[Q] SD Card Issues on Phone - HTC One S

Hey Everyone,
So.. currently I have Viper One S 2.1.0 on my T-Mobile HTC One S with ElementalX kernal installed. My current problem is that HTC Sense keeps crashing and no apps can start (they crash) from accessing from my lockscreen. The phone boots up fine, but I'm unable to really access anything past the lockscreen as the Sense keeps crashing. My next step was to use my nandroid kept on my device, but by trying to do so the CWM prompt responded with the MD5 Sum check failed. After further research I found out that one possible reason would be my SD card could be corrupted. Before I accidently soft bricked my phone and used trial and error and clicked the factory reset by bootloader, which by research told me could corrupt my SD Card....Well it's now corrupted as my phone can't truly access anything. Next I tried plugging in my phone to my computer to use another nandroid...but my computer can't find my phone.
So my question is this, how can I completely format my SD card and just start over?
EDIT: Forgot to add that my phone is rooted, bootloader unlocked, and S-Off
Thanks,
DrOfLife

Doing a factory reset or clear storage from bootloader while on custom recovery will corrupt your sdcard. You have to fix that first: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459 Basically: flash stock recovery, then clear storage from bootloader, then flash back custom recovery.
Once your sdcard is mountable again (it's empty now, sorry) you can copy your nandroid from your PC onto it and restore it. Format system, data, cache first.
Also, I've found that undervolting can lead to storage corruption. The same thing happened to me about a week ago when I was fiddling with frequencies and voltages. Reading and writing storage became unreliable and it ran itself into a mess. (I didn't have a recent nandroid copied off my device.. )
-Jobo

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I have a strange situation going on with my phone and I could use some advice.
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Nexus S 4G - SPH-D720 in solid state mode?

Hello all,
I thank you ahead of time to take the time to read this post.
I will try to make this short.
Buddy of mine gave me his phone to fix because once he updated to ICS, (claims it updated automatically) and once updated, I am assuming it was working fine for a little bit before it got some phone STD. He gave me it, it booted, it was terrible. Every second there was something force closing, whether it be Facebook, android.com.gapps, Calender Storage, whatever it was, something was closing. (Mostly google apps such as Talk, Mail, Calender, etc.).
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TWRP Bootloop (SM-J327P)

I've been stressed out lately about trying to root my Samsung Galaxy J3 Emerge.
I got TWRP 3.1.0-0 and went on install but the supersu 2.82 zip file wasn't showing so I tried to fix it.
First I tried Format Data and that didn't work, then I tried Changing File System for System, Data, and Cache one by one and that seemed to have worked. The supersu file showed and I installed it.
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I'm still stuck in this situation...
Any help plz?
IYaWonaRoo said:
I've been stressed out lately about trying to root my Samsung Galaxy J3 Emerge.
I got TWRP 3.1.0-0 and went on install but the supersu 2.82 zip file wasn't showing so I tried to fix it.
First I tried Format Data and that didn't work, then I tried Changing File System for System, Data, and Cache one by one and that seemed to have worked. The supersu file showed and I installed it.
Then I Rebooted System and it said,"No OS Installed! Are you sure you wish to reboot?" and this has happened to me before so I figured it would reboot back into TWRP and I would have to boot to download mode, and install the firmware through Odin, but that didn't happen, what happened instead was when I Rebooted System, on the top right it said,"kernal is not seandroid enforcing, set warrenty bit:kernal" and would keep bootlooping, I went back into TWRP by taking the battery out and putting it back in then holding power, home, and volume up and I was back in TWRP.
The thing is it would keep doing this and I'm kinda stuck right now tbh. I already tried Formatting Data, Flashing a ROM, and installing the SM-J327P Firmware, but nothing worked. I'm guessing the only way to fix this is by changing back to my original File Systems and then installing the Firmware through Odin, but I'm stupid and don't remember the original File Systems. So if any of you could tell me the default File System for System, Data, and Cache or another way to fix this that would be great. Thanks
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You have to use the getprop command to get your software number. Then you have to restore that EXACT software. You might have probably updated unknowingly, and the bootloader updated too. So restoring to an older firmware might bootloop. It was a huge pain in the butt to get mines working after this issue but I got it right after a few tries. I flashed the custom J327p rom they made for it, factory reset and just waited until it booted. Was a long time but after trying every restore and refreshing, I got it working. There's the newest firmware out (idk the name since I just have the metro version of this phone now) but only that one will get the phone running. If you ever do get it running, root with magisk as this phone is VERY sensitive to SU and won't work half the time
savagevegeta said:
You have to use the getprop command to get your software number. Then you have to restore that EXACT software. You might have probably updated unknowingly, and the bootloader updated too. So restoring to an older firmware might bootloop. It was a huge pain in the butt to get mines working after this issue but I got it right after a few tries. I flashed the custom J327p rom they made for it, factory reset and just waited until it booted. Was a long time but after trying every restore and refreshing, I got it working. There's the newest firmware out (idk the name since I just have the metro version of this phone now) but only that one will get the phone running. If you ever do get it running, root with magisk as this phone is VERY sensitive to SU and won't work half the time
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Thanks for the reply but I have tried restoring with a firmware with my exact software number, model, version, changelist, build date, country/carrier(sprint), and security patch level and I did a format data, yet It didn't work... As far as I know, the bootloop was not caused by the firmware, it was caused by me manually changing the Partitions' File Systems, however I do not remember the original File Systems for the partitions. In case this madders, the way I changed it was by pressing "Wipe" in TWRP, then "Advanced Wipe", then selecting "System", then "Repair or Change File System", then "Change File System", and choosing a random button. I also selected "Data" and "Cache" but I did it individually, one at a time.
IYaWonaRoo said:
Thanks for the reply but I have tried restoring with a firmware with my exact software number, model, version, changelist, build date, country/carrier(sprint), and security patch level and I did a format data, yet It didn't work... As far as I know, the bootloop was not caused by the firmware, it was caused by me manually changing the Partitions' File Systems, however I do not remember the original File Systems for the partitions. In case this madders, the way I changed it was by pressing "Wipe" in TWRP, then "Advanced Wipe", then selecting "System", then "Repair or Change File System", then "Change File System", and choosing a random button. I also selected "Data" and "Cache" but I did it individually, one at a time.
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That's a tough one. I've never touched those options in TWRP. Have you used Odin to completely wipe the phone from everything including TWRP and flashing stock?
savagevegeta said:
That's a tough one. I've never touched those options in TWRP. Have you used Odin to completely wipe the phone from everything including TWRP and flashing stock?
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I do have a brother that has the EXACT same phone as me so I tried installing TWRP on his phone and checking the original File Systems, however TWRP doesn't install on his phone for some reason. I enabled developer options, USB debugging, OEM, and installed the drivers and when I install TWRP recovery on his phone through odin it says it was successful but for some reason when I boot into the bootloader it's the regular one that comes with the phone and not TWRP. I'm guessing this is because he has low storage (95% used up). But he doesn't cooperate with me and says he doesn't want the TWRP on his phone because virus blah blah idk (and I don't know how to remove it without factory reset, which he doesn't want to do even though he can backup his stuff) also doesn't want to delete or free up storage from his phone. So I'm going to try wiping my phone through odin i guess...
IYaWonaRoo said:
I do have a brother that has the EXACT same phone as me so I tried installing TWRP on his phone and checking the original File Systems, however TWRP doesn't install on his phone for some reason. I enabled developer options, USB debugging, OEM, and installed the drivers and when I install TWRP recovery on his phone through odin it says it was successful but for some reason when I boot into the bootloader it's the regular one that comes with the phone and not TWRP. I'm guessing this is because he has low storage (95% used up). But he doesn't cooperate with me and says he doesn't want the TWRP on his phone because virus blah blah idk (and I don't know how to remove it without factory reset, which he doesn't want to do even though he can backup his stuff) also doesn't want to delete or free up storage from his phone. So I'm going to try wiping my phone through odin i guess...
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Storage space has nothing to do with flashing recoveries because they have their own partition. I suggest you flash the same TWRP you used on his phone, then as soon as it finishes flashing, boot into recovery IMMEDIATELY by pressing volume up, power, and home. do NOT let the device boot. If you screw up and it gets to the Samsung animation, flash again and try again. This is because some of the latest Android devices tend to restore recovery upon boot for some reason. Through my experience, anyways. Try this and let me know your results.
savagevegeta said:
Storage space has nothing to do with flashing recoveries because they have their own partition. I suggest you flash the same TWRP you used on his phone, then as soon as it finishes flashing, boot into recovery IMMEDIATELY by pressing volume up, power, and home. do NOT let the device boot. If you screw up and it gets to the Samsung animation, flash again and try again. This is because some of the latest Android devices tend to restore recovery upon boot for some reason. Through my experience, anyways. Try this and let me know your results.
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Ok. It worked and my phone is back, the problem is now my brothers phone keeps popping up a message on his home screen saying, "Unfortunately, TouchWiz home has stopped.", and "Unfortunately, Google Services Framework has stopped", and other messages over and over and he can't do anything after installing TWRP. I've tried rebooting, and force stopping and clearing cache of Google Services and TouchWiz but nothing worked
IYaWonaRoo said:
Ok. It worked and my phone is back, the problem is now my brothers phone keeps popping up a message on his home screen saying, "Unfortunately, TouchWiz home has stopped.", and "Unfortunately, Google Services Framework has stopped", and other messages over and over and he can't do anything after installing TWRP. I've tried rebooting, and force stopping and clearing cache of Google Services and TouchWiz but nothing worked
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You have to factory reset. I don't know how you're gonna do it but that's the only way to get out of it otherwise you might have been doing something else other than installing TWRP and broke something. I suggest you restore to stock and try again. If you didn't make a back up, you might be bricked unless you flash the stock firmware with a computer
savagevegeta said:
You have to factory reset. I don't know how you're gonna do it but that's the only way to get out of it otherwise you might have been doing something else other than installing TWRP and broke something. I suggest you restore to stock and try again. If you didn't make a back up, you might be bricked unless you flash the stock firmware with a computer
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Thank you so much for your help! My phone is back and luckily my brother had a backup so we fixed his phone and I rooted with Magisk which apparently I needed a micro SD card because my internal storage showed as 0mb and tried everything to fix it ,which is why I was in this mess in the first place, then I finally decided to buy an SD card and it worked!
IYaWonaRoo said:
Thank you so much for your help! My phone is back and luckily my brother had a backup so we fixed his phone and I rooted with Magisk which apparently I needed a micro SD card because my internal storage showed as 0mb and tried everything to fix it ,which is why I was in this mess in the first place, then I finally decided to buy an SD card and it worked!
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The steps to fix storage 0mb are clearly posted in the TWRP thread.
ashyx said:
The steps to fix storage 0mb are clearly posted in the TWRP thread.
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I have tried manually mounting, format data, wiping system, cache, and data one by one, changing the File Systems one by one, and alot more. NOTHING WORKED. However every youtube video that I have seen about rooting my exact phone with twrp, all had and used micro SD cards! I tried avoiding buying one but every time I try to fix it any other way it ends up either not doing anything or screwing up my device. Once savagevegeta helped me out of the mess I caused by trying to fix the 0mb I decided screw it, no other method worked so might as well try buying a SD card, and guess what happened, IT WORKED! And I realized why every single guide and yt video used micro SD cards for my model.
IYaWonaRoo said:
I have tried manually mounting, format data, wiping system, cache, and data one by one, changing the File Systems one by one, and alot more. NOTHING WORKED. However every youtube video that I have seen about rooting my exact phone with twrp, all had and used micro SD cards! I tried avoiding buying one but every time I try to fix it any other way it ends up either not doing anything or screwing up my device. Once savagevegeta helped me out of the mess I caused by trying to fix the 0mb I decided screw it, no other method worked so might as well try buying a SD card, and guess what happened, IT WORKED! And I realized why every single guide and yt video used micro SD cards for my model.
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I guarantee you're doing it incorrectly. See my TWRP thread for correct instructions to mount data.
ashyx said:
I guarantee you're doing it incorrectly. See my TWRP thread for correct instructions to mount data.
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I probably was doing it wrong lol. But its fixed now so dont worry
IYaWonaRoo said:
I probably was doing it wrong lol. But its fixed now so dont worry
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Your data partition will still be unmountable and remain 0mb, which means you are unable to make a backup.
However if you're happy with it in that state...
Re: bootloop
have you tried grabbing the no verity/encrypt form the rooting forum, this solves seandroid problem

Root dissappeared after backup to micro sd

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So after about a week of playing around with my rooted device, I decided to go out and buy a micro SD card so i can have some more storage and be able to move files around easier. I inserted the card while I was booted into TWRP. I then immediatly loaded a copy of my backup on to the SD card. Nothing failed. When it finished I rebooted like normal except this time my phone did a hard reset. I was never prompted or asked to do this. So that was a little wierd. After it booted up everything was gone. SuperSU. Everything. So I try to boot into TWRP and I'm no longer able to do that. I'm only able to boot into recovery where it gives you the option to recover via WiFi I believe, reboot or shutdown. I tried the recovery thing while connected to WiFi and it failed. When I go into file explorer all my files are gone as far as I can tell, but the wierd thing is that all the space is still taken up just like it was when it was rooted. I only have about 12 gigs of internal storage just like I did when I had TWRP, and SuperSU loaded except it's all gone. What happened? And how do I get my rooted phone back?

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