Have a Telstra One XL 1.89 - after hours of reading/researching I finally rooted the phone and flashed TWRP (ver 2.2.2.0) recovery with a custom ROM.
Everything was working fine until I tried to install a different ROM - I made a backup via TWRP, installed the new ROM but it wouldn't boot ... no worries I had the backup ... I accidentally selected FACTORY RESET from the bootloader instead of RECOVERY which seemed to have wiped all my data on the internal SD card - so my backup has been wiped.
I'm still able to access TWRP so I thought I could simply mount my SD card to my computer and copy my old ROM to flash - however I can't mount the SD card from TWRP - TWRP's console is throwing up "E:failed to mount /sdcard (Invalid argument)" and "E:Unable to mount /sdcard when trying to read settings file." errors - hence in the Mount menu, I can't check the "Mount SDCard" checkbox! (WTF?) - I Google'd this and someone advised that you will need to partition the SD card from within TWRP before it will allow you to mount it - I tried partitioning it but still throwing up those errors
I can also access the device from command prompt via adb - so I tried to flash a rom directly via fastboot but it throws up a "FAILED (remote: not allowed)" when it tries to flash it.
What are my options here? Am I completely screwed? I'm currently in the process of downloading the Telstra RUU - will this even work in my case?? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated - pulling my hair out here ... 2 week old phone
The RUU will make it all better
just lock your bootloader again before you run it
Look who's still floating
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So you could post here when you didn't have a hox but I can't? Oooookayyyy.
In my heart I always had a hox......now I hate this p.o.s yet I'm still here, smh
My fastboot oem unlock tabby will be here Tuesday tho
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slavlazar said:
Have a Telstra One XL 1.89 - after hours of reading/researching I finally rooted the phone and flashed TWRP (ver 2.2.2.0) recovery with a custom ROM.
Everything was working fine until I tried to install a different ROM - I made a backup via TWRP, installed the new ROM but it wouldn't boot ... no worries I had the backup ... I accidentally selected FACTORY RESET from the bootloader instead of RECOVERY which seemed to have wiped all my data on the internal SD card - so my backup has been wiped.
I'm still able to access TWRP so I thought I could simply mount my SD card to my computer and copy my old ROM to flash - however I can't mount the SD card from TWRP - TWRP's console is throwing up "E:failed to mount /sdcard (Invalid argument)" and "E:Unable to mount /sdcard when trying to read settings file." errors - hence in the Mount menu, I can't check the "Mount SDCard" checkbox! (WTF?) - I Google'd this and someone advised that you will need to partition the SD card from within TWRP before it will allow you to mount it - I tried partitioning it but still throwing up those errors
I can also access the device from command prompt via adb - so I tried to flash a rom directly via fastboot but it throws up a "FAILED (remote: not allowed)" when it tries to flash it.
What are my options here? Am I completely screwed? I'm currently in the process of downloading the Telstra RUU - will this even work in my case?? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated - pulling my hair out here ... 2 week old phone
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Hey mate,
RUU will work but before you do just try mounting it through twrp then plugging it into your pc.
When you're in the mount menu in twrp make sure you hit mount usb storage for Windows to recognise it.
When I did this I got a prompt in Windows that said it needed to format the drive so I formatted it then just copied over the rom I wanted to flash then unmounted and flashed the rom.
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Moderator Notes: I was asked to sticky this thread as it seems to be a recurring issue and a couple of fixes are in the posts.
Sorry my bad english am latin.
Hi guys first thread here and i need your help. Here s the thing, i was using my tf700, browsering, and the tablet goes off, i tried start up and a bootloop appears. So i go to Recovery (latest TWRP) and i tried to flash a ROM (latest crombi kk), like always i tried to wipe cache and dav bfore flash it but that proces seems to fail, and a couple of messages like unable to mount /data unable to mount /system appears, first time happening, i never had troubles with the tablet. So i tried to get fastboot mode and run the fastboot erase cach command (i read in a forum dat some guy did that and work for him), so i download the adb fastboot files, i connect the tf700 to my laptop (windows 7 64bit) and a installing drivers message and i wait and the driver that is called Transformer did not install, i dont know where to get those drivers, i found a file Asus usb drivers and bla bla but when i unzip the file i get 3 folders and no .exe or installer. So i tried to continue and i enter fastboot mode in the tablet and connect usb tablet-pc, and now another driver installing message appears, now is a driver called Fastboot, so i wait anda again the driver did not install correctly. So i continue and open cmd and tried the comman for erase cache, and only appears the WAITING FOR DEVICE text. i donw know waht to do, i also tried flashing again a ROM, bt only bootloop, trie again to wipe cache and dav but is only unable to mount /data. Any ideas ????
formobicho said:
Sorry my bad english am latin.
Hi guys first thread here and i need your help. Here s the thing, i was using my tf700, browsering, and the tablet goes off, i tried start up and a bootloop appears. So i go to Recovery (latest TWRP) and i tried to flash a ROM (latest crombi kk), like always i tried to wipe cache and dav bfore flash it but that proces seems to fail, and a couple of messages like unable to mount /data unable to mount /system appears, first time happening, i never had troubles with the tablet. So i tried to get fastboot mode and run the fastboot erase cach command (i read in a forum dat some guy did that and work for him), so i download the adb fastboot files, i connect the tf700 to my laptop (windows 7 64bit) and a installing drivers message and i wait and the driver that is called Transformer did not install, i dont know where to get those drivers, i found a file Asus usb drivers and bla bla but when i unzip the file i get 3 folders and no .exe or installer. So i tried to continue and i enter fastboot mode in the tablet and connect usb tablet-pc, and now another driver installing message appears, now is a driver called Fastboot, so i wait anda again the driver did not install correctly. So i continue and open cmd and tried the comman for erase cache, and only appears the WAITING FOR DEVICE text. i donw know waht to do, i also tried flashing again a ROM, bt only bootloop, trie again to wipe cache and dav but is only unable to mount /data. Any ideas ????
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More likely your data partition got corrupted.
Try wiping it or formatting /data in TWRP to see if that helps? You will lose everything if you don't have backups.
sbdags said:
More likely your data partition got corrupted.
Try wiping it or formatting /data in TWRP to see if that helps? You will lose everything if you don't have backups.
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i already tried that, wiping (cache, dav, system, ata, factoty reset) anything gives the unable to mount /data error.
formobicho said:
i already tried that, wiping (cache, dav, system, ata, factoty reset) anything gives the unable to mount /data error.
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You'll need to manually format it using the terminal in TWRP
Make sure data is umounted then run this command. Make sure you have charged it as well or leave it plugged in.
It can take a number of hours to complete.
Code:
mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
sbdags said:
You'll need to manually format it using the terminal in TWRP
Make sure data is umounted then run this command. Make sure you have charged it as well or leave it plugged in.
It can take a number of hours to complete.
Code:
mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
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first of all is an honor chat with the legend sbdags!!! second can u guide me step by step. i did enter in twrp and go to advanced then terminal command then a selection menu appear and said browse to starting folder and a list of folder appears and a botton with Select Folder, wich folder i must select now? i tried just hit the select folder button and then i put the command taht u said and in the terminal said mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-dec-2010) nothing more and nothing happen
sbdags said:
You'll need to manually format it using the terminal in TWRP
Make sure data is umounted then run this command. Make sure you have charged it as well or leave it plugged in.
It can take a number of hours to complete.
Code:
mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
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Thank you so much sbdags.
You're a life save thought I had softbricked my tf700
Muchas gracias
formobicho said:
first of all is an honor chat with the legend sbdags!!! second can u guide me step by step. i did enter in twrp and go to advanced then terminal command then a selection menu appear and said browse to starting folder and a list of folder appears and a botton with Select Folder, wich folder i must select now? i tried just hit the select folder button and then i put the command taht u said and in the terminal said mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-dec-2010) nothing more and nothing happen
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Did you unmount data first?
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chukkie said:
Thank you so much sbdags.
You're a life save thought I had softbricked my tf700
Muchas gracias
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You are welcome!
EDIT - somehow the format finally took.. after 5 or 6 reboots.. very strange
okay, i hate to bump this thread. but i have been searching for a few nights and i cannot find a solution. i am having the same problem as OP.
Essentially, my tablet was interrupted mid format. I believe my data partition is corrupted. I can access recovery/fastboot and the tablet accepts commands from my PC. i have TWRP 2.7.1.1 on the tablet right now.
i tried what sdbags said:
You'll need to manually format it using the terminal in TWRP
Make sure data is umounted then run this command. Make sure you have charged it as well or leave it plugged in.
It can take a number of hours to complete.
Code:
mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
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this did not work. i got the same "mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-dec-2010)" output, and then the tablet rebooted back into TWRP over again. (data was not mounted, i cannot mount it at all)
some more output from my tablets TWRP console:
Code:
e:could not mount/data and unable to find crypto footer.
e:unable to mount '/data'
e:unable to recreate /data/media folder/
updating partition details...
e:unable to mount '/data'
e:unable to mount internal storage.
e:unable to mount /data/media during gui startup
full selinux support is present.
e:unable to mount /data/,edia/twrp/.twrps when trying to read settings file.
e:unable to mount '/data'
is there another way to fix my corrupted partition?
this did not work. i got the same "mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-dec-2010)" output, and then the tablet rebooted back into TWRP over again. (data was not mounted, i cannot mount it at all)
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I have exactly same situation
edit: after running this command
mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
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it prompt
Starting Path : /external_sd
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and there is also button "KILL" when I hit enter it prompt : /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 is appereatly in use by the system: Will not make a file system here!
Any advice? (sry for being this big noob!)
Code:
adb shell
killall -19 recovery
make_ext4fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
reboot
Type in those commands via a usb connection to your device whilst it is in recovery.
sbdags said:
Code:
adb shell
killall -19 recovery
make_ext4fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
reboot
Type in those commands via a usb connection to your device whilst it is in recovery.
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Wouw thanks for so fast reply :highfive:.
But I think I'll disepoint you "usb debugging is disabled"
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Any way I can reinstall stock from fastboot? damn it......
brinza said:
Wouw thanks for so fast reply :highfive:.
But I think I'll disepoint you "usb debugging is disabled"
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Any way I can reinstall stock from fastboot? damn it......
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No idea how when and after what exactly but the installation of stock rom started by itself after couple of reboots and couple of command i tried. (I had a file : US_epad-user-10.6.1.14.10.zip on my SD card
sbdags said:
Code:
adb shell
killall -19 recovery
make_ext4fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
reboot
Type in those commands via a usb connection to your device whilst it is in recovery.
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Probably a Bad Idea - you should unmount /data before formatting. Then it should also not hurt to keep the recovery running.
Unbrick my TF 700t
Accidentally, bricking my tablet
I try Advance and Terminal Command with TRWP at tablet, it did not work
but when I try with command from PC (desktop), it works like a charm. I was able to see internal storage
from that just re install Custom ROM. Thank alot to sdbag
Thanks
sbdags said:
Code:
adb shell
killall -19 recovery
make_ext4fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
reboot
Type in those commands via a usb connection to your device whilst it is in recovery.
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Wow. you are a life saver. that worked for me.
player50 said:
Wow. you are a life saver. that worked for me.
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Glad it worked. Everyone should keep those commands handy
Thanks a lot...
After a long research I have found your thread.
I have almost given up looking for this damn issue...
At last, It became real! You are a real life saver.
sbdags help!
1) i dont know how to unmount data .
2) when i click advanced then terminal command it opens- Browse to starting folder and gives the file manager kind of view.
3) so i tried using adb on computer
the first three command work(i think but the third gives this error not enough space) .
please suggest a solution. thank you in advance
device moto g xt1033
i tried downgrading from lollipop 5.0 brasilian to kitkat but it wont go past warning bootloader unlocked screen. when i flash cm from twrp, it gives 3 errors
E:/ unable to mount '/data'
E:/ unable to mount '/cache'
E:/ unable to mount internal storage
then when i start it just keeps on loading on cm logo
should i create a separate thread for all this?
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SemiNoob314 said:
1) i dont know how to unmount data .
2) when i click advanced then terminal command it opens- Browse to starting folder and gives the file manager kind of view.
3) so i tried using adb on computer
the first three command work(i think but the third gives this error not enough space) .
please suggest a solution. thank you in advance
device moto g xt1033
i tried downgrading from lollipop 5.0 brasilian to kitkat but it wont go past warning bootloader unlocked screen. when i flash cm from twrp, it gives 3 errors
E:/ unable to mount '/data'
E:/ unable to mount '/cache'
E:/ unable to mount internal storage
then when i start it just keeps on loading on cm logo
should i create a separate thread for all this?
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Question: Why don't you care to read the short thread from beginning?
das chaos said:
Question: Why don't you care to read the short thread from beginning?
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i am really sorry if the earlier comment came out as rude.
actually i did all of those steps, using the command terminal, using adb from pc but none of them worked, all of them had some problem
Hiya XDA,
Bit of a problem here at the moment, tried flashing to CM11, then wifi didn't work, so restored back to MIUI. Now I'm unable to flash anything.
I need a bit of help to wipe the phone clean and re-install a rom.
I switched from CWM to TWRP recently.
Positive:
1. TWRP v2.6.3.0 is working.
2. Boots up to logo.
3. Win7 PC sees phone as ROMaster Composite ADB Interface
4. adb devices:
List of devices attached
NX403A recovery
Negative:
1. Factory Reset: Gets stuck (able to power off and return to recovery)
2. Wipe sdcard (internal):
E: Unable to mount '/cache'
E: Unable to mount '/system'
etc.
I'm stuck, can anyone possibly help me please?
microSD
srslye said:
Hiya XDA,
Bit of a problem here at the moment, tried flashing to CM11, then wifi didn't work, so restored back to MIUI. Now I'm unable to flash anything.
I need a bit of help to wipe the phone clean and re-install a rom.
I switched from CWM to TWRP recently.
Positive:
1. TWRP v2.6.3.0 is working.
2. Boots up to logo.
3. Win7 PC sees phone as ROMaster Composite ADB Interface
4. adb devices:
List of devices attached
NX403A recovery
Negative:
1. Factory Reset: Gets stuck (able to power off and return to recovery)
2. Wipe sdcard (internal):
E: Unable to mount '/cache'
E: Unable to mount '/system'
etc.
I'm stuck, can anyone possibly help me please?
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put the zip file of firmware to microSD card (can be done with SD-card reader
+ insert SD into your device and flash ("install zip from external SD card")
///CWM or TWRP have to support external SD
My friend asked me to fix his HTC One S, because he screwed something when trying to install new ROM. When I get into ClockworkMod -> Backup and Restore -> restore from /storage/sdcard0 it says "Error mounting /storage/sdcard0", and when i get into Mounts and Storage -> mount USB storage (while connected to my laptop), it says "Cant mount /storage/sdcard0 : Shared - Unmounted", and my laptop sees unformated partition. Is this device bricked-to-death, or is there still a chance?
Czeslav said:
My friend asked me to fix his HTC One S, because he screwed something when trying to install new ROM. When I get into ClockworkMod -> Backup and Restore -> restore from /storage/sdcard0 it says "Error mounting /storage/sdcard0", and when i get into Mounts and Storage -> mount USB storage (while connected to my laptop), it says "Cant mount /storage/sdcard0 : Shared - Unmounted", and my laptop sees unformated partition. Is this device bricked-to-death, or is there still a chance?
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You probably can solve your problem by cleaning up the phone's memory using the STOCK RECOVERY.
- Flash the recovery using FASTBOOT
-Boot into bootloader and perform "factory reset" + "clear storage".
I have the latest TWRP, but I can't seem to mount the /data even after formatting it
Any ideas?
Okay, nevermind, a new kernel flash fixed this issue
It's crazy how often Samsung pumps out updates
Settings for MTP
I had to set my device to media transfer. I dont get the option to drop down from a menu and choose, I have to go into settings and bring up the different options. This is only happening to me on S8+(verizon)