Stuck in boot screen, failed to mount anything - Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
so yesterday from one moment to another, my S4 Mini LTE with Lineage 15.1 (https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-mini/orig-development/rom-lineageos-15-0-s4-mini-t3702272 ) just crashed while I was just using it normally. No response at all, so I removed the battery, which I think wasn't a good idea. After that, firstly nothing worked, no charging, no usual booting and no booting into recovery. Simply the phone didn't do anything.
This morning I managed to resurrect it a little, with removing the battery and pressing the ON button while putting it back in. After like 30 tries it worked.
But now I'm stuck in the Lineage boot screen. I can boot into TWRP again, but it seems to take unusually long. In TWRP it says, my Internal Storage is 0mb. Also it failed to mount data, cache, efs, persist and storage, only system seems to be fine.
I tried Format Data, and changing File System of data and cache, which where solutions I found on google, but nothing seems to have any effect. Also I reflashed TWRP using Odin, but that didn't change anything.
What can I do? I don't believe it is bricked so badly, I can't fix it anymore. I guess it's got something to do with encrypted storage, but the usual solutions won't work.
Many thanks in advance.

Update:
Tried some more things:
Restore Back up -> not working... can't mount /cache, /data, etc.
Flash Stock Recovery through odin -> success in Odin, still no difference.. TWRP remains on the phone
Flash Stock ROM -> success in Odin, but nothing changed
Unbrick through this guide
-> with bootloader -> odin fails cause my bootloader is v2
-> without bootloader -> again success in odin, but nothing changed
I think unless I find some v2 bootloader, it's unfixable.... still appreciate any suggestions though

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[Q] Failed phone encryption, how to recover?

So I encrypted my phone last night, it seemed to have worked, the little android encryption icon came on for a while then it rebooted and asked for my pin. I entered my pin and it went back to the android encryption icon and just stays there. I left it over night thinking it was just taking it's sweet time to encrypt, but it did not come back. I'm still able to access CWM and can mount everything but /data and /system.
I tried ODIN'ing the phone with the stock LEN tar but that didn't work. It still asks for my pin, takes it, then sits there at the android encryption guy. I'm fairly certain I need to just re-partition the phone but I cannot find the PIT to do so.
Anyone have any insight?
Edit: I've wiped data/factory reset and wiped cache, but whenever it tries to wipe data, it gives an error mounting data and system (likely as they are encrypted).
Managed to fix it. Had to re-flash the stock recovery and then do a factory reset. While it didn't look like it was successful (it appeared to hang on formatting data) it rebooted and went straight into the OS.
Hopefully this will help someone in the future.

Error «Encryption was interrupted and cannot be complete»

Hi Guys! I have a problem, and i really don't know how can i fix it.
My phone boots normally, but when boot finish this error appear in the screen:
«Encryption was interrupted and can't be completed. Phone data cannot be used anymore.
To continue using your phone, you must restore factory settings. After the restoration, you can restore data backed up in your Google Account to your phone»
There is a "Reset Phone" button but if i push it nothing happen.
I have tried to clear data/cache in recovery but nothing changed, I have tried to install a new ROM (i tried a lot of ROMS) but when it arrive to 50% more or less installation fails.
I have tried this guide oppoforums.com/threads/guide-how-to-recover-your-bricked-find-7-7a.23067/ but it cannot work (Image Attachment)
Also FASTBOOT can't work. (For exemple: if i try to flash recovery it fails remote: failed to flash recovery / erase userdata / cache)
I really don't know where can i also looking
Help me please!
Anyone?
I'm having the same problem....
Restoring an old backup woth TWRP results in the same error.....
hi guys this happened to me too,
luckily I had twrp 2.8.6.0 flashed for recovery.
think you should still be able to get into fastboot if you do a battery pull
then poweron with the powerbutton and volume up till you see the oppo man icon.
then you should be able to flash your recovery with the latest twrp.
if you seen the penquin then this may not work for you. As i have not done a hard recovery before so i dont know if it would work.
I saw the oppo man so i was able to fix it by:
booting into twrp recovery,
i selected wipe --> advanced and there was an additional option to do a wipe for encrypted volumes and i selected all partitions to be wiped
then i installed i had downloaded on my SD card, it was ColorOS 2.0.8i i believed and it fixed it.
sorry if i am a bit grey about the details i did it a while ago so.
Actually found this in the cm12.1 nighlies thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58304054&postcount=14
issue is possibly due to unified partitions

Phone wiped itself? And other problems.

Hello. I have a i317 Note 2, running on T-mobile. It is rooted and was running Blisspop 5.x rom. I had set my phone down and noticed it was on the Samsung screen. Figured it was just a random reboot; but it never booted up. I reboot into recovery (TWRP) to find that there is no OS installed. It says my internal storage is 0mb, my external storage is 0mb (I have a 32gb sd card). I cannot mount nor access external storage, or anything internal. I cannot format data. I am able to see my phone while it is in recovery on my computer. But once I put it in download mode, it can no longer be seen. ADB cannot see it in download mode, I cannot fastboot (unless I'm doing it wrong). I used Odin, which can see it in download mode, but it did not fix anything. Also, now the phone says it is unable to format to remove encryption.
Prior to this it had a problem where it would be unable to stat things. Is there any way to fix this? Or am I SOL?
SchusterIX said:
Hello. I have a i317 Note 2, running on T-mobile. It is rooted and was running Blisspop 5.x rom. I had set my phone down and noticed it was on the Samsung screen. Figured it was just a random reboot; but it never booted up. I reboot into recovery (TWRP) to find that there is no OS installed. It says my internal storage is 0mb, my external storage is 0mb (I have a 32gb sd card). I cannot mount nor access external storage, or anything internal. I cannot format data. I am able to see my phone while it is in recovery on my computer. But once I put it in download mode, it can no longer be seen. ADB cannot see it in download mode, I cannot fastboot (unless I'm doing it wrong). I used Odin, which can see it in download mode, but it did not fix anything. Also, now the phone says it is unable to format to remove encryption.
Prior to this it had a problem where it would be unable to stat things. Is there any way to fix this? Or am I SOL?
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You used Odin for what? Did you try flashing stock rom? Try using the rescue option in KIES. It has saved me in the past when I had messed up my device.
NickVXD said:
You used Odin for what? Did you try flashing stock rom? Try using the rescue option in KIES. It has saved me in the past when I had messed up my device.
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Sorry about that, forgot that bit! I used odin to flash the stock rom, and even tried a .pit repartition. Kies does not see the phone. At most, it sees it but will not connect. So there are no rescue options to be had.
I thought I made progress. I was able to do the firmware reset with Keis. The phone got to the blisspop launch screen but just stayed there. I rebooted into TWRP and it still said I had 0mb of internal storage, and still had no OS installed. ADB still didn't see the phone, either. Now the phone will no longer boot to samsung, or to recovery, or TWRP. If I hold the power button the proximity sensor shines for a moment but that's it.
Same problem here, same phone but t0lte that ran many ROMs over 4 trouble-free years . Still at the pre-Kies stage, thus still can access twrp. Tried overwriting twrp with philz or CWM - Odin says PASSED but reality say no dice - twrp is still the recovery. Tried flashing stock - Odin again said PASSED, but still have twrp reporting 0MB.
Spent 1day surfing xda to ensure I have correct files and procedures.
Wonder if there has been any solution found...
When flashing a new recovery, do not check auto reboot. Flash the recovery in Odin. When you see the word reset in the status window, remove the USB cable from the phone, remove the battery, replace the battery, boot into recovery. Hopefully, this method will work.

i747m boot loop, download mode only - data recoverable?

So, a little background. Full stock recovery, latest Telus 4.4.2 firmware.
Phone may have suffered a drop and/or some water damage during an episode of blackout drunkenness. Yes, I know, I'm an idiot.
Worked fine for a day or two, then began randomly shutting off, seemingly at times when the phone's CPU was under stress. Keeping it in airplane mode seemed to help avoid the reboots somewhat but not completely.
This began right before I was leaving for vacation, and had no time to go replace it. Then, after successfully taking a bunch of awesome pictures while on vacation, the phone decides to go into a boot loop. Can only boot into download mode.
I've got another phone now, but would REALLY like to get the data off the phone if at all possible. I'm assuming there must be some hardware issue at this point causing the boot loop, so I'm guessing that restoring the phone to 100% original working order is probably out of the question.
Any suggestions? I'm guessing something got corrupted, but I'm wondering if maybe I can flash a new recovery or re flash the stock rom via odin and hope it boots up long enough to get the data off? Will it wipe all my data if i try to flash via Odin? Should I take it in for a JTAG? are there other options like getting someone to dump the data off the memory chip somehow?
Thanks in advance.
Since the phone will enter download mode, I suggest flashing twrp 2.87 onto the phone, boot into recovery, mount the data partition, connect the phone to a computer, and try to copy the data to the computer.
Okay, where is a reputable source to download Odin, and what version should I use?
Also, can you provide a link to the exact instructions for flashing TWRP? I looked at the info available on their website and it's not that clear...
And so once I've booted into recovery and mounted the data partition, I leave the phone on, correct? Dont do anything, just connect it to the PC, and it should show up there?
Thanks so much for your help
audit13 said:
Since the phone will enter download mode, I suggest flashing twrp 2.87 onto the phone, boot into recovery, mount the data partition, connect the phone to a computer, and try to copy the data to the computer.
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Okay, I was able to flash TWRP successfully and boot into it.
However, when I attempt to mount the data partition, it won't let me. When I go into the log files, it says unable to mount /data, unable to mount /system, unable to mount /cache, etc......
Also says Internal Storage 0mb ....
So.... i'm guessing this is really not good
Any further suggestions??
If it can't mount the partition and the size is 0, looks like the internal memory is shot.
The only other thing you could try would be to re-flash the stock ROM without wiping anything to see if it will boot. If it fails to flash via Odin, I don't there is much you can do.

Stuck in install loop - keeps getting wiped on boot?

I'm trying to install LineageOS 17 on a OnePlus 6.
I can boot into twrp and the install process appears to work successfully. I can swap slots and install into either slot.
When I reboot the phone I get to the screen that says "Start" and "Fastboot mode" at the top. If I try to start the phone it comes back to this screen. When I go back into twrp, the contents of /sdcard is empty. I can copy over files using adb push, install the rom and then reboot. However, every time I reboot it seems like it completely wipes the phone including the install it's just done and /sdcard is also wiped.
When I booted into twrp previously, it required my unlock code. It now no longer does that. I wonder if this is part of the problem?
If I install just oxygenos, it takes me to the oxgenos recovery screen but I cant' do anything from there. I'm guessing that won't allow me to boot with an unlocked bootloader?
Can anyone advise how I can get out of this? Installing anything using twrp looks like it works, but it's like it gets wiped every time I reboot.
I can't even seem to get OxygenOS back to working.
Can anyone give me some tips on where to go from here? Nothing I can do from TWRP seems to help. I have tried wiping everything in both slots and reinstalling oxygen, no luck
Still stuck?

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