So I have tried my first bit of rooting and modding with this phone. Though I have decided to go back to stock 5.1. I am having one problem though. When I go to storage in my setting it only shows 23GB available. I have a 64GB model so I'm sure it just some backups or something left from switching to and from CM12. I am wondering how do I get this space back? I cant find it by just plugging my phone into the computer. I have also installed an app that lets me look at my phones SD but still cant find the backups. Does anyone have a solution for me. Thanks for any help.
Would factory reset option on the phone reclaim the space?
Need to use a command in fastboot.
fastboot format userdata
You will lose everything on the phone like pictures, songs etc.
But its like doing a full factory reset. This happened on the last update to many people.
Easy fix.
You can also try doing a factory reset from within Settings. Not sure if that still works the same though.
That worked. Thanks for the help
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I apologize first off for another boot problem thread.
First, I have never messed with my rom. I never flashed it or anything. The most I have done is load KaiserTweak and TomTom. Basic stuff.
I went to turn on my phone this morning and it stayed on the AT&T boot screen. It just freezes. I kept trying to soft reset the phone and at one point it loaded with like the default settings but nothing worked. The start menu only had the Today listed. The phone wouldn't work either. From then on, it always sticks on the AT&T boot screen.
I tried removing the battery and the sim card for a few hours and that didn't help. I tried turning on without the sim.
I am hoping to fix without a hard reset. I don't want to lose all of my contacts and all the data saved on the phone. Is there any way to save this stuff?
That's why you should always have scheduled backups at least once a week. I don't see this being fixed without a hard reset. You did everything that i would have personally suggested (taking out battery and everything for a few minutes). If all fails, you can always go into bootloader mode and reflash the ROM.
Is there no safe mode way to access the device? How about any work around so the computer can access the flash data without the device being in active sync mode?
Highly doubt it and i've never read anything about accessing the device when it's not on. It seems so sporadic and from the looks of it, only a reflash will get you going again.
This reminds me of back when I was trying to flash my Kaiser to 6.1... had exactly the same issues. Even worse actually since the problem started when I flashed a ROM wrongly, also without having an original to fall back to. Cue a night of trying to flash over my mistakes!!
I recall having some success with some specific mtty commands... argh, I'd bookmarked hundreds of threads on it back then but have since lost them all. All I know is there are a few commands you can type which may just get the phone booting again. Bit useless of me but it's a start!!
Ah, check these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=371154 This one will erase all data
And post #2 demonstrates use of using the mtty boot command here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1765045&postcount=2
Those kinds of commands I managed to get my phone working with.
I figured out how to boot to the tri-color boot screen. The computer regonizes it and the boot command in mtty just does the same thing as turning it on.
Since my computer is now linked to the phone, isn't there some way to access files? Any commands in mtty that will work? Any other program out there that might help access the memory?
No one has any ideas about how to access the memory?
Did you manage to fix this in the end?
Got the very same problem with mine which hasn't been flashed in any way.
vigilante_xix said:
Did you manage to fix this in the end?
Got the very same problem with mine which hasn't been flashed in any way.
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Never was able to figure it out. I had to reload from scratch.
Good luck with your issue. Hopefully some of the suggestions around here and elsewhere will get you back up and running.
Ive searched and havent been able to find a solution to this, although Ive seen it asked before.
Galaxy Tab P100 bought from a pawn shop. It still has the prior owners (unknown) gmail info minus p/w. I cannot remove the account, or access market because of this. Everytime I tried to data reset (both via Privacy settings and also CWM), add a new rom, or add apps - after I reboot it goes back to the prior owner settings and apks.
I have Odin'd/Heimdall with different roms but they dont stick. Different kernels install though. Ive added two different CWMs. Superuser breaks after every reset - I gain, then lose, root. Ive rooted/added root explorer and deleted accounts.db and user.db - they go back after. Ive spoken with Sprint and we tried everything they had, as well as a ##786# and MSL number (resetting phone activation I think?). Their response was take it in to send back. I want to fix it myself.
It seems to me that this prior info is overriding and reinstalling every reboot, preventing any new flashing/etc from taking place.
Here is my question. I took it apart this morning and disconnected the battery (thinking maybe it will wipe any memory). But does it have a CMOS-type battery? I noticed there is a small round battery-looking connection soldered into the mainboard (see here - step 7/8 http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-Teardown/4103/1)
Does anyone know what this is? I dont really have anything to lose, but Im not great with a soldering iron, but will try. Im thinking this might be for the memory, and disconnecting/reconnecting this would erase any permanent user information, freeing it up for me to add mine.
Or if anyone has any new ideas I would appreciate it.
Thanks for the time. Ed
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It is not a battery backed memory, it is a NAND chip.
Sounds like the chip gone bad.
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Just an update.
I did not do anything with the round battery thing, as priyana stated the memory is stored on a nand chip. I put the tab back together.
I rooted again, and found the ea24 firmware and loaded it via odin. It took, but the prior user info was still there, and everything (I mean a crapload of apps) began force closing. I did confirm that ea24 was on it. I then flashed back to ef17.
I contacted Sprint repair store again, and they told me that they probably cant fix it, and its something they have to send back. They said that I have done all that they would do in-store.
I dont understand what could be wrong, as I found the prior owner and spoke with her. She had no issues with it. It worked fine prior to her getting rid of it. And it works fine, I just cant get rid of any prior info. I googled it and it seems like there are people out there who have the same problem, but no one has an answer, including sprint or samsung.
So much for my venting. Ill keep trying to find an answer.
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I have Odin'd/Heimdall with different roms but they dont stick. Different kernels install though. Ive added two different CWMs. Superuser breaks after every reset - I gain, then lose, root.
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First of all, I'd like to apologize for posting something that won't really help, but I recognize this from somewhere else. On some devices, there's some kind of file (that you can delete via the adb prompt when you're root) that on every bootup checks to see if the installed ROM matches stock, and if not, restores to stock. This sounds exactly what you're experiencing when you mention that no ROMs "stick".
I think you should try to look into if there's some files that need to be erased in order for a ROM to be cleanly installed that you haven't gotten rid of. It might also be some kind of feature that the previous user enabled, so maybe it's somewhere around in the settings that you can disable it, who knows.
It definitely does not sound like a memory issue because I don't see how a memory issue could make the stock ROM suddenly appear again after you've installed a custom ROM through CWM (assuming CWM gives no errors or anything and the custom ROM has actually been wiped).
Maybe you can do a more thorough wipe of the device memory manually with some guidance from someone who knows more about how these tablets work :fingers-crossed:
I agree with you about some type of file and bootup. Thats why I went with maybe it being a cmos/nand issue. I couldnt understand that I wiped everything, and information was still coming back. It makes me think that somewhere, something is being stored separate from the main drive.
Ive used the factory restore, CWM (2 different versions - 3 and 5 I believe), and wiped data (factory reset), cache and Davlik three times each before I flashed the CM ROMs. And I have not had any errors or problems installing any of the CWMs.
I spoke with the previous user, and she did nothing above turning it on/off, and using it. I am not on the Sprint network with it, and the wi-fi doesnt turn on until I set it up, so I cant see it being something that contacts Sprint and OTAs from them.
Can anyone tell me if, using ADB, there is a more thorough wipe I can perform ? More than the normal one done through CWM or Android factory restore?
Something similar to the reformatting of a hard drive?
Thanks
Ed
I have the same problem. Did you find any solution?
I believe the previous owner info is stored on sprint servers. When you reboot, it downloads all the crap.
The long time required to reboot explains the slow transfer of data - wireless.
These wireless service providers are pretty sneaky.
Thanks
Hi,
Have you tried formatting both internal and external Sd via Windows? (connecting via USB)
You can also try CM10, it has a different memory map which will write your device completely.
Regards
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I have this same problem with a tab. Its not connected to sprint,has not been on the internet at all. Was there ever a fix for this?? Please let me know its a christmas present and i need to fix this issue. Thank you
OK, so I saw that there was a couple posts on this issue, but I thought that I would throw this out there so I can get a definitive answer as to the best method for solving the 4.2 to 4.3 storage issue. I know that a factory reset is necessary and obviously in doing so backing up all sdcard contents to your computer is a must. However, my question lies in what method is the best to use when doing the factory reset? How should I perform the factory reset on the HTC One? I have read that on some HTC phones you can do it in bootloader mode, is this the preferred method? After I figure out the way to reset and format the storage my second question is will this leave my phone unrooted? Or will it basically just format the storage and leave my phone rooted and running the current rom I am on? There it is, I hope someone can give me some insight as I would love to see my storage back to it's full capacity. Thanx, and I hope that this helps out some others with a definite solution to this problem.
Hi all. So here's the skinny:
I've got a Verizon nexus 6, unlocked boot loader and rooted running 5.1.
No other mod except for the net tethering provision.
I did a factory reset this morning because my device wasn't showing up on ADM. It shows up in Google play via the website, and I'm able to install apps to it from there.
I have gone through all the basic troubleshooting steps Googling could afford me. After the factory reset, it showed up in ADM. But when I checked again just now, it's gone again. That was one of the primary reasons I did the reset (which was a pain in the butt by the way because I had a pin-at-boot and even after telling the phone to do a factory reset twice, it didn't go away until telling it to in the boot loader menu).
I'm pretty frustrated now, because I went through a lot of hassle to fix it... And with no SD card, titanium backup is out the window too.
Does anybody have a solution or has someone else experienced this?
TL : DR - My phone won't boot because of low disk space, how can I free up memory?
Greetings,
Project FI purchased Moto X4 running BONE STOCK and absolutely ZERO CUSTOMIZATION. If I can get access to my pics taken via the camera I'm ok with wiping the phone and starting over. Screenshots folder access would be cool too but not life necessary... Wait there has to be a way to make a dump of all this data somehow, somewhere right?
Last night I was on 15% or less battery life and less than 100mb's of disk space left. (i know, i know, i'm a dummy head)
I heard about PLEX running no problem on mobile Browser and decided to test it out and sure enough it worked fine. Was test streaming a few movies out when my PHONE DIED. I thought, oh man, thats probably not the best since it died and it was low on space but yeah I threw it on the charger and went to bed....
This morning, I confirmed it was charged 100% but when I turn it on, the phone will not boot past the AndroidOne screen. Left it there for 40mins and no change, AndroidOne displays and the rainbow colored bars at bottom are frozen(don't scroll) and screen flashes off/on every 30 secs to that same AndroidOne screen.
However I can boot into Bootloader with no issues, and into Recovery mode as well, but there is not a WIPE CACHE option on this device... Obviously the Wipe data/factory reset option is there...
BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT POINT, WHaT GIVES? Anyone have any ideas?
few ?'s
#1 - In the Bootloader menu, What is this RESTART BOOTLOADER option for, what does it do?
#2 - Is there any way I can free up some space from Bootloader/Recovery as I'm pretty sure thats the cause of this problem I'm having. I was intending to do that today actually, was going to dump all my pics from the phone to a computer. ..
#3 - Is there any way I can see if my pic's backed up somewhere? New to the Google ecosystem...
#4 - Is there any way I can read or access the phones data via a computer, then perhaps I can delete a few pics to free up memory or better yet, wipe app caches to clear up memory instantly? PERHAPS even command line ????
Any and all other inputs and suggestions greatly appreciated before I take that step of wiping the device(which assumes I can start over with a working phone by doing that but not a guarantee).
Please ADVISE
much appreciated!
oNe
@Sean Price
Go to photos.google.com with the account you signed into your phone to see if they were backed-up.
jhedfors said:
@Sean Price
Go to photos.google.com with the account you signed into your phone to see if they were backed-up.
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Thanks for the reply, so Google says I have backup turned off but my photos are in the timeline.. SO I just manually downloaded them all as a backup/pre-caution.
any other suggestions before I attempt the WIPE data/factory reset option from Bootloader > Recovery?
I can boot up fine into Bootloader and Recovery.
I can access the logs via . Bootloader > Recovery > View Recovery Logs
last line states the following: I:[libfs_mgr]fs_mgr_read_fstab_dt(): failed to read fstab from dt
please advise,
oNe
the internet failed, I found nothing on this issue and since I got 90% of my photos recovered via Google photos..
long story short, from Bootloader/Recovery I did the WIPE data/factory reset and i'm good to go now.
even updated my phone to all the latest android and moto updates, feels and seems like a totally new phone.. at a cost of 15gbs!! 15/32gbs used jus for the AndroidONE o/s, am I missing something?
oNe
Sean Price said:
the internet failed, I found nothing on this issue and since I got 90% of my photos recovered via Google photos..
long story short, from Bootloader/Recovery I did the WIPE data/factory reset and i'm good to go now.
even updated my phone to all the latest android and moto updates, feels and seems like a totally new phone.. at a cost of 15gbs!! 15/32gbs used jus for the AndroidONE o/s, am I missing something?
oNe
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Not missing anything the OS takes up a lot of space. I am using a Pie ROM right now and system takes up 12GB.
johnjingle said:
Not missing anything the OS takes up a lot of space. I am using a Pie ROM right now and system takes up 12GB.
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gotcha.. so basically 32gb's is the new 8gb
moving forward I'll try to stick to 64gb phone's and up..
oNe