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If I format my SD card do I need to do a factory reset as well and will I need to adb push the OS back on?

Rynet said:
If I format my SD card do I need to do a factory reset as well and will I need to adb push the OS back on?
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No,just make sure you backup everything from the sdcard before cause you will lose it.The os is on your phone once you flash it.

If you were using apps2sd, things might go a little wacky if you re-partition and wipe your sd. If that's the case, you may want to flash a new ROM.

[Q] Boot loop - Still possible to backup internal sd?

Hi guys!
Here's my situation:
- P990, tonyp's PA 2.6 v.13, old bootloader, Kowalski kernel exp. version 12x
- Phone started boot looping (no obvious cause)
- Tried deleting cache. Didn't help.
- Tried flashing the same ROM from external SD. Didn't help.
- Tried restoring working backup (boot and system only, not complete restore) from CWM. Didn't help.
So then I guess I have to do a complete factory reset, but that means I'll lose everything on my internal SD card, right? I want to make a copy first so that I can keep my files. My nandroid backups are only 2.x GB, so I guess they don't include everything on the internal SD card.
I tried to connect the phone to my laptop, but nothing happened, so I deleted/reinstalled drivers from the LG website. That didn't work, but then I found this post which got me a little further. It said the installation was successful, but when I was in CWM, the disks (int. and ext. SD) wasn't being recognized. When I rebooted recovery (from CWM) or just rebooted the device, the computer recognized the discs and started installing four drivers, but as the phone either gets into CWM or just boot loops, it seems like Windows isn't able to finalize the installation of the drivers. This results in the SD cards not being functional in Windows. I can't even see disk labels or storage used/available.
Does someone have an idea of how I might be able to access the internal SD from Windows? Either by fixing the driver issue, or some other method?
I guess I have to fix this USB issue to be able to try to use adb pull to get all the stuff off the internal memory as well, right? Or is the connection between phone and computer not required to be "complete" to be able to do that? I do not remember for sure, but I believe I had turned on USB debugging before all this mess started. However, I have never used adb before.
I'm massively thankful for any help!

Sammy321 said:
Hi guys!
Here's my situation:
- P990, tonyp's PA 2.6 v.13, old bootloader, Kowalski kernel exp. version 12x
- Phone started boot looping (no obvious cause)
- Tried deleting cache. Didn't help.
- Tried flashing the same ROM from external SD. Didn't help.
- Tried restoring working backup (boot and system only, not complete restore) from CWM. Didn't help.
So then I guess I have to do a complete factory reset, but that means I'll lose everything on my internal SD card, right? I want to make a copy first so that I can keep my files. My nandroid backups are only 2.x GB, so I guess they don't include everything on the internal SD card.
I tried to connect the phone to my laptop, but nothing happened, so I deleted/reinstalled drivers from the LG website. That didn't work, but then I found this post which got me a little further. It said the installation was successful, but when I was in CWM, the disks (int. and ext. SD) wasn't being recognized. When I rebooted recovery (from CWM) or just rebooted the device, the computer recognized the discs and started installing four drivers, but as the phone either gets into CWM or just boot loops, it seems like Windows isn't able to finalize the installation of the drivers. This results in the SD cards not being functional in Windows. I can't even see disk labels or storage used/available.
Does someone have an idea of how I might be able to access the internal SD from Windows? Either by fixing the driver issue, or some other method?
I guess I have to fix this USB issue to be able to try to use adb pull to get all the stuff off the internal memory as well, right? Or is the connection between phone and computer not required to be "complete" to be able to do that? I do not remember for sure, but I believe I had turned on USB debugging before all this mess started. However, I have never used adb before.
I'm massively thankful for any help!
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Can you tell me version of the recovery you use?
Did you tried wipe dalvik-cache? (Advance-->Wipe dalvik-cache)

bitdomo said:
Can you tell me version of the recovery you use?
Did you tried wipe dalvik-cache? (Advance-->Wipe dalvik-cache)
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I'm using ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.3.1.
Yes, I tried wiping dalvik cache as well, but that didn't fix it either.
Are there some other ways of getting out of the bootloop? I don't mind flashing stock rom or whatever else, as long as I can recover my internal SD.

Sammy321 said:
I'm using ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.3.1.
Yes, I tried wiping dalvik cache as well, but that didn't fix it either.
Are there some other ways of getting out of the bootloop? I don't mind flashing stock rom or whatever else, as long as I can recover my internal SD.
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Download AIO-toolkit from the developement forum. Install itt, and install nvflash drivers with it.
At the main screen select option 2, and then select option 2 again. Follow teh instructions on the screen, and select TWRP 2.5.0.0 to be installed, or cwm 5.0.2.8, both have working mass storage.
(6.0.3.1 has broken massstorage and adb interface. I think you installed cwm 6.0.3.1 through rom manager, if it that true you are on old bootloader.)

bitdomo said:
(6.0.3.1 has broken massstorage and adb interface.
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Aha, that explains it!
I installed CWM 5.0.2.8 and I got a little further than before. When I mount USB storage in CWM, my external SD card shows up on my computer, but not my internal SD card. What can be the reason for this? Could the card be corrupted, or are there other ways of getting the internal SD to appear?
I tried mounting everything I could mount from the Mounts and storage menu in CWM, but the external SD was still the only thing that showed up on my laptop.
Thank you so much for helping with this!

Sammy321 said:
Aha, that explains it!
I installed CWM 5.0.2.8 and I got a little further than before. When I mount USB storage in CWM, my external SD card shows up on my computer, but not my internal SD card. What can be the reason for this? Could the card be corrupted, or are there other ways of getting the internal SD to appear?
I tried mounting everything I could mount from the Mounts and storage menu in CWM, but the external SD was still the only thing that showed up on my laptop.
Thank you so much for helping with this!
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Can you try twrp 2.5.0.0?

bitdomo said:
Can you try twrp 2.5.0.0?
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I've been trying, but I'm not even able to boot into recovery with TWRP installed.
Any other ideas? :fingers-crossed:

Sammy321 said:
I've been trying, but I'm not even able to boot into recovery with TWRP installed.
Any other ideas? :fingers-crossed:
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Do a factory reset with a working cwm. You will lose all your installed apps and their data, but it will keep data on internal sdcard. After the factory reset you can boot up into andorid

bitdomo said:
Do a factory reset with a working cwm. You will lose all your installed apps and their data, but it will keep data on internal sdcard. After the factory reset you can boot up into andorid
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YES! I thought factory reset would delete the internal SD, so I didn't even consider that, but it worked like a charm! Thank you so much for caring and helping! You just made my week! :highfive:

[Q] How to safely format Internal Storage ?

Okaii, there is nothing wrong with my phone and everything is working just fine , i always wipe system and data and and flash new roms ... i also have a backup of my rom , but now i want to make a FULL wipe , as in system, data, and internal storage.. but i know i can't connect my phone in twrp to add a rom file affter wiping storage.. so is there any way to do that , safely , without any errors and just flash the ROM again ?
Thanks.

ali-k95 said:
Okaii, there is nothing wrong with my phone and everything is working just fine , i always wipe system and data and and flash new roms ... i also have a backup of my rom , but now i want to make a FULL wipe , as in system, data, and internal storage.. but i know i can't connect my phone in twrp to add a rom file affter wiping storage.. so is there any way to do that , safely , without any errors and just flash the ROM again ?
Thanks.
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You could try and use adb sideload, however for me sideloading ROM zips never works so what you would need to do is format the internal storage from a PC then transfer a ROM.zip over to it then proceed with the rest of the wipes except internal storage as you've already wiped that

Jonny said:
You could try and use adb sideload, however for me sideloading ROM zips never works so what you would need to do is format the internal storage from a PC then transfer a ROM.zip over to it then proceed with the rest of the wipes except internal storage as you've already wiped that
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This works ?
Also i wanted to ask.. if i formated internal storage from the phone itself, after the boot , i transfer the rom.zip to it and do all wipes from recovery.. does it work too ?

ali-k95 said:
This works ?
Also i wanted to ask.. if i formated internal storage from the phone itself, after the boot , i transfer the rom.zip to it and do all wipes from recovery.. does it work too ?
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Yep, both methods should work equally well

Jonny said:
Yep, both methods should work equally well
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Thanks for the replies !
One more q. , how did you format your storage from PC ? i can't find that when right clicking my htc one..

ali-k95 said:
Thanks for the replies !
One more q. , how did you format your storage from PC ? i can't find that when right clicking my htc one..
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Seems like its been disabled for MTP devices, that's new to me - looks like you'll have to go with the other way of doing it, flash the ROM with a full wipe of system and data beforehand then just wipe internal storage from recovery after the ROM has flashed.

Everything worked perfect , thanks alot !

Possibly Bricked? I'm an idiot.

I believe I may have bricked my Fire HD 7". I decided to flash a new ROM. Something I've done many many times. However, this time I decided to wipe the SD card because I wanted to get rid of all the app folders, my documents, music, etc. and start from a clean state. The problem is that it occurred to me half a second after the wipe that the ROM zip as well as the backup were on the internal SD.
So now I'm in TWRP trying to mount the device, but Windows (8.1) will not recognize the internal storage and mount it as a drive. I have the latest drivers installed but nothing...
It seems I have no way of getting a new ROM onto the internal SD card so that I can flash as normal. Help?

sicembaylor said:
I believe I may have bricked my Fire HD 7". I decided to flash a new ROM. Something I've done many many times. However, this time I decided to wipe the SD card because I wanted to get rid of all the app folders, my documents, music, etc. and start from a clean state. The problem is that it occurred to me half a second after the wipe that the ROM zip as well as the backup were on the internal SD.
So now I'm in TWRP trying to mount the device, but Windows (8.1) will not recognize the internal storage and mount it as a drive. I have the latest drivers installed but nothing...
It seems I have no way of getting a new ROM onto the internal SD card so that I can flash as normal. Help?
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Use a Linux distro live CD to side load the ROM.
Sent from my device running CyanogenMod 11

SafinWasi said:
Use a Linux distro live CD to side load the ROM.
Sent from my device running CyanogenMod 11
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Tried that under Ubuntu. I get an error message that the volume (Kindle) can't be mounted.

Figured out the solution. Neither Windows nor Linux would mount the device, so that I could transfer the ROM to internal storage the easy way. What worked was using ADB sideload. Now I'm relieved! For anyone else having this issue or a similar issue because they had a brain fart and wiped the internal storage AFTER wiping the ROM -- this is the solution to the problem. Use ADB sideload in TWRP.

So what are the steps
sicembaylor said:
Figured out the solution. Neither Windows nor Linux would mount the device, so that I could transfer the ROM to internal storage the easy way. What worked was using ADB sideload. Now I'm relieved! For anyone else having this issue or a similar issue because they had a brain fart and wiped the internal storage AFTER wiping the ROM -- this is the solution to the problem. Use ADB sideload in TWRP.
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I'm in the exact same situation you were in (pre-brain fart) - I want to get a "fresh start" with my kindle. What are the steps I should take? I see in TWRP that I can wipe Dalvik, Data, Internal Storage, Cache and System.
I'm guessing I should wipe System, Cache, Dalvik, Flash the ROM, flash gapps, then wipe data/internal storage -- does this sound right?
Thanks

chiph72 said:
I'm in the exact same situation you were in (pre-brain fart) - I want to get a "fresh start" with my kindle. What are the steps I should take? I see in TWRP that I can wipe Dalvik, Data, Internal Storage, Cache and System.
I'm guessing I should wipe System, Cache, Dalvik, Flash the ROM, flash gapps, then wipe data/internal storage -- does this sound right?
Thanks
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No need to wipe internal storage.

Re: No need to wipe internal storage
Rushead said:
No need to wipe internal storage.
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Thanks - can you explain though? OP wanted to get rid of all of the music/documents/etc... Isn't the internal storage where these are? If not, what is stored here?

You can wipe internal if you want to, but be sure you can adb push your rom. I don't like to do this b/c it leaves you no backup plan. Besides, "fresh start" is mostly placebo imo.

Deleted internal storage in TWRP. Need Help.

I deleted the internal storage on my phone in twrp. What can I do to get everything back?

I think you're boned. Unless there is a way to pull the deleted data using software on a PC.

Fastboot factory IMG. Or use rom tool kit to flash a factory image. There is an option in twrp to connect to the PC where you can transfer files. You could always load a rom that way and flash a zip through twrp

As said above, you can still install a ROM. Or flash a factory image etc. But the data (pictures, videos, music etc) is gone. It was formatted and not likely able to be recovered. I assumed that's what you meant, when you asked to "Get everything back"?

My sad sad self went and did this. Still in TWRP. I've mounted system, data, and cache. I see the Nexus 6 in Windows 7 and see Internal Storage; it's empty. I cannot create new folders or copy files (ROMs, GApps, zips, etc) into Internal Storage without getting "The device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected." I cannot for the life of me find another way to push files to the phone.. Any help is greatly appreciated!
- b
EDIT: Is it still possible for me to follow Mr. Hoax's Tut through bootloader? (I'm really nervous to try and reboot into BL) It says I don't have an OS (obviously) when I get to the confirm reboot of TWRP...

boruko said:
My sad sad self went and did this. Still in TWRP. I've mounted system, data, and cache. I see the Nexus 6 in Windows 7 and see Internal Storage; it's empty. I cannot create new folders or copy files (ROMs, GApps, zips, etc) into Internal Storage without getting "The device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected." I cannot for the life of me find another way to push files to the phone.. Any help is greatly appreciated!
- b
EDIT: Is it still possible for me to follow Mr. Hoax's Tut through bootloader? (I'm really nervous to try and reboot into BL) It says I don't have an OS (obviously) when I get to the confirm reboot of TWRP...
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try formatting user data first

simms22 said:
try formatting user data first
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You're referring to TWRP, correct? Wipe->Format Data? I have done this but am unsure how to proceed... I still cannot seem to get files to copy onto Internal Storage...
EDIT: I got a ROM, GApps and SU to stick to Storage!!! Gonna try to install now.
SUCCESSSSSSSSSS!!!! WOOOOOO! Totally gonna try to update to 5.1 again haha Thank you thank you thank you @simms22!

Well, i have the same problem now.. unable to copy anything to the internal storage.
TWRP is opening fine though.. what should i do??

Mystique_Myth said:
Well, i have the same problem now.. unable to copy anything to the internal storage.
TWRP is opening fine though.. what should i do??
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simms22 said:
try formatting user data first
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Thanks!
This thread and this trick
try formatting user data first
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Nexus 6
Tip: it will not allow to format user data right after deletion!
You will need to restart recovery and only after that it will format the user data!