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7.5 gigs free, cannot install an apk due to no space?

So I am truly confused.
I am trying to install an apk that is 6mb and I keep getting an error that I have insufficient space.
Problem is, 14 regular market apps updated just fine.
And I've 7.5 gigs free space.
I've rebooted into cwm recover, and fixed permissions, cleared the cache, still no fix.
Any ideas?
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Is your phone rooted?
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For which app is this?
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rahul1031992 said:
Is your phone rooted?
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Yes sir.
The only thing done was a root. Other than this I'm stock.
Meaning I am not running any custom rom.
I have installed Google now... But that's it. That's the only mod flashed and it's been there two days before this problem manifested.
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Go to your /data/app folder in your phone with root exploler find it there any white files
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rahul1031992 said:
Go to your /data/app folder in your phone with root exploler find it there any white files
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Of all the icons there one was a blank white tile, with the name of the developer, but no icon.
I deleted that...
Seems to be working now. You are a smart guy. Thanks given!
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Now reinstall the app best wishes!
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rahul1031992 said:
Go to your /data/app folder in your phone with root exploler find it there any white files
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my data folder is already empty... any other sugestion?
EDIT: Luckypatcher can clear the unused odex thing in app/data.. problem solved

Storage (sd card) wipe issue

My process has been 100% for me so far, I haven't lost any data.
1: Unmount/eject device from windows/linux
2: Change USB mode on phone from mass storage to charge only
3: Wait 15 seconds
4: Unplug USB cable
Since the first time I plugged it into my pc, I have followed this procedure and haven't had an issue. I hope this helps.
Please post any success or failure, or any other pertinent info so we can nail this down and nobody loses their data again.
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What's your lost.dir look like?
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ECEXCURSION said:
What's your lost.dir look like?
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Empty
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Guess I'll start doing it your way.
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c5satellite2 said:
My process has been 100% for me so far, I haven't lost any data.
1: Unmount/eject device from windows/linux
2: Change USB mode on phone from mass storage to charge only
3: Wait 15 seconds
4: Unplug USB cable
Since the first time I plugged it into my pc, I have followed this procedure and haven't had an issue. I hope this helps.
Please post any success or failure, or any other pertinent info so we can nail this down and nobody loses their data again.
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I can confirm this works fine.
I've been doing it this way for the last couple of years and it's the best way. No data corruption yet and always an empty LOST directory - good sign.

Pfffft....I just yank the USB cable out. Don't change back to charge only. Don't unmout from PC.
Never lost any data. LOST.dir is empty.

the_scotsman said:
Pfffft....I just yank the USB cable out. Don't change back to charge only. Don't unmout from PC.
Never lost any data. LOST.dir is empty.
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I hope you were touching wood (not being rude ) when you typed that :laugh:

the_scotsman said:
Pfffft....I just yank the USB cable out. Don't change back to charge only. Don't unmout from PC.
Never lost any data. LOST.dir is empty.
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HaHa! Sounds like something Groundskeeper Willy would say!
For all those who don't get satire, don't do what he said!
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I have 7 items in my lost directory. Not sure what that means?
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azturbomini said:
I have 7 items in my lost directory. Not sure what that means?
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I think that when a file becomes corrupt it is moved there. I had like 3 Gbytes of stuff there...
Idk for sure though.
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Lost.dir is where corrupted or damaged files go to die. Usually a result of failing sd card, but in our case a result of not unmounting/ejecting properly. You an try to recover the damaged files, difficult but possible, otherwise you can delete everything in the folder.
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the_scotsman said:
Pfffft....I just yank the USB cable out. Don't change back to charge only. Don't unmout from PC.
Never lost any data. LOST.dir is empty.
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sure way to lose data on your sd card. lots of documented issues on hox for people on do not unmount...:silly:

I've had this happen to me twice, almost all folders on phone were wiped clear.
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Thanks guys. I deleted the files which were all the same size.
Thanks again.
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azturbomini said:
Thanks guys. I deleted the files which were all the same size.
Thanks again.
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Please thank the OP if this thread helped! Thank you!
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[Q] Does the Note 12.2 generate enough power to run mass storage devices

Does the Note 12.2 generate enough power to run self powered mass storage devices? or we have to use powered USB Hub ?
My note pro doesn't run any kind of mass storage devices ( I'm not rooted )
One says external power needed and the other one keep ticking .
my Note 3 run them with no problems.
any one with note pro pls test and advice back.

moodyboy said:
Does the Note 12.2 generate enough power to run self powered mass storage devices? or we have to use powered USB Hub ?
My note pro doesn't run any kind of mass storage devices ( I'm not rooted )
One says external power needed and the other one keep ticking .
my Note 3 run them with no problems.
any one with note pro pls test and advice back.
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I tried one on my NotePro but no joy: but, then I can't even get a flash drive to mount. The drive works fine with my older Xoom. With the NotePro it doesn't even power up.
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REHolt218 said:
I tried one on my NotePro but no joy: but, then I can't even get a flash drive to mount. The drive works fine with my older Xoom. With the NotePro it doesn't even power up.
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Thanks god I'm not the only one who faced this problem. I'll keep digging.

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Thanks god I'm not the only one who faced this problem. I'll keep digging.
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Post back if you figure anything out
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REHolt218 said:
Post back if you figure anything out
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Sure I'll do.

Strange mine recognizes not only external sd card readers but flash drives as well. Maybe it is the uab ptg cable you are using
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Duly.noted said:
Strange mine recognizes not only external sd card readers but flash drives as well. Maybe it is the uab ptg cable you are using
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Did you test mass storage device 400GB & more or just USB flash ?

moodyboy said:
Did you test mass storage device 400GB & more or just USB flash ?
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Sorry I was responding to the guy saying that he couldnt even use flash drives or any sort of mass storage. I havent tried a non powered disk drove though.
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Duly.noted said:
Strange mine recognizes not only external sd card readers but flash drives as well. Maybe it is the uab ptg cable you are using
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Which USB ptg cable do you have? I have a couple of different ones. I managed to get one of them to let me connect my dive computer and download, but not any of the drives.
I have one that converts the USB 3.0 micro B to a standard USB. It seems to be pretty good. It is a solid piece instead of a cable, but it doesn't work with anything, including my dive computer.
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I have a cheap one that came with a keyboard case and it works fine. Have you disabled the built in file manager or something

Duly.noted said:
I have a cheap one that came with a keyboard case and it works fine. Have you disabled the built in file manager or something
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No, but I usually use ESFile Explorer. Where does it mount the flashdrive?
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Duly.noted said:
Strange mine recognizes not only external sd card readers but flash drives as well. Maybe it is the uab ptg cable you are using
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I am using a 500gb portable hard drive. Works fine. Make sure its formatted correctly.
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souless poet said:
I am using a 500gb portable hard drive. Works fine. Make sure its formatted correctly.
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Is your device rooted?

souless poet said:
I am using a 500gb portable hard drive. Works fine. Make sure its formatted correctly.
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It is rooted. But I don't believe that is relevant. I have done nothing extra aside from adding a theme and adding apps for multi window
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souless poet said:
It is rooted. But I don't believe that is relevant. I have done nothing extra aside from adding a theme and adding apps for multi window
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Is your hard drive powered by its own powersource? His isnt.
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souless poet said:
It is rooted. But I don't believe that is relevant. I have done nothing extra aside from adding a theme and adding apps for multi window
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Did you try to use Mass storage before rooting? as one of the posters mentioned that root will give extra permission to fire mass storage with out external power? he said root and instal stick mount / folder mount and enjoy.
I'm afraid to root before making sure that it is not a hardware problem as service center in our area don't know Even that we can mount mass storage device.

souless poet said:
It is rooted. But I don't believe that is relevant. I have done nothing extra aside from adding a theme and adding apps for multi window
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It is a portable HD...tablet is powering it.
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Is your hard drive powered by its own powersource? His isnt.
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I did not try before root as it is the very first thing I did right after peeling off the plastic and powering it up. What is your reservation about rooting?
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souless poet said:
It is a portable HD...tablet is powering it.
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I did not try before root as it is the very first thing I did right after peeling off the plastic and powering it up. What is your reservation about rooting?
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I dont have any?? I rooted mine as soon as it was available. I was just making sure the answer provided before hand had taken into account that the original posters hard drive was not powered by its own power source. It wasn't clear from the answer I quoted beforehand. I dont see the point in any android device without root.
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^^^^^^agreed^^^^^^
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I dont have any?? I rooted mine as soon as it was available. I was just making sure the answer provided before hand had taken into account that the original posters hard drive was not powered by its own power source. It wasn't clear from the answer I quoted beforehand. I dont see the point in any android device without root.
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I agree root is a must but once root warranty will void so i need to make sure that device is free off hardware problems (which I'm not sure).

Unable to mount /sdcard0

Started having an issue with dirty unicorns so I went to wipe in recovery and I tried installing a new rom and it failed. Next time I tried wipe it says unable to mount /system. Tried mounting sdcard0 and same issue, unable to mount /sdcard0. Haven't hooked up to PC yet at work all day. Any ideas? Will upload logs after work. Any help would be great using backup phone that's half busted. Thanks!!!
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Using Phil's touch recovery btw. Dunno which version off hand phones in car.
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You might have to Odin flash the stock firmware. Sdcard0 is the internal sdcard. It might be hardware failure. I'd flash the stock firmware and see if you still have the problem
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jd1639 said:
You might have to Odin flash the stock firmware. Sdcard0 is the internal sdcard. It might be hardware failure. I'd flash the stock firmware and see if you still have the problem
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Yeah I know its internal, I'm praying its not that but I just got home and plugged it in and PC says "drive needs formatted before use" lol
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Gonna try Odin now. If no luck ill do full format on PC. Its funny that recognizes it though so it can't be fried right?
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Odin got suck on system until this morning only way to end it was pull the plug which inevitably corrupted any data on there AND removed my recovery... can still get into download mode but after 20 mins never got past "Nand write start" am I doomed?
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Muhff said:
Odin got suck on system until this morning only way to end it was pull the plug which inevitably corrupted any data on there AND removed my recovery... can still get into download mode but after 20 mins never got past "Nand write start" am I doomed?
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I think the internal memory had failed
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Worth replacing?
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jd1639 said:
I think the internal memory had failed
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And wherebcould I find a decently cheap motherboard for it? Everything online is almost $100 and that's what I paid for the damn thing :banghead:
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Have u tried reflashing it in download mode?...it helped when I flashed a corrupt recovery
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bennywayne said:
Have u tried reflashing it in download mode?...it helped when I flashed a corrupt recovery
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Yeah I tried Odin and it just sat there all night, now it won't even get past the 4th line and I no longer have recovery.
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Muhff said:
Yeah I tried Odin and it just sat there all night, now it won't even get past the 4th line and I no longer have recovery.
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I'd keep trying Odin. Different usb ports different cable. Odin can be finicky and it's your only hope at this point.
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jd1639 said:
I'd keep trying Odin. Different usb ports different cable. Odin can be finicky and it's your only hope at this point.
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Trust me I tried odin at least 10-15 times so far and it always fails. Usually at "nand write start"
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Muhff said:
Trust me I tried odin at least 10-15 times so far and it always fails. Usually at "nand write start"
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Then your internal memory has probably failed. The device is old and it happens
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jd1639 said:
Then your internal memory has probably failed. The device is old and it happens
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Yeah i was just hoping to not hear that. I bought the phone about 3 montha ago for $100 but whatever. I just got a note now. But thanks for the reply anyway!!

Storage issues

Hi, (see attached picture) I know that even though my nexus is a 16gb model there is actually only 13gb available....but what I do not understand is why do I only have 500mb free when apps and pictures and other things only take up 5gb in total. So 12gb - 5gb is 7gb..... So where has my 7gb gone when my phone is only stating 500mb?
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dec1153 said:
Hi, (see attached picture) I know that even though my nexus is a 16gb model there is actually only 13gb available....but what I do not understand is why do I only have 500mb free when apps and pictures and other things only take up 5gb in total. So 12gb - 5gb is 7gb..... So where has my 7gb gone when my phone is only stating 500mb?
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nandroid backups and such? use the disk usage app to look at what your storage contains..

This is all covered in the sticky threads. Link in my signature. There's a data info thread
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simms22 said:
nandroid backups and such? use the disk usage app to look at what your storage contains..
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Nope don't think so.... I'll give it a check anyways.....thanks!
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simms22 said:
nandroid backups and such? use the disk usage app to look at what your storage contains..
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Hi! Is it normal for the system to take up 5gb?
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dec1153 said:
Hi! Is it normal for the system to take up 5gb?
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See my previous post. And stop using CWM!...and yes its normal if you use CWM
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rootSU said:
See my previous post. And stop using CWM!
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Sorry...wat do u mean CWM? Clock work mode....and why stop?
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dec1153 said:
Nope don't think so.... I'll give it a check anyways.....thanks!
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give it a check out at least, nandroids can take 3-4gb data storage easily. also, the app disk usage, its pretty damn good with helping you find whats taking your storage.

simms22 said:
give it a check out at least, nandroids can take 3-4gb data storage easily. also, the app disk usage, its pretty damn good with helping you find whats taking your storage.
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Have done so...see PIC above.....saying system storage taking up 5gb?
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dec1153 said:
Sorry...wat do u mean CWM? Clock work mode....and why stop?
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Clockwork mod recovery and why? Because its crap and antiquated and because you use cwm, you had to create this thread. So PLEASE read my thread. It has all your answers. I won't retype what I've already written. If you want the answer, read it. If you don't. Well...don't.
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dec1153 said:
Hi! Is it normal for the system to take up 5gb?
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rootSU said:
See my previous post. And stop using CWM!...and yes its normal if you use CWM
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clockworkmod recovery.
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dec1153 said:
Have done so...see PIC above.....saying system storage taking up 5gb?
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I've answered this several times. Leaving thread now. Bye
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Yep... Cwm taking alot....how to delete it?
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dec1153 said:
Yep... Cwm taking alot....how to delete it?
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install the flashify app, download the latest twrp recovery, then use flashify to flash it. and that disk usage app ive been using now for nearly 6 years

simms22 said:
download the latest twrp recovery
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Or Philz.... In fact with philz, you can still restore existing cwm backups
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simms22 said:
install the flashify app, download the latest twrp recovery, then use flashify to flash it. and that disk usage app ive been using now for nearly 6 years
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I assume I can flash on top with flashiy over cwm? Will I lose data? And do I just download the twrp.zip.
Once I have done that then what do I do next
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rootSU said:
Or Philz.... In fact with philz, you can still restore existing cwm backups
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or philz

dec1153 said:
I assume I can flash on top with flashiy over cwm? Will I lose data? And do I just download the twrp.zip.
Once I have done that then what do I do next
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This is all really basic stuff. You've been in these forums a while now. I think you really need to read all the sticky threads in my signature before you do any more modifications to your phone because you don't seem to have picked up much all this time. Not trying to be offensive... Buy this stuff is easy and you should / need to know it.
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dec1153 said:
I assume I can flash on top with flashiy over cwm? Will I lose data? And do I just download the twrp.zip.
Once I have done that then what do I do next
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its actually a twrp.img
yea, can flash right over, no data will be lost. if it doesn't work the first time, flash it again. but @rootSU is right, at least philz can restore your old cwm backup.

simms22 said:
its actually a twrp.img
yea, can flash right over, no data will be lost. if it doesn't work the first time, flash it again. but @rootSU is right, at least philz can restore your old cwm backup.
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Thanks you have been really helpful. Once I have flashed....will that delete the access 5gb from cwm?
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