Hi, All
Once I formated my internal flash partition of moto atrix 4g wrongly with ext4. And I found the internal flash partition was never recognized by system any more. I tried to flash new ROM of ICS, but no luck. Is there any way to get it back as original? Thanks in advance!
You should try doing it via moto-fastboot:
moto-fastboot erase sdcard
That should enable you to at least format the internal memory in the OS.
By doing that you will, of course, lose all files from your internal memory because of the format.
vladeco said:
You should try doing it via moto-fastboot:
moto-fastboot erase sdcard
That should enable you to at least format the internal memory in the OS.
By doing that you will, of course, lose all files from your internal memory because of the format.
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Hi, vladeco
Thanks for your reply, I'll have a try and let you know if it's working or not.
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seen as how the new clockwork mod in Rom Manager doesnt support the external sd card yet my question is can we flash roms from the internal storage. Ive been doing this stuff since the Droid 1 came out but i've never had to inquire about this.
if i wipe using fastboot will it wipe the rom off the internal storage before i can even flash it? Hmmmmm
-w will erase userdata and cache
quicklyspent said:
-w will erase userdata and cache
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What about the flashing roms from the internal storage rather than ext. sd?
Thanks for the reply
gregb777 said:
seen as how the new clockwork mod in Rom Manager doesnt support the external sd card yet my question is can we flash roms from the internal storage. Ive been doing this stuff since the Droid 1 came out but i've never had to inquire about this.
if i wipe using fastboot will it wipe the rom off the internal storage before i can even flash it? Hmmmmm
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Fastboot wipes the internal storage? It shouldn't.
I read that after using rooting Odin method, the rom is place in internal memory (internal sdcard) of the android phone, while in superone click the rom is place in external SD card.
I'm kinda confuse which one is the correct placement for flashing rom?
It's always best to place it in the internal memory of your phone, no matter how you root it. c:
Anything you want to flash via clockworkmod recovery, place it in your internal memory.
theexel said:
It's always best to place it in the internal memory of your phone, no matter how you root it. c:
Anything you want to flash via clockworkmod recovery, place it in your internal memory.
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some users recommend me to wipe data and format system before flashing a new rom.
if i place my new rom in the internal memory, wouldnt that delete the rom file?
souleater11 said:
some users recommend me to wipe data and format system before flashing a new rom.
if i place my new rom in the internal memory, wouldnt that delete the rom file?
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Wipe data/factory reset is recommended.
It only wipes the actual android OS information, not your internal memory.
I have to much junk and empty folders on the phone. I tried format through CWM, format system, cache, data, emmc...everything is still there. I want to clean (as in new) my internal storage.
Does "factory reset" does that, or is it just for deleting any 'personal' data (pics, files) etc?
Thanks.
Wipe data/factory reset only wipes the data partition. What you want is to format the internal sdcard. Go to Settings | Storage and select "Format SD card."
creepyncrawly said:
Wipe data/factory reset only wipes the data partition. What you want is to format the internal sdcard. Go to Settings | Storage and select "Format SD card."
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Thanks.
Will I then be able to boot into recovery, or CWM will no longer be there and I'll have to use ODIN?
Also, am I losing ROOT when doing that?
No. No. No.
You can format the root files from CWM recovery. You said you tried that and it didn't do what you want.
Formating the internal sdcard will remove all your personal files from the phone, including pictures and any other files and directories you have created. If that's not what you want to do, then don't format the internal sdcard.
Formating the internal sdcard will not touch the system, kernel, data partition or any other root files. You will not lose root. So yes you will be able to boot into cwm recovery, or even into whatever system you have installed after formating the internal sdcard.
sbi1 said:
Thanks.
Will I then be able to boot into recovery, or CWM will no longer be there and I'll have to use ODIN?
Also, am I losing ROOT when doing that?
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Common sense, make a backup (meaning copy and save your personal info to somewhere else first, you can delete them later if you really don't need them).
Also, adding to what creepy has said, be sure "SD card" is your internal storage, not external uSD.
I suggest you removing the external uSD card first, just in case.
The reason I said so because with CwMR and Task's AOKP, format SD card is formatting the external uSD card, while "format /emmc" will be do the internal one.
Just precaution.
Thank you both.
Yes, I already 'discovered' that formatting SD Card in CWM formats the external ...luckily I didn't have anything important there.
I still don't get it though. Looks like we are talking about two different things.
I have my internal storage fully backed up. I want to wipe it clean, as in a PC Format. Is there a way to do that, or can I simply remove empty folders in file explorer? Too much junk has been collected there in a year and a half of many custom roms and different apps that I tried and removed.
sbi1 said:
Thank you both.
Yes, I already 'discovered' that formatting SD Card in CWM formats the external ...luckily I didn't have anything important there.
I still don't get it though. Looks like we are talking about two different things.
I have my internal storage fully backed up. I want to wipe it clean, as in a PC Format. Is there a way to do that, or can I simply remove empty folders in file explorer? Too much junk has been collected there in a year and a half of many custom roms and different apps that I tried and removed.
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Refer to 2nd post. Your internal storage has 2 partitions. One is where all the system data is, and the other is where all the personal data is (where apps install to). If you do what's written in the 2nd post, it will completely wipe clean the personal partition.
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Refer to 2nd post. Your internal storage has 2 partitions. One is where all the system data is, and the other is where all the personal data is (where apps install to). If you do what's written in the 2nd post, it will completely wipe clean the personal partition.
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Will I still be able to access CWM and install custom rom from Ext SD?
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Will I still be able to access CWM and install custom rom from Ext SD?
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Yes, formatting internal sd card (doesn't matter which partition) does not touch either of those.
I mounted my evo's partitioned "sdcard" but corrupted during a ROM upload. I formatted the internal storage via bootloader and mounted on the PC to access it. However, the internal filesystem is no longer partitioned and now only sees "internal storage" as the only partition. How do I format the internal storage back to before to regain all the partitions?
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Thought I'd give it another shot since it was never resolved. I can't move out of meanbean because installing any rom (say cyanogen for example) requires me to flash the boot.img which will not work as the partition does not exist. How can I restore all the partitions on my phone?
Ka0tiK said:
Thought I'd give it another shot since it was never resolved. I can't move out of meanbean because installing any rom (say cyanogen for example) requires me to flash the boot.img which will not work as the partition does not exist. How can I restore all the partitions on my phone?
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Can you post your phone info? Bootloader, radio (baseband) and whether you're S-on or S-off will suffice. If you're S-off you can run VipeRUU. It's a RUU tool you run from your computer that will restore your phone partitions. It will also put your phone back completely stock.
Here is the link to VipeRUU:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2197909
Have you tried formatting your storage using a PC?
After installing cyanogenmod 12.1 on galaxy s2 and repartitioning (6Gb system) , I can't access internal memory from my pc.
All my apps work OK, but I can't find their folders either with the file manager on the phone or with my pc.
Please help !
newbie_ron said:
After installing cyanogenmod 12.1 on galaxy s2 and repartitioning (6Gb system) , I can't access internal memory from my pc.
All my apps work OK, but I can't find their folders either with the file manager on the phone or with my pc.
Please help !
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Try to wipe internal storage via recovery. This helps often.
Wiping didn't work
BenjyTec said:
Try to wipe internal storage via recovery. This helps often.
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I tried wiping via the cyanogenmod recovery.
The situation is still the same.
What is also odd, that I cannot use my camera or gallery and I get a "no storage" message or "insert SD card".
However, if I install an app, it works....
I'm kinda lost here.
Should I revert to the 2GB system before the repartitioning ? Maybe this is the problem ?
Maybe I should try to mount the USB storage ? (If so, how do I do it ? I can't find my clockwork mod recovery screen)
Thank again
newbie_ron said:
After installing cyanogenmod 12.1 on galaxy s2 and repartitioning (6Gb system) , I can't access internal memory from my pc.
All my apps work OK, but I can't find their folders either with the file manager on the phone or with my pc.
Please help !
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With TWRP, you can change the filesystem type from the wipe menu for your internal storage. After repartitioning you should format your internal storage or else you will have this no storage error. Format your internal storage to ext4 or fat. Do not use exfat as I had some problems accessing it from my pc.
As far as I know, apps are installed to your system partition so you wont have problems with that but if you try to download or take photo (something that writes to the internal storage) you will have no storage error.
EDIT: Use fat because you might have problems with ext4 on windows.
I formatted my internal storage...
Eren Kibar said:
With TWRP, you can change the filesystem type from the wipe menu for your internal storage. After repartitioning you should format your internal storage or else you will have this no storage error. Format your internal storage to ext4 or fat. Do not use exfat as I had some problems accessing it from my pc.
As far as I know, apps are installed to your system partition so you wont have problems with that but if you try to download or take photo (something that writes to the internal storage) you will have no storage error.
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I did format my internal storage after repatitioning to the default format...
If I understand correctly, you suggest that I redo the process:
1. wipe data/cahe/delvik
2. install TWRP
3. Repartition
4. Fromat internal storage to ext4 or fat
5. Re-install cyanogenmod
6. Everything will work fine...
Right ?
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I did format my internal storage after repatitioning to the default format...
If I understand correctly, you suggest that I redo the process:
1. wipe data/cahe/delvik
2. install TWRP
3. Repartition
4. Fromat internal storage to ext4 or fat
5. Re-install cyanogenmod
6. Everything will work fine...
Right ?
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Don't wipe anything. You dont have to repartition again.
Go into TWRP (if you dont have it, flash a ROM with TWRP recovery.)
Wipe>Advanced Wipe> Choose Internal Storage from the list >Repair or Change File System>Change FIle System>Choose FAT