HELP.. - OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers

Sorry if this is in the wrong section or has already been posted, i haven't found a similar post.
So i decided to try multirom out, which worked fine and was all good. I noticed though that the storage space had significantly declined to about half of what it was (to 24.8GB). Now i was trying to figure out how to get my full storage space back and i was messing around with the system partition. Now i think the partition is formatted in the wrong file system (potentially exfat).
The problem now is that TWRP will not start for me and i cannot install a system, i have tried both normal TWRP, MultiROM TWRP .. I have tried to install the stock recovery but i can't do much with that as we all know. I did try to install OOS4 via sideload which got to about 40% then told me that the server is out of date?? (I have done full wipes via PC)..
I need to reformat my phone partitions back to how it was when i first got it, i dont know how to do this without being able to open TWRP.
Thanks in advance.. really need some help for the first time . OP3T is so difficult compared to all the other devices ive owned.

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[Q] Problem after trying to perform an update of a new ROM

Hey Guys
Need your help and guidance on this issue, ill explain what have i have got.
Phone HTC One
Was running Android Revolution HD 51.0 tried to perform an update to 53.0 today but the wipe stage didnt go through successfully kept saying failed.
So i followed a video like this one to make sure i was performing the correct stages which i was but when doing the Advanced Wipe selecting Dailek Cache, System Cache just kept saying E:/unable to format partition.
I have done a backup so not bothered about that anyway.
Obviously i did transfer the zip to my internal storage as last time but as i did a format data it removed everything so now just left with able to boot into recovery no problem and into TWRP but i cant mount anything my laptop isnt seeing my one in my computer? How do i get the rom on it this.
borse2008 said:
Hey Guys
Need your help and guidance on this issue, ill explain what have i have got.
Phone HTC One
Was running Android Revolution HD 51.0 tried to perform an update to 53.0 today but the wipe stage didnt go through successfully kept saying failed.
So i followed a video like this one to make sure i was performing the correct stages which i was but when doing the Advanced Wipe selecting Dailek Cache, System Cache just kept saying E:/unable to format partition.
I have done a backup so not bothered about that anyway.
Obviously i did transfer the zip to my internal storage as last time but as i did a format data it removed everything so now just left with able to boot into recovery no problem and into TWRP but i cant mount anything my laptop isnt seeing my one in my computer? How do i get the rom on it this.
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Without adb, an OTG cable with TWRP would be only choice
Sorted!!
mb_guy said:
Without adb, an OTG cable with TWRP would be only choice
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Just sorted it and managed it with ADB thanks guys !! Now running 53.0

[Q] Did CM installer brick my phone?

Soft brick after CM installer
Hi guys, I could really need some help here. I tried the Cyanogenmod installer and everything went fine, except my phone was stuck in
bootscreen for too long time (never booted).
In CWM recovery I did a factory reset/wipe, reboot, but to no avail; still stucked on CM bootscreen.
I then tried to flash CM11 by recovery sideloader. This goes to 100% and recovery says "Installing update", but nothing happens.
Is it supposed to install and finally reboot by itself, or should I do something?
I tried to installed zip from SD-card, but got "E:Can't mount /sdcard". I guess that means that I can't push the .zip over ADB to /sdcard
either.
What else can I try?
Edit: I wiped /data and then I could suddenly push the .zip to /data/media and the, finally flash the .zip from sdcard!
Why on earth the installer didn't wipe everything from the beginning, I don't get...
Did I miss anything obvious about the wiping thing?
A factory reset should do the trick normally. But if you ever get a message that you can't mount something you have to wipe that partition in recovery. I haven't used CWM in a long time. I prefer twrp as a recovery these days
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Thanks, I'll remember that, should it ever happen again. What's the benefit for TWRP over CWM?
in Htc One i always had this problem.
I'm pretty sure you will never be able to mount SD
but its not a big problem since you can still sidepush the zip file.
and to be honest there is not much difference between TWRP and CWM . its a matter of preference.
On my Htc one i always used TWRP but on other android devices for some reason i sticked with CWM.
Ayman.y88 said:
in Htc One i always had this problem.
I'm pretty sure you will never be able to mount SD
but its not a big problem since you can still sidepush the zip file.
and to be honest there is not much difference between TWRP and CWM . its a matter of preference.
On my Htc one i always used TWRP but on other android devices for some reason i sticked with CWM.
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Unfortunately, I was not able to sideload the image, the transfer went well, the phone said "Installing update" but nothing happened!
sblar said:
Unfortunately, I was not able to sideload the image, the transfer went well, the phone said "Installing update" but nothing happened!
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i guess u will have to install back the official ruu and after it add the rom u want to flash on the sd card and flash it ...
let me know if it works with you.
GL
Ayman.y88 said:
i guess u will have to install back the official ruu and after it add the rom u want to flash on the sd card and flash it ...
let me know if it works with you.
GL
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Post 2 implies op was able to flash the zip successfully after wiping /data.
Correct, and I could probably also have sideloaded after wiping /data...

Stuck on bootloop, stock recovery, want to recover files.

So I decided to try out Ivan's Marshmallow ROM, knowing it would be a bad idea... I backed everything but the photos which were 2.5GBs and was too lazy to copy over. I wiped cache, but not user data, copied ROM to phone, rename to update.zip and updated through recovery(stock). Now it's stuck on booting and want to know if there is any way to recover my photos.
Keep in mind there is a functional MIUI ROM inside but it is named differently than update.zip so I don't know how to flash it. It turns on, boots on fastboot and recovery but can't do much... I could wipe it, but I need the photos....
Thanks in advance.
eXtrimist said:
So I decided to try out Ivan's Marshmallow ROM, knowing it would be a bad idea... I backed everything but the photos which were 2.5GBs and was too lazy to copy over. I wiped cache, but not user data, copied ROM to phone, rename to update.zip and updated through recovery(stock). Now it's stuck on booting and want to know if there is any way to recover my photos.
Keep in mind there is a functional MIUI ROM inside but it is named differently than update.zip so I don't know how to flash it. It turns on, boots on fastboot and recovery but can't do much... I could wipe it, but I need the photos....
Thanks in advance.
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Assuming that you haven't yet extended partitions, stock phone has 2 system partitions. So if you're using system 1, boot using system 2 and vice versa. AFAIK, if you flash stock miui using MiTools, it wouldn't erase the storage on the phone.
The second partition seems unable to boot as well...
Anyway, if found out I could install twpr through fastboot, from where I could mount the sdcard.
As far as MiTools are concerned, last time I tried it, I think it erased everything.
The thread can be closed. Thanks!
eXtrimist said:
The second partition seems unable to boot as well...
Anyway, if found out I could install twpr through fastboot, from where I could mount the sdcard.
As far as MiTools are concerned, last time I tried it, I think it erased everything.
The thread can be closed. Thanks!
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Glad you could work it out. Don't be lazy next time

No Mobile Data after Nandroid Restore

I don't think I can edit the title so I'll write it here for anyone who wants to help: This problem is SOLVED. (Y)
So the matter is a bit complicated and I can't guarantee I even remeber everything I did but I'll try to include as much detail as I can:
I had the Stock Rom (OOS4.0.0) running, OEM unlocked & rooted when the OOS4.0.1 OTA notification kept nagging in the back of mind. I thought I should just leave it ago because I already had a feeling it would go wrong...
So I download the Full .zip and flashed it through TWRP 3.03-1 and after that it was stuck on the boot screen for more than 15 minutes or so. So I restarted it again and this time it booted butall my data was deleted and it gave me an error about the encryption having failed. But as you probably know, one can't flash anything on an encrypted phone so I checked back in TWRP and it was really encrypted. Checked back in the phone's settings: Also encrypted. I then used a tool to force decryption (it also wipes all the data) and I was back to square one.
From that moment on I tried: 1. restore nandroid (all partitions included [that includes EFS]). It got me to the booting screen, but when I unplugged it shut down and a reboot got me to the battery screen. I had 72% left so at this moment I thought it had nothing to do with it not booting at 72%. Then I wiped everything (checked every box in TWRP) and was left without any OS. Then I let my phone charge to 100% and re-restored the nandroid OOS4.00 and it worked but I had the Unlock-Bug, I was able to fix that. Then it booted but it wasn't able to recognize any SIM cards, so I fixed that by re-re-restoring with TWRP 3.03-0 (which automatically replaced 3.0.3-1 after the nandroid) and everything worked fine. until I went out today and realized I had no mobile data. I doubt it has something to do with EFS because everything else is working fine (calling, checking IMEI wih *#06#).
I then proceeded to check the APN and it looked ok, I then tried another SIM card (from the same provider) and it didn't change anything.
My provider is the german company 1&1 (1und1) but it uses vodafone APN.
I have no clue what to do right now so I am asking you guys for help.
Thanks in advance!
Well, first things first. On rooted devices with stock rom always flash a full/complete zipped image - never, never, never use an official partial image. And always wipe Dalvik/Art and common cache before reboot.
In your case now I would probably try to clean re-flash the current OOS image version (4.0.1). You'll find guides and downloads in the guides and rom section of this forum. Clean flashing your device requires you to completly wipe the data partition before flashing (the internal partition remains untouched). Don't forget to wipe Dalvik/Art and cache before rebooting. This will hopefully completly reset your device.
Inciter said:
Well, first things first. On rooted devices with stock rom always flash a full/complete zipped image - never, never, never use an official partial image. And always wipe Dalvik/Art and common cache before reboot.
In your case now I would probably try to clean re-flash the current OOS image version (4.0.1). You'll find guides and downloads in the guides and rom section of this forum. Clean flashing your device requires you to completly wipe the data partition before flashing (the internal partition remains untouched). Don't forget to wipe Dalvik/Art and cache before rebooting. This will hopefully completly reset your device.
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First of all: Thanks for your reply.
I don't know if there was a misunderstanding but I only ever flashed the full 1,4gb .zips.
Also I am running 4.00, because I had to restore it as the 4.0.1 flash ruined my phone. Just now I flashed 3.03-1, wiped dalvik & cache and flashed the 4.02 .zip which I got from this [https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/how-to/rom-oxygenos-3-5-4-mm-ota-update-t3519074] thread but it left me stuck on "patching image uncoditionally" or something and then I rebooted and now I am stuck on the +1 booting screen (not even the animation, just the +1 logo witht he "powered by android" signature in the bottom).
I have the feeling it's a software bug not related to what I did with my phone. it was just luck that I did not havfe that problem prior to my nandroid restore or something. I mean: Looking at it from a logical perspective: When you restore your phone with a full nandroid backup it should be exactly the same phone, shouldn't it?
Well, flashing the TugaPower rom might break the alert slider. To fix this you have to simply backup and recover the data partition. I don't know why this is happening but I believe that sometimes permissions to files and folders remain untouched in certain situations. Maybe someone else knows more details on this topic.
If you are absolutly sure that your nandroid contains all required partitions just try to wipe all cashes, data and system partition before recovery. But like I said before I would then clean re-flash your current OOS image version. In your case the error might possibly be some error resulting from faulty permission on configuration data. If it was a common bug more people would have reported it already.
If something broke and it can't be easily fixed... trying to return to point zero and resetting everything to defaults will possibly your best chance.
Inciter said:
Well, flashing the TugaPower rom might break the alert slider. To fix this you have to simply backup and recover the data partition. I don't know why this is happening but I believe that sometimes permissions to files and folders remain untouched in certain situations. Maybe someone else knows more details on this topic.
If you are absolutly sure that your nandroid contains all required partitions just try to wipe all cashes, data and system partition before recovery. But like I said before I would then clean re-flash your current OOS image version. In your case the error might possibly be some error resulting from faulty permission on configuration data. If it was a common bug more people would have reported it already.
If something broke and it can't be easily fixed... trying to return to point zero and resetting everything to defaults will possibly your best chance.
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I have no problem with that, but my device does.
I can't flash anything because TWRP (bot 3.03-0 and 3.03-1) will be stuck at "patching system image unconditionally", ( I tried the full 4.02 .zip and the ful 3.54 .zip that I am 10000% sure used to work, because I used it before the Nougat release).
Wiping everything but Internal and USB OTG changes nothing.
If you have any idea how I can get to a fresh start, I would really appreciate it.
EDIT: I am sorry, I don't know what you mean by TugaPower Rom. I never installed anything like that - atleast not knowingly.
Due to encryption returning to OOS 3.X after having upgraded to Nougat is difficult. Just flashing wouldn't do. There's still an option to format data - not just to wipe it. Was boot, EFS and firmware partition included in your nandroid? Does the recovery still work now? Another Approach would be to use the Unbrick Tool.
Inciter said:
Due to encryption returning to OOS 3.X after having upgraded to Nougat is difficult. Just flashing wouldn't do. There's still an option to format data - not just to wipe it. Was boot, EFS and firmware partition included in your nandroid? Does the recovery still work now? Another Approach would be to use the Unbrick Tool.
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So, I have the means to decrypt my device through a tool I found here on the forums last month. It does wipe all your data, though. Anyways: I was able to restore mobile data through an older nandroid backup (and yes: all my back ups include all partitions; glad I was smart enough to do that haha). That worked for me and made me come to the conclusion that the back up I used first was somehow corrupted. Then I restored the data partition using my most recent nandroid back up and now I am back in the game. Thanks for all your help so far!
The only thing that kind of makes me worry is that I only get ~60mbit/s through speedtest even though I should get 200. I know I was able to get 200Mbit/s at some point using that phone, but I don't remember if it was with OOS 3xx or the OOS 4.00 update. So I can't tell whether it has something to do with me restoring the phone, my WiFi connection (a speedtest with my lan-connected desktop gave me 200) or just an android bug.
I'll wait until weekend when I have the means to test it with another 200k connection - and imho 60k is enough for anything I do with my phone anyways and I don't plan on reselling the phone in the future, so it won't kill me even if it is nandroid-related.
Linux/Android backups aren't always that satisfying. I often experienced diffences between what was saved and what or how it was restored. Most problems resulted in faulty permissions or missing file execution attributes.
Nevertheless, I'm glad your devices is working again. Keep that backup save, you'll might need it again... or hopefully not.
Inciter said:
Linux/Android backups aren't always that satisfying. I often experienced diffences between what was saved and what or how it was restored. Most problems resulted in faulty permissions or missing file execution attributes.
Nevertheless, I'm glad your devices is working again. Keep that backup save, you'll might need it again... or hopefully not.
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Thank you, I just checked the wifi-speed with an iPhone 6 and it even got lower results (>30k) so I assume it has something to do with the WiFi itself at the moment and not with the OP3t.
And even if the backups are not always satisfying: I want to quote someone I read on some forums doing my research to fix this phone: "The seasoned user knows: A backup makes the difference between an awesome phone and a beautiful brick." That is a most evident truth to me now haha.

internal storage inaccessible after firmware flash

hey guys,
i got a problem with my m7. yesterday i flashed the current gpe firmware for the m7 (that one without stock recovery & boot img). i read in the lineage thread that the rom benefits from it in terms of battery endurance, so wanted to give it a try.
the firmware flash process was done without any problems. i entered the recovery (twrp 3.0.0-2) and i wiped everything except usb-otg. twrp showed me that every partition was wiped successfully. i plugged in my usb cable to copy the lineage rom and gapps on the phone, but then i noticed that it somehow didnt work. i checked the internal storage of my phone and noticed that all the files i "successfully" wiped before still were there.
i flashed back to the firmware i had before (7.19.401.51 without modifications etc.) because i hoped it would give me access to the internal storage but unfortunately the problem remained the same.
now i cant copy anything on the phone to flash some new roms and stuff and i cant use it because theres no rom installed.
guys please help me if you can i really appreciate it! (sry for any mistakes im not a native english speaker)
Maybe flash latest version of twrp might help you? https://dl.twrp.me/m7univ/
hey mate,
somehow i managed to bring my phone back to life. i dont know if it has anything to do with the newest twrp but im very happy that it works. thank you for your help!

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