. Unfortunately, all of my pictures and music were still located within the newly created "0" folder. I just copied those back.
Can anyone explain why this happened? I'm very curious!
I do apologize if this has been answered before. I have done a search and have only found scenarios for the SDcard is not seen as mounted. (also dont know if the icons mean anything for the post)
*Update - Folder "0" cannot be deleted. Root explorer says "failed" and Windows Explorer says "Cannot delete 0: THe storage is write-protected". Any ideas on this also?
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Was it registering a different recovery version when you flashed CM10 from the FreeGS? If so that would be why it didn't register the backup that you made. (I had this issue or similar to on my Touch) flashed a different rom that used CVM 5.something.. and original was a newer version. Caused me some issues. As for the folder being write protected. Try using root explorer, mount as R/W and then try to delete from there. Just ensure you have everything out of it you want tho.
milky1112 said:
Was it registering a different recovery version when you flashed CM10 from the FreeGS? If so that would be why it didn't register the backup that you made. (I had this issue or similar to on my Touch) flashed a different rom that used CVM 5.something.. and original was a newer version. Caused me some issues. As for the folder being write protected. Try using root explorer, mount as R/W and then try to delete from there. Just ensure you have everything out of it you want tho.
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hey milky1112.
Thanks for reading and providing your input!
I actually used the sames recovery when creating and trying to restore. That's the odd part. I did recently flash the newer version within the old recovery. Do you think that may have been it? Although the new one was used to create a nandroid and restore it.
I just tried deleting using Root Explorer and the same result. It's not a big deal since its only 69mb but it's quite annoying knowing I can't.
thanks again!
solidhound said:
hey milky1112.
Thanks for reading and providing your input!
I actually used the sames recovery when creating and trying to restore. That's the odd part. I did recently flash the newer version within the old recovery. Do you think that may have been it? Although the new one was used to create a nandroid and restore it.
I just tried deleting using Root Explorer and the same result. It's not a big deal since its only 69mb but it's quite annoying knowing I can't.
thanks again!
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That is very possible, still odd that it will not let you delete even with R/W permissions set. But as long as everything is working.. Then i wouldn't fuss too much
The new rom you installed is on 4.2 not 4.1 which is probably what you had originally. The new 4.2 releases by Google move everything into the O folder its part of the new Android set up to dual boot devices. If the recovery is not set up to correct for this your phone will not recognize where the files have been moved to. In my understanding only TWRP is corrected to do this, we'll at least in the Gnex it is. Anyone on Cwm has had issues with this. The fix is to copy and paste your files back into its original location. You can not delete O folder it is an essential part now of your system and it's where it will reference everything from and originals must remain.
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edfunkycold said:
The new rom you installed is on 4.2 not 4.1 which is probably what you had originally. The new 4.2 releases by Google move everything into the O folder its part of the new Android set up to dual boot devices. If the recovery is not set up to correct for this your phone will not recognize where the files have been moved to. In my understanding only TWRP is corrected to do this, we'll at least in the Gnex it is. Anyone on Cwm has had issues with this. The fix is to copy and paste your files back into its original location. You can not delete O folder it is an essential part now of your system and it's where it will reference everything from and originals must remain.
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Thanks for clarification Ed. I've been on TPR for a while so haven't flashed any 4.2 roms.
edfunkycold said:
The new rom you installed is on 4.2 not 4.1 which is probably what you had originally. The new 4.2 releases by Google move everything into the O folder its part of the new Android set up to dual boot devices. If the recovery is not set up to correct for this your phone will not recognize where the files have been moved to. In my understanding only TWRP is corrected to do this, we'll at least in the Gnex it is. Anyone on Cwm has had issues with this. The fix is to copy and paste your files back into its original location. You can not delete O folder it is an essential part now of your system and it's where it will reference everything from and originals must remain.
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hey edfunkycold,
thanks a ton for the response and clarification! i was thinking about swapping recoveries but i already reverted back to the original nandroid image i had at that point.
and you are correct. i was on 4.1 and not 4.2. i didn't know such changes were made but its great to see dual boot is coming up.
i will make sure to THANK both responses once i reach 10 posts. i'm trying hard to participate in these forums but haven't had time until recently.
So I was following the instructions for the root, and am at the TWRP part where I select the zip file I placed onto the drive. When I go to install I see a ton of listed folders, but can't seem to figure out where the heck the zip file is I put on the device, I had dropped it into the root. Any help with this? I can not post in any other forum.
JuJu142 said:
So I was following the instructions for the root, and am at the TWRP part where I select the zip file I placed onto the drive. When I go to install I see a ton of listed folders, but can't seem to figure out where the heck the zip file is I put on the device, I had dropped it into the root. Any help with this? I can not post in any other forum.
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So you didn't put it into any of the folders? Scroll down the zip should be at the bottom. Otherwise reboot and recheck that the file downloaded.
evodon84 said:
So you didn't put it into any of the folders? Scroll down the zip should be at the bottom. Otherwise reboot and recheck that the file downloaded.
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Here's the thing, I can't find ANY of the folders that are listed when I open the internal stoage on my PC. At the top of TWRP it says "Internal Storage (0mb)" The folders I see are boot, cache, data, datadata, dedv, emmc, etc, external_sd, internal_sd, license, proc, recovery, res, root, sbin, sd-ext,, sdcard, supersu, sys, system, tmp, sys system, tmp, usb-otg . So confused.
Sigh and when at the bootloader or whatever it looks like I don't have access to the internal storage via my computer. Just shows up as "Android" on my PC.
I "Copied log to SD", it says it copied it to /data/media. When I go into the file manager. That location doesn't exist. Nothing inside that data folder....at all.
Wow
While browsing around I found this posted by another user:
"Originally Posted by Iktwo View Post
Hi, I just registered cause I had the same problem and I wanted to help, did you installed twrp? I did, and then supersu but I was stuck at boot, then I got internal storage says 0mb, so I tried wiping data, didn't work I got some problem wiping cache, then I tried format data, it succeed, then I tried wiping data again, succeeded also, then I rebooted and I can use it again! I hope that works for you too."
And it did. Booted the device back up and all of a sudden all of the files are there. Root complete.
i have same problem
Hi i have a same problem, storage and sd card seem 0 MB and i can't start install, i can see any folder.
JuJu142 said:
While browsing around I found this posted by another user:
"Originally Posted by Iktwo View Post
Hi, I just registered cause I had the same problem and I wanted to help, did you installed twrp? I did, and then supersu but I was stuck at boot, then I got internal storage says 0mb, so I tried wiping data, didn't work I got some problem wiping cache, then I tried format data, it succeed, then I tried wiping data again, succeeded also, then I rebooted and I can use it again! I hope that works for you too."
And it did. Booted the device back up and all of a sudden all of the files are there. Root complete.
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I didnt understand your problem really well. Try clicking in internal sd folder and you should see zip otherwise at the top of twrp where you select storage select again internal storage and it should popup if i understood correctly.
Hi,
I have the same problem, I tried the above steps with no luck. I still can't see the folders from internal storage. Please help.
Solution Identified
Ramm14 said:
Hi,
I have the same problem, I tried the above steps with no luck. I still can't see the folders from internal storage. Please help.
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There is a folder by the name "0" which you can find in TWRP and also from the File explorer. Place the SuperSU.zip inside the "0" folder using file explorer and they try to locate it from the TWRP. It should be visible then.
It worked for me, hope it does for you too.
Thanks
Ram
Ramm14 said:
Hi,
I have the same problem, I tried the above steps with no luck. I still can't see the folders from internal storage. Please help.
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I experienced a similar problem with my nexus 5x and ended up on this thread from google search. I got it working after entering the password at password prompt, when phone started to boot into recovery. This decrypted the storage and mounted it, before booting to recovery. If I didn't enter a password and skipped it(hit cancel and moved on), then in the recovery I see that storage and sdcard as 0.
Hope this helps someone.
ashmay88 said:
Got it working after entering the password at password prompt, when phone started to boot into recovery. This decrypted the storage and mounted it, before booting to recovery.
Hope this helps someone.
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It díd help someone, me
I was doing the same thing, cancelling this password prompt, I thought it was a encryption thing instead of a decryption thing (should read better).
Now I can access all files again on TWRP, thanks!
EDIT: I thought a bit more why this happend: it is of course because we activated the option 'ask pattern unlock before booting android', which is an option in the Nexus 5X welcome screens.
So I assume TWRP needs that pattern as well to access the Android folders once it's activated.
Also: I had to click the '3x3' option in the Password screen to make the pattern responsive, in case that's a hint someone looks for.
flekkie said:
It díd help someone, me
I was doing the same thing, cancelling this password prompt, I thought it was a encryption thing instead of a decryption thing (should read better).
Now I can access all files again on TWRP, thanks!
EDIT: I thought a bit more why this happend: it is of course because we activated the option 'ask pattern unlock before booting android', which is an option in the Nexus 5X welcome screens.
So I assume TWRP needs that pattern as well to access the Android folders once it's activated.
Also: I had to click the '3x3' option in the Password screen to make the pattern responsive, in case that's a hint someone looks for.
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Glad it helped.
Where did you see it asking for a password? I have booted into recovery and can't see any password prompt and the storage is still at 0mb. Help?
I had the problem.
I solved it by formating the data.
> fastboot format userdata
Do not forget to do a backup of your backup in your PC, then put it back and restore..!!
I have soft bricked my device, after reading your forums, I downloaded a stock ROM for my device... transferred it to my ext SD card but i couldnt find the RAR file in TWRP.(install) Even tried my luck with usb otg... i could see the rom (rar) file in file manager even copied it from ext SD to internal storage... i have double checked the location of the file... is on root it isny inside any folders. Pls help
Do what I said format the internal SD.
In your twrp format internal storage.
Then reboot and problem solved.
Help! Guys I cant locate my storage neither internal nor external sd card when i tried to install from recovery mode.How can I get access to internal external storage?
I have similliar problem twrp doesn`t see any files from my phone and it says that i have no os installed.
Sorry for my english.
ashmay88 said:
I experienced a similar problem with my nexus 5x and ended up on this thread from google search. I got it working after entering the password at password prompt, when phone started to boot into recovery. This decrypted the storage and mounted it, before booting to recovery. If I didn't enter a password and skipped it(hit cancel and moved on), then in the recovery I see that storage and sdcard as 0.
Hope this helps someone.
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Hi having the same problem as others .... and did not succed (wipe format and all). YOu say to put a password ... but which password?????
claudioita said:
Hi having the same problem as others .... and did not succed (wipe format and all). YOu say to put a password ... but which password?????
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Your password on your device probably
what password??
Hello lovely android people,
I am a newbie, so im guessing this probably isnt the right place to post this type of question. Please feel free to guide me to the right place.
So the question...
I rooted my galaxy ace2 (gt18160) and install Pimp My Rom app from the market. Did some changes with it and now the phone wont start up, stuck in the bootloop where the logo appears and it does not go anywhere from there.
Ive been researching for solution since yesterday, and found out that I could re-flash the firmware using o2 stock using odin.(although im not quite sure this is a correct solution)
Since there's a possibility of all the data getting deleted, I want to get some files out of the device using ADB pull.
I used adb shell to look for the files I need. At first I could see the sdcard in the root directory / but could not access it without su. After doing su command I can go inside the sdcard directory (where my files are), but it appears to be empty.
ls -l /mnt lists the sdcard with unusual d--------- permission.
Im stuck and dont know how I can grab my files from the sdcard folder.
any suggestion will help.:cyclops:
Thanks
mnt/sdcard is only a symlink to storage/sdcard0 (mount for the internal sdcard) so it does make sense that adb can't cope with that path.
Still, it is impossibibble to delete stuff from either of your sdcards via odin or recovery. Flashing via odin doesn't wipe the data partition either, so as ong as u select the right firmware for our phones, nothing can go wrong really
Thanks for your reply Carpe-Dimi.
after checking /prop.partiitons, it seems that sdcard hasnt been mounted.
The problem now is that there are 18 partitions and I dont know which is the sdcard?
I tried mounting the first mmcblk0. Give me the 'device or resource busy' error.
Excuse my arrogance but I would have liked to find out why I cant access the sdcard or why I cant mount the partitions.
...and thanks again for letting me know that flashing does not wipe the data. :good:
SOLVED!
As Dimi said, flashing does not wipe data partition. But I was able to recover my files in recovery mode as it automatically mounted the mmcblk0p8 partition.
Then installed stock firmware.... tried new jelly bean, then went back to stock as its slow and laggy.
Cheers
hey guys
I'm completely desperate. Here's what happened the last two days:
Yesterday my Fairphone suddenly became very slowly and then wouldn't boot no more. Since then every time I try to start my phone, I get the message "process system doesn't react" or something like that. The only thing thats working is the recovery mode.
Today I wanted to make a complete backup so that I can make a hard reset afterwards. But then I had to realize, that the recovery mode isn't able (or I'm not able to see how) to make a backup on an external sd card but only on the internal storage (which is also called sd card which confused me about an hour).
The problem now is that I have a backup but I can't get it on my computer or on my external sd card and so it will be deleted too if I make a hard reset.
I searched the internet for hours and found out, that it is possible to somehow remote control the phone via adb. I read that the phone has to be in "usb debugging mode". I can just put my phone into adb sideload mode or however its called by choosing "update with adb" in the recovery menu.
Is this the reason why my "adb pull" command isn't working? It just says "error: closed". Or is it because I haven't wrote right the path of the backup file? (I used: /mnt/sdcard/userdata_20130801_134656.backup)
Please help me! I have tried so much already, my brain is sizzling:silly:
I'm working on a Mac and have installed sdk.
Thanks in advance!!!
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EDIT:
Just to close this topic and maybe help other people with the same issue:
I finally managed to pull the /data folder using adb. What I didn't know was that the backup file (and all pictures, videos, music and so on too) is stored on the internal sd card which isn't affected by the factory reset in the recovery menu. What I also found out was that the backup file (that I had created during the "bootloop" or whatever it was) was corrupted. So the backup logically broke my FP again after I restored from it.
So the solution, as mentioned above, was to pull the /data folder which contains all important user data such as wifi passwords, contacts, messages and so on
I hope it helps
peace
SC
Hi, I recently moved some photos from the gallery into the secure folder's gallery and from there I sent them to the recycle bin and afterwards permanently deleted them. But I didnt realized that among the photos that I erased was one that I still need.
My questions is if I can recover the files that were deleted from the secure folder without rooting. My phone is not rooted.
If there isnt another way other then first rooting the phone and then trying to recover the photo could somebody provide a link to a thread with a tutorial for begginers maybe? My phone is a SM-G960F model.
Sorry to hear that. Is there any backup file of the deleted photos? If yes, you can recover the deleted photo you want from the backup file easily. If no, the only way is asking for help from pro shop or data recovery software like Dr.fone, Coolmuster Lab.Fone for Android, Easeus MobiSaver, etc. Do remember that you need to make sure it not being overwritten by new data. And you need to root it before using such software. Of course, if the deleted photo saved on your SD card, you don't need to root your phone. Hope this will be your help.