I cant make any changes to my phone. Every time I reboot it reverts back to the state it was this morning. I'm on CM7.
My phone was crashing today, so I decided to do a wipe, however on reboot everything reverts back to the state it was this morning.
I tried doing a nandroid restore using TWRP. Restore completed successfully, but everything reverts back to today's state on reboot.
I tried wiping everything in TWRP, but on reboot everything is reverted as if i had not done anything
Thinking TWRP was the problem i installed clockworkmod and did multiple wipes, but on reboot everything reverted
I have tried doing a Format system, data, etc and no matter what everything reverts back on reboot
I tried re-installing CM7, but again everything reverts back
I tried installing CM9 and it would not boot at all. I then re-installed CM7 and when i rebooted everything reverted to today's state.
Even if i uninstall an app, remove widgets, or anything, on reboot everything reverts back
When I try to wipe using system settings, I get the following error message "Invalid Path: null"
At this point I'm out of ideas. I want to do a full wipe and do a fresh rom flash. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
One more detail. I set the alarm on the phone for 7:00am last night, however the alarm went off at 6:30am which was the time I set it to the night before. I assume the phone rebooted on its own during the night and set the alarm back to what it was the day before. Thanks in advance if anyone has some insight.
No idea what the hell is going on with the phone.
Full wipe and flash the official factory images onto your phone with fastboot. They are here. https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Guides on how to do it are on these forums....
albundy2010 said:
No idea what the hell is going on with the phone.
Full wipe and flash the official factory images onto your phone with fastboot. They are here. https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Guides on how to do it are on these forums....
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I didn't try fastboot yet. I'll try that when I get home. Thanks
I just performed a wipe via fastboot and tried installing a rom via fastboot. I got successful messages, but open reboot everything reverted back. At this point I don't know what to do.
Installing a ROM via fastboot? What exactly did you do?
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Installing a ROM via fastboot? What exactly did you do?
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I actually just did the wipe via fast boot then installed the rom via clockwork. I performed the fastboot -w command.
I also just flashed Twrp again. Mounted the SD card, deleted all files on the SD card. SD card showed full capacity. I then unmounted and remounted and all files returned. I dont get any errors in clockwork or twrp yet they are unable to do anything and have it stick.
Within the rom i mounted The SD card and deleted all my files in windows. I took about 15 seconds and everything looked clear. I then unmounted and mounted again and all files appear. Its almost like i don't have write access to the phone, but there are zero error messages during deletes and wipes
Only thing left to try is stock screwing around with a ROM / cmw etc and flash factory images with fastboot.
Sounds like it may not work but try it. Was your device encrypted?
Can try a fastboot OEM lock and unlock and flash back all factory images. If that don't work you're Sol I suppose. Could try odin but if fastboot flash factory images dont work I don't see that working either.
It sounds like the sd card becomes read-only
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Hi, today i wanted to do a factory reset and clean install my phone
im using TWRP 2.3.3.3
after factory reset in the wipe menu, at the end i see a line E:/error opening '/data/lost+found'
basically i know what does lost+found folder does in linux, but i forgot whether i have seen such error line before when i do factory resets.
in the file manager of TWRP i then see /media and /lost+found in the /data partition. when pressing into /lost+found, TWRP cannot open it
after this, wiping /system will also give me the same message at the end even it is "Done", as well as cache and dalvik, etc
then i go on flash rom, gapps, kernel, after 1 or 2 boots i go back to recovery and wipe cache, there are no such line anymore
however there is now TWO /lost+found folder in my /data partition
is this a normal behaviour? i didnt pay attention but are there 2 lost+found folders in /data partition for everyone else too?
i have backed up my sdcard and is ready for a /data wipe, any advice is appreciated. thanks in advance!
update: well really hasnt seen it anywhere tried very hard searching on google
maybe just **** happens sometime as i rushed updating the su binary together with restoring android ID in titanium backup altogether without carefully rebooting etc.
factory reset, formating every partition for N times didnt help. returned to completely stock (unlocked bootloader ofcourse), flash twrp 2.3.3.3 clean and no more that line anymore after factory reset. hell gonna start my sdcard restore now...
Miasmic said:
update: well really hasnt seen it anywhere tried very hard searching on google
maybe just **** happens sometime as i rushed updating the su binary together with restoring android ID in titanium backup altogether without carefully rebooting etc.
factory reset, formating every partition for N times didnt help. returned to completely stock (unlocked bootloader ofcourse), flash twrp 2.3.3.3 clean and no more that line anymore after factory reset. hell gonna start my sdcard restore now...
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I was researching google for this same exact error message, when I came across your thread. I doubt you are still having this issue, but I wanted to reply with the solution in case anyone else comes across this post. I was able to solve this error message by installing a new ROM. It doesn't matter which one you install, any will do. Then open your file manager of choice, of course one which can go up to root level. Browse to /data, and then you should notice that you do not have a lost+found folder. However, you should see a lost+found file, all the way at the bottom. I renamed this file to lost+foundOLD, and then created a new folder called lost+found. Next, reboot into recovery and once again wipe both caches, system and factory reset. You should no longer get the lost+found error. Make sure to fix permissions as well to make sure.
just had this issue and was solved by dropping back to twrp 2.4.x.x and doing data format.
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mitchallica said:
I was researching google for this same exact error message, when I came across your thread. I doubt you are still having this issue, but I wanted to reply with the solution in case anyone else comes across this post. I was able to solve this error message by installing a new ROM. It doesn't matter which one you install, any will do. Then open your file manager of choice, of course one which can go up to root level. Browse to /data, and then you should notice that you do not have a lost+found folder. However, you should see a lost+found file, all the way at the bottom. I renamed this file to lost+foundOLD, and then created a new folder called lost+found. Next, reboot into recovery and once again wipe both caches, system and factory reset. You should no longer get the lost+found error. Make sure to fix permissions as well to make sure.
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No his error and mine are different. We have two lost+found dir and no file. If i delete them and make new lost+found folder. It automatically makes 2.
I am having this same problem. I just did a restore to my last backup, but it in TWRP it says mentions the error over and over again. I looked in /data and I found about 10 files called lost+found, but I do not have any folders. Any suggestions?
Full Format data worked for me
NVijapura said:
I am having this same problem. I just did a restore to my last backup, but it in TWRP it says mentions the error over and over again. I looked in /data and I found about 10 files called lost+found, but I do not have any folders. Any suggestions?
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I just encountered this problem after updating a CM nightly and it bricked my phone. Restoring from a nandroid backup would ultimately fail and I was getting all kinds of weird problems (stuck in boot loop, graphics appearing garbled, etc). After looking closer at the logs during restore, I noticed E:/error opening '/data/lost+found' appearing several times, an then it would indicate 'done' and restart but would end up with the same problems.
Even after doing a factory reset, I had no luck in restoring my phone. So I did a factory reset again and installed a CM stable release thinking maybe my ROM / backup was messed up but noticed the same E:/error opening '/data/lost+found' message. However, this time around I managed to get booted far enough where I could connect via USB and backup files from my internal memory to my computer.
At this point I booted into recovery (TWRP 2.5.0.0) and did a full wipe including internal SD using the Format Data option, whereupon I was able to install the CM stable release without issue - no more lost+found error! I then upgraded to the nightly version of my backup and restored with success. Long and stressful night...
szurheal said:
I just encountered this problem after updating a CM nightly and it bricked my phone. Restoring from a nandroid backup would ultimately fail and I was getting all kinds of weird problems (stuck in boot loop, graphics appearing garbled, etc). After looking closer at the logs during restore, I noticed E:/error opening '/data/lost+found' appearing several times, an then it would indicate 'done' and restart but would end up with the same problems.
Even after doing a factory reset, I had no luck in restoring my phone. So I did a factory reset again and installed a CM stable release thinking maybe my ROM / backup was messed up but noticed the same E:/error opening '/data/lost+found' message. However, this time around I managed to get booted far enough where I could connect via USB and backup files from my internal memory to my computer.
At this point I booted into recovery (TWRP 2.5.0.0) and did a full wipe including internal SD using the Format Data option, whereupon I was able to install the CM stable release without issue - no more lost+found error! I then upgraded to the nightly version of my backup and restored with success. Long and stressful night...
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All you simply have to do when this happens, is format data ( the one where you type yes ). After this, everything SHOULD be back to normal, for the most part.
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All you simply have to do when this happens, is format data ( the one where you type yes ). After this, everything SHOULD be back to normal, for the most part.
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That worked perfectly. Thanks!!!
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All you simply have to do when this happens, is format data ( the one where you type yes ). After this, everything SHOULD be back to normal, for the most part.
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Worked perfect for me. Very easy to miss that simple "Format Data" button in TWRP. Simply type 'yes' and problem solved.
I think I got this error when I flashed SlimKAT 4.4 over on my P880 and I had the USB cable plugged in and the partitions mounted (as I had just transferred the install.zip to my phone)
leijonasisu said:
Worked perfect for me. Very easy to miss that simple "Format Data" button in TWRP. Simply type 'yes' and problem solved.
I think I got this error when I flashed SlimKAT 4.4 over on my P880 and I had the USB cable plugged in and the partitions mounted (as I had just transferred the install.zip to my phone)
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Can i get some help please. I cant format data via TWRP, it says "E: unable to wipe data, unknow fle system, auto, unable to format to remove encryption". I did not put any encryption. What to do?
So I decided to try and flash Ubuntu last night... I booted into recovery made a backup 15min and 2.5 GB later it was done... wiped flashed no go would not boot... so back to recovery I choose my restore file... system says it was successful but when restoring the data it fails... I'm on twrp 2.5 ...then I tried to just restore the system when booting up I get that static image you see on cm flash every 5 sec but never boot nor goes inyo the boot animation...is there anyway to use this restore file... I just need the data part.. I have messages that i need to show my lawyer and numbers that I need... TiB won't restore my messages either....
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You will need TWRP 2.6.3 / PhilZ / or a newer CWM that supports adb in recovery (not sure is 2.5 does)
First off, all of your pictures and other stuff are stored at "/data/media" or "/data/media/0" and are not "wiped" unless picked. These are both accessible in recovery, and you could do an "adb pull ....." to get those files to a PC. At this point you should have your pictures.
Sounds like Ubuntu messed some things up, and when you restored "/system" only it won't boot because of missing data. I once had a problem like this bouncing back and forth between 4.3 and 4.2. Assuming you were on a custom ROM, maybe try wiping completely including "/data/media" DO NOT WIPE "/DATA/MEDIA" IF YOU HAVEN"T BEEN ABLE TO PULL THE FILES VIA ADB IN RECOVERY!!! YOUR PHOTOS WILL BE GONE!!! Sorry for the bold caps, I just didn't want you to miss it. Next install your custom ROM, boot, and do enough setup to get to the home screen. Now go back to recovery and your backup should restore. From here you could "adb push ..." your files back.
Updating TWRP is one way to solve this in the future, like JB already posted. However, to remedy on 2.5, do a clean wipe prior to restore, mounting system prior. Then, restore only the boot.img from the ROM you want and then restore the full ROM you want. This is how I was able resolve this same issue. Hopefully, it will work for you.
I was on stock deodexed debloated prior to all this... after a few tries at the restore I just flashed that same ROM and used TiB to restore what I had on last back up... tonight I'll try and restore that twrp backup ... but either way I guess I'll be updating my recovery... I'm not worried about all my pics n what not I keep all that on the external SD card now...
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I'm having issues with restoring the factory image of stock Android 6.0.1, I'm using
@Heisenberg guide to create the fresh back up image on TWRP-3.0.2-0. Once I create
the back up, I boot into the OS and perform a factory reset, when i do that the phone resets
into TWRP, and performs the wipe to the device, when i go to do the restore, it freezes
at about 39%, and reboots fully trying to enter the OS, but its corrupt due to TWRP restarting
in the middle of the recovery.
I did at one point upgrade to Android N, but reverted back to android 6.0.1 if that makes a difference.
TL;DR - Created a fresh factory image of 6.0.1 using TWRP, cannot recover with it, TWRP freezes at 39% every time.
What options are you selecting to backup/restore?
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What options are you selecting to backup/restore?
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I'm doing a back up selecting the system/data/boot/vendor boxes, leaving everything else unchecked, and a second back up with only the EFS,
When i go to restore, I'm just using the first back up, leaving the EFS alone unless ever needed, and am selecting the system/data/boot/vendor boxes
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I'm doing a back up selecting the system/data/boot/vendor boxes, leaving everything else unchecked, and a second back up with only the EFS,
When i go to restore, I'm just using the first back up, leaving the EFS alone unless ever needed, and am selecting the system/data/boot/vendor boxes
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I can only think that your backup is corrupt. Also, instead of booting into Android and performing a factory reset that way, just go into the advanced wipe section of TWRP and wipe only data. Maybe you'll just need to flash the factory images to get the phone booting up fresh again.
That's where it gets interesting, I've flashed the factory 6.0.1 image, then flashed twrp, created the back up again, did the advanced wipe as you said, did the restore again, and same result, at around 39% of the recovery the phone reboots and the back up gets corrupt. My main goal is to make sure this back up absolutely works before I root and start playing around with flashing xposed modules, but I'm unable to do a successful restore for the life of me.
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That's where it gets interesting, I've flashed the factory 6.0.1 image, then flashed twrp, created the back up again, did the advanced wipe as you said, did the restore again, and same result, at around 39% of the recovery the phone reboots and the back up gets corrupt. My main goal is to make sure this back up absolutely works before I root and start playing around with flashing xposed modules, but I'm unable to do a successful restore for the life of me.
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I'm stumped, I really don't know why it wouldn't be working if you're performing the backup the way you say you are. Sorry I can't be more helpful. If it's any consolation, a backup probably isn't strictly necessary because you can always get back to stock by flashing the factory images.
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I'm stumped, I really don't know why it wouldn't be working if you're performing the backup the way you say you are. Sorry I can't be more helpful. If it's any consolation, a backup probably isn't strictly necessary because you can always get back to stock by flashing the factory images.
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I'm stumped too, I've been able to do this effortlessly in the past with this phone, my Nexus 9 and m8 GPE, it wasn't until I upgraded to N and reverted back to 6.0.1 this started to happen. I've even gone as far as trying different versions of twrp, but have had the same result.
I'm just worried in a worst case scenario I'm away from a comp, something crashes and I can't do a restore via twrp, I could be SOL until I get to a comp with adb.
i had a similiar problem , but when i got into the stock image , i went into settings and did a factory reset from there , no worries your BL stays unlocked , once thats done get whatever apps you want back , disable fingerprint /security junk , then boot into bl just like the guide says , youll be able to fastboot install recovery , (boot back into bl, then scroll to recovery and start a gain) then make your backups yor OG & EFS , then reboot , get su reboot into recovery install and yould be be fine , i think you can also try fastboot format userdata , as well
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I'm stumped too, I've been able to do this effortlessly in the past with this phone, my Nexus 9 and m8 GPE, it wasn't until I upgraded to N and reverted back to 6.0.1 this started to happen. I've even gone as far as trying different versions of twrp, but have had the same result.
I'm just worried in a worst case scenario I'm away from a comp, something crashes and I can't do a restore via twrp, I could be SOL until I get to a comp with adb.
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Just keep a ROM zip + gapps on your phone at all times, if you run into trouble you can flash that.
That definitely makes sense , i always dk that
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OK, I played with Titanium Backup and removed some Samsung apps like S health... Now I am stuck at boot loop and phone wont start. I am on stock rom 6.01 rooted. tried everything I could read:
- installed TWRP - did not quite work, gave me an error "is not seadroid"
- installed CWM - I can boot into it, but not much I can do to fix the boot, I tried wiping the partition cache and dalvik, but not help
- installed root again with stock recovery, nothing..
If I install the latest version of stock firmware, will I loose my app data? All I care about is to preserve my notes from ColorNote I read somewher that if a rom does not have userdata img, it wont wipe. Does the stock firmware have that? I am just looking for a way to get back in, backup stuff, and then reflash properly.
I tried going the adb route, but nothing there either. In cmd it says now unlock your phone for the pull command to compete, which obviously I cannot do.
Any other options to save my ColorNotes and Pictures?
OK, I was able to execute:
adb pull / C:\Myfile
This copied system files pretty much. How do I copy the app data or personal data - that's what I actually need
Got lucky...
I had to flash the latest stock firmware, but because I was running it anyway, just not the latest security patch, I the system ended up upgrading and all my files were preserved. It is as if I simply got the monthly patch.
Went to reboot my phone after updating some apps via Google Play. I'm running stock NMJ32F. Now my phone isn't booting and is stuck on the boot animation. Let it sit for 10 min. I turn it off, then tried again a few minutes later and let it sit for another 10 min. I went into TWRP and cleared cache and let it try to boot for another few min, but it doesn't look like it will boot. Is there anyway to troubleshoot without flashing the image and losing all my stuff?
I already transferred all my internal storage, but setting up the phone again and changing all the settings of apps and the system is a tedious and time-consuming process.
If I were on another phone, I'd probably be running a custom ROM and could just reflash the ROM or kernel and then only have to change a few system settings.
EDIT: I flashed the full NMJ32F factory image and nothing was wiped! I just need to flash magisk and xposed again and I should be fine. Looks like everything was preserved. Hooray!
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Went to reboot my phone after updating some apps via Google Play. I'm running stock NMJ32F. Now my phone isn't booting and is stuck on the boot animation. Let it sit for 10 min. I turn it off, then tried again a few minutes later and let it sit for another 10 min. I went into TWRP and cleared cache and let it try to boot for another few min, but it doesn't look like it will boot. Is there anyway to troubleshoot without flashing the image and losing all my stuff?
I already transferred all my internal storage, but setting up the phone again and changing all the settings of apps and the system is a tedious and time-consuming process.
If I were on another phone, I'd probably be running a custom ROM and could just reflash the ROM or kernel and then only have to change a few system settings.
EDIT: I flashed the full NMJ32F factory image and nothing was wiped! I just need to flash magisk and xposed again and I should be fine. Looks like everything was preserved. Hooray!
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If you only flash System, Boot and Vendor partitions are fine.
If trying to recover always try a dirty flash and clean the cache.
Also make a backup in TWRP so you can recover without losing data.
When I have TWRP, I usually backup once a week and keep the last backup.
This allows recovery with no more than a weeks worth of data lost.