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Ok, so I had the classic insufficient storage problem, so I simply backedup the data I needed, then I did a full factory reset. When it rebooted, I started to download Instagram, and it worked fine, but that was it. All the app updates and new apps cant be downloaded because I still have insufficient storage. WTF??? I nade sure that I unchecked the "restore ny data" box before I did the reset. Whats also weird is I'm still rooted and Super User is still installed. Anyone know how to get rid of all this rubbish data? All I want to do is have it go back to the state it was in when I took it out of the box.
Thanks in advance!
CJ
From where you did the wipe?
Wiped cache?
Wiped Dalvik?
Wiped data/user?
From recovery?
Factory resetting does not revert root or any ROM, it simply return the state AFTER the flash with no apps.
Completely wipe the device and install complete stock with odin.
Fix permissions should do the trick ...
Use Lucky patcher->Troubleshooting->Remove fixes and backups (insufficient storage available). That helps.
My sister installed her work eMail which enabled Encryption (I believe only on the Data Partition).
She does not really care about having her work email, so we removed it.
But that still leaves everything Encryted.
After Googling Around it appears you need the Factory RUU to get the Phone Back to Stock.
But that is not availble yet.
Does anyone know a way to either Flash a ROM or Take the Encryption Off.
We tried both TWRP and CW Recovery and neither can do a Backup because they cannot Mount Data.
Any suggestions welcome.
I'm personally on a Sprint HTC One
Perform a factory reset or boot into recovery (I am not sure about the HTC One stock recovery but I did this with my Galaxy S3) and format the /DATA partition.
Use titanium backup to backup all system data and user apps + data to sdcard, copy backup folder off to a computer, factory reset, copy the backup from PC to sdcard, then restore.
xeni said:
Perform a factory reset or boot into recovery (I am not sure about the HTC One stock recovery but I did this with my Galaxy S3) and format the /DATA partition.
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This worked. CW Recovery Failed. But TWRP worked. It got a whole bunch of failures until the last step that it formatted data. Then I ran it again with no errors.
I was a little surprised formatting DATA now includes the internal SD drive, that really sucks.
Thanks
I'm pretty new to flashing ROMs. My phone is rooted using all in one toolkit, s-off with sunshine. TWRP is my recovery.
I made a backup of my rooted stock ROM , then used TWRP manager to flash cm11. I checked to wipe all the data and dalvik before flashing. Cm installed with no issues.
Once I finished setting it up, I installed es file explorer again and noticed that all my files from my internal storage are still accessible. Its just listed under 0. Everything is still in tact tho.
Did I do something wrong? I don't understand why I still have all these files.
mattprice86 said:
I'm pretty new to flashing ROMs. My phone is rooted using all in one toolkit, s-off with sunshine. TWRP is my recovery.
I made a backup of my rooted stock ROM , then used TWRP manager to flash cm11. I checked to wipe all the data and dalvik before flashing. Cm installed with no issues.
Once I finished setting it up, I installed es file explorer again and noticed that all my files from my internal storage are still accessible. Its just listed under 0. Everything is still in tact tho.
Did I do something wrong? I don't understand why I still have all these files.
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You have to have internal storage checked for it to be wiped
^^^This. The data that was wiped was system data, not your personal data.
Thanks for responding so quick,
I checked all of the options under install on twrp manager. Looking back, it says wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. There wasn't an option for wipe internal storage.
Is there anything I can do to fix this now? Or would I just have to go into twrp and reflash cm from recovery, making sure to check wipe internal storage?
Also, if I leave it as is, is it going to cause any problems?
mattprice86 said:
I checked all of the options under install on twrp manager. Looking back, it says wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. There wasn't an option for wipe internal storage.
Is there anything I can do to fix this now? Or would I just have to go into twrp and reflash cm from recovery, making sure to check wipe internal storage?
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First off, ditch TWRP Manager, its a needless middle man (you're talking about the TWRP Manager app, right?).
If you boot into TWRP and select Wipe, you will see under "Advanced Wipe" there are a slew of wipe options (but be careful what you pick, as there are options to wipe things like the removable SD).
HOWEVER, you don't need to wipe the internal storage to flash a ROM. Yes, you need to wipe user data (/data) in most cases, and also cache and Dalvik. But wiping internal storage (virtual SD, also called sdcard on ES File Explorer, or sometimes /0) is not needed. For most practical purposes this partition is treated like a removable SD card. In fact, by default, backups like your TWRP nandroid and Titanium Backups are stored here. So if you wipe, you will lose those (unless you move/copy them to the removable SD or somewhere else like your computer).
Some folks like to wipe internal storage when they flash a ROM, just for general cleanup purposes. But its a personal choice, and not really necessary IMO. And as mentioned doing so will wipe your backups unless you save them somewhere else that isn't going to be wiped.
Thank you so much for clearing that up.
Yes, I was talking about twrp manager. You're right, after I checked the options, all it did was reset and boot up twrp. Pretty useless...
So since I still have all my game data stored, can I just copy it over somewhere to retain where I was at? I'm talking about android/obb data.
How would I go about integrated all my previous data into this current software? Let me know it my question made sense or not
mattprice86 said:
Yes, I was talking about twrp manager. You're right, after I checked the options, all it did was reset and boot up twrp. Pretty useless...
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I think some folks like to use it to install TWRP. But installing with fastboot is easy, and also important to know how to do if you have issues someday and need to re-install TWRP from a non-booted condition.
So yeah I agree that TWRP Manager is pretty useless.
mattprice86 said:
So since I still have all my game data stored, can I just copy it over somewhere to retain where I was at? I'm talking about android/obb data.
How would I go about integrated all my previous data into this current software? Let me know it my question made sense or not
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Use the app Titanium Backup to migrate app data when flashing ROMs (also handy to migrate app data to a new phone). And paying the few dollars for the Pro Key and getting the batch backup/restore functions is well worth it if you are flashing ROMs.
Do not use Titanium to migrate any system data to a new ROM, as this will likely cause problems. Just apps and app data. I've had success migrating SMS with Titanium as well. But other things like Settings and Homescreen setup, I usually just do again manually after flashing a new ROM.
As mentioned in my post above, the default save location for Titanium Backup data is the internal storage. So do not wipe internal storage when flashing a ROM, or you will lose your backup data.
Just copying the game files will most likely not work to migrate your game save data.
Thanks for all the help, I really appreciate it.
I used titanium backup and extracted my apps and data from my nandroid backup. Worked pretty well.
The only thing I'm having trouble with now is getting my info like contacts and stuff to sync. It says it's synced, but I'm not seeing it.
I wanted to install HTC backup again and try and restore that info. Would that work?
mattprice86 said:
The only thing I'm having trouble with now is getting my info like contacts and stuff to sync. It says it's synced, but I'm not seeing it.
I wanted to install HTC backup again and try and restore that info. Would that work?
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I can't say, as I don't use HTC Backup.
I prefer to just have my contacts on my Google (Gmail) account. This is the default on the phone, so unless you changed it, your contacts should all be on the cloud on Gmail (you can login to Gmail on a computer and confirm your contacts are there). Then will automatically restore to the phone when you first setup and enter your Google login and password.
If you've confirmed your contacts are on Gmail, and still not synching, go to Settings>Accounts & sync>Google, go to where Contacts is checked, uncheck it, and then check it again. Sometimes the sync will just get "stuck" and this will clear it up.
One M8 stuck on GPE 5.0.1 ROM boot animation
I foolishly reset factory data using TWRP under Wipe, and when I try to reinstall the GPE 5.0.1 ROM I couldn't find it. Then I try to restore my backed up Sense ROM and I couldn't find it under Restore. Maybe I deleted it and I forgot about it. Help me? I don't have MicroSD to store the GPE ROM which I thought would solve my problem because I thought I may have deleted the GPE ROM .zip file when I reset factory data. Now I am stuck on GPE ROM bootanimation the moving around dots. I need help please someone?
muqrimusa said:
I foolishly reset factory data using TWRP under Wipe, and when I try to reinstall the GPE 5.0.1 ROM I couldn't find it. Then I try to restore my backed up Sense ROM and I couldn't find it under Restore. Maybe I deleted it and I forgot about it. Help me? I don't have MicroSD to store the GPE ROM which I thought would solve my problem because I thought I may have deleted the GPE ROM .zip file when I reset factory data. Now I am stuck on GPE ROM bootanimation the moving around dots.
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If you did the "default" TWRP factory reset (data, Dalvik, cache) this is not foolish, and is the correct wipe for moving to a new ROM.
You either bypassed the default, and went to "Advanced" and wiped the internal storage; or there is also the occasional instance where internal storage is corrupted by no fault of your own (more common with oldr TWRP versions?).
adb push a ROM to the internal storage (or adb sideload flash) while in recovery.
okay I kind of fixed my One M8. But one problem remains, I can't use my internal storage. My Camera App can't use the internal storage so does all the other apps such as Whatsapp or downloads from Chrome. It's as if my internal storage is not there or somehow malfunctioned or the ROM doesnt support the use of internal storage. But before I got into this problem (I forgot how I got it in the first place as it happened months ago only now I was able to fix my One M8), it worked perfectly fine, the Storage had no problem. But I had problems with Wifi, I thought maybe reflashing the ROM was a good idea to fix this but it didn't instead I can't access my internal storage by File Manager or by PC. If you have any solution please help me. Thanks in advanced.
muqrimusa said:
okay I kind of fixed my One M8. But one problem remains, I can't use my internal storage. My Camera App can't use the internal storage so does all the other apps such as Whatsapp or downloads from Chrome. It's as if my internal storage is not there or somehow malfunctioned or the ROM doesnt support the use of internal storage. But before I got into this problem (I forgot how I got it in the first place as it happened months ago only now I was able to fix my One M8), it worked perfectly fine, the Storage had no problem. But I had problems with Wifi, I thought maybe reflashing the ROM was a good idea to fix this but it didn't instead I can't access my internal storage by File Manager or by PC. If you have any solution please help me. Thanks in advanced.
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Broken WiFi is usually a symptom of wrong (outdated) firmware for the current ROM.
Internal storage may be corrupted. Try to connect to a computer and format it, or you can try RUU.
Or try to re-flash custom recovery, or update or try a different one (if TWRP, try CWM/Philz or vice versa). Some folks fixed similar internal storage issues by flashing recovery.
I need help again.. I decided to format all my data but I kept my backup in the internal storage.. But after rebooting the phone it works but then I can't download apps from the play store or from chrome.. also I can't transfer files from my pc to my one m8.. But I can take photos (which I think uses internal storage).. Also my guest mode is not working.. Ithought something must be wrong with the internal storage so i wiped it out.. When i rebooted everything is black but when I long press the power button 'power off' shows up.. Something must be wrong.. Oh when connecting to my pc it shows CD Drive instead of HTC_OneM8 like it usually would.. Pls reply even when there's no hope to fix this phone at all..
A couple weeks ago my carrier, Ringplus, went out of business, so I decided to switch to Tello. I couldn't do this because I couldn't do a carrier reset on Cyanogenmod 13, so I backed up my system with TWRP Backup, restored to stock (XT1526 Surnia Boost 5.0.2), successfully did a carrier reset. Then I tried restoring back to my original Cyanogenmod 13 backup, but it won't work, after the restore is complete, the phone won't boot. When I try rebooting after the restore is done, the phone crashes at the WARNING BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED screen. It can boot into Fastboot or TWRP, but it won't boot into the restored backup.
Is there anything I can do to get my Moto E 2015 Surnia XT1526 phone to boot once I restore from my backup?
regularcarrot said:
A couple weeks ago my carrier, Ringplus, went out of business, so I decided to switch to Tello. I couldn't do this because I couldn't do a carrier reset on Cyanogenmod 13, so I backed up my system with TWRP Backup, restored to stock (XT1526 Surnia Boost 5.0.2), successfully did a carrier reset. Then I tried restoring back to my original Cyanogenmod 13 backup, but it won't work, after the restore is complete, the phone won't boot. When I try rebooting after the restore is done, the phone crashes at the WARNING BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED screen. It can boot into Fastboot or TWRP, but it won't boot into the restored backup.
Is there anything I can do to get my Moto E 2015 Surnia XT1526 phone to boot once I restore from my backup?
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Wipe system data and try restoring again
Or
Wipe system data and flash any custom ROM
oppodi said:
Wipe system data and try restoring again
Or
Wipe system data and flash any custom ROM
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Here's what I'm doing: (I'm writing it out since I'm not allowed to link to pictures I took of the process)
On the Wipe/Advanced Wipe screen, I select the following partitions to wipe:
Dalvik / ART Cache
System
Data
Internal Storage
Cache
The wipe process goes as follows:
Updating partition details...
...done
Full SELinux support is present.
MTP Enabled
Wiping Dalvik Cache Directories...
Cleaned: /data/dalvik-cache...
-- Dalvik Cache Directories Wipe Complete!
Formatting System using make_ext4fs...
Wiping data without wiping /data/media ...
Done.
Wiping internal storage -- /data/media...
Formatting Cache using make_ext4fs...
Updating partition details...
...done
Restore
Select Backup from Micro SDCard
2017-02-13--00-39-33_cm_surnia-userdebug_6.0.1_MOB30R_aeb84f171e
Restore
Backup made on Mon Feb 13 00:40:34 2017
Name:
2017-02-13--00-39-33_cm_surnia-userdebug_6.0.1_MOB30R_aeb84f171e
Select Partitions to Restore:
System (checked)
Data (checked)
Boot (checked)
Enable MD5 Verification of Backup Files (unchecked)
Restore Complete
Successful
Updating partition details...
...done
Full SELinux support is present.
MTP Enabled
[RESTORE STARTED]
Restore folder: '/external_sd/TWRP/BACKUPS/TAO9800XCQ/2017-02-13--00-39-33_cm_surnia-userdebug_6.0.1_MOB30R_aeb84f171e'
Skipping MD5 check based on user setting.
Calculating restore details...
Restoring 3 partitions...
Total restore size is 4944MB
Wiping System
Formatting System using make_ext4fs...
Restoring System...
[System done (66 seconds)]
Wiping Data
Wiping data without wiping /data/media ...
Done.
Restoring Data...
[Data done (249 seconds)]
Restoring Boot...
Flashing Boot...
[Boot done (2 seconds)]
Updating partition details...
...done
[RESTORE COMPLETED IN 325 SECONDS]
After that, the phone now doesn't boot beyond the WARNING BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED screen. I even tried leaving it on for 2 hours, and only got that screen.
I'm hoping that someone knows a way that will allow me to successfully restore from this backup, and that I won't have to flash to a new custom rom rather than restoring from my backup, since that would mean setting up the phone from scratch again.
regularcarrot said:
Here's what I'm doing: (I'm writing it out since I'm not allowed to link to pictures I took of the process)
On the Wipe/Advanced Wipe screen, I select the following partitions to wipe:
Dalvik / ART Cache
System
Data
Internal Storage
Cache
The wipe process goes as follows:
Updating partition details...
...done
Full SELinux support is present.
MTP Enabled
Wiping Dalvik Cache Directories...
Cleaned: /data/dalvik-cache...
-- Dalvik Cache Directories Wipe Complete!
Formatting System using make_ext4fs...
Wiping data without wiping /data/media ...
Done.
Wiping internal storage -- /data/media...
Formatting Cache using make_ext4fs...
Updating partition details...
...done
Restore
Select Backup from Micro SDCard
2017-02-13--00-39-33_cm_surnia-userdebug_6.0.1_MOB30R_aeb84f171e
Restore
Backup made on Mon Feb 13 00:40:34 2017
Name:
2017-02-13--00-39-33_cm_surnia-userdebug_6.0.1_MOB30R_aeb84f171e
Select Partitions to Restore:
System (checked)
Data (checked)
Boot (checked)
Enable MD5 Verification of Backup Files (unchecked)
Restore Complete
Successful
Updating partition details...
...done
Full SELinux support is present.
MTP Enabled
[RESTORE STARTED]
Restore folder: '/external_sd/TWRP/BACKUPS/TAO9800XCQ/2017-02-13--00-39-33_cm_surnia-userdebug_6.0.1_MOB30R_aeb84f171e'
Skipping MD5 check based on user setting.
Calculating restore details...
Restoring 3 partitions...
Total restore size is 4944MB
Wiping System
Formatting System using make_ext4fs...
Restoring System...
[System done (66 seconds)]
Wiping Data
Wiping data without wiping /data/media ...
Done.
Restoring Data...
[Data done (249 seconds)]
Restoring Boot...
Flashing Boot...
[Boot done (2 seconds)]
Updating partition details...
...done
[RESTORE COMPLETED IN 325 SECONDS]
After that, the phone now doesn't boot beyond the WARNING BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED screen. I even tried leaving it on for 2 hours, and only got that screen.
I'm hoping that someone knows a way that will allow me to successfully restore from this backup, and that I won't have to flash to a new custom rom rather than restoring from my backup, since that would mean setting up the phone from scratch again.
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Have you tried flashing a custom ROM? And what version recovery are you using?
Android_noob17 said:
Have you tried flashing a custom ROM?
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I was originally using CyanogenMod 13 for Moto E LTE, found here on this forum. That's what my backup is, my CM13 system.
Android_noob17 said:
And what version recovery are you using?
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I tried both TWRP 3.0.0r2 and 3.0.2r5, both produced the exact same issue.
regularcarrot said:
I was originally using CyanogenMod 13 for Moto E LTE, found here on this forum. That's what my backup is, my CM13 system.
I tried both TWRP 3.0.0r2 and 3.0.2r5, both produced the exact same issue.
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Did you try flashing back to stock? Did you try any newer roms?
Android_noob17 said:
Did you try flashing back to stock? Did you try any newer roms?
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I temporarily flashed back to Stock to do a carrier reset, which couldn't be done with CM13 for some reason. But flashing back to stock meant losing the apps and data and settings I had previously, so I wanted to backup using TWRP, temporarily flash back to stock and do the carrier reset, then restore back to CM13 using TWRP, so that I could keep my apps and data and settings. I flashed back to stock successfully but couldn't restore back to CM13 using the backup.
regularcarrot said:
I temporarily flashed back to Stock to do a carrier reset, which couldn't be done with CM13 for some reason. But flashing back to stock meant losing the apps and data and settings I had previously, so I wanted to backup using TWRP, temporarily flash back to stock and do the carrier reset, then restore back to CM13 using TWRP, so that I could keep my apps and data and settings. I flashed back to stock successfully but couldn't restore back to CM13 using the backup.
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That's unfortunate man. Next time you should use titanium backup.
I switched from TWRP to OrangeFox recovery, move backup from TWRP folder to Fox folder and restored the data, then my phone can boot normally
Hi,
I made a backup (system, data, boot) with TWRP on my S4 Mini. After that I wanted to encrypt my phone. This didn't go well. After the reboot I got tons of messages saying "... has stopped working". Nothing worked. After that I restored my backup.
Unfortunately some data is corrupt. I did some reading and I suspect, that the encryption process touched all files in /data/media. I didn't know that the TWRP backup does not backup files in that folder. Is this the reason why some data is lost or am I missing something else here?
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