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[Q] Unable to Mount SD/No OS

I am at a loss here...I tried installing a new ROM and flashed the boot.img and everything was going good until I tried to Restore my original ROM and came back with an error that the storage/sd card count not be mounted in TWRP. So, I can get into Recovery and Bootloader, but from there I cant get anywhere because I have no OS installed now, and cannot mount the sd card in Recovery.
This is messy, I dont believe I bricked my phone, but I'm stuck. Any help would be appreciated. Please let me know if you need additional info.

I did this once and had to format sd on my pc in windows then recovery saw my sd
Allso if that don't work u could ruu to stock and start all over

asnolid Leven
Yes, it was helpful in that I have hope. I attempted to install the RUU through the boot loader and came up with an Error boot loader version error. Again, i have an AT&T One XL and I tried to install both the 1.73 and 1.85 RUUs with no luck. It hangs on the signature steps. Any advice? Thank you again, you guys are brilliant!

Never factory reset in bootloader. You need to boot in twrp and mount sd. Right click on removable storage, format sd. Drag Rom onto sd when its done. Extract boot.img on comp and drop it in adb/fastboot folder. Flash entire Rom in twrp. Boot into bootloader immediately. Choose fastboot. Right click adb/fastboot folder, open cmd prompt here.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Success, reboot system
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I'm afraid I am "Relocked" and have a "Security Warning" when in Bootloader. I'll try to mount through Windows and format (assuming FAT32) and see where that takes us. Thank you.

No luck, after trying to install the RUU I have no more TWRP...I'm sorry for all of this, but there has to be a solution, I feel that I'm close and my only option at this point is to completely restore the phone to stock and start over.

Ya with no twrp now your only bet is from a pc that sucks hope u get it ruued wish I could help but I havent used ruu yet

I found a 2.20 RUU and it worked! I'm back at stock soon to unlock and get back to a real android experience! I'm officially a heart attach survivor!

kwelitysoul said:
I found a 2.20 RUU and it worked! I'm back at stock soon to unlock and get back to a real android experience! I'm officially a heart attach survivor!
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Attack* Gratz, By the way, remember not to flash an international rom for your phone and flash the boot image before installing the rom if on 1.14

Having the same problem, I did do the factory reset from bootloader before reading this and so now can't mount SD, RUU fails, what to do?

Jonathan_A said:
Having the same problem, I did do the factory reset from bootloader before reading this and so now can't mount SD, RUU fails, what to do?
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Relock the bootloader, or re-install the HTC drivers. Also try a different USB port. RUU fail is almost always one of these reasons (or wrong RUU).
Or just try to plug the phone into your computer and format the SD, as already discussed on this thread.
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kwelitysoul said:
No luck, after trying to install the RUU I have no more TWRP...
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Of course you have no more TWRP after running the RUU. RUU re-installs stock recovery.

Can I format the SD even if I can't mount the SD? How would I go about doing that? I can mount system or cache... And what should I format as, FAT23 or something else? Thanks in advance.
How could I relock it? ADB doesn't seem to see it.

Jonathan_A said:
Can I format the SD even if I can't mount the SD? How would I go about doing that? I can mount system or cache... And what should I format as, FAT23 or something else? Thanks in advance.
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Even though it can't be mounted, it should still show up in Windows as new hardware. Select it and format it FAT32.
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Jonathan_A said:
How could I relock it? ADB doesn't seem to see it.
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It either sees it or it doesn't. Saying it doesn't "seem" to see it is not helpful. Type "adb devices" (no quotes) and you will either see it listed as an attached device or not.
If it doesn't see the device, you can't relock, and its probably a driver issue. Re-install the HTC drivers, and also try a different USB port.

Will try that and update this. Thanks for the hand up.
Got it running. Thanks a million.

Jonathan_A said:
Having the same problem, I did do the factory reset from bootloader before reading this and so now can't mount SD, RUU fails, what to do?
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Did u relock boot loader before RUU? As for SD card, format it using a windows PC and hopefully u can see it then.
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Just formatted, flashed recovery, mounted, and then copied ever the rom and flashed it. Everything is okay now
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[Q] SDcard wiped, ViperXL Bootloop

Hey guys, im trying to flash my htc one xl to viperXL. I've gotten TWRP on it and I made a backup and installed ViperXL but it keeps going to a boot loop.I managed to get it into recovery and it showed that my SDCard was wiped. I couldnt restore it, any help? I will provide more detail if asked. I just want to restore it to stock

Please someone help me ;( I just want to get back to stock.

Did you factory reset in bootloader?
Sent from my Evita

SD has been corrupted. Possibly because you did a factory reset in bootloader (known bug) as mentioned in the previous reply.
Plug the device into a Windows PC, go to device manager and format the SD. Then mount the SD in TWRP and move a ROM to the device, and flash.

timmaaa said:
Did you factory reset in bootloader?
Sent from my Evita
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redpoint73 said:
SD has been corrupted. Possibly because you did a factory reset in bootloader (known bug) as mentioned in the previous reply.
Plug the device into a Windows PC, go to device manager and format the SD. Then mount the SD in TWRP and move a ROM to the device, and flash.
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Holy ****! thank you!!!!!! I searched everywhere for a fix. You guys are lifesavers I thought It was bricked for good!!!!!

Zehmistah said:
Holy ****! thank you!!!!!! I searched everywhere for a fix. You guys are lifesavers I thought It was bricked for good!!!!!
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Also don't forget if you are S-ON that you should flash the boot.img manually after you flash a new ROM. I use TN_WIN_Boot_Installer to ease this task.

drubin333 said:
Also don't forget if you are S-ON that you should flash the boot.img manually after you flash a new ROM. I use TN_WIN_Boot_Installer to ease this task.
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What's hard about "fastboot flash boot boot.img" to begin with.... Using tools only adds risk

Or flashimagegui

AT&T Htc One X - Bricked and need advice

One of my friends BRICK his phone and he has no idea how. He has a rooted HTC ONE X on AT&T network with Viper XL (Not even sure what version of the ROM) probably from last december.
It is now stuck on the Booting animation screen and won't get passed that. I am able to access TWRP recovery, but there is not zip files or backups any longer. When I originally flashed this phone for him I had a zip file on the root of the internal SD CARD. It no longer is there and i have not rooted/flashed a phone for almost a year and can't remember.
I tried to fastboot oem lock and it fails (was thinking i could some how get it to boot and install stock jelly bean)
I am able to mount the SD card via TWRP and throw a rom in there via zip, but when i unmount i and go to restore or install i do not see any zip. When I mount again the file i put in the phone no longer exists.
Is there a work around or another way to flash any custom room. I was thinking of CM10 nightly evita... I don't care what rom as long as i can get the phone working again for him.
Is there a way to flash a rom the way we flash boot.img via fastboot where the files can reside on the PC and not the phone? Any assistance/tips would be great. Again i don't care which rom I flash and i have TWRP recovery access. Currently i have CM10 downloaded if hat helps. Thank you in advanced

Is there anything showing up on the sd card at all in TWRP? You could try formatting the sd card in Windows and trying to move a ROM over again.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Is there anything showing up on the sd card at all in TWRP? You could try formatting the sd card in Windows and trying to move a ROM over again.
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Im able to see folders and stuff like the typical android folders. So you are saying i should mount the SD card/try to format the sd card via windows then try to put a zip file in there to see if i can access it? Question.. All i would need to do is flash the boot.img first via fastboot then install the zip via twrp right?

Yeah that's what I mean. Most people flash the boot.img afterwards but I believe you can do it before flashing the ROM.
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timmaaa said:
Yeah that's what I mean. Most people flash the boot.img afterwards but I believe you can do it before flashing the ROM.
Sent from my Evita
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When i format the sd card does it need to be FAT32? What format?

Yep, fat32 is the right format.
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timmaaa said:
Yep, fat32 is the right format.
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Weird i get the same results as before. I formatted the SD card via fat32, through the zip in there, then I unmount the sd card so i can get back to twrp menus to install and android folders are back, but no zip. I am able to successfully copy the cm10 zip there so i don't get it.

Which version of TWRP are you using? And what process are you following when wiping before the flash?
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Sounds similar to what happened to me when i did factory reset in bootloader. Others seem to be able to just format in pc and have it work in recovery but it didn't work for me so i just ruu'd to fix it. Since it might have been awhile since you setup his phone you might as well s-off the phone then run latest jb ruu so you have flash latest cm10.1 nightlies which also no longer needs touchscreen downgrade. Afterwards flash latest twrp 2.6.0.0 and copy rom of choice to sdcard and flash.

How will he s-off if he can't boot into the OS?
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Which version of TWRP are you using? And what process are you following when wiping before the flash?
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TWRP version 2.3.1.0
Weird I never had issues before and fyi this phone used to be mine so i did all the flashing originally then sold it to a friend of mine and he refused to go back to stock and preferred to stay with viper xl. Now i'm trying to help him out, any thoughts?

DvineLord said:
Sounds similar to what happened to me when i did factory reset in bootloader. Others seem to be able to just format in pc and have it work in recovery but it didn't work for me so i just ruu'd to fix it. Since it might have been awhile since you setup his phone you might as well s-off the phone then run latest jb ruu so you have flash latest cm10.1 nightlies which also no longer needs touchscreen downgrade. Afterwards flash latest twrp 2.6.0.0 and copy rom of choice to sdcard and flash.
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That's the problem I downloaded the latest RUU from HTC and I don't have a way to flash it or else I would have. Not sure what else I can do here. Anyone have any ideas what I can try next or is this consider a Permanently bricked phone? If it is then i don't want to spend time on it as I have already dedicated over 2 hrs, thanks.

XsMagical posted a fix for corrupted sd cards on this forum a while back, you could give that a try.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
XsMagical posted a fix for corrupted sd cards on this forum a while back, you could give that a try.
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So that's what it probably is a corrupted SD CARD? Thanks I will search his posts.

Yeah that's my best guess. It does seem odd that you can still view the Android folders from within recovery though. When you copy something from your pc across does it definitely succeed? I had a wild thought earlier that maybe it had been formatted as read only or something like that.
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timmaaa said:
Yeah that's my best guess. It does seem odd that you can still view the Android folders from within recovery though. When you copy something from your pc across does it definitely succeed? I had a wild thought earlier that maybe it had been formatted as read only or something like that.
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Yeah it successfully completes and I am able to see the file there. Even if i remove the USB cable without unmounting and then plug it back the file is still there. It's when I unmount from TWRP when it then vanishs. I found the article from the guy who wrote a tutorial on how to fix corrupted SD cards, but the link is now broken and no longer exists, doh!

Have you tried upgrading to TWRP 2.6? Not sure if it's gonna help, but anything is worth a try at this stage, right?
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Have you tried upgrading to TWRP 2.6? Not sure if it's gonna help, but anything is worth a try at this stage, right?
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Sure it's worth a try. How do i upgrade twrp? It's been a while. Is it just flashing via fastboot? BC if it's a zip remember I can't do that.

Download it from here. Put it in your fastboot folder. Issue these fastboot commands:
fastboot flash recovery "recovery.img"
(whatever the exact filename is, minus the talking marks)
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Now you can enter recovery from your phone screen.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Download it from here. Put it in your fastboot folder. Issue these fastboot commands:
fastboot flash recovery "recovery.img"
(whatever the exact filename is, minus the talking marks)
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Now you can enter recovery from your phone screen.
Sent from my Evita
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Great thanks.

[Q] No OS Installed, Can't Mount /data [Solved]

Okayyyy.... So, I was a bit foolish and when trying to install CM11, I wiped my internal storage. So now I don't have OS on my phone. Also, I cannot mount /data in TWRP 2.6.3.0. What to do next as there is no RUU available for Mini? ADB Sideload doesn't work either due to me not being able to mount /data. What do do now? :I

you wiped your internal-SD and have no ROM.zip to install anything? happened to me a few days ago
you can install a ROM via ADB (never did this) or push a new ROM.zip on your /sdcard/ via "adb push" and install this within recovery.

theodorius123 said:
you wiped your internal-SD and have no ROM.zip to install anything? happened to me a few days ago
you can install a ROM via ADB (never did this) or push a new ROM.zip on your /sdcard/ via "adb push" and install this within recovery.
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Okay, I was able to push the CM & gapps zips into my sdcard, but I still cannot mount /data, so I am unable to install it :/ Any more suggestions?
Edit: seems that TWRP also says "unable to mount internal storage".

Okay, I got it solved Had to flash stock recovery, do factory reset and then re-flash TWRP, and I was able to mount /data and internal storage again

Aciz said:
Okay, I got it solved Had to flash stock recovery, do factory reset and then re-flash TWRP, and I was able to mount /data and internal storage again
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Still haven't been able to find the stock recovery for a HTC One Mini INTL, can anybody link me? I've searched XDA and google everywhere.

Aciz said:
Okay, I got it solved Had to flash stock recovery, do factory reset and then re-flash TWRP, and I was able to mount /data and internal storage again
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Tell me please where did you find the mini(m4) stock recovery, 'cause yes there are no RUU's out there for the mini and I literally got the same problem as yours I wiped the internal storage no OS, etc. and unable to mount data. I'm hopeless tried everything..I pushed the zip to data/media and it successfully copied but as you know unable to mount data so no use. Please tell me where can I get the stock recovery img file.
Thank you in advance.

l3raveHeart said:
Tell me please where did you find the mini(m4) stock recovery, 'cause yes there are no RUU's out there for the mini and I literally got the same problem as yours I wiped the internal storage no OS, etc. and unable to mount data. I'm hopeless tried everything..I pushed the zip to data/media and it successfully copied but as you know unable to mount data so no use. Please tell me where can I get the stock recovery img file. :crying:
Thank you in advance.
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I can't remember where I got it I'm afraid, but I might still have it on my PC. But I won't be home until Sunday evening

Aciz said:
I can't remember where I got it I'm afraid, but I might still have it on my PC. But I won't be home until Sunday evening
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Thanks for your reply really appreciate it... don't have to worry about it no more I've found it and my phone is now back to life, but I have to admit it without your post I would have been still searching for a solution.
Thanks again. :good: :highfive:

l3raveHeart said:
Thanks for your reply really appreciate it... don't have to worry about it no more I've found it and my phone is now back to life, but I have to admit it without your post I would have been still searching for a solution.
Thanks again. :good: :highfive:
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Can you please post the stock recovery. I did something similar and can't manage to get a rom back on to my phone.
I currently have OS-3.10.502.3.
Thanks

[Q] HELP! TWRP cannot mount data or detect sdcard... what to do?

Just for clarification, I am a newb and my TF300T is running 4.2.1 JB, running the 10.6.1.27.5 build. For some odd reason, everything was successful during rooting and unlocking the device, however it fails to mount the data and sdcard and doesn't even recognise that there is anything on either. It wouldn't even recognize that an external sd card can be mounted. I flashed TWRP on after flashing CWM using http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2041627 which was designed for 4.1.x (I didn't know at the time that using this method was potentially dangerous for the device at the time) but both are displaying the same problem. Does anyone know what I can do? Any help would greatly appreciated!
[This is a repost as I put it on Q&A subsection but realised it might be better if I posted it here]

naturesenshi said:
Just for clarification, I am a newb and my TF300T is running 4.2.1 JB, running the 10.6.1.27.5 build. For some odd reason, everything was successful during rooting and unlocking the device, however it fails to mount the data and sdcard and doesn't even recognise that there is anything on either. It wouldn't even recognize that an external sd card can be mounted. I flashed TWRP on after flashing CWM using http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2041627 which was designed for 4.1.x (I didn't know at the time that using this method was potentially dangerous for the device at the time) but both are displaying the same problem. Does anyone know what I can do? Any help would greatly appreciated!
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What version of twrp are you running ?
Thx Josh

lj50036 said:
What version of twrp are you running ?
Thx Josh
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I initially installed 2.2.0 then installed 2.8.5 after realising my mistake (I made a lot of mistakes...) Thanks for the reply!

naturesenshi said:
I initially installed 2.2.0 then installed 2.8.5 after realising my mistake (I made a lot of mistakes...) Thanks for the reply!
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and 2.8.5.0 will not mount /data either ?
Thx Josh

lj50036 said:
and 2.8.5.0 will not mount /data either ?
Thx Josh
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Nope, won't mount anything at all. I could send you a picture of the manifest in the morning, if you'd like? I remember that being where i saw it produce error codes like E:\ failed to mount data or something like that

naturesenshi said:
Nope, won't mount anything at all. I could send you a picture of the manifest in the morning, if you'd like? I remember that being where i saw it produce error codes like E:\ failed to mount data or something like that
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Ok well as long as you dont have anything that needs saved .....
Go into twrp go to wipe, format, type yes ....
This can take up to 90 mins so plug it into power ......
Do not interrupt this process ....
Once finished reboot back into recovery and make sure /data can be mounted .....
Just know TWRP will ask to install SU say 'NO' and also it will give you a warning about no OS installed ....
This is ok as there is no system to install SU on and there is no OS cause you formatted ....
Then you can use adb or mtp to move a rom on the tab and flash .....
Thx Josh

lj50036 said:
Ok well as long as you dont have anything that needs saved .....
Go into twrp go to wipe, format, type yes ....
This can take up to 90 mins so plug it into power ......
Do not interrupt this process ....
Once finished reboot back into recovery and make sure /data can be mounted .....
Just know TWRP will ask to install SU say 'NO' and also it will give you a warning about no OS installed ....
This is ok as there is no system to install SU on and there is no OS cause you formatted ....
Then you can use adb or mtp to move a rom on the tab and flash .....
Thx Josh
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Before reading this I tried to go get a picture, but lo and behold, it was actually working ! So I flashed Katkiss' 5.1 rom which worked like a charm. Don't know what caused it to start working suddenly, but I won't complain! Thank you so much for the help!