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[Q] How to restore a formated HTC One

I inadvertently formatted my Sprint HTC One (ver. 1.29.651.6) with TRWP, now the phone is useless. There is no RUU for this version yet, please tell me there is something I can do restore the factory ROM or at least be able to copy my TWRP backup files to the now inaccessible internal storage.

Try sideloading a rom via twrp
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benmac33 said:
I inadvertently formatted my Sprint HTC One (ver. 1.29.651.6) with TRWP, now the phone is useless. There is no RUU for this version yet, please tell me there is something I can do restore the factory ROM or at least be able to copy my TWRP backup files to the now inaccessible internal storage.
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Same here, I am usually good at doing these procedures... but last night, after loading the recovery (and followed directions from XDA and youtube video exactly), the internal storage was inaccessible from twrp, even though I saved the superuser zip in the download area, it could not be reached by the twrp file browser. In my desperate attempt to fix this, I followed another members poor advice and ended up essentially wiping the phone....
Now, I can boot into fastboot and twrp.... but it does not get past the white HTC start up screen and is stuck there.
If anyone can share a link to the best method to fix this issues, I appreciate it! Whether sideloading a rom, or restoring factory stock, please help!. Thank you.

The following does not work?
It seems that you have to fastboot oem lock first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250904
Sprint_HTC_One_m7wls_1.29.651.7_RUU.zip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WWNZpaQBh8&hd=1

bwlinux said:
The following does not work?
It seems that you have to fastboot oem lock first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250904
Sprint_HTC_One_m7wls_1.29.651.7_RUU.zip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WWNZpaQBh8&hd=1
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Thank you sir! I will try this and report back on results. As much as I disliked stock and wanted to flash CM10.1 rom... at this point, I guess I will be glad to have things back to stock .... :good:

Good lookin out on that link, that's what I was looking for. Much appreciated.

u could use adb and transfer a rom to the sdcard

ggoomani said:
Thank you sir! I will try this and report back on results. As much as I disliked stock and wanted to flash CM10.1 rom... at this point, I guess I will be glad to have things back to stock .... :good:
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Feeling very happy with my phone now that it has been fixed.. much thanks to your advice, I was able to look at the posts and video and recovered my device to re-lock, loaded stock RUU, then went right back to unlocking, installing recovery and rom (CM 10.1). 2nd time around worked as predicted.
It took a few nervous moments, but was well worth the effort now that the phone is essentially a nexus 5 like device for me. I will not miss Sense or blinkfeed at all. Never really used Zoe and camera software features.. Could those be installed separately as an additional camera app besides the standard CM supplied version?

ticklemepinks said:
u could use adb and transfer a rom to the sdcard
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I also wiped everything on my phone and formatted the internal sd card with TWRP. I wanted a fresh start and thought I could just mount the internal sd card thru recovery and transfer my rom.zip off my laptop. Very BIG mistake, as I was unaware that TWRP does not mount/format properly! The above quote by Ms. Pinks was the first method that I tried, but did not work because TWRP rendered my internal memory useless.......phone would no longer recognize it. After several hours of failed attempts I just gave up for the night. In the morning, I did some reading on Clockwork Mod Recovery on other forums and it got alot of positive reviews........mounts/formats/wipes partitions properly! It just does'nt have some of the bells and whistles that TWRP does. I proceeded to flash it thru fastboot using the fastboot flash recovery cwm.image command. Once flashed, I was able to boot into recovery and reformat my internal sd card properly! After that, I used adb to push my rom.zip to the card and flashed away! I have tried all the functions in CWM and it works beautifully! (I love TWRP, but there are to many bugs in it's current state.....for this phone at least) Gonna be using CWM from now on. Hope my experience can help some other user's who screwed up too.

update cwm recovery?

Hello guys finally got root but cant install any roms? I have rooted via rootgalaxynote.com installing odin ver. 1.85 and cwm recovery 5.5 or something like that but still get error 7 when install cm10 zip file thru cwm. I also tried to install twrp thru odin but says invalid and ends. Dont know if im outdated with any of these versions as they are old threads and dont know if the uvmal1 update back in january has anything to do with it. Please help i have rooted as i have titanium backup and superuser installed. I am lost as to how to fix this issue and have read everywhere. I saw a link for cwm ver 6.0.3.1 which is what i need i believe but it was on a tmo s2 thread so dont know i can use that link and just reflash thru odin again like i did the first time. Thanks

parmakr said:
Hello guys finally got root but cant install any roms? I have rooted via rootgalaxynote.com installing odin ver. 1.85 and cwm recovery 5.5 or something like that but still get error 7 when install cm10 zip file thru cwm. I also tried to install twrp thru odin but says invalid and ends. Dont know if im outdated with any of these versions as they are old threads and dont know if the uvmal1 update back in january has anything to do with it. Please help i have rooted as i have titanium backup and superuser installed. I am lost as to how to fix this issue and have read everywhere. I saw a link for cwm ver 6.0.3.1 which is what i need i believe but it was on a tmo s2 thread so dont know i can use that link and just reflash thru odin again like i did the first time. Thanks
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Instead of odin, try to flash the TWRP zip version through CWM and see if that gets you anywhere.
www.techerrata.com/file/twrp2/sgh-t879/openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.1-sgh-879.zip

I will see if that works thanks

Ok i got it installed using the zip method thru cwm now i got twrp. One problem though when i click to install in twrp recovery i cant find any of the downloaded roms or any files on my internal sd card. I only show my external sd card which is only pictures and videos which is all keep in there. There is a an option to click on external or internal at the top of the page but nothing happens when i click the small bubble for internal sd card? What can be the problem? Thanks for your help

parmakr said:
Ok i got it installed using the zip method thru cwm now i got twrp. One problem though when i click to install in twrp recovery i cant find any of the downloaded roms or any files on my internal sd card. I only show my external sd card which is only pictures and videos which is all keep in there. There is a an option to click on external or internal at the top of the page but nothing happens when i click the small bubble for internal sd card? What can be the problem? Thanks for your help
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In TWRP, if you click advanced/ filemanager/ emmc folder, can you see your internal storage? There is also fix permissions under advanced. You could try that too if nothing else is working.

fraughtsigewulf said:
In TWRP, if you click advanced/ filemanager/ emmc folder, can you see your internal storage? There is also fix permissions under advanced. You could try that too if nothing else is working.
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Awesome it was under emmc folder. Thanks again great help!

parmakr said:
Hello guys finally got root but cant install any roms? I have rooted via rootgalaxynote.com installing odin ver. 1.85 and cwm recovery 5.5 or something like that but still get error 7 when install cm10 zip file thru cwm. I also tried to install twrp thru odin but says invalid and ends. Dont know if im outdated with any of these versions as they are old threads and dont know if the uvmal1 update back in january has anything to do with it. Please help i have rooted as i have titanium backup and superuser installed. I am lost as to how to fix this issue and have read everywhere. I saw a link for cwm ver 6.0.3.1 which is what i need i believe but it was on a tmo s2 thread so dont know i can use that link and just reflash thru odin again like i did the first time. Thanks
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How did you get cwm to work? I've tried through rom manger and it says its installed and its a file in my internal sd but when I reboot into recovery it just the factory recovery screen????? I have been looking for a tar file that I can flash through odin ?

[Q] omni rom 4.4 problem with loading internal storage

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47238901
follwed all the steps on this thread but it just doesnt work evrytime i enter the command it says no such file found, pls help

If you see the main thread you notice lot of people are reporting problems mounting internal storage.. why not keep an eye there...

Or maybe you use the alternate method or putting an alternate kernel the file in /preload/TWRP/
This does not require root, and the preload partition is mounted in the recovery instead of the sd card automaticly.
placing it /preload/ does require root, so go for /preload/TWRP/

Azeazezar said:
Or maybe you use the alternate method or putting an alternate kernel the file in /preload/TWRP/
This does not require root, and the preload partition is mounted in the recovery instead of the sd card automaticly.
placing it /preload/ does require root, so go for /preload/TWRP/
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Thanks totally solved it

Need help to restore N7000
Hi i had installed Teamwin recovery v2.6.3.0 when i installed omni 4.4 rom on my samsung galaxy gt n7000. As i installed 4-4 my keyboard was not working on it . By mistake i have wipe dalvik cache ,system,data and cache as the factory reset was failed . I did not notice that it was not showing my sd card .
Now i am struck up i have no os on my device .
I had previously CWM recovery and the backup of my Asylum rom was on sd card now i dont know how to fix up my phone.
i tried few things it even shows u need to install supersu and as i reboot it try to install it but it never happen waited for long time for that.
i will appreciate if anyone can guide me and tell me how can i come out of the problem.
i will also like to bring to your notice that when i connect my device with laptop via usb cable it is not deducting my device
will be waiting i hope some one of u will take out some time and advice me how to make my phone work again

omesh_midha said:
Hi i had installed Teamwin recovery v2.6.3.0 when i installed omni 4.4 rom on my samsung galaxy gt n7000. As i installed 4-4 my keyboard was not working on it . By mistake i have wipe dalvik cache ,system,data and cache as the factory reset was failed . I did not notice that it was not showing my sd card .
Now i am struck up i have no os on my device .
I had previously CWM recovery and the backup of my Asylum rom was on sd card now i dont know how to fix up my phone.
i tried few things it even shows u need to install supersu and as i reboot it try to install it but it never happen waited for long time for that.
i will appreciate if anyone can guide me and tell me how can i come out of the problem.
i will also like to bring to your notice that when i connect my device with laptop via usb cable it is not deducting my device
will be waiting i hope some one of u will take out some time and advice me how to make my phone work again
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Read:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47238901&postcount=40
also to restore previous backup, you may also flash philz kernel and then restore.

Should be fixed in the latest nightly

kindly advice
treacherous_hawk said:
Read:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47238901&postcount=40
also to restore previous backup, you may also flash philz kernel and then restore.
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Thanks for your help...Can you tell how to flash philz kernel as i have no os on my mobile its only showing me teamwin . i have cwm and recovery but in teamwin i cant excess my sdcard .
will highly appreciate your advice
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nokiamodeln91 said:
Should be fixed in the latest nightly
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Thanks for the reply
Can you help me in getting my mobile working again . is there any way i can excess my sd card .....is there any way i can go to cwm recovery as i have the backup on that
Waiting for your reply
Thanks

If you use root explorer, can you see any of the files? IN TWRP recovery, when you click on "Install", which folder do you see as default.. try to place the Philz kernel zip to that location and flash it in recovery.. then reboot recovery.

can you please explain alternate method
Azeazezar said:
Or maybe you use the alternate method or putting an alternate kernel the file in /preload/TWRP/
This does not require root, and the preload partition is mounted in the recovery instead of the sd card automaticly.
placing it /preload/ does require root, so go for /preload/TWRP/
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Can you please advice how can i put another kernel when i have no os.....and my mobile is not deducted by my laptop .is there any other way i can go back to cwm recovery which is on my sd card ....
kindly help

Why is there no OS? Anyhow.. boot into twrp recovery.. connect phone to pc and run adb devices. It should show the phone.. then activate adb sideload. In cmd prompt, use command adb sideload "path or the zip file on pc". this should install the kernel/rom.

thanks
nokiamodeln91 said:
If you use root explorer, can you see any of the files? IN TWRP recovery, when you click on "Install", which folder do you see as default.. try to place the Philz kernel zip to that location and flash it in recovery.. then reboot recovery.
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thanks for your prompt help
I am sorry to ask so many questions here . I dont know much about flashing and doing trouble shooting i also appreciate your help.
As i told have no os on my device which is samsung gt n7000 . When i go to TWRP i went to Advance then from there recovery but i cant find any files there .
All my backup was on cwm recovery which is on my internal and sd card also both of which i cant see on TWRP
when i reboot my device it says supersu not installed it tries to install but nothing happen and the screen keep telling that its installing supersu
Kindly let me know if there is any other way to make my device work
Thanks

try whats in my last post.

thanks
nokiamodeln91 said:
try whats in my last post.
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Dear Sir
I am will appreciate if you can provide me link or any tutorial where i can get the same done . As i am not good in all this and have no knowledge regarding the same.
And do let me know if there is any other way from where i can just excess my data on sd card and internal card and i can use cwm as i have used that so many times once i can excess my data on internal and external card of my device i can do that.
Is there any terminal command on TWRP from where i can run supersu or any command so i can excess my internal and external sd storage .
I am sorry to bother u again and again but i hope you can understand i am not good like ur
Waiting for your reply
Warm Regards and Thanks

Easy way use pc Odin flash philz kernel. Boot into recover using three button method and restore cwm backup. You will get yellow triangle but that's easy to remove as well. If anybody is going to be flashing any Roms pc Odin and adb is a must have. If don't have a backup or a Rom on your sd card you can flash a stock Rom with Odin.
Experimental roms are going to leave you stranded most of the time and if people are going to flash roms labeled as such then the should learn how to recover from them before flashing
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

ttibbetts83 said:
Experimental roms are going to leave you stranded most of the time and if people are going to flash roms labeled as such then the should learn how to recover from them before flashing
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Should stick it.

omesh_midha said:
thanks for your prompt help
I am sorry to ask so many questions here . I dont know much about flashing and doing trouble shooting i also appreciate your help.
As i told have no os on my device which is samsung gt n7000 . When i go to TWRP i went to Advance then from there recovery but i cant find any files there .
All my backup was on cwm recovery which is on my internal and sd card also both of which i cant see on TWRP
when i reboot my device it says supersu not installed it tries to install but nothing happen and the screen keep telling that its installing supersu
Kindly let me know if there is any other way to make my device work
Thanks
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I recommend Odin(PC).
As an alternative, try this, should mount the external SD card.
This does not work if that sd card is partitioned.
Code:
mount /dev/block/mmcblk1 /sdcard/

[Q][Helprequest]repartitioning gone wrong?

I followed the steps in Neo's thread about repartitioning and ended up in sh** where I can not see sdcard0 (internal memory) and phone says there is no micro sd card inserted even though it is.
I tried with terminal commands to fix storage permissions, but it doesn't allow me anything as it says files are read only.
I flashed the uninstaller as well which says it should help and did not help.
Any other ideas? :/

_ronin_ said:
I followed the steps in Neo's thread about repartitioning and ended up in sh** where I can not see sdcard0 (internal memory) and phone says there is no micro sd card inserted even though it is.
I tried with terminal commands to fix storage permissions, but it doesn't allow me anything as it says files are read only.
I flashed the uninstaller as well which says it should help and did not help.
Any other ideas? :/
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Which recovery is installed? Try AdrianDC's latest TWRP. Also CM13 might help as it will repartion the storage.

St.Jimmy90 said:
Which recovery is installed? Try AdrianDC's latest TWRP. Also CM13 might help as it will repartion the storage.
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Thank you very much for answer, almost gave up on the phone pretty much.
Twrp is 2.8.xxx something (one supplied with Neo's rom), I tried with 3.0 did not help. Tried with Clockworkmod didnt help either.
I will search for AdrianDC TWRP and give it a go.
Cm13 I tried but did not want to apply the storage change because it could not find "system" partition, (almost bricked it I guess) but I managed to fix that with stock rom, and could later reflash cm 12.1
But I will try flashing CM13 again, and come back with info in case you will be able to give some input again!
Thanks for now!

_ronin_ said:
Thank you very much for answer, almost gave up on the phone pretty much.
Twrp is 2.8.xxx something (one supplied with Neo's rom), I tried with 3.0 did not help. Tried with Clockworkmod didnt help either.
I will search for AdrianDC TWRP and give it a go.
Cm13 I tried but did not want to apply the storage change because it could not find "system" partition, (almost bricked it I guess) but I managed to fix that with stock rom, and could later reflash cm 12.1
But I will try flashing CM13 again, and come back with info in case you will be able to give some input again!
Thanks for now!
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No worries.
For the recovery, go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...t/recovery-twrp-3-0-0-touch-recovery-t3319588
And CM13 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-t-v/orig-development/rom-cyanogenmod-13-0-xperia-t-t3415827
I'm using it on my T and it's pretty awesome

St.Jimmy90 said:
No worries.
For the recovery, go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...t/recovery-twrp-3-0-0-touch-recovery-t3319588
And CM13 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-t-v/orig-development/rom-cyanogenmod-13-0-xperia-t-t3415827
I'm using it on my T and it's pretty awesome
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Cheers for links, Tried with CM13, no success like before getting error when flashing the zip:
"sdcard could not be mounted (ext4/exfat ?) please verify your partition file system
You are agreeing to format your SDCard
UserData partition still contains files"
so doesnt let me flash 13.
And to repair the partitions I guess I just try the TWRP and under advance the repair option right?
Terribly sorry to bother so much, but I like the phone, and would love to fix it again!

_ronin_ said:
Cheers for links, Tried with CM13, no success like before getting error when flashing the zip:
"sdcard could not be mounted (ext4/exfat ?) please verify your partition file system
You are agreeing to format your SDCard
UserData partition still contains files"
so doesnt let me flash 13.
And to repair the partitions I guess I just try the TWRP and under advance the repair option right?
Terribly sorry to bother so much, but I like the phone, and would love to fix it again!
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Try to flash twrp first. Then do a reboot and try again to flash cm13.
Please report back how it goes
Good luck

St.Jimmy90 said:
Try to flash twrp first. Then do a reboot and try again to flash cm13.
Please report back how it goes
Good luck
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Done and done, but I basically ended up on the same spot where it said unable to mount /system + previous error about sdcard
and now can not flash anything anymore (so have to flash official rom again to start up my phone)
Maybe im doing something wrong with flashing, but i doubt it. (flashtool64 is which im using) fastboot, and under the option of select kernel to flash.
then rest is done in recovery anyway with installing, right?
At the moment I am installing official rom, so I can start over with flashing twrp, rebooting, then flashing cm13
One thing I learned to always backup working system before doing anything!

_ronin_ said:
Done and done, but I basically ended up on the same spot where it said unable to mount /system + previous error about sdcard
and now can not flash anything anymore (so have to flash official rom again to start up my phone)
Maybe im doing something wrong with flashing, but i doubt it. (flashtool64 is which im using) fastboot, and under the option of select kernel to flash.
then rest is done in recovery anyway with installing, right?
At the moment I am installing official rom, so I can start over with flashing twrp, rebooting, then flashing cm13
One thing I learned to always backup working system before doing anything!
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I'm sorry to hear that.
Once stock rom is on it, try to flash neos kernel and then boot into recovery. In there flash Adriandc's twrp (the zip file).
After that reboot and try to flash cm13. If this still doesn't work you could try Adriandc's files for repartitioning. He did some awesome work.
I'm on my phone right now so I'll keep it short, if you need further assistance I'll try to help you as soon as i get to my PC

St.Jimmy90 said:
I'm sorry to hear that.
Once stock rom is on it, try to flash neos kernel and then boot into recovery. In there flash Adriandc's twrp (the zip file).
After that reboot and try to flash cm13. If this still doesn't work you could try Adriandc's files for repartitioning. He did some awesome work.
I'm on my phone right now so I'll keep it short, if you need further assistance I'll try to help you as soon as i get to my PC
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Thanks!
Tried exactly like that, same error when trying to flash cm13 :"Updater process ended with ERROR:7
Error installing zip file ".zip"
I guess I ruined something really bad when trying to repartion following neo's guide, (twrp says about partitions this:
- Internal storage: (1812mb)
- Legacy SDCard (0mb)
- Micro SDCard (7488mb)
-USB OTG (0mb)
If you have any more suggestions I can try, otherwise we can give up! feels like nothing would work, though much love for taking your time trying to help me! <3

_ronin_ said:
Thanks!
Tried exactly like that, same error when trying to flash cm13 :"Updater process ended with ERROR:7
Error installing zip file ".zip"
I guess I ruined something really bad when trying to repartion following neo's guide, (twrp says about partitions this:
- Internal storage: (1812mb)
- Legacy SDCard (0mb)
- Micro SDCard (7488mb)
-USB OTG (0mb)
If you have any more suggestions I can try, otherwise we can give up! feels like nothing would work, though much love for taking your time trying to help me! <3
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It doesn't look that bad at all. Which version of TWRP is currently on your phone? (also the build date)
It looks like basketbuild is down right now, but once it's back up again you could try this zip:
https://basketbuild.com/devs/AdrianDC/CyanogenMod/XperiaBlue
it will repartition your phone to it's original partition table

St.Jimmy90 said:
It doesn't look that bad at all. Which version of TWRP is currently on your phone? (also the build date)
It looks like basketbuild is down right now, but once it's back up again you could try this zip:
https://basketbuild.com/devs/AdrianDC/CyanogenMod/XperiaBlue
it will repartition your phone to it's original partition table
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Oh that sounds exactly what I would need yea!
At the moment I reflashed cm12.1 (neo's) which installs 2.8.6.x twrp. Build date was january i think. (phone is booting up still)
I will try this zip as soon as basketbuild is up and will let you know what happens. (I guess i just reboot into twrp and flash the zip)?

_ronin_ said:
Oh that sounds exactly what I would need yea!
At the moment I reflashed cm12.1 (neo's) which installs 2.8.6.x twrp. Build date was january i think. (phone is booting up still)
I will try this zip as soon as basketbuild is up and will let you know what happens. (I guess i just reboot into twrp and flash the zip)?
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Yeah, boot into TWRP, flash a new TWRP (I think it was 20th july or newer), then reboot straight into recovery again and flash the restore_sd zip

My phone booted up now with the 12.1, and there is internal memory back, 11gb out of 11gb free, accessable, and everything.. No idea what caused it to appear again but something what you said basically helped me and restored it back to original.
So thank you a lot! I kinda want to try and repartition it again to have more space for apps, but im afraid ill just blow it again.
You think I should try installing cm13 now as storage looks normal again?

_ronin_ said:
My phone booted up now with the 12.1, and there is internal memory back, 11gb out of 11gb free, accessable, and everything.. No idea what caused it to appear again but something what you said basically helped me and restored it back to original.
So thank you a lot! I kinda want to try and repartition it again to have more space for apps, but im afraid ill just blow it again.
You think I should try installing cm13 now as storage looks normal again?
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I'm really glad you managed to restore it! Mint is still a great device.
Yeah, but CM13 will repartition your phone again (automatically). It will warn you once that all data will be lost, on second attempt it will flash just fine.
Good luck

St.Jimmy90 said:
I'm really glad you managed to restore it! Mint is still a great device.
Yeah, but CM13 will repartition your phone again (automatically). It will warn you once that all data will be lost, on second attempt it will flash just fine.
Good luck
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Yep it did just that. Im very grateful for all help, running cm13 now as well, and storage wont be an issue anymore it seems!

_ronin_ said:
Yep it did just that. Im very grateful for all help, running cm13 now as well, and storage wont be an issue anymore it seems!
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Awesome. Have fun with CM13, it's really a great rom.

Getting Nougat onto Samsung GALAXY Tab 8.9 (GT-P7310) running Android 4.0.4

Hello Everyone,
I know this is an old tablet and mine works fine but there are so many apps i cannot run on it because it's so old.
For some reason when I go to recovery (power plus volume down) it only gives me options to install from cache or to install from SD card. My Tab doesn't have an SD card slot and I've tried many different things like putting the Google Apps file in an /sdcard folder but no luck. Maybe I need a better recovery that will allow me to install from OTA USB or from Internal storage, or directly from the PC.
I have never rooted a phone before or unlocked a bootloader, and maybe I'm missing a step, but no matter how many forum posts I check people seem to be able to run it from /sdcard which is simply not working for me.
Please help!

I've got the same issue here, and tried everything, from what you've said you've done to using command lines in adb fastboot, and nothing seem to bring me closer to write on the root of the device. Maybe with both of us asking here someone pops up to bring some light to this.

@saitar
Install the TWRP Recovery 2.8.7.0 or higher.

bescalan said:
Hello Everyone,
I know this is an old tablet and mine works fine but there are so many apps i cannot run on it because it's so old.
For some reason when I go to recovery (power plus volume down) it only gives me options to install from cache or to install from SD card. My Tab doesn't have an SD card slot and I've tried many different things like putting the Google Apps file in an /sdcard folder but no luck. Maybe I need a better recovery that will allow me to install from OTA USB or from Internal storage, or directly from the PC.
I have never rooted a phone before or unlocked a bootloader, and maybe I'm missing a step, but no matter how many forum posts I check people seem to be able to run it from /sdcard which is simply not working for me.
Please help!
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I don't know if this is still an issue for you, but I went further as nobody seemed to see the post.
I used this TWRP recovery, then flashed the lollipop rom here. But I stopped at the gapps... the only one I was able to flash was this one, but the keyboard isn't showing up. I tried the complete compilation and the flashing failed due to lack of space, although the device was plenty of it...
bierma32 said:
@saitar
Install the TWRP Recovery 2.8.7.0 or higher.
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Thanks for replying. Yes, this is what I found out reading in xda and other forums, as the recovery I mentioned above is the 2.7.1.0, but is there a 2.8 recovery for the Tab 8.9, or should we be able to update the 2.7 to 2.8 without problems? Edit: I noticed in your post signature you got a 3.0 version on your device... how?

@saitar
Here are the link for TWRP https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ev-testing-twrp-galaxy-tab-8-9-p7310-t3469987
You can update your TWRP with the ZIP file from your existing Recovery or with Odin and the *.Tar file.

bierma32 said:
@saitar
Herr are the link for TWRP https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ev-testing-twrp-galaxy-tab-8-9-p7310-t3469987
You can update your TWRP with the ZIP file Form your existing Recovery or with Odin and the *.Tar file.
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You're the man! th tar file didin't work, but I was able to flash the 3.0 TWRP, then flashed the Nougat version and the Gapps. Everything is working fine.
Thanks again!

Nougat update for i957?
Great to see the efforts here, kudos.
A naive question, whether this is going to work on my i957 currently on 4.0.4 ICS? If no, any recommendations for any latest ROM for i957? Being on 4.0.4, a number of apps have started causing issues, support not being available.
If there's another thread I should post on, pls suggest the same.
Thx
Mads

Recover using ODIN n with official firmware
bescalan said:
Hello Everyone,
I know this is an old tablet and mine works fine but there are so many apps i cannot run on it because it's so old.
For some reason when I go to recovery (power plus volume down) it only gives me options to install from cache or to install from SD card. My Tab doesn't have an SD card slot and I've tried many different things like putting the Google Apps file in an /sdcard folder but no luck. Maybe I need a better recovery that will allow me to install from OTA USB or from Internal storage, or directly from the PC.
I have never rooted a phone before or unlocked a bootloader, and maybe I'm missing a step, but no matter how many forum posts I check people seem to be able to run it from /sdcard which is simply not working for me.
Please help!
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DEAR FRIEND,
recover your Tab using ODIN apk in PC.
install the Odin 1.13 or upto u at odindownload. COM
enter the recovery mode - Downloading
insert this firmware At NERDSCHALK WEBSITE using keyword on google ROM SAMSUNG TAB 8.9 FIRMWARE
follow the step of using ODIN ,
u will your phone flashed into that ORIGINAL version.
I HOPE IT WILL HELP YOU.
REGARD JIU-JITSAN