I have flashed cwm-non touch-5.8.4.5 d2att using android emulator, and i can only get into recovery through rom manager. if i hold the home, on/off, and down volume it puts me into download mode??? doesnt seem right! also i did a back up and it did a recovery image and system fine, but when it started to do data it said " no /exsdcard/ found", my question is i used tibu for my apps am i ok to flash the aokp rom?
To get into Recovery:
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Power
05GT said:
To get into Recovery:
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Power
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thanks i feel retarded. if i am getting an error about backing up my data to exSDcard should i try to back it up to internal SD and then move it to my external?
twayneo said:
thanks i feel retarded. if i am getting an error about backing up my data to exSDcard should i try to back it up to internal SD and then move it to my external?
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I know they were having issues with CWM and extSD. So saving to internal and moving is probably your best option. I'm not getting that error, and I've backed up and restored nandroids from the extSD.
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I should probably post this in the dev forum but I don't have enough posts. And I should probably search first but I'm in this panic mode of being cut off from having a phone so I'm terribly sorry if this has been covered elsewhere.
I was running CM7.0.0.RC4 and decided to upgrade to CM7.0.3 and since all the other updates have gone so extremely well I decide to do this while in my car on a drive.
So first thing I did was Nandroid backup.
Then I wiped the cache and the davlik cache because that's been my recipe for success. Not thinking I also wiped the data/system stuff. Then I installed the CM7 update from a zip file.
I didn't realize what I did until I booted the thing and came up on a screen with none of my icons on it.
So I went into the reboot recovery screen and tried to do a Nandroid recovery but when I did that I just get the HTC screen staring back at me they pops up before anything else and it never seems to go anywhere else. I had to pull the battery to reboot it.
Am I doing the backup wrong? Does the Nandroid ISO have all my settings, programs, etc on it? If it doesn't I might as well do a fresh start.
When you do a Nandroid restore it should restore your data and system partitions as well (including your apps and settings).
When you do the restore, does it give you an error?
First off thank you for the reply.
I didn't see an error so I just did another restore to check.
1 error message pops up and it says
"sd-ext.img not found. Skipping restor of /sd-ext"
When I reboot I get the same thing, it hangs on HTC screen and never goes beyond that.
It's ClockworkMod Recovery 2.5.0.1
mrozowjj said:
First off thank you for the reply.
I didn't see an error so I just did another restore to check.
1 error message pops up and it says
"sd-ext.img not found. Skipping restor of /sd-ext"
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This is normal if you don't have an ext partition on your SD card (for apps2sd or simple2ext support).
When I reboot I get the same thing, it hangs on HTC screen and never goes beyond that.
It's ClockworkMod Recovery 2.5.0.1
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It's certainly strange. My suggestion is this:
1) Boot into Clockworkmod
2) Wipe data/factory reset
3) Wipe cache partition
4) Advanced > Wipe dalvik cache
5) Partitions menu > format system
6) Install Cyanogenmod zip from sdcard
7) Install Google Apps zip from sdcard
8) Nandroid > Advanced restore > Restore data (don't restore the other things)
9) Reboot
Good luck.
Oh that's brilliant. I'll try that.
I've done a install of the CM7 and teh google tools and it started downloading all the apps that I had stored on the SD card so the only think I think I lost was some settings and my text messages but I'll try that anyway just to see if it will work. I have all my settings just the way I want them.
So I tried that and it didn't seem to do any better. None of my text messages were saved. I had to redownload all my apps again.
Now my SD card is almost full which doesn't make a whole lot of sense unless somehow the old versions of the programs are still on the SD card in which case if they are how to I clear that space up?
The other thing is while reinstalling some of the apps failed and I cleared the notification list because it was too long to sort through them all but now I can't figure out which apps weren't installed correctly. Can I bring up that error list again?
mrozowjj said:
So I tried that and it didn't seem to do any better. None of my text messages were saved. I had to redownload all my apps again.
Now my SD card is almost full which doesn't make a whole lot of sense unless somehow the old versions of the programs are still on the SD card in which case if they are how to I clear that space up?
The other thing is while reinstalling some of the apps failed and I cleared the notification list because it was too long to sort through them all but now I can't figure out which apps weren't installed correctly. Can I bring up that error list again?
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When you make Nandroid backups, it saves everything on your SD card under the clockworkmod folder. Each backup is saved by the date (GMT) when you did the backup. On a smaller SD card (like the one the phone comes with) even a few of those backups can eat up your SD card space quickly, so you should just go in and delete the ones you don't need from that folder.
When you did the Nandroid backup and Nandroid restore, did you go into ROM Manager to get to Clockworkmod? If so, you should try doing it the proper way -- turn the phone off completely, then use volume down + power to get to Clockworkmod. In general I would avoid using ROM Manager on an S-ON device like the Aria.
Also make sure the USB cable is not plugged in. it makes clockwork act crazy.
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When you make Nandroid backups, it saves everything on your SD card under the clockworkmod folder. Each backup is saved by the date (GMT) when you did the backup. On a smaller SD card (like the one the phone comes with) even a few of those backups can eat up your SD card space quickly, so you should just go in and delete the ones you don't need from that folder.
When you did the Nandroid backup and Nandroid restore, did you go into ROM Manager to get to Clockworkmod? If so, you should try doing it the proper way -- turn the phone off completely, then use volume down + power to get to Clockworkmod. In general I would avoid using ROM Manager on an S-ON device like the Aria.
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I've been doing the restore from the Clockwordmod bootloader menu. Turns out I made a backup of ADW settings and the desktop settings so I'm right back to where I was before the install just in a more round about way.
I am using the SD card that came with it but I'm thinking I might go get a larger one now. Is there any easy way to get all my apps onto the new card? Will just coping the content work?
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I've been doing the restore from the Clockwordmod bootloader menu. Turns out I made a backup of ADW settings and the desktop settings so I'm right back to where I was before the install just in a more round about way.
I am using the SD card that came with it but I'm thinking I might go get a larger one now. Is there any easy way to get all my apps onto the new card? Will just coping the content work?
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If your current SD card doesn't have an ext partition on it (i.e., you didn't repartition it), then you can simply copy the entire contents over from the old card to the new card. It's as simple as that.
Does this work on the Nook Tablet? Mine doesn't appear to function when I try to do a backup.
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I am using ROM manager on CM7 alpha12 without problems. I use it to boot to CWM recovery and back. I use TB and CWM for backup so I can't verify backup with ROM manager.
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I am using ROM manager on CM7 alpha12 without problems. I use it to boot to CWM recovery and back. I use TB and CWM for backup so I can't verify backup with ROM manager.
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So you are saying that you did the newest CM7 upgrade and your CWM works without using a SDcard? When I try to do a backup in ROM Manager my tablet will reboot and then it comes up with a screen saying to power cycle again and if this don't fix it call B&N support
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Correct - if I want to use CWM I just start THE RM app and select to reboot to recovery. The tablet reboots into cwm and I do what I need,for example,backup and repartition data and media then select to reboot to regular CM7 ROM w/o changing SD card.
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Correct - if I want to use CWM I just start THE RM app and select to reboot to recovery. The tablet reboots into cwm and I do what I need,for example,backup and repartition data and media then select to reboot to regular CM7 ROM w/o changing SD card.
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Bummer Mine doesn't work and I have no idea how to fix it
I cant do a backup directly from ROM manager either.
BUT if you follow his directions and boot into CWM first, you can do a backup from there without a hitch.
If you want to name it yourself you need to go to the file in your file manager of choice, and change it there.
Can someone tell me where backups to internal storage are stored?
Thanks.
sdcard/clockworkmod/backup
I do believe you need a sd card for your backups.
It sounds like you do not have one, thats why you are not able to do a backup?
I have one and it creates a backup via internal. But when I try to backup to sd card, it tells me it failed to mount. So I backup via "internal storage." I can then go to restore and I see my backup from the internal there.
Dont have my tablet in front of me but it somehwere like: /mnt/emmc/clockworkmod/backup
You should find a clockwordmod in that general area if its like CM7 for other devices
You can manually mount and unmount your SDcard through clockwordmod as well. Have you tried to mount it manually before backing up
I just decided to try it again, booted into CWM and clicked "backup" and now its backing up to sd (free space showing as 30017MB, 32gb card so that makes sense).
Earlier when I tried manually mounting the sd card it was giving me an error (failed to mount). I have no idea what fixed it but its working now and I'm sure I'll be able to find the sdcard backup at the very least.
Thanks for your help.
The SD card doesnt always mount on its own in these devices. I HAVE noticed that..
Hell,it doent even want to mount with guidance, as you have just shown, and I have experienced as well..
Glad it worked this time..
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As has been noted in other threads, sometimes you have to take the card out and reinsert to get it to mount. I have had times when using the CWM menu option to mount sdcard failed. Turn the tablet over,click the card out and back in and it will mount
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As has been noted in other threads, sometimes you have to take the card out and reinsert to get it to mount. I have had times when using the CWM menu option to mount sdcard failed. Turn the tablet over,click the card out and back in and it will mount
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Definitely the case, but when in CWM it doesnt always mount even by ejecting and re-inserting the card.
At least from my experiences.
I'm embarrassed to ask such a stupid question, but I've been digging around for hours and couldn't find an answer. Using TWRP, I was attempting to flash MeanROM. I placed the ROM in my Dropbox and downloaded it to my phone using the default browser. Booted into recovery and began to follow the steps. I created a backup, did my wipes, etc. So when I was finally ready to flash, I went into Install and have no idea where the ROM was saved. I thought it would be easy enough to find so I didn't bother checking where it saved before hand. I also couldn't find where my Backup saved so I couldn't even restore from there.
Could you please help me find my ROM or backup?
Switch mount points, perhaps the Rom is on external and not internal
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Switch mount points, perhaps the Rom is on external and not internal
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I don't have an external SD card installed. I imagine that the ROM is in the default saving location for the browser, I just don't know how to navigate there. And I have no idea what the default saving location is for TWRP backups.
Downloads from the stock browser goes to my external sd card in the downloads folder. There's also a downloads folder on my internal card.
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Back ups are stored in TWRP/BACKUPS
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Downloads from the stock browser goes to my external sd card in the downloads folder. There's also a downloads folder on my internal card.
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So I did a system wipe and it looks like that's where I went wrong. The directions said to wipe everything but I guess I got carried away as it looks like it cleared everything off. The only thing under the sdcard folder is a TWRP folder. But when I press Install and then go into /sdcard/TWRP, there's nothing in there. Shouldn't the back up I created be in there?
Please tell me I didn't brick my phone my doing the system wipe.
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So I did a system wipe and it looks like that's where I went wrong. The directions said to wipe everything but I guess I got carried away as it looks like it cleared everything off. The only thing under the sdcard folder is a TWRP folder. But when I press Install and then go into /sdcard/TWRP, there's nothing in there. Shouldn't the back up I created be in there?
Please tell me I didn't brick my phone my doing the system wipe.
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You didnt brick, you just need to put a rom on the card and flash. If boot fails, you will need to flash kernel through fastboot
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Back ups are stored in TWRP/BACKUPS
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I don't have a BACKUPS folder under TWRP. Did the system wipe delete that too?
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You didnt brick, you just need to put a rom on the card and flash. If boot fails, you will need to flash kernel through fastboot
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When I tried mounting my phone to my computer from TWRP, it shows up as a drive on my computer, but when I try to click on it, I get the following message:
The Disk in drive F is not formatted.
Do you want to format now?
Is it safe to go ahead and format and will that erase all that's left on my phone?
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When I tried mounting my phone to my computer from TWRP, it shows up as a drive on my computer, but when I try to click on it, I get the following message:
The Disk in drive F is not formatted.
Do you want to format now?
Is it safe to go ahead and format and will that erase all that's left on my phone?
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card is corrupt, format as fat 32
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card is corrupt, format as fat 32
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Great, I'll give that a shot when I get home. One last question, which parts should I mount to format? System, data, or cahce?
you only need to select mount and then mount as storage, everything else can be wiped in recovery
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you only need to select mount and then mount as storage, everything else can be wiped in recovery
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Fat32 format of my phone, computer finally recognized it as a functioning drive, transferred the ROM over, and flashed it with no problem. Loving MeanROM. Thank you so much for all your help.
No problem
I recently tried to switch over to the HTC One Google edition rom. When I installed it boots up and says com.android.phone has stopped working and constantly keeps spamming it. I imagine I flashed something wrong no big deal I thought just reboot back into recovery and flash again. However I can't manage to get back to recovery, I tried to press down and power to access it and that didn't work I've tried both volume keys and power that didn't work. I've tried turning the phone completely off holding down and then power on and that didn't work. I'm not sure what else to try.
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Okay so I fixed the first issue, however now I'm having a new problem. I'm trying to mount the internal storage from my recovery because currently I have no OS on the phone because I accidentally deleted all data instead of just the factory data. I have the rom download on my pc but when I go to mount on recovery it make the noises that windows does when a device is plugged in but it doesn't show up on my computer now. How do I mount the internal storage so I can paste my rom into it and then flash it?
There is no mounting the internal storage from recovery, flash a custom recovery that supports adb sideload and use a guide on here to do so...
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Okay so I fixed the first issue, however now I'm having a new problem. I'm trying to mount the internal storage from my recovery because currently I have no OS on the phone because I accidentally deleted all data instead of just the factory data. I have the rom download on my pc but when I go to mount on recovery it make the noises that windows does when a device is plugged in but it doesn't show up on my computer now. How do I mount the internal storage so I can paste my rom into it and then flash it?
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Well, i was trying to have more space with deleting things with sd maid, well, i accidentaly deleted some things in "data" carpet, then, my phone didn't open configs an some otherthing, which i make a normal reset(no factory reset) then it got stuck ininitializing android, and i decided to make a factory reset,BUT, the device dont detect internal storage
Now its on a softlock
Should i restore the ROM by SD?
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Well, i was trying to have more space with deleting things with sd maid, well, i accidentaly deleted some things in "data" carpet, then, my phone didn't open configs an some otherthing, which i make a normal reset(no factory reset) then it got stuck ininitializing android, and i decided to make a factory reset,BUT, the device dont detect internal storage
Now its on a softlock
Should i restore the ROM by SD?
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Copy ur another custom rom into sd card and flash it via recovery
nothing serious...install twrp recovery.... and install mi 8 custom rom.. then...after installing no need to boot up... just press vol up + power key... you will see so many options..simply select 'download mode'.... now simply flash stock rom via qfil.
Good solution, thanks
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nothing serious...install twrp recovery.... and install mi 8 custom rom.. then...after installing no need to boot up... just press vol up + power key... you will see so many options..simply select 'download mode'.... now simply flash stock rom via qfil.
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Recover data information