I am running ARHD 10.1 based on JB 4.2.2. and my recovery is TWRP. The issue I am having started when I updated the rom from 9 something to 10.1. It was recommended that I back up the sd and then restore it back on the phone after the rom flash. I deleted everything from the sd card and then transferred the files to make sure the the files don't get corrupt if it was merged. However, this method was a headache and some files were harder to transfer. After I got everything back to normal I noticed one thing. My old back up of nandroid are still in the sd card, but don't show up in recovery and my new back after the transfer of files to sd card do not show up in the TWRP back up file in the sd card, but I can see the new backup of nandroid in recovery. Why is that. I looked everywhere in the sd card and I can't find any other place it will save them. So where did my phone save them and where can i find it in the sd card?
its /data/media/clockworkmod/backup for cwm but im not sure about twrp
skinsfanbdh said:
its /data/media/clockworkmod/backup for cwm but im not sure about twrp
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Before I had this issue it was /TWRP/BACKUPS/FA34MW904643/
but I only see the old back ups before the issue. The new back ups is no where to be found on the sd card, but I can see the new ones in recovery, but not the old backups.
zainkool said:
Before I had this issue it was /TWRP/BACKUPS/FA34MW904643/
but I only see the old back ups before the issue. The new back ups is no where to be found on the sd card, but I can see the new ones in recovery, but not the old backups.
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look in 0/twrp/backups in recovery
skinsfanbdh said:
look in 0/twrp/backups in recovery
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I tried that. I only see new backups and the old one that is saved on the sd card are missing in recovery. the new back ups I can't find on the sd card.
In my phone after JB 4.2.2 , the TWRP backups saved in the folder storage/emulated/0/TWRP
If nothing ,try to check data/media/twrp or data/media/0/twrp
tash2013 said:
In my phone after JB 4.2.2 , the TWRP backups saved in the folder storage/emulated/0/TWRP
If nothing ,try to check data/media/twrp or data/media/0/twrp
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I found the new back ups in data/media/0/twrp, but I only see it in the file manager in twrp. The folder is shown empty on es explorer with the phone turned on and I do not see phone files when plugged into the computer, only sd. How can I view phone files on the computer.
You need ES set to root explorer to view the contents of /data
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This is one of the reasons CWM is much better
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Yes, you need root permissions for access to /data/media...
In general, something not so with your phone (file system), the path /data/media/0/twrp and path /storage/emuleted/0/twrp are "symlink". My advise, after you will take backup, keep all applications and data and make factory reset with formatting of internal sd under JB 4.2.2.
I have a rooted HTC One and when I rooted it I used to have CWM Recovery as my custom recovery. When I updated my ROM to 4.4 KitKat, CWM at the time didnt support KitKat so I switched to TWRP 2.6.3.3 which did. Thing is after doing a disk analysis of my phone, I found that the CWM backups are still on my phone and seeing as they're not compatible with TWRP plus their taking over 2GB in storage capacity, how do I get rid of them ?! I frequently make a nandroid backup of my phone in case of a worst case scenario but I would like back the storage capacity these CWM backups are taking !
P.S Using the app I used it said the CWM folder was in excess of 2.6GB so I clicked on delete but it said the folder doesnt exist ?! I'm assuming when I flashed TWRP that while CWM was uninstalled or whatnot, its backups still remained. Were are the backups located so I can manually via a PC delete them ?!
Can anyone please provide some assistance, Thanks
Go with ES File Explorer to "/" = device/mnt/sdcard/clockworkmod/backups and delete from there.
To see those backups on your computer when the One is connected, you need to move the CWM backups from above path to "/" device/data/media/0
You might want to keep them!
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I use CWM ROM Manager from the Play store to manage my backups.
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or you can just plug your phone into your PC and from there you can access the storage and delete from there....easier with a mouse i think.
hardstuffmuc said:
Go with ES File Explorer to "/" = device/mnt/sdcard/clockworkmod/backups and delete from there.
To see those backups on your computer when the One is connected, you need to move the CWM backups from above path to "/" device/data/media/0
You might want to keep them!
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Thing is I downloaded it and CWM folder was empty, I then downloaded a root file explorer, I located it in the root section of the phone (i.e not the SD card) and it was over 2GB in size, I deleted it but the extra storage capacity was added to the phone stats
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Thing is I downloaded it and CWM folder was empty, I then downloaded a root file explorer, I located it in the root section of the phone (i.e not the SD card) and it was over 2GB in size, I deleted it but the extra storage capacity was added to the phone stats
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Was or was not? Sentence sounds like you meant was not because of the use of the word 'but'. Clarify please.
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bbinder said:
Was or was not? Sentence sounds like you meant was not because of the use of the word 'but'. Clarify please.
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My apologies ! Before deleting the folder my phone had 17.01 GB (32GB Model) of free storage, after deleting the folder it was still the same. I even rebooted the phone so the phone stats could be refreshed but it was still the same
Weird. I did the same thing as you when installing ARHD 51.0 and I don't have that folder with anything in it. Prolly cuz I wasn't making backups of that in specific though. I never found something I couldn't delete...
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bbinder said:
Weird. I did the same thing as you when installing ARHD 51.0 and I don't have that folder with anything in it. Prolly cuz I wasn't making backups of that in specific though. I never found something I couldn't delete...
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Im also quite confused, I know I made CWM backups time to time but I was surprised the folder was empty when I checked in it
FaisalH1991 said:
Im also quite confused, I know I made CWM backups time to time but I was surprised the folder was empty when I checked in it
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use a root-enabled file explorer (if you want ES, but root enabled), and go to /data/media/clockworkmod
not /data/media/0 or /sdcard, etc. just /data/media/
I need help installing or flashing it with twrp? Do I just flash like how I regularly when installing a rom? please help
AlexG. said:
I need help installing or flashing it with twrp? Do I just flash like how I regularly when installing a rom? please help
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You put it on the root of your sd card and just use TWRP but you have to be on version 2.8.6.0 if you want to flash images which is what that is.
MrMike2182 said:
You put it on the root of your sd card and just use TWRP but you have to be on version 2.8.6.0 if you want to flash images which is what that is.
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I flashed the recovery.img in twrp / install and it showed up a screen with a triangle and an exclamation point. what do I do now?
AlexG. said:
I flashed the recovery.img in twrp / install and it showed up a screen with a triangle and an exclamation point. what do I do now?
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You are on cricket wireless correct? Have you done anything else to the phone? Like flashing another kernel or anything?
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You are on cricket wireless correct? Have you done anything else to the phone? Like flashing another kernel or anything?
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I should be yes, Before I flashed a new rom, I unlocked bootloader and i got it rooted then installed a custom recovery which was twrp and then install nonsense rom 1.03 but on my phone it says NonSense beta 1.01 as the build number.
Try downloading this one but first extract it from the .rar if it's zipped..
http://www.mediafire.com/?28mg4bpunn6z1a2
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Try downloading this one but first extract it from the .rar if it's zipped..
http://www.mediafire.com/?28mg4bpunn6z1a2
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Could you give me steps? Sorry I'm kind of a noob at this forgive me. please and thank you.
AlexG. said:
Could you give me steps? Sorry I'm kind of a noob at this forgive me. please and thank you.
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Do you have a computer that you're about to download that with?
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Do you have a computer that you're about to download that with?
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Yes I'm on it right now. And i'm downloading the file on it.
AlexG. said:
Yes I'm on it right now. And i'm downloading the file on it.
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Well after you're done downloading that extract it first but you should have a program on the computer to extract with... I use winrar because it's easy and does everything... After you extract it you need to get it onto your SD card but make sure it's in the root of the SD and not inside of any folder and then go in TWRP and wipe system dalvic, cache and data and then go back and restore/install the stock rom you're downloading now.
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Well after you're done downloading that extract it first but you should have a program on the computer to extract with... I use winrar because it's easy and does everything... After you extract it you need to get it onto your SD card but make sure it's in the root of the SD and not inside of any folder and then go in TWRP and wipe system dalvic, cache and data and then go back and restore/install the stock rom you're downloading now.
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I'm a bit confused there, I extracted it and the files are in the folder called cricketstock2014-12-22, what should I do from there? and if I can't put it on the root of my sd card then where should I put it at? thanks for spending your time and helping me.
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I'm a bit confused there, I extracted it and the files are in the folder called cricketstock2014-12-22, what should I do from there? and if I can't put it on the root of my sd card then where should I put it at? thanks for spending your time and helping me.
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You need to get that whole file on your sd card but first let's try to just drop the entire file you downloaded the ".rar" and wipe the system like I said and go into TWRP and click install and see if it installs if it doesn't come back and let me know.
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You need to get that whole file on your sd card but first let's try to just drop the entire file you downloaded the ".rar" and wipe the system like I said and go into TWRP and click install and see if it installs if it doesn't come back and let me know.
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But twrp doesn't show rar files.
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I'm a bit confused there, I extracted it and the files are in the folder called cricketstock2014-12-22, what should I do from there? and if I can't put it on the root of my sd card then where should I put it at? thanks for spending your time and helping me.
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I figured it wasn't gonna show the rar file so do this one.
The next thing you should try is this... Use your computer to navigate inside of your sd card and look for this and click TWRP and then click Backups then you should see a folder similar to this FA48XSR09828 (but not the same as mine) click into that one and then take the entire extracted folder this one "cricketstock2014-12-22" and copy it in there and yes it needs to be in this folder so you need to somehow get it in there..
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After you get that entire folder into your TWRP backup folder go back to wipe and wipe the thing's I mentioned and then go back again and this time click restore and you should see the cricketstock2014-12-22 folder tap to install that.
MrMike2182 said:
I figured it wasn't gonna show the rar file so do this one.
The next thing you should try is this... Use your computer to navigate inside of your sd card and look for this and click TWRP and then click Backups then you should see a folder similar to this FA48XSR09828 (but not the same as mine) click into that one and then take the entire extracted folder this one "cricketstock2014-12-22" and copy it in there and yes it needs to be in this folder so you need to somehow get it in there..
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After you get that entire folder into your TWRP backup folder go back to wipe and wipe the thing's I mentioned and then go back again and this time click restore and you should see the cricketstock2014-12-22 folder tap to install that.
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My TWRP folder is in my internal storage of the phone and when I click in the folder theres no backup folder, there's a file called .twrp it's a TWRP FILE
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My TWRP folder is in my internal storage of the phone and when I click in the folder theres no backup folder, there's a file called .twrp it's a TWRP FILE
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no it should not be on the internal storage the phone doesn't have enough room to do what I'm saying this file 900mb is to big for internal storage check on your external storage for the backup folder if it's not there we have to do something.
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no it should not be on the internal storage the phone doesn't have enough room to do what I'm saying this file 900mb is to big for internal storage check on your external storage for the backup folder if it's not there we have to do something.
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I cannot find a TWRP Nor backup file, I never backed up my stock rom when I flashed a new rom for the first time.
AlexG. said:
I cannot find a TWRP Nor backup file, I never backed up my stock rom when I flashed a new rom for the first time.
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Alright do this then... Put your SD card back in the phone, boot into TWRP and then click backup and then make sure it's NOT set to try backing up to your internal storage make sure it says SD or ext_sd and then backup the broken system you have because this will then create that backup folder you need on your SD card that you can't find since you never made a backup up before after it creates the folders go ahead and copy the cricket folder in there then go back to the main screen and tap restore and then you should see the folder you copied in there as long as TWRP is set to external storage if it says internal again then change it back.
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Alright do this then... Put your SD card back in the phone, boot into TWRP and then click backup and then make sure it's NOT set to try backing up to your internal storage make sure it says SD or ext_sd and then backup the broken system you have because this will then create that backup folder you need on your SD card that you can't find since you never made a backup up before after it creates the folders go ahead and copy the cricket folder in there then go back to the main screen and tap restore and then you should see the folder you copied in there as long as TWRP is set to external storage if it says internal again then change it back.
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How do I backup up the broken system if i'm on nonsense? or do I just regularly backup just like normal? sorry for making you type and all. But I appreciate all the help you're giving me so far.
AlexG. said:
How do I backup up the broken system if i'm on nonsense? or do I just regularly backup just like normal? sorry for making you type and all. But I appreciate all the help you're giving me so far.
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just make a backup the normal way. Just go into TWRP and tap backup and go from there until it's done backing up the messed up system. You only need to do this so we can get the stock recovery into the backup folder that you can't find.
Dear community,
About a year after i really wanted to root my htc one mini 2, i decided I wanted to factory reset my phone.
So after this year I forgot everything i knew, and managed to wipe the whole OS...
I would really appreciate any hints that might help me to fix my phone again.
Info on where i'm standing with the problem:
1. I tried to find my stock ROM on this site and couldn't because under "firmware" i can only find 2.18.161.2, though mine is 2.18.166.1 - does this matter? It's the vodafone one, and they even have a nandroid backup for my version, but not the stock firmware.
2. I have TWRP installed, and the site tells me i need to have my bootloader locked to flash stock roms. I have no problem relocking or unlocking it, but in the relocked state, i can not access TWRP recovery and use the sideload feature to flash the rom. The phone always goes back to the bootloader screen and the title says " **security warning** ".
3. i would really like to get my phone back as close to it's stock state as possible.
I am kind of afraid of flashing the available stock firmware, as I don't know how to proceed from there without TWRP.
I read a lot about this topic, but i'm kind of loosing it right now...
Can some kind soul lend me their wisdom and help me out?
Would be much appreciated
mfG Montor
Hi,
You can either get put back everything to stock, as in flash stock recovery, relock the bootloader, get the available version from their site but the version number should be higher than the one already installed, however with S-Off you can flash any version.
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Leave everything as it is and perform a Nandroid restore.
What file are you getting from the website, is it RUU file, ROM, is it exe or zip ?, RUU will be beneficial to put back to complete stock with proper conditions met ?
WITH CUSTOM RECOVERY YOU CANNOT FLASH STOCK ROM.
TryllZ said:
Hi,
You can either get put back everything to stock, as in flash stock recovery, relock the bootloader, get the available version from their site but the version number should be higher than the one already installed, however with S-Off you can flash any version.
Or
Leave everything as it is and perform a Nandroid restore.
What file are you getting from the website, is it RUU file, ROM, is it exe or zip ?, RUU will be beneficial to put back to complete stock with proper conditions met ?
WITH CUSTOM RECOVERY YOU CANNOT FLASH STOCK ROM.
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I would actually really like to put everything back to stock, because the reason for the root is somewhat gone now.
As already mentioned, I sadly can not find the stock recovery that i need.
I need the Vodafone x.xx.166.x format, and the closest i get would be the Vodafone x.xx.161.x format of the stock recovery.
What happens if i try to flash the available one? Do I brick my phone once again, or does it say something like "recovery version not matching device version" ?
Also, if by any chance the flash is successfull and the stock recovery x.xx.161.x is on my phone, how can i flash the stock firmware without TWRP?
Though I really like the idea of a more or less complete stock phone, I could totally go with the nandroid backup too.
The problem is, I already downloaded the files but as my OS is gone and i didn't turn on usb-debugging, i can not move a single file onto my device. (I assume that's the issue, because my adb push file /sdcard/TWRP/Backups didn't quite work...
Edit: Because you asked, I don't actually know what would be the best solution right now, but the only file fitting my device version is the nandroid backup, but there are RUUs for x.xx.161.x - which, as already mentioned, is the closest i can get to x.xx.166.x
Montor said:
I would actually really like to put everything back to stock, because the reason for the root is somewhat gone now.
As already mentioned, I sadly can not find the stock recovery that i need.
I need the Vodafone x.xx.166.x format, and the closest i get would be the Vodafone x.xx.161.x format of the stock recovery.
What happens if i try to flash the available one? Do I brick my phone once again, or does it say something like "recovery version not matching device version" ?
Also, if by any chance the flash is successfull and the stock recovery x.xx.161.x is on my phone, how can i flash the stock firmware without TWRP?
Though I really like the idea of a more or less complete stock phone, I could totally go with the nandroid backup too.
The problem is, I already downloaded the files but as my OS is gone and i didn't turn on usb-debugging, i can not move a single file onto my device. (I assume that's the issue, because my adb push file /sdcard/TWRP/Backups didn't quite work...
Edit: Because you asked, I don't actually know what would be the best solution right now, but the only file fitting my device version is the nandroid backup, but there are RUUs for x.xx.161.x - which, as already mentioned, is the closest i can get to x.xx.166.x
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Here's how you can do it without developer option enabled.
- Make sure device is 100% charged, if you don't know how much charge exists, leave the device on charge for about 1-2 hours.
- Find an MMC of 4GB (Hoping your MMC slot is working)
- You will need Serial Number of your device for Nandroid restore, you can get it from the device box with IMEI stickers.
For RUU (zip file)
- Download the available RUU and rename it to 0P8BIMG.zip (I'm assuming its the same a normal HTC One Mini 2)
- Copy the file into the root of the MMC
- Insert MMC into device
- Boot up device and enter boot loader
- As the device enters bootloader it will automatically start flashing, if all conditions are met.
NB: I frankly can't remember if this will work with TWRP installed.
For Nandroid restore.
- THIS STEP NEEDS BE DONE FROM A PC, Extract all files from the Nandroid restore zip, connect the MMC to the PC.
- In the root folder of the MMC create a TWRP folder and inside it create a folder named BACKUPS and inside this create a folder named YOUR DEVICE SERIAL NUMBER (I haven't tested it with a different named folder so I don't know) inside this folder create a folder with the OS version number of your device and inside this folder place all extracted files.
- Put the MMC into the device.
- Enter TWRP and choose restore
- Locate the folder created in the earlier step, the TWRP Backup folder with files extracted in it.
- Let TWRP restore.
- As far as my knowledge goes it should work fine.
I will advise that you do a restore from Nandroid, because you have TWRP working this is the easiest method, to get the phone up and running then you can decide to go for RUU by enabling developer options and more.
I'm using a Nnadroid restore more than 6 months now, no problem whatsoever.
Good Luck
TryllZ said:
Here's how you can do it without developer option enabled.
- Make sure device is 100% charged, if you don't know how much charge exists, leave the device on charge for about 1-2 hours.
- Find an MMC of 4GB (Hoping your MMC slot is working)
- You will need Serial Number of your device for Nandroid restore, you can get it from the device box with IMEI stickers.
For Nandroid restore.
- THIS STEP NEEDS BE DONE FROM A PC, Extract all files from the Nandroid restore zip, connect the MMC to the PC.
- In the root folder of the MMC create a TWRP folder and inside it create a folder named BACKUPS and inside this create a folder named YOUR DEVICE SERIAL NUMBER (I haven't tested it with a different named folder so I don't know) inside this folder create a folder with the OS version number of your device and inside this folder place all extracted files.
- Put the MMC into the device.
- Enter TWRP and choose restore
- Locate the folder created in the earlier step, the TWRP Backup folder with files extracted in it.
- Let TWRP restore.
- As far as my knowledge goes it should work fine.
I will advise that you do a restore from Nandroid, because you have TWRP working this is the easiest method, to get the phone up and running then you can decide to go for RUU by enabling developer options and more.
I'm using a Nnadroid restore more than 6 months now, no problem whatsoever.
Good Luck
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That is exactly where I'm stuck with my nandroid backup.
I just can't seem to find a way to push the folder with all the files onto my sd-card.
I tried with "adb push \myfolder /sdcard/TWRP/Backups/myphonesnumberthingy", but it gives me "Device not found" error.
The device is connected, and with "fastboot devices" it shows in the list.
Did I miss something important here?
All the drivers are installed, and I shouldn't be able to lock and unlock the bootloader if the device wasn't properly connected right?
Edit: Nevermind, it seems I can't read. I will try to put my sd-card out of my phone and connect it to my pc somehow
Montor said:
That is exactly where I'm stuck with my nandroid backup.
I just can't seem to find a way to push the folder with all the files onto my sd-card.
I tried with "adb push \myfolder /sdcard/TWRP/Backups/myphonesnumberthingy", but it gives me "Device not found" error.
The device is connected, and with "fastboot devices" it shows in the list.
Did I miss something important here?
All the drivers are installed, and I shouldn't be able to lock and unlock the bootloader if the device wasn't properly connected right?
Edit: Nevermind, it seems I can't read. I will try to put my sd-card out of my phone and connect it to my pc somehow
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Use an MMC reader for working your MMC with a PC.
Your device connecting to your PC in the bootloader does not mean your commands will work, ADB works with device switched on, in bootloader its fastboot and NOT ADB.
TryllZ said:
Use an MMC reader for working your MMC with a PC.
Your device connecting to your PC in the bootloader does not mean your commands will work, ADB works with device switched on, in bootloader its fastboot and NOT ADB.
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So i have an adapter for connecting the MMC to my PC.
I plug it in, and it shows me THIS.
Inside my recovery, if I use the file manager, I can't seem to access/find a single set of directories that looks like the one above...
Montor said:
So i have an adapter for connecting the MMC to my PC.
I plug it in, and it shows me THIS.
Inside my recovery, if I use the file manager, I can't seem to access/find a single set of directories that looks like the one above...
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Have you extracted files from the Nandroid Backup zip and placed them into TWRP>Backups>Phone Serial Number>OS Version Number folder
Now, in TWRP choose Restore from the main screen, and locate the folder where your files are placed.
When in Restore, make sure you choose Storage: Micro SDCard at the top below Time, Battery and CPU.
TryllZ said:
Have you extracted files from the Nandroid Backup zip and placed them into TWRP>Backups>Phone Serial Number>OS Version Number folder
Now, in TWRP choose Restore from the main screen, and locate the folder where your files are placed.
When in Restore, make sure you choose Storage: Micro SDCard at the top below Time, Battery and CPU.
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Yes i did extract the files in the zip, and placed them in TWRP/BACKUPS/serial/osversion.
But there is no way to locate it or access it.
When i open the file manager in TWRP, i see directories like "boot, cache, data, dev, devlog" etc, and also sdcard and external_sd.
External_sd is empty, and opening sdcard gives me only the directory created by my own nandroid backup, with the path /sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/HT533WR02324/2016-07-17--08-52-32.
Edit: Okay now we are getting closer to solving this.
I tried to change TWRP backup from internal storage to micro sdCard - but it shows (0MB) beside it.
Choosing it either way, does nothing. The checkbox internal storage stays checked.
I'm going to restart my phone and see if something changes...
Edit2: Did nothing, unfortunately.
If i remove the card, the box can't be checked.
If i insert it again and tap on it, it stays highlighted for about 4 seconds and then internal storage is still checked :/
Montor said:
Yes i did extract the files in the zip, and placed them in TWRP/BACKUPS/serial/osversion.
But there is no way to locate it or access it.
When i open the file manager in TWRP, i see directories like "boot, cache, data, dev, devlog" etc, and also sdcard and external_sd.
External_sd is empty, and opening sdcard gives me only the directory created by my own nandroid backup, with the path /sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/HT533WR02324/2016-07-17--08-52-32.
Edit: Okay now we are getting closer to solving this.
I tried to change TWRP backup from internal storage to micro sdCard - but it shows (0MB) beside it.
Choosing it either way, does nothing. The checkbox internal storage stays checked.
I'm going to restart my phone and see if something changes...
Edit2: Did nothing, unfortunately.
If i remove the card, the box can't be checked.
If i insert it again and tap on it, it stays highlighted for about 4 seconds and then internal storage is still checked :/
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Firstly it shouldn't show you 0MB for SDCard, anyway, place the extracted Nandroid files in the /sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/HT533WR02324/2016-07-17--08-52-32 folder and then try again, if this folder is accessible then it should work.
MB: YOUR CONSTANT USE OF THE TERM FILE MANAGER IN TWRP IS GIVING ME AN IMPRESSION THAT YOU ARE ACCESSING THE FILE MANAGER IN TWRP WHERE AS YOU HAD TO PRESS THE RESTORE BUTTON FROM THE MAIN SCREEN, THE FILE MANAGER BUTTON IS DIFFERENT ALTOGETHER IN TWRP.
TryllZ said:
Firstly it shouldn't show you 0MB for SDCard, anyway, place the extracted Nandroid files in the /sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/HT533WR02324/2016-07-17--08-52-32 folder and then try again, if this folder is accessible then it should work.
MB: YOUR CONSTANT USE OF THE TERM FILE MANAGER IN TWRP IS GIVING ME AN IMPRESSION THAT YOU ARE ACCESSING THE FILE MANAGER IN TWRP WHERE AS YOU HAD TO PRESS THE RESTORE BUTTON FROM THE MAIN SCREEN, THE FILE MANAGER BUTTON IS DIFFERENT ALTOGETHER IN TWRP.
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Oh it appears I didn't mention this.
The folder i CAN see, is inside the internal storage under "/sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/HT533WR02324/2016-07-17--08-52-32" - and I can't access the internal storage, i would have pushed the files if that was possible.
No no, I use the backup function to locate my nandroid backup files.
But with the backup function, I couldn't change directories and look for files so I used the file manager to do that.
The file manager doesn't allow me to change to sd card either way, so that doesn't work.
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The sd-card i have inside my phone right now is 64gb big - is it possible that this is too big to be recognized?
I also have a 32gb one, would that make a difference?
Montor said:
Oh it appears I didn't mention this.
The folder i CAN see, is inside the internal storage under "/sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/HT533WR02324/2016-07-17--08-52-32" - and I can't access the internal storage, i would have pushed the files if that was possible.
No no, I use the backup function to locate my nandroid backup files.
But with the backup function, I couldn't change directories and look for files so I used the file manager to do that.
The file manager doesn't allow me to change to sd card either way, so that doesn't work.
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The sd-card i have inside my phone right now is 64gb big - is it possible that this is too big to be recognized?
I also have a 32gb one, would that make a difference?
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As per spec, this device supports 64GB too but I myself use a 32GB one, so yes you can try that and again you will need to access TWRP restore through the RESTORE button in TWRP main screen and NOT BACKUP button.
What you can do is copy the /sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/HT533WR02324/2016-07-17--08-52-32 folder into you SDCard TWRP folder and place the extracted files in this folder and try a restore.
TryllZ said:
As per spec, this device supports 64GB too but I myself use a 32GB one, so yes you can try that and again you will need to access TWRP restore through the RESTORE button in TWRP main screen and NOT BACKUP button.
What you can do is copy the /sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/HT533WR02324/2016-07-17--08-52-32 folder into you SDCard TWRP folder and place the extracted files in this folder and try a restore.
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Okay it seems my 32gb one is broken, it's showing up but not as a mass storage.
Well if I could access the sd card with twrp at all, that would really help me - but I can't.
Backup botton and restore button behave the same when choosing the Micro SDcard (0MB).
And with the file manager, accessing the sd card gives me an empty directory...
Edit: Googling this problem tells me I need to format my card, as TWRP doesn't recognize it.
I read FAT32 somewhere, I read exFAT somewhere, what format does TWRP work with?
Montor said:
Okay it seems my 32gb one is broken, it's showing up but not as a mass storage.
Well if I could access the sd card with twrp at all, that would really help me - but I can't.
Backup botton and restore button behave the same when choosing the Micro SDcard (0MB).
And with the file manager, accessing the sd card gives me an empty directory...
Edit: Googling this problem tells me I need to format my card, as TWRP doesn't recognize it.
I read FAT32 somewhere, I read exFAT somewhere, what format does TWRP work with?
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First can I know if you can see any file/folder in SD when accessing it through Restore in TWRP ?
Format it as exFat, hopefully it should work..
You mentioned its not showing as Mass Storage, what is it showing up as ?
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First can I know if you can see any file/folder in SD when accessing it through Restore in TWRP ?
Format it as exFat, hopefully it should work..
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First, through restore I can't navigate to other folders at all.
All I can do there, is tapping on Internal storage and choosing micro SDcard - which doesn't work.
It's like TWRP knows there is a sd card in my phone, but somehow can't access it.
That's why I assume it's due to it's formatting.
Switching folders/directories is only possible with the file manager with the advanced button - but this only shows me two things.
1. External_sd --> shows me an empty directory
2. sdcard --> shows me the folder where TWRP created the backup folder when I did the backup myself. (I assume that's the internal storage because under the restore button, this is the only thing that i shows up)
I read somewhere, that exFAT is only recognized by TWRP if you have a newer version of the recovery installed.
I don't know exactly but the version i'm using is definitely on of the first versions that came out.
Also, I checked my SD-card on my laptop, and apparently it allready is exFAT.
Edit: I was talking about the 32gb card not showing up.
I don't think it really matters, but my description wasn't very accurate.
The SD-card (32gb) is shown as the SD-card like it should, but the PC doesn't show any kind of used/free space bar underneath it.
Also, opening it gives a message like "There is no card connected"
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First, through restore I can't navigate to other folders at all.
All I can do there, is tapping on Internal storage and choosing micro SDcard - which doesn't work.
It's like TWRP knows there is a sd card in my phone, but somehow can't access it.
That's why I assume it's due to it's formatting.
Switching folders/directories is only possible with the file manager with the advanced button - but this only shows me two things.
1. External_sd --> shows me an empty directory
2. sdcard --> shows me the folder where TWRP created the backup folder when I did the backup myself. (I assume that's the internal storage because under the restore button, this is the only thing that i shows up)
I read somewhere, that exFAT is only recognized by TWRP if you have a newer version of the recovery installed.
I don't know exactly but the version i'm using is definitely on of the first versions that came out.
Also, I checked my SD-card on my laptop, and apparently it allready is exFAT.
Edit: I was talking about the 32gb card not showing up.
I don't think it really matters, but my description wasn't very accurate.
The SD-card (32gb) is shown as the SD-card like it should, but the PC doesn't show any kind of used/free space bar underneath it.
Also, opening it gives a message like "There is no card connected"
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The SDCard not showing free space bars is windows could possibly mean SDCard error.
FAT, FAT32 and exFAT work for Android so yes if you format it in any of these it ought to work. exFAT format is most commonly used in mobile devices in terms of SDCard.
Card disconnecting in Windows, I am guessing your card is having I/O issues, what this means is that if you try and format it and the MMC disconnects during the format process there is a chance it will be permanently damaged.
What you can do is just use Quick Format, this will not check for any errors, however if there is any sector errors in the MMC, flasing through TWRP could cause unexpected problems if that sector is accessed.
Advisably get a working 4GB SDcard to avoid any hiccups.
TryllZ said:
The SDCard not showing free space bars is windows could possibly mean SDCard error.
FAT, FAT32 and exFAT work for Android so yes if you format it in any of these it ought to work. exFAT format is most commonly used in mobile devices in terms of SDCard.
Card disconnecting in Windows, I am guessing your card is having I/O issues, what this means is that if you try and format it and the MMC disconnects during the format process there is a chance it will be permanently damaged.
What you can do is just use Quick Format, this will not check for any errors, however if there is any sector errors in the MMC, flasing through TWRP could cause unexpected problems if that sector is accessed.
Advisably get a working 4GB SDcard to avoid any hiccups.
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I have the 64gb one i was always using, and the not working 32gb one.
Both are exFat.
I just wanted to know if it might work formatting the 64gb one
Edit: Concerning formatting, this is the thread I was referring to.
Montor said:
I have the 64gb one i was always using, and the not working 32gb one.
Both are exFat.
I just wanted to know if it might work formatting the 64gb one
Edit: Concerning formatting, this is the thread I was referring to.
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The device supports 64GB and so does TWRP, now concerning your SDCard, yes it would work (as long as its hardware-error free)..
I'm using TWRP version 2.8.5.0 and my SDCard is exFAT and works fine with TWRP..could be that older versions of TWRP might not support exFAT but I personally can't confirm that as which is the older version that you are using.
TryllZ said:
The device supports 64GB and so does TWRP, now concerning your SDCard, yes it would work (as long as its hardware-error free)..
I'm using TWRP version 2.8.5.0 and my SDCard is exFAT and works fine with TWRP..could be that older versions of TWRP might not support exFAT but I personally can't confirm that as which is the older version that you are using.
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Update!
I realized, it's probably really the 64gb sd card, that's the issue here.
I took the 4gb one out of my fathers phone - bam.
TWRP recognized it immediately and restore is in progress!!!
Will keep updating!
Edit: IT F*ING WORKED!
Thank you SO much for your help!!!
Is there any way I can give you somethign in return?
Montor said:
Update!
I realized, it's probably really the 64gb sd card, that's the issue here.
I took the 4gb one out of my fathers phone - bam.
TWRP recognized it immediately and restore is in progress!!!
Will keep updating!
Edit: IT F*ING WORKED!
Thank you SO much for your help!!!
Is there any way I can give you somethign in return?
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Great...:good::good::good:
Frankly I never imagined it could be the 64GB, I was purely under the assumption TWRP would accept 64GB MMC, anyway I lacked that information but now I know.
Nope, its working now is more than enough for me.