I am rooting my daughters Droid Eris. I used the app from the market and flashed Cyanogen 7. Everything went well until I tried to start restoring her apps and found that the phone is saying there is no sd card. When I go into setting to mount it it is greyed out and wont do anything. the gallery and rom manager also say there is no sd card. the card I am using is not partitioned. I tried taking a partitioned sd out of my old Cliq and putting it in and then it says it has a unsupported system or something like that but I did notice that the mount sd in settings was no longer greyed out. If I reboot into recovery it will recognize the card because it lists what is on it. I have searched everything I can find and cant find any answers. Oh, also, when I plug in the usb to the computer it does nothing then either. Any Ideas??
Go into recovery since her phone can read the card from there and reformat the card. You may also want to wipe data and dalvik and reflash the rom to be on the safe side.
Make sure that you backup anything currently on the SD card before formatting it, which you can do from the usb-ms toggle option in recovery. You will need to copy the rom file back to the phone after formatting the card which can be done from this option as well.
There should be an android.secured folder on the SD card. Delete that. You don't want it on there so make sure you don't copy it back to the card (it will come back after the first boot and it can then be left alone, I like to delete mine before each flash though to avoid possible problems.)
EDIT - DONT FORGET TO FLASH GAPPS RIGHT AFTER FLASH THE ROM! ALL CM7 ROMS REQUIRE THIS!
Let me know if you have any problems
Sent from my GSB Eris
Totally of the topic BUT I'm Selling a fully rooted Droid Eris running CM7 port ROM for $90...interested PM me.
I want to redo my phone like I just got it. I'm going re-flash everything with either the stock rom or a custom rom. What needs to be on the original card? Like starting from new without all the cluttered folders and random files.
I have updated ie. Hboot 1.5, radios, 2.17 and S-off still.
You should make a backup of your SD card "its always nice to have a backup"
--Side Note--
Also I suggest making a nandroid backup before backing up your SD card so you will have a copy of a recent nandroid in your SD backup incase you have to restore it one day.
--End Side Note--
""Warning"" if you do this and still have applications on your phone/current Rom that have placed folders/that are linked to/on the SD card you could experience force closes,app freezes etc. To fix this uninstall and reinstall the application.
""End of Warning"'
This can be done via Windows 7,Vista,xp.
Format your SD VIA pc/laptop and restore it to the factory defaults. Then put it back into your phone. Then boot up. Once booted into your Rom hit menu then choose settings. Then scroll down to "SD & phone storage" and tap on it. Then unmount the SD card. Then format the SD card. Once its done formating it will automatically mount the SD card and place the correct folders on it. Reboot afterwards and you should be good to go. Hope this helps.
Also here's a link you might find helpful
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10878511&postcount=8311
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
^^^^ What he said.
If you are going to do a factory reset or a rom flash, you should be ok wiping the card. If you were to try to wipe the card with the current rom you are on, you will run into problems as all your apps will freak out when they see their data missing.
And you don't need to have anything on the sd card from the start. Wipe the card, then flash your new rom and put the card in, android should format it properly the first time. It will just add the required folders/paths that it needs.
I'm looking to reset my Motorola Atrix 4G. I'm on AT&T in the U.S. I have MROM 7 (20130330) version 2.3.7
I am wanting to format my internal drive and clean everything up. I have gone into CWM and done the factory reset but I still have folders from apps that I don't use and pictures. I have done the factory reset in MROM and have the same thing, but it doesn't wipe the internal drive.
Do I need to flash a fruit cake to version 2.3.(4,5,6), then run MFBSR script to put it back to stock. Then run the factory reset? SBF files scare me and I'm not really wanting to go that route, but I can if that is what I need to do. Sam Cripps Reboot Project Site which has all the fruit cakes is down for a couple of days and Zeljko1234's Back Up Fruit Cakes drop box isn't working. Does anyone know any where else to find them?
I'm not ready to sell my phone at this time but I would like to know how to sanitize it when I am ready. I have searched for the past two days and haven't been able to find anything that said what specifically you have to do to completely start with a clean system. Or maybe it is out there and I just missed it. Any advice would be appreciated.
Why are you trying to make it so much more complicated than it really is?
Of course none of the methods mentioned are not going to wipe the storage. They are not meant to do that.
How about you just go to Settings > Storage > Erase SD card?
Or hook the phone to the computer and format the phone's internal drive from it.
ravilov said:
Why are you trying to make it so much more complicated than it really is?
Of course none of the methods mentioned are not going to wipe the storage. They are not meant to do that.
How about you just go to Settings > Storage > Erase SD card?
Or hook the phone to the computer and format the phone's internal drive from it.
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ravilov,
Thank you for the reply. If I format the hard drive from the computer, what do I need to do from there to get the phone back operational. That does sound the easiest. I have already formatted the SD Card and it worked, but I couldn't format the SD Card through any ROM that I flashed.When the second screen came up and I clicked Erase everything a pop up at the bottom said "Invalid path : null"
Thanks again.
You shouldn't need to do anything else after formatting the drive to make the phone functional again - the phone should never stop being functional. Note that I'm talking about user storage here, not the whole entire phone storage (good luck trying to access the whole entire phone storage on the computer through USB mass storage anyway).
Haha yes I realized that after hooking it up to my computer. I felt like an idiot but sometimes you need to look at the simplest things first. That's why I edited the title so the moderators can delete this thread.
Once again, thank you for your reply and support of our phones.
Sent from my MB860 using xda app-developers app
I have a Nabi 2 that was rooted almost a year ago to gain access to the Google Play store.
My needs have changed since then and I wanted to restore it to factory settings.
The original root was performed by a friend that I am no longer in contact with.
If I boot normally the Nabi is stuck here:
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I have managed to get it to boot to TRWP by pressing the power and + keys. I see this:
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There are no images to "restore" under the restore tab. This is what I see:
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I am hoping someone can provide me with a kernel file or some tips on how to restore the machine to it's 'out-of-the-box' configuration.
I want to donate this device to a young child and need to get it back into a kid friendly mode.
Any help really appreciated.
There is a lot of info here that can help get you going .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Fuhu_nabi_2
after you get it going make a back up and STORE the back up on the pc would be my suggestion .
Parts you might have questions about feel free to post
include as much info as you can as this can help make it easier to understand the problem
IE,
TWRP Recovery installed 2.xx
I am on Version 2.3.xx release keys
ect
hth
Eric Karz said:
There is a lot of info here that can help get you going .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Fuhu_nabi_2
after you get it going make a back up and STORE the back up on the pc would be my suggestion .
Parts you might have questions about feel free to post
include as much info as you can as this can help make it easier to understand the problem
IE,
TWRP Recovery installed 2.xx
I am on Version 2.3.xx release keys
ect
hth
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I think if I understand correctly, I should be able to restore the factory image using the restore function of TWRP.
In my case there is no backup there for me to utilize.
I put some files on a 16Gb sd card to see if the restore function would see them but it still shows up blank.
I checked the box that says "mount SD card" but I do not see the files.
I am sure it it something I am doing wrong.
I have posted pictures of what I see.....just in case I am not describing it correctly.
Thanks!
see if you have a system folder
in twrp -under mount, put a check in system
then back out of mount
now click on Advanced/file manager/
Scroll down to Sytem - tap it to enter it .
IF you can see that its still in tact then try factory reset
Factory Reset is under the WIPE menu .
Eric Karz said:
see if you have a system folder
in twrp -under mount, put a check in system
then back out of mount
now click on Advanced/file manager/
Scroll down to Sytem - tap it to enter it .
IF you can see that its still in tact then try factory reset
Factory Reset is under the WIPE menu .
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Thanks for your help...
I found the folder SYSTEM and clicked on it.
I do not see any files on the right side and I only another folder called LOST+FOUND on the left side.
If I enter LOST+FOUND I also see no files on the right.
Can I copy the required files into the SYSTEM folder from a SD Card?
generatorlabs said:
Thanks for your help...
I found the folder SYSTEM and clicked on it.
I do not see any files on the right side and I only another folder called LOST+FOUND on the left side.
If I enter LOST+FOUND I also see no files on the right.
Can I copy the required files into the SYSTEM folder from a SD Card?
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in Twrp restore you can pick just system to restore
just make sure that "SYSTEM' is the only thing with a checkmark
Eric Karz said:
in Twrp restore you can pick just system to restore
just make sure that "SYSTEM' is the only thing with a checkmark
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When you say use TWRP RESTORE you are talking about the button on the home screen labeled RESTORE right?
If I go into RESTORE as described above I have the option of using EXTERNAL SD or INTERNAL STORAGE.
No matter which I choose there is nothing showing up in the PACKAGE TO RESTORE area.
The last picture in my original post shows exactly what I see when I go into RESTORE.
It is like the a backup was never done or somehow got erased.
Any ideas?
Thanks Eric
generatorlabs said:
When you say use TWRP RESTORE you are talking about the button on the home screen labeled RESTORE right?
If I go into RESTORE as described above I have the option of using EXTERNAL SD or INTERNAL STORAGE.
No matter which I choose there is nothing showing up in the PACKAGE TO RESTORE area.
The last picture in my original post shows exactly what I see when I go into RESTORE.
It is like the a backup was never done or somehow got erased.
Any ideas?
Thanks Eric
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what I was saying is that if you download something from the wiki like 1937 put that TWRP back up on your External SD card inside of the TWRP folder
then use the Restore function in TWTP.
it will show up along with data boot system etc.
you can just Restore system .
use your pc. place the back up on ext sd card .when finished place the external sdcard back in to nabi.
then boot in to twrp /use Restore and you should see it.(just checkmark system ) swipe to do the function
exit and reboot nabi
hth
Eric Karz said:
what I was saying is that if you download something from the wiki like 1937 put that TWRP back up on your External SD card inside of the TWRP folder
then use the Restore function in TWTP.
it will show up along with data boot system etc.
you can just Restore system .
use your pc. place the back up on ext sd card .when finished place the external sdcard back in to nabi.
then boot in to twrp /use Restore and you should see it.(just checkmark system ) swipe to do the function
exit and reboot nabi
hth
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I am sorry I sound like such a tool. A lot of this stuff is very unfamiliar territory for me.
Here is where I at:
I downloaded 1937stock.zip
I placed a copy on the SD card and copied that to the SYSTEM folder.
Went into RESTORE and did not see anything pop up.
Then I unzipped the file and copied those individual files to the SYSTEM folder and the same result.
Then I looked at your post again and it said put it in the TWRP folder.
Where is the TWRP folder? Should it be in the root folder?
The only place I saw a TWRP folder is within another folder called SDCARD. That folder can be seen from the root folder. However the contents of that folder change depending on what mount options are selected.
I am a little confused here about mounting and the folders named EXTERNAL_SDCARD and SDCARD.
Can you enlighten me a little on the difference between these two?
Should the 1937stock.zip file remain zipped or do I have to break the files out individually when restoring them?
And finally where should the TWRP folder you mentioned be located?
Thanks!
Think of Twrp restore function as a windows restore point
think of internal sd as widows primary hard drive(main OS is here)
think of External sd as a windows hard drive 2
you do not want to copy anything to system. you want to let TWRP do it for you .
1st thing you want to do is Extract the zip to the pc desktop in its own folder
then take the folder from the desktop and place it on the External sd card
then place the EXT.sd card in to the nabi2
Boot nabi in to twrp
click on Restore
here is a example of how it should look on the External sd
/twrp/backup/FOLDER TO RESTORE HERE
if you look in restore you will see the option for twrp to look at internal or xternal sd card for the back up .
Eric Karz said:
Think of Twrp restore function as a windows restore point
think of internal sd as widows primary hard drive(main OS is here)
think of External sd as a windows hard drive 2
you do not want to copy anything to system. you want to let TWRP do it for you .
1st thing you want to do is Extract the zip to the pc desktop in its own folder
then take the folder from the desktop and place it on the External sd card
then place the EXT.sd card in to the nabi2
Boot nabi in to twrp
click on Restore
here is a example of how it should look on the External sd
/twrp/backup/FOLDER TO RESTORE HERE
if you look in restore you will see the option for twrp to look at internal or xternal sd card for the back up .
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I did exactly as you spelled out above. Unzipped 1937stock and put the files in a folder on the SD card that looked like this /twrp/backup
I verified the contents of the SD card while in my PC. It had 9 files in it. 2 boot* files, 2 data* files, 3 recovery* files and 2 system* files.
I put the SD card in the Nabi, made sure SD card was mounted and again verified contents of EXTERNAL_SDCARD with File Manager.
The files were all visible with the File Manager.
When I go to RESTORE it still shows up blank. If I click either internal or external storage, it makes no difference.
It is almost though RESTORE is looking for the files in a completely different path.
The only options in the RESTORE function are the sort buttons on the bottom of the screen and the two radio buttons on the top for internal or external storage.
Can I move the folder from the SD card to internal storage?
Would it make a difference?
What is the default path TWRP uses if internal storage is selected?
Or is the box on RESTORE screen supposed to populate with a tree that I can navigate to a specific folder?
For me it is just plain blank no matter what I press.
Similar to the picture in my first post.
Your instructions seem pretty straight forward. I double checked my steps but no dice.
Any ideas?
Thanks
generatorlabs said:
I did exactly as you spelled out above. Unzipped 1937stock and put the files in a folder on the SD card that looked like this /twrp/backup
I verified the contents of the SD card while in my PC. It had 9 files in it. 2 boot* files, 2 data* files, 3 recovery* files and 2 system* files.
I put the SD card in the Nabi, made sure SD card was mounted and again verified contents of EXTERNAL_SDCARD with File Manager.
The files were all visible with the File Manager.
When I go to RESTORE it still shows up blank. If I click either internal or external storage, it makes no difference.
It is almost though RESTORE is looking for the files in a completely different path.
The only options in the RESTORE function are the sort buttons on the bottom of the screen and the two radio buttons on the top for internal or external storage.
Can I move the folder from the SD card to internal storage?
Would it make a difference?
What is the default path TWRP uses if internal storage is selected?
Or is the box on RESTORE screen supposed to populate with a tree that I can navigate to a specific folder?
For me it is just plain blank no matter what I press.
Similar to the picture in my first post.
Your instructions seem pretty straight forward. I double checked my steps but no dice.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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lets try this
check an make sure that the External SD card is formatted in fat32
you can use the pc to do this
now place the External SDcard back in to the nabi
boot in to Twrp and choose the BACKUP function make sure that it is going make the backup to the external s card.
(the goal is to see if twrp is working)
IF this works then you should see a new TWRP folder on the external SD card
now go back in to RESTORE to see if you can see the back up you just made to your External sd card.
ps: yes you can move the TWRP folder to the internal sdcard if you wanted
Twrp will work from both Sdcards
Eric Karz said:
lets try this
check an make sure that the External SD card is formatted in fat32
you can use the pc to do this
now place the External SDcard back in to the nabi
boot in to Twrp and choose the BACKUP function make sure that it is going make the backup to the external s card.
(the goal is to see if twrp is working)
IF this works then you should see a new TWRP folder on the external SD card
now go back in to RESTORE to see if you can see the back up you just made to your External sd card.
ps: yes you can move the TWRP folder to the internal sdcard if you wanted
Twrp will work from both Sdcards
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Ok you are 'da' man....good plan of attack.
I formatted the card, fat 32, just to be sure.
Put card in Nabi booted and mounted SD Card
Ran backup and it did create files on the card.
It also created a timestamped folder
I assume you want me to replace all those files with the file from the stock zip package correct?
I did replace all the files in that backup folder with the files from the stock package in preparation.
I do not want to proceed until you let me know if I can pull that trigger.
I am only committing the SYSTEM files?
Do I leave DATA & BOOT unchecked?
Does this process remove TWRP and make it completely stock? That was my goal.
If I do get back to stock will I then be able to participate with the regular OTA updates that I read will bring the Google Play store on the device natively?
Thanks for your continued and rather quick responses! :highfive:
generatorlabs said:
Ok you are 'da' man....good plan of attack.
I formatted the card, fat 32, just to be sure.
Put card in Nabi booted and mounted SD Card
Ran backup and it did create files on the card.
It also created a timestamped folder
I assume you want me to replace all those files with the file from the stock zip package correct?
I did replace all the files in that backup folder with the files from the stock package in preparation.
I do not want to proceed until you let me know if I can pull that trigger.
I am only committing the SYSTEM files?
Do I leave DATA & BOOT unchecked?
Does this process remove TWRP and make it completely stock? That was my goal.
If I do get back to stock will I then be able to participate with the regular OTA updates that I read will bring the Google Play store on the device natively?
Thanks for your continued and rather quick responses! :highfive:
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1st I would want you to keep a copy of that back up you just made on your pc <just incase we need something from it in the future>
Also keep it on the SDCARD
on your pc find that TWRP folder you just made
and add the folder you first tried to it
Example TWRP/BACKUP/BACK UP UP I MADE
TWRP/BACKUP/The one I downloaded
put card back in nabi boot to twrp
go in Restore and look for "the one I diownloaded" folder
uncheck all except system
swipe for the function to work
then it should ask you to REboot
Fingers crossed GOOD luck ..lol
Edit We will want it to update by its self
As of now you have a ICS(ice cream sandwich version of android) Currently we are up to jellybean 4.1.1
the tricky part for me was going from ICS to JB because I had missing Files that it wanted to update
also the Boot and Recovery is Diffent between the 2.
Eric Karz said:
1st I would want you to keep a copy of that back up you just made on your pc <just incase we need something from it in the future>
Also keep it on the SDCARD
on your pc find that TWRP folder you just made
and add the folder you first tried to it
Example TWRP/BACKUP/BACK UP UP I MADE
TWRP/BACKUP/The one I downloaded
put card back in nabi boot to twrp
go in Restore and look for "the one I diownloaded" folder
uncheck all except system
swipe for the function to work
then it should ask you to REboot
Fingers crossed GOOD luck ..lol
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Dude your killing me....I did what you said above and rebooted and BOOM!
IT WORKS AGAIN!
It went through the OUT OF THE BOX setup. Yes!!!......BUT there is one big problem.
It will not see my wifi card.
If I try to turn on wifi via the nabi control panel it just stays off. The on screen switch appears to work but if I navigate to another screen and then back the switch is marked OFF again. No AP's show up in the access list.
Do I have to install a patch?
I noticed that TWRP is still installed.
And Thank you a million times over for getting me to this point!
before We mess with the wifi - some things to try
Are you broadcasting SSID? Wifi protected set up ?
Un power your router wait 1 minute then Repower it.
If that's not it then
Reboot in to TWRP
go in to wipe
only wipe*
cache and dalvik cache -* Nothing Else *.
Reboot nabi
Eric Karz said:
before We mess with the wifi - some things to try
Are you broadcasting SSID? Wifi protected set up ?
Un power your router wait 1 minute then Repower it.
If that's not it then
Reboot in to TWRP
go in to wipe
only wipe*
cache and dalvik cache -* Nothing Else *.
Reboot nabi
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No success. I have a number of AP's beside my own in this area that I can usually see.
I even turned on the hotspot on my phone and placed it very close and it could not pick that up either.
The on screen wifi switch behavior is still the same.
Did the two cache wipe things as well and no luck.
Should I have chosen a different stock***.zip? I see the Wiki has about 10 different flavors under the STOCK section.
generatorlabs said:
No success. I have a number of AP's beside my own in this area that I can usually see.
I even turned on the hotspot on my phone and placed it very close and it could not pick that up either.
The on screen wifi switch behavior is still the same.
Did the two cache wipe things as well and no luck.
Should I have chosen a different stock***.zip? I see the Wiki has about 10 different flavors under the STOCK section.
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ok one more thing to try .
in TWRP go in Restore
and only Choose "Boot"
swipe to restore that function.
Reboot the nabi
check if wifi is working
Eric Karz said:
ok one more thing to try .
in TWRP go in Restore
and only Choose "Boot"
swipe to restore that function.
Reboot the nabi
check if wifi is working
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Sorry man, no dice
It is doing the same thing. When you go to switch the radio on, a dialogue box come up that says "Please wait while loading", with a round swirly thing spinning. It looks like it is trying to initialize something but when the dialogue box closes I don't see AP's. Funny thing is the bluetooth radio switch stays on while the wifi switch will not.
ok Reboot to TWRP
go to mount
choose data - then back out
go in to Advanced/filemanager
then click on data then misc
then go to wifi
on the right you will see wpa_supplicant.config
tap it
on next screen choose Rename File
on next screen type .bak
so it looks like this
wpa_supplicant.config.bak
hit enter on the screen keyboard
next screen
Swipe to confirm
Reboot the nabi .
check to see if wifi works
Long story but its cooked. Do not have a spare sd card to put in, and still rooted. Want to make sure any personal info has been deleted. Is there a best way to do this. Tried copying nook update 1.4.3.zip but it wont download since no sd card, or copy from internet
Do you have ADB access?
Edit: mmm.........check out this procedure for the Nook Color. If you have CWM on your NT it might work the same way.
wedmiston said:
Long story but its cooked. Do not have a spare sd card to put in, and still rooted. Want to make sure any personal info has been deleted. Is there a best way to do this. Tried copying nook update 1.4.3.zip but it wont download since no sd card, or copy from internet
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Can you still boot into custom recovery?
If so, you should be able to simply reformat or delete the system, data, and user-media partitions to remove any personal info.
U could look for the repart image file, burn that to sd card, and that will boot from the sd, repartition it and return it to stock 1.4.2, like new again.
there is more than one variant around, Ive used this one a lot
http://raywaldo.com/2012/06/how-to-un-brick-a-nook-tablet-8gb-or-16gb/
edit ... sorry I didnt catch at first u don't have an sd card....
sort of depends what recovery you had loaded I think as to what options you have
wedmiston said:
Long story but its cooked. Do not have a spare sd card to put in, and still rooted. Want to make sure any personal info has been deleted. Is there a best way to do this. Tried copying nook update 1.4.3.zip but it wont download since no sd card, or copy from internet
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Just search for "repart.img nook tablet" on Google. The first result should show an "unbrick tool" that you can use. It's just an .img file that you can write to an sd via Win32 DiskImager. Boot your tablet by putting the SD in, then inserting a powered USB cable. When the green checkmark appears, you'll know that the process was successful. Just pop the SD out and you can forget about it. The Nook will even be repartitioned, with a lovable setup of 7.5 GB for media partition (personal data) and 5.5 GB for app data. You can get more details by visiting the website I directed you to.
Cheers