So i've posted pieces of this in other threads assuming i knew what the problem was, but nobody has been able to help me so far so i'm posting the whole saga anew.
First off, my phone:
LazyPanda S-OFF
HBOOT:1.12.111
RADIO-1.12.11.0809
I was running MeanRom 4.8 with TWRP 2.3.0.1
Like so many others i tried to OTA update just to get stuck at the recovery screen on reboot. I then found out that i had no ROM installed. I tried to wipe (cache, dalvik, system, etc) and flash a new ROM but i kept getting FAIL messages in TWRP.
"Formatting and mounting partition...
e:error in /sdcard/meanrom-ics-v49-jewel-ltevo.zip
(status 1)
error flashing zip '/sdcard/meanrom-ics-v49-jewel-ltevo.zip'
updating partition details"
I figured it might be a botched DL so i did it manually, MD5 checked out after copying to the mounted device. Attempted to flash the clean DL and i got the same error message. I nandroid restored an old stock rooted ROM I had and it installed just fine. After booting up to the system ROM for the first time I immediately got an "Internal storage is low" error. Checked and after a clean restore (no apps installed, fresh out of the box...) i only have ~200MB free in the app storage section (out of 1.92GB). I can't fathom what's taking up all the other space, nothing seems to be there. Because of this i can't install Titanium, Rom Toolbox, or anything else that may be remotely useful. I tried fixing permissions and re-wiping, re-restoring and i got the same thing.
I tried to flash the TWRP 2.2.2.0 image from recovery thinking this was the problem and got this message:
"updating partition details
E:unable to open ums lunfile 'sys/class/android_usb/android/f_mass_sto.....
Formatting cache...done
Formatting Data... done
Using rm -rf on .android_secure
Updating partition details
E:unable to open ums lunfile 'sys/class/android_usb/android/f_mass_sto.....
E:unable to open zip file."
And THEN i tried to ABD flash the TWRP image through fastboot with "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.2.2.0-jewel.img" then 'fastboot flash boot openrecovery-twrp-2.2.2.0-jewel.img' and got this error:
"FAILED (remote partition is not allowed to be flushed!)"
So, i'm stuck with a device that loads a stock ROM, cant flash a new recovery or ROM, and cant' install anything useful because it's full after a restore. Does anyone have any suggestions how to clean/resore my partitions through ADB or a script? Your advice is much appreciated.
I can't help, but I suspect you'd have better luck posting this in the TWRP thread.
I'm wondering if fastboot erase cache would help here. I've seen that command used I think to clean a partition, but it may have been for something else. Sorry, this is a bit over my head. Hope you get help.
hurled from my AOKP'd Evo LTE. Enjoy.
You might have to re lock and run the RUU and then unlock and flash twrp, 2.3 has issues with the partitions for some reason so stick to 2.2
Try updating to the latest twrp. The latest is 2.3.1.0 not 2.3.0.1.
2.3.0.1 had issues which you can read about here
http://www.pocketables.com/2012/10/...for-htc-evo-4g-lte-fixes-rom-flash-death.html
It's been updated already? Cool
om4 said:
It's been updated already? Cool
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Yeah, it fixes the mounting of the sdcards and the flashing rom problem
You may also want to get the 1.12.2222 hboot from the unlimited site. It has fastboot commands enabled.
I noticed you tried flashing TWRP to both the recovery and boot partitions...Do you get the same error when you flash to just recovery? TWRP should not be on boot.
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i am bricked with the kind of brick where i can boot into recovery and use fastboot, but cant boot into a rom. i tried using fastboot to reinstall twrp, but my internal sd is wiped and i am trying to push a rom to flash using adb push but it gives and error- read only file system even though i am pushing it to /sdcard. i tried going into adb shell and mount -o remount rw /sdcard, which works for small files, but the rom ive tried to push still has the same error any ideas? i really wish i backed up with nvflash, never thought i would get myself into this mess...
i am using this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773280) and it appears to be working... am installing the stock .28 blob...
am booting now... waiting... please... work... didnt work. ill try a different rom
I had a similar issue where I was stuck in CWM Recovery after selecting "Reboot to Recovery" from EOS ROM. I followed these steps: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514088) and my prime fully booted once again.
Have you looked into that thread?
i had similar problem after trying to update my prime. instead of updateing it booted recovery and keept doing that. the thread from last post helped me to fix this and flash a fresh rom.
ya i got it fixed in the end from that thread but i had to do extra steps because wiping data alone didnt do the trick. i had to go into fastboot, flash the linux boot img, flash a new recovery, and then because i wanted to go as close to stock as i could i flashed a stock rom for unlocked devices, then i did a data wipe and it booted. thanks for your help
Hboot: 2.10
Radio 1.13.11.1105
Recovery: Twrp 2.7.0.8
S-on
About a year ago I bricked my phone. Now I'm trying to salvage it to have something to play around with. Here's the run down
-Wiped entire phone by accident (no longer has an OS!)
-Phone was stuck in boot loop
-When trying to fastboot cm-11, I was getting E:unable to mount /sdcard
-Was unable to mount internal sdcard to format it in Windows
-Flashing cm-11 in TWRP would fail due to E:unable to mount /data
-Somehow I have gotten my phone back to where I have TWRP installed and can mount sdcard in adb and it is recognized in Winddows
-reformatted internal sdcard
-after reformat attempted to flash cm-11. Now i'm getting md5 error
-downloaded cm-12
-attempted to flash cm-12, it failed. Tried a second time, it was successful
-Now, when i flash a rom in Twrp it fails the first 1-2 times. Eventually the rom successfully flashes
-after the rom flashed, I choose to reboot system and install Su
-When booting into the rom, phone gets stuck at HTC boot screen
What am I doing wrong? What would cause the rom not to boot after successful install?
Take pics of the failed installs and post em. Try a RUU. That should get you back to a working phone from where you're at.
down2mars said:
Hboot: 2.10
Radio 1.13.11.1105
Recovery: Twrp 2.7.0.8
S-on
About a year ago I bricked my phone. Now I'm trying to salvage it to have something to play around with. Here's the run down
-Wiped entire phone by accident (no longer has an OS!)
-Phone was stuck in boot loop
-When trying to fastboot cm-11, I was getting E:unable to mount /sdcard
-Was unable to mount internal sdcard to format it in Windows
-Flashing cm-11 in TWRP would fail due to E:unable to mount /data
-Somehow I have gotten my phone back to where I have TWRP installed and can mount sdcard in adb and it is recognized in Winddows
-reformatted internal sdcard
-after reformat attempted to flash cm-11. Now i'm getting md5 error
-downloaded cm-12
-attempted to flash cm-12, it failed. Tried a second time, it was successful
-Now, when i flash a rom in Twrp it fails the first 1-2 times. Eventually the rom successfully flashes
-after the rom flashed, I choose to reboot system and install Su
-When booting into the rom, phone gets stuck at HTC boot screen
What am I doing wrong? What would cause the rom not to boot after successful install?
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The reason you're getting hung up when you boot is due to being S-on. You have to install the kernel separately from the ROM, depending upon the ROM. Hit the top link in my sig and read the section on S-on kernel flashing. My recommendation would be to gain S-off.
Bingo!
Magnum_Enforcer said:
The reason you're getting hung up when you boot is due to being S-on. You have to install the kernel separately from the ROM, depending upon the ROM. Hit the top link in my sig and read the section on S-on kernel flashing. My recommendation would be to gain S-off.
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Yeah, so it was a long day, but i'm finally up and running. It ended up being a combination of issue stemming from me flashing an unstable kernel. I was only able to get the stock RUU to flash. I flashed the boot.img separately like you said and then booted into recovery to flash the zip and, voila! I had to wipe and format my data partition to get rid of a "Decrypt Storage" lockscreen, but everything is up now.
Thanks!
Hi all,
I have Samsung A5 2016 and I tried to update my phone through latest Naugat official firmware using by Odin however it turned out something wrong. My first problem is when I enter the boot screen, ''installing update'' screen pops up and then ''no comment screen'' afterward. Second problem is that boot screen shows an error says E: failed to find /misc partition. I've read tons of post however I couldn't figure this out.
I would greatly appreciate it if you could help me.
Thank you & Best!
Hi
My message has been moved here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/samsung-a-series/help/sm-a510f-rom-stock-entering-mode-t3653121
Thanks
Anybody know how to deal with the E: failed to find /misc partition? I saw this come up on my SM-J700T after I tried to flash TWRP. The flash passed but TWRP was not successfully installed. Probably because I did not prevent reboot and reboot in a proper way . But now I have been all around the barn trying to recover and eventually get twrp and root. I flashed several stock roms with lots of errors and finally got the phone running with Nougat 7.1.1 but the E: failed to find /misc partition error remained on the phone all the while. I was unable to use Odin to re-partition due to errors and have been trying to figure out how to use adb, also with errors (yesterday I launch "abd devices" and get a listing for my device (I think- it is not properly identified) and it lists the device properly, today it lists the same device as unauthorized. So what I really would like to do is completely wipe the phone and start fresh but I only have access to the stock bootloader which allows cache wipe and data wipe- factory reset, which does not wipe the Missing partition. So 1)completely wipe phone 2)install twrp 3)root
Hi guys,
Having a bad time setting up my S7 Edge (international model).
End goal is to have it rooted with a Lineage OS ROM.
Successfully flashed TWRP (3.1.1.0) using Odin3 (v3.12) and had no issues booting into TWRP and looking around.
Issues began when I tried to wipe the internal storage in preparation for a new ROM; I got errors along the lines of "unable to mount /data" invalid directory, "unable to mount /system" etc, and the wipe would fail.
Following another user's guide I formatted my /data partition to ExFat (plan was to then format it back to Fat4, which supposedly fixes the issue), however this froze the phone. I was able to reboot it after leaving it a few hours, however now the phone just freezes on the TWRP logo when I try boot into recovery.
I have reflashed TWRP to no avail.
From what I've read online, flashing a new ROM via Odin might recreate all required partitions (namely /data) ? Issue with this is I can only find .zip, not .tar ROM's as required by Odin.
Have I just turned my phone into a brick ?
Any suggestions on what to do next would be greatly appreciated !
Many thanks,
Pron
i had the TF201 running on Cyanogenmod kitkat but it was getting slow and some apps needed a new verision of android.
As i hade no further upgrade path through Cyanogen mod i "downgraded" to Hairybean https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2407248 as a starting point for upgrading as all ROM how-to's were advising a bootloader upgrade.
i got hairybean recovery+bootloader & JB installed and working successfully, then proceeded to try to upgrade to Zombipop.
Made two mistakes that i'm aware of.
i didn't do a backup of the working system i had. (dumb)
i installed TWRP 2.6.3 which was the latest version listed on the TWRP website for the TF201 https://dl.twrp.me/tf201/ instead of the reccomended 2.8
somewhere along the line i messed something up and found myself in the following situation
i have Android cardhu-user bootloader <1.00 e> released by "ww_epad-10.6.1.27.1-20130711
and at that poiint i also had TWRP recovery 2.6.3 installed
No OS, the tablet dropped straight into recovery mode.
TWRP recovery 2.6.3 was asking me for a password. i have never had a password on this machine and TWRP was not previously asking for this prior to my attempt at installing zombipop.
if i cancel that request then i can't mount any storage in order to try install anything further. The internal file structure is there but it's not showing any files
"Storage: internal storage (0MB)
i cannot enter sideload mode
Errors read: cannot find partition size for /misc / staging /data /boot /recovery
and cannot mount cache.
i assume files are there but are encrypted and cannot be accessed without password
Back in bootloader mode, with fastboot i then tried to flash TWRP 2.8.5.1 blob file ( which i have subsequently found on another site) which i was able to do.
and after getting into that it was no longer asking me for a password but
i can't do a factory reset ( wipe, data, cach and dalvik) prior to trying to flash a new ROM. i just get a load of errors about being unable to mount /system /cache and /data. this makes me wary of trying to flash anything else. it's like what ever the issue that was prompting me for a password previously, is still there. the only difference is with 2.8.5.1 i can actually mount external cards now, though i still cant start ADB sideload properly it reports unable to mount /data
Ultimately i'd like to get it on any rom greater than KitKat which was the last working CynogenMod I had. But right now i'd just settle for having it working on anything at all again.
i'd be grateful for any advice.
<update> using the advanced wipe functions in TWRP I think i have sorted the problems with the /system /cache and /data folders. they are no longer giving errors.
stopping for night now though and coming back to this tomorrow with a fresh head.
Harani said:
i had the TF201 running on Cyanogenmod kitkat but it was getting slow and some apps needed a new verision of android.
As i hade no further upgrade path through Cyanogen mod i "downgraded" to Hairybean https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2407248 as a starting point for upgrading as all ROM how-to's were advising a bootloader upgrade.
i got hairybean recovery+bootloader & JB installed and working successfully, then proceeded to try to upgrade to Zombipop.
Made two mistakes that i'm aware of.
i didn't do a backup of the working system i had. (dumb)
i installed TWRP 2.6.3 which was the latest version listed on the TWRP website for the TF201 https://dl.twrp.me/tf201/ instead of the reccomended 2.8
somewhere along the line i messed something up and found myself in the following situation
i have Android cardhu-user bootloader <1.00 e> released by "ww_epad-10.6.1.27.1-20130711
and at that poiint i also had TWRP recovery 2.6.3 installed
No OS, the tablet dropped straight into recovery mode.
TWRP recovery 2.6.3 was asking me for a password. i have never had a password on this machine and TWRP was not previously asking for this prior to my attempt at installing zombipop.
if i cancel that request then i can't mount any storage in order to try install anything further. The internal file structure is there but it's not showing any files
"Storage: internal storage (0MB)
i cannot enter sideload mode
Errors read: cannot find partition size for /misc / staging /data /boot /recovery
and cannot mount cache.
i assume files are there but are encrypted and cannot be accessed without password
Back in bootloader mode, with fastboot i then tried to flash TWRP 2.8.5.1 blob file ( which i have subsequently found on another site) which i was able to do.
and after getting into that it was no longer asking me for a password but
i can't do a factory reset ( wipe, data, cach and dalvik) prior to trying to flash a new ROM. i just get a load of errors about being unable to mount /system /cache and /data. this makes me wary of trying to flash anything else. it's like what ever the issue that was prompting me for a password previously, is still there. the only difference is with 2.8.5.1 i can actually mount external cards now, though i still cant start ADB sideload properly it reports unable to mount /data
Ultimately i'd like to get it on any rom greater than KitKat which was the last working CynogenMod I had. But right now i'd just settle for having it working on anything at all again.
i'd be grateful for any advice.
<update> using the advanced wipe functions in TWRP I think i have sorted the problems with the /system /cache and /data folders. they are no longer giving errors.
stopping for night now though and coming back to this tomorrow with a fresh head.
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Is easy. You have to reset everything through fastboot, bootloader, recovery, system literally everything. Then flash stock rom to recover stock everything, like stock recovery and stock system. Then you are good to go rooting again and so on