Fully Wipe internal Storage and flash new Rom from Pc - ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys, I just wanted to know if there is any way by which I could completely wipe the internal memory and flash a rom, kernel etc straight from the PC through USB? Also If someone could recommend a Rom and gapps (xposed user) it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Edit : I don't necessarily have to flash from the PC, I just want to completely wipe the Internal memory before flashing a new Rom coz of viruses. Thank you
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You have that option on Twrp.
Wipe -> Advanced -> Choose all partitions including internal storage
If you to Instal new rom from PC, you have to use fastboot but you can use USB otg to

FSadino said:
You have that option on Twrp.
Wipe -> Advanced -> Choose all partitions including internal storage
If you to Instal new rom from PC, you have to use fastboot but you can use USB otg to
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But if I choose Internal storage from TWRP won't the rom and gapps get erased too?
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Well yes that would happen, you'd delete the files you put on the internal storage so, when you do the "full" wipe in TWRP using the Advanced wipe option, select everything except the internal storage which will leave those files located there intact.

br0adband said:
Well yes that would happen, you'd delete the files you put on the internal storage so, when you do the "full" wipe in TWRP using the Advanced wipe option, select everything except the internal storage which will leave those files located there intact.
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I understand but I want to wipe the internal storage too , is there a way for me to flash the files from the PC through recovery?
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No, there's not really much you can do at that point since you'd be cleaning out any content there you'd need to redo the phone back to a functional state. The only types of ROMs you can flash directly in fastboot mode are pretty much the factory CyanogenOS ones from what I can tell, those are the only ones provided as actual partition images, the rest are designed to be installed through recovery, even OxygenOS comes in a recovery flashable form (the last one for the OPO, 2.1.4).
Well there's one possible way: using an OTG USB stick with the ROM files on that, it might work but I can't say for certain it will. You could do the full wipe including the internal storage, use the file manager in TWRP to copy the ROM from the OTG USB stick back to internal storage then flash, maybe.

Just put all the files you need on pen drive, wipe all partitions including internal storage, plug pen drive through otg cable and flash everything you need

galaxys3lover said:
Edit : I don't necessarily have to flash from the PC, I just want to completely wipe the Internal memory before flashing a new Rom coz of viruses. Thank you
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Android is vulnerable to virus?

I just wipe and transfer the ROM/Gapps/addons from my PC while still in recovery.
This has always worked fine with my Oneplus One. My Note 5 and Galaxy Tab S2 will not be detected by my PC in recovery.

ADB sideload the ROM after erasing the Internal Storage

Doomerts said:
I just wipe and transfer the ROM/Gapps/addons from my PC while still in recovery.
This has always worked fine with my Oneplus One. My Note 5 and Galaxy Tab S2 will not be detected by my PC in recovery.
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Thank you. Is there a tool to do that? I remember having a tool to do that for the S3.
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galaxys3lover said:
Thank you. Is there a tool to do that? I remember having a tool to do that for the S3.
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euh, Windows explorer?
I don't use a tool at all. I plug in the USB cable, computer goes "pling", I drag and drop files from my computer into the phone's folder and done.
If you can't do this I'm not really even sure where to begin to find out why I can and you can't. Try just, going into recovery, plugging your phone into your computer and seeing what happens?

Doomerts said:
euh, Windows explorer?
I don't use a tool at all. I plug in the USB cable, computer goes "pling", I drag and drop files from my computer into the phone's folder and done.
If you can't do this I'm not really even sure where to begin to find out why I can and you can't. Try just, going into recovery, plugging your phone into your computer and seeing what happens?
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My bad , I thought windows woudnt recognize the phone storage while in recovery , I thought i would have to do it through fastboot , i just checked it reads while in recovery ,I will try flashing now , Thanks for your help

galaxys3lover said:
My bad , I thought windows woudnt recognize the phone storage while in recovery , I thought i would have to do it through fastboot , i just checked it reads while in recovery ,I will try flashing now , Thanks for your help
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We cool. Good luck!

You could always just format everything through recovery and then either push or sideload the new rom through adb.

darshiz said:
ADB sideload the ROM after erasing the Internal Storage
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this is the right answer

I'm surprised people haven't come up with ADB push yet.
Before wiping everything ADB pull the required files.
Wipe everything from the recovery, and while in recovery, ADB push everything you pulled back to the device.
Profit!

Mr.Ak said:
Android is vulnerable to virus?
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Everything that is connected to the internet is vulnerable to virus

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[Q] Unlocking bootloader wipes SD storage: YES OR NO???

I'm seeing different answers in different threads. I need to reinstall 2.3.4 but have to go back to earlier version first. ClockworkMod was suggested to me but the only way to get that is to unlock the bootloader or root. And both of them wipe the SD storage, right?
EDIT
it does format
demo23019 said:
No
Unlocking and locking your bootloader will only reset your phone data not internal SD data
even if it did you could just copy everything to your PC
And you flash Clockwork recovery from bootloader screen after you unlock it doesn't require root.
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How can I copy it? I lost USB connectivity, from the manual 2.3.4 install, which is why I'm trying to go back to an older version in the first place. No SD card on the NS. Are you sure it won't delete the SD storage? I have A LOT of picture(that were on a card before the NS) and I would DIE if I lost them; pretty much EVERY picture of my 8 month old baby. Have you done this personally and your SD data was intact?
I locked and unlocked and it did format my SD card. Maybe try getting the photos off through adb
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edit my bad it does format
could always check this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931865
jrocka01 said:
Have you done this personally and your SD data was intact?
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I recently sent my phone out for repair to Samsung i loaded stock rom and locked my bootloader and had to format my sd because after i did all that my data was still there
I just tried and lost my data so i hope you didn't listen to me
demo23019 said:
edit my bad it does format
could always check this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931865
I recently sent my phone out for repair to Samsung i loaded stock rom and locked my bootloader and had to format my sd because after i did all that my data was still there
I just tried and lost my data so i hope you didn't listen to me
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Nope, still too much of a puss to pull the trigger. Thanks for letting me know for sure. Any other ideas?
no you're not a puss you would have lost everything..i felt bad after i double checked on my phone
Only time your SD is wiped is by fastboot UNLOCKING your boot loader. Locking it will keep your data intact. The other way of wiping your SD is by selecting format SD card in Clockwork. Moving between versions of Android does not wipe your SD. When I say SD, I mean your personal stuff like pictures, music, downloads etc.
peeturr said:
Only time your SD is wiped is by fastboot UNLOCKING your boot loader. Locking it will keep your data intact. The other way of wiping your SD is by selecting format SD card in Clockwork. Moving between versions of Android does not wipe your SD. When I say SD, I mean your personal stuff like pictures, music, downloads etc.
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The reason I'm trying to go to an earlier version is because I lost USB connectivity after a manual 2.3.4 install, which means I can't access my SD storage. The only ways to do that are by 1)unlocking the bootloader or 2)rooting to put on CWM. Both of which wipe my SD storage. Or an I mistaken? Can you think of an alternative? Again, the key issue is NO USB CONNECTIVITY.
jrocka01 said:
The reason I'm trying to go to an earlier version is because I lost USB connectivity after a manual 2.3.4 install, which means I can't access my SD storage. The only ways to do that are by 1)unlocking the bootloader or 2)rooting to put on CWM. Both of which wipe my SD storage. Or an I mistaken? Can you think of an alternative? Again, the key issue is NO USB CONNECTIVITY.
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Have you tried removing the device via device manager and reinstalling the appropriateusb driver? 2.3.4 doesn't have a non functional USB storage.
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krohnjw said:
Have you tried removing the device via device manager and reinstalling the appropriateusb driver? 2.3.4 doesn't have a non functional USB storage.
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It's showing up as Unknown Device and when I try to update the drivers it says they're up to date. Do you manually install 2.3.4? Have you heard about this issue from anyone else?
When you say you lost usb connectivity, do you mean when in the bootloader? If so you need to install the drivers from PDAnet I believe. If you are having issues mounting the drive while the phone is on, try reinstalling the device/drivers after you uninstall, reboot and use another USB port.
Hope that helps. Otherwise, sorry to waste your time. Good luck.
EDIT: Now I think I follow what you are saying. I went into recovery to mount the SD card and NADA, then USB mass storage devices, NADA. Same issue as this post right? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1072884&page=2 One of the gents recommends disabling USB legacy devices in the BIOS but I am not so sure if that will help. I had this same issue on my EVO with another recovery.

Need help!!! :(

Was doing to do a fresh installation of Omni on my Nexus 5 and i accidently done a factory reset however also wiped the internal storage so the rom is now lost.
As i cannot boot the phone, i can only get into the bootloader and recovery screen, how can i manually upload files to my phones storage?
Hope you guys can help me asap.
Thanks,
Ed
edwardtobia said:
Was doing to do a fresh installation of Omni on my Nexus 5 and i accidently done a factory reset however also wiped the internal storage so the rom is now lost.
As i cannot boot the phone, i can only get into the bootloader and recovery screen, how can i manually upload files to my phones storage?
Hope you guys can help me asap.
Thanks,
Ed
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You should mount the sd card using recovery and then use your PC to copy the zips you need back to your sd card and then flash them. Some recoveries will automatically mount the sd card as soon as you connect the phone and the PC with the usb cable. In others you may have to go into the mounts (or Mounts and Storage) menu and select mount USB storage or sd card.
edwardtobia said:
Was doing to do a fresh installation of Omni on my Nexus 5 and i accidently done a factory reset however also wiped the internal storage so the rom is now lost.
As i cannot boot the phone, i can only get into the bootloader and recovery screen, how can i manually upload files to my phones storage?
Hope you guys can help me asap.
Thanks,
Ed
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Try to push rom file through adb side load..
I happened to me once..
Try this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575150
Plug her into computer
Make sure drivers are working for adb by mounting storage than running the command "adb devices" assuming you have set up your sdk. if your device shows up. Run this
"adb push ROM.zip*/data/media" in the prompt.
If your device is not recognized.
Update drivers manually using the device manager on your computer. You will need to install the drivers. That's easy. Just look up how to. That should fix it with minimal confusion
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[Q] deleted internal storage by accident

NOOOB accident,
but it is done. I've erased my internal storage and now, when I boot, theres no notification or menu bar (bottom). I can't access my "SD card" cuz it doesn't exist anymore. So even If I download a ROM and try to flash it, I can't even find the download.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
To note that I don't have access to a computer!
What exactly did you do and how?
What exactly is the current state of your phone?
rootSU said:
What exactly did you do and how?
What exactly is the current state of your phone?
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From Recovery I wiped the internal storage... I thought that would just erase the content of it, guess I was wrong. lol
My phone wokrs, I just can't leave any application once I've opened it, I also can't install new apps. So right now I'm running XtraSmooth 3.2 with ElementalX 2.05 Kernel.
In TWRP, erase storage just wipes sdcard. Though maybe since youre on lollipop, you need to run the restorecon commands. Please tell mW you have a terminal emulator installed?
rootSU said:
In TWRP, erase storage just wipes sdcard. Though maybe since youre on lollipop, you need to run the restorecon commands. Please tell mW you have a terminal emulator installed?
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DId, not there anymore for a reason all apps disapeared upon boot (after erasing internal storage)
Update... Phone turned off and stuck booting.. lol It's going to be an awesome! Ima bout to just throw it on the ground then in the garbage! lol
Do a full factory reset. If that doesn't work, you WILL need a computer
You could try repairing your system partition in recovery then flash a ROM or factory image.
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EverDawn4 said:
You could try repairing your system partition in recovery then flash a ROM or factory image.
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His system partition is fine. Its his /data/media/0 or /sdcard partition.
Since he has no storage. He can't download a ROM. Hr just needs to run a basic command from terminal to fix it, but he is struggling to install apps
rootSU said:
Do a full factory reset. If that doesn't work, you WILL need a computer
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I'll need a computer it seems. Thanks for trying!
Kukussi said:
I'll need a computer it seems. Thanks for trying!
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If you get one, best bet is flash entire latest (5.0.1) factory image. Then you can flash recovery if you want and root from there.
how do I do that without the developer option and USB Debug enabled? I have search and they all say to enable it... ill try to figure it out until someone tells me how...lol
Kukussi said:
how do I do that without the developer option and USB Debug enabled? I have search and they all say to enable it... ill try to figure it out until someone tells me how...lol
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USB debugging is nothing to do with this. USB debugging works in android only. Factory images are flashed from the bootloader using fastboot.
rootSU said:
USB debugging is nothing to do with this. USB debugging works in android only. Factory images are flashed from the bootloader using fastboot.
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Done and fixed...
Kukussi said:
how do I do that without the developer option and USB Debug enabled? I have search and they all say to enable it... ill try to figure it out until someone tells me how...lol
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Who the hell keeps spreading this misinformation? Developer options and USB debugging are irrelevant to fastboot mode and recovery. USB debug mode is only pertinent to issuing ADB commands within the OS. It is completely meaningless to the bootloader.
rootSU said:
In TWRP, erase storage just wipes sdcard. Though maybe since youre on lollipop, you need to run the restorecon commands. Please tell mW you have a terminal emulator installed?
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just trying to change ext4 to f2fs through TWRP. as i remmember i only wipe data, cache and dalvik. But after i formatted my data, system, partition to f2fs, my internal storage (pic, music, Tibu Backup, downloaded Zip Files) are gone. is this re-formatting thing is also wipe my internal storage? or i also just accidently klik to wipe internal storage?
Formatting implies wiping. It is starting a filesystem from fresh, even if you are formatting in the same format.

Use OnePlus One as USB mass storage device?

How can I use my OnePlus One as USB mass storage device? I dislike MTP.
I do like this-
1. Switch off the phone.
2. Connect to PC
3. Enter recovery mode
Now drivers will load automatically and you can exchange data in Mass Storage Mode.
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id2xda said:
I do like this-
1. Switch off the phone.
2. Connect to PC
3. Enter recovery mode
Now drivers will load automatically and you can exchange data in Mass Storage Mode.
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Really? It will be detected as a USB drive??? Is this with a particular recovery or will TWRP do it? I'd like to add a partition to my phone that will contain a bootable Linux distribution so that I can use my phone as a rescue disk. Would this be possible?
uudruid74 said:
Really? It will be detected as a USB drive??? Is this with a particular recovery or will TWRP do it? I'd like to add a partition to my phone that will contain a bootable Linux distribution so that I can use my phone as a rescue disk. Would this be possible?
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Hi. I am using latest TWRP recovery and Oneplus is responding well invariably.
I have not tried adding partitions and also dont know much about it.
Goodluck if u r planning to try it.
id2xda said:
Hi. I am using latest TWRP recovery and Oneplus is responding well invariably.
I have not tried adding partitions and also dont know much about it.
Goodluck if u r planning to try it.
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Will look into this. Thanks!
I just looked into it and got nothing. It talks over usb, but no USB Mass Storage support (reading Linux dmesg to test). I looked over TWRP, and it looks like the disabled USB Mass Storage when Android shifted away from having a separate FAT filesystem you could mount under Windows. Your SD Card is now a directory under /data and most kernels don't have the ability to even export USB Mass Storage anymore because, as ext4, Windows will tell you that the drive is unformatted and ask you to format it for you!! And that would mean losing the entire /data partition. Basically USB Mass Storage is gone. I'm thinking with a custom kernel and maybe compiling TWRP myself, I might be able to get it back, but its going to be far from trivial. I think the end result (a recovery system that I can boot a PC from in an emergency with plenty of tools) will make a great addition to my phone.
TWRP is supposed to support MTP now, but its not working for me. I end up using USB OTG for "bare clean wipe" flashes.
Any news? Unfortunately, since it was upgraded to lollipop I can not connect the OnePlus one to my car radio as a removable disk. It remains uncomfortable leaving your phone in recovery to use UMS

My sm g935f is stuck booting in twrp

I used Flashify to isntall twrp like i did dozen of times before but this time something went wrong, and my phone only boots in twrp. I do not want to flash the a stock rom because I need my music and my photos on my phone!
Cobacar said:
I used Flashify to isntall twrp like i did dozen of times before but this time something went wrong, and my phone only boots in twrp. I do not want to flash the a stock rom because I need my music and my photos on my phone!
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1)if you've made a backup that can be restored in twrp ,do it.
2)download a Custom ROM and flash It through twrp .only data ,cache and dalvik need to be cleared .you won't lose stuffs in internal storage including photos ,music.
3) if you cant find any custom roms then connect your phone to pc then,in twrp ->mount ->enable mtp.now you can access your storage, backup your files on PC ,then flash stock ROM and later restore .
Hope this helped.
[email protected] said:
1)if you've made a backup that can be restored in twrp ,do it.
2)download a Custom ROM and flash It through twrp .only data ,cache and dalvik need to be cleared .you won't lose stuffs in internal storage including photos ,music.
3) if you cant find any custom then connect your phone to pc then,in twrp ->mount ->enable mtp.now you can access your storage, backup your files on PC ,then flash stock ROM and later restore .
Hope this helped.
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I didn't format data like i should have for twrp to work properly, it says i have 0 mb of storage and i can't make backups. When I access my phones storage (,in twrp ->mount ->enable mtp) it says i have 0 files on my phone.
Thanks for your reply!
[email protected] said:
1)if you've made a backup that can be restored in twrp ,do it.
2)download a Custom ROM and flash It through twrp .only data ,cache and dalvik need to be cleared .you won't lose stuffs in internal storage including photos ,music.
3) if you cant find any custom roms then connect your phone to pc then,in twrp ->mount ->enable mtp.now you can access your storage, backup your files on PC ,then flash stock ROM and later restore .
Hope this helped.
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https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...ds-cse&usg=AFQjCNGf-ywVNCeQi-6AY9ZtmxF2p9Ph3A
By flashing that rom with odin, do I loose everything?
Cobacar said:
https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...ds-cse&usg=AFQjCNGf-ywVNCeQi-6AY9ZtmxF2p9Ph3A
By flashing that rom with odin, do I loose everything?
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Download that and a gapps for android 6 and also a supersu.zip. enable mtp like earlier and put them on your phone storage .now do a normal wipe in twrp wiping only data ,cache and dalvik(which is a normal factory reset)
And then install the ROM followed by gapps and supersu.
If you didnt wiped your internal storage you won't lose your files.
After booting up in file manager delete the folder called "0"(make sure none of your files that are personal are in there first) and your phone storage should be normal.
[email protected] said:
Download that and a gapps for android 6 and also a supersu.zip. enable mtp like earlier and put them on your phone storage .now do a normal wipe in twrp wiping only data ,cache and dalvik(which is a normal factory reset)
And then install the ROM followed by gapps and supersu.
If you didnt wiped your internal storage you won't lose your files.
After booting up in file manager delete the folder called "0"(make sure none of your files that are personal are in there first) and your phone storage should be normal.
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I shall do that, and in the process ill be praying to god it works!
Thanks a lot and ill be informing you of the result! I love you
[email protected] said:
Download that and a gapps for android 6 and also a supersu.zip. enable mtp like earlier and put them on your phone storage .now do a normal wipe in twrp wiping only data ,cache and dalvik(which is a normal factory reset)
And then install the ROM followed by gapps and supersu.
If you didnt wiped your internal storage you won't lose your files.
After booting up in file manager delete the folder called "0"(make sure none of your files that are personal are in there first) and your phone storage should be normal.
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When i try to put files to my phone from pc it says"the device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected"
Factory reset doesn't work, it fails every time with a lot of red messages saying "failed to mount '/data' (invalid argument)" and "unable to mount storage"
Cobacar said:
When i try to put files to my phone from pc it says"the device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected"
Factory reset doesn't work, it fails every time with a lot of red messages saying "failed to mount '/data' (invalid argument)" and "unable to mount storage"
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Looks like flashing that twrp messed up your default storage.
Just so you know you're the 8th person I ran into who had trouble with flashify. Looks like the only way is flashing stock ROM .but don't do it yet we'll look together for a less destructive option.
Can you try to flashing through Odin to see if it works.
[email protected] said:
Looks like flashing that twrp messed up your default storage.
Just so you know you're the 8th person I ran into who had trouble with flashify. Looks like the only way is flashing stock ROM .but don't do it yet we'll look together for a less destructive option.
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There is nothing for me to do except to cry and be mad hahahahahah :crying: :crying: :laugh:
Do you think there is a solution or should i just accept the fate?
I would just bite the bullet, enter download mode and Odin the stock firmware. Get it over with and start fresh.
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Cobacar said:
There is nothing for me to do except to cry and be mad hahahahahah :crying: :crying: :laugh:
Do you think there is a solution or should i just accept the fate?
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You can either flash your stock ROM and be done with it or try and wait for a solution but since your device won't boot and you can't even copy your ROM files to phone I don't think there is much you can do(I did try some searching). Normally when this happens there a new folder called "0" (that behaves as a storage)from where you can transfer your rom file to flash but you say you can't do that here. And since after flashing twrp your phone didn't boot your system and directly booted recovery one would think your whole memory partition including system and internal storage got effed up.
So what you're trying to save may already be gone.you should be mad at your self for putting your trust in an app that has resulted in bricks for many users and flash the stock ROM IMO.
Sorry.
You should always make a backup when doing something that has anything to do with root /customization etc..
fast69mopar said:
I would just bite the bullet, enter download mode and Odin the stock firmware. Get it over with and start fresh.
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It's pretty hard form me to do because i would lose 2000 songs and over 6 thousand images. And i can't afford to lose them
Cobacar said:
It's pretty hard form me to do because i would lose 2000 songs and over 6 thousand images. And i can't afford to lose them
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Are you sure you don't have your music and images backed up somewhere in the cloud or to your PC? Maybe backed up with Samsung Kies?
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Are you 100% familiar with what you can attempt to do with TWRP and your device connected to your PC? When you select "MOUNT" in TWRP what boxes are checked?
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fast69mopar said:
Are you sure you don't have your music and images backed up somewhere in the cloud or to your PC? Maybe backed up with Samsung Kies?
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Are you 100% familiar with what you can attempt to do with TWRP and your device connected to your PC? When you select "MOUNT" in TWRP what boxes are checked?
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Yeah, I have only small bits backed up.
The problem i have with twrp is that it needs to format my device for it to work, the same as the last time i did it. I used my other phone as a security measure but my brother managed to format that one 20 minutes before I screwed this one up, and he did that without my knowledge. So the situation is pretty bad here
Thanks
When you have TWRP open on your device and you are connected to your PC, does your PC recognize the device? If so, what does the device manager say it recognizes the device as? Also, do you have a USB-OTG? If so, you can try to mount OTG in TWRP, select OTG as your storage and perform a backup to your USB-OTG. If it works it.can save your butt.
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fast69mopar said:
When you have TWRP open on your device and you are connected to your PC, does your PC recognize the device? If so, what does the device manager say it recognizes the device as? Also, do you have a USB-OTG? If so, you can try to mount OTG in TWRP, select OTG as your storage and perform a backup to your USB-OTG. If it works it.can save your butt.
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It recognizes it as portable device, samsung galaxy s7 edge, as it should i think. I can't find a storage device right now to connect it to my phone
See if you can round up a USB-OTG device. That may be the obly thing that saves you for any type of backup. Hope it works
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