[Q] No storage / sdcard after flashing TwistedKat - HTC One S

I finally successfully flashed TwistedKat (2.5). Everything seems to work fine so far, except I don't have the external storage ("SD card") mounted.
Several apps complains about this, and I suspect this is also why the camera app closes immediately.
Any suggestions?

qabi said:
I finally successfully flashed TwistedKat (2.5). Everything seems to work fine so far, except I don't have the external storage ("SD card") mounted.
Several apps complains about this, and I suspect this is also why the camera app closes immediately.
Any suggestions?
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Go into recovery and remount your internal sd card and see if that works.

emmanuel_baez said:
Go into recovery and remount your internal sd card and see if that works.
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It doesn't. I just says that it is unable to mount it.
-dennis

That's no good. Well if your that was actually happening to me yesterday. You may have to flash back to stock using an ruu. Worked perfectly for me. You must relock your bootloader however and you will lose root and your custom recovery after you do flash the the ruu.
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emmanuel_baez said:
You may have to flash back to stock using an ruu. Worked perfectly for me.
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That seems sort of dramatic. There must be a way to troubleshoot this problem further - any suggestions guys?

qabi said:
That seems sort of dramatic. There must be a way to troubleshoot this problem further - any suggestions guys?
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Easy solution: Flash stock RECOVERY only, go to bootloader --> perform "clear storage" --> flash custom recovery again
--> Everything should be fine again

LS.xD said:
Easy solution: Flash stock RECOVERY only, go to bootloader --> perform "clear storage" --> flash custom recovery again
--> Everything should be fine again
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+1
I had this problem time ago and with these steps work again.

LS.xD said:
Easy solution: Flash stock RECOVERY only, go to bootloader --> perform "clear storage" --> flash custom recovery again
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Thanks for the suggestion. Still doesn't work:
1) Reflashed stock recovery and chose "Clear Storage", system booted up into android, lost all/most settings/configuration but still no external storage when attempting to start camera or gallery app.
2) Reflashed custom recovery and attempted to mount /storage/sdcard0: "Error mounting /storage/sdcard0!"
Did I do something wrong in the above?

qabi said:
Thanks for the suggestion. Still doesn't work:
1) Reflashed stock recovery and chose "Clear Storage", system booted up into android, lost all/most settings/configuration but still no external storage when attempting to start camera or gallery app.
2) Reflashed custom recovery and attempted to mount /storage/sdcard0: "Error mounting /storage/sdcard0!"
Did I do something wrong in the above?
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1. Flash stock recovery
2. reboot to bootloader and perform "clear storage" (While in bootloader NOT in recovery)
3. Flash custom recovery again (Must be compatible to Android 4.4.2)
4. Reboot bootloader again
5. THEN boot android (Not at any time before)
In that case it still won't work:
Flash stock recovery --> perform "factory reset + clear storage" -> flash custom recovery again --> flash TwistedKat v2.5 again.
BTW Are you S-ON or S-OFF (Have you flashed TwistedKat kernel if you're S-on?)

LS.xD said:
First flash custom recovery BEFORE booting android and select "Clear storage" in bootloader mode not within the recovery !!!!!
In that case it still won't work:
Flash stock recovery --> perform "factory reset + clear storage" -> flash custom recovery again --> flash TwistedKat v2.5 again.
BTW Are you S-ON or S-OFF (Have you flashed TwistedKat kernel if you're S-on?)
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Ok, got it. But when choosing clear storage it boots automatically? I didn't do anything. So you need to be pressing vol down button the whole time?
The device is S-ON. Don't know about flashing a kernel, but since I don't know I probably didn't flash this.

qabi said:
Ok, got it. But when choosing clear storage it boots automatically? I didn't do anything. So you need to be pressing vol down button the whole time?
The device is S-ON. Don't know about flashing a kernel, but since I don't know I probably didn't flash this.
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Device will not boot up automatically as far as i know.
S-ON means you have to flash the kernel manually.
Open cmd:
"fastboot flash boot boot.img"
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LS.xD said:
"fastboot flash boot boot.img"
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Oh, so boot.img is the kernel In that case, yes I did
Also: good news. To answer my own question, I had to hold the volume down button in, to not reboot but enter the bootload instead. Thus following your steps above worked like a charm.
Thanks a million!

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[Q] Soft-Bricked - usual solutions don't work

Sorry, for bothering you with this but unfortunately, I have soft-bricked my phone. It's a WIND Canada HTC One S with S4 cpu, CID is GLOBA001 with HBOOT 1.14.0004.
I had Cyanogenmod 10 installed, ran in some problems, tried to find a solution (among others this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459 didn't work) and bricked it: boot loop, unmountable /sdcard, no working recovery. I have tried for hours all the tips I found in the forums but none helped. I even downloaded a RUU but I couldn't install it (probably the wrong version).
Current state is: I can only get into the bootloader which is re-locked (by courtesy of one of my repair attempts). Connecting via USB to fastboot works. Nothing else, for all purposes the phone is clean, empty and oh so very much dead.
How do I proceed from here? In the end I want to have working version of Cyanogenmod back.
Thank you in advance, guys!
el_Harmakhis said:
Sorry, for bothering you with this but unfortunately, I have soft-bricked my phone. It's a WIND Canada HTC One S with S4 cpu, CID is GLOBA001 with HBOOT 1.14.0004.
I had Cyanogenmod 10 installed, ran in some problems, tried to find a solution (among others this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459 didn't work) and bricked it: boot loop, unmountable /sdcard, no working recovery. I have tried for hours all the tips I found in the forums but none helped. I even downloaded a RUU but I couldn't install it (probably the wrong version).
Current state is: I can only get into the bootloader which is re-locked (by courtesy of one of my repair attempts). Connecting via USB to fastboot works. Nothing else, for all purposes the phone is clean, empty and oh so very much dead.
How do I proceed from here? In the end I want to have working version of Cyanogenmod back.
Thank you in advance, guys!
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Unlock it first, you can't do anything with it locked.
Darknites said:
Unlock it first, you can't do anything with it locked.
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Okay, the device is unlocked again. How do I continue?
Thanks a lot, by the way!
el_Harmakhis said:
Okay, the device is unlocked again. How do I continue?
Thanks a lot, by the way!
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Flash TWRP recovery and try to mount the sd and connect it to the pc.
Darknites said:
Flash TWRP recovery and try to mount the sd and connect it to the pc.
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Okay, flashing TWRP worked. I then booted into recovery, clicked on "mount" and then "mount usb device". After some driver installs I can no see the internal storage. Apart from a folder for TWRP and .android_secure it's empty. Is this where I now put the Cyanogenmod file and install it via the recovery?
el_Harmakhis said:
Okay, flashing TWRP worked. I then booted into recovery, clicked on "mount" and then "mount usb device". After some driver installs I can no see the internal storage. Apart from a folder for TWRP and .android_secure it's empty. Is this where I now put the Cyanogenmod file and install it via the recovery?
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Ya place it where you want and then flash it but you will need to fastboot the boot.img file thats in the rom zip, you can use the All-In-One Toolkit to do that.
Darknites said:
Ya place it where you want and then flash it but you will need to fastboot the boot.img file thats in the rom zip, you can use the All-In-One Toolkit to do that.
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Copying the ROM and then installing via TWRP worked though I saw that TWRP displayed an error, saying it was unable to mount /cache. When I tried to wipe the Cache & Dalvik Cache I got the same error.
Nevertheless I then went ahead and copyed the boot.img (extracted that one from the Cyanogenmod zip) via fastboot and rebooted the device. Now the phone is stuck in the Cyanogenmod boot loop.
el_Harmakhis said:
Copying the ROM and then installing via TWRP worked though I saw that TWRP displayed an error, saying it was unable to mount /cache. When I tried to wipe the Cache & Dalvik Cache I got the same error.
Nevertheless I then went ahead and copyed the boot.img (extracted that one from the Cyanogenmod zip) via fastboot and rebooted the device. Now the phone is stuck in the Cyanogenmod boot loop.
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Hmm think you going to have flash the stock recovery then do a factory reset in the bootloader then go back to TWRP and copy over the rom again then factory reset in TWRP and then wipe system and then flash the rom. Do not lock the bootloader.
Darknites said:
Hmm think you going to have flash the stock recovery then do a factory reset in the bootloader then go back to TWRP and copy over the rom again then factory reset in TWRP and then wipe system and then flash the rom. Do not lock the bootloader.
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Okay, I will try that! Where might I get the stock recovery? I don't want to pick the wrong!
el_Harmakhis said:
Okay, I will try that! Where might I get the stock recovery? I don't want to pick the wrong!
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Go here for it.
Darknites said:
Go here for it.
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Ha! It finally worked! Thank you very much! Have a nice weekend!
el_Harmakhis said:
Ha! It finally worked! Thank you very much! Have a nice weekend!
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Np dude, you too.

Cannot Flash anything!

Alright, so, my tablet decided to one day just cease stop working. The recovery for some reason can't flash anything now, is used to be able to flash a backup, but not anymore. It used to be able to boot past the animation, but not anymore. I cannot flash a ROM from recovery because it says that the file is bad (and please, don't tell me to check to see if the md5's are correct, they are, I've triple checked.) I've flashed CWM recovery and TWRP recovery, and TWRP cannot fix permissions, but CWM recovery can, but neither can flash a single ROM. I've tried sideloading a rom but i get this error from the CMD window
Code:
* failed to write data 'protocol fault (no status)' *
. I'm at my wits end here. The bootloader is perfectly fine, it works 100% but I can't flash a single thing from recovery. I've flashed non-corrupted recoveries, and still I cannot flash a thing.
You have flashed the latest TWRP via fastboot and it still wont flash roms? Also, what bootloader are you on?
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T Infinity using Tapatalk HD
Rom: CleanRom 3.4.4
Phultara said:
Alright, so, my tablet decided to one day just cease stop working. The recovery for some reason can't flash anything now, it used to be able to flash a backup, but not anymore. It used to be able to boot past the animation, but not anymore. I cannot flash a ROM from recovery because it says that the file is bad (and please, don't tell me to check to see if the md5's are correct, they are, I've triple checked.) I've flashed CWM recovery and TWRP recovery, and TWRP cannot fix permissions, but CWM recovery can, but neither can flash a single ROM. I've tried sideloading a rom but i get this error from the CMD window
Code:
* failed to write data 'protocol fault (no status)' *
. I'm at my wits end here. The bootloader is perfectly fine, it works 100% but I can't flash a single thing from recovery. I've flashed non-corrupted recoveries, and still I cannot flash a thing.
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What tablet do you have?
From where did you download which recovery for which Asus tablet.
Sounds like the recovery version doesn't match the device.
Thats OK said:
What tablet do you have?
From where did you download which recovery for which Asus tablet.
Sounds like the recovery version doesn't match the device.
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Asus Tf700 32 GB. I got the recovery from the TWRP website. In answer to the boot loader question, I have no idea how to check. All I know is that I can choose between RCK, Cold Boot, Fast boot and Wipe Data.
Phultara said:
Asus Tf700 32 GB. I got the recovery from the TWRP website. In answer to the boot loader question, I have no idea how to check. All I know is that I can choose between RCK, Cold Boot, Fast boot and Wipe Data.
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Have you ever unlocked the bootloader? (If not: do so by searching on Asus' site for the Unlock Bootloader Tool v7) It's a simple apk which you install and then check and let it unlock.
Only then, you can start flashing!
If you already have unlocked, maybe you sent it in (?) Or flashed an official Asus rom (?), you might want to unlock it again.
Let us know if any of these answers above helped
Phultara said:
Asus Tf700 32 GB. I got the recovery from the TWRP website. In answer to the boot loader question, I have no idea how to check. All I know is that I can choose between RCK, Cold Boot, Fast boot and Wipe Data.
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If you have the 4 icons that indicates JB.
Sounds like the custom recovery is not installed if your on the RCK icon and press the up volume rocker and nothing happens.
adelancker said:
Have you ever unlocked the bootloader? (If not: do so by searching on Asus' site for the Unlock Bootloader Tool v7) It's a simple apk which you install and then check and let it unlock.
Only then, you can start flashing!
If you already have unlocked, maybe you sent it in (?) Or flashed an official Asus rom (?), you might want to unlock it again.
Let us know if any of these answers above helped
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Unlocking it would require an OS to be installed, but none is installed because I was wiping to install a different ROM. I have unlocked it. In response to the boot loader, yes, it has 4 icons. So I guess it is the JB boot loader. When I go to RCK it does boot recovery but from there on its unable to open any zips besides any backups I have. When I reload a backup it doesn't install the OS, but it restores everything else.
Phultara said:
When I go to RCK it does boot recovery but from there on its unable to open any zips besides any backups I have. When I reload a backup it doesn't install the OS, but it restores everything else.
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Can you get adb shell access to your recovery?
Which ZIP are you actually trying to flash? What is the exact error message from the recovery? Try running md5sum (inside the adb shell) on the file you want to flash. Check the output of "mount". Check if /cache/recovery/log contains interesting info.
Phultara said:
Unlocking it would require an OS to be installed, but none is installed because I was wiping to install a different ROM. I have unlocked it. In response to the boot loader, yes, it has 4 icons. So I guess it is the JB boot loader. When I go to RCK it does boot recovery but from there on its unable to open any zips besides any backups I have. When I reload a backup it doesn't install the OS, but it restores everything else.
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AH sorry!
I only read the title and replied lol
Does adb do anything?
Or is adb not working either?
adelancker said:
AH sorry!
I only read the title and replied lol
Does adb do anything?
Or is adb not working either?
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How would I go about connecting through ADB?
Phultara said:
How would I go about connecting through ADB?
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* Connect your tablet to a computer with proper drivers and adb installed.
* Boot tablet to recovery.
* On computer, type "adb shell".
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* Connect your tablet to a computer with proper drivers and adb installed.
* Boot tablet to recovery.
* On computer, type "adb shell".
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Alright, I'll have to try that when I get home in about 3-4 hours. I'll get back to you on that. Also, I noticed last night that when I was on fast boot, it would stay stuck as waiting for device on the cmd window. I'm not sure if it was my computer that didn't detect it or a new symptom. O hope its just a fluke!
Alright, here's the log from my recovery.
Phultara said:
Alright, here's the log from my recovery.
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OK, I assumed that you're not using data2sd. 1. Make sure your microsdcard is good (reformat and recopy your backup or rom if needed),2. Boot into twrp and wipe cache, dalvik cache, factory reset, wipe system, wipe internal then finally the most important part, FORMAT SDCARD. Now reflash a new rom or try to restore from backup. I would try step#2 first. Good luck.
EDIT: format sdcard instead of wipe sdcard.
buhohitr said:
OK, I assumed that you're not using data2sd. 1. Make sure your microsdcard is good (reformat and recopy your backup or rom if needed),2. Boot into twrp and wipe cache, dalvik cache, factory reset, wipe system, wipe internal then finally the most important part, FORMAT SDCARD. Now reflash a new rom or try to restore from backup. I would try step#2 first. Good luck.
EDIT: format sdcard instead of wipe sdcard.
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That did it!!! Thank you!!!! Looks like it was the SD that was the root of the issue! Thanks!!

[Q] One S in recovery loop

Hi! I have One S rooted and custom ROM PACman flashed. I used clockwork recovery.
Today, I tried to flash a kernel named Bulletproof. I used CW to flash it. After flashing, my phone is not starting, It has gone into recovery loop. If by using the volume button I go to hboot and then to recovery, to reinstall the ROM, it stays in CW for just few seconds and then restarts again. If I try to perfom some actions, it says SD card not mounted.
Need help please ASAP!
Regards,
Mohib
Mohib86 said:
Hi! I have One S rooted and custom ROM PACman flashed. I used clockwork recovery.
Today, I tried to flash a kernel named Bulletproof. I used CW to flash it. After flashing, my phone is not starting, It has gone into recovery loop. If by using the volume button I go to hboot and then to recovery, to reinstall the ROM, it stays in CW for just few seconds and then restarts again. If I try to perfom some actions, it says SD card not mounted.
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Go into Fastboot USB and flash the stock recovery - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/92451927/STOCKS4.img
Then boot into bootloader, click recovery, this should fix the unmountable SD Card bug.
Then when the phone attempts to boot, soft rest the phone then load into bootloader. Click on fastboot and when it says fastboot USB flash TWRP 2.3.3.0.
Reboot the phone.
kylepont said:
Go into Fastboot USB and flash the stock recovery - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/92451927/STOCKS4.img
Then boot into bootloader, click recovery, this should fix the unmountable SD Card bug.
Then when the phone attempts to boot, soft rest the phone then load into bootloader. Click on fastboot and when it says fastboot USB flash TWRP 2.3.3.0.
Reboot the phone.
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Ok I did this and flashed TWRP. It didn't work, so I flashed CW again. It rebooted. It showed the bootscreen of PACman and then rebooted to recovery. I then tried to install zip from the SD, but it said can't mount sdcard!
Whats going wrong?? Any suggestions?
Reinstall the stock recovery and then click Clear Storage on the boot loader screen. You will lose everything on your SD card. Then repeat the rest of the above process as normal. I can't remember if I said to flash the boot.img before installing the OS, but if you didn't flash the boot.img before installing the OS then do that.
Sent from my One S using xda premium
kylepont said:
Reinstall the stock recovery and then click Clear Storage on the boot loader screen. You will lose everything on your SD card. Then repeat the rest of the above process as normal. I can't remember if I said to flash the boot.img before installing the OS, but if you didn't flash the boot.img before installing the OS then do that.
Sent from my One S using xda premium
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Oh thank god its done!!
I cleared the storage and reflashed the recovery and boot.img. But the phone didn't start. So I went to recovery to "install from sd", but it said that there are no files (as I had cleared the storage). Then I got the idea to mount it as USB from the mount menu in CW. It worked and I copied the ROM to SD card and installed it from the recovery. Now my phone is alive again!!
Thanks for you help!

[Q] Screen stuck when try to reboot

Hi,
Im trying to root my HTC ONE S. I followed all the steps that suggested in the forums, but when I reboot the phone in the final step, it got stuck in the 'HTC quietly brilliant' screen. I left it there for 20 min or so, it didn't change. I am able to go to the recovery mode but I don't know what to do. I did a factory reset attempting to go back to the original software but it didn't work either. Any ideas what can I do? Im in real trouble if Im not able to use my phone anymore.
Thanks in advance,
Angel
100315595 said:
Hi,
Im trying to root my HTC ONE S. I followed all the steps that suggested in the forums, but when I reboot the phone in the final step, it got stuck in the 'HTC quietly brilliant' screen. I left it there for 20 min or so, it didn't change. I am able to go to the recovery mode but I don't know what to do. I did a factory reset attempting to go back to the original software but it didn't work either. Any ideas what can I do? Im in real trouble if Im not able to use my phone anymore.
Thanks in advance,
Angel
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Well if you are installing a custom ROM then there is no need to root before hand, you just need a custom recovery installed. The custom ROM will have root access enabled.
If you are asking how to just be rooted on a stock rom, then I would just google how to do it like you would. But I assume you install custom recovery, download a supersu.zip and install via recovery.
tivofool said:
Well if you are installing a custom ROM then there is no need to root before hand, you just need a custom recovery installed. The custom ROM will have root access enabled.
If you are asking how to just be rooted on a stock rom, then I would just google how to do it like you would. But I assume you install custom recovery, download a supersu.zip and install via recovery.
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Hi, thank you for the reply
Well, I have no access to the sd card, it says it's not mounted. I can't copy any files to the phone, therefore I can't reinstall it from the phone. Sorry for my ignorance, but I don't know what to do next.
Thanks,
Angel
100315595 said:
Hi, thank you for the reply
Well, I have no access to the sd card, it says it's not mounted. I can't copy any files to the phone, therefore I can't reinstall it from the phone. Sorry for my ignorance, but I don't know what to do next.
Thanks,
Angel
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seems to be a common that the sdcard can become corrupted.
If that is the case, having the stock recovery on and then booting the phone into bootloader and selecting "clear storage" fixes the issue.
Then you need to flash custom recovery again, and mount usb storage.
For the S4 Ville version of this phone and not the S3 VilleC2
stock recovery
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/84212943/ville_recovery_signed.img
tivofool said:
seems to be a common that the sdcard can become corrupted.
If that is the case, having the stock recovery on and then booting the phone into bootloader and selecting "clear storage" fixes the issue.
Then you need to flash custom recovery again, and mount usb storage.
For the S4 Ville version of this phone and not the S3 VilleC2
stock recovery
Hi,
I tried to do what you told me, but now I can´t even go into the recovery mode. I can only access the bootloader; anytime I select recovery mode it shows this (image below), after a few minutes it reboots and stays with the white screen ´HTE quietly brilliant´. I can´t copy any files either because the computer doesn´t read the sd card. Any ideas?
Thank you for your time.
Angel
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100315595 said:
tivofool said:
seems to be a common that the sdcard can become corrupted.
If that is the case, having the stock recovery on and then booting the phone into bootloader and selecting "clear storage" fixes the issue.
Then you need to flash custom recovery again, and mount usb storage.
For the S4 Ville version of this phone and not the S3 VilleC2
stock recovery
Hi,
I tried to do what you told me, but now I can´t even go into the recovery mode. I can only access the bootloader; anytime I select recovery mode it shows this (image below), after a few minutes it reboots and stays with the white screen ´HTE quietly brilliant´. I can´t copy any files either because the computer doesn´t read the sd card. Any ideas?
Thank you for your time.
Angel
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That is good, that is the stock recovery, basically saying you don't have access to it.
But you don't need to go into recovery, it is there just to fix the issue when you enter the bootloader and pick "clear storage"
So get back to the bootloader and clear storage. Then you will need to flash the recovery of your choice, CWM or TWRP. You should now be able to access usb storage. (unless you are using the special TWRP in the Maximus thread meant for hboot 2.16, then it just doesn't work)
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Yes, it worked. Thank you.
But, which ROM should I install now? I tried with the SU, but the screen was stuck again. Do I need the phone in S-off mode? how do I do that? I saw that many ROM's need this.
Thank you again for your help, very appreciated
Angel
100315595 said:
Yes, it worked. Thank you.
But, which ROM should I install now? I tried with the SU, but the screen was stuck again. Do I need the phone in S-off mode? how do I do that? I saw that many ROM's need this.
Thank you again for your help, very appreciated
Angel
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You are welcome.
You only need S-Off if the rom says 2.16 HBoot required.
So there are a lot of different ones to try. As long as your Hboot is 2.15, if not then you need to upgrade your firmware to that. You see your HBoot in the bootloader screen.
So ya, most of the roms are ok with S-on, you just have to remember to:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
So on your pc download the rom, unzip it you will see the boot.img move that to fastboot folder and fastboot flash it.
Then you can move the ROM.zip to your phone and install via recovery.
Don't forget to wipe caches before rebooting. (when installing, if that particular rom opens up Aroma installer and one of the options is to wipe, do that but don't wipe again when back to recovery)
The sense based roms are generally more stable and like stock.
The CyanogenMod may have a few little bugs.
Just browse around and see which one you like.
It all worked out pretty well.
I'm trying with the MagioRom, seems to be very stable!
Thank you for your help, you literally saved my HTC!
:good:

Stock OPO softbricked after last OTA update

I know there is another very similar thread that was just opened(http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/completely-stock-oneplus-one-stuck-t3396207), but his solution didn't help me so I'm making this thread.
I really need to save my internal data, so only as a last resort will I wipe userdata to save my phone.
First of all my phone is completely stock. Locked bootloader, unrooted, stock recovery, and stock rom. Last thursday(June 9th), I got the CM13.1 OTA update which I installed and everything went normal. It finished installing, restarted and booted up, optimized apps, rebooted, but then optimized apps again and again. I thought it might help to just reboot my phone, but it didn't. So I immediately started looking around for solutions.
I can boot into recovery and fastboot mode and since I can boot into recovery I started with wiping cache(Stock Recovery>>Factory reset>>Wipe cache partition). It took ~20mins which seemed like an unusually long time, then I rebooted and it still got stuck in the "optimizing apps/reboot loop". Next, I set up USB drivers, ADB, and fastboot since it seems to be very important to have those set up. I used a few guides to get them properly set up and I checked that they were correct by checking that the cmds "adb devices" and "fastboot devices" returned my device, which they did. I saw someone saying he saved his friends OPO by just ADB sideloading a CM zip file, so it looked hopeful in my case. I downloaded cm 13.0 and 13.1 zip files and tried sideloading them with the cmd "adb sideload cm13.zip". I tried both and they both got to around 50% complete and the install failed. Some of the red text said, "Package expects build fingerprint of oneplus/bacon/A0001:5.1:6.0.1..... & E:Failed to install /sideload/packages.zip ". Next I tried installing TWRP, which looks like it requires an unlocked bootloader to flash it(even to to just boot into it). From all my research it looks like there's no way to unlock the bootloader without wiping data. Even the OPO toolkit says you need to wipe data to unlock your bootloader.
One thing I haven't looked too much into is using fastboot to save my device. This guide http://www.technobuzz.net/fix-bricked-dead-oneplus-one-easily/ shows to flash userdata userdata_64g.img, which I assume wipes userdata.
Maybe I'm just overlooking some simple fix, but if anyone can help me I would be eternally grateful.
Edit: I need my phone working and I'm tired of waiting for help, so I just did a factory rest. Also I've been getting tons of conflicting advice. Thanks everyone for the help anyways
kinda on the same boat here.
may i ask how you set up adb? i cant get it to work
mastersen901 said:
kinda on the same boat here.
may i ask how you set up adb? i cant get it to work
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download and install the 15 second adb/fastboot installer (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979)
It'll create a folder: C:/adb, In that folder you can open a cmd prompt window to send cmds to your device through adb/fastboot. that folder is also where you place files that you want to flash or boot into.
Also for the USB drivers just download the oneplus one toolkit, or use this guide: http://www.technobuzz.net/install-oneplus-one-usb-drivers-windows/
the opo toolkit is in the 2nd method
Still looking for help. Phone status: After sideloading cm 12.1 it boots up but I get tons of errors saying com.android.phone failed/ android.system.acore failed which make my phone inoperable, also my phone usually reboots after ~10 seconds after booting up and getting errors.
when you flashed the stock zip via sideloading did you use the full zip or the incremental zip?
itechy said:
when you flashed the stock zip via sideloading did you use the full zip or the incremental zip?
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The zip I sideloaded was cm-12.1-YOG4PAS1N0-bacon-signed.zip (http://builds.cyngn.com/cyanogen-os...be76f9310/cm-12.1-YOG4PAS1N0-bacon-signed.zip)
I'm pretty sure it's the full zip
woodhaus said:
The zip I sideloaded was cm-12.1-YOG4PAS1N0-bacon-signed.zip (http://builds.cyngn.com/cyanogen-os...e76f9310/cm-12.1-YOG4PAS1N0-bacon-signed.zip)
I'm pretty sure it's the full zip
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You will have to flash the latest version as performing a downgrade without wiping data will cause issues like the ones you are seeing
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itechy said:
You will have to flash the latest version as performing a downgrade without wiping data will cause issues like the ones you are seeing
Sent from my A0001 using XDA Labs
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I can't really find a full cm13.1 zip. On CyanogenMod I only see up to 13.0. I also don't know how to tell the difference between an incremental and full zip D:
woodhaus said:
I can't really find a full cm13.1 zip. On CyanogenMod I only see up to 13.0. I also don't know how to tell the difference between an incremental and full zip D:
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Visit the support page I grabbed my full update zip from there https://cyngn.com/support
Sent from my A0001 using XDA Labs
itechy said:
Visit the support page I grabbed my full update zip from there https://cyngn.com/support
Sent from my A0001 using XDA Labs
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Ohh! thanks! I was looking for this!
I just got around to sideloading the cm 13.1 zip. I'm still getting a bootloop /:
Edit: My phone reboots and optimizes apps after getting hung up on the cyanogen boot screen for a while.
I'm in the same situation.
It seems like a cache cleaning is needed but I have no idea whether it possible without a custom recovery and without a full adb support.
hibernick said:
I'm in the same situation.
It seems like a cache cleaning is needed but I have no idea whether it possible without a custom recovery and without a full adb support.
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You can wipe cache partition in stock recovery also. To boot into recovery mode first power off your device. Press Volume down + Power button together until you see oneplus logo. When device is in recovery mode press volume down and select 'wipe cache partition' and press power button to confirm the action. Reboot after process completes.
saurav007 said:
You can wipe cache partition in stock recovery also. To boot into recovery mode first power off your device. Press Volume down + Power button together until you see oneplus logo. When device is in recovery mode press volume down and select 'wipe cache partition' and press power button to confirm the action. Reboot after process completes.
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The same like woodhaus I have locked bootloader and there is no USB debug over adb.
I don't have a 'wipe cache partition' in the recovery.
The only things I can use are adb sideload and fastboot.
hibernick said:
The same like woodhaus I have locked bootloader and there is no USB debug over adb.
I don't have a 'wipe cache partition' in the recovery.
The only things I can use are adb sideload and fastboot.
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I have wipe cache partition but it doesn't seem to do anything. also it takes like 35 minutes to complete
woodhaus said:
I have wipe cache partition but it doesn't seem to do anything. also it takes like 35 minutes to complete
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How did you do it?
You told you are on stock recovery. Me either and I don't see such option in my recovery.
hibernick said:
How did you do it?
You told you are on stock recovery. Me either and I don't see such option in my recovery.
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it's under the factory reset option from the main menu on stock recovery
stock recovery>factory reset> erase cache partition
woodhaus said:
it's under the factory reset option from the main menu on stock recovery
stock recovery>factory reset> erase cache partition
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Oh, thanks. I didn't even go there.

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