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Help! ClockworkMod: "E: Can't mount SDCard"Did I brick my One S?

Good evening,
I really need your help. Been satisfied user of the Virtuous Ville ROM, but wanted to try Leedroids On S Rom today.
It all started with flsahing the Boot.img via ADB, which worked fine. But hereafter, I think I may have made a bad mistake: I launched ClockworkMod recovery, pressed "Nandroid Backup" - without verifying the message - and then wiped my phone. I should have noticed that Clockworkmod wasn't able to mount the SDCard already at the time when it attempted to do the nandroid backup.
Situation is, phone is empty and won't boot, I have been trying to restore access to my SD Card since about three hours, re-rooted my phone and read some bricking threads here at XDA... could not find a solution.
I have used the android internal encryption feature when I had the old ROM. Could it be that this blocks Clockwork Mod from accessing the SDCard?
Can someone please help me?
Maybe there is a way to flash a Ville ROM via ADB, so I can bypass my SDCard-Problem?
Greetings
Ulukaii

Amendment:
right now, I am trying to revive my phone via relocking it and installing the Stock ROM via RUU afterwards. I hope this works while the phone is in fastboot mode.
If this is successful, I am going to post it here.

Does anyone know if I have to revert to stock recovery before applying the RUU?
Thanks in advance
Ulu

check this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
And NO you dont need stock recovery, Just a sense ROM and a relocked bootloader

no you dont have to. RUU flash via fastboot should be no prob.
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I had the same problem a few days ago & the other forums didn't work for me so I relocked the bootloader and flashed the RUU. Now its back to its factory state and im well I'm just happy it works
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Edit -- azzledazzle already provided correct link -- apologies for double post

The link works, had to use it myself.

why not just try flashing stock recovery then going back to bootloader and clearing storage and then going back to bootloader restoring to factory and then rebooting into the rom it'll wipe all partitions including sdcard except for system that uses the original proc/mount and restores sdcard to default
worked for me everytime
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androidcues said:
why not just try flashing stock recovery then going back to bootloader and clearing storage and then going back to bootloader restoring to factory and then rebooting into the rom it'll wipe all partitions including sdcard except for system that uses the original proc/mount and restores sdcard to default
worked for me everytime
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That's precisely what was posted further above already. Click the link.

I also get this message "Can't mount SDCard" when using HTC sync to PC..

QUICK WAY TO FIX SD CARD ERRORS
Well this worked for me can't guarentee it for everyone else. I'm running a mac, was able to boot into CM10 very well. Initially it just got stuck at the bootloading image so I had to flash an update boot.img and was able to get in but noticed no sd card even couldn't access the sd card in recovery. So I flashed a TWRP Recovery, still showed that it wouldn't allow me to mount the sd card telling me there is some error, however it allows to mount usb storage which is a life saver.
On mac automatically it comes up with a pop up window that says initialize... ignore eject.
Click Initialize.
Tap on the Drive on the side -> ERASE TAB on top
From the drop down list chose FAT -> CLICK ERASE
After it's done eject the storage safely then unmount usb storage from the phone, you can try and tap mount SD CARD and it will still give you the same error. No worries there, boot into the OS and it'll prompt you that the sd card partition is damaged, it'll ask you to format. Let it format and your in the clear.
This works great if you were able to get into your OS.
I was running CM10

Just use TWRP. Thats it.
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AttachedSilver said:
I had the same problem a few days ago & the other forums didn't work for me so I relocked the bootloader and flashed the RUU. Now its back to its factory state and im well I'm just happy it works
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Can you give me a link to the RUU that you used? The one I'm trying to use will not work. It starts up but it wont finish.

cant mount sd at all
so i am having the same problem as others, i soft bricked my one s and was able to get it working again with "all in one kit" but now i still cant mount the sd card on phone or pc. can anybody help??

extremely helpful
jonsingh12 said:
QUICK WAY TO FIX SD CARD ERRORS
Well this worked for me can't guarentee it for everyone else. I'm running a mac, was able to boot into CM10 very well. Initially it just got stuck at the bootloading image so I had to flash an update boot.img and was able to get in but noticed no sd card even couldn't access the sd card in recovery. So I flashed a TWRP Recovery, still showed that it wouldn't allow me to mount the sd card telling me there is some error, however it allows to mount usb storage which is a life saver.
On mac automatically it comes up with a pop up window that says initialize... ignore eject.
Click Initialize.
Tap on the Drive on the side -> ERASE TAB on top
From the drop down list chose FAT -> CLICK ERASE
After it's done eject the storage safely then unmount usb storage from the phone, you can try and tap mount SD CARD and it will still give you the same error. No worries there, boot into the OS and it'll prompt you that the sd card partition is damaged, it'll ask you to format. Let it format and your in the clear.
This works great if you were able to get into your OS.
I was running CM10
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I tried this after a whole night of trying to fix my phone and instant fix it mounted as soon as I formatted from computer using use mount. Thank u a ton.

Ok just got the same problem ... unable to mount my sdcard. went back to stock recovery and it wasn't able to format/mount the drive.. I'm on a an OSX machine as well.. was about to RUU update but all I can find are exe (windows) files to run.. anyway for me to do a RUU update with a mac anyone.. Think only option for me is to lock my bootloader and install RUU .. but don't know how on a mac... thanks in advance...
oh forgot to mention i'm stuck on bootloop...
nvm I got it done.. just did a virtualbox with winxp and got all working.. wish they had osx native way of doing this. but at least I got a working phone again.. finally found the right words to search to find my answer..

I cant mount my SD card from recovery to my comp. help please?

what i had done was created a backup of the current rom i was using AOKP, to try another rom. i tried to restore back to AOKP using the back up but i kept on getting stuck in the unicorn bootup and it was just continually looping. I tried a few different things but still nothing worked.
I boot up into the bootloader and i accidentally did a factory reset from there and it wiped my entire sd card clean. so right now, im stuck without a working rom but i can still boot into TWRP recovery.
The very big problem right now is that i cannot mount the SD to my computer.
I kept getting this error as i was trying to restore to aokp too "E:failed to mount /sdcard (invalid argument)"
im not sure what is wrong with my sd card. it wont mount to my comp so i can transfer a rom there to flash. any help or ideas? thank you
Edit* i dont think twrp can read the SD. :'(

metalhawj said:
what i had done was created a backup of the current rom i was using AOKP, to try another rom. i tried to restore back to AOKP using the back up but i kept on getting stuck in the unicorn bootup and it was just continually looping. I tried a few different things but still nothing worked.
I boot up into the bootloader and i accidentally did a factory reset from there and it wiped my entire sd card clean. so right now, im stuck without a working rom but i can still boot into TWRP recovery.
The very big problem right now is that i cannot mount the SD to my computer.
I kept getting this error as i was trying to restore to aokp too "E:failed to mount /sdcard (invalid argument)"
im not sure what is wrong with my sd card. it wont mount to my comp so i can transfer a rom there to flash. any help or ideas? thank you
Edit* i dont think twrp can read the SD. :'(
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Factory reset will not wipe user data on the sd, you must have done something else. Relock the boot loader, reflash he relevant Ruu to go back to stock then start all over again

metalhawj said:
what i had done was created a backup of the current rom i was using AOKP, to try another rom. i tried to restore back to AOKP using the back up but i kept on getting stuck in the unicorn bootup and it was just continually looping. I tried a few different things but still nothing worked.
I boot up into the bootloader and i accidentally did a factory reset from there and it wiped my entire sd card clean. so right now, im stuck without a working rom but i can still boot into TWRP recovery.
The very big problem right now is that i cannot mount the SD to my computer.
I kept getting this error as i was trying to restore to aokp too "E:failed to mount /sdcard (invalid argument)"
im not sure what is wrong with my sd card. it wont mount to my comp so i can transfer a rom there to flash. any help or ideas? thank you
Edit* i dont think twrp can read the SD. :'(
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Try updating TWRP to 2.2.0
Download it, reboot device into the boot loader, go into fastboot using volume keys and power to select, rename the TWRP .img file to TWRP and put it into your ADB directory then fire up ADB and type "fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img" reboot then try to mount. If I were a betting man I'd guess it will fix it.
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Same Problem as OP
I am in the exact same situation as the OP.
I just flashed the latest TWRP and still cannot mount SD card.
any ideas? If i do have to relock bootloader and RUU can someone direct me to a good TUT.
Knowing myself I will end up stuck with a stock phone or something.
thnx

Pretty much same thing has happened to me. I am at a loss of direction for what to do to save my Nexus S 4g =/

getliketie said:
Pretty much same thing has happened to me. I am at a loss of direction for what to do to save my Nexus S 4g =/
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you should ask in the specfic forum...
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ashayden said:
I am in the exact same situation as the OP.
I just flashed the latest TWRP and still cannot mount SD card.
any ideas? If i do have to relock bootloader and RUU can someone direct me to a good TUT.
Knowing myself I will end up stuck with a stock phone or something.
thnx
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boot to bootloader
enter fastboot.usb mode
fastboot lock
....
get.to fastboot.usb mode again
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip ruu.zip
download the right ruu fist....all the lines start with fastboot...are what u need to enter in the terminal
i assume u know how to unlock then install twrp...
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[Q] Failed to install Custom Rom, now stuck in TWRP with no rom to flash.

So I have been using Hassoon 2000's HTC One X All-in-One Kit to unlock the boatloader, flash TWRP 2.3.1.0 recovery, and finally install the latest version of "Clean ROM."
I tried a couple times before and after flashing the rom to boot into the white bootloader by powering on while holding the power button but it didn't seem to work so I have been using Hassoon2000's tool to send a command to boot into bootloader.
I "successfully" installed Clean ROM but it kept cycling "Unfortunately process com.android.com stopped" or something very similar, and then it would reboot and try it again. BEFORE doing this I wiped the cache and dalvik cache but that was it.
SO, I rebooted into TWRP and tried wiping everything. Cache, Dalvik Cache, and System worked but Factory Reset, External Storage, and Android Secure all say "FAILED."
So then I went into "mount" which prompted Windows to open a Window that said "You need to format the disk in drive x: before you can use it." I have NOT clicked "format disk" because I'm not sure what it is formatting. Before hitting "Mount USB Storage" there are 4 buttons to check 1) Mount System, 2) Mount Data, 3) Mount Cache, and 4) Mount SD Card. I can get the first 3 to check and say "Unmount" but I CANNOT get the SD card to "check."
Now that I've gone back into into Install it shows /sdcard and there is only one folder there which is TWRP. So I no longer have my "cleanrom.zip" on there because the SD has somehow been wiped. I guess when I wiped System it also wiped the SD card because the first time I installed cleanrom, I don't think it deleted the SD card.
Now I am scared to exit TWRP before know how to get a custom rom .zip BACK onto the sdcard so I can, you know, have a rom to boot into since mine has been wiped.
So that is the first problem. The second will hopefully be resolved (the com.android.phone problem) once I re-flash because when I searched the forums for the same error everyone recommended to wipe everything and I had only wiped the cache and dalvik cache...
Any help please...?

I'll help you out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1839514
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Let your computer recognize your phone, bring up"my computer" and right click on removable storage. Hit "format" only bad thing you'll be wiped out. Once it formats, mount in recovery. Download a fresh copy of cleanrom to your comp, and drag it to phone. Flash entire cleanrom 5.1 through twrp.
Now you back on a stable rom to work with.
If you try anything else you'll have to use flash GUI app or fastboot kernels
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CheesyNutz: Thanks for pointing that out, I really did not see that sticky so I won't ask anymore questions in General...
InflatedTitan: Thanks for the help. When you say "mount in recovery" does that mean I will need to do the Power on with Volume Up trick? Or will I remain in TWRP? That's the only thing I'm afraid of is not being able to get back into bootloader or TWRP...
I've always flashed roms through CWR (and now TWRP) so I am not very familiar with the "manual" way. (i.e. I'm lazy.)

CheesyNutz said:
I'll help you out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1839514
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That's the nicest thing I've seen from you all day. U feel'n alright
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18th.abn said:
That's the nicest thing I've seen from you all day. U feel'n alright
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LoL
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InflatedTitan said:
Let your computer recognize your phone, bring up"my computer" and right click on removable storage. Hit "format" only bad thing you'll be wiped out. Once it formats, mount in recovery. Download a fresh copy of cleanrom to your comp, and drag it to phone. Flash entire cleanrom 5.1 through twrp.
Now you back on a stable rom to work with.
If you try anything else you'll have to use flash GUI app or fastboot kernels
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Hi Titan,
Sorry to bother you. I actually had the same problem except my file in the sd still there. but the thing is that my computer doesnt recognised my one x..

taikos said:
Hi Titan,
Sorry to bother you. I actually had the same problem except my file in the sd still there. but the thing is that my computer doesnt recognised my one x..
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I'm not sure I follow... Your saying when you plug the phone in, computer won't recognize it as a removable storage? But you DO have the rom zip on your sdcard?
Are you in sense jellybean or aosp? Sense jellybean won't prompt you to mount and transfer files automatically...
What exactly is the problem bro?
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InflatedTitan said:
I'm not sure I follow... Your saying when you plug the phone in, computer won't recognize it as a removable storage? But you DO have the rom zip on your sdcard?
Are you in sense jellybean or aosp? Sense jellybean won't prompt you to mount and transfer files automatically...
What exactly is the problem bro?
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I actually ran into the same issue and now computer won't recognize it as a removable storage and I do NOT have the rom zip on my SD card!! oh oh!?!?!
I got it, You have to Mound the USB in Recovery Mode to see it as it USB drive on PC

bashywash said:
I actually ran into the same issue and now computer won't recognize it as a removable storage and I do NOT have the rom zip on my SD card!! oh oh!?!?!
I got it, You have to Mound the USB in Recovery Mode to see it as it USB drive on PC
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For some reason HTC took the option to mount and transfer files easily. Its faster now to boot into twrp to transfer :/
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Don't forget to flash boot.img in fastboot before/after flashing the ROM if you were from 2.20 firmware.

HELP ME
i done root my XPERIA SP
after that i install rom with twrp
after reboot system my phone blank please help me

nikismail2903 said:
i done root my XPERIA SP
after that i install rom with twrp
after reboot system my phone blank please help me
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Why are you posting this in the HTC One XL forum??
Transmitted via Bacon

Hi all,
My evita was a bit slow so I performed a factory reset from the bootloader... stupid idea as it removed the OS (ROM) from my SD. I tried to push a ROM in the device, it said it was successful but there is still nothing on my SD card.
In the bootloader adb is not detecting my phone, fastboot is working though. Sideload is not working.
When i try to wipe anything from TRWP it says : it says "failed to mount 'sdcard' (invalid argument)"
Charac:
EVITA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT2.15.0000
TWRP 2.8.7.5
Could you help me???

antonin2503 said:
Hi all,
My evita was a bit slow so I performed a factory reset from the bootloader... stupid idea as it removed the OS (ROM) from my SD. I tried to push a ROM in the device, it said it was successful but there is still nothing on my SD card.
In the bootloader adb is not detecting my phone, fastboot is working though. Sideload is not working.
When i try to wipe anything from TRWP it says : it says "failed to mount 'sdcard' (invalid argument)"
Charac:
EVITA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT2.15.0000
TWRP 2.8.7.5
Could you help me???
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I found the solution : Plug the phone to the PC, open in TWRP recovery / click on mount, then the PC ask to format the device, format in fat32. Then copy the rom to the sdcard. Flash it with TWRP. Done!

CheesyNutz said:
I'll help you out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1839514
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Help me please the similar thing happend with me but i exit twrp. Now i don't know what to do

[Q] Please help, I may have possibly bricked my One X.

My problems started a couple days ago, when my phone wouldn't connect to my computer...I didn't get a connection sound, a pop up, or any kind of indication it was connected (nothing in device manager and I have the lastest drivers installed.) It's strange though, my phone charges via usb. I also tried two other computers and nothing worked. So I flashed a CM10.1 rom and I went to flash a theme and everything went wrong. I was stuck in a boot loop and I couldn't access my recovery (twrp 2.3.1) so i was forced to perform a factory reset via the bootloader. I did that, and my sd card became corrupt. It completely erased everything off my phone. I can now access my recovery but if I try to do anything (wipe, etc) I get "E:Unable to mount storage." I also can't mount USB Storage because my phone won't connect to any computer, so am I screwed? :.( If you can help, please help...your help will be greatly appreciated. I'm even willing to compensate...
I forgot to add...Fastboot and adb is also not working for me. I've literally tried everything to my knowledge.

jrocx said:
My problems started a couple days ago, when my phone wouldn't connect to my computer...I didn't get a connection sound, a pop up, or any kind of indication it was connected (nothing in device manager and I have the lastest drivers installed.) It's strange though, my phone charges via usb. I also tried two other computers and nothing worked. So I flashed a CM10.1 rom and I went to flash a theme and everything went wrong. I was stuck in a boot loop and I couldn't access my recovery (twrp 2.3.1) so i was forced to perform a factory reset via the bootloader. I did that, and my sd card became corrupt. It completely erased everything off my phone. I can now access my recovery but if I try to do anything (wipe, etc) I get "E:Unable to mount storage." I also can't mount USB Storage because my phone won't connect to any computer, so am I screwed? :.( If you can help, please help...your help will be greatly appreciated. I'm even willing to compensate...
I forgot to add...Fastboot and adb is also not working for me. I've literally tried everything to my knowledge.
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Wipe your SDCARD in TWRP, then try mounting it.
For future reference, factory reset in bootloader corrupts the SD card if your bootloader is unlocked.

exad said:
Wipe your SDCARD in TWRP, then try mounting it.
For future reference, factory reset in bootloader corrupts the SD card if your bootloader is unlocked.
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When I wipe the external storage I get E:Unable to mount '/sdcard' and I felt like that was my only option, I was stuck in a bootloop and I couldn't connect to a pc or access twrp.

jrocx said:
When I wipe the external storage I get E:Unable to mount '/sdcard' and I felt like that was my only option, I was stuck in a bootloop and I couldn't connect to a pc or access twrp.
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Factory reset in bootloader is never an option if you're rooted/unlocked.
Sent from my Evita

uninstall drivers/software for any and all phones on your PC
Install latest HTC sync
uninstall HTC sync, leave HTC drivers, then try and get a fastboot connection.

exad said:
uninstall drivers/software for any and all phones on your PC
Install latest HTC sync
uninstall HTC sync, leave HTC drivers, then try and get a fastboot connection.
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Followed instructions step by step and still nothing...just says fastboot and still no sign of any connection.

timmaaa said:
Factory reset in bootloader is never an option if you're rooted/unlocked.
Sent from my Evita
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I know that now

jrocx said:
I know that now
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Try a linux live USB or a VM to get a fastboot connection. Trying to figure out what's interfering with fastboot could take forever. When you do get fastboot working. Flash twrp 2.6 and wipe your SD card with it.

exad said:
Try a linux live USB or a VM to get a fastboot connection. Trying to figure out what's interfering with fastboot could take forever. When you do get fastboot working. Flash twrp 2.6 and wipe your SD card with it.
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Ok, I will let you know what happens. Thanks for your help.

exad said:
Try a linux live USB or a VM to get a fastboot connection. Trying to figure out what's interfering with fastboot could take forever. When you do get fastboot working. Flash twrp 2.6 and wipe your SD card with it.
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Fastboot is still not working?

Is there any steps I can take that don't require me to connect to a pc?

jrocx said:
Is there any steps I can take that don't require me to connect to a pc?
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Don't believe so, you'll need to use a PC in some way for this.
Sent from my evita

What did you decide on VM or Linux liveusb?
I know twrp 2.6 can wipe a corrupt SD card but maybe cwm can too? If so you might be able to use ROM manager? To flash cwm and use cwm to wipe SD?
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RollTribe said:
Don't believe so, you'll need to use a PC in some way for this.
Sent from my evita
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I just don't understand why I can't connect to any pc, if I plug it in the usb it charges but that's it...could it be a hardware problem?

exad said:
What did you decide on VM or Linux liveusb?
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I used VM with Ubuntu

Doubt it. Try another PC?
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exad said:
What did you decide on VM or Linux liveusb?
I know twrp 2.6 can wipe a corrupt SD card but maybe cwm can too? If so you might be able to use ROM manager? To flash cwm and use cwm to wipe SD?
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When I try to wipe my sd card it says failed E: Unable to mount '/sdcard'
How would I go about using ROM manager if I can't connect to a pc?

exad said:
Doubt it. Try another PC?
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I used PCs running Windows XP, 7 and 8 and nothing...

jrocx said:
I just don't understand why I can't connect to any pc, if I plug it in the usb it charges but that's it...could it be a hardware problem?
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Try another cable?
Sent from my evita

Is there any commands I can run in terminal command or something?

[q] htc one xl wont connect need help asap

HI XDA,
After flashing a early version of sense 5 rom for my phone, twrp doesnt install any other roms. And after accidentally deleting my back ups, i cleared my rom and now I have no OS. To make it worse, my phone doesnt connect to the computer so i cant load any other rom on. I NEED HELP PLEASE ASAP

What version of TWRP are you using?
Also, you need to work out why the pc can't see your device. Did you factory reset in bootloader?
Sent from my Evita

Okay i have twrp 2.3.1 and after doing factory reset, my sdcard wont mount and it is still not recognized in the pc

Go into recovery, connect your phone to pc, select mount usb storage, find it in my computer on your pc, format it to fat32 format. Now it will be usable again.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Go into recovery, connect your phone to pc, select mount usb storage, find it in my computer on your pc, format it to fat32 format. Now it will be usable again.
Sent from my Evita
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Great! it worked. Now my next problem is I can't flash any JB rom it seems like. I always get a failed error. I flashed a PA Android rom from 2012 and it worked however the rom itself was completely unable to use. The keyboard didn't work, the hardkeys didn't work.

What hboot version is your phone on?
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