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Help i think I bricked my phone

Hey Guys,
I tried pretty much everything and don't know what else to do. My phone just stays stuck on the android screen. I forget that the "SD card" in this phone is actually part of internal storage, I did a factory reset and lost everything.
I tried flashing different boot.img and getting nothing. I'm afraid I need to get a rom onto the sd card but how is that possible if I cant get my phone to boot up.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

volume down button+power button try this combination until u get in the bootloader then select recovery. once in recovery just restore a backup if you have one, you should have one

i dont have a backup and i have nothing on my "sd" to i can install. I have formatted the ROM and thats why it wont boot..

If you can get into Recovery (CWM) in the advanced settings if i remember, there's a "format sd card" to make it work with the installation of a custom ROM

I posted a tutorial for how to do this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929

brwetz said:
I posted a tutorial for how to do this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929
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thanks for the guide but im getting error mounting /sdcard. and if i follow cannondale0815 solution for that problem when flashing the stock and cwm I cannot access recovery mode.

Clear Storage in fastboot and re-install CWM then try it. That's how I got mine to work

Ok if your bootloader is locked and you have a custom recovery first flash stock recovery then boot into fastboot and run "fastboot oem lock" After that restart your phone and boot back into fastboot. Then run the RUU for your model and cid. easy.

Follow the steps which might work
1, If you knows something about adb, you can just simply push a rom into the sdcard(You don't need to do this if there is already a flashable rom in the sdcard), flash the kernel in fastboot, go to the recovery, wipe and flash a new rom. Then everything(except your data) should be fine
2, If you are not able to use adb push, or you have never flashed a recovery/3rd-party rom/ or you have other issues:
Using the RUU updater might be safe and simple (of course everything except those in the sdcard will lost)
a, relock the hboot using "fastboot oem lock"(or the RUU will refuse to continue)
b, run the RUU updater, wait for ~10min, your phone will be "refreshed" to something like the 1st day you bought it, except the Hboot will say it is "RELOCKED s-on"(this should be LOCKED s-on at first)
c，unlock your phone again(if you have stored the .bin file for unlock, just push it to your phone in the fastboot mode which is enough already, it is not needed to do the whole process in HTCDEV again.)
IMPORTANT: the RUU updater and the phone must be the same area. for example an Europe's RUU can't be applid to an US's One S
This is also the only method to update the Radio software, unless the hboot is S-OFFed
Bure03 said:
Hey Guys,
I tried pretty much everything and don't know what else to do. My phone just stays stuck on the android screen. I forget that the "SD card" in this phone is actually part of internal storage, I did a factory reset and lost everything.
I tried flashing different boot.img and getting nothing. I'm afraid I need to get a rom onto the sd card but how is that possible if I cant get my phone to boot up.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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[Q] need help, noob flashed a kernel by accident.

Ok, this is my first time unlocking a device and it went well. I used Hasoon2000's kit to unlock and got twrp flashed and was going to get the Paranoid Android rom and Rohan's kernel all set to go. while getting it all set up, I was trying to figure out how to launch the command for the kernel but ran it instead. now my device is in a perpetual booting loop. Is there anything I can do or am I out of luck?

ryhnarch said:
Ok, this is my first time unlocking a device and it went well. I used Hasoon2000's kit to unlock and got twrp flashed and was going to get the Paranoid Android rom and Rohan's kernel all set to go. while getting it all set up, I was trying to figure out how to launch the command for the kernel but ran it instead. now my device is in a perpetual booting loop. Is there anything I can do or am I out of luck?
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Wipe everything except sd card and flash a new ROM..
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reboot into bootloader and "fastboot flash boot boot.img" the stock kernel from PA

How would I go about accessing the bootlaoder if it just keeps loading to the HTC boot screen then resetting itself?

ryhnarch said:
How would I go about accessing the bootlaoder if it just keeps loading to the HTC boot screen then resetting itself?
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volume down + power

DvineLord said:
volume down + power
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So I am in the bootloader, now whenever I click recover it goes back into the loop. is it possible for me to flash the stock kernel to stabilize it?

that's what i said. extract the boot.img from the rom. boot.img = kernel and flash it using "fastboot flash boot boot.img"

my problem here is that i don't have PA flashed on it yet. Is there a way to fastboot the rom onto it from my pc? there isn't an option to do that from Hasoon2000's kit.
I got into twrp on my device. Do I need to mount the SD to put PA on my device to flash it?

ryhnarch said:
my problem here is that i don't have PA flashed on it yet. Is there a way to fastboot the rom onto it from my pc? there isn't an option to do that from Hasoon2000's kit.
I got into twrp on my device. Do I need to mount the SD to put PA on my device to flash it?
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yes, go to install and flash rom.zip then reboot into system

Crappyvate said:
yes, go to install and flash rom.zip then reboot into system
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Alright, just started the flash. hope everything goes well. thanks for your help so far.

PA is flashed, but now it won't load the rom. It starts the PA loading animation, then nothing it has been sitting there for about 30 mins.

I have the feeling that I may have soft bricked the phone. I have tried re-flashing PA and even tried CM10, both times clearing both caches. Is there anything else I can do to get past the boot animation?

Are you on hboot 1.14 (2.20 firmware)?
Did you flash the kernel before installing the rom?
Just going to start posting this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1954060

area51avenger said:
Are you on hboot 1.14 (2.20 firmware)?
Did you flash the kernel before installing the rom?
Just going to start posting this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1954060
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yes to both, and I had just read about needing to flash the boot.img first. For my own clarification, the boot.img is the kernel correct? If so Hasoon2000's kit has a section to put the img in and just flash it on. When ever I choose factory reset from the bootloader, it takes me into twrp, by doing this has it already done the factory reset, or is there something else I need to do?
this is starting to feel like a trial by fire situation for me

ryhnarch said:
yes to both, and I had just read about needing to flash the boot.img first. For my own clarification, the boot.img is the kernel correct? If so Hasoon2000's kit has a section to put the img in and just flash it on. When ever I choose factory reset from the bootloader, it takes me into twrp, by doing this has it already done the factory reset, or is there something else I need to do?
this is starting to feel like a trial by fire situation for me
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You factory reset from bootloader? Can you access your SD card in TWRP?

Yes I can access the sdcard from twrp, and I have used the factory reset option a couple of times to access twrp when I was first having issues getting in from the recovery option.
update - I just tried flashing it again and It finally cleared the animation. I am setting it up now and thanks to everyone for their help.

[Q] Wiped and not working HTC One S [s4]

Good day everyone,
Thanks for taking the time to read this. I am in desperate need of your help. I recently purchased a HTC One S from an online store they told me it was new never used locked phone. Turns out phone was rooted, 4g does not work, and it could not recognize e drive, (internal sd card)
After reading the all in one i re-rooted it and install the teamwin version of recovery.
Now i never had any back ups or any factory files. as i got the phone rooted with software that did not work. My phone now has no rom and i cannot install from adb sideloader, or an other means. I am new to this and cannot seem to figure out how to get my phone back to even stock un-rooted etc. I tried multiple forums and download links but nothing.
i was able to install vipers rom at one point but despite several attempts to reinstall. recovery does not see files loaded. which i can see on my mac or pc.
the other strange thing i notice is that at the top in fastboot mode i sometimes see unlocked in pink only and other times i see both unlocked and tampered. when its unlock only none of my computers recognize connection.
I also tried boot.img for flash. The furthest my screen no goes is the htc logo, then goes black.
Please help, even to just point me in rite direction to have this resolved.

the boot.img, did you flash it via fastboot? (fastboot flash boot boot.img)
And, one question that comes to mind... they sold you a device as new, yet it wasnt.. Why didnt you return it?

Goatshocker said:
the boot.img, did you flash it via fastboot? (fastboot flash boot boot.img)
And, one question that comes to mind... they sold you a device as new, yet it wasnt.. Why didnt you return it?
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Yes I tried several times loading the boot.img via fastboot.
As far as returning the device i trashed the mailing box but kept original packaging so no return address. I called the company which i made the purchase from "N1wireless" several times and sent several emails to them. They have yet to reply or answer any of my calls. Which is why I am so frustrated.

mnitllc said:
Yes I tried several times loading the boot.img via fastboot.
As far as returning the device i trashed the mailing box but kept original packaging so no return address. I called the company which i made the purchase from "N1wireless" several times and sent several emails to them. They have yet to reply or answer any of my calls. Which is why I am so frustrated.
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Boot into recovery, select mount > mount usb storage. From pc move the Rom.zip to your sd card which should now be showing on your pc. After it is moved to your phone select unmount then press home button in twrp recovery. Then install the Rom. After install open up adb and type adb reboot bootloader then press enter. Now fastboot flash the boot img from inside the Rom.zip on your computer. After that reboot your phone and report back
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bochocinco23 said:
Boot into recovery, select mount > mount usb storage. From pc move the Rom.zip to your sd card which should now be showing on your pc. After it is moved to your phone select unmount then press home button in twrp recovery. Then install the Rom. After install open up adb and type adb reboot bootloader then press enter. Now fastboot flash the boot img from inside the Rom.zip on your computer. After that reboot your phone and report back
Sent from my HTC One S using xda premium
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Hi, thanks for the reply, thats just the thing I cannot in recovery install any rom loaded to sd card. It fails. I tried reinstalling the recovery and it still not reading my sd card.
So my guess is i need a new twrc or how to do it from my mac, as now when i try on my pc it is failing as-well. Once I get the recovery to work I will try your other suggestions as I think it will work based on the steps you mentioned.
I am trying to figure out how to use terminal to reinstall recovery. any suggestions or links will be greatly appreciated.:good:

you install recoveries through fastboot, fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Goatshocker said:
you install recoveries through fastboot, fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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I reinstalled recovery several times now and it wont recognize the sd card. is there another recovery i can download and use? Also is there any instructions for a newby to use terminal to re-boot, everything from scratch. Meaning if the phone is completely blank except the fast boot and a recovery manager no backups or stock kernel etc. what is the format to be used in order for the computer and recovery to recognize the sd card?
I think I need a good recovery rom like cmod if there is one for the htc one s or the stock one if someone has it.

hi i had that problem
mnitllc said:
I reinstalled recovery several times now and it wont recognize the sd card. is there another recovery i can download and use? Also is there any instructions for a newby to use terminal to re-boot, everything from scratch. Meaning if the phone is completely blank except the fast boot and a recovery manager no backups or stock kernel etc. what is the format to be used in order for the computer and recovery to recognize the sd card?
I think I need a good recovery rom like cmod if there is one for the htc one s or the stock one if someone has it.
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I had that problem the sd card would not be seen by my laptop and the phone would not boot at all if you plug in the phone to your go to start and then computer right click on your c drive go to manage and see if you can see it there if so try to format it and then reboot the phone if it works you can then install cwm as a recovery system then you can put what rom you wont on it i am use in zenRom 1.05 and to me its the best coz it like the htc rom that the phone come with if that don`t work let me know coz i have more tricks to try i hope this helps you out.

Theres only TWRP and CWM for the S afaik, and CWM sucks. TWRP is the one to use.

I had a similar problem a few days ago, luckily there's not such a bad solution.
1) Pick a custom ROM you want to install from the HTC One S developer forums (I went with Trickdroid) and download the ROM/boot image.
2) Then download and flash the stock recovery here: http://www.4shared.com/file/1UuxTh0k/stock_recovery.html
3) Boot into bootloader, clear storage and then reset to factory defaults.
4) Flash TWRP
5) Reboot into recovery, sdcard should now be mounted/visible
Then push the ROM to your sdcard with adb or mount USB storage and flash it/flash the boot image and you should be sorted.
Edit: Here's where I got the solution from btw (post #8):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
Hope that helped!

violentlighting said:
I had a similar problem a few days ago, luckily there's not such a bad solution.
1) Pick a custom ROM you want to install from the HTC One S developer forums (I went with Trickdroid) and download the ROM/boot image.
2) Then download and flash the stock recovery here: http://www.4shared.com/file/1UuxTh0k/stock_recovery.html
3) Boot into bootloader, clear storage and then reset to factory defaults.
4) Flash TWRP
5) Reboot into recovery, sdcard should now be mounted/visible
Then push the ROM to your sdcard with adb or mount USB storage and flash it/flash the boot image and you should be sorted.
Edit: Here's where I got the solution from btw (post #8):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
Hope that helped!
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got it. will try it asap.

I could not get the stock recovery via that link you provided. If there is another link to the stock I would appreciate it. I had to flash it wit cwm twice then reflash with twrc to get it to identify the sd card. i had tried the viper rom but my 4g and wifi doesnt work. Will try trickmod hopefully that works with no more issues

violentlighting said:
I had a similar problem a few days ago, luckily there's not such a bad solution.
1) Pick a custom ROM you want to install from the HTC One S developer forums (I went with Trickdroid) and download the ROM/boot image.
2) Then download and flash the stock recovery here: http://www.4shared.com/file/1UuxTh0k/stock_recovery.html
3) Boot into bootloader, clear storage and then reset to factory defaults.
4) Flash TWRP
5) Reboot into recovery, sdcard should now be mounted/visible
Then push the ROM to your sdcard with adb or mount USB storage and flash it/flash the boot image and you should be sorted.
Edit: Here's where I got the solution from btw (post #8):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
Hope that helped!
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Hey thanks allot for your suggestions. I made some progress. It kinda worked. However I my wifi and data connections no good. I tried the 9.1 update and then tried the tweaks.
Do you know if it is possible to get stock kernel and stock rome to undo changes on device?

BRICKED any fix?

so my stupid head downloads a s3 rom for my s4 hard and flashes it...
now its bricked but i can still get into recovery..
is this the end:[

No, wipe everything and reflash the right one. You should use TWRP so...
Depending on your bootloader version don't forget to 'fastboot flash boot boot.img' within fastboot mode. Remember: **** happens...

rootrider said:
No, wipe everything and reflash the right one. You should use TWRP so...
Depending on your bootloader version don't forget to 'fastboot flash boot boot.img' within fastboot mode. Remember: **** happens...
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hopefully this works :[
i tried stock ruu but it says error the whole time.
im using twrp so ill try flashing a diff rom..

bstylz911 said:
hopefully this works :[
i tried stock ruu but it says error the whole time.
im using twrp so ill try flashing a diff rom..
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For stock ruu you need to be on stock recovery, your device relocked. You can always do that after you've tried it the easy way. :good:

i completly forgot about the relocking...thank you so much

half brick htc one s s4
Hi, so after upgrading to MIUI.us_ville_v4_2.11.16_Eng_Deo_ZipA_Signed_linds6630 for some reason my htc one s s4 storage usb sotrage stopped working and now even wifi wont work, I've tried wiping installing many times and it didn't help.
So I went and flashed stock recovery and locked bootloader I got the ruu file and now it wont flash as I get signature error so went to check mainver and there is a problem it's all blank. I've tried to use mainver error fix from all in one toolkit ver3.3.1 and no luck as system can't mount sd. when on custom recovery windows couldn't recognize file system so i only had an option to format the storage, I didn't want to do that as miumi starts and I was affraid that this operation will wipe some data and I loose phone completely. So what can I do next, can you help me please?

[Q] HELP!!!

I was flashing CyanogenMod 10.1 and i followed the instructions to a tee, and now it will not power on, it just sits there with a black screen. It was working fine before. Can anyone please give me some help. It is my only phone.

kjmiller1984 said:
I was flashing CyanogenMod 10.1 and i followed the instructions to a tee, and now it will not power on, it just sits there with a black screen. It was working fine before. Can anyone please give me some help. It is my only phone.
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what zip did you flash for cm10.1?

HELP
DvineLord said:
what zip did you flash for cm10.1?
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I flahsed cm-10.1-20130302-NIGHTLY-evita.zip
I have an evita HTC one x
before i installed i wiped cache, davlik cache and system from TWRP, after install i wiped cache and davlik.

odd, are you s-off? h8rift told me he uses gapps-jb-20121130-signed.zip for gapps since using those i have had much better luck with flashing roms. i'd say stick on wall charger for awhile and volume down + power some to get into bootloader.

thanks
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what zip did you flash for cm10.1?
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DvineLord said:
odd, are you s-off? h8rift told me he uses gapps-jb-20121130-signed.zip for gapps since using those i have had much better luck with flashing roms. i'd say stick on wall charger for awhile and volume down + power some to get into bootloader.
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I was able to get into bootloader, but after trying to flash again again it is still not loading. Guess I will have to go with a different ROM, i had ViperXL but i wasnt overly fond of it.

i asked if you were s-off and what gapps you were using.

sorry
DvineLord said:
i asked if you were s-off and what gapps you were using.
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S-On suprisingly enough. gapps-jb-20121212-signed

kjmiller1984 said:
S-On suprisingly enough. gapps-jb-20121212-signed
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try gapps-jb-20121130-signed.zip and do a full wipe

DvineLord said:
try gapps-jb-20121130-signed.zip and do a full wipe
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Will do, thanks.

Since your not S-OFF you need to flash the kernel through fastboot. The reason CM won't boot is the kernel you currently have is for sense roms.

unitedatom said:
Since your not S-OFF you need to flash the kernel through fastboot. The reason CM won't boot is the kernel you currently have is for sense roms.
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Not sure how to do that, im kinda a newbie

kjmiller1984 said:
Not sure how to do that, im kinda a newbie
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Since you're new I recommend you sift through the forums and get a better understanding of general things. That said, these steps should aid you:
1. Download the Boot Installer : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1962428
2. Extract the Boot Installer somewhere easy to work with, like your desktop.
2. Download your ROM of choice, CM10.1, ViperXL, etc ( download to your desktop to make it easy)
3. Extract the ROM you downloaded. (you downloaded a .zip, extract it)
4. From the extracted ROM folder copy the boot image and only the boot image into the TN_Win Boot Installer Folder. (If there is another boot image in the TN_Win Boot Installer folder just replace it)
5. Boot into your bootloader (press and hold both the power button and bottom volume rocker when device is off to boot into it)
6. Select "fastboot" option
7. In the TN_Win Boot Installer folder run "RunMe from fastboot"
8. A command prompt will pop up and flash the boot.img for you.
9. Boot into recovery once told to by the command prompt.
10. Wipe system and factory reset
11. Install ROM of choice
I am assuming you have already installed the drivers to your computer to allow your device to transfer files with your computer. If not downloading HTC sync should install them. If you have problems with TN_Win Boot, it's likely these drivers are not installed and your computer is not communication with your device.
Note: You'll have to do this procedure every time you swap between AOSP ROMS to Sense ROMS. This is because there kernels are difference.
If you're able to get your device to an S-OFF state you no longer have to flash the boot.img and can just flash the ROM from recovery without hassle. We just achieved S-OFF recently so read about it!
I recommend you look into achieving S-OFF, but till then, this method should work.

unitedatom said:
Since you're new I recommend you sift through the forums and get a better understanding of general things. That said, these steps should aid you:
1. Download the Boot Installer : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1962428
2. Extract the Boot Installer somewhere easy to work with, like your desktop.
2. Download your ROM of choice, CM10.1, ViperXL, etc ( download to your desktop to make it easy)
3. Extract the ROM you downloaded. (you downloaded a .zip, extract it)
4. From the extracted ROM folder copy the boot image and only the boot image into the TN_Win Boot Installer Folder. (If there is another boot image in the TN_Win Boot Installer folder just replace it)
5. Boot into your bootloader (press and hold both the power button and bottom volume rocker when device is off to boot into it)
6. Select "fastboot" option
7. In the TN_Win Boot Installer folder run "RunMe from fastboot"
8. A command prompt will pop up and flash the boot.img for you.
9. Boot into recovery once told to by the command prompt.
10. Wipe system and factory reset
11. Install ROM of choice
I am assuming you have already installed the drivers to your computer to allow your device to transfer files with your computer. If not downloading HTC sync should install them. If you have problems with TN_Win Boot, it's likely these drivers are not installed and your computer is not communication with your device.
Note: You'll have to do this procedure every time you swap between AOSP ROMS to Sense ROMS. This is because there kernels are difference.
If you're able to get your device to an S-OFF state you no longer have to flash the boot.img and can just flash the ROM from recovery without hassle. We just achieved S-OFF recently so read about it!
I recommend you look into achieving S-OFF, but till then, this method should work.
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ok, but now i cant mount my sd card and transfer over my roms to the device, i flashed the boot image successfully, what happened?

kjmiller1984 said:
ok, but now i cant mount my sd card and transfer over my roms to the device, i flashed the boot image successfully, what happened?
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How were you flashing CM10.1 before? You had to have it on your SD Card in order to install it from recovery.
If you don't have the ROM zip file on your sd card you'll have to get it on there. I'm not sure what the best method is, maybe someone else can chime in.
If you didn't wipe your system yet, just flash the boot.img for the ROM you were using before and you should be able to boot into your old ROM. Or better yet if you have any ROM zip on the sd card just flash its boot.img and then install that ROM so you can boot into android and have easy access to your sd card.

unitedatom said:
How were you flashing CM10.1 before? You had to have it on your SD Card in order to install it from recovery.
If you don't have the ROM zip file on your sd card you'll have to get it on there. I'm not sure what the best method is, maybe someone else can chime in.
If you didn't wipe your system yet, just flash the boot.img for the ROM you were using before and you should be able to boot into your old ROM. Or better yet if you have any ROM zip on the sd card just flash its boot.img and then install that ROM so you can boot into android and have easy access to your sd card.
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I had it on my sd card, the problem was when i went into recover after i flashed the boot image to isntall CM10.1 it wasnt there, and when i tried to mount it through twrp it wouldnt mount the sd card. I managed to fix the issue though and it is now reading the sd card again. now i just hope to be able to install cm10.1

kjmiller1984 said:
I had it on my sd card, the problem was when i went into recover after i flashed the boot image to isntall CM10.1 it wasnt there, and when i tried to mount it through twrp it wouldnt mount the sd card. I managed to fix the issue though and it is now reading the sd card again. now i just hope to be able to install cm10.1
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problem fixed thanks for the help all