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I did not backup my rom as the device had no space
I use a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4.7.0 (SM T230NU)
TWRP 3.1.0
So I recently downloaded Cyanangen MOD 11 from a friend I met on XDA. It is file more than 900 MB- I downloaded this to my tablet and Flashed it using TWRP 3.1.0.
Before I flashed the .zip file
I wiped Dalvik Cache, Cache, and system
When these were being wiped I got the message Failed To Mount Cache and system
I did the usual thing everybody did and changed the file system to exfat 4 and fat etc.But I did not wipe one-thing because I was too lazy to change the file system
I flashed the rom and everything went fine, then it said Looking for md5 file or something and then it said skipped md5 file for some reason
It rebooted and I though it would show something, but after 4 hours nothing happened.
I went into the recovery and changed the file system of everything that should be wiped but when I pressed install the rom.zip file was nowhere to be seen and now there is no software for it to run
Every time I reboot it, its stuck on the boot logo and there is no boot animation.
Please Help Me My mother and my brother are very angry at me:crying::crying::crying::crying:
Thedark night in the dark said:
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I did not backup my rom as the device had no space
I use a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4.7.0 (SM T230NU)
TWRP 3.1.0
So I recently downloaded Cyanangen MOD 11 from a friend I met on XDA. It is file more than 900 MB- I downloaded this to my tablet and Flashed it using TWRP 3.1.0.
Before I flashed the .zip file
I wiped Dalvik Cache, Cache, and system
When these were being wiped I got the message Failed To Mount Cache and system
I did the usual thing everybody did and changed the file system to exfat 4 and fat etc.But I did not wipe one-thing because I was too lazy to change the file system
I flashed the rom and everything went fine, then it said Looking for md5 file or something and then it said skipped md5 file for some reason
It rebooted and I though it would show something, but after 4 hours nothing happened.
I went into the recovery and changed the file system of everything that should be wiped but when I pressed install the rom.zip file was nowhere to be seen and now there is no software for it to run
Every time I reboot it, its stuck on the boot logo and there is no boot animation.
Please Help Me My mother and my brother are very angry at me:crying::crying::crying::crying:
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You don't need to change file systems. Put the .zip in a SD Card, and advanced wipe everything, except External SD Card. I would recommend flashing back to stock and re-root it.
secretwolf98 said:
You don't need to change file systems. Put the .zip in a SD Card, and advanced wipe everything, except External SD Card. I would recommend flashing back to stock and re-root it.
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I do not have an sd card can I use my PC
Thedark night in the dark said:
I do not have an sd card can I use my PC
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yea, use adb.
secretwolf98 said:
yea, use adb.
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Can you tell me how to use it.
Try this from my early post .
#Method 1
1. Install Smart Switch on your PC : https://www.samsung.com/global/download/smartswitchwin/
2. From rest fallow this video to follow easy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QhJngOuLQ4
#Method 2
1. Make Free account on sammobile.com
2. go here https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-tab4/SM-T230NU/
put your region from where the phone you bought. Use latest Version of OS
3. Extract (unzip) the firmware file to the desktop or what ever is easy for you to locate firmware
4. Download Odin v3.12.7 from here: https://dl.sammobile.com/Odin3-v3.12.7.zip
Extract Odin ZIP file
Open Odin v3.12.7
5. Reboot Phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
Add the firmware file to AP / PDA
Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
Click the start button, sit back and wait few minutes
If you are still not sure how to do , follow this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SK3IMprKVQ
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My Galaxy S2 has been rooted for about 2 months now and has been running on the Lightening ROM no problem, but last night when i tried to install a new ROM through CWM it wouldn't let me. I tried to install Villianrom and Cyanogen mod and both failed. Both ROM s were shown on my SD card as zip files and when i tried to move them they failed to get a signature and now when i boot into CWM neither of the ROM s show anywhere it just says NO FILES FOUND. Luckily i had a titanium backup of my Lightening ROM that i could revert to but i am puzzled as to why these ROM s wont install.
Any help would be appreciated
You are not supposed to extract them. They are supposed to be left as "zip" files.
They are getting left as zip files. All i do is download the RAR file and drag it onto sd card and there is nothing showing on the sd card i done all the necessary wipes and then when i try to select a rom off sd card this is what i get:
Android/ Attachments/ DCIM/ Download/ GOLauncherEX/ Galaxy_S_Unlock/ GoStore/ LOST.DIR/ ScreenCapture/ ShareViaWifi/ Sounds/ TitaniumBackup/ Wallpapers/ WhatsApp/ bluetooth/ burstlyImageCache/ clockworkmod/ data/ external_sd/ media/ openfeint/ samsungapps/ usbstorage/ zedge/ update.zip
But never a ROM to select from!!
kerriannec31 said:
They are getting left as zip files. All i do is download the RAR file and drag it onto sd card and there is nothing showing on the sd card i done all the necessary wipes and then when i try to select a rom off sd card this is what i get:
Android/ Attachments/ DCIM/ Download/ GOLauncherEX/ Galaxy_S_Unlock/ GoStore/ LOST.DIR/ ScreenCapture/ ShareViaWifi/ Sounds/ TitaniumBackup/ Wallpapers/ WhatsApp/ bluetooth/ burstlyImageCache/ clockworkmod/ data/ external_sd/ media/ openfeint/ samsungapps/ usbstorage/ zedge/ update.zip
But never a ROM to select from!!
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is it zip or rar?
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
Its says that it is a WIN RAR ZIP archive. Villianrom 2.4.2 from the villian website. At first you could see the file but it failed to get a signature and when i booted out and back in to CWM there was nothing and i can no longer see any files.
(I am using linux on my pc not windows.)
kerriannec31 said:
Its says that it is a WIN RAR ZIP archive. Villianrom 2.4.2 from the villian website. At first you could see the file but it failed to get a signature and when i booted out and back in to CWM there was nothing and i can no longer see any files.
(I am using linux on my pc not windows.)
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What is the exact error of the "fail to get signature"? You said that you see "update.zip", is that the rom? Also, have you tried a new sd card?
Theonew said:
What is the exact error of the "fail to get signature"? You said that you see "update.zip", is that the rom? Also, have you tried a new sd card?
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Really sorry but not sure of the exact error message that came up it was late last night and its not coming up with that now. I have tried a new sd card didnt make any difference. I tried the Update.zip and all i get is (replacing stock recovery with clockwork mod recovery) and then its stuck at the screen loading bar doesnt move at all.
I have even tried it with ROM manager and left it sitting for over an hour and still didnt do anything
kerriannec31 said:
Really sorry but not sure of the exact error message that came up it was late last night and its not coming up with that now. I have tried a new sd card didnt make any difference. I tried the Update.zip and all i get is (replacing stock recovery with clockwork mod recovery) and then its stuck at the screen loading bar doesnt move at all.
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That means the update.zip file is ClockworkMod Recovery. Have you tried downloading the roms via Rom Manager then trying to flash them?
Theonew said:
That means the update.zip file is ClockworkMod Recovery. Have you tried downloading the roms via Rom Manager then trying to flash them?
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Yes tried ROM manager and left it sitting for over an hour and it still didn't do anything
kerriannec31 said:
Yes tried ROM manager and left it sitting for over an hour and it still didn't do anything
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Have you tried downloading the rom straight from the web onto your device via your device's browser?
kerriannec31 said:
Yes tried ROM manager and left it sitting for over an hour and it still didn't do anything
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Just tried rom manager again and this is what came up:
--Installing package. . .
Finding update package. . .
Opening update package. . .
Verifying update package. . .
E:failed to seek in /cache/update.zip (Invalid argument
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted
Theonew said:
Have you tried downloading the rom straight from the web onto your device via your device's browser?
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Dont see how this will make a difference as i have tried downloading if through 3 different laptops and through rom manager
kerriannec31 said:
Dont see how this will make a difference as i have tried downloading if through 3 different laptops and through rom manager
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What option do you select in CWM Recovery when you are flashing the rom?
Theonew said:
What option do you select in CWM Recovery when you are flashing the rom?
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Chose zip from sd card and there is nothing showing up it says NO FILES FOUND
kerriannec31 said:
Chose zip from sd card and there is nothing showing up it says NO FILES FOUND
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When you use a file explorer and look on your SD card, do you see the rom file?
Theonew said:
When you use a file explorer and look on your SD card, do you see the rom file?
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I have just this minute flashed it back to stock and i am about to root it again and try to install villianrom. If it doesnt work this time i am just going to leave it stock. Will let you know how it goes.
Thanks again
Hi just to let you know phone is now rooted and has villianrom installed without a glitch. Dont know what the problem was but seems to have fixed itself now.
Thanks
I also had this issue early when I got my sgs2. Here is how I fixed it. I used the "unbrick" method, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
So flash the package in pda that contains stock kernel and rooted rom or stock rom doesn't matter, then flash the code works kernel that contains cwm again, then you can boot into cwm and flash roms again. Not sure what the root of the issue was, I just know that this fixed my problem. Make sure that if you are flashing via cwm your are installing a .zip and not a .tar or other extension as the .tar are for odin. Let me know if this doesn't fix your problem I'll be happy to help dig a little deeper although I would bet that this will fix it
Edit: looks like you got it working while I was writing this
xx_bluedev_xx said:
I also had this issue early when I got my sgs2. Here is how I fixed it. I used the "unbrick" method, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
So flash the package in pda that contains stock kernel and rooted rom or stock rom doesn't matter, then flash the code works kernel that contains cwm again, then you can boot into cwm and flash roms again. Not sure what the root of the issue was, I just know that this fixed my problem. Make sure that if you are flashing via cwm your are installing a .zip and not a .tar or other extension as the .tar are for odin. Let me know if this doesn't fix your problem I'll be happy to help dig a little deeper although I would bet that this will fix it
Edit: looks like you got it working while I was writing this
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Yeah got it fixed i flashed the stock kernel in and then re flashed it with cf root then re installed villainrom and seems to be working fine so will see how it goes.
Hi just a quick question. When i install new firmware should i have to back out and reboot system once install complete or should the phone do it by itself??
I tried to install a custom rom yesterday. Unluckily I treid to do it quickly before leaving the house. I rooted my tab, then copied the custom rom file and the Gapps file to my internal storage card and also installed a newer CWM version. At some point I must have formated my entire Date because there are no files left on my internal storage card. The tab goes up to the Samsung Logo and that's it. I'm guessing that there is no OS installed on the device. (Galaxy Tab 10.1n 3G - GT-P7501)
Now to my questions:
How can I copy the ROM File to the internal storage card using odin or any other programm? I can go into the download mode and I can start CWM.
Do I have to install anything else or should the Rom be enough?
I read somewhere, that I should copy the PIT File to my tab but I can't find the file anywhere!
After spending the last 4 hours looking for answers and a solution I hope that someone here can help.
Barryl3 said:
I tried to install a custom rom yesterday. Unluckily I treid to do it quickly before leaving the house. I rooted my tab, then copied the custom rom file and the Gapps file to my internal storage card and also installed a newer CWM version. At some point I must have formated my entire Date because there are no files left on my internal storage card. The tab goes up to the Samsung Logo and that's it. I'm guessing that there is no OS installed on the device. (Galaxy Tab 10.1n 3G - GT-P7501)
Now to my questions:
How can I copy the ROM File to the internal storage card using odin or any other programm? I can go into the download mode and I can start CWM.
Do I have to install anything else or should the Rom be enough?
I read somewhere, that I should copy the PIT File to my tab but I can't find the file anywhere!
After spending the last 4 hours looking for answers and a solution I hope that someone here can help.
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You can't use odin to copy a file to your device and the mount sd-card option in CWM has never worked for me.
What you need to do is flash a stock odin file with its pit file and then you can reroot and reflash CWM.
Put the rom and gapps on your tab,
and hopefully then you can flash the rom everything will work correctly.
Here is a link to the odin tar file I use: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3mpm0lez9ikbzvf/Stock-3.2-HTJ85B.UEKMM.tar
You can find a tutorial for flashing this on XDA somewhere.
Thank you so much!!
It didn't work at first but after taking the tab out of the docking station and changing the usb port it finally flashed everything without hanging at the bin file. i will try to install a custom rom now.
thanks again!
Barryl3 said:
Thank you so much!!
It didn't work at first but after taking the tab out of the docking station and changing the usb port it finally flashed everything without hanging at the bin file. i will try to install a custom rom now.
thanks again!
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No problem! I'm just glad it all worked out for you!
I am facing same problem but with TWRP recovery mode. I wiped out sdcard and all data. I am using P7500 tab. Can you help me through the process. All I can do it right now is go it recovery mode, nothing else.
well, just do what highriser posted, download odin, download a tar file that represents a Gtab ROM and flash it to your tab using download mode. As I am at work I can not provide you with links to the files (as online storage is blocked by our IT Security).
Check this thread and pay attention to the "UNROOTING & RESTORING STOCK RECOVERY" part.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171089&highlight=filesfordummies
Thanks. I managed to make it work. I was having problem finding PIT file.
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Hi people. I've been browsing a lot lately and Reading about roms, kernel, and other stuff related to customization of Android devices. I consider myself enough tech-savvy to understand technical things about hardware on this devices but when it comes to all the thing related to flashing roms and kernels and related things i have no clue of what you're talking about, lol.
However, I'm really interested on "installing" Cyanogenmod 10 on my Galaxy Player 4 just to see what happens and how flashing roms feels like, so i can try different roms later and enhance my device. But no matter how hard I try to find a tutorial about how to begin from total stock (as the device comes from the store) haven't been lucky finding one. As far as I know the first step is flashing a new kernet with CWM, so then i can flash the roms. But I'm stuck on Step One :s
So, if there's a link you can post here to help begin with this flashing trend it'd be great. Or if you can redact a "custom" tutorial for me, a total programming noob but interested as hell about modifying my GP4 that would be a thousand times better.
Also, feel free to recommend me kernels or roms or whatever you feel i could use
Thanks!!!
PD: not native english speaker
I just finished doing this exact thing myself, so its fresh in my mind First, BACK UP!! there are different methods with varying degrees of how much they back up, search the forum for them. Definitely backup the efs. Instructions are in the first post for the CM10 ROM. Then, I began by flashing a custom kernel using Odin. Instructions on how to do this can be found in the Tips and Tricks section of this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27615927
Kernels can also be found in the appropriate section of that post. Make sure you get one for your device. All of them include CWM (ClockworkMod) which is what you need to easily flash a full ROM. The kernel won't actually effect your current operating system accept to maybe improve performance.
Next, download the ROM file(s) onto your device. ROMs are also in the above post. Again, make sure you get one for your device. Read the instructions in the ROM thread on how exactly to flash them, but the general procedure is to boot into CWM by holding some set of buttons during start up (probably power + volume up) and navigate the CWM menu to flash the ROM.
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from stock
download odin: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2ZcXCdM0CVJS196MFRtaUhfSUk/edit?usp=sharing
boot into download mode
flash terra silent: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1643384
download rom and gapps: rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2233983 gapps: http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip
put on sdcard
BACKUP!!!
flash rom and gapps
reboot
thanks a lot for the help!
Now a question... When you tell me to make a backup, what exactly should I backup and with what program or app? Installed Titanium BAckup app and all i see is the option to backup individual apps. I expected to find something like "total backup of the device" or a similar thing that bacups the whole thing...
please tell me what to use and what to do
thanks a lot again
kennethac said:
thanks a lot for the help!
Now a question... When you tell me to make a backup, what exactly should I backup and with what program or app? Installed Titanium BAckup app and all i see is the option to backup individual apps. I expected to find something like "total backup of the device" or a similar thing that bacups the whole thing...
please tell me what to use and what to do
thanks a lot again
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Create a backup in cwm
This is so if anything goes wrong, you can get back
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Ok i downloaded both Odin and the Terra Silent kernel. Samsung kies is already installed so Odin is detecting my galaxy player.
But the terra silent kernel is a zip file, if i extract it the extracted file has no extension, only says zlimage and i have no idea what it is. Then, when I open Odin, there are the next options:
PIT
BOOTLOADER
PDA
PHONE
CSC
where should i upload the zlimage?
kennethac said:
Ok i downloaded both Odin and the Terra Silent kernel. Samsung kies is already installed so Odin is detecting my galaxy player.
But the terra silent kernel is a zip file, if i extract it the extracted file has no extension, only says zlimage and i have no idea what it is. Then, when I open Odin, there are the next options:
PIT
BOOTLOADER
PDA
PHONE
CSC
where should i upload the zlimage?
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That's because you're suppose to flash it via CWM. If it's a tar file, you flash it via Odin. And you're not suppose to extract it, lol.
TheKryptonite said:
That's because you're suppose to flash it via CWM. If it's a tar file, you flash it via Odin. And you're not suppose to extract it, lol.
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haha ok i'm not extracting it anymore. But from those options that shows Odin, where i have to upload the "TerraSilent_usa-1.3.5" file?
This is what i see...
PIT
BOOTLOADER
PDA
PHONE
CSC
that's where i need help for the moment
kennethac said:
haha ok i'm not extracting it anymore. But from those options that shows Odin, where i have to upload the "TerraSilent_usa-1.3.5" file?
This is what i see...
PIT
BOOTLOADER
PDA
PHONE
CSC
that's where i need help for the moment
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PDA is the one, I believe.
Is Terra Silent compatible with CM10??? Reading the thread of Terra Silent a user made a comment on this asking the developer (i guess) to make Terra Silent compatible with CM10.... :s
ok now i have some problems...
got to flash the Terra Silent Kernel. After rebooting everything was ok. Installed Rom Manager in order to install CWM. Rom Manager installed CMW and then came back to main menu. There was an option for creating a copy of the stock rom, thought it wolud be a good idea to make a copy. When i did it, phone went black and then reboted. after rebooting came back to the lock screen but changed language (spanish -> english). Algo noticed there was missing the google search bar. When entered to the apps menu there were a lot of icons of the android robot with an SD card symbol over. When clicked them it says that the apps are not installed on the system.
installed rom manager again, and went to recovery boot. flashed both cm9 and cm 10 included in the cm 10 thread. Now my playr is stuck in the recovery screen...
what do i do?
kennethac said:
ok now i have some problems...
got to flash the Terra Silent Kernel. After rebooting everything was ok. Installed Rom Manager in order to install CWM. Rom Manager installed CMW and then came back to main menu. There was an option for creating a copy of the stock rom, thought it wolud be a good idea to make a copy. When i did it, phone went black and then reboted. after rebooting came back to the lock screen but changed language (spanish -> english). Algo noticed there was missing the google search bar. When entered to the apps menu there were a lot of icons of the android robot with an SD card symbol over. When clicked them it says that the apps are not installed on the system.
installed rom manager again, and went to recovery boot. flashed both cm9 and cm 10 included in the cm 10 thread. Now my playr is stuck in the recovery screen...
what do i do?
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Did you wipe the data, cache, and Davik cache?
TheKryptonite said:
Did you wipe the data, cache, and Davik cache?
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Sorry. False alarm, i finally found i was doing something wrong so corrected it and now i'm using Jelly Bean in my galaxy player. But now there's another problem: system won't read the external SD card.
How can i fix this?
kennethac said:
Sorry. False alarm, i finally found i was doing something wrong so corrected it and now i'm using Jelly Bean in my galaxy player. But now there's another problem: system won't read the external SD card.
How can i fix this?
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You internal SD card is probably switched for the external.
Find "vold.fstab. (system/etc)" open it, and change "/mnt/sdcard/sdcard1" to "/mnt/sdcard/sdcard0."
TheKryptonite said:
You internal SD card is probably switched for the external.
Find "vold.fstab. (system/etc)" open it, and change "/mnt/sdcard/sdcard1" to "/mnt/sdcard/sdcard0."
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This is what the file shows:
#internal sdcard
dev mount sdcard / storage /sdcard0 1 /
devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/mmc host/mmco
#external sdcard
dev mount emmc /storage/sdcard1 auto /
devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1
what's the part that i have to edit???
kennethac said:
This is what the file shows:
#internal sdcard
dev mount sdcard / storage /sdcard0 1 /
devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/mmc host/mmco
#external sdcard
dev mount emmc /storage/sdcard1 auto /
devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1
what's the part that i have to edit???
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#internal sdcard
dev mount sdcard / storage /sdcard1
#external sdcard
dev mount emmc /storage/sdcard0
Wait, before doing any changes like this, have you tried on going mnt/emmc or storage/sdcard1? @TheKryptonite he have a 4.0 and the sdcard is working without changing the paths.
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zaclimon said:
Wait, before doing any changes like this, have you tried on going mnt/emmc or storage/sdcard1? @TheKryptonite he have a 4.0 and the sdcard is working without changing the paths.
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That is the same thing four me. I did not have to switch storages at all
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TheKryptonite said:
#internal sdcard
dev mount sdcard / storage /sdcard1
#external sdcard
dev mount emmc /storage/sdcard0
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I did this change, switched numbers and now i can see the files on the sd card. Only that before flashing CM 10 the access to the sd card was through a folder calles "externa sd", now the sd card files and folders are scattered on the home screen of any file explorer i acess the sd card with. It's not a big ideal but i dont like it.
When i edited the file you told me there was a 1 after where now says sdcard 1. Shoud that number be erased or better keep it?
kennethac said:
I did this change, switched numbers and now i can see the files on the sd card. Only that before flashing CM 10 the access to the sd card was through a folder calles "externa sd", now the sd card files and folders are scattered on the home screen of any file explorer i acess the sd card with. It's not a big ideal but i dont like it.
When i edited the file you told me there was a 1 after where now says sdcard 1. Shoud that number be erased or better keep it?
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I'd keep it.
Looking for some help.
I tried to update my old Samsung Galaxy S2 to Android 6.0.1 - while I did this successfully, I wasn't aware that I needed to increase the system partition size, so the GAPPs installation failed.
I thought that once the system partition size was increased, then I would be able to just go back and unzip the GAPPs file in recovery mode, but now when I enter recovery mode it's Cyanogenmod recovery which doesn't have an option to open zipped files from the SD card.
I have tried unzipping GAPPs via file manager on the phone, but it says that the file is too large.
I'm new to this, but feel that if I could just get back to the old TWRP recovery with the unzip option I could just wipe everything and reinstall everything from the mini SD card, but with no such option with the Cyanogenmod recovery I'm stumped as to what to do next.
Any thoughts on where to go from here would be very much appreciated.
Jimsin said:
Looking for some help.
I tried to update my old Samsung Galaxy S2 to Android 6.0.1 - while I did this successfully, I wasn't aware that I needed to increase the system partition size, so the GAPPs installation failed.
I thought that once the system partition size was increased, then I would be able to just go back and unzip the GAPPs file in recovery mode, but now when I enter recovery mode it's Cyanogenmod recovery which doesn't have an option to open zipped files from the SD card.
I have tried unzipping GAPPs via file manager on the phone, but it says that the file is too large.
I'm new to this, but feel that if I could just get back to the old TWRP recovery with the unzip option I could just wipe everything and reinstall everything from the mini SD card, but with no such option with the Cyanogenmod recovery I'm stumped as to what to do next.
Any thoughts on where to go from here would be very much appreciated.
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2 important things when updating to cm13:
Increase Partitiones to 1 GB System and 4 GB data
before flashing.
Flash isorec twrp recovery 3.0.2-1 before or together with rom and gapps.
All files are zip-files to be flashed with recovery.
Do not unzip this Files.
Read noob friendly Guide by Saber "want to update to cm 13 .....
You will find everything you need there.
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Many thanks for the reply - yeah, I realise now that I should have increased the system partition size BEFORE CM13, but sadly I didn't.
My issue is now that I have no idea how to change the recovery mode back to something like TWRP that will allow me to unzip files again - I tried simply flashing it with ODIN, but it failed & I'm still stuck with CM13
Jimsin said:
Many thanks for the reply - yeah, I realise now that I should have increased the system partition size BEFORE CM13, but sadly I didn't.
My issue is now that I have no idea how to change the recovery mode back to something like TWRP that will allow me to unzip files again - I tried simply flashing it with ODIN, but it failed & I'm still stuck with CM13
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You have to flash a Recovery whith Odin.
So i would repit again to bei Sure its done properly.
- in Odin Flash pitfile 1gb System _4 gb Data
together with Gustavo Kernel KK with cwm Recovery.tar (Flash Recovery in PDA and do not forget to tick on repartition)
- in cwm Recovery Format: mounts and storage/Format sd0 (Internal SD)/select "default"/swipe
- then wipe Data, Cache, System
- Install cm 13 + gapps + isorec twrp recovery 3.0.2-1.zip in ONE GO (do not reboot in between !!)
- reboot system
Sent from my ME173X using XDA-Developers mobile app
Follow my complete tutorial to do so. Odin not needed.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/guide-tutorial-samsung-galaxy-s2-i9100-t3538601
its my first time rootnig my phone (galaxy a5 - SM-A520F ) and all ive done so far is installed TWRP. I downloaded supersu.zip but the files i see in the android's file explorer are diffrent from those that the twrp explorer shows so i cant find the zip file in twrp. I dont have an sd card to move it on. What can i do?
anastbogia said:
its my first time rootnig my phone (galaxy a5 - SM-A520F ) and all ive done so far is installed TWRP. I downloaded supersu.zip but the files i see in the android's file explorer are diffrent from those that the twrp explorer shows so i cant find the zip file in twrp. I dont have an sd card to move it on. What can i do?
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R U sure you selected zip and not img from twrp? Twrp might be looking only for img if that is so.
File manager in twrp is no different than standard file manager , only zips or img are visible.
jason_l367 said:
R U sure you selected zip and not img from twrp? Twrp might be looking only for img if that is so.
File manager in twrp is no different than standard file manager , only zips or img are visible.
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From what i read online (but could be totaly wrong) twrp files are the system files whereas android file explorers are internal storage.
I figured out how to access my system files but its read only so I cant paste in zip
anastbogia said:
I figured out how to access my system files but its read only so I cant paste in zip
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Need to "swipe to allow modifications" when you first time start TWRP
You'll be able to flash SuperSU then.
jason_l367 said:
Need to "swipe to allow modifications" when you first time start TWRP
You'll be able to flash SuperSU then.
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My problem is that I cant modify the system files from android not from twrp
anastbogia said:
My problem is that I cant modify the system files from android not from twrp
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Place the SuperSU zip file in 'Downloads' directory on your phone (there's no way it won't be visible in TWRP) do button combo ,enter twrp -swipe to allow modifications (so it's not 'read only') ,navigate to Downloads , select the 'supersu . zip ,swipe to install. There's literally no way it can fail.
jason_l367 said:
Place the SuperSU zip file in 'Downloads' directory on your phone (there's no way it won't be visible in TWRP) do button combo ,enter twrp -swipe to allow modifications (so it's not 'read only') ,navigate to Downloads , select the 'supersu . zip ,swipe to install. There's literally no way it can fail.
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I cant mount data folder in TWRP without wiping first so the data is empty and i cant see no downloads
I got an sd card and now I can locate the file, I flashed it but it failed and my phone couldn't boot so I install the Samsung firmware with odin. Will wiping before flashing fix this?
anastbogia said:
I got an sd card and now I can locate the file, I flashed it but it failed and my phone couldn't boot so I install the Samsung firmware with odin. Will wiping before flashing fix this?
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If it were my phone , upon booting to twrp I'd wipe system data and cache(s) formatt data and flash a rom /root!
Since you got twrp ur bootloader is unlocked so u should be good to flashmagisk or latest SuperSU without issue. I'm not an expert. Sorry for the delayed responses this oppo phones are crap.
jason_l367 said:
If it were my phone , upon booting to twrp I'd wipe system data and cache(s) formatt data and flash a rom /root!
Since you got twrp ur bootloader is unlocked so u should be good to flashmagisk or latest SuperSU without issue. I'm not an expert. Sorry for the delayed responses this oppo phones are crap.
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I watched a tutorial and the guy in the vid doesnt wipe before flashing but after supersu is install he taps on the "wipe cache " or something like that. So I have to do that and will my data be erased?
anastbogia said:
I watched a tutorial and the guy in the vid doesnt wipe before flashing but after supersu is install he taps on the "wipe cache " or something like that. So I have to do that and will my data be erased?
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You phone should be rooted if you have twrp and flash the root zip. You don't have to wipe cache
The device may reboot 1-2 times after you flash the root.zip but you should be ok.