I posted this in Q&A, but no replies led me to post here as well.
Hi. I've been using this Xoom for a couple weeks now, and just started having this problem yesterday.
Before I noticed the promblem I was on EOS 3 Wingman. I had TWRP 2.2.2.0 as recovery.
I wanted to give CM10 nightlies a shot. Downloaded the ROM and GAPPS through Goo. I tried to flash the CM10 ROM and GApps zip through the Goo interface. Xoom rebooted and instead of installing, I just got a contantly repeating error saying the install failed.
Eventually I rebooted the xoom and went into recovery. I tried to wipe data and it said it couldn't be mounted. Same error for wiping system, cache, etc...
Rebooted xoom and the EOS 3 rom was still working fine, I downloaded [Recovery] ClockworkMod 3.2.0.0 (R4c) Modded for Internal media [UPDATED 10/6]" and flash via adb. rebooted to recovery and tried wipe. same issue. nothing could be wiped. everything said "failure mounting <applicable partition>".
I tried flahing rogue recovery and got the same thing. I said screw it and rebooted back into EOS and it's been working fine. EOS was updated last night to 143, so i downloaded and tried to install through goo. I got the repeating errors again. Rebooted into recovery and still got the errors where it seems like none of the partitions are writeable.
I WAS able to install the EOS update directly through recovery.
Has anyone ever seen this behavior before and know how to fix it? I can't even export logs in the 2 CWM recoveries because they fail when trying to write the log file.
If I try to install an update through goo, it reboots to recover and just keeps scrolling "An Update Error has occured".
I can reboot to recovery and install the zip from there directly with no issue.
Here is the log for the failed data wipe...
I:mke2fs command: mke2fs -t ext4 -m 0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p10
mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 is apparently in use by the system; will not make a filesystem here!
E:Unable to format data.
* Verifying filesystems...
I:=> Let's update filesystem types via verifyFst aka blkid, command: 'blkid'.
* Verifying partition sizes...
Ievice has /data/media
I:Total used space on /data is: 5122715648
I:Total in /data/media is: 3962468352
I:Actual data used: 1160247296
du: /data/media/.android_secure: No such file or directory|
once in recovery, if I try to format data, it says "Unable to format data". Log
Well I can't help, I'm in the same boat...hoping to get some insight from any responses you might get.
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Well I can't help, I'm in the same boat...hoping to get some insight from any responses you might get.
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It's extremely unusual to get no responses to an issue like these here at XDA. leads me to believe it might be a very uncommon problem. The folks here are usually on the ball about any issue that has even arisen before.
That being said, I am going to try to flash the stock RUU back on from this link...
http://developer.motorola.com/produ...utm_source=supportforums&utm_term=unlockboard
After I finish, I re-root/unlock.
I'll let you know how it goes.
I'll let you know if I come up with something as well. So far I've managed to erase the sd card and maintain a constant boot loop.
Flashing all of the stock img, relocking, and unlocking again didn't do ****.
Found an original MZ600 SBF, which is what I need for verizon 3g xoom, I'm installing this via RSD Lite to see if it blows away whatever is causing the issue.
I was able to wipe the entire system and use adb to repeat the unlock and root steps. So far so good. I'm using the CWM 3.2.0.0 recovery image right now though. I have at least been able to get into a clean copy of a ROM and no bootloops yet. Can't restore data off old Nandroids, so I'm about to update to the newer CWM based recovery image and see if that will help.
I think I'm OK now.
I installed the SBF. Let all of the OTA updates come in including the ICS update where my 3g stops.
flashed the ROGUE recovery from fastboot.
I was able to format all partitions and install and boot CM9 nightly.
Me too, i was sweating hard for a bit, but was able to go through the entire process from stock, unlock, root, rogue recovery and then flashed CNA. Got that working without boot loops or fc and then advance restored data from a previous nandroid through rogue to get it back. A couple of apps had to be redownloaded from the market, but it looks as if I'm back in business. I want to try TWRP, but every time I do something screws up, so I think I'll stop trying.
Thanks for the help.
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Me too, i was sweating hard for a bit, but was able to go through the entire process from stock, unlock, root, rogue recovery and then flashed CNA. Got that working without boot loops or fc and then advance restored data from a previous nandroid through rogue to get it back. A couple of apps had to be redownloaded from the market, but it looks as if I'm back in business. I want to try TWRP, but every time I do something screws up, so I think I'll stop trying.
Thanks for the help.
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Are you installing Twrp from goo manager. Cause I have not had any issues with the goo manager download. But did have issues with the zip file here on xda. I dont kknow if it is worth a try but that is how I did it.
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Well sense this is a twrp related issue I would think u would have asked in my thread where I released the port for twrp to Xoom,
Having said that, at one point n time there was a note n the open about open script recovery. But its is also buried in the thread too. So I will answer your question and also presume a few things... and please correct me if I am wrong anywhere.
Once u set the download path in goo app to /data/media/goomanager/ and downloaded a ROM, clicked flash ROM, and entered recovery once u saw all the E/ update error u manually rebooted the Xoom and did not let the script finish installing the ROM? If I am correct that so far. That's what cause your additional problems. You basically rebooted recover while mid install of a ROM.
Now as stated it the twrp thread for Xoom, these errors are false errors and should be ignored. To add it the reassurance that they are intact false errors, from goo app select to flash a ROM again and simple allow the script to finish and then the tablet will reboot on its own when it is finished with the script. And you will be greeted with your new ROM you just successfully flashed.
Again let me know if I am wrong on assuming you forced a reboot mid install ( aka while u saw all the errors)
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Well sense this is a twrp related issue I would think u would have asked in my thread where I released the port for twrp to Xoom,
Having said that, at one point n time there was a note n the open about open script recovery. But its is also buried in the thread too. So I will answer your question and also presume a few things... and please correct me if I am wrong anywhere.
Once u set the download path in goo app to /data/media/goomanager/ and downloaded a ROM, clicked flash ROM, and entered recovery once u saw all the E/ update error u manually rebooted the Xoom and did not let the script finish installing the ROM? If I am correct that so far. That's what cause your additional problems. You basically rebooted recover while mid install of a ROM.
Now as stated it the twrp thread for Xoom, these errors are false errors and should be ignored. To add it the reassurance that they are intact false errors, from goo app select to flash a ROM again and simple allow the script to finish and then the tablet will reboot on its own when it is finished with the script. And you will be greeted with your new ROM you just successfully flashed.
Again let me know if I am wrong on assuming you forced a reboot mid install ( aka while u saw all the errors)
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No, after pushing the TWRP recovery to the Xoom using adp, I would clean install a ROM and get one of two results....1) the ROM would run for a few seconds and then reboot, or 2) the ROM would run, but everything would fc. Fixing permissions, wiping everything, etc., wouldn't help the issue. No matter what I tried under TWRP, those were the results. I ended up having to start from scratch to negate whatever it was that was making the xoom go funky. Once I pushed rogue and followed the same process, I was back in business.
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Last night, I decided to try out the Trinity kernel. I downloaded and flashed, and everything went without error. After that, I pushed a custom boot animation over ADB. The first one didn't work, and after the splash screen disappeared it was simply a black screen, but then I pushed one I downloaded from XDA and it was fine.
Now, though, I want to make a nandroid, but CWM is running into some issues. I started the ROM manager app, entered a name for the nandroid as usual, and hit OK, but when it rebooted into nandroid, it gave me an error saying "Error mounting /system" and rebooted back into CM7. That's odd, I thought, I never had any problems like that before. So I rebooted into CWM myself by holding down power+vol down and tried making a nandroid there. No luck. Then I went to mounts and storage and tried to manually mount /system. CWM gave me the error again.
I'm not really sure what's causing this. I thought it might be because now I'm using an ext4 filesystem because of Trinity (right? haha I'm new to kernels and such) and CWM might not support reading it, but if that's the case, I think I would not be the first to have this issue. Yet I searched, on that thread, on Google, on XDA general search, and didn't see anything. I also doubt it's the boot animation.
My last nandroid was yesterday. The only changes to the system I remember right now is that I flashed CM7 nightly 101, then flashed Trinity, rebooted, and flashed the boot animation mentioned. I installed apps since then but none of them had root so I doubt that's it. I would reflash CM7 to overwrite Trinity, but I read on the Trinity thread that if I did that without restoring an old CM7 kernel nandroid first, I'd be stuck in a bootloop because of ext4...?
So, what should I do? I don't want to make anything worse than it already is by tinkering with this myself, I no longer have a current nandroid, that's why I'm asking XDA. Does anyone have an idea why this might be happening? I'm sorry if a thread like this already exists or if this is in the wrong forum (if so mods please move it), this is my first time posting and my search skills could suck (although I looked in all the places I could think of)
Thanks for your help! My G2x is running CM7 nightly 101. Both the nvflashed CWM in recovery and the CWM started by the rom manager app are version 3.0.2.7.
I got the same problem as you bro right after flashing trinity
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ritthyhang said:
I got the same problem as you bro right after flashing trinity
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Good, so I'm not the only one! I thought that was too odd to be true.
Here's what I've done. I reflashed cm7 nightly 101 to get my CM kernel back and rebooted. Sure enough, bootloop. Or it never got past the splash screen to the CM7 android skateboard boot animation. I went back in recovery, though, and was able to mount /system. Odd. So I flashed trinity again and tried mounting /system again and no go. So this definitely has something to do with Trinity... I restored my nandroid, reflashed 101,and that's where I am now. Tomorrow, I will make an up-to-date nandroid and do some tinkering to try to figure out what's going on. Maybe it has something to do with the boot animation, maybe not, exactly what's going on is what I am going to try to figure out if no dev shows up here.
Could you give me a few details about your case? Were you coming from cm7 too? Did you do any boot animation tinkering like me?
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Okay so I was eaglesblood 1.6 and flashed trinity the other day. Before trinity I was on miui and made plenty of nandroid backup. So today and 1.7 got released so before update I try to backup then behold Our Problem. So after I confirm that I can flash 1.7 over 1.6 I decided to take that risk and flashed anyways. On 1.7 the Superuser was updated I notice, so I decided to make a backup and it Work. So I think the problem was had to do with the outdated Superuser. I think I might be wrong that's just my experience.
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Okay so I was eaglesblood 1.6 and flashed trinity the other day. Before trinity I was on miui and made plenty of nandroid backup. So today and 1.7 got released so before update I try to backup then behold Our Problem. So after I confirm that I can flash 1.7 over 1.6 I decided to take that risk and flashed anyways. On 1.7 the Superuser was updated I notice, so I decided to make a backup and it Work. So I think the problem was had to do with the outdated Superuser. I think I might be wrong that's just my experience.
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Hmm. So to clarify: You were running MIUI, then you flashed eb followed by trinity. Then, eb 1.7 was released and you went to nandroid, but you couldn't mount /system, so you took the risk and upgraded anyways. The new be came with a new version of superuser, and you were able to make nandroids once again. Is this correct?
One very important question if it is. Did you flash trinity again after flashing the eb 1.7 update?
Also, could I ask what version of superuser came in this update? I am using version 2.3.6.3, which is the latest according to Superuser check for updates, but ROM Manager lists a 3.0 beta version and I'm wondering if you're using that. To check, open Superuser, go to the settings tab, and scroll all the way down. It's the second to last option for me. It's unlikely that superuser is making the difference, since it works as a part of Android and our problem is in recovery, before Android loads, but I can see how it might be possible. If you're using the 3.0 beta, I will flash to that and see if it fixes.
I will look into this some more tomorrow, specifically right now I want to know what filesystem eb's kernel recommends.
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G2X here same problem.
I think they key here is MIUI. I tried to load MIUI image and it didnt go well. I formatted and CWR to restore and its been giving me issues same cant mount system errors.
Right now I downloaded CM7 and installed it from scratch and I can use the phone but it wont backup my ROMs anymore.
Have you guys found anything new ?
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I think they key here is MIUI. I tried to load MIUI image and it didnt go well. I formatted and CWR to restore and its been giving me issues same cant mount system errors.
Right now I downloaded CM7 and installed it from scratch and I can use the phone but it wont backup my ROMs anymore.
Have you guys found anything new ?
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Update cwm to latest recovery 5.0.2.0 i believe.
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Update cwm to latest recovery 5.0.2.0 i believe.
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+1 cwmr 5.0.2 is the first to officially support ext4 partitions
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lithivm said:
I think they key here is MIUI. I tried to load MIUI image and it didnt go well. I formatted and CWR to restore and its been giving me issues same cant mount system errors.
Right now I downloaded CM7 and installed it from scratch and I can use the phone but it wont backup my ROMs anymore.
Have you guys found anything new ?
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I just stopped using Trinity and went back to the stock CM kernel. I don't think it's just miui, I never used that. But...
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Update cwm to latest recovery 5.0.2.0 i believe.
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+1 cwmr 5.0.2 is the first to officially support ext4 partitions
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YESS! Looks good. I did hear about that. Looks like it's time to give Trinity another try
Error mount/system!
I can't restore my stock rom,i've tried to fully wipe but got:
-- Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
Error mounting /data!
Skipping format...
Formatting /cache...
Formatting /sd-ext...
Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...
Data wipe complete.
and cant restore
Checking MD5 sums...
Erasing boot before restore...
Restoring boot image...
Restoring system...
Error mounting /system!
Skipping format
Can't mount /system!
and cm7 doesnt boot,now im just stuck in ClockworkMod Recovery v4.0.0.5
is there any ways to flash stock rom in clockworkmod??
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I can't restore my stock rom,i've tried to fully wipe but got:
-- Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
Error mounting /data!
Skipping format...
Formatting /cache...
Formatting /sd-ext...
Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...
Data wipe complete.
and cant restore
Checking MD5 sums...
Erasing boot before restore...
Restoring boot image...
Restoring system...
Error mounting /system!
Skipping format
Can't mount /system!
and cm7 doesnt boot,now im just stuck in ClockworkMod Recovery v4.0.0.5
is there any ways to flash stock rom in clockworkmod??
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Update your recovery, both, fake and nvflash.
i was also having the can't load system issue. upgrading to latest clockwork mod via rom manager to v5.0.2.0 resolved the issue and i was able to take a backup of my current system.
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i was also having the can't load system issue. upgrading to latest clockwork mod via rom manager to v5.0.2.0 resolved the issue and i was able to take a backup of my current system.
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Where do I find the latest clockwork mod and how do I install it? I currently have a soft bricked phone, and I can't seem to get it unbricked. I tried using the pit files with the stock rom, the dbdata stuff and everything else. What happened was the the system was in ICS, but something happened and I couldn't load into CWM 4 and the system wouldn't boot. So to fix, I used odin to install the stock rom (v2.3.3), but the stock rom came with CWM 3.0, so now I'm at 3.0 and can't mount the file system and it's not booting. I'm assuming that if I upgraded the CWM back to a newer version, I'll be able to restore the system and gain access to the file system again.
reboot problem
i jus flashed ext4 converter for kernel update every think went fine but i couldnt mount system coz it was showing error i neglected dat nd flashed every thing was done nd when i rebooted it gt stuck in d samsung galaxy y logo...plzzz help meee wat to do..plzzz help
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i jus flashed ext4 converter for kernel update every think went fine but i couldnt mount system coz it was showing error i neglected dat nd flashed every thing was done nd when i rebooted it gt stuck in d samsung galaxy y logo...plzzz help meee wat to do..plzzz help
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I'd ask in the samung galaxy forums bud.
"my mind draws lots of blanks actually"
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asn_86 said:
I can't restore my stock rom,i've tried to fully wipe but got:
-- Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
Error mounting /data!
Skipping format...
Formatting /cache...
Formatting /sd-ext...
Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...
Data wipe complete.
and cant restore
Checking MD5 sums...
Erasing boot before restore...
Restoring boot image...
Restoring system...
Error mounting /system!
Skipping format
Can't mount /system!
and cm7 doesnt boot,now im just stuck in ClockworkMod Recovery v4.0.0.5
is there any ways to flash stock rom in clockworkmod??
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actually yes. the /system folder is corrupt and it need to be formatted. so all you need to do is format / system then it will work as it should
hope that helps
Hi Folks.
Ok here is my situation, I have a rooted and unlocked TF700.
I flashed Zeus 4 and all worked well, then flashed (after full wipe) PARANOIDANDROID 2.15 and again everything was great,
Yesterday I flashed Baked Bean 4 (again after a full wipe) and apart from some SD issues all seemed ok,
I then decided to restore my TWRP backup of Zeus as I needed to use my 64gig msd card.
After a full wipe and restore Zeus started up but the dpi was messed up (160) I think (way small)
I was seeing loads of FC's and file manager showed my internal SD as being empty. Rebooted to recovery and tried the "Format Data" option
It failed right away with this message "E: Unable to format data."
I have tried flashing the stock .26 rom via TWRP and I have the same issue, dpi set to 160 and internal sd not mounted.
It seems my Internal sd is corrupt
What is the procedure to reformat it via ADB or fastboot? (I have searched but the results I found relate to other devices and I dont want to simply follow instructions that might cause further harm to my TF700)
I have followed the NVflash brick proof procedure and have all relevant files backed up (I did this before flashing the last 2 roms)
Please can some one point me in the right direction
Thanks a lot
Jules
I always wipe cache, system, internal, davic and then do a factory reset.
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When you said that you tried to flash the stock .26 you meant installing not restoring a backup, right? What rom you have on your device right now?
Pretoriano80 said:
When you said that you tried to flash the stock .26 you meant installing not restoring a backup, right. What rom you have on your device right now?
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Yip extracted the zip from the zip file and copied it to my ext sd and flashed it via TWRP
I have an unusable Zeus4,
Im about to try a full wipe again and then flash .26 again
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After flashing .26 and selecting reboot I get the "No OS installed! Are you sure you wish to reboot?" message
Looks like the system partition is corrupted, but i'm not sure. I think you should come here on IRC and maybe someone with more experience will help you - - http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=asus-transformer
Thanks so much Pretoriano80!
With his help on IRC I was able to solve the problem,
In the end I had to return to complete stock, It seems CM10 caused some problems,
You are a a legend dude Thanks!!
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ZaJules said:
Thanks so much Pretoriano80!
With his help on IRC I was able to solve the problem,
In the end I had to return to complete stock, It seems CM10 caused some problems,
You are a a legend dude Thanks!!
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This same thing happened to me with my Prime when I was getting ready to send it off for RMA because of a broken HDMI port. Since I was unlocked I was advised to restore to stock before sending it in. However, before I got the chance to do that I started getting the "E: Unable to format data." error that you were. I ended up erasing all partitions from fastboot and putting a note in the box that it wouldn't boot after an OTA. I managed to get away with it and wasn't charged for fixing it
For future reference it would be really helpful to know how you fixed this. Did you do something like what is in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1803343.
Did you ever figure out how CM10 messed up your Infinity? I was running CM9 on my Prime when I got this error. Thanks!
It's hard to say if it was CM10 (or any other custom rom) or TWRP to mess the things up but we managed to get back to stock by replacing the twrp with CWM recovery and installing a modified .30 update package. Was a tricky one but we didn't had to mess with the partitions and that's good.
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It's hard to say if it was CM10 (or any other custom rom) or TWRP to mess the things up but we managed to get back to stock by replacing the twrp with CWM recovery and installing a modified .30 update package. Was a tricky one but we didn't had to mess with the partitions and that's good.
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Why did you switch to CWM? Do you have any thoughts on the advantages and disadvantages of TWRP vs CWM?
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Why did you switch to CWM? Do you have any thoughts on the advantages and disadvantages of TWRP vs CWM?
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Switched to CWM just to make sure it wasn't twrp recovery that somehow was failing to flash the partitions correctly. Tbh so far both do their job and both share the same limitation so far, meaning both fail to restore the boot partition (kernel) so in order to restore successfully (from a nandroid backup) you need to flash the right kernel after restoring is done. Otherwise i like TWRP better and never had issues with it, but i miss the advanced option from CWM, the one that let you format each partition individually.
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Switched to CWM just to make sure it wasn't twrp recovery that somehow was failing to flash the partitions correctly. Tbh so far both do their job and both share the same limitation so far, meaning both fail to restore the boot partition (kernel) so in order to restore successfully (from a nandroid backup) you need to flash the right kernel after restoring is done. Otherwise i like TWRP better and never had issues with it, but i miss the advanced option from CWM, the one that let you format each partition individually.
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I'm not certain what you're referring to here. I've restored many times from different TWRP backups (for each custom rom that successfully boots and is half-decent, I make and keep a backup in case I want to jump around and try new things) and I've never had any issues. I am still on the .26 firmware update because I plan to do the nvflash thing. Are you saying that between Zeus v4 (ICS) and various Jelly Bean roms I've been on the same kernel? I gues I just haven't checked.
Anyway, I really love the TWRP recovery and use it with Xoom and Nexus 7 as well. It's so easy to use and always has been reliable.
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I'm not certain what you're referring to here. I've restored many times from different TWRP backups (for each custom rom that successfully boots and is half-decent, I make and keep a backup in case I want to jump around and try new things) and I've never had any issues. I am still on the .26 firmware update because I plan to do the nvflash thing. Are you saying that between Zeus v4 (ICS) and various Jelly Bean roms I've been on the same kernel? I gues I just haven't checked.
Anyway, I really love the TWRP recovery and use it with Xoom and Nexus 7 as well. It's so easy to use and always has been reliable.
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For me moving between various roms by just restoring a backup never worked like it should. Let's say i'm on CM10 and i want to restore from a stock rom backup, the restore process is done, after reboot the device gets stuck to the first Asus screen and will stay there. Now if i get back to recovery and flash an update. zip containing the stock kernel the device will boot just fine, so definitely the boot image doesn't get restored in my case (with . 26 bootloader ).
Edit: @okantomi: You are using the internal storage or a MicroSD for backup / restoring? I'm really curious how this could work for some and not work for others, i mean same device, same recovery, same bootloader version...
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For me moving between various roms by just restoring a backup never worked like it should. Let's say i'm on CM10 and i want to restore from a stock rom backup, the restore process is done, after reboot the device gets stuck to the first Asus screen and will stay there. Now if i get back to recovery and flash an update. zip containing the stock kernel the device will boot just fine, so definitely the boot image doesn't get restored in my case (with . 26 bootloader ).
Edit: @okantomi: You are using the internal storage or a MicroSD for backup / restoring? I'm really curious how this could work for some and not work for others, i mean same device, same recovery, same bootloader version...
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Ok, I only flash a new zip from the internal storage...made myself a "Flashworthy" folder which I keep stocked with newest versions of roms/gapps. I save my TWRP backups to my external microsdcard, as well as my TiBu backups. I have never had a problem restoring from TWRP this way, honestly.
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Ok, I only flash a new zip from the internal storage...made myself a "Flashworthy" folder which I keep stocked with newest versions of roms/gapps. I save my TWRP backups to my external microsdcard, as well as my TiBu backups. I have never had a problem restoring from TWRP this way, honestly.
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Well, in this case i really have no clue why restoring works for some users but not for all.Dees_Troy, the dev behind Twrp recovery told me that .26 bootloader is to blame for the recovery failing to restore the boot partition, but looks like you have that bootloader version and restoring works good for you... interesting.
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Well, in this case i really have no clue why restoring works for some users but not for all.Dees_Troy, the dev behind Twrp recovery told me that .26 bootloader is to blame for the recovery failing to restore the boot partition, but looks like you have that bootloader version and restoring works good for you... interesting.
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It is a mystery. Is there any other info that might be relevant to see why the difference in results? I ask because I would like to understand this device better, as well as potentially help others.
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It is a mystery. Is there any other info that might be relevant to see why the difference in results? I ask because I would like to understand this device better, as well as potentially help others.
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I don't know, maybe the twrp version and the backup options, like if you are using compression or not, which partitions do you backup (boot, system, data, recovery, cache)...
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I don't know, maybe the twrp version and the backup options, like if you are using compression or not, which partitions do you backup (boot, system, data, recovery, cache)...
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I'm using TWRP 2.2.2.1, I back up boot, system and data only, and I don't use compression.
Every 4.3 rom I install after the first reboot it hangs at unlocked bootlaoder screen. I have tried every recovery out there but everytime I have to fastboot to be able to restore a 4.2.2 rom and get it to boot. Does anyone know how to fix this because it is very frustrating. I wipe everything when I install to. I follow the standard procedure and I am not new to rooting or flashing.
ajh305 said:
Every 4.3 rom I install after the first reboot it hangs at unlocked bootlaoder screen. I have tried every recovery out there but everytime I have to fastboot to be able to restore a 4.2.2 rom and get it to boot. Does anyone know how to fix this because it is very frustrating. I wipe everything when I install to. I follow the standard procedure and I am not new to rooting or flashing.
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you tried 6.0.3.5 cwm also?
i had the same problem and this was the only one i could get to work.
bweN diorD said:
you tried 6.0.3.5 cwm also?
i had the same problem and this was the only one i could get to work.
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Ya i tried every cwm including 6.0.3.6 and twrp 2.0.6.1
ajh305 said:
Ya i tried every cwm including 6.0.3.6 and twrp 2.0.6.1
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not sure if it will help but this is the exact process i used:
-rts using matts utility found here http://batakang.com/dr_utility.php
-put stock recovery back on using the above utility
-root with the above utility and protect with voodoo
-take the ota to get the latest baseband back (will likely fail but still update the bb)
-restore root
-install cwm 6.0.3.5 from this utility http://www.mediafire.com/download/tt7cwwua49n24uv/Razr_HD_Recovery_Flasher_V7.rar
-flash your 4.3 rom of choice
-profit (hopefully lol)
ajh305 said:
Every 4.3 rom I install after the first reboot it hangs at unlocked bootlaoder screen. I have tried every recovery out there but everytime I have to fastboot to be able to restore a 4.2.2 rom and get it to boot. Does anyone know how to fix this because it is very frustrating. I wipe everything when I install to. I follow the standard procedure and I am not new to rooting or flashing.
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keep in mind the second boot on 4.3 roms seems to take a while, how long is it hanging on the boot screen? I remember the first 4.3 I flashed hung for about 5-8 minutes before it booted up. it seems to be the second one that hangs consistently for me, but it does always boot. All following reboots after the 2nd are normal with no hangs.
bjoostema said:
keep in mind the second boot on 4.3 roms seems to take a while, how long is it hanging on the boot screen? I remember the first 4.3 I flashed hung for about 5-8 minutes before it booted up. it seems to be the second one that hangs consistently for me, but it does always boot. All following reboots after the 2nd are normal with no hangs.
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I think I have waited for about 10 minutes before. I'll try again and see if it does actually boot. Does your hang on the bootloader unlocked screen or the boot animation screen?
EDIT: I tried another 4.3 rom and booted it up. Set some things up then updated su binaries and restarted and let it sit there at the unlocked bootloader warning for 15 minutes with no changes.
bweN diorD said:
not sure if it will help but this is the exact process i used:
-rts using matts utility found here http://batakang.com/dr_utility.php
-put stock recovery back on using the above utility
-root with the above utility and protect with voodoo
-take the ota to get the latest baseband back (will likely fail but still update the bb)
-restore root
-install cwm 6.0.3.5 from this utility http://www.mediafire.com/download/tt7cwwua49n24uv/Razr_HD_Recovery_Flasher_V7.rar
-flash your 4.3 rom of choice
-profit (hopefully lol)
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I did actually restore it back to completely stock, recovery and everything. I downloaded the OTA after rooting and using voodoo. The update failed but I installed cwm 6.0.3.6 and then restored my backup. Then I flashed twrp 2.0.6.1 to try that and flashed a 4.3 rom and same issue came up.
ajh305 said:
I think I have waited for about 10 minutes before. I'll try again and see if it does actually boot. Does your hang on the bootloader unlocked screen or the boot animation screen?
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Yeah, mine hangs at the bl unlocked screen on that second boot, though I flashed a different logo to get rid of that annoying message 10 minutes seems a bit excessive but not unheard of-longest I clocked was around 8. Does yours ever make it to the boot animation? If so, it should go into a full boot eventually. I think the hang has something to do with the rom building cache on that second boot Also, whichever 4.3 your using, I would make sure it's a more recent release as they have come a very far since the early releases which hung for longer periods of time. I'm currently running pa rc2 by cj and it went smoothly using cwm 6.0.3.2.
bjoostema said:
Yeah, mine hangs at the bl unlocked screen on that second boot, though I flashed a different logo to get rid of that annoying message 10 minutes seems a bit excessive but not unheard of-longest I clocked was around 8. Does yours ever make it to the boot animation? If so, it should go into a full boot eventually. I think the hang has something to do with the rom building cache on that second boot Also, whichever 4.3 your using, I would make sure it's a more recent release as they have come a very far since the early releases which hung for longer periods of time. I'm currently running pa rc2 by cj and it went smoothly using cwm 6.0.3.2.
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It never reaches the boot animation just sits at that screen. I have tried several 4.3 roms within the last few days so they are the newest versions I can find. Could I clear the cache to get it to boot?
ajh305 said:
It never reaches the boot animation just sits at that screen. I have tried several 4.3 roms within the last few days so they are the newest versions I can find. Could I clear the cache to get it to boot?
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http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/27682-having-issues-with-43-roms-is-it-me/ check out the last post on the page in that link. It seems to have worked for that guy. If you don't mind, try that and let me know if it works. In the meantime, I'm going to try and find some more solutions. I'm assuming his method worked, as he hasn't posted back.
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http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/27682-having-issues-with-43-roms-is-it-me/ check out the last post on the page in that link. It seems to have worked for that guy. If you don't mind, try that and let me know if it works. In the meantime, I'm going to try and find some more solutions. I'm assuming his method worked, as he hasn't posted back.
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By golly that worked! It booted up fast as well. It must lie with the formatting your internal storage before flashing the 4.3 rom. I tried something similiar to this but I was already on a 4.3 rom that wouldn't boot and I formatted the sd card then tried flashing it again and it booted again for the first time but wouldn't the second. So if your having trouble do this:
Restored stock 4.1.2 using Matt's utility
Rooted with Matt's utility
Put 4.3 rom and GAPPS on external SD
Fastboot flash CWM 6.0.3.5 (or install via Matt's utility if you like)
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe Cache/Dalvik
Go to mounts/storage and format /data and /data/media (/sdcard) **Back up anything in your internal SD you want to keep before doing this!**
Flash 4.3 rom
Wipe Cache/dalvik
Flash GAPPS
Wipe Cache/dalvik
Boot up and setup rom
Reboot
ajh305 said:
By golly that worked! It booted up fast as well. It must lie with the formatting your internal storage before flashing the 4.3 rom. I tried something similiar to this but I was already on a 4.3 rom that wouldn't boot and I formatted the sd card then tried flashing it again and it booted again for the first time but wouldn't the second. So if your having trouble do this:
Restored stock 4.1.2 using Matt's utility
Rooted with Matt's utility
Put 4.3 rom and GAPPS on external SD
Fastboot flash CWM 6.0.3.5 (or install via Matt's utility if you like)
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe Cache/Dalvik
Go to mounts/storage and format /data and /data/media (/sdcard) **Back up anything in your internal SD you want to keep before doing this!**
Flash 4.3 rom
Wipe Cache/dalvik
Flash GAPPS
Wipe Cache/dalvik
Boot up and setup rom
Reboot
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Awesome man! I'm glad it booted up for you welcome to the 4.3 side!
ajh305 said:
I did actually restore it back to completely stock, recovery and everything. I downloaded the OTA after rooting and using voodoo. The update failed but I installed cwm 6.0.3.6 and then restored my backup. Then I flashed twrp 2.0.6.1 to try that and flashed a 4.3 rom and same issue came up.
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glad you got it fixed but i have to ask, in the sequence above why are you restoring a backup? you should be going right from stock to 4.3. also, some people have issues with twrp and 4.3, thats why i suggested cwm.
I'm not sure why I restored the backup. I didn't think coming from stock would work for some reason.
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I am having the same problem. I have followed the steps but still no joy . Any thoughts?
sgtslaughter64 said:
I am having the same problem. I have followed the steps but still no joy . Any thoughts?
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This was the only thing that worked for me. You could maybe try updating to the most current recovery instead of the one listed.
the only 2 issues i have seen to cause this problem are covered in the post a few below, and fixed it every time. my only suggestion would be to install cwm after rooting, then reboot, then continue with the steps. just my preference, it may not matter.
Hey there!
I'm hoping that someone can help me out. My nephew who's a wanna-be geek was going to update my ROM (which didn't to be done really, but he wanted to show me what he was able to do). He went and downloaded the latest CM 11, rebooted and went into TWRP 2.7.0.1, did a factory reset, an advanced wipe, and did the Format Data. When he did that, it got stuck in a loop. Nothing happened. He tried to install the ROM he downloaded, and NOTHING! Long story short, by him doing the Format Data, he wiped out my partitions. TWRP, no matter what I try to do tells me it's unable to mount 'data' or 'media' etc. etc. Which is leading me to believe I have no partitions left. I've tried installing the latest update from Asus, and no dice. I've tried restoring backups that I have on my micro SD, and that's not working.
Can someone please help me and tell me how to fix this? Can I get my partitions back? I'm really hoping that I don't have to send this tablet off to Asus in Dallas, TX to have it repaired.
I'm using a loaner tablet from a rental store, hoping I can get my TF 300 fixed.
Any help is deeply and sincerely appreciated.
Omega
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I was about to suggest you look in the correct forum, but I see you posted there as well. Anyway, your partitions are probably okay, they have just been wiped out, that doesn't mean you lost them. Have you tried reflashing the recovery? Were you able to flash anything with said recovery before that? Wiping the partitions in the recovery shouldn't have any effect on the flashing functionality, no matter which partitions were selected (except for sdcard, since that's where the ZIPs are stored), so there might be a problem with the recovery itself. Are you sure you have the correct one for your device?
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I was about to suggest you look in the correct forum, but I see you posted there as well. Anyway, your partitions are probably okay, they have just been wiped out, that doesn't mean you lost them. Have you tried reflashing the recovery? Were you able to flash anything with said recovery before that? Wiping the partitions in the recovery shouldn't have any effect on the flashing functionality, no matter which partitions were selected (except for sdcard, since that's where the ZIPs are stored), so there might be a problem with the recovery itself. Are you sure you have the correct one for your device?
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Hey there Duchman ...
Thanks for your reply. I have tried reflashing the recovery like you suggested. And after that tried to reinstall CM11.Afterwards reflashing the recovery it says “Unable to mount data." I don't know if I need to flash a more recent version of TWRP, if that would even help.
Before all of this happened I could flash almost any ROM of my choice as long as it was KitKat supported. All of my backups and restores are kept on my micro SD so they aren't accidentally deleted. As far as I know it's the correct version of TWRP. It's worked for me so far, ever since I updated to KitKat.
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Omega Recon said:
Hey there Duchman ...
Thanks for your reply. I have tried reflashing the recovery like you suggested. And after that tried to reinstall CM11.Afterwards reflashing the recovery it says “Unable to mount data." I don't know if I need to flash a more recent version of TWRP, if that would even help.
Before all of this happened I could flash almost any ROM of my choice as long as it was KitKat supported. All of my backups and restores are kept on my micro SD so they aren't accidentally deleted. As far as I know it's the correct version of TWRP. It's worked for me so far, ever since I updated to KitKat.
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You could try flashing a newer recovery first, I think 2.7.1.0 is available for your device. Also try doing a hard reset by cold booting - here's a how-to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTU38Ewh8qo (wipe the cache afterwards)
If that doesn't help, reverting to stock is probably your best option. Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757077 (be sure to grab the correct firmware and back up your files)
Have you tried installing any other custom ROM? Does it give you the same error when you try to restore your backup?
Here's what I've come across so far. I did the reset, and that did nothing.
Tried to flash the stock version, after a few seconds, TWRP popped up with FAILED.
I've tried flashing Omni ROM. It will flash, load up, and gets stuck at the boot screen or boot animation. This happens with just about every ROM I try to flash.
Been looking for TWRP 2.7.1.0. I'm not seeing it listed on TWRPs site. Where can I get a copy? Thanks!
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Here you go: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2772093
Also do try flashing another recovery, PhilZ for instance: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2597860
Did you try wiping all of the partitions again?
So i downloaded a nightly off the [ROM] Vanir/Commotio TF700
and i was trying to flash it on twrp it failed i made sure to wipe and factory reset prior. I put cromni back on without any problems.
It says it can't find md5 file... during the flashing process
Paprika88 said:
So i downloaded a nightly off the [ROM] Vanir/Commotio TF700
and i was trying to flash it on twrp it failed i made sure to wipe and factory reset prior. I put cromni back on without any problems.
It says it can't find md5 file... during the flashing process
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Snag the recovery.log after the flash and it will provide more info.
here's my log
its attached
I'm trying out all the roms i can until i land one that might fix my wifi reception.
Anyways i'm also trying crombi-kk.. and I'm having trouble with this step. its asking me to fix root and then won't boot when i flash it...
(this is coming from cromi x
I can't find the root sub section after i open developer options.
1. Enable developer options by clicking the build number 7 times in settings - about tablet
2. Go to developer settings
3. In the first section click Root access and change to Apps and ADB
I'm also asked to fix permissions after I flash Commotio
Paprika88 said:
here's my log
its attached
I'm trying out all the roms i can until i land one that might fix my wifi reception.
Anyways i'm also trying crombi-kk.. and I'm having trouble with this step. its asking me to fix root and then won't boot when i flash it...
(this is coming from cromi x
I can't find the root sub section after i open developer options.
1. Enable developer options by clicking the build number 7 times in settings - about tablet
2. Go to developer settings
3. In the first section click Root access and change to Apps and ADB
I'm also asked to fix permissions after I flash Commotio
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You need to update your TWRP version - please move to TWRP 2.7.1.1
This is why the rom is failing to flash:
Code:
ApplyParsedPerms: removexattr of /system/addon.d/50-vanir.sh to 0 failed: Operation not supported on transport endpoint
script aborted: set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed
set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed
It's either a bug in the installer or related to the older TWRP - I suspect the latter.
Thanks!
I installed twrp 7.2.1.1 and it flashed successfully. however now i rebooted it and I see commotion with a picture of the ocean and sunset looping.
the booting screen i presume. I figured it was just loading everything up but it's been like this for 20 minutes now...
i'll try crombi kitkat
Edit: K nevermind I flashed the gapps and it worked
It loaded and I received a warning message:
UIDS on the system are inconsistent you need to wipe your data partition or your device will be unstable... with a i'm feeling lucky button.
I'll try factory wipe
it worked
Paprika88 said:
Thanks!
I installed twrp 7.2.1.1 and it flashed successfully. however now i rebooted it and I see commotion with a picture of the ocean and sunset looping.
the booting screen i presume. I figured it was just loading everything up but it's been like this for 20 minutes now...
i'll try crombi kitkat
Edit: K nevermind I flashed the gapps and it worked
It loaded and I received a warning message:
UIDS on the system are inconsistent you need to wipe your data partition or your device will be unstable... with a i'm feeling lucky button.
I'll try factory wipe
it worked
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Glad you got it working.
For future reference: Whenever you move from one rom to another you have to perform a factory wipe in recovery. Preferably before you flash the rom. Saves you a lot of headache