[SOLVED] TWRP Can't mount data or cache - AT&T HTC One (M7)

Ok, so I went and unlocked my bootloader and was making good pace to root my device. Get into TWRP and it won't mount data or cache. So I then went and tried to follow a guide to rebuild the partition table and my laptop keeps giving adb device not found errors after a few commands and makes it impossible to follow that guide. I still have the stock OS installed and it boots into it just fine, but it won't install SuperSU or backup.
Using a MacBook Pro (10.8)
Newest SDK and tools
TWRP 2.5.0.0
SuperSU
I searched thru quite a few pages and havent found this issue with this specific phone yet. I will be away from the computer for the next 12 hours but after that should be ready to jump back in with you guys help.
EDIT SOLVED: It worked with the clockwork mod. I think the part that made it work was the fastboot being off honestly, all the other guides I saw didn't say anything about turning fastboot off from the power menu.
Thanks

sdla4ever said:
Ok, so I went and unlocked my bootloader and was making good pace to root my device. Get into TWRP and it won't mount data or cache. So I then went and tried to follow a guide to rebuild the partition table and my laptop keeps giving adb device not found errors after a few commands and makes it impossible to follow that guide. I still have the stock OS installed and it boots into it just fine, but it won't install SuperSU or backup.
Using a MacBook Pro (10.8)
Newest SDK and tools
TWRP 2.5.0.0
SuperSU
I searched thru quite a few pages and havent found this issue with this specific phone yet. I will be away from the computer for the next 12 hours but after that should be ready to jump back in with you guys help.
Thanks
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I had this issue too and tried some of the fixes you mentioned with no luck, so I tried out the clockworkmod (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173863) and had zero issues. Not sure what we were doing wrong, but my One is doing great with the latest Revolution Rom.

ChristopherXDA said:
I had this issue too and tried some of the fixes you mentioned with no luck, so I tried out the clockworkmod (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173863) and had zero issues. Not sure what we were doing wrong, but my One is doing great with the latest Revolution Rom.
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Awesome I'll give it a shot when I get home and get back to you
EDIT SOLVED: It worked with the clockwork mod. I think the part that made it work was the fastboot being off honestly, all the other guides I saw didn't say anything about turning fastboot off from the power menu.

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[Q] Unable to install ROM

Not the first post a noob really wants to make...but I've been searching the forums for an answer to my problem, but can't seem to find the info on the issue I'm having. I've seen some that were close & tried what was posted there without any success. I've checked out the Don't Panic -- Please Read First, includes troubleshooting guide Thread By: om4
A few days ago, I tried to install CM10 on my 4G LTE w/S-ON / HBOOT- 1.19. I was able to unlock the bootloader & install TWRP. Everything seemed to go okay until I rebooted my phone after installing CM10. It just hung on the Cyanogenmod splash screen. I tried re-installing it & kept getting the same problem. Today, I tried to install MeanROM ICS v6.5, but it keeps saying install failed. If I let the phone boot up, it'll hang on the MeanRom splash screen. I can still get into fastboot so I know it has to be a software issue. I've been beating my head against the wall for the past few days & just don't know how to fix it. Right now I have a very expensive paperweight. I'm hoping someone can help me fix this & get my phone back up & running.
TIA
for the millionth time
flash the boot.img seperately in hboot
Get (Flash Image GUI) off the Play Store.
If yr S-ON then u have to flash the kernel separate. That's why the ROM's keep hanging.
sent from my EVO LTE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772769&highlight=fastboot+gui
flex360 said:
for the millionth time
flash the boot.img seperately in hboot
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I've been trying this all day, but must be doing something wrong. I found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29417266&postcount=1397, but was wondering if you might have more info on option 3.
TIA
if you know how to Fastboot, go for it, but use the Boot.img from the ROM you are flashing.
popper668 said:
if you know how to Fastboot, go for it, but use the Boot.img from the ROM you are flashing.
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It's the only option I have now, so I hope I can figure it out. Wish me luck. I know it's probably something stupid that I'm missing & it's driving me crazy. lol
For meanrom make sure you have twrp 2.2.2.0 or later to be able install. The kernel installer will force the phone to reboot upon first run, this is when the kernel installs. For cm10 or other aosp based roms be sure to properly wipe phone. Cache, dalvik, factory reset, and system. Fastboot the kernel using SDK, mini SDK, uniflash, or boot image flasher. Do not use clockwork mod recovery to install roms as it is known to damage internel storage and or misc partitions.
ADB Tools Mini SDK
Thanks for all the info!!! I'm glad I found this place!!! I was able to get my phone working again. I found this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1937949 from back in October and found out that I was putting the boot.img in the wrong location. Once I fixed that, I have my phone back. Now I have to get it re-activated because I had to switch back to my Hero because I wasn't sure how long this would take. I hope Sprint will activate it even though is not stock anymore.
buddahj said:
Thanks for all the info!!! I'm glad I found this place!!! I was able to get my phone working again. I found this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1937949 from back in October and found out that I was putting the boot.img in the wrong location. Once I fixed that, I have my phone back. Now I have to get it re-activated because I had to switch back to my Hero because I wasn't sure how long this would take. I hope Sprint will activate it even though is not stock anymore.
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have your first thanks
lol
the thanks is for using the search function lol
Well now I have another small problem. When I try to use the camera or go into gallery, it says no external storage available. Looks like I'm off to search the forums again for a fix. I'm sure it's something minor.
It looks like it's the internal SD card. Under storage in settings it shows the external card's total space & the 3 GBs used for app data, ect...
When I try and mount the SD card, it says preparing card but doesn't do anything. I think I say something about changing something in TWRP.
Forgot to mention, I can't connect the phone via USB either.
Ha, fixed my SD card/USB issues by following the directions in this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812774

[Q] Nabi 2 soft brick help?

I had done the original root/gapps install on this. Then had problems with gapps. So I went back into TWRP and I had a restore called stockunrooted. I restore it, and when I go to reboot it says "Warning, No OS installed". Sure enough, it boots to a little Nabi logo with no motion. And just sits there. I used TWRP file manager and don't see any files in /boot after I do a restore. /boot and /system seem to restore instantly. I'm good with PC's, Networks, and Linux, but not Android hacks. Is there something I can download, push with ADB, then load with TWRP that will fix me up? I think that's how I got the STOCKUNROOTED that is already there though
Got Nabi2
Rooted with jmz?? method and also installed his gapps
Nabi wouldn't power on right without reset hole after a week or 2
Restored stockunrooted, worked fine, no more power on problem, but no root or gapps
Rooted per jmz method, worked, no gapps.
Wanted to install gapps, so restored stockunrooted again, now nothing
At least TWRP works. It's wifes though, and she isn't into just using it for TWRP.
- Joe
JoeLansing said:
I had done the original root/gapps install on this. Then had problems with gapps. So I went back into TWRP and I had a restore called stockunrooted. I restore it, and when I go to reboot it says "Warning, No OS installed". Sure enough, it boots to a little Nabi logo with no motion. And just sits there. I used TWRP file manager and don't see any files in /boot after I do a restore. /boot and /system seem to restore instantly. I'm good with PC's, Networks, and Linux, but not Android hacks. Is there something I can download, push with ADB, then load with TWRP that will fix me up? I think that's how I got the STOCKUNROOTED that is already there though
Got Nabi2
Rooted with jmz?? method and also installed his gapps
Nabi wouldn't power on right without reset hole after a week or 2
Restored stockunrooted, worked fine, no more power on problem, but no root or gapps
Rooted per jmz method, worked, no gapps.
Wanted to install gapps, so restored stockunrooted again, now nothing
At least TWRP works. It's wifes though, and she isn't into just using it for TWRP.
- Joe
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Flash this in twrp:
http://www.androidfiles.org/securekey.php?file=Nabi2/JmzNabi2Stock_OLD.zip
Sent from my One X using xda app-developers app
GuyIncognito721 said:
Flash this in twrp:
http://www.androidfiles.org/securekey.php?file=Nabi2/JmzNabi2Stock_OLD.zip
Sent from my One X using xda app-developers app
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Ok, I got that. Having problems getting TWRP to see it. I tried from SD card, tried copying it into sd-ext, sdcard, external_sdcard, sdcard/twrp/backups. No luck. If I click Install from sdcard it shows me /sdcard/root.zip so I tried putting it in there but no luck when I click recovery. I tried setting permissions on the zip to 777. What on earth am I doing wrong. I spent about an hour with google searching before I came back here. I'm on TWRP v2.2.2.1
- Joe
JoeLansing said:
I had done the original root/gapps install on this. Then had problems with gapps. So I went back into TWRP and I had a restore called stockunrooted. I restore it, and when I go to reboot it says "Warning, No OS installed". Sure enough, it boots to a little Nabi logo with no motion. And just sits there. I used TWRP file manager and don't see any files in /boot after I do a restore. /boot and /system seem to restore instantly. I'm good with PC's, Networks, and Linux, but not Android hacks. Is there something I can download, push with ADB, then load with TWRP that will fix me up? I think that's how I got the STOCKUNROOTED that is already there though
Got Nabi2
Rooted with jmz?? method and also installed his gapps
Nabi wouldn't power on right without reset hole after a week or 2
Restored stockunrooted, worked fine, no more power on problem, but no root or gapps
Rooted per jmz method, worked, no gapps.
Wanted to install gapps, so restored stockunrooted again, now nothing
At least TWRP works. It's wifes though, and she isn't into just using it for TWRP.
- Joe
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i hope ya wasnt using the mic hole on the bottom of the Unit
http://www.nabitablet.com/specs/nabi2
IF i were you i would Search the forum "nabi 2"
you will find a lot of post with downloads and things that people have done to help get their nabi 2 up and running.
HTH
I used the reset hole and I've already downloaded all the jmz files and a few more. I've read about Nabi here for hours. My last try was restoring JMZ_OLD to get back to factory. Still no WiFI. Then I tried installing the WiFI_Fix. Now it just shows a spinning Nabi logo. I rooted my 4th one today using the new Nabi Lab which I really like! My wife's is the only one that is a problem child. Funny thing is the other 3 were bought at Walmart, hers was bought at GameStop. I think from reading the Cannot Turn on WiFi is a version problem between the drivers and the kernel, but not sure. I really want to try Nabi Lab on it but I think it is old Nabi software at this point, and Nabi Lab says I should be fully updated to run it. But I can't update it without WiFi...grrrrrrrrr. Is there anything I can do to restore it to stock including stock kernel and drivers? Who knows, maybe the WiFI has a hardware problem? But I doubt it. If I use JMZ_Old, then the 2 OTA update files, then ??? I'm not sure I've tried that yet. I wipe everything between attempts. 3 more posts and I can go thank the gentelman that made Nabi Lab in that thread and tell him I tested it and it worked fine.
- Joe
I wonder if you have a Different Nabi 2 then i do ?
coz the only hole I have that looks like a reset hole is for the mic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050365&highlight=nabi
has a few different downloads like a striped rom a full untouched version and a full de-odexed version.
maybe try that one
.---UPDATE---
New Rom available.
Completely stock.
Not even De-Odexed.
Update 37.
SHOULD fix WiFi issues.
Flash using directions at top of post substituting this zip for the one used in the directions.
PureStockU37.zip
that is the updated 1.9.37 Current at the time of this post
Ok, I'm a moron. My reset hole is the mic, which is now pretty dead...:crying: The good news is Nabi Lab fixed my WiFi and soft brick problems. I had tried about every image out there including that one you suggested. Using Nabi Lab and flashing the hmm All Original - Won't Boot or something like that fixed it. Since I never use the mic I'm ok. I could probably replace it if I wanted to, but I'll give it a rest before I break it again.. I have 3 Nabi's, and 2 Uniden tablets. I killed one of the Unidens. The screen got worse and worse. I popped it apart and tried to reattach the 2 wires to the screen half. It started smoking and doesn't power on.. Now I might take the battery off it and see if I can solder it into the other Uniden to get longer life. I hope it doesn't get hot.
Eric Karz said:
I wonder if you have a Different Nabi 2 then i do ?
coz the only hole I have that looks like a reset hole is for the mic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050365&highlight=nabi
has a few different downloads like a striped rom a full untouched version and a full de-odexed version.
maybe try that one
.---UPDATE---
New Rom available.
Completely stock.
Not even De-Odexed.
Update 37.
SHOULD fix WiFi issues.
Flash using directions at top of post substituting this zip for the one used in the directions.
PureStockU37.zip
that is the updated 1.9.37 Current at the time of this post
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that's good you got the nabi working
Now that nabi with the bad speaker ... i wonder if you can use the speakers from the dead Uniden in the nabi 2 ?
here is a thread where the nabi 2 was open up
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024105&highlight=nabi
If you try the battery project or the speaker replacement - be neat to see pictres of it....lol
Speaker was a beer typo.. I meant the mic. I'm an old man and have no use for croaking at people over the interweb with a microphone so I'm ok.. I started a thread someplace about the Uniden tablets. I checked back and it's like 9 pages long with geeks installing Ubuntu and everything else on them. I was amazed! I'm going to get real and get an Onda V972 soon I hope. Now that I have enough posts here I will probably start a thread about buying one of them.
- Joe
Eric Karz said:
that's good you got the nabi working
Now that nabi with the bad speaker ... i wonder if you can use the speakers from the dead Uniden in the nabi 2 ?
here is a thread where the nabi 2 was open up
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024105&highlight=nabi
If you try the battery project or the speaker replacement - be neat to see pictres of it....lol
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Help brick
Sorry my english.
I was trying to install the GAPPS on nabi2 and messed up.
The kernel recovery screen appears with a exclamation android open.
In normal boot the screen is locked in logo nabi.
I do not have TWRP installed.
When I select fastboot protocol recognizes the PdaNet and appears as a device in windows mtp unknown.
Is there any chance to recover? Could guide me the way?
There is some recovery via APX?
RegisRicci said:
Sorry my english.
I was trying to install the GAPPS on nabi2 and messed up.
The kernel recovery screen appears with a exclamation android open.
In normal boot the screen is locked in logo nabi.
I do not have TWRP installed.
When I select fastboot protocol recognizes the PdaNet and appears as a device in windows mtp unknown.
Is there any chance to recover? Could guide me the way?
There is some recovery via APX?
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Need to reinstall TWRP with fastboot.
Download a ROM image and restore it in TWRP.
There is an APX way but so far untested and not needed for where you are at.
Thanks for the help, after a snack could reconfigure.
I'm trying to install Freedom but is difficult. There is not enough system memory.
I updated to 2.1, but I think I'll go back to 2.05.

[Q] Issues with Abd Detection / No ROM.

So I went today to update my ROM along with the TWRP boot loader. When I had TWRP installed I made the mistake of wiping everything. Including my back ups and all that.
Now I can't get a ROM onto my phone. I tried using TWRP and the Abd push but it never works. I been looking and reading for hours with no luck. I just tried it with Clockworkmod and same issue. My device is never being detected. I am able to flash to ether recovery just fine however. I'd very much appreciate help with this as I don't know what to try next.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1384112
Been following that since it sound like that user had the same issues as me. So far I'v had no luck though.
I am having almost the same problem as you, I have been trying numerous things but I have been getting closer, boot into recovery then do adb devices, your device should be there. It isn't much but its a start. If you make any progress let me know. Ill let you know if I figure something out.
Philaroni said:
So I went today to update my ROM along with the TWRP boot loader. When I had TWRP installed I made the mistake of wiping everything. Including my back ups and all that.
Now I can't get a ROM onto my phone. I tried using TWRP and the Abd push but it never works. I been looking and reading for hours with no luck. I just tried it with Clockworkmod and same issue. My device is never being detected. I am able to flash to ether recovery just fine however. I'd very much appreciate help with this as I don't know what to try next.
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I have fixed this problem on my phone, follow the steps here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-dna/help/help-htc-droid-dna-softbricked-t2813326/post54176922

[Q] Bootloader & ROM trouble. Please Help :((

So im fairly new to unlocking, flashing, etc. I have a HTC One M8 for AT&T that im trying to unlock to use with different carriers. After reading a bit I realized that I had to unlock my bootloader, root, install s-off before I could achieve my goal. I used htc-one.wonderhowto. com/how-to/unlock-bootloader-root-your-htc-one-m8-0154444 to root and unlock my bootloader. Followed the guide to a T and all was fine. Then I was going for S-Off and here's where I encounters my problems. I used htc-one.wonderhowto. com/how-to/get-s-off-your-htc-one-m8-install-custom-firmware-mods-0154461 guide and this is where I believe I fudged up bad. Step one says to download InsertCoin from insertcoin-roms. org/category/devices/onem8 this link. I downloaded the OTA 4.0.6 to 4.0.7 and saved it onto my phone I think maybe I should of downloaded the link for the full ROM and that's why im having this problem but im not sure. I followed each step with the exception to Step 3 which is also where I fudged up. I didnt back up because I didnt think it was needed since the phone was just wiped clean of everything. At step 5 my life changed forever..lol.. but when I flashed it , it said failure. I tried to follow the steps again but it kept failing to flash. So I went back and tried to re-flash SuperSU which was successful but when I go to reboot it from TWRP it says I have no OS installed and it gets stuck on the HTC boot screen unless I put my phone into fastboot mode. Which says ***unnlocked*** and ***tampered*** at the top and im stuck. Please someone help me and tell me what to do.
I recently deleted my OS by my stupidity. I fixed the issue by side loading a stock Rom via adb/twrp sideload. Saved me. There are tutorials on how to do this. Just Google search. You could also put a stock Rom on an external sd and flash that way. Don't have a link to the stock Rom I used, but it's in the resources thread in general section. Hope this works for ya
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using XDA Free mobile app
vansslamcityjam said:
I downloaded the OTA 4.0.6 to 4.0.7 and saved it onto my phone I think maybe I should of downloaded the link for the full ROM
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The file you downloaded is if you were already on InsertCoin 4.0.6, and updating to version 4.0.7, which was not the case for you. You should have downloaded the full ROM, and that is likely why the flash failed.
If you ever have any doubt about what you are flashing, this should be a red flag to STOP and either read and research some more, or come on here and ask.
vansslamcityjam said:
I didnt back up because I didnt think it was needed since the phone was just wiped clean of everything.
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That is why you make a TWRP backup before wiping anything.
vansslamcityjam said:
So I went back and tried to re-flash SuperSU which was successful but when I go to reboot it from TWRP it says I have no OS installed and it gets stuck on the HTC boot screen unless I put my phone into fastboot mode. .
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Did you specifically wipe system in TWRP? If so, that is where the OS is stored, so of course wiping it means you have no OS.
I do not advocate wiping system when flashing ROM, especially if you are new to this. Reason being, it already gets wiped when you flash a ROM anyway (so its redundant). Also, if the ROM fails to flash, you will still have a working OS if you did not wipe system manually. As stated on the wipe screen in TWRP, the default wipe (data, cache, and Dalvik) is all that is usually needed. It says this for good reason.
All you need to do is download a ROM to your computer, and either adb push to the phone, sideload flash, or copy it to a removeable MicroSD card using a USB card reader. Then flash in TWRP.

fastboot,bootloop,hard to title this title (take a look)

Ive posted once already, and even sent a message to someone on the site who's been around longer....here's my problem....
1. I have AT&T
Here is what my bootloader says.....
Software status: Official
unlocked
s-off
CID-1111111
I bootload hbooted FW 3.28.XXX.6 when it came out (ive done it twice now)
I do not have the complete android sdk package, all I have is hasoon's all in one toolkit
im on Captain Throwback's Multirom Recovery ( latest) ( I was using his latest standard recovery, but switched to his MB one a few moments ago)
Here's my problem.......I downloaded both the latest MaximusHD OTA update as well as the MaximusHD rom. I then booted into recovery, and could not wipe anything (all i got were red error messages while trying to do the wipe's)....ive seen this before, so while still in recovery, I dirty flashed MaximusHD rom, but before It completed in Aroma the device automatically rebooted to where it was stuck on the white HTC screen. Now going back to Hasoon's AIOT.....Im able to use fastboot on my computer, the bootloader is reading fastboot usb, and my computer is able to recognize my phone; however, as I said earlier i do not have the complete android sdk.......
main problem: I can not use my phone, as recovery continuously reboots before finishing the wipe process and screen get's stuck on HTC white screen....i have no idea what to do now
OK, no one is helping....ive tried some things, learned a few but this seems to be over my head....can anyone really help ? I managed to get past the white HTC screen by fastboot flashing a new recovery (philz then dees troy version of twrp)....I got a bootable commotio build....I also flashbooted 2.22.401.5, i thought it had fixed everything but in recovery i am getting the following errors.....
unable to mount /cache
failed to wipe dalvik
did I somehow mess up my partitions ? I need to wipe dalvik cache and cache in order to get a working rom on this damn phone.....
The issue has been fixed....
jxcorex28 said:
The issue has been fixed....
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Please post the solution (for possible info for others) and mark the thread title [SOLVED].
In any case, glad you sorted it out. I would have tried to help, but I'm usually not on XDA on the weekends.
Couple things:
Sounds like you got some kind of adb environment running on your own. But this is one of the reasons I advise against toolkits. They put you in the position to screw up your phone; but don't arm you with the proper tools and knowledge to get out of those jams.
Also, I don't recommend international firmware (3.28) if you are using AT&T as your carrier. You'll likely encounter some reception issues, as the AT&T band support is built into the radio firmware. Although since you are already there, I'd be curious to hear your experience on the 3.28 firmware.
redpoint73 said:
Please post the solution (for possible info for others) and mark the thread title [SOLVED].
In any case, glad you sorted it out. I would have tried to help, but I'm usually not on XDA on the weekends.
Couple things:
Sounds like you got some kind of adb environment running on your own. But this is one of the reasons I advise against toolkits. They put you in the position to screw up your phone; but don't arm you with the proper tools and knowledge to get out of those jams.
Also, I don't recommend international firmware (3.28) if you are using AT&T as your carrier. You'll likely encounter some reception issues, as the AT&T band support is built into the radio firmware. Although since you are already there, I'd be curious to hear your experience on the 3.28 firmware.
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Im not exactly sure what went wrong in the first place. I never pulled a logcat (from an app or through adp) since the problem no longer exists it looks like I never will unless I go through another similar thing. I wish I did know because it's killing me to know. I wasnt on 3.28 for long maybe a few days, but for the times I was
a. the reception in tuscaloosa, alabama where we have 4G LTE everywhere gave me a decent signal
b. I didnt notice a battery drain compared from other firmware bands
I have flashed atleast 500 times over a 8 year period on 4 different android phones, and Ive never once experienced the problem I had 2 days ago. Ive had 2 HTC phones, although, the experience with basebands were similar they were actually very different in every aspect. I had a TMO HTC G1 back in the day ( I had to learn how to do everything back when scripts or programs werent doing the grunt work (root)...
I had a TWRP backup of beanstalk saved (so kiddies, do your backups) that is what saved my ass. I couldnt wipe anything and my internal storage had been wiped and TWRP wasnt recognizing my SDcard. Everything that could go wrong went wrong....I flashed 3.28 (twice), went through 3 different recoveries (Captain Throwback's Multiboot Recovery, Captain Throwback's TWRP, and Philz Touch CWM Recovery). I looked all over for the answers, but none came to my rescue. It was ultimately finding that backup that saved me.....
I actually had to repartition my computer's hard-drive and reinstall windows 7 home edition, so I had to start over with practically everything...Im not going to use toolkits anymore. As you said earlier, it's just the easy way out. You wont learn anything about how to use ADB or Fastboot (although I applaud the one's who make the scripts or toolkits for those of us on the go).....
P.S.......If I can ever manage to break away from my dueling school schedule and my other priorities in life I plan on learning more about starting from the ground up and building roms, and not just throwing a few things together in the kitchen.....
While my mind is fresh, which linux distro would you recommend for a dual boot machine ? Im currently on windows 7 home edition
jxcorex28 said:
I wasnt on 3.28 for long maybe a few days, but for the times I was
a. the reception in tuscaloosa, alabama where we have 4G LTE everywhere gave me a decent signal
b. I didnt notice a battery drain compared from other firmware bands
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Yeah, I'm going to pull back on my previous statement that "3.28 will likely cause reception issues on AT&T's network" to instead say "may cause issues". And feel free to try it at your own discretion.
Reason being, I've seen maybe 3 reports now of this firmware working ok on AT&T, and no reports to the contrary so far.
Although, when folks tried the 2.22.401 "international" firmware on AT&T, there were several (even numerous reports) of signal issues, even NO SIGNAL. No reports of this so far on 3.28, so I'll be cautiously optimistic for the time being (until I see reports otherwise). Haven't personally tried it, and not sure I will as I don't really have time ATM to mess around with the possibility of signal issues or no signal.
jxcorex28 said:
I couldnt wipe anything and my internal storage had been wiped and TWRP wasnt recognizing my SDcard. Everything that could go wrong went wrong....I flashed 3.28 (twice), went through 3 different recoveries (Captain Throwback's Multiboot Recovery, Captain Throwback's TWRP, and Philz Touch CWM Recovery). I looked all over for the answers, but none came to my rescue. It was ultimately finding that backup that saved me.....
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Did you try fastboot erase cache before trying to re-install recovery, or a different recovery? I've seen this simple step alleviate some pretty drastic issues with recovery.
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jxcorex28 said:
While my mind is fresh, which linux distro would you recommend for a dual boot machine ? Im currently on windows 7 home edition
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I can't speak personally, I'm not a Linux PC person. But my friends that are, seem to split among various distros: Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Arch. One friend that is a particular Linux aficionado is on Arch, and said he was very happy with it.
I did...I also tried fastboot -w...to no avail...the past few days I've been learning more about adb and fastboot commands...
I've heard a majority of users tend to swing towards Ubuntu. I might take a look into it...
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I did...I also tried fastboot -w...to no avail...the past few days I've been learning more about adb and fastboot commands...
I've heard a majority of users tend to swing towards Ubuntu. I might take a look into it...
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Id highly rrecommend Linux Mint 17 Qiana MATE Edition .I use it with Windows 7. It is my favorite Linux OS. Not to mention that its perfect for Linux beginners.
That info would of been great a few days ago, but my laptop is screwed up now. Earlier I tried logging on,and couldn't because of some kind of remote error near the password field box on win7 HE...So I tried a system restore,and it failed so I f8 into recovery options and try using HP Recovery..everything went smooth into the first boot. I ended up getting a recovery installation incomplete and a 205 UIA failed 3 times. I believe my laptops recovery partition is corrupt,and I don't have a HP recovery disk, a win7 recovery DVD / Win7 recovery USB stick... I found what I need on HPs website, but its 30 bucks...BestBuy GS wants to charge me $69.99 for a diagnostics test and a retail version of win7 cost like 130
Its a 2011 HP Pavilion G-series laptop with windows 7 Home edition. What makes matters worse is I just partitioned the system a few weeks ago by using the recovery option HP makes for their devices...
Everything was great til about 10pm tonight...FML...now I actually gotta go to school to do my damn school work
jxcorex28 said:
Ive posted once already, and even sent a message to someone on the site who's been around longer....here's my problem....
1. I have AT&T
Here is what my bootloader says.....
Software status: Official
unlocked
s-off
CID-1111111
I bootload hbooted FW 3.28.XXX.6 when it came out (ive done it twice now)
I do not have the complete android sdk package, all I have is hasoon's all in one toolkit
im on Captain Throwback's Multirom Recovery ( latest) ( I was using his latest standard recovery, but switched to his MB one a few moments ago)
Here's my problem.......I downloaded both the latest MaximusHD OTA update as well as the MaximusHD rom. I then booted into recovery, and could not wipe anything (all i got were red error messages while trying to do the wipe's)....ive seen this before, so while still in recovery, I dirty flashed MaximusHD rom, but before It completed in Aroma the device automatically rebooted to where it was stuck on the white HTC screen. Now going back to Hasoon's AIOT.....Im able to use fastboot on my computer, the bootloader is reading fastboot usb, and my computer is able to recognize my phone; however, as I said earlier i do not have the complete android sdk.......
main problem: I can not use my phone, as recovery continuously reboots before finishing the wipe process and screen get's stuck on HTC white screen....i have no idea what to do now
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I had that exact same issue yesterday... Twrp couldn't wipe anything and eventually kept rebooting after 20 or 30 sec in recovery.
I had to download the 1.58 RUU and run that, then flash Twrp back, reroot, then restore one of my backups from earlier in the day.
As far as fw goes, I had updated to 2.22.401.4, had that for a couple days, then updated to the 3.xx fw to install arhd 20.3. I liked it, but decided I love my dirty unicorns rom so decided to go back to the 2.xx fw. I tried to flash renovate 4.5.0, and that's when all the issues in twrp started. From what you're saying, it sounds like the issue could be caused from the fw updates.
How did you end up restoring your backup when they issue happened? I tried to restore mine with fastboot, but it was compressed and I couldn't extract the img files from the win files
I had a beanstalk twrp backup. I'm not 100% sure if I sent you my backup that It would work for you...where did you get the firmware you flashed ?
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I had a beanstalk twrp backup. I'm not 100% sure if I sent you my backup that It would work for you...where did you get the firmware you flashed ?
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I got it from skulldreamz thread on flashing fw by renaming it and putting it on root of ext SD card
Did you look into the contents of that zip to see if there was a recovery.img or boot.img file ? Those files usually overwrite the custom recovery (ie...TWRP or CWM). There are two ways to correct those red error messages you get in TWRP...
1. by flashing partition-fixer.zip (I have a copy if you need it)
2. By using a terminal emulator,and typing this command...
mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p46
I believe this command is essentially what's included in the flashable partition fixer ( I haven't actually taken a look in that zip,so I could be wrong)...
I haven't had any problems as of late...either I'm starting to get back in the hang of dealing with HTC devices or I'm just lucky...
As stathis,skull, & sneaky pointed out...sometimes the firmware packages contain recovery.img/boot.img that will overwrite existing images. Its best to download whatever fw zip you want and scan these zips for said files. Its OK to delete those files,rezip em and flash. If you didn't remove these images. You would have to fastboot flash recovery name-of-recovery.img after flashing the fw zips
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As stathis,skull, & sneaky pointed out...sometimes the firmware packages contain recovery.img/boot.img that will overwrite existing images. Its best to download whatever fw zip you want and scan these zips for said files. Its OK to delete those files,rezip em and flash. If you didn't remove these images. You would have to fastboot flash recovery name-of-recovery.img after flashing the fw zips
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With the ones I got from skulldreamz' thread, I believe they were modified bc I didn't have to flash a custom recovery again after I flashed the fw. I never fastboot flashed them, I've always just renamed it 0P6BIMG.zip and put it on the root of the ext SD card
That's probably because skull removes those 2 files before uploading for download. I'm not sure if he does that for every zip....

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