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
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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.
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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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hey need some help have succesfully rooted my phone but after flashing trickdroid rom my phone got stuck on the white htc screen.. i believe i have since wiped everything.. i now get unable to mount sd card messages and waiting for device messages when ever i now try do anything including flashing a stock rom. i have tried using the all in one tool and i re locked my bootloader through it but now cant re unlock it.. i can use the tool to reboot my phone into bootloader and recovery modes.. but not to do any sort of flashing, have read numerous posts and threads but no luck. Please help
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hey need some help have succesfully rooted my phone but after flashing trickdroid rom my phone got stuck on the white htc screen.. i believe i have since wiped everything.. i now get unable to mount sd card messages and waiting for device messages when ever i now try do anything including flashing a stock rom. i have tried using the all in one tool and i re locked my bootloader through it but now cant re unlock it.. i can use the tool to reboot my phone into bootloader and recovery modes.. but not to do any sort of flashing, have read numerous posts and threads but no luck. Please help
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Are you using TWRP or CWM as your recovery?
twrp
You will not be able to flash any custom roms as long as your bootloader is locked. The most you can do with the locked bootloader is use an RUU to get back to stock. Which bootloader are you on now? 1.14?
my bootloader is unlocked at this moment. um would my bootloader be where it says.. hboot? if so its 2.13.0000?
Correct, the bootloader is an all white screen, with the radio, hboot and other such info at the top of it. Well you are good then. Just so we are clear you have a HTC One S S4 right, you dont have a HTC One S C2? Thats very important that we get that info correct, we don't want to brick your device.
im almost certain its a s4.. i got it from t mobile here in the uk any check i can do from the bootloader to confirm?
If you're not S-off, did you make sure to fastboot flash the kernel after flashing rom in recovery?
From my Evo LTE, yup.
im s-on, and no i dont believe i did no
how would i go about fixing that?
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im s-on, and no i dont believe i did no
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You should have read and followed the instructions in the OP of the rom you downloaded so.
Try flashing boot.img in fastboot mode with typing 'fastboot flash boot boot.img' in terminal window. Hope you're familiar with the platform-tools in android development kit...
Else download here and
follow the step by step instructions.
reboot into bootloader with your phone connected to you pc. make sure you are in Fasboot USB mode, it should say that in the bootloader screen. Move the boot.img from whatever rom you flashed and put it in the same directory as ADB and Fastboot. make sure its named boot.img. open a command prompt that points at that same directory as ADB and Fastboot, type
fasboot flash boot boot.img
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have tried that and still get stuck on the white htc screen saying this build is for development purposes....
thanks for trying so far
Is it still locked? And you're on custom recovery (twrp)?
You need to reflash the ROM you want. Then reboot into the boot loader from TWRP. Once there, follow my previous instructions.
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it says unlocked at the top of the bootloader screen... and i have twrp installed yes
nj_mills said:
it says unlocked at the top of the bootloader screen... and i have twrp installed yes
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Thats's already half the way. Please do what impostle says (reflash, reboot, etc.)
how can i get the rom onto my phone now that i cant access the phones internal folders?
Is the ROM not on your phone anymore? If not, just mount from TWRP and copy over.
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You guys need to start reading the whole guide before rooting and flashing.
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twrp - mount - mount usb storage
Then copy that file to root or wherever you want.
Which TD version do you have?
Hey guys,
i flashed Paranoid Android and gApps last night, and it froze during the loading screen. I went back to recovery, and i could not install anything from TWRP. It showed no files, and my phone said there was no OS installed. My computer would not read my phone after this. I am on a Windows XP machine right now because i normally use a Mac but i cant flash images through that.
How do i fix this? and this is my first rom flash, so i would appreciate all the help!
Thanks!
Ill try to post pictures later, but they will be images taken from an iphone. I just want to get back to ParanoidAndroid!
Not enough information. When you plug your phone in does it ask you to format it? Can you still get to twrp? Where did you get the paranoid android from?
Sent from my VENOMized HoxL
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Not enough information. When you plug your phone in does it ask you to format it? Can you still get to twrp? Where did you get the paranoid android from?
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I got it from an xda link. I don't have it cuz I'm on my fiancés iPhone four. It can get into twrp but It shows no files when I try to install. And I I plug in to the computer it just makes noise and goes to htc screen with red lettering.
You probably just did this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38471340&postcount=11
Try the above fix, and come back here, and tell is if it worked or not.
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experimentation said:
I got it from an xda link.
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That's amazingly vague. What area51avenger is trying to figure out, is if you tried flashing a ROM meant for the quad core version of the One X (code named Endeavoru), which can be real bad news. If you can figure out what you flashed, and tell us, it would be helpful.
But the fact your screen still comes on is good news. Try to format the SD, and you might have to install TWRP again, but I don't think it will be that hard to get you fixed.
redpoint73 said:
You probably just did this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38471340&postcount=11
Try the above fix, and come back here, and tell is if it worked or not.
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That's amazingly vague. What area51avenger is trying to figure out, is if you tried flashing a ROM meant for the quad core version of the One X (code named Endeavoru), which can be real bad news. If you can figure out what you flashed, and tell us, it would be helpful.
But the fact your screen still comes on is good news. Try to format the SD, and you might have to install TWRP again, but I don't think it will be that hard to get you fixed.
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It was a file named pa-evita.zip from xda somewhere. I am jut trying to figure out how to get twrp to reinstall it. Since nothing shows up now.
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It was a file named pa-evita.zip from xda somewhere.
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That's good news. Its the proper version of PA for our phone (EVITA) rather than the quad core varian (EVDEAVORU).
experimentation said:
I am jut trying to figure out how to get twrp to reinstall it. Since nothing shows up now.
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I'd try to reformat SD first, as already mentioned.
If that doesn't work, you can re-install TWRP a couple ways:
1) Flash using fastboot. You will find a fastboot flashable version if you search the TWRP thread (posted by another user). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1677447
2) Use the All-In-One Toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952426
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And the original cause of all this may be very simple: you may have forgotten to flash boot.img using fastboot, after flashing Paranoid Android. This is mandatory if you are hboot 1.14 or higher, and S-On.
When the phone failed to boot, did you go into hboot and do a factory reset?
redpoint73 said:
That's good news. Its the proper version of PA for our phone (EVITA) rather than the quad core varian (EVDEAVORU).
I'd try to reformat SD first, as already mentioned.
If that doesn't work, you can re-install TWRP a couple ways:
1) Flash using fastboot. You will find a fastboot flashable version if you search the TWRP thread (posted by another user). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1677447
2) Use the All-In-One Toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952426
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And the original cause of all this may be very simple: you may have forgotten to flash boot.img using fastboot, after flashing Paranoid Android. This is mandatory if you are hboot 1.14 or higher, and S-On.
When the phone failed to boot, did you go into hboot and do a factory reset?
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Honestly I don't remember. I was rebooting after flashing gapps and I just rebooted nornally, not using flash boot. So after work today ill try all this and report back. Thanks guys. I do love my phone running paranoid!!
experimentation said:
Honestly I don't remember. I was rebooting after flashing gapps and I just rebooted nornally, not using flash boot. So after work today ill try all this and report back. Thanks guys. I do love my phone running paranoid!!
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Well, update. I am trying to mount my phone to my windows xp machine, and i cannot get it to read. I can get to device manager, but I cannot figure out how to format sd. I know I am probably being a noob about this, I just want this to get solved. Help!
Ok good news. I have it formatted. What is my next step?
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Ok good news. I have it formatted. What is my next step?
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1. Install TWRP - You can find the lastest version here
Once you've downloaded it put it in your adb/fastboot folder. In your adb/fastboot folder shift + right click > open command window here.
Type, adb reboot bootloader, enter. Now that your phone is in the bootloader and says FASTBOOT USB.
Type in the cmd that is open, fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.2.0-evita.img, enter. This should install the newest TWRP recovery.
2. Now make sure that pa-evita.zip and a copy of the boot.img from the zip as well as the gapps.zip for the rom is in your adb/fastboot flolder.
type in cmd, fastboot flash boot boot.img, enter. Now on your phone goto BOOTLOADER and hit the power button, scroll down to RECOVERY and hit the power button again rebooting your phone into TWRP recovery.
type in cmd, adb push pa-evita.zip /sdcard/TRWP, enter
type in cmd, adb push gapps.zip /sdcard/TRWP, enter
3. From TWRP.
Install > navigate to the sdcard/TWRP > pa-evita.zip > Swipe to confirm Flash > Wipe Cache & Dalvik > Back > Home
Install > navigate to the sdcard/TWRP > gapps.zip > Swipe to confirm Flash > Wipe Cache & Dalvik > Back > Reboot System.
All the bold adb and fastboot commands are copy paste-able but make sure the file names are correct
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
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.
Sent from my Evita
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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
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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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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?
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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.
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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.
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Great thanks.
I successfully rooted and achieved an unlocked bootloader with S-OFF on my Verizon HTC One M8 and also flashed TWRP 2.7.0.2. I downloaded a rom (without an SD card). I booted into recovery and i made a backup (not noticing that one of the lines read "unable to mount '/system". I then wiped and attempted to flash the rom only to find out that i can't find it in my file system. So i put the rom on an SD card and mounted it and tried to flash it, i get this message:
E: Unable to mount '/system'
E: Unable to open zip file.
Error Flashing zip '/external_sd/Roms?ViperOneM*_1.2.0.zip'
Updating partition details...
E: Unable to mount '/system'
So i'm stuck with a boot loader, an unmountable file system, and unable to flash a rom.
I've tried Fix permissions, I've tried mounting the "system" but all that mounts is 'cache' 'data' and 'micro SDcard'.
I hope my nerves are getting the best of me and i can't see something that's right in front of me!
Edit: Flashed CWM Recovery. Trying to install ROM from SD Card results in "Installation Aborted". When i try to side load it hangs at 81%.
Did you flash TWRP using terminal emulator mode as described on the official website for 2.7.0.2? If so you overwrote the system partition. Try flashing the recovery using the fastboot method as this will put the recovery in the right place. Then boot into the bootloader, choose recovery. I think this will get you TWRP in the recovery partition. Once there try flashing a ROM (although o would suggest something closer to stock like Skyfall).
I think what is happening is since the instructions for flashing TWRP via terminal emulator list the wrong partition, when you boot up to system it seems like you are booting to recovery because TWRP shows up. But you're actually on the system partition so when you try to flash a ROM you get an error because you can't mount the partition you're in.
I'm far from an expert in any of this so anyone who is please correct me.
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Did you flash TWRP using terminal emulator mode as described on the official website for 2.7.0.2? If so you overwrote the system partition. Try flashing the recovery using the fastboot method as this will put the recovery in the right place. Then boot into the bootloader, choose recovery. I think this will get you TWRP in the recovery partition. Once there try flashing a ROM (although o would suggest something closer to stock like Skyfall).
I think what is happening is since the instructions for flashing TWRP via terminal emulator list the wrong partition, when you boot up to system it seems like you are booting to recovery because TWRP shows up. But you're actually on the system partition so when you try to flash a ROM you get an error because you can't mount the partition you're in.
I'm far from an expert in any of this so anyone who is please correct me.
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I did flash TWRP as described. I used Terminal from my Macbook. I did some researching and i did try flashing using the fast boot method. I'm just so stumped!
First of all you aren't bricked. Have you tried using side load to flash the ROM? Try flashing another recovery too.
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SimplyNando said:
I did flash TWRP as described. I used Terminal from my Macbook. I did some researching and i did try flashing using the fast boot method. I'm just so stumped!
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The above suggestion to try and Sideload the ROM install is a good idea. Basically, put the ROM zip file in your platform-tools folder of adb. Then boot to TWRP recovery, choose "sideload" and then issue the command "adb sideload [filename.zip]" (Instructions are found HERE.)
If that doesn't work, have you tried flashing Clockwork Recovery? You may have better luck with that in regards to mounts and/or flashing the ROM...
There's always USB OTG as well
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I found THIS thread (for ASUS Transformer though).
What may have happened (if I'm reading the above thread correctly) is that your /system doesn't exist.
Taking a complete stab at a fix, you may be able to use fastboot to flash a working "system.img" file. (Anyone with more expertise, please confirm or refute this...)
EDIT: Found THIS post in the "Official" TWRP release 2.7.0.0 thread I wonder if perhaps this is what happened to you?
WorldOfJohnboy said:
I found THIS thread (for ASUS Transformer though).
What may have happened (if I'm reading the above thread correctly) is that your /system doesn't exist.
Taking a complete stab at a fix, you may be able to use fastboot to flash a working "system.img" file. (Anyone with more expertise, please confirm or refute this...)
EDIT: Found THIS post in the "Official" TWRP release 2.7.0.0 thread I wonder if perhaps this is what happened to you?
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That does seem like it could be the problem. I just flashed CWM recovery instead but it's still the sam problem. Still can't flash a rom, i also tried using sideboot.
SimplyNando said:
That does seem like it could be the problem. I just flashed CWM recovery instead but it's still the sam problem. Still can't flash a rom, i also tried using sideboot.
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You might have to find a factory image, an RUU I am not sure if one exists but it will write the partitions. I think somehow your actual system partition was erased which is why it cannot be mounted. Pretty much, your only hope is an RUU or a zipped factory image.
123421342 said:
You might have to find a factory image, an RUU I am not sure if one exists but it will write the partitions. I think somehow your actual system partition was erased which is why it cannot be mounted. Pretty much, your only hope is an RUU or a zipped factory image.
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I wouldn't be able to get that from the system dump located http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2695171 ? Is there any other possible explanation??
SimplyNando said:
I wouldn't be able to get that from the system dump located http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2695171 ? Is there any other possible explanation??
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no because it is not a flashable zip. Factory image or RUU means the bootloader will literally write the partition. Recovery will mount the partition and write information to it. It cannot create the partition itself which I think is your issue.
Assuming your recovery is fine..this is what I did to fix my self inflicted "soft brick" on Saturday...I mistakenly hit format system instead of just data and cache while trying to start over.
I am running cwm 6047..and for whatever reason the sideload failed with an error trying to sideload flash sky fall.
So I did an adb push skyfall.zip /sdcard/0 and was then able to flash the zip from internal storage.
Hope that helps with your situation.
bakemcbride21 said:
Assuming your recovery is fine..this is what I did to fix my self inflicted "soft brick" on Saturday...I mistakenly hit format system instead of just data and cache while trying to start over.
I am running cwm 6047..and for whatever reason the sideload failed with an error trying to sideload flash sky fall.
So I did an adb push skyfall.zip /sdcard/0 and was then able to flash the zip from internal storage.
Hope that helps with your situation.
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Yep. You have a bad download. Download a new ROM on your computer...boot to recovery and do a adb sideload or push
Sent from my HTC One M8
Just had a thought... did you flash the insecure Kernel (found HERE) ever? You may not have a writeable /system?
Flash the Kernel, then reflash the official TWRP (both in Fastboot) and see if that works...
WorldOfJohnboy said:
Just had a thought... did you flash the insecure Kernel (found HERE) ever? You may not have a writeable /system?
Flash the Kernel, then reflash the official TWRP (both in Fastboot) and see if that works...
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Kernel runs inside the rom and the system becomes writeable in the ROM so that won't do anything. I'm pretty convinced he is missing the partition.
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Hi did you manage to sort this issue out as i'm having the same issue. it won't install backups or open zip files of the rom's. no matter what i do it won't flash the rom's. i've tried side loading on both cwm and TWRP - as i just said swapped from both recoveries. Managed to mount the sd card and put a new rom on it but won't flash from there and I've tried to move it to internal but fails.
I can't find my stock recovery an a nandroid back up either. Any help would be great
thanks
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Oh it does let me flash a Kernal zip tho?
jerico9 said:
Hi did you manage to sort this issue out as i'm having the same issue. it won't install backups or open zip files of the rom's. no matter what i do it won't flash the rom's. i've tried side loading on both cwm and TWRP - as i just said swapped from both recoveries. Managed to mount the sd card and put a new rom on it but won't flash from there and I've tried to move it to internal but fails.
I can't find my stock recovery an a nandroid back up either. Any help would be great
thanks
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Oh it does let me flash a Kernal zip tho?
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did you try formatting internal yet?
Just for anyone withthe same issue. It ended up being not dnough memory to flash the recovery or the new rom....deerrrrrrr!!!
Haha, cant believe it had me stumped for 5 days trying everything and anything. Formatting would have helped aswell So thanks for the suggestion
jerico9 said:
Just for anyone withthe same issue. It ended up being not dnough memory to flash the recovery or the new rom....deerrrrrrr!!!
Haha, cant believe it had me stumped for 5 days trying everything and anything. Formatting would have helped aswell So thanks for the suggestion
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I have an HTC version of fastboot/adb that will work on a low memory pc. It's posted in my ruu thread.
dottat said:
I have an HTC version of fastboot/adb that will work on a low memory pc. It's posted in my ruu thread.
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I mean the device memory was low, so couldn't flash as no room on the device