Database Info

[GUIDE] Read this before going for eMMC replacement.

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E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
When you see this message in your recovery do not panic.
Setup adb/fastboot on your computer (there is a simple guide in my signature). Then connect your device to the PC, enter recovery, open cmd (command prompt) on the PC and type:
Code:
adb shell
dmesg | grep mmc0
If the output contains the following strings:
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mmc0: failed to get card ready
mmc0: reinit card
mmc0: Starting deferred resume
mmc0: Deferred resume failed
Than you internal memory (eMMC) is corrupted i.e. your chip is "fried". This is a hardware issue (reference here) and the chip has to be replaced. Sorry, no other solutions available.
If not - your chip is not fried!
This message results from a destroyed /cache partition - some relevant info here​
Some basic thing has to be done to solve this problem easily:
NEVER PULL THE BATTERY! Better have the patience to wait it to be completely drained
always keep a Backup of your current ROM and/or the Stock ROM, made from Recovery on your SDcard
enable USB Debugging in your Settings -> Applications -> Development and keep it that way
disable Fastboot in Settings -> Power to have total shutdown on power off
after unlocking (S-OFF) your device with Revolutionary flash an Engineering bootloader (e.g. 0.98.2000) to be able to overwrite it when needed
use 4EXT Recovery rather than ClockworkMod it has much better functionality
To restore one of the following has to be done:
restore the Nandroid backup if you have done it
or
restore the cache partition - wipe /cache from the Recovery (preferred - thanks forcefreak). If the size of the partition says <null> (when Printing partition info in 4EXT Recovery) connect your device to a PC, go into adb shell (look the link in my signature for adb setup) and type
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mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p27
do not pay attention to the busy partition message, then
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reboot recovery
Note that this option will format your cache as ext2 or ext3 type. If you are using ext4 just use the 4EXT Recovery to reformat them as ext4
or
According to craigcharlie's post
selecting the Factory reset option in the HBOOT is also a way to boot to Recovery and then flash a custom ROM or restore a backup
or
if steps 1/ 2/ 3 are not working flash the relevant RUU (the same or higher version than your current and correct region/brand - you can find the available for Desire S here) when your phone is in FASTBOOT USB mode in bootloader (you may need to reinstall the HTC drivers) [credits go to dave303 and the guide in his blog.]
4.1 If you have a 6.98.1000 hboot
Change your hboot with this one
Download PG88IMG.zip, extract it and use Android Flasher to flash the extracted hboot.img
The hboot version now should be 0.98.2000
Search in this thread for the proper RUU and install it.
4.2 If you have a 6.98.1002 hboot
Change your hboot with this one
Download the hboot_0.98.0000.zip and extract it, boot your phone to Recovery, connect to PC, copy the hboot.img file to your SDcard, open command prompt and type:
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adb devices [I](your device serial number should be displayed)[/I]
adb shell [I](there should be a command prompt with the # symbol in front if not type "su" without the quotes)[/I]
dd if=/sdcard/hboot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18[I][/I]
if not working try to unmount/mount the SDcard:
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adb devices [I](your device serial number should be displayed)[/I]
adb shell [I](there should be a command prompt with the # symbol in front if not type "su" without the quotes)[/I]
umount /sdcard [I](not a typo the command is umount, not u[B]N[/B]mount)[/I]
mount /sdcard
dd if=/sdcard/hboot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18[I][/I]
Search in this thread for the proper RUU and install it.
NOTE: If you have a custom ROM and no info about your original software version the solution is as follows:
Connect the device, enter the bootloader and type the following command in the cmd:
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fastboot getvar version-main
This is the number of your original software.
If this number is higher than the one of your RUU and you cannot flash it, change the number with the version of your RUU (be careful - use the correct RUU for your brand/region!) with misc_version that can be found here - post #1, link from step 1.
If you have problems with some of the above post in the Desire S General forum or in this thread to receive support. Some cases can be individual but there is always a chance to fix before going for a replacement

You should PM ben_pyett, he has full guides on this whole thing. Also so he could add it to the "index" thread ^.^

Wow.sick tutorial. this must get a place in the index in very very big, bold letters.
Sent from my HTC Desire S/S510e using XDA App

Other way to solve this problem?
Hi
I had the same error after installing a new RADIO version on my Desire S.
-> Market closes unexpected
-> Can't open cache... in recovery
I fixed the problem with CWM Recovery!
1. Restart phone to ClockworkMod Recovery
2. Choose "wipe cache partition"
3. "reboot system now"
DONE

Just checked my chip and luckily I'm not affected. Sympathy to l u guys who are. (
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda premium

forcefreak said:
Hi
I had the same error after installing a new RADIO version on my Desire S.
-> Market closes unexpected
-> Can't open cache... in recovery
I fixed the problem with CWM Recovery!
1. Restart phone to ClockworkMod Recovery
2. Choose "wipe cache partition"
3. "reboot system now"
DONE
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I have tried this as well but my partition size was null. Tried formatting as Ext3 and Ext4. Honestly haven't tried just to format...
Btw the command mk2fs (the 2nd method in my initial post) makes exactly the same as your solution but from the command prompt. Anyway yours is easier so thanks for the contribution! But keep in mind that in both ways the partirion will be restored as ext3 so you will have to use 4EXT Recovery later to convert if you want to use the advantages of ext4

Hello,
I've just one question: why this happens?
Every time I wipe the cache and the dalvik-cache through the Recovery, I get this error. Should be considered as normal hence?

fbcyborg said:
Hello,
I've just one question: why this happens?
Every time I wipe the cache and the dalvik-cache through the Recovery, I get this error. Should be considered as normal hence?
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"Every time" is definately not NORMAL! Check your partiton type ext2/3/4. If not ext4 format it as such with 4EXT Recovery
And one piece of advice: change your bootloader version, in case you stuck. This cannot be overwritten so you will go straight to replacement (most probably paid by you)
Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk

How can I see which filesystem type is it?
Anyway, I use ClockworkMod now, and I don't think it is ext4.
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Checked: it is a ex2 partition.
I've just flashed the 4EXT Recovery.
So, you suggest to change the bootloader? Which version?
I didn't understand what could cause the stuck: the partition type change? What cannot be overwritten? Maybe it's not clear to me what is the risk.

fbcyborg said:
How can I see which filesystem type is it?
Anyway, I use ClockworkMod now, and I don't think it is ext4.
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Checked: it is a ex2 partition.
I've just flashed the 4EXT Recovery.
So, you suggest to change the bootloader? Which version?
I didn't understand what could cause the stuck: the partition type change? What cannot be overwritten? Maybe it's not clear to me what is the risk.
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The best option IMO is the hboot from my signature: 0.98.2000 (2.0.2002 reduces your cache space and maybe will be useful in future, but for now it isn't)
The reason: Revolutionary/Alpharev is permanent, which means that it cannot be overwritten (I have an untested method that may unlock it but I cannot verify and definitely will not brick my device to try it out ), unlike the other ENG Bootloaders which provide the same functionality but can be easily replaced (by RUU for example) if necessary. Like if you flash some incompatible software that bricks your phone and you are not able (or just do not have) to restore a Nandroid backup there is nothing you can do except to go to a repair center, where they will see that your bootloader is 6.98.1002 and most probably you will pay the repair (the eMMC chip costs about 1/3 of the phone price). On other hand if you can restore the system or at least the bootloader with the Stock one (e.g. from RUU) you can always say that your phone just collapsed and you do not know anything about it. I hope now it will be more clear to you.
P.S.: 4EXT Recovery is the best choice!

Thanks a lot for the explanation. You was very clear now.
So, if I'm not wrong, and if I've really understood everything, you mean that my old ClockworkMod Recovery is still there, and the 4EXT (that is a modified CWM recovery), is a sort of upgrade of CWM.
Anyway, I have a doubt about the hBoot you mentioned: the 0.98.2000 which is reported as the original one in the related thread, but before S-Offing and rooting my phone with revolutionary, I had 0.98.0002. Is it not different?

fbcyborg said:
Thanks a lot for the explanation. You was very clear now.
So, if I'm not wrong, and if I've really understood everything, you mean that my old ClockworkMod Recovery is still there, and the 4EXT (that is a modified CWM recovery), is a sort of upgrade of CWM.
Anyway, I have a doubt about the hBoot you mentioned: the 0.98.2000 which is reported as the original one in the related thread, but before S-Offing and rooting my phone with revolutionary, I had 0.98.0002. Is it not different?
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4EXT Recovery is based on ClockworkMod, but is has more functionality...now you can still use your backups from CWM, even to convert them to ext4 format (check the 4EXT thread in my signature all is described there.
Now, my explanation above was related to the bootloaders (hboot)
For the Desire S there are the following hboot versions:
0.98.0000, 0.98.0002 and 2.00.0002 - Stock. The latter currently cannot be unlocked by Revolutionary exploit
0.98.2000 - "old" Engineering bootloader that allows you to flash system stuff like custom Recovery, different Radio version, unsigned stuff, etc.
2.00.2002 - Engineering bootloader with the same functions as the "old" one but with different partition style (/cache is 150 MB smaller and /system has 150 MB more space), but currently supported only by the new OTA (Stock) ROM
6.98.1000 and 6.98.1002 - Revolutionary/Alpharev Engineering bootloader that is installed on your device after S-OFF, with the same functions and partition style as 0.98.2000, but cannot be directly overwritten by RUU if you get in trouble...

I've just put the 0.98.2000 ENG hBoot, but as regard the filesystem type: do you mean I have to convert all partitions to ext4 or only the cache partition?

fbcyborg said:
I've just put the 0.98.2000 ENG hBoot, but as regard the filesystem type: do you mean I have to convert all partitions to ext4 or only the cache partition?
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system, data and cache. Then flash the new ROM. Of course you can use ext3 without any problems. Do some reading here and decide for yourself, but it is mentioned that:
The ext4 filesystem is backward compatible with ext3 and ext2, making it possible to mount ext3 and ext2 filesystems as ext4. This will slightly improve performance, because certain new features of ext4 can also be used with ext3 and ext2, such as the new block allocation algorithm.
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I've followed your suggestions, and this time, with 4EXT and the cache wipe, I've not seen the messages I've reported when I used the CWM. Formatted all partitions (not the sdcard) to ext4 and all is OK!

fbcyborg said:
I've followed your suggestions, and this time, with 4EXT and the cache wipe, I've not seen the messages I've reported when I used the CWM. Formatted all partitions (not the sdcard) to ext4 and all is OK!
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Glad to hear

Awesome post.
I have one extra problem right now and that is my phone will not power up?
I have the symptoms of fried eMMC chip, but since switching it off at one point it will not power up anymore. Tried battery in a different phone and it is nearly full.
Any Ideas?

clubbtraxx said:
Awesome post.
I have one extra problem right now and that is my phone will not power up?
I have the symptoms of fried eMMC chip, but since switching it off at one point it will not power up anymore. Tried battery in a different phone and it is nearly full.
Any Ideas?
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is there any vibration when you turn it on or does the led light?
have you altered your device eg root or custom ROM etc?
If no return under warranty as sounds like hardware issue
Swyped from my Desire S using XDA Premium

Ben, right now nothing happens when I press the power button.
My saga was rooted through AlphaRev and I was trying few different ROMs
Somewhere along the way I changed my SD card and after powerup into recovery I noticed for the first time these errors in CWM.
After reading on here I tried few things and at one point shut it off and since can't power back on. My hboot and recovery were still working but as said can't power up anymore now.
When I attach the USB cable the led flashes on and off about every second or two. This stops when I press the power button but the phone doesn't power up.
Looks like bricked to me :-(

clubbtraxx said:
Ben, right now nothing happens when I press the power button.
My saga was rooted through AlphaRev and I was trying few different ROMs
Somewhere along the way I changed my SD card and after powerup into recovery I noticed for the first time these errors in CWM.
After reading on here I tried few things and at one point shut it off and since can't power back on. My hboot and recovery were still working but as said can't power up anymore now.
When I attach the USB cable the led flashes on and off about every second or two. This stops when I press the power button but the phone doesn't power up.
Looks like bricked to me :-(
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Yes seem like a total brick...I think that you have flashed something that is not belonging to your phone (probably you are branded). Anyway try adb and fastboot, if any of these commands can detect the phone you can try to reboot to bootloader or recovery. If not go straight for a repair and do not mention the custom software part
P.S. curious what you did before this happened?

[Q] Accidentally Wiped /system, Can't Flash ROM

I was going to install a superuser.zip file to root my M4 but when I went to wipe the /cache the /system get wiped as well. I can boot into either CWM or TWRP and have full fastboot/adb, but when I try to boot into Android it just brings me back to the bootloader. When I try to install a stock ROM it just says it's flashing it but hangs at a certain point, I even had it run overnight and it still didn't install. When I try to flash a custom ROM suh as Cyanogenmod it either completes the flashing in about 2 seconds or greets me with an error. RUU and FUU don't seem to work. I'm 100% out of ideas now, and I'm open to anything to try.

legofan623 said:
I was going to install a superuser.zip file to root my M4 but when I went to wipe the /cache the /system get wiped as well. I can boot into either CWM or TWRP and have full fastboot/adb, but when I try to boot into Android it just brings me back to the bootloader. When I try to install a stock ROM it just says it's flashing it but hangs at a certain point, I even had it run overnight and it still didn't install. When I try to flash a custom ROM suh as Cyanogenmod it either completes the flashing in about 2 seconds or greets me with an error. RUU and FUU don't seem to work. I'm 100% out of ideas now, and I'm open to anything to try.
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Andyt95 said:
Download Magio R4
reboot into recovery, type in cmd
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adb devices
adb shell
mount data
exit
adb push /path/to/magioR4.zip /data/
[I](you should reboot here, in which case you'll
need to type[/I] "mount data" [I]again after adb shell,
but it's not really essential and should work anyway)[/I]
adb shell
mount /data /sdcard [I](creates a virtual sdcard)[/I]
flash your ROM in recovery just like you would normally (select .zip from sdcard) and boot up
run rumrunner, it should work, giving you S-OFF which will let you flash absolutely anything. If it doesn't, let me know and I'll come up with a workaround.
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should work

Andyt95 said:
should work
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Well first:
~ # ←[6nmount data
mount data
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p37 on /data failed: Device or resource busy
But instead I just used a USB OTG and flash drive so no big deal
And then Magio popped up with its installer and I went through that and then hit "reboot" to be greeted with the bootloader, so I hit "reboot" in the bootloader, but it still brings me back to the bootloader immediately after a black screen, so I thought "Oops, needed to flash the boot.img", so boot.img was then flashed. Now the green HTC logo is sitting there and isn't doing anything, probably frozen.

Code:
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p37 on /data failed: Device or resource busy
means /data is already mounted

I actually got it up and running from a nandroid restore, I tried it once before but the restore didnt finish so I thought it wouldnt work. Thanks for helping me out anyway though!

Internal memory corrupted ? unable to mount /data /cache

Hi, first of all sorry for my english.
I'm S-off, rooted, using TWRP touch and android 5.0 (from ivanich).
I went out of memory on my internal storage, so I had a pop-up that says lower your storage (my sd card couldn't be mounted). Then i went in recovery to wipe cache and data for it would free some space, but I got theses issue:
mount: failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata at /data: No such device
unmount of /data failed; no such volume
script succeeded: result was [0,200000]
updating partition details...
E:Unable to mount '/cache'
E:Unable to mount '/data'
...done​
I also tried by advanced wipe> wipe Data and I went stuck on this :
"Formatting Data using make_ext4fs function"​
If i try to reboot on the rom it's bootloop
I tried a few command in the terminal command that I've found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2683787
mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8​
I get this :
filesystem too small for a journal
writing superblocks and lifesystem accounting information : done
This filesystem will be automatically checked every 37 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.​
So I have no idea how to fix this I never had this error before and I can't find anything about it, only Odin but correct me if I'm wrong but Odin doesn't work for Sensation ?
Thanks for any help I appreciate

you are facing probably the same issue with others that faced with twrp
those partitions corrupted after using the wipe options
the only thing i can suggest you is to use this solution
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-sensation/help/recovering-data-mount-issues-t2859588
best wishes

So yeah, i've try so many things, and none of them is fixing my problem.
First i've installed 4ext recovery and i had still the same issue, not able to wipe cache or data or factory reset.
I've tried to install adb but it doesn't recognize my phone, even with SDK tools, i can't tell the program what my phone is.
now i've tried to install the RUU (dl the .exe, found the rom.zip, and put on my phone renamed it "PG58IMG.zip" now when i'm on the fastboot it loads the file and then it get stuck at the userdata part....
If i try to boot the normal way i get the black screen with the red triangle and exclamation mark ....
I'm going to keep looking but it's getting harder than expected
(still sorry for my english)

ni4rkx said:
So yeah, i've try so many things, and none of them is fixing my problem.
First i've installed 4ext recovery and i had still the same issue, not able to wipe cache or data or factory reset.
I've tried to install adb but it doesn't recognize my phone, even with SDK tools, i can't tell the program what my phone is.
now i've tried to install the RUU (dl the .exe, found the rom.zip, and put on my phone renamed it "PG58IMG.zip" now when i'm on the fastboot it loads the file and then it get stuck at the userdata part....
If i try to boot the normal way i get the black screen with the red triangle and exclamation mark ....
I'm going to keep looking but it's getting harder than expected
(still sorry for my english)
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I can't help with issue but userdata is not mmcblk0p8, it's mmcblk0p23 on our device.

hinxnz said:
I can't help with issue but userdata is not mmcblk0p8, it's mmcblk0p23 on our device.
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Hmm thanks for this info, I will try to do again all this but on an other computer tomorrow maybe it will work... I hope!

So after hours of trying to repair it, it still doesn't work.
But i've found something that might be intersting.
In recovery 4ext but now I'm twrp so I don't have the exact information again but when I went in storage information, it was written that the internal storage was --mb, and --mb free, so I guess it means that my partition doesn't exist anymore.. Anyway I've found that I'm not the only one with this but I still didn't find any solution to fix it..

ni4rkx said:
Hi, first of all sorry for my english.
I'm S-off, rooted, using TWRP touch and android 5.0 (from ivanich).
I went out of memory on my internal storage, so I had a pop-up that says lower your storage (my sd card couldn't be mounted). Then i went in recovery to wipe cache and data for it would free some space, but I got theses issue:
mount: failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata at /data: No such device
unmount of /data failed; no such volume
script succeeded: result was [0,200000]
updating partition details...
E:Unable to mount '/cache'
E:Unable to mount '/data'
...done​
I also tried by advanced wipe> wipe Data and I went stuck on this :
"Formatting Data using make_ext4fs function"​
If i try to reboot on the rom it's bootloop
I tried a few command in the terminal command that I've found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2683787
mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8​
I get this :
filesystem too small for a journal
writing superblocks and lifesystem accounting information : done
This filesystem will be automatically checked every 37 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.​
So I have no idea how to fix this I never had this error before and I can't find anything about it, only Odin but correct me if I'm wrong but Odin doesn't work for Sensation ?
Thanks for any help I appreciate
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I decided to try TWRP yesterday and Im having a similar issue. However when i flash roms I have no issues at all. However i get stuck at the HTC logo forever when i try and boot. I have manually flashed boot.img so that isnt the issue. I even tried doing some mkfs.ext4 executions and i still have the same issue. Im going back to my E63 to see if i can still repair this. However looks like another device is looking likely.
Can anyone tell me if you can run some error logs for when the device is in the boot stage, and by that i mean when the HTC logo so showing? I dont think ADB will work in that mode.

When you try to mount data from recovery does it fail?
Can you tell me which twrp your using? I mean which r stands at the end of the filename?

little_lerroyy said:
I decided to try TWRP yesterday and Im having a similar issue. However when i flash roms I have no issues at all. However i get stuck at the HTC logo forever when i try and boot. I have manually flashed boot.img so that isnt the issue. I even tried doing some mkfs.ext4 executions and i still have the same issue. Im going back to my E63 to see if i can still repair this. However looks like another device is looking likely.
Can anyone tell me if you can run some error logs for when the device is in the boot stage, and by that i mean when the HTC logo so showing? I dont think ADB will work in that mode.
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What do you mean "some mkfs.ext4 executions" ? I wanted to try that but I couldn't find how to do it, I tried in ADB it didn't work & terminal from twrp neither maybe I didn't type correctly.
I'll suggest you to re flash it, or wipe & flash. (but it's not the point of my thread tho ...)
Sajito said:
When you try to mount data from recovery does it fail?
Can you tell me which twrp your using? I mean which r stands at the end of the filename?
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Yes I can't mount it..
openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-pyramid.img that i've flash by ADB

ni4rkx said:
What do you mean "some mkfs.ext4 executions" ? I wanted to try that but I couldn't find how to do it, I tried in ADB it didn't work & terminal from twrp neither maybe I didn't type correctly.
I'll suggest you to re flash it, or wipe & flash. (but it's not the point of my thread tho ...)
Yes I can't mount it..
openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-pyramid.img that i've flash by ADB
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Where did you download that image?
That sounds like you just experienced the brick bug.

Sajito said:
Where did you download that image?
That sounds like you just experienced the brick bug.
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http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/pyramid from http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/66 the recovery img method.
Well I'm not sure because It booted the rom (cm12 from ivanich) but yeah bootloop on the CM logo

ni4rkx said:
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/pyramid from http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/66 the recovery img method.
Well I'm not sure because It booted the rom (cm12 from ivanich) but yeah bootloop on the CM logo
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I'm sorry to say, but that's definitely the brick bug. Only the link rzr86 posted might help you using your phone. Ivanich made twrp builds, which use his kernel and device trees, so we're pretty sure his twrp is not affected by that bug (that just as an info for anyone using the twrp from the official site. So if anyone reads this and is using twrp newer than 2.6 from official site, get ivanich's build).
The problem is that your data partition is corrupt, not the system partition. But you need the data partition, to use any rom, which is now not mountable anymore. So your able to flash roms and get until bootanimation, but without data partition working it won't boot.
@little_lerroyy did you use ivanich's twrp or the one from official site too?

Sajito said:
I'm sorry to say, but that's definitely the brick bug. Only the link rzr86 posted might help you using your phone. Ivanich made twrp builds, which use his kernel and device trees, so we're pretty sure his twrp is not affected by that bug (that just as an info for anyone using the twrp from the official site. So if anyone reads this and is using twrp newer than 2.6 from official site, get ivanich's build).
The problem is that your data partition is corrupt, not the system partition. But you need the data partition, to use any rom, which is now not mountable anymore. So your able to flash roms and get until bootanimation, but without data partition working it won't boot.
@little_lerroyy did you use ivanich's twrp or the one from official site too?
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So you're saying that TWRP didn't do their job good enough and bricked my phone ? =/ that's pretty sad
thanks for the info tho but maybe there is a way to re create the data partition, since I think I'm not the only one who has this issue

ni4rkx said:
So you're saying that TWRP didn't do their job good enough and bricked my phone ? =/ that's pretty sad
thanks for the info tho but maybe there is a way to re create the data partition, since I think I'm not the only one who has this issue
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The problem is not caused by twrp, but the faulty device/kernel trees which were used for that image. Unfortunately nobody knows who built these images, nor do we know which sources were used.
I had that too, I know that sucks.

Sajito said:
The problem is not caused by twrp, but the faulty device/kernel trees which were used for that image. Unfortunately nobody knows who built these images, nor do we know which sources were used.
I had that too, I know that sucks.
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Alright then.... I have an old motorola defy yeahhhh :good:

ni4rkx said:
Alright then.... I have an old motorola defy yeahhhh :good:
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You can still try to mount your sdcard as data partition, as explained in the link posted on page 1, it seems to work for some.

ni4rkx said:
What do you mean "some mkfs.ext4 executions" ? I wanted to try that but I couldn't find how to do it, I tried in ADB it didn't work & terminal from twrp neither maybe I didn't type correctly.
I'll suggest you to re flash it, or wipe & flash. (but it's not the point of my thread tho ...)
Yes I can't mount it..
openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-pyramid.img that i've flash by ADB
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Connect phone to pc, boot into recovery, open terminal and type 'adb devices', your device should show.
To try mount data enter 'adb shell mount /data'.
To check structure enter 'adb shell /sbin/e2fsck -n -f /dev/block/mmcblk0p23'.
Maybe this could help?

Sajito said:
You can still try to mount your sdcard as data partition, as explained in the link posted on page 1, it seems to work for some.
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Hm I've take a look but it looks complicated :s
hinxnz said:
Connect phone to pc, boot into recovery, open terminal and type 'adb devices', your device should show.
To try mount data enter 'adb shell mount /data'.
To check structure enter 'adb shell /sbin/e2fsck -n -f /dev/block/mmcblk0p23'.
Maybe this could help?
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Well I'll give it a try when I can work on an other computer because I also have an issue with windows 8.1, it doesn't recognize my phone, so I can't use adb to work with the phone. It worked on windows 7 on an other computer but I can't use it for now.. Thanks anyway I'll keep you in touch

ni4rkx said:
What do you mean "some mkfs.ext4 executions" ? I wanted to try that but I couldn't find how to do it, I tried in ADB it didn't work & terminal from twrp neither maybe I didn't type correctly.
I'll suggest you to re flash it, or wipe & flash. (but it's not the point of my thread tho ...)
Yes I can't mount it..
openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-pyramid.img that i've flash by ADB
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Follow this link, the process is done in ADB
http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/fix-data-htc-one.html
Just make sure where it says "mmcblk0p37" in step number 10, you put in "mmcblk0p23" which is your data partition, but i doubt you will have much access doing this.

little_lerroyy said:
Follow this link, the process is done in ADB
http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/fix-data-htc-one.html
Just make sure where it says "mmcblk0p37" in step number 10, you put in "mmcblk0p23" which is your data partition, but i doubt you will have much access doing this.
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Thanks but as I said, I can't use ADB on my computer. I'll still try when I can use an other one !

[Completed] [Q] Can't get into recovery; very strange flickering issue

Hey everyone, I have this very strange issue
The other day I made a nandroid backup because I wanted to mess around with some stuff I wasn't sure was going to work. I then restored the backup, and tada, bootloop. I was stuck on the boot animation. Tried a deleting data/dalvik/cache from recovery (CWM 6.0.4.7), installing rom again, but nothing worked.
Now, what I did may or may not have been smart. I wiped everything using "wipe userdata" in the adb shell. Everything gone. Now I want to put on a working rom again, but I can't. Two problems:
1. My CWM recovery is doing this . Not only when I boot into it trough bootloader, but, maybe this is because I don't have a working rom, it also seems to go into it after my bootloop attempts to boot twice, as seen here.
I have no idea what's happening and why and how. It just keeps flashing like this and I can't access the menu. I tried reflashing, flashing the touch version, flashing TWRP which doesn't have default adb access, and flashing it once again but same result. So I can't choose a rom to flash. How do I fix this?
2. I can still push files to /data/media/ and /sdcard/, but after that I have no way to install them. No tutorial I found seemed to work, e.g this one from xda says I have to mount /data/ but when I do that I get
> C:\sdk\platform-tools>adb shell
~ # mount data
mount data
mount: mounting /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata on /data failed:
Invalid argument
And I've also done this one which states the rom should install, but it doesn't. The cd and push are successful, but I can't do anything with it. I also think my /sdcard/ got unmounted at some point, but I was able to push a file to it so not sure here.
Does anyone know how to fix this. I have no idea what to do, pretty hopeless at this point. Thanks so so much if you have any tips
-Josh

Duplicate.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/xda-assist/bootloop-nandroid-restore-tried-t3153174

Seriously could use help flashing custom ROM to Oneplus 8t (Tmo-variant) I am at my wit's end

Ok, first off let me say thank you in advance. I had the Oneplus 7t and (Tmo) and played hell with it trying to root until I found that MSMTool and then had a hayday with it. Now I have the 8t, I have been waiting for a working TWRP because I really like TWRP and I really like Magisk. As of yesterday my stock Rom was fully rooted with TWRP, Magisk, and busybox. It had been that way for several days with no glitches or errors, so obviously bootloader unlocked, phone is carrier unlocked and got my oneplus unlock token last tuesday (5 days ago). On my 7t after trying several ROM's I settled on Havoc-OS so with my 8t I was just going to go straight to Havoc-OS even thought I might try messing around with a kernel update at some point in the near future. BUT...... somehow I have angered the Android God's and am being punished. I have been through much frustration in the past with things Android, have always been able to figure it out thanks to XDA, but today I must humble myself, finally make an account and ask for help. To the best of my recollection here is what I have done with the results.
But before that my current state is, I can boot to TWRP recovery, fastboot, bootloader, EDL and all that but I wiped partitions prior to starting the flashing process so right now I can not boot to system.
I started at techsphinx.com/smartphones/install-havoc-os/ It is a very straighforward guide. but gave error 7, which I believe is wring device error so I checked and it's the kebab havoc like it should be (I think, I'll get to that in a moment) so I look it up and everything says to get in to the file and find the update binary and update script and edit the update script, blah blah EXCEPT that in my copy of havoc-os in the called out directory I have different files. Mine are otacert and metadata. two completely different scenarios. otacert is a binary file while metadata when opened with notepad gives this text:
ota-property-files=payload_metadata.bin:1784:116801,payload.bin:1784:1262105569,payload_properties.txt:1262107411:156,care_map.pb:737:1000,metadata:69:621
ota-required-cache=0
ota-streaming-property-files=payload.bin:1784:1262105569,payload_properties.txt:1262107411:156,care_map.pb:737:1000,metadata:69:621
ota-type=AB
post-build=OnePlus/havoc_kebab/OnePlus8T:11/RQ3A.210805.001.A1/eng.kshiti.20210826.065117:userdebug/release-keys
post-build-incremental=eng.kshiti.20210826.065117
post-sdk-level=30
post-security-patch-level=2021-08-05
post-timestamp=1629960471
pre-device=OnePlus8T,OnePlus9R
I can't remember when was supposed to be remarked in the updater-script file but there is nothing like that in this file. That is all that is present in this directory, META-INF/com/google/android
Everything I try to push to the device errors out before it completes with a broken pipe error, adb sideload is similar in that it won't finish the transfer to the phone. Now anything I try to do in TWRP gives me error can't mount partition_name. I had a nandroid backup but I can't use it because partitions can't be mounted.
I wondered if it was the tmobile variant thing so I tried the msm tool for switching tmobile to universal edition first but I can't get msm tool to work in my device manager the now soft-bricked device shows up as the QS BULK device which is not the right one so I install the automatic driver installer for the qualcomm usb drivers, no effect so I follow how to install manually and windows will not let me and tells me it's likely that the driver file is corrupt or has been tampered with.
My frustration level right now is just before the part where I take a hammer to the phone and make as many small pieces as I can.
The state of my phone right now is that I can't even get it into edl mode because I can't get it to turn off. reboot to power off, holding volume up and power both leave it to when I push both volumes in the screen comes on and I am in bootloader mode. I am at a complete and utter loss.
I need my phone for work tomorrow

@Frustrated_AF,
Regarding the QualComm device driver: I've attached my notes on how I installed the MSM Tool (including the QC driver) in case it's of any help to you. (@Unbrick Instructions.zip). Just note that my phone is a KB2000.
If you can get into bootloader mode, than you can flash TWRP. Get it from https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...recovery-project-8t-kebab-2021-09-04.4302449/
And once you're in TWRP you can install the Havoc rom zip file using the instructions in post #2 in the TWRP thread. Get Havoc from https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...8-for-oneplus-8t-official-2021-08-26.4293817/.
Note that the Havoc thread installation instructions were written before TWRP for the 8T was available. And, yes, I've installed Havoc using TWRP so I know it works.

BillGoss said:
@Frustrated_AF,
Regarding the QualComm device driver: I've attached my notes on how I installed the MSM Tool (including the QC driver) in case it's of any help to you. (@Unbrick Instructions.zip). Just note that my phone is a KB2000.
If you can get into bootloader mode, than you can flash TWRP. Get it from https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...recovery-project-8t-kebab-2021-09-04.4302449/
And once you're in TWRP you can install the Havoc rom zip file using the instructions in post #2 in the TWRP thread. Get Havoc from https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...8-for-oneplus-8t-official-2021-08-26.4293817/.
Note that the Havoc thread installation instructions were written before TWRP for the 8T was available. And, yes, I've installed Havoc using TWRP so I know it works.
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Thank you, I have one issue (at least) that I can't find anything on in your instructions... I have been unable to install the usb drivers, on 2 different laptops one old one new one running windows and one running Linux with Windows in VMWare. same thing both times. I have tried the oneplus exe file, the qualcomm auto-installer andstlil show up as QUSB_BULK_ CID...... When I try to manually install by clicking on let me choose one Windows won't allow it. Windows says the file is possibly corrupted or tampered with. So I am unable to use any of the MSMTool versions I have tried.
Any ideas on that?
Cancel that. Please forgive me if I seem panicky if I can't get my phone working by tomorrow morning there will be hell to pay at work. So in your instructions where you write:
"If it shows up as QHUSB_BULK, it means Qualcomm driver wasn't installed automatically by Windows Update. Download the latest one from Microsoft website at http://download.windowsupdate.com/c..._fba473728483260906ba044af3c063e309e6259d.cab (source https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=qualcomm hs usb 9008 ), extract the files, then install it manually by right clicking on QHUSB_BULK and selecting "Update driver software" and "Browse my computer for driver software" to where you extracted the CAB file and selecting that directory."
I downloaded the file (brought back memories from doing my 7t) and extracted it to a folder on my desktop oddly enough without even updating the driver my edl mode device was detected correctly.
Working on the rest I'll get back to you shortly and once again I can't even begin to express my thanks!

@BillGoss Ok hopefully this will be the last question and it might be a dumb one but I'm not wanting to screw this up any more, In post #2 paragraph 2, bullet point 1 at https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...recovery-project-8t-kebab-2021-09-04.4302449/
He states "sideload/flash ROM + installer" if I sideload the ROM it's going to install it, I don't see that the installer would go onto the device??? That URL is from the RECOVERY part of it from the ROM part of it at the URL https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...8-for-oneplus-8t-official-2021-08-26.4293817/ under "installation" it describes a process of altering the RO M files payload.bin and then putting the pieces back together then using ROMinstaller.exe while phone is in fastboot mode.
Could you shine any light on this for me?

Frustrated_AF said:
@BillGoss Ok hopefully this will be the last question and it might be a dumb one but I'm not wanting to screw this up any more, In post #2 paragraph 2, bullet point 1 at https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...recovery-project-8t-kebab-2021-09-04.4302449/
He states "sideload/flash ROM + installer" if I sideload the ROM it's going to install it, I don't see that the installer would go onto the device??? That URL is from the RECOVERY part of it from the ROM part of it at the URL https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...8-for-oneplus-8t-official-2021-08-26.4293817/ under "installation" it describes a process of altering the RO M files payload.bin and then putting the pieces back together then using ROMinstaller.exe while phone is in fastboot mode.
Could you shine any light on this for me?
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Like I said, the Havoc thread instructions relate to the pre-TWRP method. And I've never used that method.
The TWRP instructions say to sideload the rom and installer (TWRP installer zip) because installing the Havoc rom also installs a recovery, thereby replacing TWRP. That's why you need to reinstall TWRP after installing Havoc.

@BillGoss Thank you for your patience with this. I just assumed that learning what I learned when I did my 7t would transfer right on over to this and it would be simple... Haha. So now this... sideloading ROM at 47% from my powershell window it stops and says "adb: failed to read command: No error" On my device:
Flashing A/B zip to inactive slot A
step 1/2
step 2/2
Failed to mount '/system_ext' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/product' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/vendor' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/odm' (Invalid argument)
Updating partition details...
Failed to mount '/system_ext' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/product' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/vendor' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/odm' (Invalid argument)
...done
Devices on super may not mount until rebooting
recovery.
To flash additional zips, please reboot recovery to
switch to the updated slot.
Leaving me clueless as to what has gone wrong or what to do about it. Any ideas on this one?
Edit; It worked! I did nothing else except rebooted it and it came up fine brand new havoc-os so far nothing at all wrong. I have no idea why all the failed to mount errors and I don't think I really care all that much it works!!! I'm going to flash twrp and magisk and be done for the night with it. @BillGoss I can't thank you enough. You have saved my bacon [email protected]!

Frustrated_AF said:
@BillGoss Thank you for your patience with this. I just assumed that learning what I learned when I did my 7t would transfer right on over to this and it would be simple... Haha. So now this... sideloading ROM at 47% from my powershell window it stops and says "adb: failed to read command: No error" On my device:
Flashing A/B zip to inactive slot A
step 1/2
step 2/2
Failed to mount '/system_ext' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/product' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/vendor' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/odm' (Invalid argument)
Updating partition details...
Failed to mount '/system_ext' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/product' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/vendor' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/odm' (Invalid argument)
...done
Devices on super may not mount until rebooting
recovery.
To flash additional zips, please reboot recovery to
switch to the updated slot.
Leaving me clueless as to what has gone wrong or what to do about it. Any ideas on this one?
Edit; It worked! I did nothing else except rebooted it and it came up fine brand new havoc-os so far nothing at all wrong. I have no idea why all the failed to mount errors and I don't think I really care all that much it works!!! I'm going to flash twrp and magisk and be done for the night with it. @BillGoss I can't thank you enough. You have saved my bacon [email protected]!
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Glad you're ok now. Those error messages are common when installing roms because those partitions (what used to be the system partition and is now a set of virtual partitions inside the physical super (sda15) partition) don't get properly setup until you reboot.
The 8T is a virtual A/B device which makes life more complicated than the old simple partition and straight A/B partition devices.